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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
STATE BOARD 0F
LIQUOR CONTROL
The Management of the South Caro-
lima Dispensary System to be
Greatly Changed.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. Feb. 6.-The State
Board of Liquor Control IS TO be Abolish
ed, and the mana naSement Of the dispen-.
sary TO be radically changed. The Senate
bill to provide new system OF govern
ment was passed in the House to-day,
and the Governor Will approve the act.
The vote IN the House was a TO q in
savor,of abolishing the board. The action
of the General Assembly Is me result
of dissatisfaction all over the State, by
lack of harmony in the present board.
There were no charges of open dishCn-
esty in the speeches to-day, but it was
plainly asserted that the factionai tight
among the members OF the board mad
hurt the State.
The bill provides that three directors Of
unques toned character are TO be elected
for a term of two years. instead of five
years, as at present. The commissioner
or superintendent. elected by the board
heyetofore. and the cause of all the dis
sension. is TO be elected by the General
Assembly and given power to appoint
employees, right denied him now. He is
To receive a st',ary It So iunucn.
STRONG OPPOSITION.
There is strong opposition to the DIS
penSary system on the part Of the Pro-
hlpuitlonists. Who polled twerty-six votes
on direct issue. and of the local option
people, who want the liquor traffic left
in the hands of each county.
The House 1d-night. by a vote OF 6S to
80 killed Mr.. Pattersoa's substitute props
osllion 10 do i";av with the Stale Dis
pensary, and let the liquors be shipped
direct from distilers TO county dispensa-
RES.
There are other features of the present
Jaw VIII ca will be amended. but the main
issue is settled until the Democratic pri-
mary this summer. when dispensary, pro-
hlblt.on and local option will each have
a ticket for State officers. Some mem
bers, opposed to the dispensary. voted
for the bill to-day as better than the law
now in force. knowing that prohibition
or local option could not pass the Senate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07

Local.
-Incorpora tors determine to put up the
bond lin the electric street railway iran
chise matter. r.,,.,,--
THE bond of 10000 put up by the cor.
porators of the Richmond Passenger ana
WTe,eeram from w. j. Bryan saving
he would come to Richmond next Mon
New chair may be established at Rich
. increasing hearing on the proposed
charter for the Richmond and Washins-s
ton railway. ,,,.,-
s. Co.. of New York. and John T. VIII
Han1s & Sons. of Richmond. threws new
night on the street-car. situat ton
State.
5 --.rriat Of Samuel Beale. for clubbing
Patrick Mcdonald to death and placing
his body on the raiirond track to s9ncsal
for the murder of G.. Beverly turner.
both TO come up in Isle OF Wight county
Court at this term. Beaie's case -
II. T. Meyers sentenced for four wears af:,
for the betrayal of seventeen-Yeds-otu
Kitty Shurieharcger. at Puiassl- NJ ,.res..
Sussex county lands to- be psosess- p
stoned This county sends petition IN
fnvor of Seaboard charter
Newport News Democratic Gl'ioe elects
| "A company chartered at Alexandria
to make automobiles.
| The Mahoneyviiie distiiierS starts mp
with capacity of 500 gallons OF hauor =
Push work on the Nransport sumner.
at the Norfolk navy-yard-
Justice Fleming Will proon piy pfove
an anpi.
General.
-arnicanle agreement likely In the KEN
/ STexs al the canal treaty made public
4 New section to- Gnanca BILL srepoFtcd
favor.ng bimetalltsna hy tnsernatsosial
axreementr
No report from miller Tor three s2ays
General Maeponaslt has made q move
heIioHYaph fneSSaE SO from EadysnttA
sayx heayss snxhting ia nov goins on
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
BULLER'S MOVE
STILL A MYSTERY
Not a Word From Him for Three
Days Fighting Now Going ON
Reported From Ladysmitt.

