Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?l)? lUatctyman an? JSontljron, Fas SUMTES WATCHMAN, established April, 1S50. "Be -Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's andSTruth's." tHJS TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jane i 6C Cosoiidated Aug. 2,1881 SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JAN?ARY 15 1908. Published ??Tsry Wednesday, -Bf KT. CS-. 0^*t0023Lj SUMTER, 8. G TSRM3 : $1.00 par aauuin-io advance 10TS3TI3SI1S?: Ooo Square first insertion.CO Every subsequent icsertion..."50 Contracts for three months, or longer wi! be made at red aced rates All communications which subserve private ?aceraste will be charged forjas ad reniements Obituaries and tributes of respects will ?be charged for LIBERTY BELL OM ITS WAY. Ste Fourth Trip-Ovations on the Route. Charletson, Jan. 7.-Since the his? toric day in 1776, when its defiant clangor proclaimed to the budding na? tion the Declaration of Independence, the Liberty Bell has been the most precious historic relic of our country. With the original copy of the Declara? tion of Independence, it is inseparably linked in the hearts of our people. Silent for a century, its very mute? ness adds dignity to the prophetic in? scription engraven on its side, and one's patriotism is kindled af resh with thoughts of the part it took in the great struggle with the government of Great Bitain. Its warning to that government, and its appeal to the peo? ple of the colonies to stand firm for liberty, endeared it to every man, woman and child in the United States, for ever and for aye. The present journey of the Liberty Bell to Charles? ton is the fourth trip of the historic relic from its shrine in Independence HalL Its triumphal tours to the World's Industrial Exposition at Chi? cago in 1893, and to the Cotton States and International Exposition at At? lanta in 1895, proved of such interest to the whole people of the United States, that all opposition to its removal from Philadelphia has vanished from the minds of those who feared for its safe? ty. Hundreds journeyed to the rail? road stations at which brief stops were made on these pilgrimages. It was impossible in some places to permit the waiting throngs to do more than simply gaze at the precious relic. Proad, indeed, were those who were pe rr ai tied to touch its brazen surface. The invitation to exhibit the bell at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, has been ac? cepted by the select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia, and a joint special committee of coun? cils appointed to escort the bell to Charleston. The special train ar? ranged by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will traverse portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Vir? ginia. Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, enabling thousands, to pay their i tribute to the emblem of liberty. The official escort of the bell will in? clude the Hon Samuel H. Ashbridge, mayor of Philadelphia, a number of the city officials and a committee from the allied business organizations. Mr. Henry Clay is chairman of the exhibit committee. The itinerary of the bell from Phila? delphia, via Pennsylvania railway, to Hagerstown: from Hagerstown, via Norfolk and Western to . Bristol, Tenn. ; from Bristol, via Southern railway to Asheville, thence to Colum? bia, thence to Savannah, and thence, via the Plant system, to Charleston, where it will arrive Thursday, Jan. 9th, at IO o'clock a. m. LIBERTY BELL DAY. St. Michael's Chimes Welcome the Bel!. Charleston, Jan. 9.-Liberty bell day was celebrated with all honors; the city schools and many of the stores were closed and citizens observ? ed it as a general holiday. The weather was ideal and not since the opening day has there been so splen? did an outpouring at the exposition. The colonial chimes from the belfry of St. Michael's pealed merry welcome to the historic bell from Philadel? phia. The Lafayette artillery fired a salute of I3_gnns. The bell with its escort, Mayor Ashbridge^ and the common councils of Philadelphia, ar? rived at 10 o'clock on the handsomest special train that ever came to Charleston. Thousands crowded the station as the train rolled in. Among them were hundreds of colored people who stood about the car bearing the bell with wide open eyes and ears. When the bell was being removed from the car to the truck they expect? ed, it to ring, but they were doomed to disappointment. Th? route of the procession lay through Calhoun, Meeting and Rut? ledge avenue to the ivory city. The military escort included the First artillery band, the garrison on Sulli? van's Island, U. S. marines from Camp Heywood, Citadel and Porter cadets, Irish volunteers, Washington Light Infantry, Sumter guards, Hos? pital corps, German fusiliers, truck, German artillery followed by the car? riage division. When the parade reached the grounds the bell had already arrived and as quickly as possible it was re? moved to the Philadelphia building, when a salute of 13 guns was fired by the German artillery. The formal exercises were held in the auditorium, which was crowded to the utmost. