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BUSANFS REPLY. ? Oiean, Olear Oui ?nswer to the Esj^rt's Expertness. $6,275.56 of County Funds Cash in the Hands of the County Treasurer Instead of $114 as Reported by Mr. Boudar. Bisl$?'7iHe, S. C. Feb. 2ist, 1905. To the Tax Payers and Board of Com? missioners of Lee Comity, South Carolina : I beg leave to subimt the following report in answer to the report of the export that examined the books ol the Supervisor's office cf Lee County. Exhibit A. ? admit that there was sevreal war? rants issued by ms in payment of voucheis which were not approved bj the Iv>ard, possibly aggregating ?7, 852.8, but claim that said warrants were issued for material or services; for county purposes as per contract made between the payees of said war? rants and the Board of Commission? ers, which Board instructed me to issue my warrant in payment for same when presented. Exhibit B. I admit that 1 issued warrants ir. rayment for vouchers rendered by tho various county officers without the ap proval of the Board to same for tho reason that the amount payable to each officer was fixed by law and il: is not absolutely necessary to have the Board to approve their claim. Exhibit C. As to the list of 269 warrants drawr by me Aggregating the sum of $11, 937.86, for which there are no vouch ? ers on file in the Supervisor's office now, I simply say that they were in said office and if they have been moved or destroyed, or taken out of said office, it is unknown tourne, bu ; that said warrants were issued in pay ? ncyenfc for vouchers duly presented and if any of them were not approved by the Board, they were for salaries c:: in payment of some contract made by said Board with the payes of the same. Exhibit D. I admit that warrants were issuecl by me possibly aggregating the sum o : $62,982.83, during my whole term oil office for all purposes. Exhibit E. I admit that ' I drew the amount o:: $1,477.95, which appears as drawn for salary only, when as a matter of fact ?. drew as my salary the sum of $1,283. 33, in the manner following : For the first three months of my time at the rate of $400 per year as was provided by law. I went into office in Decem ? ber, 1902, and the General Assembly of 1903 increased by salary from $40() to $6C0 per year from approval of the Act which was approved on February 21st, 1903, therefore I only drew np to the passage of that Act the sum o:: $100, which was my salary for Decem? ber, 1902, and January and February. 1903, from March, 1903, until Febru? ary, 1904, I drew as provided by law. $600 per year at which time my salary . ;l State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ) ^ Lucas County. ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he ii senior partner of the finn of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Tole? do, County and State aforesaid, and thai; said firm will pay the sam of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hail's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. ,~ n ?. W. Gleason, t8*^ Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cur? ?3 taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and muco ai J surfaces of the system. Send for testi? monials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa fion. Feb 18-1m JUST MENTION your needs in the printing line to us and we will show yon how it is possible to get the best work and save money. Up to date facilities enable us to do it Osteen Pu blishing Company. t J^?z^?? b? DEARS' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AT?rone sending a sketch and description ic a y qolc?ly joceruiirt onr opinion free whether an ?nvent)on is probab?y patentable. Commnnira ?on?8t rictlyconfldcp.tiaL Handbook on Patents .emt free. Oldestncency for sccorine patents. Patents taken through Jinna & Co. receive tpcdcl notice* vrJthooi charge, in the Scientific JSmerfcasu A handsomely Shartnttod weekly. J.nrcest cir ?nl&tloa vf anv scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a 7ear : fwzr months. iL Sold by ail r cw??3ealers. f?jfiil S Cs.3S5Broates'- Kew Yorlt ISeed model, sketch or photo o? invention ?OJ '! geo report oa patentability. For free book, .! Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all cal it for surveying, platting, terracing hill sidos draining bottoms, drawing Mortgages Titles, Probating, &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S., Oct 19-o Catchall, S. C. was raised to $700 per year by an A appioved February 23rd, 1904, ther fore I drew as salary ior the fir?t thn (3) months of my time, $100, wine was at the rate of $400 per year, fi the following twelve (12) moaths drew ?600, which was at the rat? < ?600 per year as provided by the Act i 1903, and for the remaiuing ten (1< months of my time I drew the sum i $583.33, which was at the rate of $71 per year as was provided by an Act ? 