LONDON. Feb. 7.-i:45 A. M-Lord
poberts has caused to be distributed in
the towns bordering upon the inFaoea
colonial territory. an invitation TO free
Staters and Transvaaiers to go INTO tfie
desert offering them good ttea.lheht treatment
and a restoration 70 their iirai' oil sue
British occupation of republican tefsi-
tory.
The manifesto guarantees that those
hrin n,ine5 horses can sell them Foreigners
will have their passage paid to EUROPE
colonial rebels are advised to SURRENDER
in preference to being taken prisoners
Not a word has been received from the
correspondents with General 6ulter ioE
three days. It is as though Natal had
been wiped off the map, except tne he.,o- no.
gram from Ladysmith, saying that the
Boers are cannonadinS and that light
ing is going on:
Cen NacDonald with four thousand In
rycavaIry and artillery threatens the
Roer right at MagersfoE tein. This is the
first sign Of activity on the part Oh Lore
Methuen for some weeks, All. Doubtless.
has relation to the movements ioi the
British further east
HOLDS BOTH BANKS.
LONDON, Feb THE Standard has re-
ce;yed the following dispatch. dated Mon
day. February 9Th, fror1 kovpiess Dam
.CeaeraI Macdonald. with brigade
of infantry, q regiment of lanceFs- ana
ane battery. has reached here from Ned
der River Camp. in what Is regarded as
an Important movement to the right or
the Boer position Al Magersfontein
Koppies, Dam commands The roads
from kimberley to Hopetown and Doug-
ras. The Boer laagers at kamuihoek and
Gri1llaIown are within striking distance.
The arrival of General MacDonalds
column was opportuna. as It Just pre-
vented two large commandos effectins
a junction. He now holds both banks OF,
the river.
..The iancers had two brushes with the.
Bosr patrols There is great activity
among the enemy, and strong fe-ces are
concentrating 70 oppose cur further ad-s
vance The troops suffered f.ou. heat and
scarcity Of water during the-E1arcl
LONDON, Feb. 6-This hoping fear
ing, douhing nation remains ut the meg
cy OF every wild run1or, The impression
that General Buffers forces are lighting
will not die out In spite of the tinuous
asserera lions OF the War oEice that Il
has no news to- confirm thai beitst
From Cape Town under to-day data
comes the statement that uD Il to this
morning nothing has been heard there
regarding General RlilIerss recrcssfng the:
Continued on Second sPaxe ss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
PRICE TWO CENTS.

Sultan of Sulu, with his eight wives ana
one hundred and forty-stx slaves. !.
Mr.. Cochran, Of Missouri. said thar. II Il
we were to govern the Philippines under
the constitution 1t must be subject to all
the limitations OF that instrument. He
calied attention to the fact that the
agreement made with the Sultan OF sulu
recognized slavery, and was, therefore,
in violation OF the constitution. which
provided that slavery should be forever
promoted. not only In the United States,
.iput In all territory over which it exer-
$cised jurisdiction.
After some remarks by Mr.. II. c. Smith,
supporting the Boer side OF the Soush
African contention, the House at . Z. NJ,
adjourned.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
Mr.. BRYAN HEARD FROM.
He Proposes to Come to Richmond OH
NEXT Monday.

He Proposes to Como 10 is'ch iAoN. ''e " va
Next Monday.
TIE special joint committee appointsd i,s
by the Legislature to invite tiol. .,,
yesterday reviewed 4 telegram from ME. ME-
Bryan, dated Plainfeld. N. Y, saving ne
would be glad to address them on Mon
day. February 18th. The committee re-
piled to Mr.. Bryan that they would oe
glad to have him address them on that
date, but if it were as convenient TO MN
they would prefer to have him cos1e on
the following Wednesday or Friday Iae
reason Of this is that some Of che mem
bers 20 to their homes on Saturday, and
it would be inconvenient for them to be
here on Monday.
The Academy of Music. where it has
been decided to hold the meeting. car
only be had on the afternoons OF Mon
day or Wednesday or Friday evening.
The committee have receive no reply
as yet to their last telegram
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
INSURGENT VICTORY.
A Night Attack Made OH Battalion of
Forty-Sencnth Infantry

Night Attack Made OH battalion Oh
Forty-Sencnth Infantry
MANILA. Feb. 6.-The insurgents at
tackled the first battalion Of the Forty-fifth
Infantry, near Mac. a major and cap
tain were wounded and one sergeant kill
led, but details of the engagement are
lacking.
Ships arriving from Legaspi report that
the 1nsrrSent General Pana concentrated
a large :orce about the top of the town
and made Il sharp night attack on Major
Slipton's battalion of the Fcrty-seventh
Infantry, which occupied q large convent
as fort.
One battalion and battery have sailed
as reinforcements for Shipton. The casu-
alties are unknown.
a corporal and four men. while patrol
ling the railroad near Mabacalat recently,
disappeared and are supposed to have been
captured. A searching party looking Tor
them was ambushed and a corporal kill
a1
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07

