^KE COUNTY REGQ30.gaSlPublished Every ThursdayKnf \

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J IAGS'tUEE. SOUTH CAROLINABY

C. W. WOLFE .

Editor and Proprietor.

Once more the machine supersedes<Vo Iliio fimo it ia thfl nlintn-

graphic camera that enters a new fieldagainst manual labor. A young womanof Chicago has invented a methodof mapping off silhouettes with hexmachine;silhouettes so perfect andso far superior to any hand-madearticle as to be quite unique.

The State Board of Control of Iowahas given its official approval to a

measure providing that hereafter thereshall be no distinction on the groundof sex m tiie salaries paia 10 xeacuers

employed in the schools and other institutionsin tho State under its supervision.Under this order teachers of

a given grade or class will receive

equal pay for like work, whether theyare men or women.

A ton of coal can be carried a milefor a cent, even by rail; and water

carriage is cheaper still. Yet thetotal consumption of coal for all purposesis now so vast that the tax for

transportation is a heavy burden. In

England a strong organization ha3been formed which purposes to take' * ' -i ii- 4U~me coai ai> me uiuum ui iu« imut.i,

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convert its energy into electricity, andBUpply power by conduction to a densemanufacturing district. This plannot only saves the shipment of coalbut puts an end to the smoke nuisance.

The effective gunnery of the purchasedcruiser New Orleans provesthat we may study with advantage the

developments and achievements of

foreign ordnance, says the New YorkHerald. Her battery shows surprisingenergy, and the gun mountsare superior to anything we have" * *» VM *_ Xl. 2

anoat lor similar cauere mueeu, me

ship itself illustrates an advancedtype, for though classed with theCincinnati and Ealeigh the Englishbuilt New Orleans, save in interiorcomfort, outranks \he American cruisers.The new woman has scored the victoryof her eventful life iu Newark,

N. J. A Judge in that advanced townhas decided that wives belonging toclubs have a legal right to a latchkeyand to return home at any of the smallhours that best suit them, and thathusbands who oppose this right as

an exclusive one of their own are

liable to arrest and fine. This disposesof the whole vexed question.The latchkey unlocks the last fetterbinding downtrodden wo nan to tyrannicalconventions, muses the BaltimoreAmerican.

The masticatory praclices of thebicycle rider are explained by a Wisconsinhumorist on the ground thatthe gum on the tire of the vehicle requiresa corresponding tire on the

gums of its rider. The theory presentsan example of Wolverine wit, but doesnot pretend to be scientific, and the trueexplanation of the connection of theexercises is yet to seek. The proprietyof their divorcement is recognized insome quarters, however, and a youngladies' cycling club in Canada has

joined in a pledge not to unite them,at least in public. It is a commendableresolution, and will greatly increasethe members' attractivenesssingly and collectively.

Along with reports of an unusuallylorrra nntnnt. nf hnnks from the nub-

lishmg centre comes the statementthat publishers were never so delugedwith manuscripts as they have beenwithin the past few months. Buthow shall we explain the increase in

manuscripts? This writing habit hasbeen growing upon the whole humanrace. And the cause, once we reflecton th8 intellectual history of the pasttwenty or thirty years, is plainly to beseen. It lies in tho spread of educa^tjon; the improvement of the commor

tViA increase in attendance at

colleges at a reduction in expersesthe enormous increase in libraries,free and not free; the spread of suet

systems'of instruction as the one al

Chaatauqua, the free traveling libra

ries, and the general decline in ttucost of books and magazines. To ge'an education has become a mere mat

ter of taking the time to get it. I1lies within the reach of all who desir<it. And hence we have had a tre

mendous growth in the nnmber o

those who know how to write.wh<have acquired ideas, power to expressthemselves,aad self-confidence enoagl

think

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raoijysil!Curtain Lowered on the Last Scene

in the treat Drama.

IMPRESSIVE AND SOLEMN

Was thtr Occasidfc When the Arbiters of the

OU1 and the Mun% Nation Met to AffixTheir Si<rna*|res to the Treaty.

