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The cantaloupe crop in tht vicinity
of Macon, Ga., is a complete failure.
All those who have planted have made
statements to this effect, and they
are now plowing up the land in which
the crop was planted and are turn
ing under all that is left of what at
one time promised to be a fine crop
oi this succulent melon.
Gen. Kush C. Hawkins, of New York
City, has sent to the University of
Vermont a lot of rare documents con
cerning' the civil war, to be added to
the valuable collection of a like na
ture which he gave the university
some time ago. In the latter lot is a
copy of the Vicksburg Daily Citizen
of July 2, 1863, printed on wall paper.
Only two sovereigns have passed the
age of the late Queen Victoria. They
are the King of Denmark who is now
83 years old, and the Duke of Luxem
burg, who is now in his eighty-fourth
year. King Christian began to rule
in 1S63 and the Grand Duke in 1S90,
so that their reigns bear no compari
son in length with that of Queen Vic
toria.
The roar of the lion can be heard
farther than the sound of anjr other
living creature. Next comes the cry
of a hyena, and then the hoot of the
owl. After these, the panther and the
jackal. The donkey can be heard fif
ty times farther thaif the horse, and
the cut ten times as far as the dog.
S-trange as it may seem, the cry of
the hare can be heard farther than
that of either the cat or dog.
Dr. Adolph Iirodbeck, professor of
Greek in the University of Nashville,
Tcnn., is at work upon a design for
an air car which he proposes chall
make 600 miles an hour, making the
flight from New York to San Francis
co in eight hours, including sto^s. He
has been at work on the machine for
several years, and hopes to perfect
it soon. Ilis ideas are between those
of the flying machine and the locomo
tive.
The oldest church bell tower in
America is now in good condition in
Tacoma, Wash. When the orst settle
ment was made on Commencement
Bay, Puget Sound, a church was built
but there was no bell tower, so a big
fir tree was selected. The bell was
placed in the top of this tree, a lad
der extending from the roof of the
church to the improvised tower. The
ivy-eolored fir still stands, with the
bell in its top.
Greater attention to the eyesight of
school children appears to be a press
ing need of the age—in cities, at least.
An investigation shows that eye de
fects are increased one-third by the
first three years of school life, and
that in ordinary schools 32 per cent
have only two-thirds of ordinary
keenness of sight, while in one school
this proportion readied 4S per cent.
The dullness of pupils is due in great
measure to eye defects.
It is said that the Bank of France
has an invisible studio in a gallery be
hind the cashiers, so that at a given
6ignal from one of them any suspect
ed customer can instantly have his
photograph taken without his knowl
edge. The camera has also become
very useful in the detection of frauds,
a word or figure that to the eye seem
ed completely erased being clearly re
produced in photographs of the docu
ment that had been tampered with.
Kentucky boasts of the oldest mail
carrier in the United States in the
person of "Uncle Sam" Gibbons, who
resides at Hodgenville, three miles
from Lincoln's birthplace. Uilcle Sam
has retired from active service now,
but he enjoys pointing to the fact
that for sixty-one years he carried
the government's mail, without the
loss of a single sack, and with scarce
ly a dozen delayed trips due to heavy
rains or otherwise inclement weather.
Dr. Ludwig Mond, whose discovery
of a cheap gas promises a revolution
in the production, is a native of Cas
sel, who, although he went to England
nearly forty years ago, still retains a
trace of his German accent. He has
invented many wonderful chemical
processes and has thereby acquired
"wealth sufficient to indulge in his fan
cy for ancient Italian works of art.
He keeps up a palace in Rome, a town
and country house in England and id
member of five London clubs.
Arabian horses manifest remarka
ble courage in battle. It is said that
when a horse of this breed finds him
self wounded, and perceives that he
will not be able to bear his rider much
longer, he quickly retires from the
conflict, bearing his master to a place
of safety while he has still sufficient
strength. But if, on the other hand,
the rider is wounded and falls to the
ground, the faithful animal remains
beside him, unmindful of danger,
neighing until assistance is brought.
