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Washington Political Gossip.
Factional Rows in Republican
Party-The Senate Grasping
For More Power.
Washington, Jan. 20.-The most
adroit leadership in both the Senate
and the Honse has alone prevented the
development of serious factional dis?
turbances in republican ranks during
the week just passed and it is only a
quetsion of time when they will break
?ut in a violent form on the floors of
?hose bodies. It is difficult for one
not actually on the scene to appreciate
to what an extent the House of Repre?
sentatives has ceased to be a delibera?
tive body. For a time the republican
members felt themselves repaid for
their loss of power by the example of
perfect discipline which they set to
the country but, now that they are in
so great a majority as to believe them?
selves relieved from the danger of
democratic aggressions, they are long?
ing for the birthright which they bar?
tered.
Smarting with a sense of their loss
. of influence the representatives are
humiliated by the arrogance of certain
Senators who" today openly say that
the attitude of Hie House towards any
of the important questions which Con?
gress must answer is of no importance
" as the Senate can and -will rectify the
errors of the "impulsive and irrespon?
sible" lower body. Senator Cullum
is today preparing a speech in support
of his contention that the House has
no right to be heard in the matter of
reciprocal treaties which are, the Sen?
ator alleges, a matter for the Senate
and the President alone to consider.
. In view of the very important subject
of reciprocity with Cuba which must
soon be determined the position of the
-senior Senator from Illinois and a
large number of his colleagues is par?
ticularly exasperating.
There is no mistaking the intent of
the Dingley bill which says that such
treaties must be approved ? ' by Con?
gress," but Senators Cullom, Lodge,
Spooner. Frye, Hanna and others hold
to the opinion that, according to the
constitution, the President and the
Senate "alone constitute the treaty
making power. " Senator Lodge mod?
ifies his opinion somewhat, however,
by saying that he believed that it
would be courtesy to consult the House
because any reciprocal treaty affects
the question of raising revenue.
The Philippine tariff bill will be re?
ported to the Senate today or tomor?
row and it is predicted that the debate.
on its provisions will last for a month.
Senator Lodge professes to believe that
it will be eventually passed as report?
ed but there are members of his own
party who greatly differ from him and
who say that it will have to be refer?
red back to the committee. Promi?
nent among these is Senator Mitchell
of Oregon. After the bill gets through
the Senate it will have to pass-the
House and if the Senate persists in
its determination to exclude that body
from a voice in the Cuban reciprocity
affair there is every possibility that
Mr. Payne, chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, and his colleagues
will treat the^ measure with little con?
sideration, as they believe that Sena?
tor Lodge, in his capacity of cham?
pion of the administration, will be
thus brought to terms and will be
forced to oppose the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee in order to re?
lieve Secretary Root from his present
embarrassing position.
The Isthmian Canal, while by no
means a partizan question, is capable
of causing trouble that may develop
along nartizan lines. Senator Morgan,
who is as firmly committed to the
Nicaraguan route as ever, called at the
White House recently and came away
seriously dissatisfied with the result
of his interview with the President.
He is also much disturbed at Senator
Hanna's apparent disaffection in favor
of the D irien route. This route would
require the construction of a tunnel
five miles iong, through a solid gran?
ite mountain and the Senator from
Alabama considers it lacking in feas?
ibility and its agitation merely an at?
tempt to delay canal legislation.
The Senate Committee on Com
jnerce has authorized a favorable re?
port on the Hanna-Frye ship subsidy
bill by a strict party vote, every
democrat on the committee voting
against it. Senator Frye makes the
most extravagant claims for the bill
and in the main his colleagues are ob?
liged to take his word in the matter as
there is probably no other man in the
Senate who can tell just how the bili
will work when put in practice. It
now seems probable that the bill will
pass the Senate under pressure of the
.party lash, but it is very doubtful if it
can get through the House. Every
democrat in the House will vote
against it and there are said to be a
number of republicans who regard a
vote for the bill as political suicide.
