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farms valued at $28,500.
The oM saying that '?His note is as
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New Orleans, a city af nearly 300,000
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'and wui cover
?ver two loer^^br^i ground than
?did the bp??m??tr^Yture and liberal
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fit. Loulsans take great delight.
Joseph Lc Thompson of Franklin, ?.
H., wbo is now in the 85?.h year of his
agc, baa taught school in that town
and vicinity for 65 years. He says, aa
one thing learned in Iii? long practice
of his calling, that one-third of a
teacher's timo is taken up in maintain
ing order. On the wall of his "study"
banca a card with the word "Why"
ir. large letters. This, he says, has
hoon his motto all through his life
and studies. .
A great many California oranges are
shipped east in what are known as
tramp cara. There is no fruit the
price of which fluctuates aa much as
does that of oranges, and thousands
of carloads of oranges are, therefore,
started east with some uncertain dosJ
tinatlon. Tho car may be consigned
to Kansas City, but in the meantime
there are agents watching in the east
for the best markets and ou telegraphy.
lc Information the car may bo ordered
on to Chicago or New York City.
Reportera aro often more active and
?ore gifted with an instinct for de
tail than the officers, says Charles Pi
Grin nell in the Atluntlc. Together
they make a formidable combination.
But they are often divided in opinion,
and yet oftener in their, sympathies.
Reporters, Uko the average citizen, are
more apt to pity the prisoner, if for
nothing else for the very reason that
the police aro down upon him. It ls
an ambition of reporters to unearth
more facts than the police. Newspa
pers print news from a prisoner's
friends as readily as news from his
persecutors. Nevertheless, they spr?ad
abroad the charge against a suspected
port?n more than he or his friends
trish. Since tho newspapers begin
long beforo a trial to work up a popu
lar in ter oat in all tho persons con
cerned, tho results, cannot be ?other
than an exaggeration of tho impor
tance to tho public cf what stimulates
and gratifies curiosity, vhether or not
it affects the question of the prisoner's
guilt
ft
ARE AT IT AGAIN.
Tillman and Mclaurin- Air Their Views
in the Senate.
A VERY DRAMATIC SCENE ENSUES
The -t?gplor Sojith Carolina Senator
Asks the Junior Senator That They
\ Teudis? T..c..Joint. Resignations.
Washington, D. C., Special.-The
fonate chamber was the scene of a
highly dramatic episode Monday, whoa
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
challenged his colleague. Senator Mc
Lauriu, to resign with him on tho ppoi,
in order, to use his language, that they
might bo able "to wash their dirty
linen.at home." Mr. Mclaurin did
not take up the gauge. Thu* exciting
clash between the two .Senators waa
the direct sequel of the very bitter
controversy which arose between th-Aiu
In South Carolina last spring. McLaurin
arose to a querilon of personal privi
lege Monday and proceeded to explain
what he charged was a conspiracy to
discredit him lu his own State for acts
and views which did not meet the ap
proval of certain Democratic leaders.
He declared that he was being humilia
ted, and, according to public prints, was
to be excluded from the Democratic
caucus, becauso he had acted upon per:
tain public issues in a way which he
considered was for the best interest of
tho country and the people of his j
State. He announced himself ?I bc-i
liever in the cid Democracy and after
I denouncing the new Democratic lead-j
erp who, ho said, had brought desirae- ;
tipn upon the- party, de'clareU that he'
could not be driven from his old alle
giance into a.-party with which he didi
i not care to affiliate. Mr. McLauriu's
[ statements drew the fire of Senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic\
uational committee, who denied that j
he had any ""ulterior rupUvea" in not
inviting Mr. McLaurin to .enterthe'
caucus. From Mr. Tillman it brought
forth a review of the whole controver- i
sy, in the course of which Mr. Hoar:
took occasion to express the opinion ?
that it was very doubtful whether both j
the South Carolina seats ? were not in
reality vacant. He contended that
when the resignations were offered'
last spring to the. Governor, they could
not thereafter bo withdrawn and that'
.they became immediately operative. Hs!
cited a precedent and suggested thati
the committee on privileges, and cita
tions should look into thc matter. j
*?bs. climax came when Senator Till- !
man challenged Mr. Mal .a ii ria to join
with him in preparing a joint resig
nations and handing, tjem to-lhg'tififl.-'
piiflp^fowever, Mr; ?Mclaurin did not
accept and thc epiBode was brought to
an abrupt clo3e hy a motion of Sena
tor Lodge that the Senate go into ?xetv"
utive session.