A puzzling problem is how to get
rid of empty nitroglycerin casks. The
wood of the casks become so satur
ated with nitroglycerin that in ex
plosivcness it equals the nitroglycer
in itself. It does not pay, nor is it
safe, to refill the casks. To burn them
is out of the question. If left around,
they are a constant menace, for while
all 'men arc prone to show their re
spect for a dangerous explosive, there
ere few that think that harm can
come of a kick at an empty barrel.
There is nothing to do but to explode
'the casks.
1NSDLAR CASES.
Supreme Court's Decisions
Covering All Important
Points at Issue.
General Attitude and Policy of
Government Up to the Pres
ent Time Is Upheld.
Constitutionality of the Foraker
Act Affirmed and Gives Con
gress Power to Govern.
In Delima Case, Involving Collection of
Duties on Porto Rican Sugars, De
cision Is Against Government
Opinion Delivered l»y Justice Drown
_Justices McKenna, Slilrns and
White iu
DImciiIIuk
Opinion.
Washington, May 2S.—The United
States supreme court Monday handed
down opinions covering all of the is
sues on the new insular possessions
which have been in controversy. Al
though several of the decisions upheld
the contestants on certain issues
raised, yet in the most important de
cision, that of Downs against Bid
well, Justice Brown announced the
sweeping decision of the court uphold
ing the general attitude and policy of
the government up to the present
time.
The effect of this decision is to con
firm the constitutionality of the For
aker act and to give congress power to
deal with the
newly-acquired
territory
in such manner as the legislative
branch may consider suitable for the
new territory. The decision also had
the effect of declaring that the new
insular possessions do not by virtue of
the treaty of cession acquire all the
privileges and rights of the constitu
tion.
Delivered by Judge Brown,
Washington, May 28. Justice
Brown, of the United States supreme
court, Monday announced the deci
sion of that court in the insular
cases. The announcement of the
court's opinion was begun at 12:27.
The main opinion was handed down
in the Delima case. Justice Brown
first announced the court's decision
on point of jurisdiction, holding that
the court had jurisdiction.
The Point nt Insue.
The Delima case involved the im
portation of goods into the United
States from Porto Rico after the rati
fication of the treaty of Paris and
before the passage of the Porto Rican
act.
Delima & Co., doing business in
New York, imported from San Juan,
Porto llieo, during the months of
June and July, 1S99, certain sugars,
the product of Porto Rico. Upon
these sugars the collector at New
York demanded and collected about
$13,000 as customs duties.
Delima & Co. sued Bidwell, the col
lector, as an individual, in the su
preme court of the state of New
York, to recover back the duties thus
paid, amounting in all to $13,145, al
leging that they were unlawfully de
manded, in violation of the consti
tution and collected by duress, the
collector exacting the payment of the
duties as a condition to the delivery
of the sugars. On the petition of the
collector the suit was removed to the
circuit court of the United States for
the Southern district of New York,
which sustained a demurrer to the
complaint, both on the ground that
no cause for action was stated and
that the court had no jurisdiction.
From the judgment dismissing the
complaint Delima & Co. prosecute er
ror from this court.
Not Iloth Foreign and Domestic.
Justice Brown said that whether
the sugar imported from or into
Porto Rico were dutiable depends
upon whether Porto Rico is a for
eign country. He held that the right
to acquire territory involves the
right to govern and control it by con
gress, but he said, that a country
could not be both foreign and do
mestic.
Government'" Position Opposed.
The opinion was opposed to the
contention of the government. He
concluded that at the time the du
ties were collected Porto Rico was a
territory and not a foreign country,
but a territory of the United States.
Conclusion of Opinion.
Justice Brown concluded as fol
lows:
"If en act of congress bo necessary to
convert a foreign country into domestic
territory, the Question at once suggests
itself what is the character of the legis
lation demanded for this purpose? Will an
act appropriating money for its purchase
be sufficient? Apparently not. Will an
act appropriating the duties collected upon
Imports to and from such country for the
benefit of its government be sufficient?
Apparently not. Will acts making appro
priations for Its postal service, for the es
tablishment of lighthouses, for the main
tenance of quarantine stations, for erect
ing public buildings, have that effect?
