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O_THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. OL I. I-ICK1NS S. C,. T1IU lSDAY, EIM Itl'ARY 12, 19:- N 0. . GHOULS ON TRIAL. Grave Robber& Before the Court of Justice INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY Alexander CIt<ims That Me Is of (iood Moral Character While the Negroes Who Testified Are Not. Ind ianaI:ipo(lli. vSecial. ''he deflense iII the trail o! 1)'. ,P. C. \lexallder, 'hargeid with h(eiig implicated ill tl' grav/ rOlhing 4ase S(i, outlined its evi d1e11"( :t, 5ooln as thet 'Ottr't 01)(n1)(' Monday. The ( pen'ling staitement was tuai'e by Mr. I'Traan. 'T'hie defense, a(' corlding to 1r. Spaan, proplsed to 'low that I1i. Alexande'r was of good tiIrltd (" iiat ("ter. while the neg.-oes wi, ) t'stitied tj gaillst liml I were riis reputabilc aud lnworthy of helief. The deft'ense is that wh^n ('aitrell and Mirtin wt"nt. to ir. .\lxiln(der's ofice, they w'ent Iher(' for the purpose of se (tlring (,mploym(nt to cleait 11p the ollog.', as. they had ilone that kind14 of work at Chicago) and other hilaces. I)r. Alexander told thrn that such (m1 1loymet vat mut of ils Ile)attmllenit, but II enll again and he woltld give them ani answer. Inl the meanlime he. clinsultrld with S;everal members of the faculty and was told that he might em ploy Cantrell. ::n(I IDr. .\lexander agre^d to pay hlim) $30 for the worki. On 1he se"ontl djay (antrell told him that in: was furur,ishing dissveting sub .litits for colltegr. anid woul like to I'urnish some f;1r Dr. Ale'xander. i)r. .\lexlindclr repl"ied that it he o hii(1 get the bOdiei. legitiately he woul pay Tli dltn<(s said th:t it. wmild show Ihat while ('iitrell was befor' the grant .imry he wrn( to a teleplio- aind called llp 1)r. Anderson. whose of Ie w:1s atross the hall fromll I)r. .\lex andler''s Offite in th"' Claypool building. ('antroli tin' defe'nse asserted. manle itifs(lt known ill ask'I lir. An:ler '(In to inform Dr)'. Alexatler that he i.t t not fear, thai he I(Cantr('lli wIs leing paid for what Ie was loing and Itat no harm should comie to )r. Alex alnier. T' defense said It would show Ihat Cantrell had received $,: and that this mtoey c:tme to hiin at differ (lit timnes inI a whiti ent':elope wit h1 nO signature and the a(ltress wIitt i in a Iisgised hand. 'lie theory of tIh. (lefense as set forit to the jury was that sole 11ne had sent. this money to Cant.rell to pay him for the testimony hle was giving before the giran 1d ,i)y. Mr. Spaan aii ihat the defens.- wouli introidulce expert testinyllV to .-how that a manl aitiiet I as Cant :ell was, as shown by his list'harge from the army. was a moral mnonst(r and1 has nO 'on("eptionl of riz;ht and wrong. Bowen Not Satisfied. Washinrton, Speial.---Although \l r. .llitw,i al(t th othier n1egItiatirs ar' ehisely guarding the prlvisions of the s've'al p'otovols. it is undt'estmod that. the demands whii are khnown to exist. in the (G('rlm11 in1!d I talian agreelients as they'\ are at. pre(sc'nt draftod which .r. How"(n vannot. agree to, concern ani in("rt'n ed paymen.t. by \'tnezuela p+rior to It (" handing do(w"n of, The Iingue's delisioll rcgarling the allies' ..on.tenltion fr ;. refer.' tia l uon 1sidera. t ionl ini thei siltth-menli. t of their claims. ii is reptortedl that th-rmnany aisks that ohie rei'Ovi' in additilnl to~ the $'2.5ei c'ash that .Mr. lowen thts agreed to lpaiy, ai ((rt a iniV'' pe naige of tin- 4us 11oms rOeeipats unltil thle remaltler4' of Itie m11oney d emiandEhed inl the' origintal1 uiltimaltuml nlidress5ed by Ger'imny to President Castro, last, auotumn,11 is pa1idi. II1aly. it is beli eved is inIsistinzg on a sImilar dlemandii. thlouigh thle amiout alsked for' inl heri ul1timaitu waslVi, over It is tile principle, however, to whihel Mr'. IHoweni s0 str'enuoslyS3 oh jiects, and( wh'IIich lie has inf ormedi' t he' ('ermlan anhd ltailiati envoys lie (anntot subscr(libe( to. Until their prt'otiols are re(lheveOd of these objectionabile de-' mandll(s. Mr. Bowen saIys thlat they mus,t remain un111signed. H-e 'onltendsl that Germany and Italy ar'e insisting otn preferentlial treatmeOnt, ai ques~tionl which thley agree in their pIrotocols shia-l go to Tihe Hague. .It is the firm opinion of both the Italian anmbassador' and1 the German tuihnisteri that tile itnsertioni iln their protocots of theose demnanda I; tile ie suIt of a serious mfisunlder'standing on thle part of their Forein Offices of d(er taini phiases of tile negotitilons whieh wereC su1pposed to be0 sett led. T1hey are uts,ing every effort to hatvie tis mis undi(erianndin hg elear'ed uph andii haive in formed Mr'. Ilow'in thait they' hope to submfilt the(ir oenftionsi to) hi tm in at fewi~ days. Protest Ag'aluist Smoot. row'Vs-, chlaiimani of the comm1 liit tee on hli'vios and( e't,lecions, has rece'i vedi a hb'otest against the seat.ing oIf Hon11. lid Smoot as a Senator fromil Itiiah, onl the giotand that lie is ani apositl e oIf the- Mormon. Chiurelh, andl that. as such lie should,..not represenlt the p)eole iof (Jtah. in .the Senate. The doeument is very v'olpflInlous and qluotes liberlly froml :tile sermons, speecee and1 othet' Mormon .utterances, shlowing the power of the prtesthoodi of the Mot' mon01 Church over all matte,rs, spirittual am.1t temporal. Appeal to the Powers. Sofia, fly Cable.