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. A. Toomer Porter, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was sung by two thousand school children, and then came an address of welcome by Capt. F. W. Wagener, president of tbe exposition, who spoke briefly ont most appropri? ately. Mayor Smyth of Charleston, followed enthusiastically hailing the presence of the bell as a proof of good will between "these two great com? monwealths-Pennsylvania and South Carolina-and these two cities-Phila? delphia and Charleston." Mayor, Ashbridge of Philadelphia responded in like vein and was ap? plauded to the echo. Other addresses were made by Hon. J. F. Ficken, lion. McCurdy, president of the Philadelphia common councils, and Mr. F. G. Ravenel, a collateral de? scendant of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independ? ence. > Mr. McCurdy's speech was eloquent and inspiring and was long and loudly applauded. The exercises closed with the sing? ing of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the school children, an address by Hon. Henry Clay of the select council of Philadelphia, and chairman of the committee on exhibits in the Phila? delphia building, and "Praise God From Whom Ail Blessings Flow," sung by school children and the audience with grand organ and mili? tary band accompaniment. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BELL. The bell was cast by Thomas Lester, Whitechapel, London. The bell ar? rived at the end of August, 1752, and was hung. Early in September, how? ever, it was cracked by a stroke of the clapper without any other violence, and thereupon recast by Pass & Stow, two " ingenious workmen, " in Phila? delphia, and hung April 17th, 1753. In the recasting th* same metal was used with the addition of an -ounce and a half of copper to the pound to make the bell less brittle. The same form and lettering were preserved with the substitution of the names and place and year of recasting it now bears. It was recast by them, the first casting not being satisfactory, j and the same year again hung in the State hou.ee. The bell is 12 feet in circumference around the lip and 7 feet 6 inches around the crown ; it is three feet following the line of the bell from the lip to the crown, and 2 feet 3 inches over the crown. It is three inches thick in the thickest part near the lip, and one and a quarter inches thick in the thinnest part toward the crown. The length of the clapper is 3 feet 2 inches and the weight of the whole is 2,080 pounds. It is lettered in a line encirclng its crown with the sentence : "Proclaim Liberty Throughout all the Land Unto all the Inhabitants Thereof," Lev. xxv.. v., x. Immediately under this sentence, also in a line encircling its crown : "By order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania for the State House in Philaeldnhia. Pass & Stow. Philadelphia. MDCCLIlI." The model of the bell was one cast by order of Henry III, in the early part of the thirteenth century in mem? ory of Edward the Confessor, which was hung in the clock tower of West? minister, and was named St. Edward, but generally known,- as the "great Tom of Westminister." The ringers of the bell were Edward Kelly, 1753-5: David Edward, 1755-8 : Andrew McNair, 1759-76 (September 15), the ringer of the Proclamation of Independence. The last ringer of the bell was Thomas Downing, 1827-36. The Liberty bell has been removed from the building on four occasions: the first, during the revolution, Sep? tember, 1777, when it was taken on a wagon to Allentown, Penn., and when taken from the city to New Orleans, Januarv 23, 1885: Chicago, April 25, 1893: Atlanta, October 24. 1895. Tins trip to the Charleston Exposition . is therefore the fifth in its history. " The frame has never been taken from the building from the time it was first placed there in 1753, except for a short time during the restoration in 1898, until the present time. On July 8, 1835, the bell tolled for the last time. John Marshall died in Philadelphia on the 6th day of July, 1S35: his remains were on the day of the anniversary of the first proclama? tion of the Declaration to the people borne to Virignia for burial, and dur? ing the funeral solemnities the bell, while slowly tolling, parted through its great side, and was silent hence? forth, forever. The crack came with? out warning.-The State. In the Senate Wednesday. Washington. Jan. S.-During the consideration by the seuate-?today of private pension legislation", in* re? sponse to an inquiry from Senator Ba? con, some important statements were made by Mr. Gallinger, chairman of the committee on pensons, in respect to regulations adopted by the com? mittee to govern it in the" considera? tion and recommendation of private pension bills. He announced that none but ab? solutely meritorious cases would be presented to the senate for its con? sideration and that the closest scrutiny would be given by the committee on every bill introduced. He said that no pension exceeding S5Q a month would be recommended for the widow of a general officer and that pensions for the widows of officers would be scaled down proportionately. The interesting case of Dr. Lazeare, ! who at the instance of John Hopkins university and of the government. ! went to Cuba and submitted himself I to inoculation wtih yellow fever j through mosquito bites, and died from | the disease thus contracted, was I brought to the senates's attention by Mr. McComas, who inquired whether Dr. Lazeare's widow would be entitled | to a pension. No decision was reach i ed. but. it was the opinion of Senators Gallinger and Cockrell that the case had not a pensionable status. - -p- - Manila will send to the United States for a chief of its new fire de? partment. But if Manila really wants to reduce her fire losses, she should send over for a few American insur? ance adjusters.