The Augusta Union, 1900-01-27

IKtAIY WITH SCLTAN. The Senate Calls For Facts in Rela Relation - tion Relation To It. SENATE. . Twenty-eighth Day. - Little new in information - formation information was developed in the Clark senatorial investigation by the Senate committee on privileges and elections, r. F. Normoile, of Butte, Mont., a member of the last Legislature, testi testified - fied testified that he had been approached with an offer of $12,500 to vote for Mr. Clark, but had not accepted it, and had voted for Conrad throughout the con contest. - test. contest. Twenty-ninth Day. - This was an another. - other. another. day of oratory in the Senate. Mr. Pritdhard, of North Carolina, de delivered - livered delivered a long and carefully prepared address upon the race question in the South, his remarks being addressed particularly against the proposed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina, which, if enacted, he said, would disfranchise a large class of voters, both white and black. He was followed by Mr. Turner, of Wash Washington, - ington, Washington, in a speech on the Philippine question, in which he arraigned the administration's policy. Soon after the Senate convened today adjoint resolu resolution - tion resolution was offered by Mr. Platt, of New York, authorizing President to inv.te the government of Great Britain to join in the promotion of an interna international - tional international commission to examine and re report - port report on the diversion of the w'aters that are the boundary of the two coun countries. - tries. countries. It was referred to the commit committee - tee committee on foreign affairs. Mr. Hoar, chair chairman - man chairman of the judiciary committee, re reported - ported reported back the resolution of Mr. Raw Rawlins, - lins, Rawlins, of'Utah, for an inquiry upon the first and last paragraph of the resolu resolution - tion resolution be adopted. The report was ac accepted - cepted accepted and the resolution as amended adopted. Thirtieth Day. - Speech-making oc occupied - cupied occupied the Senate. The features were the concluding speech of the session on the race question by Mr. McEnery, of Louisiana, supporting the proposed imendment to the North Carolina con stitution, and a carefully prepared speech on the Philippines by Mr. Ross ( of Vermont. At the opening, Mr. Turley, of Tennessee, reported from the committee on privileges and elections a resolution on the case of former Senator Quay. The resolution follows: ~ "That the Hon. Matthew S. Quay is not ehtitled to take his seat in this body as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania." That resolution was the judgment of the majority of the commit committee. - tee. committee. The minority of the committee filed a report declaring that Mr. Quay ivais entitled to a seat in the Senate. Thirty-first Day. - Routine business occupied the attention of the Senate in a brief session. The resolution of offered - fered offered by Mr. Pettigrew, of South Da Dakota, - kota, Dakota, calling upon the President for information regarding the treaty en entered - tered entered upon with the Sultan of Sulu was passed after Mr. Pettigrew had made an attack upon the administration for entering into an agreement which, he said, authorized slavery. An extended debate was precipitated by a confer conference - ence conference report on the census administra administrative - tive administrative bill, but the census committee gained Its point and the measure was sent back to conference. Mr. Allen of offered - fered offered a resolution calling upon the Secretary ..of War for all information and correspondence relating to the ad administration - ministration administration of customs affairs in Pu Puerto - erto Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines since the war with Spain. Objection being made it went over.