-H-Iaving received~ official Inmnforation regardhing Turkey's (decision to mobilize twvo army cor*ps at Adrianople anti Monastin, the Buil garian government hias add ressed' reprCeentatlons to tile powers, invoik ing their good offices at (Constanti nophe to procure the cessation of the Turkish mitarye pearations. Interesting )iscussion in Virginia Legislattre. Richmond. Spec I.--The bill to place at statue of Gen. Itobert E'. I,ee Iin Stat Iary Hall in the Capitol at Washing ton was the special order of the Vir ginia Senate. The discussion indicated that. there is a division of sentiment among the Virginia lnawmakers as to whether this action shall he taken. Senator Dan I. Ilaisey, the patrol of the hill. made an I loitlent speejIC In favor of the passage of the bill. In the cour'se of his spe"'lh Mr. lialsey said: "In presenting tlis bill I diu so from no desire to off('nd Northern senintiment ( : to reopr'n old wounds. now happil. heale'l. iTath('r i did so froml) entirely oposite lotives, for. believing that. th-' feeling of goo(d will between the se( tion Is now greater tlan e-ver before. I considered this all opportune time for Virginias to n Ee;ep tha- invitaItionl so long held out to her by the l"ederal (;overnnm('nt, and place in the national Valhalla, by the side of her Washing lon, the Ilgur'e of himn wthomt she d(eeIas to be his peer. and the fittest of all her sois for this high dlstinc"tion. thus clhowing Ih"' good feeling of \'irginia towt'ard thle nation of which she is a part. "R ight ghl(l aln I to feel Ihat thos( t who are the Irtlr"st exponetts of Ithe ntintliaIs of the North sustain n. in my beliet that In this ( ra of good feel tg the statue of I.'e may be thius pled without. exciting passions of ;:('E 1ional anlmosity or tirades of hit.ter omnlent I did not hope. of course. i hat the ideat would meet with the ala proVal of everybody. INI)ORSI) BY 130'I I SET"I'IONS. "I rec'ognize the faet that. there ar'e hose in the North who are still Ir re(ona'elable as well as those in the C South who are still "unreconstruatcted.' t i use that word In its Northern sens:; ut I lake it also that the irreconcil a(ble of the North are no more repre (t:ntative of the t1rue sentiment of that sr(ction than the aaircos(tlurucated are i representative of the trile sentiment of the Soauth, and therefore I beiieve at.a t he great heart of the Nort.h heats in ilnisonI witi that of the Soutl in hon 'Iring thle n 'nry of the great eXIo-EE lle of the chiva-!iy and tlhe( giory alid ltE -tri-Eie malnhalod(i Eli th,' 41th. jus:;t is I know that ti olth (I(Elight:: tea ha0or the memiory of his great a1 ie arEy. whoi~ wa's tEoo IlhilrEous tEl . +(pt his sword .1 .\pplr<lnnattox. ;lnd whIIse words, 'l.et is have 'a(.' IE! likE1 a benedi(tion upon11 h('r sore atil w oundeci spirit in the hour of her p..grea. ribulation and distress. "It is not as ia representaai' of al pir"it of secession that Virginia will ffeI the statuate of Iae(', nor as inasis( ing that the right of secession now ex sa.. I .ee was naevear a secessioni1st. but.11 mn the contrary. he callcd seces;ionl f anarchy,' and said that if he owned le 4.000,000 slaves in Ile South he would give theml all to save the in1on. II is only as her superhest example of manhood that his statute will he chosen by her. helieving that 'iln per feetion of character. as tested by strug 4le, victory and defeat. he is uneqataled in history.' and that. thearefore he anid f o other should he placed by tlae sItl^ af her majestic Washaington, that to g ther they may stand through the -enatauries as chiEfs of oaar grand armllly If inmnmortals. W He Y I.:I: IS I' II i' ll.ls Ifi). "Neither do wve offer I.'e her'auslwl have not others wrtliy to stand iin tlhat congregation (If the aatlion's gra. It t is rather from snil :a wam'alth of m.1 'i:al that we ii:st draw that it eist! 