Will an act establishing a complete local
government, but with the reservation of
a right to collect duties upon commerce be
adequate for that purpose? None of these,
nor all together, will be sufficient. If the
contention of the government be sound,
since acts embracing all these, provisions
have been passed in connection with Porto
Rico, and it Is insisted hat it is still a
foreign country within the meaning of the
tariff laws. We are unable to acquiesce ir.
this assumption that a territory may be
at the same time both foreign and domes
tic.
"We are therefore of opinion that at the
time these duties were levied Porto Rico
was not a foreign country within the mean
ing of the tariff laws, but a territory of
the United States that the duties were
Illegally exacted and that the plaintiffs
are entitled to recover them back.
"The judgment of the circuit court for
the Southern district of New York Is there
fore reversed and the case remanded to
that court for further proceedings in con
sonance with this opinion."
A Dissenting Opinion.
Justice McKenna delivered the dis
senting opinion of the supreme court
in the insular cases. lie was joined
in that opinion by Justices Shiras
and White.
Justice McKenna went into a de
tailed examination of the cases cited
in the majority opinion. He main
tained that they did not show a clear
current of decision, but disclosed
much divergence of view. He re
ferred also to the fact that prece
dents not in consonance with the
majority view were now dismissed as
'dictum and not binding opinion.
Sees Danger in Position.
He spoke of the dangers attending
the dismissal of judicial opinion as
"dictum" and of the greater danger
when such a course may interfere, or
had interfered, with the action of a
nation. Constancy and certainty of
judicial opinion was of the highest
importance, the justice declared, and
they should not be like the "exhala
tions of a marsh, shining mistily."
Justice McKenna's examination of
the many precedents was exhaustive
and almost an hour was given to
showing to what extent the circum
stances of each case bore on the
present condition in Porto Rico.
After examining cases cited by ma
jority opinion Justice McKenna said
that opinion proceeded on the theory
that the cession of Porto Rico was ab
solute, whereas that depended upon
the treaty itself. He referred to the
effects wrought upon the country at
large by decisions limiting the govern
mental authority in respect to cus
toms. The industrial policy of the
country might be destroyed and those
signing the dissenting opinion could
not acquiesce in a view that might lead
to such an end. In the opinion of those
dissenting, Justice McKenna said, the
judgment of the circuit court should
be affirmed.
Justice Gray Also Dissents.
Justice Grtry followed with the brief
announcement of his dissent from the
majority opinion, stating that he re
garded it as irreconcilable with the
opinion of the court in former cases.
Tbe Dooley Case.
Justice Brown also announced the
opinion of the court in the case of
Dooley vs. the United States, in
volving the validity of a duty levied
on goods imported into Porto Rico
from the United States between the
date of military occupation and the
taking effect of the Porto Rican tar
iff act. The court held that there
could be no doubt of the validity of
the duties levied by virtue of Gen.
Miles' order prior to the ratification
of the treaty of peace. It placed this
right on the ground of military ne*i
cessity.
With reference to duties levied
after ratification of the peace treaty
the court said a different rule applied
and it held these duties invalid. Jus
tices Gray, Shiras, McKenna and
White dissented, the latter delivering
the opinion.
The Goetase nnd Crossman Cases.
In the case of Goetze vs. the United
States and Crossman vs. the United
States, brought here from the circuit
court for the Southern district of New
York to test in the Goetze case the
validity of the levy of duty on an im
portation of tobacco into the United
States after the ratification of the
treaty and before the passage of the
Porto Rican act and in the Crossman
case duty on liquors imported into
Hawaii after annexation but before
the taking effect of the act providing
a government for Hawaii, the court
reversed the judgments for the reasons
cited in the Delima case, holding the
levy of duties was unconstitutional.
Justice White's Opinion.