UfljfillT attack not possible. of Fire Through Which He Refuses to Send His Infantry-Spion Kop Heights w be Assaulted. London, by Cable.-General Buller's . U turning movement, of which so S had been expected, has come to £ ndstill. His carefully worded Lage to the War Office telling this, a silence of two days, reads like *' apology and explanation. General Lren holds the ridges, hut the ene enepositions - positions enepositions are higher. The Brit Brittil - til Brittil artillery is playing on the Boer po positlons, - sitlons, positlons, and the Boers are replying. British infantry is separated by only 1400 yards from the enemy, but an ap apto - to apto the steep slopes, across the tare open would expose the British to t 'ata' rifle fire. General Buller's flans have reached their development. Be declines to send his infantry across this zone against formidable positions jr daylight, and discloses his purpose to assault the Spion kop heights dur during - ing during the night. This appears to be the ley to the Boer defences. If he takes Hand thus commands the adjacent country, an important and possibly a decisive step will have been accom accomplished. - plished. accomplished. It seems that General Buller's iispatch reached the War Office rather early in the night and was the subject da prolonged conference between Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Balfour and sev seven' - en' seven' staff officials. The Buller dispatch, all things con- Kdered, looks like preparation for wtrse news to some of the newspa newspaper. - per. newspaper. Parliament will meet in five fcyj. The cabinet had bean hoping ft" one rallying British success to cheer the country, and to command generous support for fresh revenue nraswes. Among these will be prob probihiy - ihiy probihiy an increase in the income tax to a shilling in the pound, but this would only provide the cost of five weeks hos hostilities. - tilities. hostilities. The duties on tobacco, alco alcohol. - hol. alcohol. tea and coffee are likely to be n/ed. The cabinet will meet at the end o-f the week and discuss the situation. Political considerations, both foreign and domestic, press upon the military ajahorities the necessity of speedily -raomplishirg something. These au authorities - thorities authorities may have been persuaded to General Buller to attempt his peat operation without adequate pre preparation. - paration. preparation. Apparently Lord Roberts Im nothing whatever to do with Gen General - eral General Buller's operations. General Bul Bulb - b Bulb and the War Office comm uni jeate each other direct. The Daily Chronicle publishes the following, heliographed from Lady Ladyunich. - unich. Ladyunich. dated January 22. by way of Swartz knp. January 23d: *'Yesterday could see British shells bursting ''lose to the Boer camp on the plateau this side of Potgieter's drift, but the -Amp still remains in position there May. We heard heavy firing all'Chis wning. The bombardment here is slack, but the big gun on Mount Bul Bul''aita - ''aita Bul''aita is still firing.

The South. * In the election contests, at Frank Frankfort, - fort, Frankfort, Ky., nearly all day was con consumed - sumed consumed by arguments of the- Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic attorneys to strike out certain parts of the counter claims made by the eontestees. The executive committee Of the North Carolina Tteachers' Assembly is called to meet in Raleigh January 26th, and will then select the place and time of the next annual meeting. It is said that there will be invitations from both the mountains and the coast. Lt is said that James H. Carlisle, LL. D., president of Wofford College, since 1875, will positively resign this posi position, - tion, position, and retire from the head of this historic institution after June, 1900. Dr. Carlisle has been comieated with Wofford College since 1854. The Golden Belt M-anufiacturing Company, of Durham, N. C., has brought suit for damages against the Millhiser Manufacturing Company, of Richmond, Va., for infringement upon the rights of patents for making bags. The amount involved in the sufrt will be, it s claimed, $lOO,OOO to $200,000. At Savannah, Ga., W. S. Mell, aged about 22, was sentenced to be hangec on March 2d, for the murder ot his brother-in-law, Busbee, aged 15.. There had been a quarrel between Meli and has wife about an adopted child, and the child was in young Busbee's, arms when Mell fired on him. Mell, who was an employe of a gambling room, is well connected. At Frankfort, Ky., the grand jury returned indictments charging Colonel David G. Colson with the wilful mur murder - der murder of Lieutenant Ethelburt Scott and L. A. De ma rec. A deal has just been closed at Ocala, Fla., by which Georgia parties have invested $600,000 in the Copley Lum Lumber - ber Lumber Company's pine timber on the Ocklawaha river, below Grahamsville. They will erect one of the largest mills in the South. 1 - , W. L. Allison, while prospecting for minerals on Ix/okout Mountain dis discovered - covered discovered five skeletons an a cave 15 miles from Chattanooga. There is a difference of opinion whether they are skeletons of Indians or of miners who disappeared from the ore mines at Ris Rising - ing Rising Fawn several years ago. The cave is being explored to see whether it contains more skeletons. The conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, -South,,-ajt New Orleans adopted a resolution en endorsing - dorsing endorsing the Blair educational bill, which provides for national aid to all the States and Territories for the com common - mon common schooling of all children. Admiral Dewey and his wife will ar arrive - rive arrive in New Orleans February 24th to attend Miardi Gras. The Adjutant General has in informed - formed informed that the transport Kilpatrick left Neuvitas Saturday for Newport News, with a squadron of the Eighth Cavalry, comprising five commission commissioned - ed commissioned officers, one acting assistant sur surgeon - geon surgeon and 82 enlisted men, Major Wm. Stanton, commanding.