'ut( s 'all (111br1ra.smen iIlt of O1ce1' Our !ah11. all (If thESE' any3 manyii oithers are' lie stlattle oIf Wash ingt .1n1 is al ay. I't place as5 lOtlu' epresentaI tive oEf theai r'e'V luaiaray t ime, it seeaas thaat thle mioist li1tag selCE tin we ennl naow' m11ak( is tea t akE' the ol har froml a latear time an th1 at molst st iriag per'iad Elf oaura hiastory's. ande satrel y naone can lIe 1f1untd iaiore worthly of tahis ntion laaal ('ommlaelai-' a atloll thaao an st a inl Ess alaieft:a in. r RobIert iCdward tl Lee. "O0f thec abIsolulte legal righaIt ofi l'r ginlia 1(1 ch(oose wVhoma shae wIll to( rep aesenlt haer itn statuae in i s nationl panlthaeon there cana lIe no doaabt wh:at "In Newe Yorki~ thae ictur o1'' f I .eet hangs 011 the walls oft tile' iall oft lFamae, andl thae st:atue (If oneii ex-Conifedecrate,. thaat (If Senator' John11 E. Kenna,5 of West. Virginia, alrC2edy standis ill Stlatti arly H all. The por'taiI (If JIeffer'soan Ia vis, for' a tlime disappaearing, haas r05ap pearedl inl th e War aD epar ttmenat, amon111g those (If the( othaer ex-Securetaaries. withIa Out cr'eatinog atay hiysttlrial excit 'eent 0 ini thae army, and so thlat Elf Gen. S.amua-f ('I Cooper, ai Na'ew Yor'ker', whoE heame lS Ad(juatant-Genler'al anid tallkillm ;GeneralI in the Conafedlerate Armya, also hanugs In ,t MR. ROOSE~VILT'S HIlGH PRIAISE. "'These are thae wordls of Prtesidenti I Ro(osevelt, uattered'i on the 9th oa(f haitL A pr'il, the anilversar'y (If thec saurtren der (If Lee, at thae Charleston E~xpIoi Ilont, wherae he said(1: "We' aire no0w a unIted ple;lIt theo woundacs left by thae great Civil War, in i'omparabtly the grea-test war of mild (all tlimes, haave hecaled, and1( its miemlo ties are no0w pr'iceless heritages oft honaor alIke to the Northa and to the f Soauth. The dIevotIion, thae aelf-aeainte,c the stetadftast resolutioan and lofty daar- r ing, the high devotion to the right as ehaeh man saw It, whecthera Noarthierai ori' Souathaern, all these (Julities (If mien and womenC (If the ear'ly sIxties now 51hline lumnous aid brilliant before oua' eyes, while the miists (If anger' andI hatr'ed that onlce dlimmeid thaem havec pass5ied aIway forevea'. All of aus, North a andl South, enn glory talike in thle valor. c oIf Ithe meni who wore the blaae and thlel s men whvlo weore the gr'ay. - I '"Mr'. Roosevelt has also( waittenl such high paraise of laee as a soldlier thait nIone of his 0111 follower's can say mfore(. in his life Of Thos.15 H. [Bentonl ini the 'Amnerlican Statesmetn' series, on piage 34, are foluand these words: "Thec world has never' seen better' aol dier's thani those who followed Lee; and their leader will unfdoubhtedly a'ank 1 as, without anly ex'ceptionI, the vea'yI greatest of all the great captain that the English-speakin11g people hlave: brouaght forth-and this, ahthough the last and chief of his anltagonaista may himself elaim to staind asR the full equal ne Mar,,r-aa,h an Weoinn "to| - SWEPT BY A WAVE Eighty Islands Swept By a Terrible Ilurricane 000 LIVES ARE REPORED AS LOST )oath and Devastation Sweepl Over the Islands of the Pacific, and Ter rible Consequences EIusue. San I-'rancisco. Steial. News of a earful loss of lifc in a disastrous stormn vhiebh swept ()Ver' thc' 1oullthiSa Isl 11nds Ilas,t mtonth!, rc:"hc<d twre ti(ndlav )y the ste'alamer" Matriposa.. dir(ert fr"om1 'ahita. The loss of Iit(' Is ,s(it attel at ,0(10 persons. On .lmtuntry 1:1 last. at loge t itlal wvav c, rr.romlpani'd i)%y a ter iltl hlurricane. altarkred th ei Seoie? slands anti thi l' 11a Ioto grouIp wit t ea rful force ('n:-inlg dea'th and detvas at.ion never bef'torc' e(liiled inl a Laint I g'eat. storit s. Thr' storm r'agei sev rah (ay-S. l-"'011i thc nI e s rete"cived tp o tle time of the satilitg of tit st'I1am1 r, it is estimtat(tl that 1.000 of the ist nders lost thei lives. It is feared that. tlter adivites will increase this numlber. 'he ilrst news of Ilite disaster reu-hed 'alet'e. Tahitii. .la uaty 216. hy t h1e chooner le .i1meo. 'T'hc captain of the chooned placed the fatalities at 500. 'he stoainer Ext:(elsior arri'd at 'a eete the following day with 400 desti ute survivors. 'The taptain of the t'x elsot' estltitated tI e total loss of life F) he 800. These tigtres compsised only he deatLhs on the thtee islands of Ilao. liketra and Malkokaa. whose ordinary 'opulation is I.8041. On Iiikte'ra Istland. v'here t.000 inhabitatnts we're engaged it pearl diving. neatly one-half were rowned. On a arja. -ent. island. 10011 1ore were wash'd out to sea. Makokan tl 11a are d'popnlated. ConservatiVe stinlates at Tahlita pla("e the nttnler I islatmls visitt':1 ):y the tidal wave atn1d tn'rieann' at u.5 1 All of them alr" tnde'tr he ('ont rol of t he t"'t'enchl govern or at 'alita. Tle surviving inhabitants arl. 'ft. destitutc' of 1'aod1. shtIcr and ("loth 11g, all having be)1en 5Wr'l) away by Ihe tormu. TheiI F'rench go)v("rn111ent, onl rec(,iIt if news of (the disaster. took prompt acasUres to rteliceve tilw distressed Iis tiVtS and dispatch(d twt1 warships ith fresh water and provisions. As the tpply of fresh watert and provisions 'as totally cxhausted by the storm. it s feared that. many lives will h' lost iefore the rellef ships can arrive. As as as Is known eight vihite people vere among the drowned. Inlluded itn lhe se were Alexander Brander. N. I'. 