-Atlanta Journal. JACKSON'S DAY CELEBBUTED IN PHILADELPHIA. Young Democratic Lawyers Give Dinner. Philadelphia, Jan. 8.-A small cir? cle of the younger Democratic lawyers of this city osberved Jackson day by giving a dinner tonight at the Hotel Bellevue. James W. King, well known among the younger lawyers, presided. Letters from Former President Cleve? land and Former Senator David B. Hill and a telegram from Bourke Cockran were read, which provoked considerable applause from the diners. Mr. Cleveland wrote: "I am gald to know that there are at least 30 young Democrats in Phila? delphia who are unwilling to allow Jackson day to pass without recogni? tion. 1 ' The inclination to neglect observ? ance of a day that has been so long and so ' strongly related to genuine Democratic sentiments, may reasona? bly, I think, be counted the reason for the afflictive visitations that have lately weakened and depressed our party organization. "I hope the spirit of true Jackson? ian Democracy may pervade your cele? bration : and that its participants may derive satisfaction and stimula? tion from their efforts to revive and strengthen the principles and prac? tices of our old time, honest, consist? ent and aggressive Democratic faith." Senator Hill, in his letter said : "Your letter has just reached me. I give you this sentiment: A strict construction of the federal constitu? tion. No entangling alliances with foreign nations. Insistance upon the reserved rights of the States. Public taxation for public purposes only. Opposition to monopolies and danger? ous combinations of capital. The preservation of the personal liberty of the citizen. No centralization. Home rule for the States and municipalities. These are Democratic principles which survive all defeats and must ultimately triumph." Mayor Low Desires Publicity. The new Mayor of New York has stated some self-evident truths in an announcement he made just before his inauguration as to the service done by the press in behalf of good government and his personal good will towards newspapers and their representatives. He said it was his wish that every department of the city administration should afford press representatives the fullest information on all points re? garding which the public had a right to know. His views as to the extent to which publicity should be carried may be judged from his further state ment that, so far as he knew, there was no act of an administrative or executive character and none that was legislative in is nature that should be kept from the people. He added that the coveted daily and complete pub licity for his administration, and he paid a compliment in passing both to the newspapers and those of their rep? resentatives who had been assigned to his department. He was satisfied they knew their business. The retiring District Attorney, Mr. Philbin, paid an even higher tribute to the newspa? per men, saving they had assisted him greatly in his work and had placed be? fore the public what it was important for them to know. Moreover, he said he had never known any of the news? paper men with whom he had been brought into contact to betray his con? fidence, although several times they had knowledge of important news whose premature publication would have seriously embarrassed his department. The enconinms bestowed by a man of such prominence and culture as Mr. Low are not remarkable in anything more than that he has a clever percep? tion of the truths for which Milton and Junius fought in their battles for a free press, but which many men in public life do not yet recognize. Junius said in one of his incomparable essays that if it were possible to imagine a despotism with a free press he would choosy it in preference to a humane and enlightened Government with a fettered press, if that, too could be imagined. He said this was be? cause no great abuses were possible when there were men who could make them known through the public print. On the other hand no abuse or usurpa? tion was impossible to a government where it had the power to veil its acts, anything or everything, in secrecy. If Mr. Low has begun his adminis? tration in the belief that the people are entitled to know all about its acts, he adopts a different policy from that of the Emperors, of Germany and Rus? sia, but he is in consonance with the spirit of republics and especially of this, the greatest of them all.-Cou? rier-Journal. Terrible Railroad Wreck. New York, Jan. 8.-A collision oc? cured this morning on the New York, New Haven and Hartford between an rx press and a local train as it turned into the New York Central yards. The killed number fourteen, many missing, and the injured are over forty. The disaster was increased by the wreckage burning. AbbeviMe's Electric Light Plant Destroyed by Fire. Abbeville, .lan. 8.