Baltimore, Md., Special. - Hon. W. J. ..ryan delivered an address here Sat trday night upon the political questions of the day to an audience which filled the music hall, the big biggest - gest biggest auditorium in the city to its full fullest - est fullest capacity, and which greeted, him and his remarks with the greatest en enthusiasm. - thusiasm. enthusiasm. The meeting was held un under - der under the auspices of the Maryland Dem Democratic - ocratic Democratic Association, one of the free silver wings of the Democratic party of the State, and was not encouraged in any manner by the regular Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic organization. In fact, the latter held strictly aloof from any partici participation - pation participation in the affair. They made no effort to discourage it in any manner, but not one of the Democratic leaders appeared on the platform, and an of offer - fer offer of stage tickets was politely de declined - clined declined by the principal members of the Democratic State Central Committee. With the party who came from Washington with Mr. Bryan were Sen Senator - ator Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, Con Congressman - gressman Congressman Sulzer, of New York; Rich Richardson, - ardson, Richardson, of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir Virginia, - ginia, Virginia, and DeArmond, of Missouri. It 'was nearly eight o'clock when the party reached the music hall when the crowd greeted him uproariously. Mr. Bryan said in part: "I want to assure you in the begin beginning - ning beginning that my happiness does not de depend - pend depend upon any honor which the peo people - ple people of this nation can confer, neither do I believe that this nation's happi happiness - ness happiness or welfare depends upon any one person. As in politics, as in the army, the generals get glory and the privates do the work. And therefore I feel that 1 owfe it to those who for nearly four years have been bearing the burden in the heat of the day; I owe it to them io say that what I have done is but an a?om compared with what they have done. "In 1896 the voters proved that they could control the policy of the party and during the last three years they have proven that they could hold what they/ gained in 1896 in spite of news newspapers, - papers, newspapers, in spite of railroads, in spite of banks, and in spite of every in influence - fluence influence supposed to obtain, the plain people (if the Democratic party have and now stand for the Chicago plat platform, - form, platform, in all that it says. I want to be begin - gin begin With an accepted proposition, that proposition which I consider most fun fundamental - damental fundamental in government. "I find it in the Declaration of Inde Independenc - pendence Independenc - If you will pardon me for quotTng anything from that old and outworn document as our Republican friends seem to think it.

HOUSE. Twenty-eighth Day. - The House spent an hour Tuesday in disposing of bills favorably reported and among those passed were the measures to build the League Island and Mare Island Dry Docks of stone instead or timber j The reports on the Roberts' case were also received. An hour was , given to pronouncing eulogies on the late Representative Danford, of Ohio. Mr White (N. C., colored) presented a petition signed by 2,413 persons for national legislation against lynching and mob violence, and asked that it be read at the clerk's desk. Mr. Richard Richardcon - con Richardcon (TennJ objected., saying that there was no reason why this petition should not take the usual course. Twenty-ninth Day - The session of the House was occupied with routine business and the discussion of the Roberts reports. After a brief session the House adjourned. ; Thirtieth Day.-The opening debate in the Roberts case brought crowds to the house. Fully three threefourths - fourths threefourths the spectators were joinen. Mr Roberts was seated on the ex treme right of the hall, and every neck was craned to view him. It was an oratorical field day and the crowds re remained - mained remained long alter nightfall to hear the impassioned words of the accuse as he faced the house, like an an.mal - at bay, knowing that every hand was raised against him. Mr. Roberts wao very adroit in the handling of his case and at times exc^^ s Taking advantage of the issue raised J? the division in the "innuttee as to the method of ousting him. he appro appronriated - nriated appronriated to himself the argument of the minority, that he was constitutionally entitled to be sworn in. and the argu argument - ment argument of the majority that once sworn in he could not be expelled. Thirty-first Day.-The second day s debate in the House upon the Roberts case was less dramatic than the first. The galleries were almost as crowded. ! but the ladies were less demonstrative. Mr Roberts was not present during the day. Had he been he would have I heard the moat scathing excoriation of b the ' M< J r {?° n^ o c Jsp 'mt? l ln' - n' ln' d?ana° the orator who dlstin-

