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A TEXAS WONDER. Hull'll Great Ol.ro very. One small bottle of Hall's Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak and lame backs, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and v ..men, regulates bladder troubles in cliil ,l,-n. If not sold by your druggist will b< sent by mail on receipt of sl. One small bottle is two months' treatment, and will cure any case above mentioned. 2 ii*. K. \V. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O. ];ox '129, St. Louis, Mo. Send for testi monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo mons Cos., Savannah, Ga. Head This. Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 8, 1900. T have used Hall's Great Discovery for bladder ami kidney trouble, and would not take a thousand dollars for the bene r received from using one bottle. I feel that I am permanently cured. 1 make this statement from a sense of duly that ] we to those likewise afflicted, and trust tii t they will take advantage of the in formation and realize the truth of my rtion. G. H. Foster. ■— - . - A DEPOT FOR BLIND TIGERS 1* W HAT TILLMAIN CALLS CI^AK LES TOX CUSTOM HOUSE. AuaiUnK the Report on the Search From Inspector Macutec—South i nrolina Senator Sn> All tlie Dem ocrat** in His State Ire Getting in to the Bryan Ha ml Wason-Tlie (aaipalftii for Oovernor—Spooner t.ot the Host of Tlllinitn. Washington, April 2.—Senator Tillman is taking a keen interest in the con troversy between Collector of Customs Toibert, at Charleston, and the dispensary officers, growing out of the alleged viola tion of the state liquor law. The Senator returned to Washington list night, and this morning he was prompt to make inquiry at the treasury .i • irfmeiU for the latest developments in this interesting case. The treasury offii-ials declined to discuss the subject, preferring to await the report of the epe < i inspector now in Charleston under instructions to make a thorough investi gation of the matter. Senator Tillman says he has been in formed that the search of the Custom House by the state officers is apt to prove fruitless, as it is understood that the Custom House officials or some of their confederates made way with the liquor before the special inspector arrived from Washington. Senator Tillman, in commenting upon the situation, says: “Things have come to a pretty pass when government buildings are used as a store house and supply depot for blind tigers.” In the llrynn llnn<l Wagon. While down home. Senator Tillman took a hurried survey of the local political field, and he evidently found his personal fences in excellent condition. He says the Democrats throughout the state are prac tically unanimous for Bryan and the Chi cago platform, and there cannot arise any opposition that will overthrow the pres ent overwhelming indorsement of the Bryan ticket. He says all of the news i ip* rs of the state, with one excep tion. which formerly advoted the gold standard, have jumped on the Bryan bond wagon, and arc going on merrily with the procession. Said he: “Why even the News and Courier, and Col. Hemphill have been converted to Bryan, and the News and Courier is loy ally supporting the Democratic ticket. Once in a while we hear a feeble wail of .1* spair from the Greenville News which h is not yet recovered from its attack of g- Id bug fever, but it has no influence in s’ :e affairs, and its ravings are there fore harmless.” The Slate Campaign. Referring to (he state campaign. Sen ator Tillman says there is going to be a liv* iy contest over the governorship. Gov. McSweeney will of course be the leading Candidaio. There are already three rival candidates In the field, and before the campaign closes there are apt to l>e several other aspirants for guber natorial honors. The Senator naturally has his preference, but he discreetly avoids committing himself to onv one in h casual discussion of the subject. At the proper time he will declare his choice in unmistakable terms, and his former r ' ' onl justifies the • prediction (hat the nator will stick to his man through tlii k and thin. The campaign is to be fought out again with the dispensary law as the paramount bsue. The Senator’s faith In the existing 1 1 >v has not wavered, and he maintains that the law. fairly and honestly admin istered, will be beneficial to the state. \ Tilt Wltli Spooner. Senator Tillman to-day had another sen ntoriol l)out with Senator Spooner, over the Porto Rican bill. Senator Spooner was delivering carefully prepared com p'iiutional argument In favor of the re v - I edition of the Foraker bill. Senator Ti.lman thoughtlessly plunged in with a series of interruptions, which were more or less involved, °w ug to the characteristic way in which they were stated. Spooners long s,l “ is constitutional law and to the amusement of the crowded galleries and to h discomfiture of the senior Senator from ‘■'"Uth Carolina, the latter became so t in :- • l in ihe meshes of constitutional law I h■* he was obliged to cry for help. By series of sharp quick replies Spooner p :u -d Senator Tillman at a disadvantage *1 then declined to yield further. Sena' r Tiilman said compiainingly: 1 think it is unfair for the Senator from , 'onsin to put me In a hole and them re . to give me a chance to get out af/ain.” 