Justice White, in dissenting in the
Dooley case, made the announcement
that in the Downs case, which ques
tions the validity of duties levied on
oranges imported from Porto Rico
after the Foraker act, the majority
of the court would, as Mr. White stat
ed it, reverse itself and hold the duty
valid. He said the opinion in the
Downs case, which the court would an
nounce later, would thus lead to the
inconsistency of the court deciding
that after the Foraker act Porto Ri®o
ceased to be a part of the United
States and before the Foraker act it
was apart of the United States.
Justice White said the court would
later in the Downs case hold that con
gress had the power under the Porto
Rican tariff act to impose a tariff duty
on goods coming from Porto Rico. He
expressed himself as unable to con
ceive on what theory they thus pro
ceeded and expressed the opinion that
it was due to confusion of thought in
the Delima case.
The Armstrong Case.
After Justice White concluded his
opinion Justice Brown announced the
decision of the court in the case of
Armstrong vs. the United States, cov
ering the shipment of gpods to Porto
Rico. This case, the court said, was
similar to the Dooley case. While du
ties prior to the treaty were proper,
those subsequent to the treaty were
not. The judgment of the circuit
court was reversed.
Justice White announced the dis
sent of Justices Gray, Shiras, Mc
Kenna and himself.
Justice Brown next announced the
opinion in the case of Downes vs. Bid
well, relating to a shipment of or
anges from Porto Rico to New \ork
after the enactment of the Foraker
act. The objections to the lower
court's jurisdiction were overruled.
Defeats French Champion.
Paris, May 28.—"Major" Taylor, the
colored American cyclist, in the re
turn match Monday defeated Jacque
lin, the French champion, in two out
of three races.
Presbyterian General Assembly
Adopts the Report of the Re
vision Committee.
FOR CHAN6ED AND SHORTER CREED.
The Session nt Philadelphia Also De
cides to Hold Assembly Kent Year
nt Fifth Avenue Church, New York
—Other Important Questions to Be
Considered.
Philadelphia, May 28.—The Presby
terian general assembly adopted the
revision committee's report at 11:02
a. in.
It was also decided at Monday morn
ings session to hold the assembly next
year in the Fifth Avenue church, New
York.
Impatient to Settle Question.
"When the Presbyterian general as
sembly met Monday there appeared to
be a disposition on the part of the
commissioners to bring the debate on
creed revision to an end as soon us
possible. The majority of the dele
gates are impatient to settle the ques
tion as far as this assembly is con
cerned. There is still considerable
other business of importance to be
transacted and some of the subjects
aro expected to arouse much discus
sion.
Before proceeding to the further
consideration of the question of revi
sion the assembly adopted the report
of the committee on the next place of
meeting, which selected the Fifth Av
enue Presbyterian church, New \ork,
as the meeting place of the general as
sembly of 1902. An amendment was
offered substituting Los Angeles for
New York, but Dr. Roberts, stated
clerk, announced that the condition of
tlie assembly's funds would not war
rant such a selection and the amend
ment was lost. Invitations were also
received from Denver, Milwaukee and
Saratoga Springs.
"The committee recommended to the
next assembly the selection of Los
Angeles for the assembly of 190:!.
James D. Moffatt, D. D., president of
Washington and Jefferson university,
who on Saturday gave notice that he
would offer an amendment to the ma
jority report, was then recognized by
tlif moderator.
I)r. Moffatt explained that lie was
moved to offer the amendment to rec
ommendation because of the small
majority which on Saturday voted to
retain the recommendation in the re
vision committee's report. Objection
had been made, he said, to the origin
al recommendation because of am
biguity in certain portions and his ob
ject in amending was to render the
vo-te of the assembly unanimous on
whatever action might be taken.
"I hoped to amend recommendation TV
continued Dr. Moffatt, "to meet all objec
tions and to give it new wording. Many
good men who opposed the orginal form
were alarmed by the word 'summary.' 1
have made a simple change, striking out
the word 'summary' and substituting
'stai«ment.' which expresses Just what we
haVfc in view. Again, there is nothing in
the original report as to what shall b'*
done with the summary. I wish to remove
all ambiguity and have it stated plainly
that the committee to be appointed will
be required to report to the next assembly
and that a recommendation be made to the
next assembly to submit the entire subject
to the presbyteries."