The North. The refusal of a Boston faith curist and Chrichian Scientist, a Mrs. Good Goodall, - all, Goodall, to treat a woman whose foot wa.s crushed in an aecldent, is creating a sensation in the Hub,. which is gradu gradually - ally gradually spreading all over the country and causing the opponents of the heal healers - ers healers to take fresh courage. The 'sur 'surprise - prise 'surprise is not lessened by the fact that the would-be patient was a new con vert to faith and amply able and will willing - ing willing to pay. Mrs. Goodall in refusing the case is understood to have, said that Christian Science healing did not include surgical cases..'. The statement of the treasurer of Harvard University show's that gifts to the University from August 1, 1898, to July 31, 1899, aggregated >1,544,829. A Lewes, Del., dispatch, says that the Fenwick Island life saving station reports a vessel throwing up rockets about eight miles *off shore. It is thought to be a steamer ashore on Fenwick Island shoals. A tug left Delaware breakwater at 9 o'clock to go to her assistance. Fenwick Island is about 20 miles south of Cape Henio Heniopen. - pen. Heniopen. A great religious revival was begun i in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday by | Rev. A. T. Pierson, Rev. Len. G. ; Broughton and Rev. Frederick R. I H. Jaoobs, the for ten years or more the companion of Dwight L. Mcody. These three evangelists are to give impetus to the revival work for at least .four dAys. Rev. A. C. Dixon, well known in Rich Richmond, - mond, Richmond, Va., Is taking a prominent part in the movement. ?- General John M. Pajmer, of Illinois, the candidate of the Sound Money Democrats for the presidency in 1896, has written to Washington protesting against the passage of a bill .Intro .Introduced - duced .Introduced by Senator Cullom to increase his (Palmer's) pension from $5O per month to $1QO; and the bill has been withdrawn.

Democrats In Conference. Washington, D. C., Special. - The Democratic members of the Senate held a conference Wednesday to con consider - sider consider the question of party policy on the various questions before Congress. They have- found, themselves following somewhat divergent paths. No defi definite - nite definite conclusion was 'reached, but a general understanding »of the lines to be.pursued was had. The Philippine policy attracted more attention than any other. On this point there was . a very general exchange of views, the concensus of opinion Evidently favor favoring'the - ing'the favoring'the policy outlined in Senator Bacon's resolution of protecting life and property in the islands until quiet is restored, when the United States provide the opportunity and pre-, scribe the method fOr the formation of a government for and by the people of t the Philippine Islands' to be indepen independently - dently independently exercised and controlled by themselves.. There was also more or less discussion of .the . hills providing for.jfc form-of government for Hawaiian Islands and for Porto Rico, 'opinion being most favorable to the ftfl-Hs for absolute free trade between the United States and these islands as a part of this country With reference ' to the financial bill it was practically -- decided to offer a substitute providing fot the free coinage pf silver. Senators Lindsay and Caffery were present, and ) while they their intention . , not to be bound by any decision upon : this line, they recognized the futility 6 of any effort to prevent its being pur- w sued. There will be; another confer- . > ence soon. - -...

x I' Look Up Old Cotton Cleim. At Washington Southern Senator! express themselves as hopeful over the . prospects of securing legislation during the present session of Congress, look- . ing to the refunding of money paid into , the--treasury of the United States*soon after the civil war, as the result of the I sale of the cotton captured by the Fed Federal - eral Federal troops. There was originally j about $30,000,000 of this money, but a porjjpn of it was paid to the owners of the cotton soon after the war. The re remainder - mainder remainder was left in the treasury and has remained there ever since. Sena Senator - tor Senator Money, who is giving special at attention - tention attention looking to the reopening of the subject, says that the sum left amount- . ed'Ar about $11,000,000. A Mil intro intro' - ' intro' duju i by Senator Davis gives one year additional time for proof of such claims before the court of claims. It has been favorably reported by the Senate com committee - mittee committee on claims and Senator Money thinks the outlook very good for fa favorable - vorable favorable action. Most of the claims are held.in the Southern States. Jov in Ladysmith. ' Laxly smith, By Cable. - -The enemy have placed in position new guns throwing eight-inch shells and have been bombarding more vigorously for the-last few d>ays, though little dam damage - age damage has been done. Three of ths British force have been wounded. T'ne troops are jubilant over General Bul Buller's - ler's Buller's successful advance. His guns ran be heard distinctly, and the burst bursting - ing bursting of shells can be plainly seen.