SCRUPULOUS FIDELITY.
Secretary Hay is determined that the
State Department shall observe with
lllc most scrupulous fidelity whatever
obligations may rest upon it toward
Nicaragua and Costa Rica. in the matter
of the construction of the Nicaraguan
canal. 1t has not been possible TO move
in that matter pending the removal of the
obstacle in the way of the canal building
prescnIca by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
There has not boon the slightest dis
position to ignore the governments of
our sister republics in the mater, but
III the view of the Department it would
not have been safe nor dignitied to make
overtures to them before the United
Stats had acquired the power to deal with
a free hand with the canal problem so
far as Great Britain was concerned.
Now. however. the Department will
address itself to the governments Of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica looking to the
requirement of whatever provisions are
deemed essential to the construction of
the canal and its operation.
About the same time, or rather as soon
as the Senate bill shall have ratified
the treaty and the ratification shall have
been exchanged, the Department will ad
dress identical notes to the great mari
time powers of the whole world to secure
their adhesion to the project for the pre-
pctual naturalization Of the canal. y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
The CONFEDERATE WOMEN.
The First Money That Was Contributed
ia Their Honor.

in Their Honor.
At the tea given at Lee Camp Hall last
evening by the Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy, one Of the Virginia Daughters
brought with her the two frs. dollars,
beautifully framed. which were presented
TO her after address made ir the Wo-
mans Building in Chicago in 1898. This
money was given for star1ting fund for
the University. which is to be 4 memorial
to the women Of the South.
Governor Tyler made reference to this
in a most pleasing manner in his address
TO the Daughters: he was both humorous
and pathetic, alluding to the fact that
this memorial would bc more lasting than
any statue in marble or bronze.
This interesting and beautiful gift will
be kept in the Confederate Museum until
the Memorial College shall have been
erected. when it will be placed in that
building in 4 glass case.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
Durham Dots.

DURHAM N. c., Feb 6.-SpeciaL-Only
nine deaths were reported in the corpo-s
rate limits for the month of January.
Pneumonia is epidemic all through this.
section, and many cases have proved
fatal. ss5
Fears nrc expressed that unless he
party leaders here are very conservative
strourle may arise here in the coming
campaign. which already sires evidence:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
NO FoRTIFlcATIoNs


mo foraiticauons shall be erected
commanding the canal or the waters ada
cent. The United States. however. shall
be at liberty 10 maintain such military
polIce along the canal as may ha necessary
10 protect II against lawlessness and DIS
order.
Article lII.-The high contracting parties
will, Immediately upon the exchange OF
the ratificatons OF this convention, bring
ii TO the notice of the other powers and
invite them 10 adhere to it
Article IN.-The present convention shall
be ratified by the President of the United
States by and with the advice and con-
sent CT the Senate thereof. and by Her
Britannia Majesty: and the ratification
shall be exchanged at Washington or at
London within six months from the date
hereof, or earlier If possible. In :dith
whereof. Fhe respective pien!poten'!ar!as
have signed this convention and thsreuato
affixed their seals.
Done III duplicate at Washington, a..
D.. February 5, 1850.
tSag7.ed)
JOHN HAY.
PAFNCEFOTE.
The Presidents letter Of trans,nistal is
as follows:
To the Senate: transmit herewith.
with a. view to receiving the adrice and
consent OF the Senate to Its ratification
d convention this day signed By the
respective rlelipotentiaries of the United
States and Great Britain TO facilla. -. he
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
AN ALlBI FOR. FLEMING.
Improbable That He Will Be Con-
yictCU

NORFOLK. VA, Feb. s.-Speclal.-In
the case OF Justice Fleming. On trial ct
Princess Anne Courthouse for the alleged
1aur,,en of Clarence Snvder. several vii.
nessessfor the prosecution added nothing
not already known Twelve witnesses
The defence. it is believed. will try TO
prove an a!ibi
The general belief is that it is highly.
improbable Fleming can be convicted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
THE SITUATION
IN KENTUCKY
.It.is Generally Believed That Taylor
VIII Acauiesce in the I sfms Of
The AmicabIe Agreement.

