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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

Republican gossip says there will
soon be a new public printer. Mr.,
Palmer, who now holds the position,
held it under Harrison. and was APP
pointed by Mr.. Mckinley at the per-
sonal request of President Harri-
son. 1t is said that Representative
Heatwole, of Mimi, can have the place
If he wants it, and if he doesn't Boss
Plat will get it for one of his constitu-
ents, a man named Bass. But it is re-
garded as very juicy plum, and unless
it is filled before the news gets around
there is sure to be big fight for it
among the republican bosses.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18
The Good Shepherd.

The recent Funstonizing of the dog
law in the Tennessee legislature was
one of the grandest achievements in
modern legislation, and marks the dog
companion, Royston, a mountaineer
private from Washington county,
volunteer in the legislative company
stationed at Nashville, as one eminent
ly deserving promotion. We under
stand a petition has been signed by all
the whining admirers of the sheep kill
ing ours in the legislature recommend
ing his immediate promotion, and ask
ing Gov. McMillin to forward the
same, with his endorsement, to the
president.
The achievement OF Funston pales
out of sight when the search light of
Royston is flashed over the sheep
folds of the Tennessee archipelagoes.
1t is true these intrepid warriors
adopted somewhat similar tactics to ac-
complish their ends, both conspired
with deserters and traitors; Funston
pulled the wool over the eyes of the ig-
norant FillIpinos, while among Roys-
tons conspiratOrs and followers were
some of the greatest and most re-
nowned Tagalos in the volunteer state;
Funston had the navy at his command,
while Royston had only some barks-
dog barks-at his heels; Funston cap
tured only one poor fellow whose legs
had been worn to his knees by con-
slant sprint of more than two years du-
ration, while Royston corralled every
bleating sheep and orphaned lamb that
was want to gambol on pastures green.
Funston claims his George Wash,
ilgton Aguinaldo, Tennessee has her
George Washington County Royston.
If Funston be entitled to a brigadier
generalship, Roynston should be made
generalisimo of the army of 800, 0OOdogs
in Tennessee.
His distinguished lieutenants will
get their deserts two years hence
Paris, Tenn. Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18
Iron Ore Vein.

"a vein of the finest quality of black
magnetic iron ore, 40 feet in thickness
has been discovered on Cranberry Coal
& Iron COmbany's property, and the
value of the land on which it was found
has increased at least $500, 900.
This statement was made to Senti.
mel reporter this morning by Gen. ].
I. Wilder, who is thoroughly familiar
with the natural resources of this sec
ton of the county. In speaking of this
wonderful discovery, which is worth
thousands of dollars to upper East Ten
nessee and Western North Carolina,
Gen. Wilder said:
Heretofore the Cranberry company
has been working ore, which was
merely an outcrop. Two-thirds of the
ore mined was gangue matter and had
to be thrown away. Under the direc-
ton of James L. Lawton, general man.
ager of the Cranberry company, an in
cline ten feet square has been construct
ed which penetrates 10 feet below the
surface. Through the entire distance
the incline passes through this mag
ni6cent body of ere, which will easily
analyze SO per cent iron. The ore is of
very superior quality and is what is
known as double Bessemer. That is,
it is twice as low in phosphorus, as is
required to make Bessemer steel. From
it can be manufactured the finest cut
lery. In fact it is as valuable as iron
ore can be. The discovery will mean
much to Elizabethton. johnson City
and Bristol, in fact to the whole Of
Eastern Tennessee and will be the
means of bringing thousands of dollars
to this section of the country
General Wilder has received box OF
samples of the ore. Sentinel.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

governor denied that his trip east was
to borrow money to pay the school
teachers of the state, but admitted that
if the treasurer of the state refused, on
account Of his construction of the law,
to pay warrants issued for that pur-
pose out of funds which are being
held to pay bonds that will not mature
for fifteen years, he would eventually
have to borrow money to pay the
teachers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

Governor Gambler, of Georgia, is in
Washington for the purpose of settling
accounts between the state of Georgia
and the federal government for the
equipment Of troops for the war with
Spain. OF these accounts he said /;
"The law provided that vouchers in
certain forms should be made out for
every expenditure. In some cases the
military authorities did not issue any
vouchers at all and that has caused
some delay in the final payments, but
the state will lose but little. The
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18
Accused of Attempted Bribery