'Daughter in the galleries). Senator Spooner was allowed to continue hi- speech without further interrupt ton* fjom Senator Tillman. TO Ollv\ VP NEW TERRIVORV. important Meusnres Passed by tlu* House Yesterday . Washington, April 2.—Among the dis- Dict bills passed by the Hou?*? to-day was " ne ,0 increase the tax on foreign Insur • ‘ce companies doing business in the dis ,M 1 from 1 to per cettit. 1 nder suspension of 'he rules bills wore ,ss ‘ t( > open to settlement 418.030 acres b . B'rt Mall Indian reservation, and - “ nil acres in Oklahoma by ratifying 1 agreements with the Bannock and n " M hone Indians and the Kiowa. Co an(* Apaches; dividing the north -1 n district of New Y :rk into two judicial v - C'Ults. " Hf.Ulp. Io Go to llcr in uln. Wiinliinglon. April 2.-The New York. <xaand the 'ftlarhlas will leave IVn "l ola for Hertnixja on Wcdne-day, ,i r< | , , I s J n ' l fro *n tho latter point for llatnp -1 ,n Honda on April 17. Hna i t ii.lieil to llentli. Hli hmond, V„ April 2,-Hetiry A. Flege. 1 lK " , *<k"per In the Richmond eatahllah "! 1 1 " r 'fiKjur ft Cos., wil l enlight hy a d* Lti* 4 to day and crushed to WHOLE BATTERY CAPTURED. Continued from First Page. seventy men at the water works. We are now sending an ambulance for them.” It will be noticed that in the foregoing advices Lord Roberts says nothing in re gard to the British guns being recaptur ed. c Adi-patch frein Bloemfontein t6-day says: “The loss of the guns was attended hy incidents of splendid heroism. The leading bauqry was so near the Boers ambus caded in the river bed that the latter said: “ ‘ II useless your attempting to ad vance. Thrown down your arms.’ “The sergeant of the battery, fearing the other battery would misunderstand the hindrance, rushed through the con voy and warned his comrades, enabling tho rearmost battery to save a portion of the guns which came into action later. “Life Guardsmen and a gunner got a gun out under a tremendous lire and four others were saved by the men drag ging them off after their horses had been shot.” ( VI SED DIHMII |\ ENGLAND. * - Report of Recapture of Gun* Gave Eiittle Cheer . London, April 2.—The rumors of the re capture by the British of the seven guns taken from Col. Broadwo d’s for. e, based on a dispatch to the Chronicle from Bloem fontein, which, it is said, in all probabil ity is correct, fails to compensate I.ondoi for the severe shock experienced from ihe humiliating defeat sustained wuhin a few miles of the headquarters of the British army of occupation. ihe public is painfully surprised to learn, after all that has come and g me, that British officers of high position can still neglect precautions which ihe veriest tvio might be expected io -bserVo, and blunder into traps which the observance of the ele mentary military rules would have reveal-, ed. There is no attempt here to minimize the < 1 isc red i table ness of he whole affair so far as the British are concerned, or detract from the dexterity of the Boers, who were apparently commanded by Gen. Dewet. The tactics of the burghers were evidently excellently conceived, and boldly carried out. and unless the reinforcements sent by Lord Roberts have turned the tide and recaptured the prisoners a couple of hun dred men from two crack corps of the Household Cavalry ai*d the Tenth Hussars arc now on their way to swell the grow ing deposit of British prisoners at Preto ria. President Ivruger’s Promise. President Kruger is said to have prom ised to reoccupy Bloemfontein this week, and the stubborn burghers seem to be closing around the place in such force as promisee to be troublesome, especially when i‘ ifc realized that the activity of a strong force in the vicinity of Paardeberg has already interrupted direct communi cation between Lord Roberts and Kim be/ley. But for the overwhelming num bers at the disposal of Lord Roberts, the situation would justly cause Great Britain greater anxiety. As it is, the nation is beginning to realize frdm the nature of guerilla warfare that it is liable to en barrass the future movements of British troops. A special dispatch from Bloemfontein this morning reports that the water sup ply of the place has been cut off. This is the natural sequence of the Boer suc cess at the water works. But the au thorities are hopeful that the strong re inforcements sent by the commander-in chief will promptly remedy this. It is evident from Lord Roberts’ dis patch that a big engagement is in pro gress. Although it is difficult to estimate the numbers of British engaged, they probably exceed even the eight or ten thousand men which the Boers are esti mated to number. The scene of the British disaster ap pears to be Mealle spruit, where the Bloemfontein road crosses a tributary of the Modder river. Escape of Two Officers. A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez, dat ed to-day, announces the arrival there of Capt. Haldane of the Gordon Highland ers, and Lieut. Lemeseuriere of the Dub lin Fusiliers, who esoaned from Pretoria, after perilous adventures. It appears that after Winston Churchill’s escape, the sen tries were doubled, electric lights were in stalled, additional barricades w r ere con structed and the officers were confined in the Model School after 3:39 p. m. Capt. Haldane says that after several unsuccessful attempts they succeeded hi cutting off the electric lights, but * even