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VOL. IX.
ARP HELPS YOUNG
Bartow Mao Receives Numerous Requests.
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THEY SEEK AFTER KNOWLEDGE
The Philosopher Takes the Place
of Books For Many of The
Students.
I feel pleased and honorod to rt>reive
ettcrs every day frrOm young
girls und boys over the south asking
for iniortnation on some subject or for
help ir. a school debate or for a start
in a ccrapo*'tion?just a start. These
young Teople axe generally from the
county, where books are scarce, and
the a* eagerness for knowledge and
mervta Improvement is very gratifying.
1 wish that 1 was three or four
men so that I could respond to all
their otters and comply with their
requests. 1 reply to as many as I can,
hut I cannot take time to write compositions,
even if it was right to do so.
One toy begs mc to write him a
humorous speech, and winds up by
asking me to please write two. so that
lie ma-' take choice.
We ?ee that some of the good ladies
of the \tlanta Woman's Club are moving
to supply the couutrv schools
with S'^all libraries of good books and
*hq Southern Railway has donaited
Dfcat look cases for them. This, of
course is for Fulton county, but it Is
n movi in the right direction, and will,
no doifif. stimulate the ladies of other
towns to do the same thing. It is the
very test thing 1 have heard of a
woman's club doing. The desire for
books ? read is almost universal
among the people of the rural districts,
and th'y should be encouraged. Books
are draper than ever before known,
and rleap books can be had fog
a few dollars each. 1 am not at all
Intimao with Mr. Carnegie, but if l
was 1 would whisper in his philanthropic
ear and suggest than he turn
his att'ntion for awhile to the towns
and vilages and let the big cities
alone. Our Cartersville Woman's
Club ii struggling hard to keep up
their lttle library, but are not encouraged
u' the mm of /the town. Their
books tfe out all of the time, and are
read aid re-read by many of the children
wiowr fathers do not give a dollar
to )elp maintain the library. This
may be thoughtlessness, and so I have
suggge'ted that the ladies go around
and sei who will give 5Q cents or 25
cents, t even 10 cent6 a month to
keep ut the supply and pay their rent
and in'idental expenses. Of course
thn chfracter of the hooks must he
thoroughly considered. Nothing sectional
or trashy or sensational; but
enly tiose that "point a moral or
adorn a tale. ' Kvery public school
should have a burning committee,
such as they have at Forsyth, (la.
A "tajPht hoy from Alabama writes
*hat hi3 name is John Jones, and
wants 'o know when and how he got
it; sayfhhls fan her and grandfather
bad th'* *anie name, but they died
without t?H'ng where they got it. He
says liH schoolmate is named Will
Higgint'^Umn1 and he, too, wants to
know g/here his name came from. I
admire Iheir eager curiosity, for our
name Is OUT BlSn hoard and every hoy
ought ti* kno\y who put it up and what
't read!*- W course it. is too big a
ding t<* tell much about names in a
but I must (ell Jack
heirs.
as the Christian era.
>ni Jehovah loves." I
well who lived near
1 r sons were named
31 ke. and John, and
, h. ere named Mary
bt iude good old-time peo(j,
at reverence for the Bible
vnd R names. One of my fathers
'ustt named Shadrach BoPan,
an( Ills "three sons were Shadrack,
^eehae and Abednego. Another
riirftome David Allan, named his son
Absalc I. an<l f?r a wonder he was a
fcoori y aitd made a good man. and
h ^ f ">r, David, had no occasion to
f Absalom, my son. ray son." '
irse 01 time the peoplr
1 multiplied so that theii |
' o have two names, so a*
them, and so John's son ;
ohnson in Bnglish. or
Velsh. After awhile it
nes. The Joneses are
'n. The Welsh were
people, and fought
ny centuries. Thov
' v. til they were prom- |
ihmil/Y ?MI1A
iuvuiu ? uin vfvc i
irn on their soil,
ted the Prince of ]
s son happened
*ul little Welsh
">n, and the
...# their future
? Prince of
title start- I
M elsh way !
rom the |
pon of !
hn ap
mtdJ
a litfTe
the tenth
who had j
ril -wara
k B * 'made
- >well t
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Evan of the Atlfdita Constitution. He
has just heon hid out all these years.