Pakis (By Chble). .The signing ofthe treaty Saturday night would haveafforded a subject for a great historical

1.1 3 1painting. me group gaiuureu uuu>u jthe table in the stately chamber of the !

Foreign Office was impressive in itself,while the fact that the sense of the momeutousnessof the issues which thoact decided was deeply felt by all theparticipants, gave an impressive andsolemn tone to this scene. Around thegreat mahogouv table sat the ten arbitratorsof the destinies of an old and a

young nation. Hanged standing behiudthem were uumerous attaches of theAmerican commission. To the Ameri-cans it was a hupp}' endiug of the epi-logue of war; for tho Spaniards it wasplainly a bitter tragedy, none tue lesspainful because long foreseen. Theysat silently as inougn aimosi crusuuu

and none could withhold sympathyfrom Seuor Montero Rios. the presidentof the Spanish commission, who, comingfrom his bed. was bundled in a

great overcoat, although logs wero

burning in the firepluce near by. At7:3U Mr. Arthur Ferguson proceeded toread first the English and after that theSpanish version of the treaty. Thisfinished, two copies were passed aroundthe table, the commissioners signingthem in the order of the rank: WilliamR. Dav, Senator Cushman K. Davis,Senator William P. Frye, WhitelawReid and Senator George Gray; SenorMontero Rios, Senor Abarznza, SenorGcmica, Senor Yillauritia and General

' y S:una, each commission signing its, opponent's treaty. Both were tiedp with the Spanish and American colors.| When the seals were prepared to be afjfixed, attendants weie sent scurryingI for ribbons of the French tri-colors withwhich the documents were sealed as a

compliment to the French hosts of thecommission.Many officials interestedly watched

every detail of the proceedings. Thelast seal being impressed, the commissionersrose and without formality,each member shook the hands of all ofhis antagonists and exchanged assurancesof his personal esteem. TheSpaniards afterward commented acridlyupon what they termed the badtaste of the Americans in mustering a

crowd of attaches to gloat over the consummationof their downfall and toscramble for relics. '1 he treaty ae

signed consists 1? articles, it havingbeen found advisable to sub-divide twoor three of the articles in the draftagreed upon at the last meeting. Thecommissioners of the two nationswrote their signatures on two copies ofthe treaty, one copy Deing ior ioe archives.The document was preparedby Secretary Moore, in behulf of theUnited States commission aud by SenorVillauritia for Spain, on account ofthe continued illness of Secretary Ojeda,of the Spanish commission. Eachcopy contained the English and Spanishtexts of the treaty in parrlloled columns.

Floods on the Mississippi.The subcommittee of the Senate committeeon commerce, appointed to investigatethe floods in the Mississippi

river under the resolution of April 21>,18!)7, and to make recommendations fortheir prevention in the future, held a

meeting in Washington and practicallyagreed upon the form of the report tobe made to the full committee. Thesubcommittee presented tue results 01

its laborers in a printed volume of over500 paces, civinc the testimony taken,tocetker with several maps and illustrationspertinent to the work in hand.

$2,000 for a Christmas Dinner.Tho Omaha, Neb., World-Herald has

sent by teleprapb $1,000 to the FirstNebraska Reciiuent, located in Manila,and the same amount to the Third Ne-nrasau nc^iuieui, iu v uuu. inm ujuueyis contributed at the solicitation of'i he World Herald by over 3,000 contributes,and is sent to the two regimentsto provide for a Christmas dinner.

Accident to the Massachusetts.A telegram recoived at the Navy Departmentfrom New York says that the

battleship Massachusetts, soon afterleavius the New York navy yard forHampton Roads, struck an obstructionnear Governor's Island aud three ofher corni artments were torn opeu. bhewas takeu back to the navy yard at onceaud has been placed in dock to ascertainthe extent of her injuries.