ihen the street lamps precluded an at tempt ta escape, and. they decided to hide in the space beneath the building’, to wlfich a trap door had previously been secretly constructed. As in hid been announced that the officers would be removed else where in a few days, ii was hoped the two men would be able to escape. But ihe re moval of the prisoners was postponed and the two men, !n the damp, sub’erranean dwelling beara’n to despair and commenced digging in different directions in the hope of finding a. suitable exit. The work was most arduous, as they had only a screw driver and a skewer with which *o dig the ground which was as hard as rock., The imprisoned prisoners March 15 heard somebody above say the officers would be removed the following day. Af ter passing twenty days underground in a ernmr*ed position and subsisting on a lit tle food and water supplied by some of 'heir fellow-prisoners who were in their conddenee, their defight at the good news was indescribable. The following morn ing they heard the officers above leaving, and all day long the room was filled with urious visitors looking at the clever cari catures on the walls drawn by the pris oners. When evening came the noise ceased and Malden and Lemesieure crept to the trap door. They were so weak that they could hardly walk, but gradually recovering, they made their way to the courtyard, got over the railings and reached the street. TO N2UNTAIN YARN I’ll ICES. No Prospect of Decline in This ( lass of Goods. Charlottle, N. C., April 2.—The Board of Governors of the Southern Cotton Spin ners’ Association has decided that South ern mills should be advised to maintain presen t of yarns, ns there i.s no prospect of a decline in yarn goods. The board found that every preparation had l>een made to make the annual meet ing May 10 and 11. one of the most notable assemblies of the kind. Representative mill men from North and South will 'be brought together. Keeeiver for Spice Plant. Toledo. 0., Ar.ril 2.—A petition was fll .*d by the Arbuekles to-day asking that a receiver be appointed for the Woolson Spice Company. H. O. Havemeyer con trols the i1 111 t MIL [MIS I DON’T COST ANY MORE THAN OTHERS C THE BEST II THE MOKNIKG NEWS, TUESDAY, APRIL :!, 1000. THE TASTE OF “APENTA” is preferable to that of other Purgative Waters. More gentle in action. Does not cause crampy pains. <- THE HOSPITALS of EUROPE and the UNITED STATES use Apenta regularly. It is recommended by the leading Physicians of the World. The Name of the APOLLINARIS CO., Ld., London, on the label is a guarantee of uniformity and superiority. VIGOROUS WAR WAS WAGED. PORTO RICAN KILL \\ VS DERATED ON HOTII SIDES. Senator Hate’** Strong Speech In Op position Followed l*y Senator De pew’s Support of the Titrull' Mea sure Senator Spooner Followed anil Mad Colloquies With Tallmnn and Huron—Final Vote on the Measure W ill Be Taken This Vlter noon. Washington, April 2. —Advocates and op ponents of tHe Porto Rican tariff and government bill waged vigorous war in the Senate to-day for more than seven hours. The ga 1 ries were crowded. The speeches were good and tho running de bate unusually bright and lively. Mr. Suooner of Wisconsin crossed argu mentative swords with some of the best debat rs on.the Democratic side. IBs main discussion was of constitutional ques tions. Mr. Bate of Tennessee opened tho de bate with a carefully prepared speech in opposition to the bill. Mr. Cullcm, Republican of Illinois, vig orously supported the measure. Then *a me Mr. Depew, Republican of New York, a member of the committee which framed the bill, who made an eloquent and forceful defense of the measure. Other speakers were Mr. Perkins, Re publican of California, also a member of tho commmittee on Porto Rico, who pre sented a strong argument for the bill, and Mr. Simon, Republican of Oregon. The final vote on the bill will be taken late to-morrow afternoon. It is arranged for 4 o’clock, but an effort will be made to extend the time for debate beyond that hour. The Senate convened at 11 a. m. to al low an hour longer for debate on the bill. Nr- Hate in Opposition. Mr. Bate first addressed the Senate. His speech embraced the whole question of ex pansion and the treatment hy the govern ment and by Congress of our insular pos sessions. He took strong grounds against the acquisition of Spanish territory,_ under the treaty of Paris—against which he vot ed—and inquired: ’‘Can the American people acquire from another nation, hy purchase, the moral right to govern 10,000.000 of people against their consent, wht i attested by forcible resistance—that rightful rebellion which our revolution consecrated for all people? There is not a page, not a paragraph in our history, which sustains the rightful ne.'S of purchasing people—lo.ooo,ooo in one batch, like cattle in box cars. 4 *>lt is true that the language of the treaty of Faris provides that the political and civil rights of the people in the ceded islands shall be determined by Congress; but by Congt ess as Congress is controlled by the constitution which created Con gress. and not by Congress acting with the absolutism of an English Parliament. Congress can do nothing not auth rized by the constitution. In no section, either by grant or implication, is there any au thority for two classes of people—citizens of the states and subjects