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f - ?- - -f - . SilP^ The Bamberg Herald. J ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. ]900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ; jjj 1 _ * ! im* ? ttm irmr^rffff rvnA^ITV/VtT I ntr? fv i it a t* /"? A niT i V '' i?& AVID believed S ^ in a great ' B a uiany things. j& He "was fond 'of mystery, an<* some of ^tT'? the things he could not explain he believed in most. He believed in pulling -wishbones, for he knew if he got the long end, and . then put it over the door, his wish wouict oe almost suit* 10 <_-vuic nu<=. Along about Thanksgiving time there i were a great many wishbones, and the j narrow shelf at the top of the door ] easing was filled with grisly hopes J that were mostly to come true Christ- j mas morning. Vor in the goodness of Santa Claus he believed most of all. There was 3ust one Santa Claus, and there was no faith and no feeling quite like that on the afternoon before Christmas, when - he drove the tack into the back left hand corner of the mantelpiece and , hang on it his longest and reddest stocking, and then sat in different parts of the room to look at it and so make sure that Santa Claus could not fail to see it first thing. He had wanted a knife. He had wanted one since he could first remember, but now that he had been going to school it seemed to him that there THE LONGEST AND REDDEST STOCKING. 'was nothing in the world he wanted ? like that The other boys had them. Tto be snre they were all older than him, bnt he had caught up with them in his lessons, and it seemed as knives and lessons ought to go together. His parents were afraid he would cut his fingers, but he had used the other boys' knives and had not cut himself; at least only a little once, and that was an accident He made up his mind at last that in Santa Clsus lay his only hope. Santa Clans, who knew everything, would know that he was old enough to have K a knife?perhaps one with two blades, n big one and a little one. He mentioned this to his parents, but they looked gtave and said that Santa Claus was very particular about little boys' finorcvc He bad been getting all the long ends of the wish bones, and his wish was always for the knife. Above the -sitting room door there was a perfect thicket of long ends. The knife was .certain. He conld hardly wait for the time. . But one day, when Christmas was no more than a few weeks off, his father - -r . returned from the village with a picture paper. It had a great deal in it "about Christmas, and inside there was a set of pictures that covered over two whole pages. The little boy saw them 'and spread the paper down on the . floor to look at them. Then he forgot everything else in the world, for they were pictures of the life and home of Santa Clans! He had seen other such pictures, hut never before any like these. There was the workshop, with the old fellow at his bench, and the finished gifts piled around him. There were dolls and playthings without number, and there right in front of him, sure enough, was a whole row of pocket knives! The little boy got down and looked at the pictures very close. Which knife was lor him? If he only knew! By and by he took the paper over to where his mother was sewing. There was one picture he did not understand. It was Santa uiaus icoaing at a u book with writing in it. ' Why," she said, "that is where he keeps the names of children* He puts after them whether they are good or bad?' "Oh!" he asked, "is my name there?" "Why, no; they go by the alphabet; your name would be just on the next page." . The little boy's hands trembled with eagerness. He must see what was , on the other side. If he could only see the other side of that page he would know then about the knife. It was very dark when he woke on Christmas morning. His parents, sleeping in the same room, were not awake. It was very cold, too, but that did not matter. "Is it morning, ma?" he called, softly. "Ma, is it morning?" There was a sleepy sound from the bis: bed that might have meant any thing. But like a flash the little boy was out on the icy floor in the dark. Out into the dim sitting room, where the empty fireplace was cold and shadowy in the first gray of dawn. Then the full stocking that crunched when he hugged it io his breast, and a bound back into his little home-made bed, shivering with a delicious sense of cold and joy. There was something hard and kjnd of long at the top. That was candy? a big stick of peppermint; he could tell by the feeling and smell. He M1 a little piece off at the end of it. How y. -. > -. - - '.. w.;, ....... ' : ? "'. ..