The Plu£ Tobacco Trust.The Continental Tobacco Company,

which takes over the pluv: interests ofthe American Tobacco Company andalso absorbs the entire business ofJohn Ftozer & Brothers, of Louisville;1'. H. Mayo & Brothers (incorporated),of Richmond, Va.; the P. J. SorjrCompany, of Middletowc, O.; Daniel

; Scotton & Co., of Detroit, aud the eu- ;» r a.i_ t> t it j

lire coiDiuuu block oi iu« i. uorumru

Company, has beeu incorporated under! the taws of New Jersey. i'lie author

ized capital stock is $7.),000,000,Col. Bryan Resigns.^ Col. William J. Bryan, of the Third

> Nebraska Regiment, has eitlier forwardedhis resignation to Washiugton,or is about to do so. Of this there

1seems to be no doubt,

tPostal System of Porto Rico.

5 The report of the committee to investtigate the postal service (which is c«»m!blued with the telegraph service), in

speaking of the service under the las^year of Spanish rule says: Total ex3penditures were, sa aries of postmasters,who performed both telegrapuicand uostal dut es, $4;J,of clerks,

t $61,900; and rent, $7,8.j9. 'lhe total> revenues of both telegraphic and postalservices were $197,083, and the ex'

penses $286,020, leaving a dehcit ofi $89,537.

iiiSSHColumbia. The beer privilege ques- j

tiou is a difficult one for the State board r

of control to regulate. So many re- t

quests are made for these licenses, and 1

there are many rumors of these privil- 1

eges being abused. The policy of the *

board seems to be to refuse further .

petitions for privileges aud to keep a jstrict watch on those who have them. | jAt the meeting of the State board;Wednesday there were a number ofprivileges which were refused, andthere were other matteis which came

up in couDection with the sale of beer. :

It was stated before the board that a

carload of beer which was consigned to ^the military officers at Greenville hadbeen seized by Constable LaFar, buthad afterward been released by Gov.Ellerbe. When seen about the matterlater, the governor said that he had re-

leased the beer provided it be used for"personal use" only, and that no

further orders of the kind be made, .

which was agreed to by the officers whowere really ignorant of the law. A ,

communication from Mr. J. H. Dos- /

cher, president of the Germania Brewingcompany of C barleston, w as ro-

ceFved. Mr. Doscher stated that foreign ]breweries bad an advantage over bis j"bome enterprise."' When asked to jsubmit bids for furnishing beer to the (soldiers at Summerville, the Georgiabreweries made bids lower tnan bis in jthe exact proportion of the royaltywhich he paid the State. He had cut (his prices to meet the reduction, and ^was low selling at a loss. He asked for jhit royalty to be moderated, or that the jother breweries be checked. Mr. ^Doscher's letter was received as in- ^formation, but it apprised the board (that the dispensary law was boing fla- £

grantly violated at Sumuierville. The fdispenser at baluda is in a bad fix.There is uo bank at that, place, and he (has been making deposits with a mer- f

chant, who recently skipped, leaving |a lot of creditors, among them the dispeuserand unpaid bills to the amount :

of several thousand dollars. Mr. L. B. jDean, the dispenser, came before the jboard and made his statement. He saidthat in the absenee of a bank, money jorder office, or express office at Saludu,he had for 14 months been checking .Mr. (

Geo. W. Merriam, a local merchaut, '

who seemed to have some means, andwho bad the confidence of every one. '

Mr. Dean pr< seuted a petition signedby the county Soaid of control, StateTreasurer Tiuimermau and other peopleof influence, asking that the Stateboard refund the loss. This was a

knotty question for the board to haudle.The Stoinmeyer case was cited as a

precedent, but it was suggested thatSteinmeyer was actually knocked downandrobbed,while this man wasdefrauded.But Steiniueyor was surrounded byosnk and safety deposit vaults, whileDean acted as he thought best audused the only means of communicationat hand. Mr. Hasolden said that he hadhad a similar personal experience, whenhe had had no lenient creditor to refundthe losses aud it had taught himthat business and sentiment didn't gotogether. He was very sorry for Mr.Dean, but as a custodian of State funds,he didn't think it right to refund themoney. However, he wanted more

time in which to consider it. At theafternoon session the Union case was

taken up and argued bv Messrs. B. F.Townsend and V. E. l)ePass, for Mr.Sartor, and Messrs. Sawyer and WilliamMunro, for Mr. Palmer. Theboard, after carefully listening to thearguments, decided to let the judicialdepartment decided the right of Mr.Lyles to act as a member of the countyboard, but as Mr. Palmer's petition hadnot been filed 20 days before he was

elected dispenser, his election was declaredvoid.It will be gratifying to the people of