Nashville, April 10. Senator Eldridge
of Memphis, precipitated the sensation
OF the session of the legislature in a
speech at noon today, in which he ac-
cused ex-Comptroller James A. Harris
of offering him $500 to vote for the bill
to allow the Tennessee Central railroad
to come into the Nashville Terminal
association. Harris denies the charges.
A committee will be appointed and the
matter investigated. Great excitement
prevails in legislative circles oncern.
ing the matter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

Marion Kooke, manager for T. M.
Thompson, large importer of fine
millinery at 1868 Milwaukee avenue.
Chicago, says: During the late severe
weather / caught dreadful cold which
kept me awake at night and made me
unfit to attend to my work during the
day: One of my milliners was taking
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a
severe cold at that time, which seemed
to relieve her so quickly that / bought
some for myself. It acted like magic
and begen to improve at once. l am
now entirely we'll and feel very pleased
to acknowledge its merits" For sale
by City Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

returned toIduty from a two months
sick leave. Nothing shows palmer that
the government has been robbed exten
sively in the Philippines than the fact
that the average annual cost of main
tanning a soldier over there has in
creased more than 800. As there are,
in round numbers, $4,000 soldiers over
there this is no small matter.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The senate road bill, after being
amended in some minor details, was
passed by the house. The bill will go
to q conference committee, and will
become the law. 1t is practical en-
actment of the law of 1891, and is much
shorter and simpler than the bill pass
cd by the house earlier in the session.
There was an attempt to array the
house against the senate on the two
bills, but it proved abortive.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

will require one and a half million dol
lars to complete the Home and five
years to build it. When completed it
will require $500, 900 annually to main
tain it and pay out in pensions over
$25, 900 quarterly. What it will do for
Johnson City, Washington county and
East Tennessee will be a blessing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The board of mayor and aldermen
will have propositions from street car
companies for franchises in short
time and they should remember that
they are elected to look after the peo-
ple's interests. johnson City should
profit by the experience of other towns.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The bill to enable incorporated towns
and cities to exercise the right of emil
nent domain was taken from the table,
and an amendment to make it apply to
johnson City was adopted. The bill
was then passed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

President Mckinley will come to
Johnson City to dedicate the Soldiers
Home. We make this statement un.
Eesitatingly because Col. Brownlow
told us he was going to ask him to do
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

Countless thousands have found q
blessing to the body in DIR. Kings
New Life Pills, which positively cure
constipation, sick headache, dizziness,
jaundice, malaria, lever and ague and
all liver and stomach troubles. Purely
vegetable; never grippe or weaken. On.
ly 25c at City Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

"Of large sores on my little daugh-
ter's head developed into case of scald
head" writes G. d. Isbill of Morganton,
Tenn, "but Bucklen's Arnica Salve
completely cured her. Its guaran-
teed cure for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Pimples, Sores, Ulcers and
Piles. Only % cts at City Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

If nine-tenths Of the people favored
the Carnegie location for the Soldiers
Home, very small minority won
great victory.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

DIR. Sproles lead the "nine-tenths"
in their fight for the Carnegie site for
the Soldiers Home and God Almighty
championed the cause of the one tenth.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

In denying the charge that Col.
Brownlow had controlled the location
of the Soldiers Home, The COMET
said that God Almighty located it. To
this the Colonel agreed and said he
guessed there would be no kicking
against God as he did not have to be
reelected.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

A bill has been introduced in the leg.
islature to prohibit the sale of liquor
within two miles of the National Sol
diers' Home and it should pass.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The Hon. John X. Shields was in the
city last week, He found his judicial
fences in this section horse.high and
pig-tight.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The bill to authorize Washington
county to issue road bonds was tabled
in the house. Another monument to
DR.. Royston.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

Royston and dog are now synony.
nous terms.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The report of the Peeler bill bribery
investigating committee was made with
whitewash brush.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The board should keep one eye on
public franchises and their mind on
johnson City entirely.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The only trouble was that the gov
eminent committee did not see sites as
the local committee saw them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18
BEAUTIFUL PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY FREE

selling cents package each
delicious Cus minutes family
Send and address and will mail
illustrated catalogue Send
WE TRUST When sold mail the and will send the
premium in catalogue select
$50 Hilbert St. Philadelphia Pa
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