-o*> good it was. Nobody ever made such candy as Santa Claus. He laid it out on the cover and went in deeper. There was a small package next, but it was not the knife* It was soft, and when he opened it it felt woolly. Oh, yes, it was mittens. He tried to see what color they were in the dark. Tbey were fastened together with a long knit string. That was to go round his neck. He had wanted mittens like those before he wanted the knife so a /3w KEEPING THE NAMES OP CHILDBEN. badly. Then there was a round, quite big package that he could hardly get out That wasn't the knife, of course. He knew it was cookies as soon as he got It open. Real Christmas cookies, with white frosting and red sugar sprinkled on the top. He wondered why his mother never made such good cookies as those. He bit one in two and went deeper. Still no knife. His heart sank a little as he drew out a long roll, that much reach, he thought, to the very end of his stocking. It was a book rolled up, and inside of It was another package of candymixed candy this time. He stuffed a gum drop into his mouth and seized the stocking again. There was something more in it, but it did not feel like a knife. It was kind of big and soft. He drew it out and made sure tho Rtnokinff was emDtv. Then he began to unwrap. One paper came off, and then another. Still another paper, and yet another paper, and another, and another. Each paper that came off left the parcel harder and harder, and there was something now about the shape of it that made him fairly wild with eagerness. He was so excited he could hardly unwind the last paper, that seemed to have no end. He tore off great pieces of It, and once the package slippend out of his fingers. At last the wrapping was all off, and, clutched tightly in his . ^ ^ i t! /Sis^lSe otadbdb ho briefer bea 'fi? R V. fnxn Iwds when? ^ c N& ?> "' Gad to our car - V _'7 SweetChr I * ~ - * hand was a treasure cold and hard, but which warmed the little boy to his very soul. "Ma!" he cried, "Oh, ma! Oh, pa! Santa Claus did bring me a knife! He did ma. I told you he would!" There was a sound something like laughter from the big bed. Then a voice: "I guess Santa Claus must have forgotten how old you are. I s'pose we'll have to lay it away for a year or two." The small fingers roamed over the smooth, wooden handle which he could not yet see. The sturdy thumb nail bent kself time and again in the little catches of the two cold blades that were too new for him to open. Now and then he reached out to feel of his mittens and the cookies and to find another piece of the mixed candy. He sucked the candy to make it last. Dear heart, how happy he was!? Chicago Times-Herald. The Way He Felt About It. I "Bobby," said his mother, despair , ingly, at the Christmas dinner, "ii . you eat anything more you'll surely be sick." [ "Well, mother," said Bobby, witl . the peculiarly resigned air which ae I companies an expectation of the inev< : itable, "if I ain't, I shall certainly bt ashamed of myself.'j?Puck. - - :YiV- - I I I * Dffi' i^*^<: i x^c&ji w. Among the diverse fruitage prepared for one Christmas treet this year are a number of home-made articles that j will be not only ornamental to the j tree, but of use to the recipients. A j pretty workcase for thimbie, needles, I scissors and small pieces of work was fashioned after a banana. The sections of the skin of a large banana were used for the pattern. These were cut from yellow kid, heavy silk and velveteen, and were lined with silk j -c ~ "? "? V, r. /I ^ ft,-,/} K/->,inr1 ttm fVi UL IJLItf JiliHC dliOAlCr* auu uvuuu fi ?V4? | narrow yellow ribbon. The pieces were then overhanded together, leaving the shorter side open. A few strokes of the brush and brown paint gave a realistic effect Another case similar to this, but cut in pieces that were regularly shaped and somewhat larger than a banana, was made of bronze kid and bound with brown ribbon. It is a particularly neat and convenient needlework case. Another made of yellow silk was stuffed, and will be used as a pincushion to hang at the side of the dressing fable mirror. Oranges and lemons made of heavy silk and kid were cut from sections of the large fruits. In those made of kid the pieces were lined with silk and sewed together on the wrong side, over and over, and two sides were bound with ribbon of the same color and left open. These made pretty receptacles for needlework or odds and ends, and looked much like the originals. A few made of silk, and stuffed, are intended for pretty cushiony for I fancy pins. Pumpkins of silk, with real stems, which are not hard to make, resembled the old fashioned fruit more than ihe pale, cultivated pumpkins of the city markets do. The sections of these were outlined with fine silk. These arc also made of kid, with one open side and one used for needlecases. Natural ears of corn, which are not hard to make for people who know how to knit, were made from directions found in a book on knitting. Two or three husks were hung from the open top of the ear. Cuff buttons, pins and studs were concealed' in gilded walnut shells, which were tied together with narrow ribbon. These added to the pretty appearance of the tree. \j ????mmmm lw a weefrr i tn the stars sublime ias lime/ i&s time \ - ^ J?