1904, making a total for the twent' five (25) months I was in effice of $1 283.33. There appears the sum < $194.62 more, drawn as salary by m but a? a matter of fact $100 of tin amount was paid to me to pay for $1( worth of corn including the frsight c the same, which was expended in th way : $30 of this amount was issue by warrant io me whereas it sboul have been issued to Mr. I. W. Weatl erly in payment of lumber, so I ei dorsed the said warrant and immt diately tamed it over to Mr. Weathe: ly to pay for said lumber. There w< also included in the warrants is?ue to me an amount paid freight by ni] self to the amount of $22 on count property ; $20 of the amount drawn b me was paid to L. Sleisinger as dami ges on goods caused by the leakage ( the store which he has rented froi the county. The warrants issued t me also include the expenses of J. I Kilgore and myself to Columbia tw different trips on county business; on being to endeavor to hire convicl from the penitentiary to work on on roads and the ether to meet with th good roads convention,the expenses fe the two trips were $22..32 paid wholl by myself, making a total of $1,47. 65, which shows a difference of only 3 ^cents: and I wish to state furthe 'that on one occasion Mr. Joe Lyle presented a claim for $25, which wa approved by the Board but the Cler made ont the warrant for only $25 whereupon I paid to Mr. Ly les the re maining $3 00 ont of my own pocket making a total due me by the Count; by the abov* statement of the sum c $2.70. Exhibit F. I admit that I issn ed warrants i favor of W. F. Grooms to the amoun of $3,152.57, which amount inclnde Groom's salary and the wages pail hands, etc., the warrants issued t him and he paying all hands. |iExhibit. G I admit that the liability of th County, embracing bonded debt money borrowed from Sinking Fund notes and warrants issued in settle meat of claims and all unapproved claims aggregate the sum of $43,698. 38, but while I admit this debt I clain that the county has the followini property which is paid for at the cos herein stated : Jail house, $ 8280 0 Jail house lot, 300 0? Court Bouse lot, 1000 0 Steel bridge across Lynches River, 3226 CH Poor farm, 1500 (X 12 mules and 1 horse, 2712 5( New road near St Charles, 500 C( 6 iron safes, 1200 0! Office furniture, 500 C( Cash in bank, 10 000 0( Cash in Treasurer, 114 CK Taxes due and unpaid, 430 0( Books and fixtures, 2089 (X 2 roads ploughs, 572 C( Other tools in hands of overseers and bands, 500 0( Tents and fixtures for the chain gang, 250 G( 4 wheels scrapes, 90 0( dump carts and harness, 80 0( 22 sets harness at $22 each, 264 0( Brick and cement for 1 steel bridge, 75 0( 2 new roads in Stokes Bridge township, 500 0( 2 wagons at $50 each, 200 0( 5 new bridges at DuBose's Crossing; new bridga at Kelley's Crossing; 1 new bridge at Kelley's Crossing; Stokes Bridge repaired and made nev/; Fields Bridge repaired and made new; 1 new * bridge at Fields Cross? ing ; 1 new bridge at Arrant's Crossning on Scap'oer Branch ; 1 new bridge at Mannville on Sea po'er Branch 3000 00 Making a total pf $37,382.56, which will show that there has only been ex? pended for all other purposes than these enamel rated above, the sum of $6,313.82 and $19,286.54, which equal $25,600.27, which included court expenses and salaries as well as all other county expenses. Admitting that the County has nothing she would be in debt but very little, $6. 313 82, paying for the above listed pro? perty she owes the sum of $43,696.38. Exhibit H. As to this exhibit I will simply say that there was a few mistakes made in adding np the claims, and by the Beard authorizing the same, warrants were isused for the correct amounts, but I deny that any warrant was is? sued fer any amount that was not ! legally and justly due, and in some j cases warrants were issued in pay? ment for more than one claim, as where the same person held two ap? proved claims. Any further informa? tion as to this e-ihibt will be gladly furnished to any citizen who will call on myself or any member of the old Board, including the Clerk. While admitting exhibits A and B, I wish tp-say that all of the warrants mentioned in B were for salary of different officers, and that those men? tioned in A were in payment of con? tracts made by the Board. I wish to say further that at different times my board was unable to meet me on ac? count cf high water and sickness, as you are aware one member lived on each side of the river, and at times when Mr. Gardner was sick, Mr. Mcore was unable to cross thc river and in order to prevent clogs in g ?be County's business I was compelled to pay sonic claims. As to C, I wish to call your at? tention to the laet that some if not all of this list of ciain:s and warrants were in