South Carolina to know that this Statefurnished as many naval reserves as

any other State, in proportion to thewhite population. Such is shown inthe report of the assistant secretary 01

the navy just published. New Yorkheaded the list with 45) officers aDd 805men; Illinois, It) officers and 70!) men;Maryland, 24 officers and 425 men;Massachusetts, 38 officers and 384 men;New Jersey, 34 officers aud 373 men;California, 13 officers and 80 men; Connecticut,15 officers and 188 meu; Florida,6 officers and 1)3 men; Louisiana,l!) officers and 278 meu; Michigan, 11officers aud 270 men; North Carolina,51 officers and ISO men; Pennsylvania,15 officers and 84 men; Rhode Island,8officers and 147 meu; South Caroiiua,18 officers, (".mates aud 203 men; Virginia,2 officers aud 02 men.

Columbia.-Among the schools whichare doing a good work in our city is

the parochial school of the Church ofthe (iood Shepherd. Starting nearlynine years ago, it has educated manyof the boys and oris of Columbia,some of whom have taken a high standin the advanced schools and colleges ofthe city, aud not a few are tilling acceptablyand to their credit different .

_r l:r ..^l i ''vocations 01 wie. xuu inoiai ttuu VUH3tianprinciples which have been instilledhave borne excellent fruit.Oranoebcro. A colored child was

burned to death here. It seem* that a

colored woman left her children in thehouse while 6be went to her work.The child's clothing caught tire and heran out luto the street with the clothingin flames. The neighbors, hearingthe screams of the chi dren, ran to there«cue, but the child was so' badlyburned that he died very soon afterward.Bloomingvale. A wave of sorrow

and sympathy swept over lower Wil-liam-burg and upper Georgetown |,counties when the sad news was learn- |ed of the drowning in Black River,while on their way to a dance, ofMisses Minnie and Mollie, the fifteenafid eighteeu-year-old daughters of Mr.1 homas Green, a very respectablewhite man of Georgetown county.HpAKTANiU.no. Under the managementof Builder J. YV. Putnam the

Converse conservatory of music is nowready for the roof. The scaffolding isstill standing in the main audieuceroom, but it is easy to see that the jseat.ng capacity w II be something im-ineiise. J wo hundred people cau beeated on tho platform alone. Behind

i lie rostrum there are three stones ofractiee rooms. From the top of themuling a magniticeut view of the surr.u idmg country cau be had. It is

proi osed to have it completed by the47tn of January, when Sousa's bandwill give the ini.ial entertainment.

W/

pUBYorkville. Alfred Grier, a young

legro, who has long been a well-known>lind tiger character about Yorkville,las cause to congratulate himself thatle is not several feet under the ground,or unless his is a case of mistakendentity, he offered a most aggravatedemptatiou to judge lynch the otherlight. It was about dusk. Mr. J. A.Jell, who lives two miles west of Closer,had gone to town shortly before>n business, leaving Mrs. Bell at homedone. Suddenly a negro boy pushed I

>pen the door, and sticking a revolveru Mrs. Bell's face, demanded: "If,'ou don't show me where that moneys right quick, I'll blow your brains

' " " » Af_,_ O.lf .i. |. il,A>wt. i or reply, .urs. umi dhuu iuo

icgro on the head with a pair of tongs,in«i there ensued a desperate struggle,luring which the negro grasped Mrs. 1

dell's throat and choked her. The com-

notion started the dogs to barking fu'iouslyoutside, and the negro fearinghat help mightbo at hand, broke awayind tied. It was uot until a short timeifterward that there developed any in- 1ormation as to the probable identity)f Mrs. Hell's assailant. A negronamed Andrew Jackson stated that belad met on the road, a short time be-ore, Alfred Grier, from Yorkville, on