|^ ' ^siW rhyme | e? and lean away I ^mndmothers mav be made happy at Christmas time by a gift of a series of little photographs illustrating the history of the summer outing of their grandchildren. Feeding the chickens, counting the pigs, riding the pony and wading in the brook, with other pretty pictures, will delight more people than the grandmothers. Follows Stilt. With Christmas goodies loaded down The dinner table groans, And Johnny soon retires himself To multiply the moans. 1 Why Jonas Hardluck Didn't Have a Christmas Tree. 'Jr "E* He bought one but? A bulldog tackled him on the way home? ? And after-a des- This is all that was j perate encounter? left of it.. .- : ' - V - rviCNjrjrsJrjroiMtNj'' 2 SOUTH CAROLINA I I STATE NEWS ITEMS. $ BfsjrMrsifMrsifMrsicsJi Wotkinj; For Fxpositiou Bill. " Sixty-five citizens from Charleston visited Washington the past week to urge the passage of the Charleston exposition bill in the house. The senate has already passed the bill appropriating ?250,000 for the purpose. % New Line Turned t)ver. The new line of the Southern between Allendale and -Hardeeville was turned over to the Southern a day or two ago by T. B. Jones & Co., contractors. P. I. Wells will be superintendent with headquarters in Columbia. The branch was accepted by the railroad commissioners several days ago. It lessens tlie distance over tiie Southern between Columbia and Savannah by twenty miles. * * * To Be Telecrphonic Center. , Columbia is on the eve of realizing wbat she has long desired?to be the telephonic center of the state. Geo- , graphically, politically and otherwise Columbia is the center, but her telephone connections are very poor. A dispatch from Florence announces that the line from that city to Columbia has been started. That line will, through Columbia, connect the splendid Pee Dee and Piedmont systems, embracing the principal cities in the state. ?% Dr. Crawford at Greenville. Rev. T. P. Crawford, D.D., the veteran Baptist missionary to China, is at present in Greenville. Dr. Crawford, .with twenty-one missionaries, left Shantung the 21st of last June under an escort furnished by the governor at Teinan. These missionaries were at work 600 hundred miles south of Pekiu. The boxer movement originated near his field. Dr. Crawford went to China in 1851 and has been engaged in missionary work there until forced to leave last June. His services cover nearly half a century. He is now in his 80th year. Dr. Crawford will make his home in Greenville for some time. ?* Aftermath of Corner-Stone Laying. "o*nr A u Amil I A# A f_ JLIItJ JLLUIi Tf XX. 4Ji^Luyui4i| v& 4411lanta, who is state commissioner for the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition, made a splendid impression on the business men of Charleston during his visit there the past week. At the laying of the exposition corner-stone Colonel Hemphill delivered an address which had more sound sense and logic behind it than many of the flowery orations which business men of the city have listened to in the past. His speech was timely and to the point. By reason of his intimate association with the great Cotton States exposition, given in Atlanta a few years ago, the business people look on the advice of Colonel Hemphill as coming from one who knows whereof he speaks. His friendly interest in the great Charleston enterprise has provoked the most favorable and universal comment and no better representative of Georgia could have spoken before the gathering of 12,000 people. Charlestouians who only knew Colonel Hemphill by reputation were glad of the opportunity of meeting him at his informal reception at the Charleston hotel after the corner stone-ceremonies at the exposition grounds. **? Fanners Holding Cotton. Judging from interior reports received in Charleston, a large number of cotton planters are holding their cotton for higher prices. The farmers TrrKrt Viovfl nAt hoon hftrrl r?rPHS#?d with nuu ? f debts have preferred to hold their crop because they had been led to believe that the prices will rise considerably in January. The slump of the past week, however, was demoralizing to the holders. In some of the counties the 6taple has been sent to the warehouses, and