the hands of Grand Jury last year and after investigation by them found to be ccrrect as reported by said Grand Jury with the suggestion thatg more attention be given to dating claims. While I admit that I drew the sum of $194.62 moie than my salary, I claim that it was expended for county purposes r.s set forth in exhibit E of this report in thc manner mentioned therein. The warrants issued to W. F. Grooms mentioned in F, was for his salary ss manager of the chain gang 8nd for all hands worked by him, he presenting itemize! claim for all and warrant issued in payment to him j and he paying it to those whom he j worked and hired as per contract with j the board. While the county is owing the amount mentioned in G, that in? cludes payment for all of the property ? mentioned therein which shows that 1 the county is worth $37,382.52 in various kind of propety. ? Kow, as to the collection of the rents of the stores and opera house, I wish to say that at times when there was no money in the Treasury I col? lected this rent and turned it over to Grooms ana Moneyham, and issued warrants for same, which warrants are now in the hands of the Treasurer, but they are paid and are not held against the coutny for payment at all; they are in the hands of the Treasurer for the sole purpose of crediting her for so much rent received and then for charging her for the warrants issaed covering the same. . You will notice in exhibit G, $10, 000 cash in bank, that amount is in bank, but the expert accountant in his statement deducted the sum claim? ed by Sumter County from this amouut and only showed toe balance while as a matter of 'act the claim made by Sumter County should not have been deducted from said amount for the reason that we refused to pay this claim and H suit is uow pecding in the Supreme Court asking that Lee County be forced to pay to Snmtei County this caiim. I will also add that when I went into office there was owing by this County the sum of S3,200, which had neen incurred by the nine com? missioners appointed by the Governor to look after the formation of the County, 82,500 fonr attorneys salary, and $700 expended by the commis sionres including their salary. I further claim that when the settle? ment was made between the State and Lee Counity that the Supervisor's books tallied with those of the Au dit or and Treasurer and were found to be correct. As to the matter of rent of F. F. Herndon? paid to J. M. Smith, Pro? bate Judge, I will call .your attention to the fact that the Board provided thia office for the said J. M. Smith, Probate Judge, and subsequently h was elected Clerk o? the Board and being required to stay in the Super? visor's office near all cf his' time be did his Probate work therein also, and that be rented this office ss he had no earthly use for it. This was a personal matter between Mr. Her? eon and Mr. Smith and should not have appeared in this matter at all. If there is anything that you do not now understand I will be glad to explain it~ to you at any time, so don't hesitate to call on me. Now, in conclusion, I wish to call your attention to the fact that all of his matter has been published in my quarterly reports showing every claim paid and for what purpose, and to whom paid and the amount. '*> If there are any men in the County who ever received more money than this account and claim amounted to. please make it known to the public through the public?press. Respectfully submitted, J. O. DuRant. Mrs. Davis' Letter to Miles. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 23.-Gen. Nel? son A. Miles in letter to The Inde? pendent of this week has partly com? plied with the request of Mrs. Jeffer? son Davis made through the Savannah Press, that he publish in full any let? ter or note that he may have from her in which she thanked him for his treatment of President Jefferson Davis when under Gen. Miles's care as a prisoner of war at Fortress Monroe. The letter which he publishes fol? lows : "Fort Monroe, Va., May 22, 1865. "Please receive my thanks for your courtesy and kind answers to my questions of this morning (May 23, ) ? cannot quit the harbor without beg? ging you again to look after my hus? band's health for me. Yours very respectfully, ? . "Varina Davis." Killing on John's Island. A most remarkable tale comes from John's Island concerning a double murder which is said to have been en? acted last Saturday right. There are very meagre details of the affair, and all that is known is from the story of Charleston men who went over on a gunning trip the first of the week. All concerned were negroes. It is said that during a prayer meet? ing at a negro gathering on the island not far from the ferry landing the two men, whose names are supposed to be Anderson and Green, got into a dispute. One of the men was sitting on a box listening to the exhortations of the exhorter and learning how to become a true Christian, when the other man came in and wanted to sit on the same box. Evidently the Christian spirit had not been so im? bued in the spirit of the fir?t as to extend snch generosity, and he refused to share his -seat in the parquet, whereupon, it is said, the other negro kicked the box from under him. When the first negro got on his feet be drew a gun and shot the intruder down. Then, in the sequent scramble, the brother of the dead one shot the assailant, and the meeting broke up. As far as is known both bodies were thrown out on the road and lay there at least all night before they were removed.