At" the conclusion of* the morning
business there was something of a ttlr
in the chamber when Mr. McLaurin, of
South Carolina, arose to a question of
personal privilege. He had before him
a huge pile of manuscript. "I aris-3 to
a question of personal privilege in
connection with thc published state
ment that I have been excluded from
participation in Democratic caucus,"
he announced. With evidenco of con
siderable emotion, he proceedod to ex
plain that if such was the case and if
he was to bc without assignment upon
committees, the right of his State,
which he In part represented In thc
Senate, would suffer. The personal i
effect of an exclusion from repr?senla-1
tion on committees was, he said, not!
of so much importance a3 its effect
upon the State of South Carolina..
By this time the entire Senate was
interested. Several Republicans cross
ed the political aisle to the Democratic!
side the better to listen to what Mr. |
Mclaurin had to say.
Continuing, Mr. McLaurin said he
would be silent did he not fear
that the movement against him was
one to keep alive .sectionalism. For
many years the people of the South hau
realized that they had not obtained
their fair share of the national bene
fits.. Mr. McLaurin recalled the lar 11
that although SamueKJ. Randall hud
advocated a protective tariff, he. had
been voted for in a Democratic national'!
convention for President. Hancock, al
though he declared that the tariff was
a local issue, had been nominated for
President, and David B. Hill, although
ho opposed the income tax, had not
been, read out of the Democratic party.
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, was
on his feet when Mr. Jones concluded
In his characteristic way he announced
that while his name had not been
mentioned, he realized that he was tho
cans*? oi it all. He said he would natl
at thi-: time, make an extended reply.
Briefly, then, he reviewed' tho contro
versy between himself and Senator.l
McLaurin, which led to the joint tender [
of their resignations to the Governor
of South Carolinta : last spring, and
told of tho Governors suggestion tbat
tho lesignations he withdrawn. Mr.
Tillman said he contended that the
Governor was simply "a box into which
wo had put letters for the Legislature,"
and they could not undo their act, but
that Mr. McLaurin has hastened to
withdraw his:letter. Mr. Tillman sahl
ho had examined the record of about
200 cases In tho history of tho' govern
ment v hero Senators had resigned, and
Mr. McLaurin enjoyed the enviaolo
distinction of being the only one who
had withdrawn his resignation after
offering it.
. As to Mr. McLaurln's charge of con
spiracy to "humiliato him by barring j
him from the Democratic caucus, Mr.
Tillman called attention to tho fact
that ho had not been in Washington
during the extra session of the Senate
las? Spring. "Thia conspiracy," he
said, "is a dream conjured up by bbn.
It ls ibo creatioa of bis own brain."
In conclusion Mr. Tillman, with a
sweep of his arm, adjured his Demo
ci al lc colleagues not to "fret" about
the charge that they were conspiring
to discredit Mr. MeLaurln at home be
causo "his crowd was demoralized,
cowed and whipped."
Mr. MeL?U^alJii^?jreply to Ivlr.
J?HHK?8*\a mument to
say that he
ould be any
e.that there
r .purpose" In aay
'.t^houebt I-wa?
did?' said he
retorted Mr
m his neat. "1
Tillman, but
reply to Sei
did not desi
.thing perso
had been a
thing he. he
jusi?fled in say.
accept hla
"I disclaim
Jones, wlthou
simply contr
"I thank th*.' SeAitiOr for his cour
tesy observed i Mrv-'tecr.aur in, bowiu
with mock deference,, 'as he took hla
seat."
Mr H'oai. of Massachusetts, ad
dressed himself to the legality of the
resignations, which the South Caroli
na Senators had sent to the Governor
ot their State. Undeclared that the
iTsisimt?ort5?.? -fy, legislativa, mil. er
vsic?u s ? hoMtilcS?ff, once, and lin t
ho doubled?^ra^\tUch resignations
muid be *l$Am*?U :> He said thal
Speaker BlainehailO.held upon one
occasion in'Ufib ,Wouse contrary to
the English TOI h ^fn'.il a lef;ismt. -a
office cannot ?e_ resigned. Ko said
thu a man could not bc kept m omet
againsl i.is will am. raised a laugh by
observing Mat hi his opinion neituei
of the South Carolina Senators had
a right to address the Senate. If thc
Mr. Tillman were
to the sally Mr.
d himself beei ci
although ho ^as
in withdrawing his
e Governor ot the
State he had adlted that be /wlthdreyr
lt -if' lt waa lawful to do so." He
suggested that t]he Judiciary commit
tee should look into the matter as he
should enjoy jThThin^ so much as
washing th e . dlrt;>rrlinenTllt~ h o me. ,
Jumping tt> hto;ife^fcVJ?ri Mclaurin
declared, in,T?ttgi?8f ' 'tones, that ho
was really t??1ii{jg^ at
.my pluee orl?t'lt?|^'ipmV-ff'1' tho dis
cussion of t iie r 1 asnea bet we vu them.