"The anarchy bills are going to
make trouble in the House," said a
democratic member from New York,
?when I asked him why Congress was
doing nothing in a matter on which
ali the members seemed to be much of
one mind. " There is little difference
in the minds of the members as to the
?iecesisty of passing a bill to prevent
anarchists coming into the country but
there is great jealousy in the commit?
tees in regard to the mater. General
Shattuc, chairamn of the Committee
on Immigration, does not consider
that the Judiciary Committee has the
right to pass on any measure which
deals with immigration. The mern- j
bers of the Judiciary committee them-1
selves are jealous of Cairman Ray be?
cause they think hedesries to arrogate
te himself too large a share of the
glory that will pertain to the author
-ship of the bill that finally passes. As
to the democrats, thev are not involv?
ed except in so far as they may be call?
ed upon to protest against any meas?
ure which violates state rights."
The Committee on Resolutions of
the democatic House caucus held a
meeting on Friday afternoon and,
.while no definite policy was determin?
ed upon the members arrived at a very
close estimate of the policy which it
would recommend at the next meeting
of the caucus. It was deemed inad?
visable to commit the party at this
early date to a definite policy on the
majority of the questions with which
Congess will have to deal. There is
nc necessity for so doing and by mere?
ly preserving a solid front and oppos?
ing all that is pernicious in the legis?
lation the majority attempts to enact
Mr. Richarsdon and his colleagues be?
lieve they will be in a better position
to announce their policy to the coun?
try later on.
Commission Recommends Panama.
OBSTACLES TO THE SALE HAVE
ALL BEEN REMOVED - THE
MATTER IS NOW BROUGHT
TO AN ISSUE.
Washington, Jan. 18.-The supple?
mental report of the isthmian canal
commission on the proposition of the
Panama Canal company, to dispose of
its property to the United States for
$?0,OOO,OOO*was delivered to President
Roosevelt this evening. The members
of the commission refuse to discuss
the nature of the report and like re?
ticence was maintained at the White
House, but it was stated on excellent
authority that the report unanimously
recommended that the offer of the
Panama company be accepted. The
report, it is stated, is very voluminous,
going into ail phases of the question
and attempting to meet the objections
that any legal complications will
arise out of the purchase or that there
will be any international difficulties
should the deal be consummated. The
report was compleed about 6 o'clock
this evening and after being signed by
the members of the commission was
carried by Admiral Walker, chairman
of the commission, to Secretary Hay,
who transmitted it to the president.
The latter will send the report to
congress the first of the week, proba?
bly Monday.
The report goes fully into the steps
which must be taken in order to in?
sure a perfect title to the United
States for, in addition to the present
Panama Canal company the old organ?
ization and the Colombian govern?
ment must be reckoned with. The re- '
port finds, however, it is said, that
the new company can give a clear
title, lt is stated that the report
says that when the commission made
its recent report favoring the Nicara?
guan route no offer to sell to this gov?
ernment had been made by the Pana?
ma company. The offer of .$40, OOO, OOO,
made in behalf of the company, it is
said, changed the situation complete?
ly. It is also stated that the report
shows that a little over 1,000 shares of
Panama railroad stock is owned by
individuals outside the Panama Canal
company and that these can be pur?
chased for a comparatively small sum.
Other obstacles to the sale, the report
says, also have been removed.
When Schley Wi!! Speak Out.
Chicago, January 17.-Rear Admiral
Winfield Schley has reserved his first
public utterance since the recent fa?
mous Sampson-Schley controversy and
Court of Inquiry for a Chicago audi?
ence.
When the~ hero of Santiago stands
be::ore the banquet board as the guest
of honor of the Hamilton Club at the
Auditorium, a week from tomorrow
night, it is expected he will say some?
thing of national interest. Official
announcement to this* effect was made
tonight by President F. A. Munger, of
the club. Just what the tenor of the
Admiral's remarks will be is not defi?
nitely known, but it is said that the
Admiral has wished to be placed in a
position where he could make a pub?
lic statement, even brief in character,
but in circumstances removing him
from chance of official or other cen?
sure.
Telephones For Railroad Service.