of the Con gress. Lesson* From Reconstruction. “The experience of the Republican par ty in the art of reconstruction between ISGS and 1870— between the acquisition of Alaska and the Philippines taught les sons whieh were not forgotten when the treaty of Paris secured the islands from Spain. The exploitation of the Southern States hy carpetbag governments was an experience for which the acquisition of Porto Rico and the Philippines offered op portunities which were provided for in the treaty itself. A tariff for Porto Rico, that subject of Congress, which protec.a certain interests of the United States and denies to all other people in the states the benefit of competition, creates a virtual trust on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, and helps the actual trust in sugar, for the benefit of manufacturers at the cost of consumers in the stales and producers in Porto Rico. While 300,000 tons of sugar in Hawaii, the property of the trust king of the United States, enters free of all duty, the 60,000 tons of sugar, produced by the Impoverished planters of Porio Rico, are taxed under the power by which the treaty of Paris was manipulated so os to give to Congress the power which has been thus abused. “The omnipotente of Congress over the civil rights and political status of 10.000.00> of people is grafted on the treaty and r ho treaty is now alleged o supersede .even the constitution and to have become th** su preme law of the land. Against a claim so monstrous and shocking to every sens * of constitutional law the people of the states In ?he Union will enter their solemn and efficient protest. They will never as sent to the new Republican dogma that the executive through his diplomatic agent a can negotiate a treaty which shall bo paramount to the constitution; and that the state department through and by means of the hocus pocus of diplomacy can convert this republic of republics into an imperialism more despotic (han th absoluteism of Parliament.” Ho maintained that the Democratic par ty was the original party of “expansion along lines which added strength to na tional resources.” Trusts Tank Alarm. Adverting to the proposed tariff on Porto Rican products. Mr. Bate declared that the original bill provided for free trade, but the “trusts took alarm and the long and slimy tentacles of thp- octupus scon reached into the committee room and all was lost. “The debate on this bill hove unveEed ihe fact that the treaty of Paris has given Spain the same trade privileges that the United States may use—free trade If there is free trade—but not the island and the states; while the ‘favored claus-’ in our treaties with foreign nations, stands ready to open wide the Philippine door into the United States. Into that dilemma this bungling treaty—l mean no <ilsr.sp‘ t to its framers—has placed the Repub I an party. It was the discovery which hasten ed the sugar and tobacco interests as ad vanced couriers to the committee room with the ultimatum of no more money for political campaigns unless* a barbed wire fence of duties was placed around the* lndustfteA which heretofore have put so much money where it would do the most good.” Mr. Cullom pointed out that the amount cell cted on imports from Porto Rico would go back to help build up that inland. and said the bill dealt most liber. i ally with Porto Rtcans He said that • there has swept over the country a wave I cf wild misrepresentation and misihfor i motion backed up by the direct personal insist nee of representatives of monopolis tic interest. Senator Depcw’s Speech. Mr. Depew then spoke. He*said in part: “The President’s recommendation of free trade was made in order that Porto Ri cans might have the use of thee duties in Porto Rico*by not having to nay them —that is. by keeping the money for public jii p scs n th island. The proposition of the House of Representatives and of this committee is that those duties shall be collected and returned to the people of Porto Rico, because it is the only way by which the people of the island will get a dollar cf benefit from them. Now, from whom will they be collected? In the last twenty-five years sugar has fluctuated as much as any other product in the mar ket; c ffee las 1 e nub c t to the open ing of new sourc* s of supply, to failures i of crops, and to all those elements which i add or take away fr< m twenty-five to fifty ! per cent, of ’he market mice. But while | coffee and sugar importers have grown j rich and by their skill, their capital, and | their far-sightedness been able always to ! calculate future prospects and to make money, no matter what tpe conditions, | the laborer upon the plantations who pro j duced hese crops has never known any i diff rence In his wage. Unhappily for him. j the labor mark t was always overstocked; unhapi ily for him, there was no industry j but the land to whieh he or his family could apply for help. He was “the man j with the hoe.” meeting all the conditions of Dr. Markham’s remarkable poem. He was too ignorant to know when good times were making f< rtun s for those who handle >he product which he raised by his labor; he was too poverty stricken to sub sist in an organized effort to. increase the | remuneration for his toil. It will he many a year before these uonditions change for : the masses of the Porto Rican people. They ; can