The Amendment.
Dr. Moffat t-'s amendment is as fol
lows:
"We recommend that this committee be
Instructed to prepare and submit to the
nest general assembly for such disposition
as may be judged to be wise, a brief state
ment of the reformed faith, expressed, as
far as possible, in untechnical terms. The
said statement is to be prepared with a
view to its being employed to give informa
tion and a better understanding of our
doctrinal beliefs, and not with a view to
its becoming a substitute lor or an alterna
tive of our confession of faith."
Dr. Niccolls, of St. Louis, a leader of
the minority party, in a brief speech,
heartily seconded the amendment,
which action drew forth considerable
applause, (ither seconding speeches
were made by Dr. Iferrick Johnson, of
Chicago former Moderator Charles A.
Dickey, of Philadelphia Dr. William
NfcKibbeu, Cincinnati Dr. George D.
Baker, Philadelphia Dr. William C.
Roberts, Transylvania, Ky. Dr. W. II.
W. Uoyle, Pueblo, Col. Dr. D. J. Saun
ders, president of Riddle university,
Charlotte, X. C., Dr. David A. Cun
ningham, Washington, Pa., and Dr.
David S. Kennedy, Allegheny, Pa.
As each of the above commissioners,
who represented all shades of opin
ion in the assembly, rose to speak for
the amendment, a wave of applause
swept over the vast assemblage.
The amendment was adopted by a
viva voce vote, not one voice being
raised in opposition to it.
Adopted Separately.
The question was then on the adop
tion of the majority report, and Dr.
Johnson moved that the three rec
ommendations contained in the re
port be taken up seriatim, and the
motion was carried.
Recommendation A, which calls for
the appointment of a revision com
mittee, was adopted with only a few
voices against it.
Recommendation H, as amended,
went through without a sign of oppo
sition.
Recommendation C, on motion of Dr.
Baker, of Philadelphia, was amended
sothatthe amendments to be prepared
by the committee for several chapters
of the confession of faith shall be
made "either by modification of the
text or by declaratory statement, but
so far as possible by declaratory state
ment." This recommendation was
also adopted with but little opposition.
Heartily and iiniiimouMly Adopted.
The question then recurred to the
adoption of the report as a whole.
The moderator put the question, and
then there was one great roar of!
"Aye." Instantly the assembly rose
en masse and ?ang lie doxology. lhe
moderator then led in prayer. The end
to the great discussion which had con
tinued into the fourth day came so
quickly that it took everyone bv sur
prise. Dr. MofVatt, who introduced the
harmonizing amendment to recom
mendation II, was surrounded by a
crowd which congratulated him on his
success in bringing the matter to such
a satisfactory issue.
Revision Committee Enlarged.
After the assembly had again set
tled down Dr. Raker offered a resolu
tion that the present revision com
mittee be continued, that the commit
tee be increased to 21, that Moderator
Minton be a member thereof, and that
he appoint the additional members.
This was also adopted.
On motion of Dr. Dickey, the assem
bly decided to continue as secretary
of the revision committee Dr. Y\. II.
Roberts, of Philadelphia, who is also
the stated clerk of the as-scmblj'.
Vote Money to Missions.
Des Moines, la., May 28.—Monday
morning the United Presbyterian
general assembly placed its seal upon
the question of approving woman's
suffrage by formally accepting the
report of the judiciary committee,
which was to the effect that the ques
tion was purely a civic one and there
fore not one that properly can come
before an ecclesiastical legislative
body.
The assembly also adopted the rec
ommendation of the committee call
ing for the reinstatement of Rev. J.
II. Kyle of Delaware, on the basis of
repentance.
One hundred thousand dollars was
appropriated for home missions, an
increase over that of last year.
BIG CARS COLLIDE.
Disaster on Electric Rail-way Xear
GreenltiiMli, X. Y—Five Persons
Lose Their Lives.
Albany. X. Y., May 28—Two crowd
ed electric cars racing toward each
other for a switch while running at
the rate of 40 miles an hour col
lided near Greenbusli with terrific
force. Five persons were killed and
40 injured, at least two fatally and
others seriously. The passengers
were pleasure seekers bound for vari
ous resorts and many of them were
of rich and fashionable families.