Chicago, Jan. 19.-The Illinois Cen?
tral railroad with a short time will
have all the principal stations along
its line equipped with telephones for
the use of officials and empolves in
transmitting the orders and messages
of the company.
Those who have experimented with
the system claim for it many advan?
tages over the old telegraph system. ?
They assert that by means of the tele- j
phonic system the service will be prac- i
tically revolutionized : that with slight
improvements, which are inevitable,
the telephone will famish greater !
safety for train orders, that the cost j
of train operation will be decreased j
and the results obtained made vastly
better, and that no less important is I
the constant personal contract between
officials and employes, which the
promoters say is certain to result in a i
higher class of service. The installa?
tion of the system will cost about $100
per mile or approximately $540,000
to equip the entire road, including its
main branches and the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley road.
Elevator Boy as a Hero.
Chicago, January 18.-The Lastrain
Hotel, a seven-story apartment hotel
at 3,535 Ellis avenue, was practically
destroyed by fire today. Sixty women
and children were in the building
when the flames were discovered.
About half of them were on the top
floor at luncheon and they were thrown
into a panic. Otto Bela, the elevator
boy, however, succeeded in making
several trips through the smoke and
flames and carried all of them to
safety. The last person out of the
building was a paralytic, whom the
elevator boy carried to his car and
later to the street. The loss is put at
$100.000. The fire originated in ashed
in the rear of the building. One fire?
man was slightly injured by falling
glass.
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Monticello Smith Arrested.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 18.--Post
office inspector in charge, Williams,
has been notified by Inspector Peer,
that Joel E. Smith, editor of a weekly
publication at Monticello, Fla., has
been taken into custody charged with
using the mails for fraudulent par
posse. Smith it is charged, has been
advertising " for ladies to do writing
at home," and offering them $20 a
month for their services. He has been
held in a bond of $1,000.
Greenville', Jan. 17.-State consta?
bles and revenue officers today destroy?
ed a large illicit distillery with ac?
companying implements in the Dark
Corner section of this county. A
young white man. Waverly Barton,
wsa at the still and was arrested after
being pursued for half a mile by the
officers. Constables also raided a sec?
tion of the county konwn as "'Possum
Kingdom," where they were fired
upon by a party of moonshienrs. The
officers returned the fire, injuring
Jasper Lollis, white, who was brought
to the city and placed in jail. The
other members of the moonshine party
Particulars of Earthquake in Mexico.
Death List Small, But Great
Destruction of Property.
Mexico City, Jan. 18.-Chilpanein
go, the capital of the State of Guer?
rero, has had for two days indescrib?
able panic and consternation, for yes?
terday there came a repetition of the
earthquake shocks of Thursday, razing
to the ground many houses spared in
the first earthquake. The people are
camping on-; on the Alameda and in
the fields. Hundreds of families are
ruined. The buildings destroyed in?
clude the Seventeenth battalion's bar?
racks, from which the soldiers were
ordered, thus saving their lives.
The school buildings are wrecked, but
luckily the children were all saved,
their teachers having rare presence of
mind and giving the order for them
to march to the street when the first
trembling of the earth began Thurs?
day. The parish church, which was
being repaired, having been injured
in a recent earthquake is destroyed.
When the shock began it was nearly
filled with worshippers who fled in
dismay, women being knocked down
by men, but fortunately all had gain?
ed the street when the heavy stone
arches fell in, it is believed that every?
one escaped though the soldiers are
removing the debris, which is piled
up in great heaps.
Gov. Moran and his secretary escaped
from the State palace in time to save
themselves and procedeed to aid the
wounded and panic stricken populace.
The list of the wounded is a long
one, including many prominent citi?
zens. No official list of dead and
wounded has been given out as yet.
The Southern in Geography-lt
Covers the Whole South.
"The great rivers don't carry pas-1
sengers any more," said Chauncey
Depew, ' ' the great railroads have taken
their places."
Mr. Depew is right. Grass grows
on the wharves at Omaha and Kansas
City, and only freight boats are now
occasionally seen at Cincinnati and j
! Louisville.