I see that the chamber of commerce
Rave a banquet yesterday and Evan
Howell responded to the toast "Good
Fellowship." That suited him exactly.
I know, and had I been there I
would have told how his great ancestor
was called the "I>a" and was tho
last king of Wales. I called him over
"Hello Da!" and he answered "Here."
Now. about Bill Higginbotham.
That is old Anglo Saxon and means a
TrtountAln ark. The old name was
hicken Piobubly the old ancestor
took his name from an ashe tree that
shaded his house. Names were scarce
and people took their surnames from
dbjects of nature. such as hid. fountain.
dale. peak, pine, plant, oaks,
chestnut, grub, twigs, branch, water,
pool, moon. star, cloud, and so forth;
or from their occupations as Baker,
farmer, carpenter, mason, miller. gardener.
granger, and all of the family
of Smith who w. re the smiters of iron
and silver and gold. All who were detailed
to watch for an invading enemy
were called snifters or smiths. John
Smtrli was originaly John, the 8miter.
Captain John Smith was an llustrlous
type of that class. When names were
too long to pronounce readily, they
were shortened up. Peter, who lived
at tho Seven Oaks, was called Peter
Svnoaks; then Pettier Snooks, and
that's how our Atlanta friend came by
Ills name.
Tho name Coward w?s nrtptnnltv
cow herd?a herder of cattle?and was
not Improved by the change. The adjutant
of our brigade was named Coward.
and the army had no braver soldier.
Ho lost his arm at Chickahominy.
He always signed his name A.
Coward, ad'jt. genl., and being asked
why he did not sign his full name,
said: "Well, my first name unfortunately,
is Adam, and it is not quite
so bad to be a coward as it is lo be a
dam coward.'
A few centuries ago every civilized
nation had to adopt a prefix or a suffix
so as to prevent the confusion of
names. The Rnglish added son to most
of their names, as Johnson, Williamson.
Jackson. Thompson, etc. The
Scotch prefixed wit.ii Mac. The Irish
Mac or Mc for son, and O for grand^n.
The French took De or Du. The Normans
used Fitz or fils (from Latin of
filus. a son). The Russians took vitch
from The same word.
Then there, are many nicknames to
he accounted for, such as Bob. Bill
Jack, Jim. Sally, Polly. Betsy, etc. T
don't know how these started, hut
some of them came out of the colleries
of Knglanil and the quarles of \V?Uesr
for every miner hail a nickname as
Nosey, Soaker. Shanks, Jigger, or
somethlug easy to call. I had a sahool
mate whose name was Melville Yoimlk.
One day he was trying to do a sum in
-a A?- t
. . ..u?,8in|i in. uir niacKnoard an I
wrote down what ho intended?To-1)
?but it looked 1 iko tod .and the
teacher said, "What do you mean by
tod?" That was enough for the buys.
They began to call him Tod, and the
boys never quit, and he was known -is
Tod Young all his after life.
But the girls are not so much interested
in names, for almost every girl
expects to change hers when the rijc lit
young man comes along. She is tot
obliged to marry a man named Cru. cI
shanks or Sno. zlefanter or Hogg, but
I I've known them to do it. and they did
: very well.? Rill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
| P. S.?In my last 1 otter the types
I mado mo to say 266,000 confederate
I soldiers. It should he 766,000? all told
I from the beginning to the end of the
war. B. A.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
f"T~> ' 1FJ hypocrite uses
J ^ | truth, but as the
\/s^~~ ' vehicle in which to
" ,nakes much
* difference w hut her
, r^Y1 life is a station or
ICTy Jy.tMRY rf God knows neWftSn
ft <vKo/ ithcr popularitvnor
\\k A a unpopularity
rcn to tho nKtji
? f* who cultivates self
' only.
Tho most practical preach ing must '
deal with great principles.
The. world robs itself of Christ when
It robs Him of His divinity.
Ho apepnks well who.se hearers do
not hear the footsteps of passing tin .
A great store of patience may he
lost through a very small leak of vex.v
tion.
Many men fan the flames of their j
vices in order to cool them.