- The plant of the Abbeville Electric Light and Power company was totally destroyed hy fire this morning at about six o'clock. The company operated the city water works in connection with its electric plant and in the same building all of which was destroyed. The city lias been without light for some time and is now without water. The company lost electrical machines, engine and other property of the estimated value of 83,000 to $4,000. The city's losses are estimated at $1,000. There was no insurance. NICARAGUA BILL CHOSEN. Passed the House Thursday by Nearly Unanimous Vote. Washington, Jan. 9.-The Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill passed the house late this afternoon by practically a unanimous vote. Only two members out of 310 voted against it. Messrs. Fletcher, Republican of Minnesota, and Lassiter, Democrat of Virgiinia, were the two voting in the negative. The opposition to committing the government to the Nicaragua route attempted to secure amendments to lodge with the president the discre? tionary power to purchase and com? plete the Panama canal, if it could he purchased for $40,000,000. The test came with the first vote, when the ad? vocates of an alternative route polled 102 against 170 votes. At each succeed? ing vote their strength dwindled until Mr. Cannon of Ililnois, under whose leadership the fight was made, was unable to get the ayes and noes on a motion to recommit. All other amend? ments failed and the bill passed exact? ly as it came from the committee. None of the votes except that on the final passage of the bill was a record vote. The debate which preceded the tak? ing of the final vote was made memor? able by a clash between Mr..Hepburn, the author of the bill, and Mr. Can? non, chairman of the appropriations committee. On several previous occa? sions they have measured swords over canal legislation. Two years ago a similar bill was passed by a vote of 224 to 36. The bill as passed today authorizes the president to secure from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in behalf of the United States, con? trol of such a portion of the territory belonging to said States as may be desirable and necessary on which to excavate, construct and protect canal suitable to the wants of modern navigation and commerce, and appro? priate such a sum as may be necssary to secure the control of said territory. Section 2, authorized the president after securing control of the needed territory to direct the secretary of war to contsruct such canal from the Caribbean sea, at a poi:it near Greytown, in Nicaragua, by way of Lake Nicaragua, to a point on the Pacific ocean near Brito, and also to construct proper harbors at the termi? nal of said canal, and to make neces? sary provisions for the defense of the canal and harbors. Sections 3 and 4 authorize the president to make such surveys as may be necessary and to employ such per? sons in constructing the canal as may to him seem wise, and direct that in the construction of the canal the River San Juan and Lake Nicaragua shall be used as far as they are available. Section 5 autorizes the president to guarantee to the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua the use of the canal and harbors, upon terms to be agreed upon, for all vessels owned by said States and by citizens thereof. The last section makes an appropria? tion of 810,000 to carry on this work, and authorizes the secretary of war to enter into proper contracts for mate? rial and work as may be deemed neces? sary, such work and material to be paid for as appropriations may be made from time to time. The section fixes the aggregate cost at $180,000, 000, to be drawn from the treasury on warrants cf the president. Sehley's Southern Trip. Admiral Schley will start on a visit to the south, going to Savannah first, where he will be the guest of General W. W. Gordon, of that city. It need not be said that the hero of Santiago will be heartily welcomed hy? the people of Savannah and those of every other southern city that he may visit. There is nothing sectional in the ad? miration of the southern people for Admiral Schley. This feeling is npt more general or more pronounced in the south than it is in the west or the north. It is a very moderate state? ment to say that fully nine-tenths of the people of the whole country share the conviction that he has been gross? ly ill-treated, and they esteem him all the more highly because his enemies have been so persistent and reckless in their efforts to rob him of honors which are justly his. Winfield Scott Schley, it is true, was born on southern soil, but he ad? hered to the cause of the north in the civil war and fought for it with con? spicuous courage and ability. If con? gress, in which the representatives of the south are in a comparatively small minority, were polled on the Schley case the declaration of an overwhelm? ing majority of its members would be that he has been greatly wronged by the navy department. So strong is this conviction that we expect to see it asserted emphatically by congress at its present session. The country hopes to see such action and will ap? plaud it enthusiastically. Admiral Schley needs the rest and recreation that he will lind in the south, and we trust that, his visit will be greatly beneficial to him.-- Atlanta Journal. DR. AL (T BERGER imposes Upon a Methodist Min? ister. Charlottes N. C., Jan. S.