The Harpers have gotten out a new
georgaphy from which the children
describe the great railroads, and what
a knowledge of the whole country it
gives the youngsters.
j The school children used to describe
the rivers, but now they describe the
great railroads.
f To illustrate how they describe
them, the teacher in the Washington
public school said :
"Now, Mary, can you describe the
Southern Railway? You know ", is
9,000 miles long."
"Yes, sir, that is very easy," L '
Mary. "The Southern really com
menees in New York, it runs its cars
over the Pennsylvania railroad through
Philadelphia and Baltimore to Wash
inatogn. Then it leaves the Capitol
and runs right by Washington Monu?
ment and jthe White House, Manassas
and Bull Run battlefields to Lynch?
burg near Appomattox, where General
Lee surrendered to General Grant,
then New Orleans and Florida.
"Where else does it go to, Mary?'-'
"Why, it runs ali over creation. It
spreads out like a great fan all over
the South to New Orleans, Florida,
St. Louis and Atlanta.
"Give me some of the cities the!
Southern goes through, Mary."
"Why, from Virginia it goes through j
North Carolina with its 196 cotton fae- j
tories, and through the cotton and to
baeco fields to Greensboro, Charlotte,
Summerville and Charleston, where !
the great Exhibition is, and then to
Savannah, with its grand old Buena
Ventura. From Savannah it runs to
Brunswick. Ga., within sight of Jekel
Island, and then to St. Augustine,
with its palmetto and palm trees,
and then dawn into the orange groves
of Florida, where, after shooting a
few alligators, you can ferry across to
Havana and see Morro Castle and the 1
sunken Maine. Here you can pick j
bananas while you watch the pretty i
Spanish girls as they play their gui?
tars asd flirt with love-sick cavaliers
through the iron gates.
"Where else does it run, Mary?"
"Why, to Memphis and the West.
Then it croes to Birmingham and
Chattanooga, with its Lookout Moun?
tain, where Hooker fought among the
clouds. From Chattaooga, " contin?
ued Mary, pointing on to the map
"you see the 'Southern' runs South,
east to Atlanta and North to Cincin?
nati, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland,
Detroit and Pittsburg."
But the 'Southern don't have its
own track North of Cincinati, does
it Mary?"
"No, but they send out their won?
derful "Florida Special' from Chicago,
over the'Big 4,' C. H. & D.,' and
Monon, ' and they run through cars to
Florida, from Cleveland and Pittsburg
to Jacksonville. "
"But that'Southern's Palm Limit?
ed' that flies from New York to St.
Augustine, Augusta, Bon Air and
Aiken," said Mary enthusiastically,
"and the Southern's flier that flies
to the 'land of the sky' like a cannon?
ball from New York to Asheville,
Nashville, Atlanta, Mobile and New
Orleans, where you can see the lan?
guishing Creole girls with their goo
goo eyes and-"
"But vour geography don't sav
that, Mary!"
"No, but my brother George said
that when he got back from the
Mardi Gras. George said, he got his
ticket at the Southern Ry. Office,
1185 Broadway, and left New York in
a snow bank at twenty-five minutes
past four o'colck in the atfernoon,
and was in warm Atlanta in 24 hours,
and in New Orlenas in 39 hours."
Mary might have added that Samuel
Spencer, the President of the "South?
ern" has taken in the "Queen and
Crescent, " which runs from Cincin?
nati and Louisville to Nen- Orleans
and Shreveport, La., and he is Presi?
dent of both roads about 9,000 miles
long. Eli Perkin's Railroad Letter.
Washington, Jan. ls. The house of
representatives was in session less
than an hour today. Only routine
business was transacted, the most im?
portant of which was the reporting by
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the com?
mittee on appropriations, of an urgency
deficiency bill. The bill will be called
up for consideration Monday. The
senate amendments to the house bill
appropriating 890,000 for a government
exhibit and floor space at the Charles?
ton exposition were agreed to and the
bill passed.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Senate and House Both Hard at
Work-Progress is Being Made.