-News and Courier. Jackson, Feb. 24. - Governor Varda man addressed a large mass meeting last night at which he urged the cap? ture of the assailant of Miss Mamie Marsh, who was found in a farm hcuse almost dead. She was atmcked by a negro while on her way home and beaten into insensibility. Gov. Vard aiuan also offered a reward of five hun? dred dollars. The woman may die. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24.-Dispatch? es from the front state that the Rus? sians have turned ali villages on their right flank into fortified place?, with redoubts, surrounded by wire entan? glements. Both sides a-e preparing for an early conflict. -O ? <. s -i Now For a General Boycott. New York Herlad. Trust is to raise thc price of bread once more, but now that strawberries can be had at $1.25 the basket the working man will snap his fingres and live on short cake. WHERE JUDGES WILL HOLD COURT. Supreme Court Wednesday Wade Changes to Conform to the Law Creating Two Addi? tional Circuits. Columbia, Feb. 23.-On account of the enactment of a law creating two additional circuits, it has become necessary to rearrange the assign? ment of judges to work during toe re? mainder of the year. In accordance therewith the supreme court yester? day issued a writ in which it is de? clared : The second, or summer, session of the respective circuits will be held by the circuit judges, as follows : The first circuit, consisting of the counties of Orangeburg, Dorchester, Berkeley and Georgetown, by the judge of the first circuit, to wit: Judge Dantzler. Tue second circuit, consisting of the counties of Aiken, Bamberg, Bacrnwell and Hampton, bj the judge of the second circuit, to wit: Judge Aldrich. The third circuit, consisting of the counties of Florence, Sumter, Lee, Williamsburg and Clarendon, by the judge of the third circuit, to wit: Judge Purdy. The fourth circuit, consisting of the counties ..cf Chesterfield, Marlboro, Horry, Darlington and Marion,, by the judge of the fourth circuit, to wit: Judge Watts. The fifth circuit, consisting of the counties of Edgefield, Kershaw, Lex? ington and Richland, by the ;"ndge of the the fifth circuit, to wit: Judge Gary. The sixth circuit, consisting of the counties of Fairfield, Lancaster, Chester and York, by the judge of the sixth circuit, to wit: Judge Gage. The seventh circuit, consisting of the counties of Cherokee, Spartauburg and Union, by the judgue of the seventh circuit, to wit: Judge Town? send. The eighth circuit, consisting of the counties of Abbevile, Greenwood, Newberry, Laurens and Saluda, by the judge of the eighth circnit, to wit: Judge Klugh. The ninth circuit, consisting of the counties of Charleston, Colleton and Beaufort, by the judj?e of the ninth circuit, to wit Judge Mem minger. The tenth circuit, consisting of the counties of Anderson, Greenville, Oconee and Pickens, by the judge of the tenth circuit, to wit* Judge Prince. The third, or fall, session of the respective circuits will be held by the circuit judges as follows : The first circuit by the judge of the second circnit. The second circuit by the judge of the third circuit. The third circuit by the judge of the fourth circuit. ^ The fourth circuit by the judge of the fifth circuit. And on the 11th Decebmer, 1805, Judge Townsend gives place to Judge Hy d rick. The seventh circuit by the judge of the eighth circuit. The eighth circuit by the judge of the ninth circuit. The ninth circuit by the judge of the tenth circnit. The tenth circuit by the judge of the first circuit. THE STRIKE RENEWED. Fifty Thousand Workmen Quit work in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24.-Fifty thousand employees of five St. Peters? burg factories are again out on a strike. The workmen of the Pntiloff Iron Works, the point at which the origi? nal strike broke out, were among those to quit. A minority of the workmen refused to stop work and serious dis? turbances followed. A strong force of police was called. On arrival they attacked the strikers forcing them to leave the vicinity. The calling of the police had an adverse effect on the remaining workmen who threw down their tools and joined the strikers. Troops are now patrolling the neigh? borhood of the Pntiloff works. Captured State Flags. Washington, Feb. 23.