never change whtfn an overcrowded population has but one means of liveli- I hood and there are no varied industries I for its. relief. “Then who pays this tariff, and who gets the benefit of it? For the first time in the history of Porto Rico it is paid by those who make money out of her, by those who are enriched by hrr toil; by those who are far removed from the Ig norance and the suffering and the squalor | her population. The tariff money taken from them goes really to the people of Porto Rico who never before received any 1 bent fit. “In a word, what is all this contention about? What is the apple of discord which is lashing some friends to fury? The President r>roposed free trade, ait.fi this bill gives free trade in nil the twees*- series of life, in all implements and man ufactures required fo*r the resuscitation, development, and working of industries, and a tariff amounting, on the overage, to 6 per cent, upon their market value on products. “This tariff comes off by operation of low in two years, and os much sooner as the people of the island, through their own Legislature, decide to abolish it, be cause they can raise the revenues neces sary for the suoix>rt of their government, their roods, and their schools and for their general welfare by direct taxation. “The opposition to this bill is the result of tho usual tactical Operations for ad vantageous positions in a presidential year. Tho Calhoun, theory of the Consti rution and the century-old fight of. free tfade to destroy protection have made a united and desperate charge upon the pol icy and provisions of this measure. The ! Democratic position in regard to our is land territories is clearly defined. They will claim that the moment any territory becomes the property of the United Stares by conquest, purchase, cession, or dis covery it is under our Constitution and laws; that its people and products have I he same rights and are entitled to the same freedom of movement all over the United States ns the people and products ' have the same rights and are entitled to the same freedom, of movement all over :he United States as the people and prod ucts of any state in the Union; that state hood must speedily come and ran not be denied; that this would break down every protective barrier against pauper labor and admit free into <?ur ports the things produced by people working in our tropi cal possessions for o few cents a day. and wou’d degrade our citizenship, and. therefore, if they get in power they will at once abandon these islands. “The Republican party stands upon the .action of Jefferson. Monroe. Jackson. Pclk Pierce and Seward, that Cnrlg e. has the power to govern these acquisition* subject i only to the prohibitions of the constitu tion. General Jackson's Ease. “I recall for the consideration and *d monirion of my Democratic fri. nds tha' story of Gen. Jackson’s governorship of Florida, to which he was appointed hy President Monroe, under* ihe act of Con gress of March 3. 1821. providing “that . II military, civil and judicial powers shall b<* vested in s-uch person and persons and shall be exercised in such manner as President of the United States shall di : root.” He claimed and evercisel the exec | utive, legislative and judicial functions of HU Cures Dandruff, Falling Hair, Brittle Hair and all Scalp Troubles, such as Itching, Eczema, Eruptions, etc. Purely Vegetable, harmless and reliable. CURE GUARANTEED even after all other remedies have failed , or money refunded. A CHICAGO MAN WRITES: OHM I'rtrmdl Ave., Ohicft*fO, May 15. 1R99. 1 umk! “Coke Dandruff Cure’' for baldnotm ><* fu>r two YTHi'k* using t.i hair Imp an to grow. lualdooftll my htad wntro*er*d with hair. Aluo cur**c| luj A iughter of tho worst com* of daudrulT ln}Mdnbl ; Ii r.D KOKlh, For Sale by al! Prngirists and Barbers. Trca. tiao <tu hair and Scalp Troubles freo on request. ■l.mtrnitKlO.. - chlrutu B*waP‘ of Imitations. The only hair preparation admitted to the I’arls K*i>oiilon For sale by LIPI'MAN BROS., Bavan. aannab. Ga. * government under this commission, and was sustained in them all. As legislature he enacted laws which brought him. as Governor, in conflict with the ex-Governor under Spain. As Governor he prom; Iv arrested and imprisoned that ex-otfleiai, and os judge proceeded to punish for con tempt the federal district Judge, who had issued a writ of hebeas corpus for the Spaniard’s release. It was after all this that he became and has since continued to be claimed as leader, counselor and inspir ation for the Democratic party. “Under this power we can and will pro vide both for the development of our new possessions and the protection of indus tries and employment within the United States. As time and experience demon strate the necessity for new laws an 1 changes of existing laws, they will be enacted, but always with intent to main tain the high standard of American citi zenship and the scale of American wages. Preferential tariffs will promote trade be tween the United States and all these isl ands. “Porto Rico, Hawaii, 'Guam, Tutuila and the Philippines are to be held and governed by the United States with an im perative duty on our part to their Inhabi tants for their civilization, the encourage ment of enterprises whieh will titilizc their resources, and for their constantly in creasing participation in their