FRANKFORT, KY. Feb. 6.-Whether it
shall be war or peace in Ken taeky rests
so-nieht with Governor Ia ylor "a alone.ssstTfe
question has been lin his mind all da:.
and tonight he declared that he had
reached no decision and viii announce
49,, 5t,aeo-. to- n:r-a y
The text of the heagreement reached by
s 81, s., s4s. s,fs ..s4iec i,.st nIsilt WIS
brought to him this mornins& by a cam
1nittee consisting OF GeneraI.Dan5 Z lnt.-
#savs%,r5ssH Baker. a nd T. L. Edelen. They
handed Gorsrnor TAILOR a s7ps- OF the
asreement, were closeted with him for
ssl,nrrs s,irae and ssi1enE d parted, 5 they
left the building Mr.. BaAerS5 s111arked !:
Z hone ana believe that the entire matter;
vim be arnicably adjust ted y fore than.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07

construction Of ship canal to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to
remove any objection which might arise
out of the convention OF April 49, 1850,
commonly called the C1ayton-Bu!wer
treaty, to the construction of such canal
under the auspices of the government of
the United States.
WILLIAM AI'KINLEY.
Executive Mansion. Washing ton, d. c.,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
RANG Il or tn THERMOMETER.

The range Of the Thermometer at The
Times office yesterday WAS as follows:
a. NJ, Sc: ]. ~, IL; p. NJ, So: 6 p. NJ,
a3:: q p. NJ 80; 12 cA.. 4e: average, As 1-3
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07

Executive Mansion. Washington, D. c
February 5. 1900.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-07
SUMMARY OF T0-DaY's NEWS.

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
Pollution Cots a Black Eve.

Quite a large delegation, including
some Frostburgers, went to Annapolis
Tuesday to oppose the anti-pollution
bill.
Graeff, of the House, delegation,
who is a pretty slick article, got wind
of it and had counter delegation on
hand from Cumberland, headed by
David J. Lewis, strongly surcharged
with his doctrine of municipal owner
ship, especially by the municipality in
which he lives.
Notwithstanding the fact that Cum
berland held the boards all alone for
time last week, somebody persuaded
the committee to do WestrrnpOrt the
injustice of taking half the latter's
time and turning it over to Cumbcr
land. In consequence, Westernport's
showing was a failure.
The result was shown not long after
in a favorable report by the committee
of Graeff's bill. Another member of
the delegation endeavored to get it re-
committed-to the Allecary and
Garrett county delegations, but Graetf
seemed to have more friends than all
the other four, and this was defeated.
The proper move was to get it before
the Judiciary committee, because, as u
matter of fact, if the LEGISLATURE knew
il, Graeff's bill is a ease removed from
the jury system to that body for final
trial, with Graft. one of their own
number, rs the only witness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
Back ward Stepping.

The Homecoming Star acknowledges
receipt of a copy Of the speech against
civil service delivered by Col. Geo. A Pearre
in the House Of Representatives, Feb. IL last
The Star has already given its readers sum-
mary Of this speech and has commented
favorably thereon. The complete report of
the Colonels effort shows it to be mastery
deiveiance and couched in the speakers we'll
known vigorous language.
The JOURNAL has not read nor even
seen the speech, but that it is all the
Stor says there is no doubt
SO "vigorous,' probably. is its
"language," that if read to the legis-
lative committees in charge of the APP
propiation for State Normal School
No. it would transmute all the
claims made for that institution into
the pavonine lustres which fringe the
visions of an educational era possible
only in the land of dreams.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
Wrong View.

OF the prospects of the anti pollution
bill the Homecoming Star says:
The democratic members who are in the
majority, will likely vote for the bill, as it is
deemed an efficient means of splitting the re-
publican party IN Allegany county, and the
measure will be made law solely for the
purpose of advancing democratic interests.
The JOURNAL does not take that
view of it, for the reason that the
democratic party in the county is
quite rs badly divided upon The
propriety of destroying home indus
tries as the republican.
And unless Cumberland stops its in
sane work, the situation will so re-
main.
1t will be one divided party against
another, with the odds still IN favor of
the republicans, anil the republicans Of
Georges Creek at that.
In any event it can be put down
hat-footed that the only show Cum
berlaud will hereafter enjoy under
either party will be won only after
she has made -partiSanS OF hel
most influential d"structionists by
slamming Them into the insane asylum.
there TO remain until restored sanity
or death, blessed death : kindly
libpratcS them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
The Situation Not Improved.