Moderation in sin is as possible as
moderation in hanoUmr
A change of air will no; cure the
heart of ?ln.
There is no Christianity without
6olfgiving.
Seven other devils can he ?ist out
more easily than the one devil of
self.
The w-ages of fin are always paid
right on time.
It makes all the difference whether
the world is on your heart or your
heart Is In the world.
He who fills all things will no* let
Hia people go empty.
A good action does not make * ; nner
into a saint any more than a leap
into the air makes a flsh into a bird
The first street lighting in this coujv
> try was Hone in New York in 1697.
MIL
'KT MILL, S, C? WF.D1
A SYSTEM OF iimi
Negroes Held in Stockadrs Under
Form of Contract to Work.
SOUTH CAROLINA COURT AROUSED
fudge tlrn.t, In Aixlcri.ni> Count v. Clinrge.
tlie OrniiO ?Iury to Inve.tigatc tho S.*?
trm?On n Labor Cantrurt, ?1?> Siiya,
**Kvcn Women and I.lttle Untie." Art
Iniiiriitnncil?.Kren Wor.e Thnn ^llierln
* ilium inn, ."v i '.?illKlpo \\ I" T?ehot
has ordorotl it special term <?f the
Court of Sessions i.) ion .11 Anderson
on March 7. to receive *he report of
tlio Grand Jury ho has charged to in
Vestigalc the "shameful practices"
and "stockade scandal" of Anderson
County. In charging the Grand Jury
to make a thorough and fearless invos
tlgation, the Judge said ho had heard
rumors of the condition; of slavery
In that county, hut the evidence
brought out during the week in the
trial of James Newell, a farmer, for
the murder of "Will" Hull, a negro,
"astonished the Conn."
The Judge stated that Hull had been
killed while attempting to escape Trotn
Newell's stockade, and that he was
not a convict, but was lteld a prisoner
under a labor contract that gave the
landlord every right ever claimed by a
master over slaves. Hull had run
away and gone home, where lie was
arrested, at the instance of Newell,
by a constable, and by that constable
taken to Newell's stockade instead of
the hill, and turned over to Newell's
guards. Later, when he acaiu at
tempted - ? escape. he was killed.
The Judge said he was informed
that not only men. hut women and
children, were held in this bondage.
He read the labor contract in force in
Anderson, saying it could hold in no
free country: no conn would permit a
man to barter himself as a chattel,
and this they did here. The contract,
besides allowing the use of force and
subjecting the laborer to "plantation
regulations." which permit whipping.
contnin?t his clause: "Thesaid landlord
shall have the right to transfer his interest
in this contract to any other
party, and I agree to continue work
for said assignee the same as for the
original party of the firsi part."
j It is understood that the wealthiest
.men in the eountv are involved. The
Judge urged the "jury to see that jus
tiee was done to the negroes, who
should lie considered the wards of
whites. "There are said to be stockades
in your county without a single
convict, yet filled with men guarded
as convicts, worked as convicts, punished
as convicts, and sometimes shot
as if felons escaping from prison and
the custody of the law "
RUSSIA HAS RETALIATED.
Duties on Many American Products Increased
Ttitrty l*cr Cent.
Washington. D. ('.?Count Casslnl.
the Russian Ambassador, received a
cablegram from the Russian Foreign
Office confirming the report of the issue
of the decree imposing increased
duties on certain American imports
into Russia, and took steps to inform
the State Department accordingly.
It is believed that a grave crisis lias
been reached in the trade relations between
the Vnitcd States and Russia.
The Immediate effect of the Russian
decree, when it becomes operative on
March 1, will be to increase by fifty
per cent, the duties on American machinery,
steel, and iron goods. These
goods already enjoy two separate reductions,
thirty per cent, being taken
oft from the general, and twenty per
cut. from the conventional duties. The
nrtieles referred to in the Russian decree
are machinery and tools, and
niniinfacturcs and product# of cast
iron and steal.
Roughly stated, the United States is
said to have exported goods of this description
to Russia last year to the
amount of about SflO,000,000. The addition
of liftj- per cent, to the duty
will, it is thought, prove practically
prohibitory.