-The Senate's action in adopting the resolution for the return of the Confederate flags to the States lends special interest to the records, which show the following South Carolina flags in the possession of the war department. Flag, num? ber of regimen!; unknown, by Thirty ninth New York, at Antietam. Flag, number of regiment unknown, by Eighty-second Pennsylvania at Mal? vern Hill. Eleventh South Carolina, inscribed "Port Royal. Cedar Creek, Swift Creek, Petersburg, June 24, Weldon Railroad." Sixteenth South Carolina, by 157th Pennsylvania, at Five Forks. Twenty-seventh Soutb Carolina, by Eighteenth Massachu? setts. Eighth South Carolina, captur? ed by Gen. Sheridan's forces. South Carolina State ?ag, history unknown. Flag of Sumter's flying artillery by Caster's Cavalry, at Appomattox. Sumter heavy artillery, by First New York Lincoln Volunteer Cavalry, at Sailors Creek. THE mm imi The Senate Hearing the Finai Ar? guments. Washington, D. C., Feb. 24. When the Swayne court of im? peachment assembled at noon the final argument on the part of the house managers,, which was begun last night, were contin? ued. lt is understood the senate will sit as a court today until the arguments are completed. The house managers have four hours to their cr?dit and the counsel for Swayne have five. Judge Swayne, the respondent, was not present at today's session for the first time since taking testimony began. THRILLING RIDE IN ?N AUTOMOBILE. How Nick Britton Held Up Two Eminent Jurists-"Nick is Agin' the Amachines. The recent experience of Judge W. C. Benet ot this city, Mr. P. A. Wil? cox of Florence and Mr. E. A. Jen? kins of Snmter, in being held up and fired upon by Nick Britton for at? tempting to pass him in a motor car on tiie public road near A leola, was automobiling under new and unex? pected difficulties. Judge Benet was asked yesterday for a statement of the matter. He said that he and Mr. Wilcox were at Man? ning and wished to get to Sumter in time to see Judge Purdy before he left home. No trains were scheduled fer that time of day so they engaged an automobile from Mr. Jenkins, who is an expert driver and keeps machines for rent at Sumter. He went to Man? ning for them in a splendid new Pope Hartford. The party left Manning late in the afternoon and were making a rapid ran. They encountered a great many vehicles cf various kinds, some cf them containing farmers and tLeir families. All of these dove to one side and allowed the machine to pass until Mr. Jenkins caught np with Nick Britton, who was driving in the same direction. Britton, seeing the auto? mobile approaching him, drove his horse to side of the road and stopped. He then g?t ont of his buggy and be? gan waving them down with his left hand. No attempt was made by Mr. Jenkins to stop and the man in the middle of the road levelled his pistol at them and continued to wave his left arm violently. As the machine continued to approach, Britton shot several times over their heads. This brought them to a standstill, but without any apparent reason Britton fired several more shots, which, like the others, not being aimed at the party, went high and did no harm. Mr. Jenkins then got ont and went forward to where Mr. Britton was standing defiantly in the road, across a swamp branch cursing and swearing that no automobile should pass him. Mr. Jenkins had a quiet talk with Britton and he put his pistol in his pocket. A judge and a lawyer in the automobile may^ have been a stronger argument than pistols. Judge Benet had nothing but praise for Mr. Jenkins. He was not only cool, but competent and considerate of all whom he met or overtook, and twice got ont of the automobile and led excited horses past. He was par? ticularly careful whenever he saw any lady or child with a vehicle. The journey was continued and the splendid machine rolled into Sumter on time, having covered the distance of 20 miles in one hour and 20 minutes in spite of all delays-bad reads and others. Z Judge Benet, in commenting upon the incident and the entire trip, said that there should- be separate road? ways for motor vehicles, as the ordi? nary vehicles which travel the public roads have the right of way and that the machine should turn aside for the wagon or buggy instead of those vehi? cles giving np their rights of way foi the motfir car. While not approving the violent ac? tion of. Nick Britten, Judge Benet says he sympathizes with the people who are frightened and endangered by passing automobiles.-The State, Feb. 24. TiiE KEW FEDERAL COURT. Speaker Cannon Appears to Have Killed the Bill for This Session. Washington, Feb. 23.