us way to a distillery, and going in a

lirection that would take him by Mr.Bell's house. Jn conversation he hadncideutally told Grier of the absence)f Mr. Beliat Clover to take a slaught-ired hog over there, and he had givenBrier a quart bottle and money, withnstructious to bring him some whis-Ley on his return from tho dis-;illery. Acting on this informa-;ion, the Clover authorities advisedJhief of Police Love of the situ- 1ition by telephone, and requested the <

irrest of Grier, which was quickly ac»nmnil.ihfiddrier denied all knowl- I

idge of the circumstances relatedibove, and claimed that he had not 1jeeu up in the Clover country on the «

lay before. Saturday afternoon,lowever, Jackson was brought down:rom Clover, and without assistance '

dentified drier among the prisoners in '

|ail as the man to whom he had given i

noney with which to buy whiskey. <

Blacksbt*r«. Deputy Marshal A.G.Smith, of this place, accompanied byChief of Police J. C. Duncan and Mr.

F. Duft, captured and destroyedDue of the largest and most complete !noonshiue establishments that has2ver been found in this section of the '

State. It was located about eieht 1

niles cast of this place, not far from;he Piedmont springs. When the of- |(Seers arrived at the place there was a

tire in the furnace, and the still full of J«"smglings," aud because of the fact,1:hat the cap aud worm were found a

ihort distauce away, together with twomits of overalls, it was supposed that:he parties opeiating the still had just !eft. There were eight tubs of beer aud:en gallons of backings, one still of 125gallons capacity with cap and worm,arge quantities of malt aud wheat bran,i small amount of liquor and a lot ofitlier tilings useu in couuecuou wim »

jlockade still, the whole propertyimountiug to over §100.Clemsox College..Dr. Anderson, ,

iroiessor of botany, has begun a mostnteresting and valuable series of in- ,restigations on rice 6inut. Mr. iieidiVhitford, assistaut United States en- Jrineer, Georgetown, recently sent np'i Si l ies of specimens of atl'ected heads jif rice and also some flour made from ' jhe diseased grain, and asked that an

nvestigatioD be made, as the diseaselad caused considerable damage on hisarm and others in the vicinity. Onixamination the disease was found toie a true smut, the first instance of theiisease ever known in America. Sevjralother complaints of diseased ricelave been received at intervals by Dr.\ndersun, among them one from Sen-itor Connor; but in every case thepecimen * sent failed to show any<pores, probably because the}* had all'jeen disseminated before the specimenswere collected, or in transports-:ion. In this case, however, the spores>f the fungus are very abundant, and a

lumber of them are under cultivationn the botanical laboratory.Charleston*..There is a great deal j

if speculation and talk as to the person-/ i- i 1._ '

uiiy oi a ycuug muy wuu i» at^u^cu ui^mulling objectionable and anonymous j

etters through the mail to parties aboutbe city. The young lady is very>retty and accomplished, and herxiends who know of tho affair cannoticcount for the strange whim whiched to her arrest. For mouths she has_>eeu mailing letters to various people)f an annoying character, although not

(nimical. Complaint was made to the .

lostotfice authorities and Postoffice In- jspector .Moye was put to work on thelase. He worked for some length of:ime before being able to spot the guil- jv one. The young woman was takenjefore United States CommissionerSmith and put uudor bond to answer

it the next term of the federal courtlere for her conduct. jOrangeburg. A most horrible acci- ;

leut, if it may be so termed, occurred. few miles below this city. A child.vas kilied and partly eaten by a hog.t he mother left her baby in charge olmother small child, and went off a

ihort distance to attend to her wash-ing. The hog must have had the free;lomof the yard, for when the motherreturned the baby was missing, and ofla abort distance were found bait consumedparticles of the little body. Itwas a moat revolting: occurrence, andthe hog: was immediately ahot.Clemson College. New students

continue to arrive occasionally, even attiiis late date. The total number inattendance is about 430. A large demandis being made upon the presidentjust now from all parte of the State forcaialogues, which possibly indicatesthat still larger numbers will be enrolledfor the second term beginningJan. 28th.Charleston*. At 193 East Bay street

Messrs. Israel & Keogh temporarilycpened the offices of the CharlestonFruit Steamship Line, and within a

lew days their first shipment ofDrnnges, bananas and cocoanuts willarrive in port from Jamaica. This new

Bumpacy has recently been formed forthe purpose of running an Americaoline of steamers from Charleston toPorto Rico, West Indian, C uban andCentral American ports, and besidesimporting foreign fruits will take car*

goes outward bound for the new islandsunder the Stars and Stripes.

s BPf ,njB-yT by Day. |&HBBI SENATE.