'lunklett. of Oaklant: T. 1). )onnelly. ormerly a firenatn on the steamuship tstralia, and the local agent of C. 3oppent'ath. a tnerehant of 'ap)eete. i(dd(1 to this number was an u1nkntovn romanl Who committted suicide fiot right. As the islands were barely 20 feet hove sea level and were not stir ound'd by coral reefs. It was iteces atry for all inhabitatit ts t take to the oeoantut trees when the tidal wave bc an to cover the ttid. 'I'hc'sth trees grow tin iammense hteigitI. any11" reachintg n altitide of 100 feet. All of 1the lower rees wet' ctovet'etl by tit raging srats hiclh swept. with pitil('sS forcc ab"outt tinl over them . TI he n: tiv's in the tall r tresa wtere saf' unIlle rr(annot. ots ae wayg tnd thena.- th y, too er(tait Swttt ito thie, sie. The' (li uxtrviors brouight.atby th toxcelst ior to apte gtatine th,eli shlip't tsitby swim ting abthrettandy .i foumi' t'at~etpas It te toianiuift ih!tre . A noitmt, b'tfoght htdly d.amagd bys.f'o the strm, reata a lbrotg. ff ials many. (rt s o uled swimt t t het site lte liet the 2xce!saitrtlbning unable tota rutn cltose tag lie shroecsiseragre tea of thevi tn t of he. 3ca Isweltl. whitnsch cotinu1.et to untator ally(It ith for tatf fioek ater h~ee utida di'subne..nte nesanrIlandcs In0 mile away.en ontered lthe fhoratnll whitles t Itt to ''athe later'' C plit itantid onl ts ti. 35 pig and 30 ''tons fel ott on. jt 1so ed savd'he lit-tIitt le ( aft from de-ltW F)truct in. bittno ithtg this 'eton, heata lift iof oNo a wias tat y waest pig th dt cks.o th i )'t i 'vt Ea irthukee nMide.et rThe Shtock Fwasi fIlliherisa :4v ocncinnynih. Pit euscWae5Tcftures t lrVOshaktn fombt wlsand itab. s Ma,oi,vil. K.-A tiht hearith uaese as felt her'.lrc' igtle atttaboua :DI. he virattlion caSd Loindow Stun. Kytl.-A lihtt *artae hoae ockre here abot 6:t St l'clock undaySuda nigh.tN damae wsit:' dwn ndeduat o ofj thonvatonwa rybtmrie cal aorWle Thealshock Feltein lindeof. ttion soutery IinIs Sun,dIey lovorda from blood to Isonin 'sain oaig t was ead.o I ed oaDshe~s Ratlso in vetr. aLor. 8St. Loureisw y isIncth earth va,dt vicnt betwen at:20inanden6:25 Dabna eatefslat. Dontidson, Mr eBaltimore Splelcal.r VajorIt Wlteir dad wit Juius Brtu BC. i OUR STATE LAWMAKERS. What the House and Senate Are Doing. No Extension Granted. he senate met at noon Tuesday and nearly every senator answered to his naet when the roll was elled. A num ber of papers wore received fiton the house and read the first .ime. Tle lirst mat(t: that camue up that pIrovoked any disrussion was Mr. Iy irick':; join resolution to extenl the timlr' for I the pa)ytlelt of taxeS witIot penalty uitil Marrh !, 1903. l t MrIi. Hrie mtoveri to ininiiiteiy post - 1nte the inensire. III sllppor't of his i)tionl he saii the treasitrers and arl (litors are' complying with the law an'i ("llerting>; the overdlue taxes Wit I the l enlalty attached andl Ihere is n"itht-r Ire ssity or exrnse for this extettsinll. ,i1s1 Sit <h arts as I hese tea(1 1 hi It e pr ile to expert it tvery year 811(1 in ItI - en(d it always mnaakt's t::xes 1iyher, for the unlrertainty of ;;ettinl; the- 19)mey at th"t appoin ted lit i' calses t hose whIo dfo workt 1or the State ur (onnutyc to charge a it igher ta e. Thi 11111 p 1, jiajt has tore noett !y ill I (eertit Ithatn after .lanuary. but iowing or bwliev- u ing that tIhse annital -xItensionwll I he grantetd stiiande:s his m)eney Christmas week instead of apply ing i1 (o the payment tft taxe.s. MIr. Hen'indon expreslsed the I(initin It that the totnty treastrers had alro ea ll cttedl the' p)en11 Ialt ati it. wol i bi t almost Impossible to return th:ese small amouants scaltt'red( amtongl sr Ilally people. Mr a. Biake saidi tile it'ks hadt been 1 balanced lp for ,anuary and lthe 11a tee was now rlosed anI he saw n) ne c"essity for an extension. which aIi wiys puts a prtemium it min delays. Mr. ilydlrick si lported his resoltioln and said that the dem1and) (1 had come to him from the treasiirerst ill a t- a dlitors all over the State coupled wtithi the siatements that it was impossib le { to write up the books from month to { month and the necessity exist ed1 for the relief offered by his joint resolu- ' a tion. Offirer:s should not he n cle to violate, the law, but the Various ount1y treasurers had1( no power to collect 4x ''e't whiat the4 audaritors hard palacedi upon41 r p htth utoshdpae pnItheir books True the people t'ouldi n t pl(11 "hart times.' f'oar tast, year was 1) unulsually prosperolus one. but it is to remedty a dlefectiv4 htw that the ex tension is nu\\w asked. Purther deobate was participated inl by Messrs. I lough. Mower, von Klonit z and] C. W. Rtagsdale. Mr. Sheppard was the last, speaker. -Iv