Thereupon, 11rjpr'?twf^jlftti*^ntu' fash
ion, Mr. Tillman cnaJleuged his col
league to resign on the spot.
"Let as draw up the papers now."
said he, "and tender them to this
statements mad(
correct. In ro?
Tillman said h
the same cpini
not a lawyer ar
resignation fron
man," point!
tower.1 the
that -will set
All eyes w
Lanrin. us J
.'Mitlng for hi
challenge,
though loo-kl
c>e. did ?ot
m'a'tu reply. 1
Mr. Hoar again
?xpJaitf?iJn.
tretched arm
meer, "and
pon Mr Mr
paused a J if
to accept the
Laurin, al
adlly In the
from his seat or
?ok the floor and
iie^ccasi
MThel
designation Immediately ii vaca
seat in the nou?e. A resolution
the expulsion of a member from
Carolina, wasabout to.be voted upon,
and. tho member, knowing that the re
solution -would bo adopted, sent his
resignation to the chair with. the In
tention of addressing the House and
then offering lt before the vote on
the resolution was takn. As soin as
Speaker Blaine saw the nature of the
communication sent to him hr imme
diately declared the 'seat vacant,
thus putting an end to all further
proceedings. Mr. Hoar continued
that if- the facts bearing upon - the
case of the South Carolina Senators
had been correctly stated, it waa
doubtful whether they were entitled
to seats upon the. floor of the Senate
at this time. He thought the commit
tee on privileges and elections should
inquire into the matter.
Mr. Tillman said he was glad that
his own legal instinct had been back
ed up by such an eminent authority
.88 the chairman of the judiciary com
mlttee. If his colleague^would pre
pare any document that would vacate
his seat as well as his (Tillman's) he
would be glad to sign it. As Tong HS
he represented the people on the
floor, he said, in conclusion, he pro
posed to represent them honestly and
not in the fashion which was a dis
grace to his State. Mr. Lodge at this
point arose and ' announced wlj.h a
smile on his face that while tbe.resig*
nations were preparing, he would
move that tho Senate go Into execu
tive session. The motion was carried.
After half an hour behind closed
doors tho Senate adjourned.
Boston does Democratic.
Boston, Special. - The Democrats
completely overwhelmed the Republi
cans Ia the city election Tuesday, Gen
eral Patrick A. Collins being elected
over Mayor Thomas N. Hart by the
largest plurality in a quarter of a cen
tury. '. Tho Democrats likewise obtain
ed control of both branches of the city
government, elected their streeet com
missioner, Salem D. Charles, and prac
tically all . their candidates for the
school commission. As'usual the city
voted strongly In favor of license.
Fighting: In Philippines.
Manila, By Cable.?-Thousands of'
people are leaving Bataugas province
for places of sainty. General James M.
Bell reports en important engagement
between a force of insurgents at
Labo, province' of Camarines, and a
detachment of the Twentieth Infantry.
Three Americans were killed. Tho
loss of tho enemy is not know?,-but is
believed to have been heavy. "General
Bell anticipated a speedy extermina
liioo of the irreconcilables.
Infectious1-diseases are said Urbe un??
known in Greenland; but it may be re
garded as doubted jf t\]'i limam?rr will
attaact many ii
GOLD AND SILVER
Statistics of the County's Product ot
Precious Metals.
WORK OF THE MINT FOR THE YEAR
A Suggestion to Raise the Country's
Stock of Subsidiary Coin to Meet
Our Needs.
Washington, D. C. Special-The ru
port of Mr. George E. Roberts, direc
tor of the mint, upon the operations ol
the mint service during the fiscal year
ended .Tun? 30. 1901, has been com
pleted. The coinago of the mlnt3 dur
ing the fiscal year amounted to 176.
999,132 pieces, of thc value of $130,340,.