-i Si-HalBa IjresH convene'\and private galleries *utmost with aijistia<rais^eci assemblagei'hp reading of, the President's messageoccupied two h ourP# At 8:40'he Senate Jadjourned. \2nd Day.. r^ie first note of the antiexpansionistsvi.art SOunded ia the Sen- pate by Senator Vest, of Missouri, whointroduced a jotnt resolution declaringthat, under thej constitution, the Federalgovernment bad no authority to

acquire coloniah possessions, to be governedas such; qut that all territory acquiredby the government, except such£as may be neceisary fCr use as coalingstations, correction of boundaries and '

similar purposes! may be acqaired with tthe purpose of Organizing territories, {suitable ultimately for admission intothe Union as States. Mr. Vest an- 1aouueed his pu^.p09e to address the 1Senate on the^riggoiutiou at an early iuaie. a nriei uiSpussion 0f tHe naviga- £tion iaws was precipitated by theconsideration oy a bill amendingthose laws by thdj addition of a provis- 1

ion that foreign Hulit vessels, wrecked '

in the United Stmteri bv citizens of this '

country and repaired \o the extent of jthree-fourths of the value,shall be subjecttc forfeiture llf they enyage subse- 1

piently in the coastwl3e trade of the J

United States. Senator Hdle intro- '

luced a joint res0|utjoa authorizing 1the Secretary of t be Navy te. erect a ;monument in Havana, Cuba, to thememory of the sail'-)r9 aaj marinea who 1lost their lives by the explosion of theSlaine. The bill c3 recommended bythe Navy Department. Senator Hale,nf Maine, chairman 0f the naval affairscommittee, introducej a bill to revivethe grades of admii.ai aud vice-admiralnf the navy. jThirp Day..1The House passed the

inti-ticket scalping bill by a vote of111) to 101. This ac\jon j8 the culmina-tion of a ten years' s^nigor]e on the partnf the railroads to 'put an end to thebusiness of ticket scalping.Fourth Day. .At the opening of thesession of the Senat6i it was decidedthat the adjournment be until Mondaynext. It was also deterinined to give !nne hour to the pension calendar. Atii ' .me om'ii »»uu iuoj3ue tioui" allottedto the consideration <i,f the pension calandar,20 bills had been pasaed. At1:50 the Senate wet^t into executive3ession. At 2:15 the Senate ^resumedbusiness in open sesaij^ ^jr Morganual'ed up the Xicaragila Canal i rill, withi viev.' to making it the unfinished business.He moved th^t the Senate proceedto the consideration 0f bill,[ustantly Mr. Pettigr^w moved to adjourn.On this motion the ayes andnoes were demanded. 'fhe vote was 13lyes; 42 noes. j^lr. Morgan's'motionto proceed with the sonsuleHation °fthe Nicaragua Canal b^ was tben carried,and after the Dil[ bad hjaen laidbefore the Senate, thuig becoruiug theixnhni8hed business, tjje Senate, onmotion of Mr. Morgan, at p m>>idjourned until MondaU Senator Vestintroduced in the Senaf^ a resolution()rovidiug for the apliointmei.it of ajoint commission to investigate therhargesof corruption in the conduct ofthe war with Spain, <q;be resolution:alls for the appointment 0f three Senatorsand tive members 0f the Houseind imposes upon thera the duty of"inquiring as to to thl3 truth of all?uch charges and pate »*port by billor otherwise." lhe Senators are tobe appointed by the I'l-eaident) of ttieSenate, snd the members 0{ the Houseby the Speaker of the He usCi

HOUSE.'