local and general governments, and also for their and cur commercial progress and growth I dq not believe that we will incorporate the alien races, and civilized, semi-civi- Ifzed, barbarous and savage peoples ot these islands into our body politic as states of our Union “Order, law. justice and liberty will stimulate and develop our new possessions. Their inhabitants will grow with respon sibilities of governing themselves, con stantly increasing with their intelligence into conditions of prosperity and haVpiuess beyond their wildest dreams of the results of that self-government they now so vaguely understand, while the United States, in th** Increasing demand for the surplus of our farms and factories In Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines, and in the tremendous advantages of posi tion from Manila for reaching the limit less markets of the Orient, can view with out apprehension and with hopeful pride the Inevitable expansion of our popula tion and productions.” Constitution Docs Not Follow. After the applause subsided Mr. Spooner spoke. He emphasized the difficultly in solving the Porto Rican problem. “Does the constitution follow the flag?” he inquired. “No. it does not. Our army entered Cuba during the war with Spain. Our lines were established before Santiago and subse quently our flag floated over Santiago. Our flag Is there now. But is our consti tution there? Certainly not. Can we leg islate for Cuba? No. wo cannot. Yet our flag in there. Our soldiers are there, but the eonstitiition is not. The only law which follows the flag Is the law of war. The flag follows ihe constitution, not the constitution the flag.” In response to a question asked by Mr. Tillman, Mr. Snooper said: “The proposition that the constitution extends of its own force over acquired territory was invented in the interest of Slavery; the new dogma was advocated in ihe interest of slavery by Mr. Calhoun.” Mr. Tillman in the course of a colloquy with Mr. Spooner inquired how it was that the United States was in Porto RDo. “By the power of the President as com mander-in-chief of the army,” replied Mr. Spooner. Replying to Mr. Tillman, Mr. Spooner declared the pending measure treated the Porto Ricans more generously than peo ple of other territories, because they were in dire distress. Mr. Snootier maintained that territory acquired hy the United States over which the constitution had be* extended could not be disposed of by the Congress, and demanded to know how we .could to es tablish a stable government under Ihe constitution in the Philippines, for in stance, and then later cede the islands, either to another nation- or to the Fili pinos themselves. If the constitution ex tended over the acquired territory auto matioally. that territory could never be ceded away. Colloquy With llncon. Mr. Bacon suggested Mr. Oxnard had appeared before the committee, which had done what ho demanded. “The idea that the Congress of the United Slates can be influenced to do in justice to the people of Porto Rico,” de clared Mr. Spooner vehemently, "by Mr. Oxnard or by any protected interest, is a libel on our institutions that ought not to lx* uttered here, and ought not to find lodgment anywhere. I want to state that a large and Industrious lobby—and I say what I know—is hero endeavoring to induce Congress to pass a free trade bill.” “I don’t think,” interjected Mr. Bacon tartly, “that anyone of that lobby h m deemed it to his Interest to speak to any senator on* this side of the chamber.” Mr. Perkins, for, and Mr. Simon, against, also spoke. The latter said the pending measure might, if any bill could, transfer Oregon from the Republican to the doubt ful list. The imposition of ihe tariff, he said, in the face of the agreement with those people was a serious party blunder. At 6:25 p. m. the Senate adjourned. BERGS \M> MVEKS LEADING. Florida's liner fur Governor Ik (tulle • Complicated. Tallahassee, Fla., April 2.—With the nominating convention only a little more than two months off, the activity among the candidates seeking (he Democratic nominations for the four offices over which there are contests: Governor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public In struction and Commissioner of Agriculture —has been redoubled. The great fight is over the governorship, and in this contest there have recently been some new and interesting develop ments. Old politicians say that never Be fore that they can remember has a con test for an important office in Florida— barring struggles for the United States senatorshtp—remained so complicated and its termination so difficult to predict, as is the case with Ihis contest. It Is oe. lieved. Indeed, that a majority of the counties In the state are even yet decided ly debatable ground There Is much rea son to believe that the gubernatorial con test will remoin a good deal of a scrub race until the congressional conventions in the two Florida districts are held in the latter part of May. Present indications are that a veritable flood of candidates for the gubernatorial nomination will Is; sprung upon the con vention. There has never been any doubt that the four leading candidates—Senator Fred T. Myers, State’s Attorney James P Beggs and former Speakers William S. Jennings and Dannette H. Maya, will go into the convention, each with a consid erable