Colubmia, Jan. 20.- The senate
spent two hours and a half at work
last night and transacted a good deal
of important business.
Senator Graydon's jury bill was
given its second reading after some
debate, and Mr. Sheppard's bill to
have only one set of commissioners
and managers for State and federal
elections was given its second reading
also.
The bill for the Soldiers' Home was
introduced. Senator Douglass, who
is opposed to the soldiers' home, in?
troduced a bill making it unlawful to
receive Confederate veterans into
county poor houses but requiring the
county commissioners to give aid to
indigent ex-Confederates at their
homes.
THE HOUSE.
There was no great proportion of
the members of the house present
when that body began the second
week's work yesterday morning. Yet
a very good day's work was done.
The feature was the discussion of the
Schley resolution offered by Mr. W.
J. Johnson of Fairfield. The discus?
sion was a study in heroics, so to
speak. The resolutions, after a num?
ber, of lectures, was sent to a commit?
tee, no final action being taken.
The first matter to claim the atten?
tion of the house was the bill of Mr.
Bivens relative to the sale of cotton
in Dorchester county, but final action
was postponed.
Mr. Patterson's bill to provide for
the settlement of claims against
counties prior to the creation of new
counties was the next matter taken up.
Mr. Patterson explained the bill,
which was where an action was
brought against an old county and a
judgment to force the new county to
be liable for that judgment. Under
the present law there seems to be no
provision for new counties to inherit
judgments or litigation. There was
no objection to the bill and it was
ordered to its third reading.
Mr. Lomax's bill to provide free
i text books for poor children was then
taken up, and Mr. Pucker defended
the measure, fie thought the bill a
well conceived measure. It was pro?
vided that not over five per cent,
should be invested in any one year for
school books, and the books are to
remain the property of the school
trustees.
I Mr. Ashley thought the bill was
right and it ought to pass.
Mr. Lomax said he was familiar
with the school situation of today and
he held that the bill was on the right
, ^ne. His whole purpose was to help
; the public schools. Last year he pro?
posed to the trustees of his school that
they would buy books and loan them
to the children and the result was that
every school child in the district at?
tended the schools.
Mr. Webb said he was a friend of
the poor children. His sympathies
went out to the poor children. The
bill forces the children to take an
oath that they were unable to buy
books.
Mr. Ashley and Mr. Lomax insisted
that no oath was required. The best
thing was to improve the schools and
get them on a cash basis. Books are
now verv cheap.
Mr. F. H. McMaster favored the bill
with a strong speech. The bill was
then ordered to its third reading as
follows :
Section L. That whenever it shall be
made to appear to the trustees of any
school district that any patron of such
school is unable by reason of poverty
to purchase the necessary books for the
use of his or her child or children,
then in such case the trustees of such
school district may in their discretion
purchase such necessary books for such
pupils. Provided, the sum so ex?
pended for the purchase of said books
shali not exceed the sum of ? per cent
of the school fund of said district in
any one year: And provided further,
That the books so purchased shall be
the property of such public school dis?
trict.
Democratic Philippine Policy.
Washington, Jan. IS.-The Demo?
cratic members of the senate commit?
tee on the Philippines were in consulta?
tion for several hours today over their
proposed substitute proposition for the
Philippine tariff bill. They are
agreed on all the essential features of
their position. In general they say
they will recommend that in the end,
provision should be made giving the
Filipinos their independence, but in
the meantime providing for free trade
between the United States and the
Philippine archipelago such as is
maintained between the United States
and other territories.
The fish bill, as it passed the House
on Thurdsay, prohibits the use of
seines, nets and traps in the close sea?
son only in the "navigable streams"
of the State. It should be noted, per?
haps, that fish do not confine their
movements to navigable streams and
do not spawn usually in navigable wa?
ter; and that seines, nets and traps
are employed most effectively and
most destructively in streams th at?
are not navigable and on the spawn?
ing grounds. The sturgeon has been
nearly exterminated by trapping, and
netting the fish in the shallow runs
and ponds in the swamps.-News and
Courier.