First Day..Iu the Hoas0 tho greetingsof tLe members were most cordial.Major General \\ heeler

^ of Alabama,was given an ovation. 'fbe floraltributes wore unusually (beautiful andmade the hall a vernable bat ner ofbeautiful flowers. The rleadin^r of thePresident message occuikied over twohours. At 3:o0 the HoueT adjorirned.2nd Day.The House w.M ja session

less than half an hour ndeaths of llepresentati x.way, of Oliio, and Cove, of .J,were announced, and anwas taken until Wednes read0frespect to their memory. n.

ary resolution for the dis ,nB 0ftho President's message to tlesc-alcommittees having juris. . A8adopted, and the deficieuc ie

y_inpr the appropriations foi g H.ordinary expenses of the 1

. J(jtiavy from January 1 to «i it IS ,<

Ihe report of tho Hawaiian i(lerontransmitted to the Presidej1(jbefore the House and refe s an^ecommittee on Territories, toi bill offered by Mr. Hitt ti "

mtthe recommendat.ons of -pjmission. Among the bills Whedin the House were th |W.iug: By Mr. Otey, of ,a>to amend the war reveni bydirecting the Secretary of th no«rvto redeem at their face valiu ya\iino stamps sold and not can lit bvMr. Skinner, of North Carol th®'""tablish a term of the circuit forNew Berne and Elizabeth Ci e t C.Third Day..No business ltinaactedby the Senate in open e

# ^few minutes after the Seuate M-nedit weut into executive sessiono'clock business in open see ,n,wa3resumed, the death of Bepre; jt |Ve8Northway, of Ohio, and '

0fMississippi, was announcedSenate adjourned as a murk o -gnpectto tueir memories.

r ocrth Day.. 1 be urgent d 1H,ncybill to provide for the suppormilitary and naval establishint waspassed by the House practica tftfith"iitopposition. A number 01 Juj.meats were adopted on the rec °iendationof the appropriation coowhich received some supplenn j e8'_timates aftefrthe bill was pi °irod.t'he largest iff these was an ;

*3,000,000 lor an emergency f' ; forthe War Deiiartment, and 357!. ,aj forthe ordnance department, in« J^ingthe amount carried bv the /u to$00,850,802. 'ihe conference >a,portnoon the bill to render the sur f es 0fconsuls, vice consuls and c 'miaraceuts liable for damages in if,t8 atnw was adopted. The house aBj,n)ejver until Monday to give the<®^mit;ees an opportunity to work M thoutinterruption 1

Why She Did. Bl

"Clara, I love to be withByou.""Why, Edith?" "When I'm youI know you are not gossipingBaboutme.".Tit-Bits. V

/IILLER WINS

satin; the World's Record, His

Miles The Quay Conspiracy^^^HBHHDewey's Fleet to be Re-enforced.

Washington (Special). The Demoirtitsof the House of Representative*leld a caucus Saturday night on theluestion coining over from the last seslionas to the binding force of caucus

iction. Of the 12G members on theoil of the House, 86 were present. Thenoeting was devoid of any personal or

sensational features and was devoted0 a brief discussion of the wisdom offaking caucus action binding. A res1' * ' '* ' 1 ... ;.f,MMillion 10 mis eneci uau ueeu isuwluceilby Mr. Bailey, aud this was

pending with an amendment by Mr.NlcRae, of Arkansas. The main interestcentered in the ability of Mr.Bailey and bis friends to pass the resolution.In order to test the strengthof the Bailey forces, Mr. Olardy, ofKentucky, moved to reconsider therote by which the resolution had beenagreed to at the last session. The motionwas tabled, (12 to 13, thus establishingthat the advocates of the resolutionbad a clear majority. Theresolutions wire then viopted withouti division. They were as follows:"Resolved, That hereafter the action of a

Democratic caucus shall be binding npon allwho participate in Its proceedings, providedthat no member shall be required tovote forany bill lie may deem unconstitutional, andprovided further, that in all matters, exceptthe nomination of officers and questions ofprocedure, no decision shall be binding unlessmade by two-thirds of those voting."Resolved, That while acting in conformity

to the principles declared by the nationalDemocratic convention ai d the constitutionof the United States, the Democrats in eachState and in each congressional district havea right to determine for themselves in theirown locality what their pellcv shall be, tomake platforms for, accept pledges fromtheir candidates and to instruct their membersof Congress and the lull exercise of suchright of local party self-government, shouldin alt cases be respected by Democratic congressionalcaucusses." I

Miller Wins the Great Race.New York (Special). Charles W.