March -, 1900.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
In your criticism, "Where the Fal-
lacy Begins" of my article on the
zero year. ! find it difficult to trace
the idea you seek to convey. You
say, very properly, "all Enumeration
begins with the unit, rather with the
units place." but you fail to see that
YOU cannot count Il unit until there is
one to count.
Now, the unit i'll the measurement
of time the world over, is one year,
and all less periods are but fractional
parts of that unit /; just as the dollar is
the unit of L. s. money and all less
sums are but fractions thereof.
Hence, we cannot count unit in a
persons life until he has lived unit,
or one year, although he may have
lived 36l fractional parts of that unit.
Until another day is added he has
lived no uuit-no year Let me illus
trate-a man with 80 cents in his
pocket cannot say he has unit of U.
S. money. He has, and would so
write it, 50 90. But when another cent
is added and the unit is completed he
would write it LOO.
The confusion existing in your mind
is shown by the passenger ticket Illus,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
The IIIitcratc Voters.

The returns of illiterate voters i'll the
counties Of Maryland show an exact total of
1923. Of these 26,6l6 are colored and
Is 800 are white. As the total registered vote
is 2Sl $50, the returns show that nearly one
out of each six voters is an Iliterate one
Cumberland Ne~s
In other words, if the iliterates
We're in IL group, the population of
nearly two counties such as Allegany
would be incapable of self govern.
ment
And yet the talk Of dsfranchise-
meut on account of illteracy about
equals the claim that the State is
unable if not unwilling to enfranchise
its people by educating them.
And yet higher is II class who be-
lieve that the honors aud emOluments
of Office should be given rather as re-
wards for illiteracy to the illlterate
than as premiums to those who qualify
themselves for intelligent citizenship.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17

This Is St. Patrick's day.
1t is pertinent to observe, therefore,
that St. Patrick had no politics.
His sympathies lay with the right
far AS he was able to see the right,
and that is politics enough.
When he came across reptile he
never stopped to inquire whether it
was u republican or democrat, but,
instantly concluding that it was "a
populist or some other genus of de-
structionist, he raised the sacred staff
and let it have crushing whack on
that part of its constitution which lies
between the sinciput and occiput.
The great and good man then went
his way, conscious that the Scripture,
prophetic of the final supremacy of
''the seed of the woman" had once
more been gloriously fulfilled.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17

AT the residence of William Atkin-
son. Homecoming. Tuesday, March ID,
1900, Prof. George G. Mckay, aged 81
years. Prof. Mckay was born at
New Mills, Ayrshire, Scotland, taught
public school at Barton and Lonacon-
ing during the sixties, and in 1870 be-
came secretary and examiner Of county
schools. He was an excellent teacher,
a progressive uperrntendent of teach
ers, and generally much more than an
ordinary man. He was democratic
nominee for Judge of the Orphans
Court last fall. making canvass act
i've as his health permitted. His wife
and five children are bereayed by his
death.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
BrcViticS.

The tax imposed by the trust upon
newspaper publishers for the benefit
of the trust has forced sad deterior-
alton of quality upon a class which,
in the country, is uniformly poor.
Several papers coming to this Office
hardly withstand the wear and tear of
transportation. AS newspapers they
are positively disreputabe.
The Fairmont CIV. Va.) High School
has an organization it calls the Anti
Slang Society" At this distance it
appears that all the pupils of the
school should be members. Indeed,
all schools of all grades everywhere
should be in themselves anti,slang
societies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17
One Track that is Right.

The Homecoming Sur is right.
"The people" should rule in con-
vention, as well as in primary.
For years the populous districts of
the Creek have been going to Cumber-
land to find themselves out-voted by
the representatives of pine brush, old
rails and sandstone.
Senator Dick may be wrong in some
directions, but in at least one instance
he is on the right track-,he eman-
cipation of the Creek from the rule of
enfranchised dirt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-03-17

tratiOn you give. The first ticket sold
was marked 0, but surely this was an
absurd act on the part of the manage
nent requiring it to be so marked, be-
cause means nothing while the ticket
was not only something but full unit
just as all the other tickets were and
should have been marked one, becau e
it was a full unit and not fraction
of one What analogy is there. then,
between Il full unit ticket being
wrongly marked 0 and no dollar and
80 cents ($0.99,) or no year aud 364
days? In the first instance the unit
is there, complete; in the second in
stance there is no unit either in money
or years, only fractional parts of one.
10Th CENTURY.