The Tennessee dog has finally tri-
umphed-thanks to Royston.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

johnson City's morning star, pros
perity, is rising in the west.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18

Henceforth in Tennessee whenever
Royston speaks the dogs will bark.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18
usIU.bAG SiSts TO CGRE i" TooaC % HS ab1

Give away no valuable franchises.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-04-18
~ H. LYLE. Editor and Owner.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
, 1901-04-25

=
CHINESE MINISTER
PREPARES MEMORIAL

Washington, April 22-The Chinese
minister has prepared Il memorial,
based upon his intimate acquaintance
with the affairs of the western world
aud pointing out where there is the OPP
%portunity for China to adopt an en-
lightencd and progressive policy which
will bring II into harmony with the
sisterhoOd of nations and ut the same
time will relieve it from the present
pcrpleNities which are crowding upon
it mt all hands.
The memorial Is n comprehensive doe
umcut, covering twenty heads. dealing
with administrative. economic and
financial questions and taking in prac-
tlcHlly the entire range OF government
affairs SO far as there seems TO be n
present opportunity of rchabilltntlng
them on modern and progressive lines.
Probably the most important feature
of the document is its general presen-
tation of the view that'thc time is now
at hand FOR China to adopt plans Of
conservative reform. In stating the
need and advantage of this, the minis.
tors memorial will point To the lesson
Japan has given to the world. Up to n
few years . the conditions in China
and Japan We're almost Identical. But
, 1901-04-25

Pittsburg, Pa, April 21.-The most
widespread and destructive storm,
from n material point of view, ever
known here, has passed. II has left a
zone Of ruin 200 miles in diameter. 1t
was unusual in that it possessed so
many different features.
Cities seventy miles from PittsburS
were tied up by one of the worst snow
storms ever known. While the snow
fall was from eighteen inches to three
feet deep, which is not extraordinary,
the snow was so wet hat it chung in
weighty masses to shade and fruit
trees and electric wires and poles.
bearing them to the earth. 1t settled
on steam and street railways like wet
sand, stopping all traffic and making
Professionalism almost impossible. The
fall was so heavy and spontaneous in
some places that the residents declare
it seemed like the bursting of n snow
cloud.
In addition. nearly every town on the
Ohio river between Pittsburg and
Wheeling is in darkness tonight. Elec-
trio light plants or their wires are dam
aged and the gas in the mains is gen
orally turned off to prevent explosions.
So half II million or more people to-
night are cropping about in the dark.
The money loss is just rs difficult to
foot up. 1t may reach S3.OoO.OOO. The
railroads think they have lost $1,000
600. The loss of wages to the army of
workers in manufacturing plants up
and down the rivers will mount up to
S5OO,OOO. and the repairs to plants will
be n large sum The damage to stores,
stock. residences and furniture in
Pittsburg, Allegheny and towns and
cities down the Ohio will probably
reach 100000.
The telegraph companies have suf-
fered severely, but cannot yet compute
their losses.
The first direct communication from
Washington, Pennsylvania, tonight
, 1901-04-25

Denver. Colo. April 22.-Stockhold-
"rs of the Chicago x Northwestern
and the Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapo-
lis X Omaha railroads will be asked to
at once ratify plans for the extension
Of the Northwestern into Denver.
The connection is from Valentine,
Nebraska, to Scranton. Colorado, and
from Valentine TO Mitchell, South Da-
Kota. 1t is expected hat the action of
the stockholders will be unanimously
in favor of the plans.
When the board If directors of the
Chicago n Northwestern met last
Wednesday in New York 1t took up The
question of the extension and decided
to submit the plan to the stockholders
Mt once, so that no delay would be en-
countered in the construction of the
road. II is presumed that the voting,
which began saturday, will be finished
within n week or ten days, and by May
18th at farthest.
BY the construction of the line into
Denver. the Northwestern will have
the short cut from ST. Paul and Min
ncapnis to Denver. and, in connection
with the Denver u Rio Grande and
Rio Grandc Western. to Ogden. thus
enabling il to fight the Northern Pa
citic-Great Observation-Disclosures combi-
nation. The Northwestern. with its
new line and n short line in Nebraska,
will also be in II position of equality
with the triple alliance in handling
Chicago business. and with its Black
Hills and Wyoming line will he able
TO fight the triumvirate for the Black
Hills trade.
1t is reported also that the plans sub
mitted to the stockholders include an
, 1901-04-25
DESTRUCTIVE STORM STRIKES
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO

saws. Charters creek Is a raging tor
rent and has overlooked its banks in
hundreds of places.
pooror rous ponnsvlvopia the
damSoaa Nv tba aood and storm was
o"nsI5oro6 Io
~ ,.oa o,d uonr
Magnesium Is leolh,eu Nv ~
houses there are hooueu
At Aticanna about twenty houses
were wrecked.
Fifty thousand workers are suffering
from enforced idleness.
Big land slides occurred on the Lake
Erie and Baltimore & Ohio at Shosho,.
ON the Panhandle. on the South Side,
the Bessemer Mt several points and the
Allegheny Valley near Franklin, Penn
, 1901-04-25
& NORTHWESTERN
MAY BUILD INTO DENVER

extension of the Fremont, Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad to Ogden. 1t
is said Thai the Northwestern is the
powerful factor" frequently spoken
of. behind the Clark road from Salt
Lake to Los Angeles.
II the extension to Denver is made
the Colorado 4 Eastern will be made
broad gauge. The line extends from
the heart of the jobbing district of
Denver and adjoining the Union depot
TO Scranton, fourteen miles from Den
yer.
The heavy stockholders in the Chi
cagO Il Northwestern own the Colorado
\ Eastern and own the controlling in
terest in the Chicago, st. Paul. Mime
apOlis X Omaha and the Fremont, Elk
horn X Missouri Valley.
From Valentine the extension to
Denver. as planned, runs almost due
south, crossing the B~urlington's Wyo-
ming line at Hyannis, Nebraska, and
thence with n slight turn west crosses
the north fork of the Platte and
reaches Sidney. From Sidney the road
will roS Logan county to the north
of Sterling. thence across Morgan Il
ty. cutting across one cOrnr of Weld
county and into Arapahoe county.
From Valentine the contemplated eN-
tension is in an almost direct line to
Mitchell. crossing n section of Nebras-
ka and South Dakota now without rail
roads. This line contemplates the o n
struction of n bridge over me Missouri
river. At Mitchell. which is the ter
minus Of an important branch of the
Omaha system, 1t connects with the
Omaha and forms a direct line through
to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
cess of exports over imports for the
nine months of 1901, as compared
with the corresponding period of 1900.
, 1901-04-25

There has Just concluded at Catan-
FARO. Italy, the trial of go men belong
ing to a criminal association, which
named itself THE Imperishable Tree"
The managing chiefs were the
trunks" fully initiated members were
branches" junior members were
leaves" n the novices the first
flowers The plumber realized by the
organization vas the fruit" This seems
TO have been considerable. Without
counting homicides and crimes of VIC
lence, the robberies during the few
months numbered more than 400, and
the various articles stolen total some
thing like a half million. AS the pub
lie court was not large enough for such
"A trial, it had to be held in d church.
The sentences AMOUNT to six hundred
years.
, 1901-04-25
EXPORT TRADE BRINGS
IN A FLOOD OF COLI