St. Petersburg. Russia. The Finance
Minister, M. de Witte, has proved his
ability to hit quick and hard. He sent
to the Senate on Wednesday, for publication,
an ordinance levying thirty
per cent, increased duty on the most
important American import* into Russia.
The ordinance was published In
the Odicial Messenger, and becomes
effective on March 1.
ACCIDENT ON THE KEARSARCE.
Shrll Itur?t In Thlrtr?*n-Inch flun, Ilolnc
I.ittlr Dnmngr.
Washington. D. C.?A mail report
giving an account of the bursting of a
shell in the bore of one of the thirtceuineh
guns of the United States warship
Kearsarge has been received at the
Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy Department.
The accident occurred several weeks
hro wnue mo snip was at target practice
off Pensacola. Kin. The damage
resulting Is said to bo not serious and
consisted mainly in the deforming or
gouging'' of the tuha. This will not
prevent the gun heiug used again.
It is probably the first _Ime. however,
that an explosion has occurred in one
of the thirteen-inch guns. The pecuniary
loss will not be large.
Troop* anil Trf#?nro For Manila.
The transport Sheridan sailed front
Sau Francisco, Cal. for Manila via
Honolulu with 1400 soldiers, a large
number of cabin passengers, more
than $1,000,000 in treasure and 3000
tons of freight.
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SESDAY, FEBRUARY
I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED]
tvAsnrvoTON ITKMS,
Tho President and Mrs. McKtnley
gave n dinner at tho White House In
hon>?r of tlie Diplomatic Corps.
Tho Semite confirmed nil the President's
nominations of Brigadier Cenernls.
,
The Administration fears the Imposition
of oonnvervnUlng duties on
Russian sugar may lead to commercial
war between the United States
and Europe.
The President nominated former
Congressman Charles A. Rontelle. of
Maine, to he a captain on the retired
list of tho navy, in accordance with
the recent act of Congress.
A delegation of prominent Cubans
called on President McKinley and discussed
flic condition of affairs in the
Island with him.
Owing to r< tiroments President McKinley
will have tho njmointmcnt of
twenty or more general officers in the
army within the next eighteen months
Oftn ADOl'TEl) ISI.AVDS.
A 1- r>,1..1l.. <
... . . vuriiu. .mini; .* I till IU'V-^tPTIernl
of Porto Rico. was given n J?"000
judicial appointment in tho Philippin.
-5 by Secretary Hoot.
In a tight at Silniyati. Rntnngas. in
I.uznn, the Filipino (lenernl Malhas
was killed.
The principal government, of the
Province of Pampnnga. P. I . was organized
and otficers were appointed.
The Philippine Commission is receiving
a warm welcome from natives on
its journey in Luzon.
The mass of evidence against Neclv j
is accumulating at Havana, Cuba, and I
preparations are being made for his
public trial.
iiom kstic.
Tiie packing houses of the North and
West will make a test ease of the mat
ter of taxes for their branches in
(icorgia.
Tiie headless body of a mail was
found in a vault at Colutnluis. Ohio.
P.y a boiler explosion in Cliiekasa,
Ohio. John Ocsh was killed and his
three sons injured.
Alexander \V. Longfellow, a broth
er of the poet llenry W. Longfellow,
died at Portland. Me., aged eighty-six.
At the Ituode Island Department of
the <?. A. 11. annual encampment Commander
Head spoke harshly of private
nprwitftfl liillfc! Ctutintr
\v:is to bo strongly condemned.
For soliciting money nn<l jewelry
front many suitors, obtained through
a matrimonial agency. Elizabeth Karburiek,
aged twenty-one, of Itloomlngtnn.
111., was held for violating the postal
laws.
A seat in the New York Stock Exchange
was sold for $51.(MM), the high-1
est price on record.
The bill legalizing the whipping of
wife beaters was passed by the Deln- 1
ware Legislature after a lively debate.
Mrs. Thomas *'. Flatt. wife of New
York's* senior United States Senator,
died in her apartments In the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, tit New York City. She
was in her sixty-sixth year.
Lou Milkr. a German resident, blind
for ninny years, was murdered near
Hazleton. Ind., by being shot through
the head. Miller was about tifty years
old and reputed to be worth $100,000.