the owners are paying for storage and insurance. They think that even with this expense they will profit by the move. Much of the cotton has been hauled to the markets and then hauled home because the farmers were unwilling to take less than 10 cents. In anticipation of another good price next seasou, the planters will have an increased acreage, and preparations have already been made for planting. Fertilizers will be used judiciously, and by extra attention the South Carolina farmers expect to raise a better grade of cotton. There is a belief from many sides, however, that the price will fall next seasoD, but experienced farmers declare that they can make money on 5-cent cotton. Greenville to Have New Courthouse. There is bright prospect for a new and convenient courthouse for Greenville county. The present building is not suitabie, lacking in every convenience, and has been condemned by nearly every grand jury for several years. A number of citizens of the county and city have been figuring on a new building, and a few days ago Frauk P. Millburn, architect of Columbia, met a number of citizens, showing plans for a $50,000 courthouse, exciting great enthusiasm;- The legislature will be asked to authorize 4-^% icotta KA?/1C fnr flm lilC UUUUIJ L\J iOOUU UU AVi vuv> building, that the third city of the state might have a courthouse convenient for the business of the county. *% We Lose One Representative. A Columbia special says: It is general accepted that South Carolina will lose a representative in congress. This is bad, for in the general mix up and and scramble which will follow it is probable that the really useful men on the delegation maj be left at home. The change will not take place for two years, and in that time it will be necessary to rearrange the congressional districts. The late Hon. Cowper Patton, of this city, had for years urged such a measure, and now it will become imperative. The opposition to this proposition came from the congressmen themselves, for should the districts be rearranged, some of the representatives will be thrown into the districts of stronger representatives. Bat now the state most be so divided that there will be six instead of seven districts. The districts as they now stand were ( made to suit political emergencies,and ! couuties with large white population were put in the same district with weaker counties in order to maintain white supremacy. By this system of gerrymandering the districts are grotesque in shape and decidedly inconvenient for many reasons. Mr. Patton contended that as the necessity was removed, the districts should be made more natural in shape and in the people and classes embraced in each district. The Republican majority in congress will probably force the legislature of this state to do what Mr. Patton could uot persuade it to do. But the gain in rearrangement will hardly make up for the loss of a man in congress. This state has but seven representatives now. We are ready to enter your name on onr subscription books. Yon vrill not miss the small som necessary to become onr customer. TREATY A STUMBLING BLOCK Little Prospect of Ship Subsidy or Canal Bill Passing at Present Session of Co'ngress. A Washingtoa special says: There is little prospect that the Hanna-Payne ship subsidy bill and the Nicaragua canal bill will pasn at this session of congress. The amendment cf the Hay-Paunoafote treaty has put a damper on the canal bill so far as the administration is concerned, and it was semi-officially announced Friday that Mr. McKinley will oppose any effort to pass the canal bill until a satisfactory arrangement is made with Great Britain. With the strong opposition of the administration forces in the senate the canal bill will go over despite the entreaties of Senator Morgan. The shipping bill will be talked to death, and strange as it may seem, this will be done by Republican senators. Six or eight senators who bear enmity to Senator Hanna have agreed to fight the shipping bill, and they will talk on it until March 4. Senator Pettigrew is determined to defeat the bill, and if necessary he will adopt the dilatory tactics to delay ac-v tion when the regular appropriation bills reach the senate. They will take precedence over the shipping and canal bills, and the latter will be sidetracked indefinitely, being discussed only at intervals. The Republicans who will oppose the shipping bill are the personal friends of former Senator Matt Quay, of Pennsylvania, who has inspired them to kill Hanna's pet measure because the Ohio boss desert td Quay at a critical point in his conte >t for a senate seat, his vote throwing Quay out. Hanna made many enemies by this vote. GEORGIA TO EXHIBIT. State