-Dr. A. (i. Berger, the alleged bigamist from South Carolina, accompanied by a young woman said to be his wife, landed in Newton, N. C., after leav? ing Greensboro. When he read of his exposure, he sought aid of the Meth? odist pastor for the woman and left town. The pastor knew the woman's relatives and sent her away. Berger said she is the daughter of a Method? ist preacher in South Carolina. It is said her name is Wilson and that she is of a highly respected family. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S DONATION. Board of Trustees for the Insti? tution Selected. Washington, Jan. 9.-Official an? nouncement was rv.de today of the board of trustees ol the Carnegie in? stitution, which has been incorporat? ed here under the $10,000,000 gift of Andrew Carnegie. The only indica? tion as to the form of the gift is that it will be in "five percent, bonds." This is referred to in a single sentence as follows : "It is the purpose of Mr. Carnegie to transfer $10,000,000 in five per cent, bonds to the board of trustees for the purposes above mentioned." The announcement was made in the form of a statement given out by Chas. D. Walcott, secretary of the in corporators, in accordance with the j expressed wish of Mr. Carnegie. The board trustees elected by the in corporators to carry ont the purposes of the institution as indicated, are as follows : EX-OFFICIO. The president of the United States. The president of the United States senate. The speaker of the house of repre? sentatives. The secretary of the Smithsonian in? stitution. The president of the national Acad? emy of Sciences. Grover Cleveland, New Jersey. John S. Billings, New York. Wm. N. Frew, Pennsylvania. Lyman J. Gage, Illinois. Daniel C. Gilman, Maryland. John Hay, District of Columbia. Abram S. Hewitt, New Jersey. Henry L. Higginson, Massachusetts. Henry Hitchcock, Missouri. Chas. L. Hutchinson, Illinois. Wm. Lindsay, Kentucky. Seth Low, New York. Wavne MacVeagh, Pennsylvania. D. O. Mills, California. ' S. Weir Mitchell, Pennsylvania. W. W. Morrow, California. Elihu Root, New York. John C. Spooner, Wisconsin. Andrew D. White, New York. Edward D. White, Louisiana. Charles D. Walcott, District of Co? lumbia. Carroll D. Wright, District of Co? lumbia. Sugar Growers Appeal to Congress. Victims of the Tariff Hold Session Thursday. New Orleans, Jan. 9.-Many Louisi? ana cane sugar growers in session here today unanimously adopted a protest to congress against the proposed con? cession to the products of cane sugar in the Island of Cuba, in part as fol? lows: "Though the United States has given to Cuba a freedom for which she was formerly fighting hopelessly, the Cubans now desire that they shall be helped by the remission by our gov? ernment of the sugar duties levied un 'der the Dingley tariff. We protest, because this method singles ns ont from among all the sons of our Amer? ican country as the victims whose substance is to enrich the canefields of I Cuba. ?J "We protest against their demands I bceause they will result in establish? ing a rate of tariff on agriculture pro? ducts from Cuba for all time, and which will continue to injure us so ! long as the tariff shall last. I "We trust that consideration of this protest will prevent any governmental action on the lines laid down by the i Cuban delegates; we trust so in our interests as well as in those of our fel? low American beet sugar producers, our vegetable and fruit growers and our tobacco planters of the United States." Copies of the protest were ordered sent to President Roosevelt and to congress. Castro is Wrong. Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, ?Dec. 30,1901.-The government of President Castro of Venezuela has caused the following notice to be published in the journals devoted to its interests: "Mr. Long has given formal and en? ergetic instructions to the rear admi? ral of the United States North Atlant? ic squadron to watch the movements of"the imperial German fleet which is lying off the Venezuelan coast, and to offer resistance by force, if necessary, if the said fleet in any way threatens Venezuelan territory." The mass of the people and the com mercia body in Venezuela do not be? lieve there is any truth in this an? nouncement. South Carolina Appointments. ? The President made the following appointments for South Carolina pest offices yesterday : Greenwood. Daniel Aiken: Laurens, Geo. S. McGravy: Union, J. C. Hunter, W i n n sbo ro : Presto n Ri on : Newberry, Chas. J. Pu reel ll. Gritfin, Ga., Jan. 9.--Mollie Muck erson, colored, committed suicide to? day by saturating her clothing with kerosene oil and applying a match. She was burned to a crisp. Two weeks ago she attempted to kill herself by swallowing poison. At that time prompt action and a stomach pump saved her life. Knoxville, Tenn.. Jan. 9.-Gen. Mgr. Elliott and Messenger C. H. Smith of the Great Northern Express Company and Fireman F. W. 0'STeil, who were on the train which was rob? bed by bandits at Wagner, Mont., July 3, last, have positively identified the man under arrest here as Harvey Logan as one of the men who robbed the express car of the new Montana bank bills and other valuables. RULERS RETURN TO PEKIN. Empress and Dowager Reenter the Forbidden City. Pekin, Jan. 7.