Albany, X. Y„ May 28.—Furftier
information from the vicinity of the
collision on the Albany & Hudson
railroad near East Greenbush shows
that, the number of injured is over
50. There have been no other deaths,
however, up to this hour.
TROOPS LEAVE CHINA.
ClialTee \otllJes Washington That All
American Soldiers to leave China
Are Off Cor Manila.
Washington, May 28.—A dispatch re«
ceived at the war department from
Gen. Chaffee at Taku, says that the
transports Sumner and Lennox sail
May 27 (Monday) and that all of the
troops that are to leave China are ol2
for Manila.
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provision*. Etc.
Chicago. May 27.
FLOUR—Unchanged. Spring wheat pat
ents. special brands, straights,
$3.00JM.y) bakers', $2."[email protected] winter pat
ents, $3.S0C«3.M straights, [email protected] clears,
$3.00'fio.4{.
WHEAT—Higher. May ranged at 733i3
74c July, 73©3%c.
CORN—Higher. May ranged at 4243
42"-sC. July at 43%©44c.
OATS—Higher. May, 29% July,
L'SViCo 28%e.
RYE—Quiet and steady. No. 2 on the
regular market quotable nt 52%c choice
free on board, oic, and No. 3 nominally 49(8
50c May delivery, £2%c, and July at 51
Vic.
BARLEY—Very quiet no change noted.
Screenings quotable at 30@38Vic. Low
grade to common barley, 40(Tt'45c fair to
good. 4S®o0c, and choice, 5Ctfi57c.
MESS PORK—Trading rather light, and
prices steady. Quotations ranged at $14.CO
fit4.C5 for regular, with old at 755x87Vic dis
count, J14.e2%?i14.66 for May, $14.C2y2(&14.ti5
for July, and $li.62^@14.65 for September.
LARD—A fairly good business transact
ed. and prices steady. Quotations ranged
at |8.J0®'8.12% for cash, J8.10&8.12& for May,
I8.10&6.12V2 for July, and lo for Sep
tember.
SHORT RIB SIDES—Trading fair, and
the feeling steady. Quotations ranged at
$7.»5f?S.10 for cash, according to weight and
age, $S.i0(?i.S.22% for May. $7.!i2V£Si7.95 for
July, and $7.1KKfi7.(J:% for September.
POTATOES—Continue firm. Burbanks,
50@5Sc Rural?. 50@{*Jo Peerless, 5G@58c
Hebrons, &0@57c Kings, 4S#5je.
EGGS—Steady. At mark, new cases In
cluded, fancy fresh laid, lOV^illc at mark,
cases returned, DViCilO^c. Loss off, cases
returned, ll]/4c.
BUTTER—Market holding firm. Cream
eries, extras, liiVl-c per pound lirsts, 161il7c
seconds, J4c dairies, 14(fol6c.
LIVE POULTRY—Market quiet and
rather tame. Turkeys, 5@7V£c per pound:
chickens, Sc ducks, 7@7%c geese, $4.00©
6.00 per dozen.
New York, May 27.
BUTTER—Steady to firm. Creamery, 15
@19c factory, ll@13V6c.
CHEESE—Market firm. Fancy large col
ored, H%c fancy large white, 8Vjc fancy
small colored, 9%c fancy small white, 9%c.
EGGS—Quiet. Western, ungraded, 116@
12',ic western, selected, 13Q13M
C.
Live Stock.
Chicago, May 27.
HOGS—Market active and feeling weak
er. Prices ZM'tec lower. Sales ranged at
[email protected] for pigs, [email protected],6 for light, $5.55
@5.65 for rough packing, $5.60^5.85 for
mixed, and [email protected] for heavy packing and
shipping lots, with the bulk of the sales at
[email protected].
SHEEP—Market ruled fairly active.
Best grades steady, others 5®»10c lower.
Quotations ranged at [email protected] for west
erns, [email protected] for natives, $4.50rtj5.75 for
western lambs, and [email protected] for native
lambs.