said that the reason alreadty give1' wet e abnimOt it toa coninc 1.e thar seniate of thte nece(ssity frt tahe extenision. antd further than all these he helieved there were hundars of peoei who hadi not paid taxes simply herause they did not I have the lon'y nor" crtild they until I arrangements had been made for thIt pr't:nt year. lie ine. a,1 (S I. rtaine d froi the (1mnty treasurter at Edlgefield that all those who Were able had paid their taxes and only those who really did not have the money just now were th" delin rluents. He dild not take any stock 1 in these statetnents that any harm could come either to the State or the I counties and believed that it was the dlty of the geteral assemlbly to ex tend any kindness possible for tie t amelioration of the tondlitio n of the c nmassc's of the people. He demanded r the yeas and nays ont Mr. Unie's mo tion to idtelinitely postpone the joint a resolution to extend i!tha time for the q payment of taxes without penalty uint it t .\ar("t : 1 % 1! :1. 'ITe vote I'r'sultCd as 11 follows: Natys- .\hlariah. littler'. 'arapenter, l 1)aviis, l)enntis, Goodwrin,it. latiadi. liyt diriekt . ,Nson't. Mi'I eatnig.Ot Marshall,'t ifoy. Raigsdiali. G'. \\. Rayson,1 Shtartpe, Shieppard.i Stanhand aav.~ on Ktnailtz. \\al i:r. Williamtas--:2t-. So th4'e10 mt(ton to ptost Ione1 wats die tird ieaiding andr wais sent1i. toa thte maovedr to limit liar lime to Maarcha 1st.h 'Tahis was also diefeated'r. Thei rhouilse of repre'senttives put11 in t four hou11rs of wrak Tiuesdiay maornaing and1( disposedt ot' mnty matts. Tihetre r wiere sevea new hilts praoposed. Mr a. o M. (G. D)onnaald wvants to 'rdutce the piriilegeK tax oni fertiiz,ers; NIr. Sinkler' a lad blls to p)reven1t sucht etittotn d fraudars as were rep~oart froma Clarl jes- h t oi last. Biummernt; land Mr . ,10ihn P'. Th'iomats br'ought in a bill relating to tahe fostering af higth schools. The laouls k Ilied Mr'. Auli's bill to authorize counties 'to baond thaemselve's foar thet p)urpose oif buildlinrg goon roadrs. The' object iona to the hill catme' from I count i(s which have vot ed a diirect taxa rath ier t han toa buradeni themselIves wit Ia bonlds. MIr. Auli diec'laredi in his speechli thtat no ronatIy could ber forteeti inato lanin itg it st'lf. H Iis speech~' on Itahe hilt wvas hi; flrst e'ffoart on the floor, aind [ was a very senUsi tle arigumena'ft for good r-oads. il it i tE.\DIN(I. Tthe houase gne 'hird areadring to liae six lill.s wich pr'a jssedr secondir readcing M(ndiaty night. The1ise were:C MIr. Ratits ita's' a bil to proav e' aiginsmt uasur:v; Ma'. Motrgatn's bito p1)irohblit the draiv lng of c'attle' inito the State from othier St:it<s; Mr. WV. J1. -otinsor.'s lill to i' chatter fees; Mir. Hill's hIll in refer etate to couintIy ;ovrn ment in Coile Ition. permiittinag the two cotmn.issionaers Itacnt itn Crt ain (cases in making ('onf tra'ts; Mar. I taskeli, to fix th.t third 'iTuesday in January as the daite for' the inautguati.ona; Mrt. Laogan's bitt relaitinag to (lie pubtllic'atin of sunmoms. Second Reading Billis. Otn Saturay, liar Hlouse gave secotnd radaling to Mr'. Siikler'sa bill to providle at amen'tdmfenlta t oh law rotating to the at' oti'f mtedicinesr atreadly pre paretd. The; baill reqiren'ct that thecy beo rueared accord!ug the Unitedc States phaarmnacopia, which Is said to be~ thte stanidard baook. This hilt was prepjared lay thae State Pharmace-utical association, as was thie following: Mr. Sitnkler's bIll to provitde that in small villages and in the couintry pra.c tIcing physticitants shall hav'~e the right1 to cOtopound drutgs ontly on liae condi tion thatt they aare giveni special-' licenses biy the association otr areo grad unates of p'harmnaceutical colleges. When the~ chIld labor hilt came up for' t.hird reading, Mr'. 1)or'roh de mandeitd aL viva voce vote, butt after .......R ....l.,...(h1. 'OnWn this'etoi nIahr inkii N lr. lI(rber. thinlking that there n.ight he a tight on it. mado a few i remark:s tin the(,bill. When the bill had1 passe"d third reading and had behn ordred e nrill(d f(or tatitiat(n 1as an a<41. .\r. (I&'rbe't h1ad1 th houseP table the fourt rietaainin5, chibi labo l ls t. lintline id byv .le"ssri. Aull. We"bb, D. ( . l'nih t. and tihe- r:ubst itute b ill in trodu tI-l l.' tlie naajol'iy of the voul aniltt or ," I c inmtiercce" and nlantlnac Iitr(:. -\nd tlini emnded thie thiref. Sarse ffiglht io ee i ched labor lI'legisla lil''\t(NA . 'r. Iceolper's bill to bct1 fl tie 'rsi('s v Orinn 'olle"g'N of iutth ('aro lnlan There were impor10tlantt hanges( K hth' in ith("' tn r of le'cting trus I s' s thait (.very l'r"('sby"1('itrI:1 itt Ie ysiln tid IIf' South l' arc lina. or y lie litably rp resi nted.111 nn the' bo eari. Alr. .