-Tonight there appears to be but little hope for the passage of the*Judgeship bill. When the bill was returned *o the House with the Senate amendments the Latimer provisions for Green? wood, Chester and Greenville and Court officers. Speaker Cannon sent it back to the judiciary committee. The latter committee has concluded its work and does not expect to hold a regalar meeting again this session. The Speaker today declined ti recall the bill from the committee and allow it to go to conference. Therefore, Representative Johnson says he re? gards the bill as dead. Senator Latimer consulted with Sen? ator Nelson today, and it was agreed that if tho Speaker would permit (be bill to go to conference the Senate woull be willing to compromise by naming Spartanburg, Greenwood and Chester in addition to Greenville. It is feared that this concession on the part of the Senate comes too late, ss the Speaker not only objects to the creating of a number cf new offices, but he also objects to holdng Court at four places in the proposed district, which, fae says, is but & bid for four new public buildings. SIMPLON TUNNEL FINISH: D. The Boring of the Greatest Tunnel in the World Completed. Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 24 -The boring of the Simpl?n Tunnel, which is thirteen miles long, was completed this morning. The accomplishment of this great engineering feat was cele? brated in a fitting manner. Work on the tunnel, which is the longest in the world, was begun five years ago. The tunnel begins at Brigue Switzer? land and ends at Isola, italy. It runs straight through the heart of the Alps. The work lias been most dim- j cult, owing to the fact that the bore passed through some of the highest mou uta ns of the Alps. Horse sense is a good thing to culti? vate. The business man with a gcod stock of it is successful, and you will find that he is a regular advertiser in the Item. Tho Osteen Publishing Company has the most modern and best equipped j printing establishment in eastern j South Carolina. Thc bes: and most modern printing piesses, numbering, perforating ?.nd binding machines have j been installed and tho quality of work i i turned out is guaranted to bc the host, i 6B?3ERY !N \W\M. Supposed Wholesale Bribery ir* the Legislature. Indianapolis, ind., Feb. 2?..- The bribery disclosure mane by Represen? tative Baker in connection wich his vote on the anti-cigarettJ bill, passed by the House yesterday, was followed today by testimony that a number o? envelopes, similar to the one contain? ing 8100 and banded to Represennta tive Baker, fiad been sent to other members. James Hamilton, a door? keeper said that tbe.se t nveiopes bad been given him by former Senator. A. Baker, with the inquest that they be sent to the House members wh-cse names were written on then'. Ham? ilton said the envelopes were delivered by a page. "I have known that this thing has been geing on for some weeks," said Hamilton. "I know that tbese letters reached the Repre? sentatives, and I have given tlie spe? cial committee the name of the page who delivered them." The names of tbese members are withheld by the investigating committee. A detective is locking for former Senator Baker. fi BIG THINS FOR* NORFOLK. $50.OOO.OOO Railroad in Compe? tition With the Pennsylvania. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 23 -The . coun? cils of Norfolk as a committee of the whole, voted tonight to appropriate 895,000 to guarantee a right of way from the sonthern branch of the Elizabeth River to SewelPs Point, a distance of thirteen miles, to be used by the Tidewater Railway. This ac? tion gives the railway a deep water terminus for a trunk line that will ex? tend from the lakes to the Atlantic seaboard, and will be in direct com? petition with the Pennsylvania in? terests as a coal carrier. Construction at this end of the road will be begun immediately after the select council confirms separately on Friday night what its members voted for tonight in the committee of the whole, and which was afterwards ratified on its first reading hy the common coanciL The road will cost $50,000,000. Early at Bnsinsss. As early as 9 o'clock Admiral Dew? ey walks into his office in the Mills building, diagonally across from the navy department, sits down at his desk and gets to work with the same pre? cision that he might use if still aboard the Olympia, says the Chicago Journal. In the corner apposite his desk is* a cedar chest, which was made for the AdmiraMn Manilla. One day he point? ed to it and said: "In that chest will be found the real records of the battle of Manilla, never yet published. I hope to prepare them for publication, and that they will be made public after my death." When you want job printing done In the best sty:e give the order to .iie Osteen Publishing Company. 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