Mrs. Harriet Mattcson died at. the
Old Ladies' Home in Dunkirk, N. Y.,
aged 101 years.
Fire in the Klmberly Mills of the
Kiinberly \ Clark Paper Company, at
Appleton. Wis., caused a loss of .<.'500.
uoo.
Groat ic< floes in the waters about
Now York City seriously Impeded
navigation.
A raid in Winfield, Kan., resulted in
the destruction of a "joint." Several
shots were fired and one woman was
hurt.
A uiob took a negro charged with
assaulting a woman, from a Jail at
Paris, Ky., and lynched him.
Fire at Rochester, Penn., damaged
one of the plants of the National Glass
Company to the extent of $C>00,000.
A special election will be held in the
Fourth Maine district on April 8 to
choo'se a successor to Congressman C.
A. Boutelle, resigned.
A school for teaching boys to beg
was discovered in New York City
through the arrest of the alleged manager.
Major Anderson, in an amateur entertainment.
hypuotized a boy at
I.yons, N. Y., and had to summon a
professional hypnotist to awaken the
youngster.
FORKION.
The death of the King of Gojam,
Abyssinia, by poison, was made known
and the fact that two pretenders are
fighting for the throne.
Ambassador Choate. at London, declined
to discuss the report that President
McKinley lias offered hliu the
oflicp of Attorney-General.
The Ameer of Afghanistan wrote a
sympathetic letter to Lord Curzou, of
Kedleston. Viceroy of India, on the occasion
of the Queen's death.
Stratbeona's Horse. from Cape
Town. South Africa, reached Gravesend,
England, on the steamer Lake
Erie.
Many lives and $1,000,000 in Bolivian
money were lost, caused by floods
at La Plaz. Peru.
Before a brilliant company, the Princess
des Asturias and Prince Charles
of Bourbon were wedded in the royal
palace in Madrid. Spain. Fearing serious
disorder, Madrid authorities put
the city under martial law. with General
Weyler in control.
Another epidemic of the plague is
raging at Bombay, India. Of iiOoO
* within a week b'Ji! were due to
f
IME!
20,1001
MSSJATKiPKWtli
Leads a Crowd ol Men and Women
Against Topeka Saloons.
SHE WAS ARRESTED FOUR TIMES
Now Held liv the Sheriff For Rrrnkini!
Into n Cold Slorncr >V?reIioui?r?Hnd
Already AVreeked it Snlnon and l>e troyeil
tlnrt Morrd Iti a Hum ? A
Motor* Keeper Cnrtnn Her flood.
Topcka. Kan. Mrs. Carrie Nation
?>ut in a busy Sunday in Topt ka, ami
is a result the capital ci* experienced
more genuine o\? itement than can bo
remembered by tin- oldest inhabitant.
Mrs. Nation literally crammed tlie day
with thrilling episodes She succeeded
in having the contents of a notorious
"joint" smashed, broke into a cold
storage plant, in search of liquor,
ruined the mirrors on several fine bars
stored in a livery barn, addressed n
large mass meeting of men and women.
and was arrested four times. The
last time tat the law laid its hands
upon her was when Mrs. Nation
merged front the ehureh where the
mass meeting had been held.
Five hundred men and women, head
-d by Mrs. Nation, assembled at the
State House at six o'clock a. tu.. and
marched in double column to a saloon
>11 Fast Sixih street and completely
wrecked the place. No one w s in the
building at the time, and it did not reriuire
hum for the hatchet brigade to
-mash all the windows. This done,
the door was broken open and the men
iiul women proceeded to destroy ever;"
bit of properly inside.
They first attacked a line billiard table.
A dozen women with hatchets
| soon destroyed the slate and cushions.
Mrs. Nation, a few feet away, smashed
two tine showcases tilled with cigars.
In a backroom a half dozen bottles of
beer were found ami these wer * Token
by Mrs. Nation herself, as site
I shouted "Praise (Jod ami bless 11 is
I uttine."
Several policemen then arrived and 1
pl:ncd her under arrc.si. Mrs. Nation j
was rushed to the police station, but |
n half hour later was released.