Will Be Represented Both at BafTalo and Charleston Expositions. Georgia will have an exhibit at the rihftrlnatnn evnositions. JL/uuaiv/ uuu .ww.v? .?f The display that was on exhibition at the Cotton States and International exposition in Atlanta in 1895, and which has been on exhibition on the third floor of the capitol since then, will be sent to these two cities. It is proposed nnder the bill of Senator Howell, which passed the honse of representatives Friday morning, that this exhibition be transported and displayed at Buffalo and later at Charleston. As under the constitution no appropriation can be made for this purpose, the state is relieved of all liability in transporting and arranging said exhibit. The exhibit will be in charge of a commission of three, one to be named by the governor and the commissioner of agriculture and state geologist to constitute the other two. JAMES SWANK'S LIBERALITY Assures Handsome Appropriation For the Georgia Technological School. President Lyman Hall; of the Georgia Technological school, has announced that Mr. James Swann, of 2sew York, formerly of Atlanta, will give the Tech 820,000. This rich gift is made to enable the Tech to get the $16,000 provisional appropriation made by the legislature fc_ a textile equipment and electrical building, which was not to be available until 825,000 was raised by private subscription. This fund has been raised, or, at least promised. Five thousand dollars has been promised from various sources and Mr. Swann's contribution completes the fund. This cinches the appropriation and the Tech gets this year in total, a sum of 881,000 which will be used for the maintenance of the institution and the proposed improvements. BILLS PASSED IN HOUSE. Various Measures Are Acted Upon In Georgia General Assembly. The following bills were passed in the Georgia house of representatives Friday: To amend section 4786 of the civil code; To provide for the registration of voters for the year succeeding that of a general election; To permit the convicts at the state farm at Milledgeville to grade and improve the grounds of the Georgia Normal and Industrial college; To amend section 115 of vol? ?/ > 1 nf tn nr?7ATit nnv otip. UUl^ . JL VA VUV VV/V4V kv ^- w ? ^ 7 managers or others, from examining the ballots of primaries after they have been cast; To provide for a state exhibit at the Buffalo and Charleston expositions; To fix the license for selling whisky in Morgan county at $15,000 per annum ; To relieve all Confederate soldiers from the payment N of professional tax; To pay the pension of W. P. Fannin to his widow. Company Increases Its Capital. The Chattanoega, Tenn., Light and Power company has applied for an amendment to its charter, increasing the capital stock from $150,000 to $250,000. The additional funds are to be used for improvement of the system. BOERS BEAT BRITONS Gen. Clements' Forces Compelled to "Retire" Precipitately. BIG CASUALITY LIST EXPECTED Scene of Fighting Was Near Pretoria?Londoners Are Wildly Excited Over the News. A London special says: Lord Kitch ener reports that after severe ngnting at Nooitgedacht, General Clement's forces were compelled to retire by Commandant Delarey, with a force of 2,500 men. Four British officers were killed. The casnalities were not reported. Lord Kitchener's official dispatch to the war office is as follows: "Pretoria, December 13.-Clement's force at Nooitgedacht, on the Magelisburg, was attacked at dawn today by Delarey, reinforced by Beyer's con* mando from Warmbath, making a force estimated at 2,500. Though the first attack was repulsed, the Boers managed to get atop of the Magaliesburg, which was be!d by four companies of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and were thus able to command Clement's camp. Ee retired on Hekpoort and took up a position on a hill in the center of the valley. "The casualties have not been completely reported, but the fighting was ??'1 T T-a fry of fhnt vt?ry bcvcicj nuu jl uocj/*j ? w Colonel Legg, of the Twentieth Hussars and Captains McBean, Murdock and Atkins were killed. Reinforcements have left here." Lord Kitchener also reports that the Boers made an attack and were repulsed at Lichtenberg, and that General Letmeer was killecu Attacks upon Bethelhem and Yrede were also re; pulsed, the Boers losing ten killed and I fourteen wounded. Ydyheld was attacked December 11th. Sniping con* tinned when the message was dispatched. The scene of the fight is ominously close to Pretoria. Nooitgedacht is only twenty two miles northwest of Pretoria. It is reported that General Knox, co-operating with the British column at Eeddersbtfrg, has stopped General Dewet and that a battle is