Washington, Jan. IS.-President
Roosevelt has decided to decline all
invitations to deliver public speeches
until congress has completed its work
for the session. Exceptions will only
be made in cases like the Charleston
exposition where circumstances seem
to require his presence in his official
(rapacity.
Parkersburg, W. Va.. Jan. 19. Two
freight trains met in a head-end colli?
sion on the Baltimore and Ohio Kail
road six miles from here today, kill?
ing the engnieer and fireman of one
train ami injuring (lie brakeman on
each train. Ten cars were piled up
and both engines were almost demol?
ished.
Constantinople, Jan. 19. Reliable
news has been received here that .Miss
Ellen M. Stone, the captive American
missionary, Madame Tsilka, her com?
panion, and tfie latter's baby, are well.
Negotiations which it is expected will
result in the early and safe return of
the capitves are in progress.
WASTING THE NATION'S MONEY.
Deficiency Bili Appropriates
$500,000 For Military Post
at Manila-Will Cost $40,
000 More.
"Washington, Jan. 20.-The time of
the honse of representatives was occu?
pied today in general debate upon an
urgent deficiency appropriation bill.
An item in the bill carrying $500,000
for a military post at Manila precipi?
tated a long discussion wrhich took
wide range, drawing into the debate
some of the ablest debaters on both
sides of the house. A semi-humorous
speech by Mr. Clark of Missouri elic?
ited a reply from Mr. Cannon of Illi?
nois, which in turn drew the fire of
Mr. DeArmond of Missouri. Others
who participated were Mr. Richard?
son, Tenn : Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio ;
Mr. Alexander of New York; Mr.
Grow of Pennsylvania ; Mr. Williams
of Illinois and Mr. Underwood of
Alabama.
Mr. Cannon in charge of the de?
ficiency bill explained that it provided
for the government service for the
current fiscal year where existing ap?
propriations were not sufficient. The
bill carried $16,704,230.
Mr. Richardson, the Democratic
leader, pressed Mr. Cannon to know
under what law it was proposed to
appropriate $500,000 for a military
post at Manila.
The chairman of the appropriations
committee replied that there was no
specific law to establish such a mili?
tary post, but whether under the gen?
eral organization of the army in the
field such an appropriation was in or?
der it would remain for the chairman
of the committee of the whole to
determine when the appropriation was
reached.
' ' How much of the $1,376,831 which it
is proposed to appropriate under the
wai department is to go to the Philip?
pines?" Mr. Richardson asked.
Only this $500,000 is to go to the
Philippines direct, " replied Mr. Can?
non, who proceeded to argue that the
treaty with Spain imposed upon tne
United States certain duties relative
to the Philippines which might make
such an appropriation in order. He
thought it as wise to have an army
post at Manila as to have one at
Chicago or any other place in this
country.
When pressed for an explanation as
to the reason for the proposed appro?
priation of $40,000 for the emergency
fund of the State department, Mr.
Cannon admitted that it was for the
entertainment of Prince Henry of Ger?
many.
"From every standpoint," said Mr.
Cannon, "I believe it is appropriate
and proper that there should be suit?
able entertainment of the representa?
tive of a great people beyond the sea
who have given us so much of our
bone and brawn and brain." (Gene?
ral applause. )
Mr. Livingston of Georgia, the
ranking minority member of the ap?
propriation committee, did not think
the pending bill should be criticised.
What the House Did Saturday.
Columbia, January 18.-The House
was the only branch of the General
Assembly in session today. It dispos?
ed of every bill on the Calendar in
some way but the vast majoriy of the
matters were simply passed over at the
request of the authors in their ab?
sence. The greater part of the session
was devoted to a proposed bill relative
to the game laws of the State but after
a long talk, the bill was recommitted.
? Several bills of minor importance
were passed, but the bills involving
much discussion were not acted upon.
Quite a number of special orders were
designated. The child labor bills,
the redistricting propositions and all
of the larger issues hare been made
special orders for next week. *
Progressive Japan.