Washington, u. c., April 22.-1hc
fiscal year 1901 seems likely to exceed
any preceding year in its record of OK
ports from the United States. The
steady growth of our exports from
S392, UOO.UuO in 1870 to $685.. 100000 in
1890, 81. O3O.OOO.OOO in 1892 and ST.
. 4.OO0.OOO in 1900 has been n subject
of much attention and much favorable
comment. but it seems that 1901 is To
surpass the record of the year 1900
and bring the export figure nearly If
not quite to the 81. 5OO,OOO.OOO mark.
The March import and export figures
just completed by the treasury bureau
of statistics shows Il total expectation
from the United States in the nine
months ending with March. 1901. of
Sl,14O. 100 or SSG.54O.O32 in excess
of last year, which held the highest
record in the history of our export
trade.
Another interesting fact developed
by the March figures of our foreign
commerce is that imports seem likely
to show II decided decrease in 1901 as
compared with 1900, while the exports
are showing the increase above iudi-
Gated. The figures of the nine months
ending with March. 1901. show Il de
crease of $40, 90, G39 in the imports
as compared with those of the CORE
spending months in the preceding
year. Thus the excess of exports over
imports in the nine months under dis
cuSsion is more than S1OO.UUO,HUO
greater than in the corresponding
months of last year and far beyond
the figures of any preceding year. The
excess Of exports over imports in the
nine months ending March, 1901, lis
S5iO,GSI ,33I, MS against S411 ,S54,6GG in
the corresponding months of 1900, an
increase OF S12S,S32,G71 in the net eX-
, 1901-04-25

The rearing of ostriches in the Val
ley of the Nile is likely to become an
important industry in the near future.
An experimental farm, established
under French auspices, in the vicinity
of H%eliopolis. has successfully demon
strated the suitability of the climate of
the Delta for this purpose, and during
the present season the number of birds
of all ages has reached the respectable
total of 1,40O. The runs are established
by means of cheap rabble, and are
planned out concentrically round a
central watch-tower. which permits of
n survey of the whole farm being made
at a glance.
, 1901-04-25
NJ
SCORES ANOTHER VETO

! Denver, Colo. April Ex-Governor
Orman has vetoed House bill No. "A,
ito provide for the garnishment of the
state, counties, municipal corporations
and school districts" The veto mes
sage says:
That this bill has especially to do
with the garnishment upon writs of at
tachment and execution. of the salaries
earned by any officer or employee of the
state. counties, cities and school dis
tricts during his term of office. as u
courts nave uniformly held that stat
utes providing for the garnishment of
the salaries of such officials were void,
upon the grounds of public policy.
That is 10 say, that the official Is n ser
want Of the state and rs such he owes a
duty TO the state that he cannot per
form If his means of subsistence are
always to he interfered with while he
is engaged in the performance of those
duties.
While it is morally right that n pub
lie official should pay his debts, still the
higher right must prevail, that is, that
he must he so situated that his services
to the state cannot he interfered with.
In other words, 1t Is the interest of the
public and not the individual that must
be loked to.
Another provision of the bill i'm
poses the service of summons and
writs of attachment upon the auditor
of state. The answering of these pa
pers necessarily involves expense.
Such expense must apparently be paid
from the public treasury, and thus. in
directly, the public moneys are used
to aid the collection of private debts"
, 1901-04-25

Chicago. April 22-Tbe Tribune says:
Consultations of all the stucco mills
In tlS United States is reported to be
the aim Of Il syndicate, of which the
Standard Oil Company controls n large
share. Options have been secured on "A
number of mills in Michigan. and on
all the mills but one IN Fort Dodge,
Iowa.
, 1901-04-25

The private letter books of Robert
Morris, the financier of the revolu-
ton, which were lost for several gen
erations, were brought to light in
Washington recently, and have been
deposited in the congressional library.
Another acquisition by the library is
the original manuscript setting forth
the various DEGREES by which the titles
were conferred on Columbus by the
pope for the discovery of America.
, 1901-04-25

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln, lies in an unmarked
grave that, except perhaps to one or
two persons. is also unknown. DR..
George l.. Porter of Bridgeport, Conn,
who saw both the killing of Lincoln
and the death and burial of Booth,
says that Booths body was hidden in
Washington arsenal, in a spot still
kept secret. After that it was given
to the family upon condition that no
monument nor even a mound should
mark its resting place.
, 1901-04-25

Secretary Hitchcock has approved n
contract made with Il. +. Stahl of
Cheyenne for the survey during the
coming season for sixty miles of the
northern and western boundaries of the
Yellowstone National park. At the
present session of Congress $1,000 was
appropriated for this survey, which is
desired for the express purpose of def
nitcly marking the boundary lines of
the park. so that poachers upon large
game cannot take advantage of the
present uncertainties of location and
thus secure exemption from punish
ment under the United States lnws for
the protection Of game in the park.