\lorgan's bill to emtpoiw r heli rs1i5e"'s of i?re(nville" ("ito " schoolhsu to SStll bondes no(t to x c"(eed $.!ituui fo,r ht,"1lrl nsv of buy\"ing l ots an ' btuili 119 gr'a(d shelols, proiIVided (this is ht wi l til' f, h votri s in an elc'tion alled for Ol petition olt ho mtajorittr ,f Ibe freehi ol'rs of hiio ' sc'hoo dis rie"t. Al'. I)otwlinig's Lill to allow liam erg s11 hool dist'ie t No. -, townt of lamb1erg. to isstie $I1,0.00 inl b onds for he purDyo;o oI (iili g a irad'li c"hool. 1)r. Black had th ( bill s ine'l d' that til t it(lllment a1n0 furin ,1hings must also) be Imidl for out of he amtlouti r(ealIic'd fromt fthe sal-s oif lIt( bonds. MIr. llinIon's bill to authorize an lectittn in liashy o n the ( ittlon of suig bcot bonr school purtposes. A tajority of fr: rhnld'rs Iutst. first pl itionl for thl' h tioll. Ti' ihe sue of onds cannot ('a;c'('('ii $If5,00 n. I.atter Senator ('apenter's bill was sub tituted for this. to Save. Iroul Ie" of tilting it hous hill through (the S("n. Mi. A ll to amnlld tn a t of I12 to hat. truste'cs (if I'rospc'rity" graded "hOOls may huny at lot nut of proceeds t sile of hon-Is issfefd for c'reti("1on of s(hool b iling. Ali. i)cnrroh's bill to re('qluire l tIll oard of IrutISeis and fiac'nlty of latimson C'olhl'Ke to proVid aduli frn 41h short coursts of ne' m111n1hi 'aCh i th' textile dc parltmint. Tlhis wats amtend('d by Col. 1). U. llcr crt. sn that the tulition will be ' 1ree. Air. oI'will's bill to allow flalcoml ' Harris of 1,exington., who is 1n111dr he 1c'gaal age lin'.it, to prac"tric(' law on lis graduation fromt law (uo1llg. .\l'. lIealv's bill to authorize fth is ,u(' of $5.0o0 bonds fot' graded s('hool i town1 of Sailuda if so ordc'red in anl 'le'"t.ion y n th1e p(eopl(' of the Soollo listrict. wht<n prope'rly pet.itionedl. SU\MI'; l NECRAI, MATTlEIS. Senator Stanlapd'* hill to p revc'nt hc' sale of toy pistols passv(d sveonl "1ding without any disculssionl so iistl was It deemed In its tendency. Mr. Tl'homai1s' hill to re<quie the State' lbrariaan to furnlish at houme ropy of the code(" of laws to each leml h'e who has not alr(1 ad y bee'n prtovid1 led w\ ithl one. Alro the bill to require tlte'se vol umrs for judges and soli("itors. ir. D1eruhl's hill to raiore th Stati treasurer' to publish in tWC laily papers, one In Columbia, at nonthly" statement of the finanil onditlon of his olil' and the names it' the banks in which mt l'oe is de Arr. I,yle s' hill to authorize' towns .nl cities to own) and olvrate rock atries, to work onvic"s t.h'erotn and o e ixtnd the police jurisdict n of th tnllticipalit es th ( s tch real estate a: 5 ase'd ill this tnannc'r. .1(". Bors ar''s; hill to allow "ott uity sit ~idhatosti fo r s'lm)clhiol bokain ot. romtle coitit prlia cowhene hIr ownltltiie arel tilo psiall fof a r. llilat ulin'bllgI aidvov whe du.I Ii'et byof i sueriord of teista Cti' or iiiown lan/ l te upo thecek e x.o iteatulti l xllIn t hll tat C ti woldt Iiut own aiol g r man useI(lesslll saritis ndl ouh 11m11 nthe rnstrtoany if the aindor blttonded (olicias. Orytn Mr. ilootills ill ato angOleirom 5( Mr.1i0dasth thoumh it ah istresso pass are des1fo inte in00 oin 24:l frte CivlCoe. Mr. dayflin the'oeatea devid of1( lwnedh thaton te Iebersht timel sat oe for earneustr wrknd Uithe size pa te alenar s prarndoftile tats futhe msltr hipons ii the nextwold11 ax ies'Ii sIeeid pao.Tth adount IIackedlli ntI iotonhil as a tmndeds by ~~er neartethey are0 oy in theol legse. .\lr. .lnrshall said that it P desired it 'list inetly nnder Istood .thalt 'he hilI wA dler di.-sio.tn dil 11ot1 origtnate with t'he South ('arolitia <( h-e. blt on the <ntrary it was propo+ed Iby the sfe tt(,minational Colleges. lie had h("-r Iiifrrmed that the idea -,wrgi nated witA P'rof. Snider of Woodford e.ollege. Whiite the South Carolis. college was not Itwkilg 'or this hill. t .ie w"r pe1r f tetl.Y willit g I ilo the ox tra work which the bi ti will impose' upon them. + Not wi(hslanding that not ane c.nt of the aptr( o 'itlion of the 'ill will go into th> tIreatsury of Ihat college, ie said I(" would favor the hill and pro posed l hat it he amw-nded so that -he denomlinatiotn college shouId he allow cid ' reev the bD:eefis oef the .\lr. l tlnkp be1 ted to th. m ea sire he(,a'Usles it dhI 1ot i.-ielludr- the gi:l g;raIluates. a; they uttstitutedI by far the nlliorii of thi' reachers In the ("Iiunic schuhls of th( St:ate. Mr. Brown favorcd the imenlasur, and belied'(1 it to he hut. tie' eIgeinning of 'new era I higher edn ti ni 111 iii thi State and telt conufilde'nt that n'ucih }Iel woulI 1 e ; e i l otupli:ehed. .