781. Of this $99,065,715 waa in gold;
$24,298,850 was in silver dollars, S10,
966.648 was in fractional silver and $2,
009,568 was in minor coin.
Thc coinago of silver dollars during
tho year was wholly from the stock of
bullion accumulated under the act of
July 14, 1890. The amount bf thl3 bul
lion on hand at the beginning ot the
fiscal year was 82,268.054 standard
ounces, and at the end of the year 52,
562,927 standard ounces. The coinago
of this bullion lias been accelerated to
enable the treasury to retire the treas
ury notes issued on its purchase and at
the same time Gupply'the pressing de
mand .which has existed throughout
the year for the small denominations
of money required in retail trade.
The original deposits of gold'at the
mints and assay offices amount to
$153,101,580, an increase of$19.1S1.561
over the preceding year. Of thia $27,
906,489 was in foreign coln; $17,600,483
that of Great Britain, nearly all- bains
from Australia and $50,425,600 that of
Japan.
The estimated production of gold in
the United States during the calendar
year 1900 waa $79,171,000, and-notwith
standing the fact that this country led
the world in production, its imports
exceeded its export3 by $12,866,010. The
production of North America, practi
cally all of which cornea to the United
States, was $116,151,500.
Tho world's coinago of gold in the
calendar year of 1900 was $354,936.497,
and of silver $117,011,902.
.The industrial consumption of gold
In tho Unite<L?t&te*;d^Jrtng the calen
dar year 19ttoLfe.e?UnMl.t?d at $16,6r>7,
_500 ,and o f fctflj-'jjfliirore?pp r ood m at -j 1 y
coin ^n^the
to $100,000,
1901. the ex
US. The re
L probable that
before another Congress shall have op
portunity to act, th3 growing needs of
the country will have absorbed the en
tire amount authorized
It is suggested that the limit of the
country's stock of subsidiary coin bc
raised to at least ?120.000,000. No good
reason ia a parent, say s the report.why
the coinage of dollar pieces should not
be allowed to cease and all of the ;;.l
ver on hand be used in subsidiary
coinage.
The Bonine Trial.
Washington, Special.-Counsel for
tho defense in the trial of Mrs. Lola
Ida Bonine for the murder of James
Seymour Avres, Jr., Saturday, precip
itated a lengthy argument over the
right to ask an expert witness cer
tain hypothetical questions bearing
on the hip wound of Ayres. The
court directed the jury to retire dur
ing the discussion. The defense
stated that it would endeavor to show
by the witness, Dr. W. P. Carr, that
the government's contention that
Ayres received this wound at long
range, was wholly untenable from the
very nature of the wound.? Tho court
will render its decision Monday.
Roosevelt's First Bill.
Washington, Special. -'President
Roosevelt Saturday, signed the first bill
Bent to-him by Congress, thus creating
the. first daw, to be enacted under his
administration, lt was thc act to ad
mit free pf duty and to permit the
transfer of foreign exhibits from the
Pan-American Exposition of thc South
Carolina Inter-State and West Indian
Exposition ak Jharicston. S. C.
Married By Telegraph.
Bowling Green, Ky., Special.-M?38
Maude Wllcutt stood in the telcgrepb
office here and became the brido of Dr.
J. W. Simmons, of Poastcr, Tex; Th^y
were married by wire. The questions
were asked from tho Texas end hy a
justice of the peace and were answered
by Miss Wllcutt. Miss Wilcutt at
present Is teaching school in Butler
county. She and Dr. Simmons recently
met while travelling. The "operator
and newspaper acquaintances wera the
Bowling Green witnesses to tho Ular
riages Mrs. Simmons will leave next
week for Texas to join her husbaud.
A Negro Lynched.
Lake Charles, La., Special.-Saul
Poydras, a negro, who cut Chief Dep
uty Richard and wifo seriously Vhiirs?
day night, was lynched hera Saturday
morning. Poydras was arrested a{
-Welsh and tho officers were abott*, lo
'lodge' him in the parish prison, when
a mob overpowered the guards, took
charge of Poydras, and hanged bim to
An electric ll cht pole.
STARTLING WORDS
1,000 Soldiers Said to Have Died fla
Account of Neglect
CHARGES AGAINST ARMY OFFICER
A Cincinnati .Physician Claims That
Mnny Lives Have 3ccu Sacrificad
Needlessly..
Marlo?, O., Special.-Dr. Charles A.