The advance of Japan during r;he
last ten years has excited the wonder
and admiration of the world. But
Japan is not resting on her laurels.
She appears to be more ambitious and
active than ever. Her strength is cer?
tainly increasing steadily.
The Japanese army is classed by
military critics as one of the best in
the world. It did superb fighting
both in the war with China and in
the suppression of the Boxer insurrec?
tion.
The Japanese soldier has won world?
wide fame by his superb drill, his
steadiness and vigor in action and
dauntless personal courage.
The navy of Japan is not so noted
as her army, but is being strengthened
rapidly. The new Japanese battleship
Mikasa is the largest naval vessel in
the world. This mighty machine has
recently been completed by a famous
firm of British shipbuilders and will
soon proceed to Japan. It is 432 feet
long, 76 feet beam, draws 27 feet,
has 15,150 tons displacement and 15,
000 indicated horse power.
It will have a speed of 18 knots and
a coal capacity so enormous that it can
go at the rate of 10 knots 9,000 miles
without recoaiing.
The armament is very formidable,
consisting of four 12-inch breech-load
ing guns and the following quick-fire
guns: Fourteenth 6-inch guns, twenty
12-pounders, ^ eight 3-pounders and
four 2 l-2-po?nders.
In addition to these powerful weap?
ons the Mikasa has four submerged
torpedo tubes, which are rated highly
by naval experts.
It is the dearest hope of Japan to fit
herself tu cope both on land and sea
with Russia, her worst foe.
it would require very little provoca?
tion to drive Uer to attack Russia
now, and she would put up a mighty
good fight.-Atlanta Journal.
Omaha, Jan. IS.-Two robbers held
up a dozen in a gambling room over
the saloon of Cliff Cole, at Fourteenth
and Douglass streets early today and
secured the cash box and ?2(H)in money
from the customers of the place. They
wen? captured 10 minutes later, how?
ever, by a squad of policemen and
locked up.
CASTOR IA
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The Origin of Mr. and Mrs.
In earlier times the ordinary man
was simply "William or John-that
is to say, he had only a Christian
name without any kind of "handle"
before it or surname after it, says the
Philadelphia Record.
Some means of distinguishing one
John or William from another John or
Willim became necessary. Nicknames
derived from a man's trade or his
dwelling place or from some personal
peculiarity were tacked on to his
Christian name, and plain John be?
came John Smith. As yet there were
no "misters" in the land.
Some John Smith accumulated
more wealth than the bulk of his fel?
lows-became perhaps a landed propri?
etor or an employer of hired labor.
Then he began to be called in the
Norman French of the day the "mais
ter" of this place or that, of these
workmen, or of those.
In time the "maistre," or "mais
ter, " as it soon became, got tacked on
before his name, and he became
Maister Smith and his wife was Mais
tress Smith. Gradually the sense of
possession was lost sight of, and the
title was cnoferred upon any kind-by
mere possession of wealth or holding
some position of more or less import?
ance.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule in Effect July 1,1901.
No.ll
j>aily
Noaa
Daily
EASTERN TI*tU5.
?20p
603p
7 25u
Sl?p
eos?
, 7 00a?Lv.
V 41a? M .
8 55al " .
9 2Sa? " .
l? 24a! " .
. Charleston .
. Summerville
. .Branchville.
.Orangebur.*..
.. Ringville..
;li iZz'Ax
ll 2.ai " .
..Sumter.Lv
..Camden.Lv
9 50o ll Wa! Ar.... Columbia-Lvj
No. 61N0.I*
Daily Daily
730p
642p
515p
4.42p
3 4Sp.
AriU 15a
flO 32a
900a
3 31a
7 ?5a
3 30?
20Jp
00a? 400p
5 2jp! 7 OJa Lv... Charleston .. - Ar ll 15a. 730p
7 25pi 9 15a? " ...Branchville... '* \ 8 50aj 5lop
8o5p 9 40a" ....Bamberg ... " ? 8 27a? 430p
817p 952a " ....Denmark ... 813a' 43"?p
835p! 10 10a " ....Blackville." ? 80Ja! 41Sp
938p ll 10a ".Aiken." i 7 03a; 31'Jp
10 3up| 1 15?a ! Ar. Augusta andLv .' 1 6 2oa' 230p
"~NOT3: In addition to the above service
trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston ll .1)0 p.