When she came out she found *200
of her followers waiting for her. i
"Conn? on," she cried, and the crowd i
marched to a livery liaru where two |
liars and other saloon fixtures had ,
been stored. Mrs. Nation made a
search of the place and finally found
the bars in a dark corner. The hatchets
soon reduced the bars to kindling
wood. Then Mrs. Nation smashed several
fine mirrors.
Walking out she addressed the
crowd, commanding them to follow.
"I'raiso <Iod for this work." she said.
] Then in double column the erusaders
marched to the large cold storage plant !
i of Mocser ltros., where it was said .
saloon men had put their supplies.
Before any damage could be done
Sheriff Cook and a force of deputies
appeared and arrested Mrs. Nation.
I They took her to the county jail.
While Mrs. Nation was in jail preparations
were being made for holding
a big mass meeting. In the afternoon,
when the meeting was at its height, |
Mrs. Nation entered and made her
way up the aisle toward the platform.
Most of the audience believed that she
was in jail, and the cheer that went
up at the sight fit" her must have been
inspiring to the joint smasher. Soon
she began a volley of words.
Mrs. Nation said she was going to
remain "right here in Topcka" until
after the city election, so she could
help in the election of Mayor. The ]
meeting then adopted resolutions pro- !
testing against the pending resubmit '
slon resolution in the Legislature. .* u<I
as the meetInp adjourned Mrs. Nation I
naked the "hontc defenders'' to meet
her nt the close.
She wfis poinp on another smashing ;
tour. Hut Deputy Sheriff Dawson j
was wait ins in the vestibule, and when
Mrs. Nation came out he served her
with another warrant.
"It's for defneins property." said
the officer.
"Defaeinp property7" said Mrs. Nation.
"Why. I defaced no property. I
just destroyed it. I never deface any
property. But come a Ions. Mr. Officer?I
am not afraid of n Jail."
She was finally taken to the jail
amid much excitement, and stayed
this time two hours, and finally her
itond was sisned by one of the "joint**
keepers of the city, a prominent negro
politician.
TMITATI.VO tins. NATION.
A Middle-Aged Woman Wrecks a Satoo
In Rochester With ?n Iron I'oker.
Rochester. N. Y A middle-aged
woman, who announced herself as "a
second Mrs. Carrie Nation," caused
havoc iti the raloon of Jacob Welile, in
this city. The woman was angered |
over ihp laci mm ncr son nan ij<mmi
drink in;; heavily, and. supposing that
he had obtained the liquor in this saloon.
she started out with the intention
of cleaning it. out. and before she left
Hie place was badly wrecked. The
woman. w??o was Mrs. Ellen Yaehter.
was armed with an iron poker. When
she was satisfied with her work sho
left -he place.
Saloon Wrecked in Arkansas City, Kan.
Arkansas City. Kan.?Seventy men.
led by the ministers of this city,
crossed the Arkansas Hirer and demolished
the "Last Chance" saioon.
When the crowd swept down upon the
place the bartender was asleep. He
was backed into a corner at a revolver's
point and witnessed the complete
demolition of the fixtures and stock.
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NO. 49. *
THE ELECTORAL VOTE
Senate and House in Joint Session
Canvass the Presidential Vote
McKlnlry .nil Hrrplt.d TBI
(
of Ihr 417 Cunt, ami ('iitiKr.ii
Hectare. Ihvm Klected.
Washington, p. ('.?The Senate and
flouse met iti joint session Wednesday,
canvassed the electoral vote nnd
declared William Mefilnlcy elected
President and Theodore Roosevelt
Vice-President for four years from
March -1. MoKlnle.v received 2P- elec
toral votes, to 15." for Bryan. , *.
Tlie method of muitting the oleetarat
vote for Prcsiden. and Vice ITesldt'SJt
... i?ir>vni'ni <>ii ii kh'.ii derail ny inp
statute and was followed literally At
one iniuiite of l o'? lock Colonel Hans*,
dell, Sorjioa lit - at A rnts of llie Seuate,
appeared at the main door of the
House, opposite the Speaker's desk,
and nnnoutieed the President pro tern,
and mouthers ot" ihe Senate. The mem
hers of the House rose to receive them,
while pa ire hoys, earrylnjj the caskets
In wln'eli the electoral returns were deposited.
took them to the Clerk's desk
Senator Fry p. Preside?:? pro tern, of
the Senate, ascended tlu* rostrum and
took his place at the r'cht of Speaker
Henderson to preside over the joiut
Session.