L. Reed, of Cincinnati, the retirlas
president o? the American Medica! *Ya- .
30ciation, was ( given a banquet hera
Tuesday night by tho molicaJ profes
sion of northern OhJo. In the course ?f
his remarks on pending congressional
topics, viewed from a medical stand
point, he said:
"It seems, from evidence thai. haa.
recently come from within tho army
itself, that tho medical department has
not only been degraded, but that it i?
practically without authority. This wa*
Strikingly, Indeed tragically, illustrated
during the recent war. A commandant,
was in charge of a quarter of t!ho en
tire army. His command was morie
up of the flower of American man
hood, and was encamped at a health
resort. He, however. In violation of
thc precedent of the usually cultivated
and competent gentlemen of tho linc,
but acting under the permission of ex
isting army regulations, not only sci
aside recommendations of his sanitary
officers, but by personal example in
cited his mon to'vlolate the most fan
damental'sanitary laws. The result wa?
what might have been expected. Of
tho moro than 60,000 men In his .com
mand 12,000 were Invalids, nearly ?,0oO
died from preventable causes. If in an
active campaign the com niau (Lan t had
Ignored the advice of his scout and
had'led his command into ambush with
similarly disastrous result, 12.000
Wounded and 1,000 killed, he would
have been court-martialed, anil, doubt
less, dismissed from the service.
"The resolution, however, I am In
formed, fix no responsibility for this
parallel calamity, the enormity of
which ls only beginning to bo under
stood. It,is not surprising that effort?
have been made to suppress knowledge
of it. I am advised -that tho army in
vestigation committee, in W
of public d?cency, omitted
public report much testlmoi
phase of the conduct of theojj
??^??^?--i?Vifeu?'c*rrr*o/3 w?|r
tates this unsavory subject !
to the Philippines. No wc
Surgeon General cannot fill tho 6D and
more vacancies now existing in his
corps; self-respecting medical mea aro
not offering themselves for a servi??
that ls dominated by gag law and
tyranny. But such methods must fail..
The agitation conn?t stop until the re
sponsibility is fixed foi: the enforcement
of a regulation duder the present terras
of which the bumptiousness of an ac
cidental and incapable commandant,
with Impunity to himself, may doprlv?
an entire army of the benefactions cf
science."
Large Canal Appropriation.
Washington, Special.-Senator Morgan
introduced a bill providing for the con
struction of the Nicaragua Canal. Tho
bill provides an aggregate of $180.009.
000. of which $5,000,000 is made Imme
diately available, and of which aggre
gate sum such amounts as are neces
sary are to be appropriated by Con
gress from time to time. The control
of the canal and the canal belt is vest
ed in a board of eight citizens of the
United States In addition to the Secre
tary of War, who ls to bo president.
The members of the board aro to ba
paid a salary of $S,000 a year each, and
they are to ba chosen regardless J' FO
litical affiliation. There is a provision
authorizing the establishment of a reg
iment from the regular army on thc
canal belt to properly guard it, and
courts also are authorized conformable
to. the powers granted by tho govern
ments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica."
There also is a provision making throe
divisions of the cannl during thc con
struction and there Is to be a chlter en
gineer and two assistants on each ai
vision, the chief to receive a salary ot
$6,000 and the assistants $8,000.
To Be Deported.
Manila, By Cable.-The Supreme
Court Tuesday dismissed tho writ of
habeas corpus In tho case of Patt orson. ?
the Englishman, private secretary to
Sixto Lopez, whoso deportation fs
sought by the authorities, as ho refus
ed to take the oath of allegiance to
thc United States when ho landed at
Manila.'Justice, Coopervdissentod. Pat
terson wlll. be doportel on ' the. firot
steamer bound for Hong Kong.
Will Protect Germans.
Berlin, By Cable.-Tho Poliah griev
ance growing out of the punishment of
paren ts at Wrosdhen, who refused to>v
oblige their children to loam their
catechism and prayers in tho German
language, was tho subject Of an inter
pellation by Prince Rodslwlf?, in Ibo
Reichstag. Tho Imperial chancellor.
Count Von Buelow, replied that the
question pcrtaindd to tho Prussian.
Diot and that thereforo ho must re
fuse to discuss ii. in tho Reichstag. Ha
could say, however, the prestige of the
Empire had not In any way suffered
through tho attitude of tho Wrfschea
8a'horltlea. and that thc relations with
Austria and Russia wero entirely un
affected. . i _ ..".,