! m.;arrive Asheville 2:00 p. m. No. 10 lea.-e
Columbia 1 :?> a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7:00 a.
m. bleeping cnr-s ready for occupancy at !J:33
p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These
Crains make close connectons at Columbia
wlih through Trains between Fiorida whits
ar.d Washington and the east. Trains Nos. 13
ard 14 carry Elegant Pullman Parior Cars be?
tween Charleston, Summerville and Asheville.
t'Es. .Sun. EA.
: Sun. only j sun.
Lv. Angosta . 7 0?ai 9 30a 0 20p
Ar. Sanders ville. 1 OOo 1250p! 8 40p
Tennilie.j 130pj lUop} 850p
Lv. Tennille .| 530\! 340p{ 310p
" Sandersville.? 5 4ua' 350nj 3 Sp
Ar. Augusta.1 i> Oda! 7 l?pt 8 30p
Lv. Savannah.
Allendale.
Barnwell.
Blackville
Ar. Batesburg
12 Sn? 1225p.
3 40a| saep lll'"?
4 13aI 356p?12 05pf
412p 4 25p
4 25a
Ar. Columbia.
Lv. Columbia.ll 40a
615a
550p
Daily
Lv. Batesburg
Ar. Blackville ....
Barnwell....
Allendale.
Savannah.
120p
133p
2 OOo
305p
Daily
110a
252a
3 07a
340a
4 50a'
800p>
Mix
Ex sn
630a
1030a.
1140a
1200m
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston.1 7 00aj 520p?.
Ar. Augusta.ll 59a l??Op;.
" Atlanta.I 830p 500a?......
Lv. Atlanta.ill OOp, 5 3oa 515pr
Ar. Chattanooga.i 5 4?a? 9 45a?l0?5>
Lv. Atlanta.
Ar. Birmin ghm.
44 Memphis, ( via Bir'mgam )
Ar. Lexington
'* Cincinnati.
" Chicago....
Ar. Louisville.
" St. Louis ..
Ar. Memphis, (viaChatt)
6 00a
12n'n
?05p
505p
730p
7 15a
4l?p
1000p.
7 15a
500a
745a
530p
, 750t>
732a
10p
840a
636p
S 10a
To Asheville-C incinnati-Loaisville.
-"ASTERN TIME.
Lv. Augusta.
" Batesburg.
tv. Charleston....
Lv. Columbia < Union Depot).
Ar. Spart anburg .
" Asheville .
*' Knoxville.
" Cincinnr.ati.
" Louis\-ille ( via .TelHeo)
Nol34
Daily
250p
4 3Sp
U3Jai
3 U?p'
7 15p
4 15a?
730pj
Ncl3?
Daily
^30p
1-3 07a
ll Opp
7 20a
10 25a
2 JUp
710p
810a
0 5ua
To Washington and the East.
Lv. Augusta.j 250p] 930p
" Batesbitrg.I 43Spil2 07a
" Columbia.. 555p?215a
Ar. (karlotte. i'OOpj 9 45a
Ar. Danville.. 1251a| 138p
Ar. Richmond . 6 00a| 525p
Ar. Washington.. 7 35a! HOOu
" Baltimore Pa. B. B. 912alll25p
" Philadelphia,. U35al 256a
" New York. 203p' 613a
Slrt-; Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, vin Augusta, making connections at
Atlanta for all points North and West.
Connections at ColumWa with through trains
for Washington and thc East ; also for Jackson?
ville and ail Florida Points.
FRAN K S. GA XX OX. J. M. CULP,
Third V-P. vt Gen. ^?gr. T. M., Washington.
KOBT, W. HUNT,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, S. C.
S. H. HARDWICK, W. H. TAYLOE,
Jj. p. A., Washington. A. G. P. A., Atlanta.