prospect of winning Now It Is equall" certain that former Surveyor Gen eral dCllllam H. Milton, Jr,, who has been mentioned for six or eight months as a possible candidate, has gone hard lo wo k and must hereafter lie regarded as a real factor In the race. Ex-Senator ( nil no n Factor. Former United B'ates Senator Wilkin son Call also wants to be Governor, and he Is host flng with characteristic energy to rally some of his old supporter* once more to his banner While Mr. ( all will undoubtedly gi t few votes, he is him self the only Floridian of any prominence whatever who takes his candidacy erlous iy- It has been publicly stated, and no l de nied, that, falling to get the covete I nom ination from the regular Democratic con vention, Mr, Call will run as an In- Reqlstered by OT U. S. Potent Office O - . npLiIITHIA MSTwiTER, “ A Veri,ab,e AB,idote W! FOB ÜBSSiBUHU and BRIGHT’S DISEASE, ASiITE and GISOHC." Dr. IV: li' .i rv: Drummond, t’rcfcssor of Medical Jurisprudence, Bishop'* Vui’js:city, Montreal, Canada: “ In ilio Acute and Chronic Nephritis [BRIGHT’S OISE ASE], of Gouty and RL riiUJatlc origin, as wellas in the graver Aibu.T-I.T-riaof Pregnancy, I have found LJFFALO LITHIA WATER to act ns a VERITABLE ANTIDOTE, and ! know of NO OTHER NATURAL AGc;..' POSSESSING THIS IMPORTANT QUALITY.” <r D-’. Alfred L. Loomis , Professor of Pathology and Practical Medicine in the Medical Department of the University of New York , wrote : Buffalo Lithia Water IVtSTST! Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys, occurring in Gouty and Rheumatic sub jects with marked benefit.” Dr. Grane M. Hammond, of Nen> Yor/e, rrq/cssor of /meases of th* Mind and Nervous System in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital: ... eueof tteKWney “SJe'fSS BUFFALO LBTHIA WATER great est service in increasing the quantity of urine and eliminating the Albamen.” George Haisted Boyland, A. TVL, IVi. U., of Parts, Doctor op nTedtcine, of the Faculty of Fans, iu the New York Medical Journal, August 32, 1896, says: “ There fs no remedy so nearly specific In all forms of Albuminuria and Bright’s Disease, wheth- tj..—— •> Spring No. 2, IT acute or chronic, as BUFFALO LITHIA WATER accompanied by 2 milk diet." Buffalo Lithia Warn? ! for ale by Grocers and Druggists generally Testimonials which defy all imputation or questions sent to any address. PROPRIETOR, BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. t Springs are open for grests from June 15th to Oct. Ist. They are reached from all directions over the Danville Division of the Southern Railway. dependent candidate for Governor. No tack that he could take would p ea: e the or ganization Democrats better than this l it ter, for they claim the popular vole would be so near unanimous against him that even he would forever thereafter eschew politics. Milton Attracting Attention. To return to live Florida politics. By reason of the facts that he is the only one of the candidates from West Florida— which Is meant that part of the state* west of Ihe Apalachicola river—ldentical with all of Florida immediately south of Alabama—and that West Florida Is be lieved to hold the key to the present gu bernatorial situation, the candidacy of MaJ. W. H. Milton, Jr., is attracting more attention Just at present, than his red strength in this contest would probably otherwise warrant. It is claimed for MaJ. Milton that he will be supported by six of the seven roundel west of the Apalachicola; that lie has a lighting chance to get some votes In the seventh, Escambia county, In which Pen sacola Is located; and that he will carry the counties of Alachua. Levy, Franklin and Calhoun,, in. Central Florida. Tills would give hint, as a starter, about 50 of the 252 voles to lie cast in Ihe convention. It is claimed by his friends that in the early ballots he will hold this nucleus he gather quietly and remain In a receptive, non-amtagonlstlc attitude, while his rivals kill each other off. MaJ. Milton Is regarde 1 as the chief lieutenant In Florida of United States, Senator Stephen K. M illory, and he expects to get whatever votes the Senator can control—which are not num erous. in doing so much shrewd work to bring about Mr. Mallory's election as a result of the memorable Call-Chtpley sen atorial contest of 1897, Mr. Milton won the good will of many of the formerly large faction which supported ex-Senator Coll. With them that fight develop'd into “anything to beat Chlpley,” and they still feel kindly towards MaJ. Milton for engineering the movement which thin elected Mr. Mallory. Besides, the old Call faction is opposed to all of the other Im portant candidates except Mr. Milton, and he Is said to be counting on finding con siderable strength in this quarter. In a word. Maj. Milton’s candidacy stems to be supported by conditions which make him a dangerous factor in the race, ralher than a particularly strong candi date. At this lime, he Is to be courted, rather than feared, by tho other candi dates. The Strongest Candidates. So much prominence attaches to Maj. Milton’s candidacy because the fact thar he will really run for the gubernatorial nomination, has only recently become gen erally understood and confirmed. Nope of his opponents concede that he possesses any substantial show to win, and most of them refuse to admit that he will on any latllot, receive