\ir. ,hc"ppar"d 01ff'e(1t an aml)endnihnnt that inia.II11cn1eh aF there are ten 1 tial S I c oileg's I ie' State andt flit the num h("r- of h( cctihi:1( s hing lilmttr'l to 1(; il;,at tIhe farit of each of the" col lege: of Stait.h Clarulinlt, ecollege. Clem *on. ('itadel, Furman. Wofford. Er skiiti, Newherry, Charleston. K in g's \lotintain Military Institulte and ('lin ton sele(,t annually on(' oif their gradlu at(W to be the beIleficiIry of 1hAis Nd14. As far as Ilhi' girls are concerned Ie is nnalterably opposed to girls attending 1 any college exeept those espee"illy (s t.ablishedl for (hemu.t M r. Ilerniol opposed It. on t he ground that the commlIOn Schools are the on most needing the aid of fite State anlt until all the schools could he kept open nine months in the year he cold ntot) iote for any appropria tion for post-gratdulate study. \ir. .1. \\. Ragsdale'e ar"gilel that tie comimon schools coul he won(er1i1ly improved by i'l r(ei-ing flt captnity of the Isa:hers.1 Mir. Hiough :ai({ that, tho educational inlist itutions aIre now top heaivy andc( ohjetted to tile- bill biecause he regard ed It. but an opening wedge for an un nu1ial increasing app topriattion ar.d ar gored for the imlplo(nme"nt. of the com rttol(1c11 ei(JQIII. \lossrs. .Jojiuson lood and Good" in argued froui the san' staidpoint., Ilattig the State could noL offord it. Mr. Mower ad'ocated tiet Imeaslre and believed that it. would he the mteans of promnoting federationet wc'u the colleges. lIe said that imtpression had gone ou. that. 1h4 State was in a I had tinancial contdition, but. it Is not lrite. The hooks of thio State treasrer :+hoW tihat. on the first day of iebruary the cash balance an(1 luncollec:tod taxes amount. to $438.358.44. Last year the general assembly made liberal aipro priations, espeeially to pensions, and ins0tond of going into bankruptcy as some believe, the State is on a splendid flnancial footing. Further debate was ended by a mo tion to indefinitely postpone. The yeas and nays wero demanded and resulted as follows: Yeas--Messrs. Blake, Brie, Carpen ter, Davis, Dennis. Douglass, Forrest, (anes, Goodwin. Ifardin, Herndon, Hood, Ilough, .lohnson. McCall, Me )er' m'iiott, MleLeod. Pelrifoy, Willians Nays -Messrs. Blrown, Manning, Mar shall. Mayfield, AMelver, Mlower, J. W, Itagslale, llaysor, Sheppard, 241tanlaind, vo(n Kolnltz--lil. o the bill was killed. Preside ntial Nominations det' . has senIt lie- toll low ing tiomi)in:i tIcills to tIhe- 8-1i211'-: Hinite-d Sr'ite at w'es'tern'1 distri 12 ofee 1.114isiani:: se'rc-' tary'3 of' legationi a) It' tie. SwitzerlatIai , d Rtogeri Shieian41 Gai es 11:m44tcil. ofI lli.I nois; ilest 11as1t('rs--- l.euisiana:i. Au C., Iteilly. (Clinton. 1114he'ionfir'inat'iins by the4 8en)ate Mo(alyi were: l{eogeri Shernmn121) Ga2tes Ito1)f.'1, 5i4e'etary olf le'gat 1ion a HeuL,' Swif'zerlandt. l'ont. (Ladsenl: .l. TI. P'itt, Flor'enc. Tldeni Banquiet. N ew~ York,. Spial.-211 A banlqutll in h)1 ii (I f Samue1l .1. T'ilen was bel at D)owlng, pre'(siden't or the ('lub. wats toastmast er. Among f.hose at tile guiest tabile were. Jo.sephl W. Folk, di1strIct attorne'lCy of St. Iouis; W. tI. 1 Iensel, formner' Attorney Glene'ral oft P1ennsyl vanla; Charles S. I lamilIn, or Bos5ton1. Asitantlt Se'Dctary of t.he Treauisu ry unde Prli' uestdor it Cle'velal1id; and At t.ornIey Ge'ne'ra I Johin CunnIecen, of NewI Yorlk. The Ithr)ee4 spleakeiCrs' were Mes'.91S Illmlhin, i"olk and Shepa'.. PolIceman Shoots Another. Roanoke, VaI., Special ---Offleer Hou)iston Chil dress, of the h'ist ol, VaI., pollee force, was shot andh klledi oin the streets of that cIty shlortly3 aft erz mTidnhiht, by P'olicemnan Griatt Walk. There had bmeen hand liood l'utweenu lhe two ofic'ers for' sonme time. Thley met on the street and after some words, It Is alleged, Walk fii-ed two shots fro(m unlderi his over(oait , onei >f' whIch passed thu'-ough ChIld re's:' bo'dy. Walk CIvil War 1:1 hionduras. Paatnma, Iy (Cablir.- -A cablegramn re r'as ann iounle<4s that, civIl war' has br'o 1 -n ou1t in that countriy. AccordIng to th e ispatc eleni. SI i'rra, the retIrIng P residentl, havinig r'efuised to give uip Ithei p)re'sidential 1p0:t, to tIle Prtesidlent elec't Senor' Honilla, tile latter' has starteed a cIvil walr. The date of the r'evoluttionar'y otbrea'Ck is not known. WVheni you are only skiml-iflk i ethics' you cannot make up for It by beink cream in theoretics. QUEER.t "Sometimes I thInk so har'd It maksies< mo tired." "How thoughtless! "--Cleveland( PlaIn Dnnar.. FIMEN PERISIIEDk FIany Suffocated By fumes from the Burning Acid KEN DEAD AND ILL AS A RESULT the Illn'es Due to inhalirng Fumes of the Deadly Ntric Acid From the S4tamp and Seal Coupauy.. .\li-waake.'" tipecial.---hF('ar firemen rt" I,'ll anld nine ot.hers are :111(I to si riouttsty ill floll the efYects of n!alittg til (1t11.8 %f nitric acid .hilc tigit.in' a thire al the plant of l. St"1hw":a1, Stami an1/d Seal Compiany 'llvsda night.l . The ric''im.s of the dis ateri -'rt 11w11r . tlvc omt)ie for 13many cus aftter Ite fire. Wtht"n one by one. A\ 4"4 m11h4e list (1f th.i dl-a(d and1 e3 i,. I iuIjt'ed is as follows: l aul: .lm >; I-'olcv. ,"hiet:; Andrew \'hitc, calI;iin trucli No. I : li dwad lcan, pipeman. I';nl;ine Company No. ;lThonlas lIro ney. piln'maln, E'llgino murIn No. I. Serioiisly Injiured: ainieI .