-The imperial cortege entered the Forbidden City at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon. It was tba most brilliant scene Pekin ever wit? nessed. The procession consisted of a thousand gorgeously attired noble? men, mounted upon glitteringly com parisoned horses. The emperor, the empress dowager, Prince Chun, the empress and several princes were borne in yellow chairs, their escort carrying hundreds of gay banners and silk umbrellas. The troops cf Gen Yuan Shi-Kai, governor of Pe Chi Li, pro? ceeded the emperor. 'Foreigners assembled on top of the Chien gate. The emperor and empress dowager entered the temple in the gate and burned incense. The dow? ager empress, upon emerging from the temple saw the foreigners peering down and bowed. A double row of soldiers, kneeling, lined the four mile route. The entrance"of the Chinese emperor into Pekin today was the most re? markable episode in the annals of the dynasty, save the flight of the Chi? nese court when Peki? was bombarded by the allied forces. The spectacular phases of the return of the court ex? ceeded expectations. Th? cortege was a sort of glorified lord mayor's show and was a bewildering and barbaric exhibition of oriental tinseled splen? dor. Its chief significance was the com? plete effacement of the raditional deification of Chinese royalty. The scene at the Chien gate, when the emperor and the dowager empress entered the temple to offer thanks for their safe journey, was nothing less than revolutionary when viewed in the light of all Chinese customs. The horse shoe wall, forming the ancient gate, was crowded with Europeons, diplomats, army officers, missionaries, ladies, photographers and correspon? dents. When the emperor and the dowager empress arrived at the temple, the processsion halted and their majes? ties alighted from their chairs which* were covered with imperial yellow silk and lined with sables. The emperor proceeded to the temple of the God of War, on the west side of the plaza, with hundreds of foreigners peering down only 40 feet above him, and dozens of cameras were focused upon the son of heaven. When he returned, his chair was borne through the gate. Then the chair of the dowasrer em? press was brought to the doorway of the temple of the goddess of mercy on the east side of the plaza, and the dowager empress appeared. Amid great scuffling of attendants she pro? ceeded into the temple on the arras of two officials, followed by a company of Buddhist priests bearing offerings. The spectators then heard the boom? ing of tho temple bell. After an inter? val of five minutes the dowager em? press reappeared. Standing in the doorway of the temple, she looked up? ward. "Directly overhead were the German minister, Dr. Mumm von Schwartzstein, tho secretaries of the German legation, the officers and ladies of the American garrison and the cor? respondent of the Associated Press. The dowager empress saw the foreign? ers and bowed low. She advanced a few steps and bowed again in acknowl? edgement of the salutations of the for? eigners. She returned to her lehair. foreign faces, and bowing repeatedly, looking upward at the semi-circle of Huge Profits of the Great Trust, New York, Jan. 7.-In the nine months ending Dec. 31 the net earn? ings of the United States Steel cor? poration were $84,779,298. The quar? terly meeting of the directorate was held here today and besides voting the usual dividend of 1% per cent, on pre? ferred and 1 per cent, on common stock a general statement of the finances of the corporation was made public. The sinking fund on United States Steel corporation bonds and the bends of subsidiary companies consumed $2,263,292 and the deprecation, reserve and contingent funds and improvement $9,695,702. The sum of $11,400,000 was raid in interest on bonds for nine months, and 842,005.S07 was paid out in dividends. The balance available for surplcs or new construction amounted to $19, 414,497. A Gloomy Outlook in Germany. Berlin, Jan. 8.-The speech from the throne, read by the imperial chan? cellor. Count von Buelow, at the open? ing of the Prussian diet today, took a gloomy view of the economic situa? tion. It pointed out that the revenue from the State railroads in 1901 fell considerably short of the estimates, and that the whole results of t? e i:ns? cial year were disappointing. ? In'the budget of 1902 the rever, ne i. estimated below that of the current year: but the balance between ; revenue and the expenditure is to bf maintained without having recourse to a loan. The speech announced pians Tor leg? islation providing for the housing of State workmen and of officials earning small salaries. Considerable credits arc demanded for the extension of the State railroads and tho promotion and construction of light railroads. A new canal bill to complete the system o?' waterways will be submitted. The concluding portion of Emperor William's speech pointed to the neces? sity of adopting measures against the agitation in the Polish districts of eastern Prussia, declared that the up? holding of tho political and economic position of the German element there was necessary for the self preservation of Prussia, and promised that the government would fulfill its duty in cultivating the German national spirit in the region and in combating with firmness all tendencies hostile to the State.