proceeding. The report adds that many of General Dewet's followers have been captured. The scenes at the war office Friday recall those witnessed in the early stages of the war. A constant stream of excited and anxious people filled the lobbies. The absence of the names of any of the officers of the Northumberland Fusiliers in General Kitchener's dispatch leads to the foreboding that the four companies of the fusiliers mentioned are in the hands of the Boers. The war office officials evidently expect a heavy casualty list, but they are hopeful from the fact that the dispatch does not mention the capture of the Northumberlands,' that such a ' A Vi oc 1ip?n PRraned. * gieui/ vaiasiiuj/ub uUU 1 Orders were issued at Alde^shot, Malta and other military centers to dispatch all available mounted infancy to South Africa. BOTHA ON THE MABCH. General Lewis Botha is reported tc be twenty miles from Sanderton ?rith fifteen hundred men and one gun. He has called a meeting of the burghers. BATTLE UXDEB WAT. A dispatch from Johannesburg, under date of December 14, 3:25 p. m., says: The battle still continues in the hills a few miles from Hrugersdrop. General Clements has asked for reinforcements and mounted men under General French have already gone. There has been many casualties on both sides. It is estimated that the Boers number 2,800. BBITISH EXPECTING ATTACK. Advices fromLoureDzo Marques are to the effect that the British troops at Koomatipport are standing to arms in the expectancy of an attack by a Boer force of fifteen hundred, which is in that vicinity. It is believed to be the intention of this force to make a dash upon the town. The situation is regarded as serious. A force of 150 infantry, a squadron of cavalry and two guns were dispatched to the frontier Friday. BOOKS ARE DEMANDED. s Standard Oil Company Is Given Final Orders By Nebraska Court. The supreme court of Nebraska Wednesday issued a formal order to the Standard Oil Company to permit Al? iranarol in lnsOflfit the I lie ?HWUO^ guuu>>? .. J. books of the company, giving the list of stockholders at present and at the time the company was organized, the minute books of the company and other books and papers. The order follows the decision of the court a week ago wherein it declared it w'as competent to try the case of the attorney general against the Standard Oil Companj in which it is sought to debar it from the state. PORTO RICO'S CLAIM N. (J. Cuba Will Not B* Required To Pay the Loiiu Made During: Spanish Regime. The state department at Washington has rendered au opinion to the effect that the United States government can not intervene in favoi of Porto Rico in the matter of her claim against Cuba for $2,500,000. The Spanish government raised a loan to this amount from the Porto Ricans to help prosecute military operations in Cuba, basing the loan upon the revenues of the latter island. MAIL CAR ROBBED. Postal Clerk Badly Beaton and Pouches Rifled of Their Contents. I A spectal from Texarkana, Ark., says: A bold robbery on the Cotton Beit railway oocurred Thursday at Bassetts, Texas, thirty miles south of Texarkana, on the train coming north, in which Postal Clerk Johh X. Dennis was almost killed and the mail poaches of his car rifled of their con-" tents. The amount gtoleii is not ,, known. A1LAN1A ItAlILfc tArUMlltfU. Citizens Meet and Inaugurate Plans For a Big Show During the Year 1902. The city of Atlanta,4 Ga., the citizens, business houses and railroads entering the city -will be asked to contribute S100,000 toward a preliminary fund for the purpose of tho International Textile exposition. This definite decision was reached at an enthusiastic meeting of the general textile exposition committee and the board of directors of the Interstate Fair Association,' held Monday afternoon in the rooms of *the Business Men's League. That a big exposition Should be held in 1902 was positively decided, and plans were formulated and set in motion looking to the acquisition of immediate control and ownership of the buildings now at Piedmont park. Incidently a resolution was adopted recommending that a fair be held as usual next fall. If the present plans of the exposition committee are carried out an interstate fair is guaranteed every year for the next ten years. A central executive committee was appointed with plenary power to formulate the scope and a detailed plan of organization, and engineering the general movement for a great textile exhibition in 1902. The adoption of the above resolution was the most important and definite step accomplished at the meeting. They were offered by Colonel W. A. Hemphill. DENTIST IS EXONERATED. TTat Charged With Trying to Kiss a Young Lady Customer. An