\let'ar thy. truckmuan. llngino 'cnulmuyt No. I. TIht" following will ra1b11lyl r(-cover: William. Meloy, erg g l"lanranau, \Wiiam Kenn11edy, kohn I.iuc han..t" Nunwash, George tyan. all trnckn.'1n and .Jack .1. Hlen (stev 1ieut nt"tltli. Assistant Chief Ilanc.Ey's cotnditio nl is critical and the Ihysicians who ar e Watching over him annot dleterline his chanves of lv Rig. Captain I 'eter i.ancalster is dying md(l 'I'ruc"kllan \\'illial Ielo' and Villiam ie inet"ry' are seliously ill. Th nit-n bc("nm1 ill and rapidly grew V( rse. I)oclor's worked over them., mut ('aptanin I,aneastter appeared to h c: lying and at priest was sent for andtl he last riles o f the Catholie church l(initlitist ercd. II was hopel 1lm1e1r nd Ml eloy woI1 re-over. ,250,000 Fire in an Oklahoma Town. Okihthola City. Okla., Speciat.--F'ire hat. started in the ,IAtn Store, dealers in general mcrc"handise. here, caused I lo ss of $250,0(I0. ThE insurance is t1hu1 one-third of cie loss. The en ire stock and huldling of the .ion ,tore was contslumed, entailing a loss if miiore than $17.,:tt1(. Another fire Il, I framle huiling ol broadway at It sa1u0 timuO c:aused l additional loss. News Notes. 'T'he Kaiser h1s issued a decree which is the death knell to the black vercoalt of (Ii" (;erman ofclleer. After April i only I he light gray overcoats are adlmisisille. These are worn a good (eal already. bult many ofllcers still prefer tile lacl( coat with its near red collar a.nd cliffs. Ilis Majesty d(3iddes ulpon the uniforms of all his many 1regiments--not a button or inch of gold braId but. has the Kaiser'a consid eration and sanction or disapproval. In a recent, contest for suggesting the hest way to make $5 grow the prize was awarded to i mian who advised hat. the amount he invested in eggs for ilnteing. Hie cited, among other things lie case of a boy who exchanged at elnny for an3 egg. and this egg grew, eceesslvely. Int(o a hen, six chickens, pig, ia calf, and a pony, with bride nd saddle. Agents of (ernany are seeking to uy warships from Chile. 'ihe first 10a1t. of the l"reneh Army itdget was adopted in the Paris hliambe l o'(f 1Depti hs nmlid ai patrioti c PImonistraion m. The Briis CI hannuei SquadrIon ia ex erim1entingJ with (Il as fuet. i''lft'rn sa3ilors l''( w r f t iln a collis Iln het.weenI tihe Titish torp)edo-boat. 'stro yer Or'well -and( tile (crulser ionreer near Cork)fu. Thei Wite' Star liner Cedric, the krgest. 81hi.In the world, left flelfaset 3r ALverJpool 0n her trial tripl. Ilrigandls aire c'reating aI reignl of ter' or ini thle Caulcasus. To Purchase Beauvoir. JTackson, Miss., Speelal.--Ten thous nd( dlollars, the amount requlire. for le purchasb(1e of Unautvoir, the old home - f Jefferson Dlavis, former President of he Southern Confederacy, was Snb erhed at a meeting of the Bleauvoir ommllit.tPEe of the Sons of Confederate 7Eoter'ans iln this city. It is said that a !eed wvill lbe granted by Mrs. D)avis Ia few dlayS. Two Women Hanged. London. Spec'ial.--Amnella Sach and \nnie WVaIter's, "haby farmers," wvere langed at I ioly jail Tuesday. The 'Vomanil werel re(ommllendeId to mercy on wrountii. (If thir sex1(, butt the HomTe 4'ecre(tarly waIs unablek to grant the re irieve usual1 ly acecorded. The women valke{d to1 the stoaffoldi unailded and d1is Ilayed remark{able fortitude. No we nan I ha d Ipreviolusly been hanged in CnlandI E sincre March'I, 1900. For Liberian Sditeme. AllantLa, Speelal.-The republic of dheria, throu03gh Bishop H*. M. Turner, f this city, has donated to the Col 'red National and Commercpi.l Asso lation the sum of $25,000 to a(ssist iln murehasing a steamshiip to ply between lie United States andl West Africa, for 'ommiereial puIrposes, as wveli as for mligraltion. It is the b)ishop's desireO hat white as well as coloredl peop)le murehase shares in this eniterprise, and Issist negroes who wish to remove to 'giber ia. RooseveIt Invited. Wasin gtonl, Special. - President Roosevelt receivedi an invitation WVed nlesd(ay to attend the unveiling of the mioinment to 1)e erectedl at Orchard K(nob, on the Chicamauga battlefild, in commemoration of the servicen of Mayland soldiers on both sides of the lvil war. The mionument comnmission, I(alded b)y Col. 13. V. Taylor, of Bal. Imore county, was presented to the 'residlent by Senator McComas. The 'residlent wals shown a handsome wa er'-coloredl drawing of the mlonuiment, lhe unlveilinig of whIch will take place 11 .July 22nd next. HIe gave no definite ely to the invitation, aying that lhe vouild take the matter under consid ration.