as many as fifty votes. There Is scarcely a doubt that the strong est candidates for the gubernatorial nom ination at present are Senator Fr and Myers and Judge James D. Beggs. Judge Jennings and Mr. Mays are, working like beavers, and Indications os to how these four last named gentlemen will stand relatively to ea -h other when the ballot ing be.glns, are almost as vague to-day as they were four months ago. Owing largely to the fact that a large number of the counties are still extremely doubtful and remarkablo unsettl and for this stage of the con test, a promln’ent pol itician to-day summed up the situation as between Messrs. Myers, Beggs, Jennings and Mays, as follows: “Each of them Is gaining votes, and there are lots of votes nobody hAs got yet. Fred Myers is the most popular man of the btfnch. but Judge Beggs has a backing which holds almost a commanding position, while Jennings and Mays are going ahead scooping up votes which will be nee led bv the train who Is to get the nomination. Myers will go In o the convention as second choice of enough delegate- to nominate him. The question Is, can he get these delegates to drop their favorites arid vote for him before trading gets too lively, and his chance slips by?" It Is a significant fact that most of the counties which are; still not lined up for either of the candidates for the governor ship are counties whl"h In former years always tied |e> one e>r the other of the two recently re t Ire-1 United States sent tiers— fall or Pasco. They are known as "Call count ice" and "Pnseo counties, ” nnel they arc d< tine I lo pay a very Important part In Florida politics this year. The either t’nntests. The gubernatorial conleift has by no means a monopoly of the Interest, which Florida Democrats are tak'ng In politics this spring. The nomination for Attorney General Is being sought by both the pres ent Incumbent. Judge William B. faimar and Hon. James T. Wills of Bradford county, who was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee In the last Leglslu ture. These candidates have been before the public about six months, and It Is now almost entirely safe to say that Judge bamar will succeed himself for another term. Ills record In the, office Is unassail able. and the people seem to admire his legal ability, strict integrity, perfect frankness In all things, and, above all, the remarkable success which has attend ed his efforts to protect the state's inter ests In all litigation which has come un der his management. The merit and tlt ness of Mr. Wills are abundantly recog nized all over the state, hut Judging from the fact that Judge I.amar is dally gain ing In the race, the people seem indispos ed to sanction a change In this office yet. No one seems willing to venture predic tions as to whether Superintendent Sheats and Commissioner Wombwell will defeat all oppnsitli n to themselves. The former Is opposed by Prof, Tom F. Mcßeath, of Jacksonville, and the latter by State Sen ator B. E. Mel.in, of bake county, and Representative S. T. Overstreet of Suwa nee county. The most reliable opinion that drifts up to the Capitol seems to he that none of itje new men are strong enough politically or sufficiently known to land them In the cabinet.and that unless some thing unforeseen happens, both Commis sioner Wombwell and Superintendent Sheats will servo the people four years longer. KllllvMW OITOFTHI: til MY. Oils’ Approval of the Sentence Was Sufficient. Washington, April Hoot stated to-day that Maj. George O. Klrk man. Forty-ninth. Volunteer Infantry, A no longer In the service of the United States. Under the articles of war the approval by Gen. Olis of the action of the court martial which recommended Kirkman for dismissal on the charge of drunkenness, was sufficient to execute sentence. In other words the approval of the Pre-klant Is unnecessary. Kirkman was accused of being dru'iVk on the transport Liverpool,on the voyage from Han Francisco to Manila. Pri vate advices also charged him with affronting Archbishop Chape pelle, who was one of the passengers. The construction given by the war department to Gen.'Otis’ action in this case commits the department, It is believed, to a for mal rec'gnltlon of the existence of a war hi the Philippines. Article 106 of the ar ticb s of war expressly provides that the sentence of dismissal. In the case of an officer, shall not he carried out ,"ln t(/na of |s' are" except on the approval of tho President of the United States." OOim:i.l, HA libV BEATEN. I ntverstty of North Carolina .Shut Out the Visitors. Chapel Hill, N. C„ April 2. -The Uni versity of North Carolina to-day defeated Cornell In a magnificent game of ball. It waa a pitcher’s battle, and Lawson had the big end. Score; R.H.E. North Carolina ........6 10 2 Cornell o 6 3 Uu It cries—Dawson and Graves; Sanders and Whlnery. yacht u \s ui u\vr7\i;A. Constellation Front llrunsxx lek Was Held I p ut Kingston. Kingston, Jamaica, Aril’ll 2.—The Ameri can schooner yecht Constellation, owned by Francis Skinner of Boston, with a party on board, arrived here from Bruns wick, Ga., to-day, and was quarantined. Court nt Charlottesville. Washington, Aprtl 2.—ln the Senate to day a bill authorizing the holding of a regular term of the United States Dln trlct Court of the Western district of Vir ginia ut Charlottesville waa passed. 5