Miller won the great six day bicyclerace at Madison Square Garden, beatingthe world's record, his own, by 24miles, and leading the next man tohim, Frank Waller, of Boston, by 22miles. Thirty-two men started andtwelve finished. Miller was in suchgood condition that he was able toappear to advantage in a wedding ceremony,which was performed by one ofthe city's aldermen, leading MissGenevieve Hanson, of Chicago, to theimprovised altar in the garden, amid Jthe loud cheering and boisterous good ^wishes of 7,000 or 10,000 personshad gathered to witness the ceremon^^^^^^Frank Waller, of Boston, finished b&ondin the great race, covering 1,985miles to the 2,007 traveled by Millerand surpassing Miller's last yeaFs rec-ord by nearly two miles. Barns Fierce,the gaunt Canadian, who until thisyear has never been beard of in thiscountry, was third. Miller gets fromthe management the sum of $1,500 andfor breaking the world's record he getsthe sum of $200, and for his pnbliomarriage he is said to have got the sumof $500. Miller is also to have receiveda weddiDg present of $200 from thewheel firm from which he rides. Wallergets $1,000 for riding second andthe others get indefinite sums ranging ,

from $75 up. The score was: Miller,2,007, four laps;Waller, 1,985.2; Pierce,1,900.7; Albert, 1,822.6; Gimm, 1,782.2;Lawson, 1,757.0; Aronson, 1,729.5;Nawn, 1,721.7; Foster. 1,668.8; Stevens,1,519.8; Hale, 1,502.2; Julias, 1,108.1.

Dewey's Fleet to be Re-Enforced.Admiral Dewey's fleet will be

strengthened shortly by the additionof some serviceable gun-boats. TheBennington, now at Honolula, has beenordered to proceed to Guam, in iheLadrone group, and make a survey of '

the harbor, with a view to the establishmentthere of a naval station. Thisdone she will join Dewey's fleet. Bythat time, or even before, the Helenawill have arrived at Manila and theConcordand the Petrel, now cruisingaround in Chinese waters, will have returned,and altogether the admiral willhave a sufficient force of small vesselsunderhis command to carry out'tifePresident's policy respecting the Philippines,and to bring into submissionany oi trie lsianaers wuu nitty piuvs cr

fractory, and to release any Spanishprisoners held in confinement by theinsurgents. v

The Quay Conspiracy Case.Philadelphia (Special). Supreme

Court Justice Green and Williams hare \ h

granted a rule allowing defendants in 1the Quay conspiracy case to argue a

petition for a writ of certiorari, remoriogthe proceedings from the Court ofQuarter Sessions to the Supreme Court'ihe rule is returnable January 7, andall proceedings are stayed in the meantime.One of the results of the rulegrauted by the Supreme Court will beto carry the trial over beyond the termof office of District Attorney Graham,which expire* wi'h the present year.Mr. Graham has been active in pushingthe ca«e and in asking the court a weekor ten days ago to tlx au early date forthe trial he expressed to the courta desire to dispose of the case daringhis term of office.

ditchings' Murderous Deeds.A special from Free Soil, Mich., eayr.

A mau named Wm. Hitchings, a yi ;n in® nf .Tnltn Hnnt a farmerUIUIiUDl-iu i an w» w-- . . ^

who lives about two miles west of thisplace, killed Mr. Uuut, Mrs. Huntandtheir hired mau, 'ihos. Haward, andcut his own throat.

Millions More in Corn and Oats.On the basis of the farm prices oa

December 1, the Agricultural Departmentfigures place the 18iJ8 crops ofcorn and oats worth $84,000,000 morathan the same crops of 1807. ,~S~\