Atlanta dispatch says: The proceedings against Dr. John S. Thompson, who was arrested on a charge of assault on Miss Ida Hoi lings worth, were stopped in court, the warrant withdrawn and the dentist exonorated. The story of the arrest together with the charges of improper conduct toward Miss Hollings worth, who had gone to his office to have some dental work done, caused a sensation owing to the high standing*of the dentist. The attorneys on both sides and the nnvfina in tarARtAr? reached a mutual I'tfcl klvu Ww. _ agreement and there wifl be no furthe; proceedings. PKESIDEXT COMIX tt SOUTH. He Will Pa?i Through This Section on Hi* Way to San Francisco. President McKinley will pass through the. sonth some time next May. The date is not yet fixedr but it will probably be about the middle of the month. He will then be on his way to San Francisco, his ronte being over the Southern railway, the Atlanta and West Point and the Louisville and Nashville to New Orleans, and from there to San Francisco by the Southern Pacific. The Paoific coast people have for a long time been endeavoring to get the president to go out there and witness the launching of thebattleship Ohio at the Union Iron works, and this furnishes a special reason for his visit at that time. DU. BKOUttHTOX EXPLAINS. HI* Charge* Against Atlanta Policemen Were Misconstrued. Dr.L.G. Broughton appeared before the Atlanta, Ga., police board Mondaj night for the purpose of explaining his remarks, in a recent sermon about the mayor and policemen drinking and gambling at the races. The doctor took the position that he spoke of the mayor and the police conjunctively, and that the word "drinking" referred to the mayor, and the word "gambling" referred to the police. He stated he bad proved thai the police were betting on horse races, J 4-kaf TWO a (Tiimlllillff. The SliU tUUl tuau n?u 0outcome of the meeting was satisfactory to all concerned, and the mattei was promptly dropped. RUSSAIXS FEEDING CHINESE. Over S700,000 Worth of Rice Is Pnrcha* ed For Destitute "Pig-Tails." Advices from Pekin state that thi Russians have purchased $700,(XX worth of rice, which is being given t< destitute Chinese. General Chaffee, the American, is also having a larg< amount of rice issued and the othei nations are displaying liberality. M. De Giers, the Russian envoy says that Russia is making no excep tion in favor of Christians, because th< latter have the least needs. INTEREST MANIFESTED In Brunswick Maritime Congress?CI tie Naming Delegates. Official notification baa been receive< in Rrnnswick, Ga., of delegates to th< national maritime congress, havinj been appointed from Denver, Ne? York, Louisville, New Orleans, Phila delphia and other places. Interest i growing in the congress, which con venes January 30th next. The Brunswick board of trade ha issued a statement regarding the con gress, which states that free and un trammeled discussion will be accorde< to all who attend, and the large nam ber of delegates booked already indi cates a big success. FILIPINOS USE TORCH. They Succeed In Burning a Large Part? the Village of Cabatuan. Advices received at Manila fror Iloilo, Island of Pauay, say that tn insurgents Saturday night burned iarge portiou of the village of Cabi tnan. Assistant Surgeon Frederick A Washburn, Jr., of the Twenty-sixt volunteer infantry, with eighteen men held the principal buildings. A stron wind was blowing at the time. Th Americans sustained no casualties. Pension Bill Completed. A Washington dispatch says: Tb pension appropriation bill was con pleted Thursday by the house sut commiitee on appropriations. It cm rie? about $145,250,000, of whic about $144,000,000 is for pensions an the balance for administration. . Courtmartial First Day of Jannarj An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says: Tt courtmartial for the trial of Captai Ed Aldred, Lieutenant Watt and Se: geant Huff will be convened on Jai uary 1, with instructions to sit witl put regard to tpurs. DlU MI Ai LAfllAL -jj First Century of Oar fioreraaeit Jj " Is Fittioglj Celebrated. ' PROGRAM AN ELABORATE ONE All Branches of the Public Ser- Jl vice, Governors of States ^nd || Civilians Take Part. ~ Wm A Washington special says: The 0 " national capital was in gala attire W Wednesday in celebration of the one :'|| hundredth anniversary of the estab- ^ lishment of federal government at : Washington; and the wheels of gov- -> eminent ceased revolving for tha time '..j; > being. Business, public and private^ was suspended, while the president ' j!9 and his cabinet, the senate and house of representatives, the federal jadici- ' .M ary, the governors of many states and r || a great concourse of citizens