The cert ideates were not uniform,
and the operation of openius llie bulky
packages and scekinc out the result In
eaeh ease was attended with many de
lays.
Upon the nnnounci n.en! of the vote
of Wyoming. by the direction of the
presiilin.tr otlieor. the tellers formally
ascertained the totals.
Senator Chandler nniuiuneed the total
number of voles east as 117. of
?> iim ii ?? tiii~( iii .?11 i\ i.11('\ , ii ?11110. rr
reived for President of the United
States 2!?2: \\ illiam Jennings Bryan,
of Nebraska. and of which Theo
dore Roosevelt. of New York, received
for Yiee-1'resident and \dl:t; K.
Stevenson. 15o.
Tliereupon. in neeordanee with the
statute. Senator Frye proclaimed the
state of tile vote as delivered to hint. 1
"This announcement of the state of
tin' vote by the President of the Settate."
said lie. "is. by law. a sntHeient
deela rat Ion that William M< Kltiiey. of
lite Stale of uliio, is eleeted President
of tlie United Statea. and that Theodore
Roosevelt, of tin' State of New
York. Is eleeted Ylee-President, each
for the term beginning on March 4.
15101, and will lie entered, together
wit it a list of the voles, on tne journals
of the Senate and House of Representatives.
"The count of the electoral votes
having been completed and tlie result
declared, the Joint meeting of the two
houses is disssolved and the Senate
will now return to its chamber."
A tremendous outburst of applause,
which swept over the galleries, followed.
The Senate then filed out of
the hall and the ceremony was ended.
ALABAMA CONVICTS SHOT.
ttiey Unit 11 Purine mid ?*rlr
Succ#**??fiil KD'urt t?? K?r?po.
Rirniingliam. Ala - Six convicts made
n dash to escape from the coal mines
ut Pratt Pity. Tlie.v were led by Cltas.
Higgins. a iife man sent up for murder.
and Charles Harris, serving a
twenty-year sentence. The men made
their way for two miles under ground
in entries of worked out mines.
\\ lien the convicts were cheeked off
the six men were missed. About tliat
time an electric gong was sound
? ?! as tlio desperate nu n were nauoring
flown a heavy gate at the mouth of the
old mine. All the guards were notified
and when lite convicts had the gate
down and were about to get out Into
tlio open they wore tlrod on by the
guards.
Iliggins was almost instantly killed.
Harris was shot in the breast arid Is
fatally wounded. The other four men
surrendered and were tnarehed bnck
to prison two miles away. The eon
victs had to break down seven pates
on their underground trip.
THE SMALLEST WOMAN IN CUBA.
Scnnrtto dc Cciida, Twrnly-four InohM
Tnll. ('nil* on th?< l'r?-*lclrnt.
Washington. D. Among his visitors
n few days ago President MeKlnlev
received Senorita Estirito de Cenda.
who is tiie smallest woman in
Cuba. She was horn near Matanzas.
and is about to return hotne after a
visit to the ('nitcd States.
Senorita de Cenda is commonly
called by her friends "Chlqiiita." She
is thirty-one years old. twenty-four
inches tall, and weighs twenty-seven
pounds. She was showily dressed in
satins and *ilks and wore diamonds.
She speaks Spanish. Italian. French
and English and made a little speech
to the President in the lastnamed language,
as follows: "I want to thank
you, Mr. President, for what you have
done for my people."
The President replied: "'I hat v as a
very nice little speech. one of the most
welcome I have ever received."
Have Choice of Mnilo of Mutcidc*.
The Emperor or' China is said to
have Riven a choice of modes of suicide
to the officials whose deaths ate
demanded by the representatives of
j foreipn nations.
Moot Katln For Anltralla.
A contract for 17,(km ton." of steeJ
rails has been secured by 'he Illinois
Steel Company for toe Australian
Government. The rails are to be
shipped to Melbourne.
National liank of Cub* Incorporated.
The National Bunk of Cuba, at Havana,
has been Incorporated with *
capital of $1,000,000
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