South Omaha, Neb., May 27.
CATTLE—Market active, steady." Na«
tlve beef steers, $4.4(H&:4.60 western steers,
S4.00Ci4.5o Texas steers, [email protected] cows and
heifers, $3.50^i4.€0 canners, $l.75®3.25
stockers and feeders. $.'J.2&5S5.10 calves, $3.00
@6.50 bulls, stags, etc., $2.75®4.35.
HOGS—Market shade lower. Heavy,
$5.t0 mixed, $5.55C(5.60 light, $5.5(K(i:5.60
pigs, $5.00#6.55. Bulk of sales, $5.55(j5.tS.
SHEEP—Market active, steady. Weth
ers, [email protected] coramon and stock sheep
$3.00^.3.75 ewes, $J.25@440 lambs, $4.5u«i
4.60: spring lambs, [email protected].
Tillman and McLaurin After Heat
ed Debate Agree to Give Up
Seats in the Senate.
TO 60 BEFORE PEOPLE FOR VINDICATION
Each to Seek Election to
Lonir
Term
Before South Carolina Legislature
—Tbe Circumstances Which Have
Given Rliie to the Peculiar Situ
ation.
Gaffney, S. C., May 28.—The acri
mony which has manifested itself be
tween the junior and senior senators
of South Carolina culminated Satur
day in a battle of fierce invective, and
resulted in both senators forwarding
resignations to the governor, to
take effect in September. This leaves
the field of both the short and long
term open. Inasmuch as eight
avowed candidates were in the field
contesting with Mr. McLauria for the
short term, it is expected that before
many days the total number will be
increased to a score.
The trouble between Senators Mc
Laurin and Tillman resulted in a
ioint debate Saturday afternoon. Mr.
SENATOR TILLMAN.
McLaurin had-been invited by the
business men of the town to address
the people on the "new democracy"
which he has been espousing. Sen
ator Tillman served notice on the_
committee that he desired a joint de
bate, and that if they refused lie in
tended to follow anyhow when Mr.
McLaurin had concluded. Mr. Mc
Laurin, with equal force, served no
tice on Mr. Tillman's friends that no
gentleman would force himself where
he was not wanted. Nevertheless
Tillman was accommodated with a
joint debate.
The senators after the debate drew
up an agreement of resignation. Mr.
Tillman drafted the agreement,
which requests that the governor
make no appointment to the vacan
cies and that the democratic state
committee be ordered to call a pri
mary.
When the original draft was sent
to Air. McLaurin he added provision
that the campaign between Senator
SENATOR M'LAURIN.
Tillman and Senator McLaurin be for
the long term, which the former had
resigned. Tillman objected.
More Candidate* Announced.
Columbia, S. C., May 28.—It is under
stood that Senator McLaurin and Sen
ator Tillman have a tacit agreement
to contest for the long term to which
Tillman was elected last January.
Under the state democratic party rules
the candidate must designate spe
cifically the office to which he aspires.
Whether McLaurin wins over Tillman
or Tillman is reelected,McLaurin's un
expired term will be filled by a new
man.
DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL.
Snnreme Conrt of Pennsylvania Up
hold* What
In
Known an "Pitts
burgh Ripper Hill."
Philadelphia, May 28.—rThe supreme
court Monday rendered a decision
confirming the constitutionality of
what is known as the "Pittsburgh
ripper bill," recently passed by the
legislature.
The bill establishes a new govern
ment for the "second class" cities
of the state, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
and Scranton.
New Submarine Cable.
Xew York, May 28.—A new subma
rine cable between England and Ger
many has just been put down. The
cable is owned by a British company,
saj-s the Tribune's London corre
spondent, but the German govern
ment contributed to its cost and
a German firm was employed to carry
out the work.
Work Resumed.
Dunkirk, N. Y., May 28.—Work was
resumed at the Brooks locomotive
works Monday, about two-thirds of
the employes reporting for work.
None of the striking machinists or
allied metal workers returned to
work. All departments of the works
are running, but with a reduced
force.