and^visi- # 3 -tors joined in.the elaborate festivities\ As congress had declared the day* : 4; national holiday for the District of ; ^ Columbia, the whole city presented a holiday aspect and the public turned || out en massed J Perhaps never again will this gewt M -M eration witness such a significant gath~ 9 eriDg of the executive heads of the stater and of the chief executive of th#r* One hnndred years ago the transfix of the seat of government was made 9 from Philadelphia to Washington, and' 9 the site previously selected by Presi- jg 9 dent Washington was taken possession'!?. of by the various branches of govern- ; , ^ ment, President and Mrs. Adams '9 driving over from Philadelphia, the ;9 senate and the house holding their , , fl sessions here for the first time. '- $1 The programme of the day bega^B with a voAanfa'An at 10 o'clock bv Pre*' ^ ,. > jS ident McKinley and the members his cabinet tc the governors of the ' states and territories at the executive '8 mansion. This was followed by the % jH unvailing in the east room of tiheiC model of the proposed enlargement of'* .-8 the exeoutive mansion, which is to be. a lasting memorial of the day's oele- .J i bration. ;|||8HB In the afternoon a great military, \j naval and civic parade, commanded byyj General Nelson A. Miles, moved ^ yS through the principal streets and aver|| 8 nnes, starting from the execntivc man-/{ y8 sion. The president reviewed the ^ parade from a stand at the east froMs&| yfl of the capitoh % After the parade) commemorative ex- y ? ; eroises were held in the ball of the y 8 house of representatives, participated^ y^ff in by the members of the senate and^' y8 , house, supreme oourt end other higK;^ J|| officials, these exercises being in hon- 8 or of the anniversary of the first seeyfy 8 sion of congress in the permantn^SHH From 8 until 11 o'clock p. m., there^-;'>i^) was a reception in honor of t?e govyr. 8 ernors of states and territoriea at ttfeS^ 8 the Corcoran art galley, after wh|Mp^| Mr. McKinley entertained at dinns<^ |M | BON TONS OUSTED, % ?? ' Ty^nH ' Wealthy Parlnhtener* Refuse to Won&tjfcS- ~yj%8 With "Common Herd." ! Chattanooga is now entertaining quite a sensation in high up churchy- -..,<8 ' In the St. Paul Episcopal chiir^k^ yJf 1 there has been a split among the mem^l yffg ^ bers and now another chui ch is to be y 8 > started. At this church a majority J the wealthiest people of the ) Ever since the church was bnilifi^^ ^ vestrymen hare been selected front; 8 only the wealthy men of the churoUH |f At a recent election some of wealthy ones got together and packed ; m the meeting and elected a number of \ \ || their own crowd to the offices of vecs>j :3j trymen. This did not snit the bon- ; |B i tons and they made application to the : r 9 ) bishop for the privilege of establishing W j another pariah. J Cotton Mills Begin Operations. ' 9 r The Knoxville, Tenn., cotton niiUe ^ Si have begun operations. The capacity ;;^0 is 10,000 spindles. 0. M. McGehee, || . foimerly receiver of the East Tennes->| '^j| 3 see, Virginia end Georgia railway, is M the chief owner. || MAYOR WANTED TO 9 * Atlanta's Chief Executive Seat la Bwlf ^ ^ nation to Cornell* / 9 The resignation of Mayor James ? Woodward, of Atlanta, waa presented y to the city council Monday afternoon- , m . and was laid upon the iable until Fri- 'M s day afternoon at 3 o'clock. || This was done after a lengthy* cuss ion by members of oonnoil as to M g the beet disposition to make of thg; > . resignation. Some members were in || *?- it others wantedfrcPa . ittvur vi kw|>u?( ? \ refuse to accept it, while others faYort&;^|||||H _ deferring action nntii another day, 14. J was the latter class that von when tha*^ ^ vote was taken. ; BRITOSS HATE A SET BAOL f? kt Boots Attack Clements' Camp and Kill a Number of Ofloers. n The London Daily Express publish* e es a rumor of a serious disaster to the -j& a British arms. According to this re- M i- port the Boers attacked the camp of I u General Clements in the Barberton ^ I h district, capturing the camp, killing a : t, number of British officers-*nd taking jji g prisoners all the British troops, taking e four companies of the Northnmhet land Fnsileers. The story is not confirmed ^ in Hoy qnar^and is uot generally bei OTUDEXTS CELEBRATE VICT0BY. 1 | lUoilt* la .. Trouble In |j Bedrattioa of Commandant Wat -^9 | d The sequel to the recent nprising of | the students of the University of Ale-. | bams, at Tnskaloosa, was enacted ! . Monday. e Paring the day it was annocmced " n that Commandant West had resigned, J| | r- J his resignation to take effect at onoeo | 4 >- The boys immediately began a cele- ,:Q'% i-1 bration of the event with cannon cracfc- ||j