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WattersOn's Apostrophe to the Departing
Century.


And 80, goodbye, old Eighteen Hun
dredl God send thee happy resting
place among the centuriesl May the
Nalhalla Oloisters resound for thee
Since even the immortals are said to
be critical, there may be those therein
who will take note of the cut of thy
jib and will ask thee questions; one
Franklin as to thy printing presses;
one Whitney as to thy cotton gins;
whilst Diogenes, with his lamp, still
seeking an honest man, may challenge
both thy lucifer matches and thy cleo
trio lights. Nay, a certain Jefferson,
REINFORCED by certain Lincoln, may
exclaim, "What have you done with
our government Of the people?" whilst
Old Hickory thunders, "By the Eter-
nall am able to see nothing except
the splendid government against which
I warned you" Be not afraid, old par
ty, be not afraid Stand thy ground,
like century; because, though thou
mayest lie low now, and have no voice
of thine own, and people may be strew-
ing flowers above the cold clay and
writing poems and the like-as though
thou vert really dead-thou Invest for
all time in the glory of thine achieve
ments; in the memory of what thou
didst for men and for nations, even in
the romance and poetry Of the life that
thou didst lead, for were not Byron
and Dumas, Dickens and Daudet,
Thackeray and Balzac, Hugo and Ten
nyson; and their followers and echoes
in Germany and America-were not
these Of thy progeny? The stars rain
down their mysteries as over Cyrus
and Charlemagne. The nightingale
sings as for Sappho and Juliet. The
ages run their course. Yet let those
that remain to tell the tale lift high
their glasses and drink in theei Now,
as ever
1.-The world goes round, the moon
goes trim,
Aid our ballast is old wine,
And your ballast is old wine"
most potent, most beautiful of centur-
les. Get thee hencel avaunt! What re-
mains for us need not trouble theel
Life's fitful fever DER, thou sleepest
we'll; but thou needest not fear to take
thy place and to claim thine own even
by the century that boasts of Caesar,
by the century that vaunteth of Shake
speare, making obeisance and giving
way only to the century whence all the
others take their flight-the century
that brought us Christ, the Savior of
the world Who came to teach us the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

A club with the imposing name of
the National Republican League has
been organized in Washington, of
which about two-thirds are office-hold-
ers and the majority of the other third
would like to be. The written objects
of the league are about the same as
those of other political clubs, but one
of the speeches made at the organiza-
ton meeting gave another object Of
the league to be to have influence in
determining what persons shall hold
Office under the republican administra.
ton, and to get rid of those democrats
who are now holding Office in order
that republicans may get the places
All of the members of this Office trust
which is the name the league should
be known by, are shining lights in thu
party which pretends to favor civil ser
vice reform: What hypocrites thes,
republicans be.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

After press cablegrams from Copeu-
hagen made it useless to further deny,
officials acknowledge that the U. s.
is negotiating for the purchase of the
Danish West India Islands, and that
our Minister to Denmark had made a
final offer of something like SO, 500, 900
for the islands. This offer is, of course,
subject to the ratification of the treaty
providing for the purchase by the Sen-
ate, as we'll as the acceptance of Den
mark. Why there has been so much
official lying about this negotiation,
which has been going on more or less
actively for two years, is one of those
things which it would be difficult to
find q sensible answer for.
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Hon. ALT Taylor.

Hon. ALT Taylor, one of Tennessee's
noted statesmen, has come and gone.
Under the auspices of the Star Y. M.
@, A, management he addressed large
and generally appreciatiye audience
Wednesday night. The managers are
indeed to be congratulated upon secur-
ing the services of such talented and
interesting speaker. 1t was treat
rarely enjoyed by the people of Temple.
We hope that his democratic brother
Bob may excel him when he comes to
Temple. II he does, he can regale him
self in the gratifying consolation that
he is the worthy champion of all that
long list of stars who have entertained
Temple audiences since the birth of the
city.
For an hour and fifteen minutes,
without the loss of q second, this
matchless master of classics and rhe-
toric, with skill and ease, traversed the
mystic wonderland of Poetry and
Pearls" "a genuine master of that
rhythmic realm.
In extolling the many virtues of that
magnificent skeptic, whose spirit has
passed to the everlasting shades won
dering at the possibility of SO many
virtues sinking into one narrow grave;
in classic and beauteous diction and
clearly comprehensive phraseology, he
painted with the touch of master, the
beautiful picture of the Christian world
With irridescenthues he mellowed each
tint. With the gorgeous baldrick Of
the Heavenly sky he gave tone and
color to the jewels of the
deep. He invaded with gentle tread
the realm of woman and demonstrated
with magic words her complete mastery
over man. From the silvery midnight
moon he extracted the fair saffron glow
and placed it in the heart of the opal o.
the Orient. He dipped his brush into
the beautiful red of the western zont
and imported its brightness to the anne
thyst. He took the white light from
the God of Day and with carbon poin
gave to the diamond its er-dyinl
lustre.
! His speech was an inspiration ant
solace; the result of the application
of genius an erudition. A sparkling
gem from the garden of thought owe
men. The fool and the philosophe
for time held sway, but like ignor
ance before genius in evenescent dream
, the fool vanished by the way side ant
the philosopher reigned.
The only criticism of his discourse is
that he like bold Pindar, might hav
worried his audience with the excess o
] his beauties. Such speeches are like
benediction. They drive dull car
away and make men forget the bust
ness world. To be lost for time il
the maizes of dreamland is good
for the soul. A feast for the min,
| is good for the body. If tn
, people could listen to such dissertation
oftener they would be better and thin
more of each other. Who can no
afford to listen when they can get IS. 0
worth for so cents. Taylor's lectur
alone is worth the price of the Who'll
course. Temple (Texas) Haymaker.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

$50, 600, 900. 1t oaffies a reduction Of
more than $40, 100000, and 1t is no Sc
cret that the administration would
rather see the bill hung up in some
way than passed in its present shape,
although Mr., Mckinley will sign it,
of course, if it passes. Nobody need
be surprised to see some parliamentary
skill displayed by administration SEN
ators when the bill gets before the SEN
ate, to bamboozle the public. Per-
haps the republicans will add amend
ments solely to provoke a fight ON the
bill by democratic Senators, Lastly,
there is the decision of the Supreme
Court in those colonial cases. If it bt
an adverse one Mr.. Mckinley will bt
glad to have some other excuse fol
calling Congress together to remed.
his plumbers.
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viii An Extra Session be Called 2

Indications Of another somersault on
the part of the, administration. This
time it is on the question of an extra
session Of Congress. Up to the ad-
iournment for the holiday recess,
''avoid an extra session, if possible"
was the watchword of the administra-
ton, and Senator Hanna used the dan
ger of an extra session as threat to
scare republicans into line, who were
talking opposition to the ship subsidy
bill. Now it is being whispered in ad-
ministration circles that the republi:
cans would welcome an extra session
and be very glad if the opposition would
make it appear to be forced on them
against their will. Some say that this
is being done to prevent Senators Pet
tigrew, Allen and Butler carrying out
their threat to oppose every bill taken
up in the Senate as long as the ship
subsidy bill retains the right of way.
There may, of course, be something in
that; but there are several other reas-
ons why the administration would well
come an extra session, especially if it
can escape the responsibility for SEEM
ing to have had any hand in bringing
it about. First, there is the ship SUBJ
sidy bill. 1t may be possible to force
it through at this session, but it looks
very doubtful now. In the next Con-
gress, the republican majority will be
increased in both House and Senate,
not to mention the retirement of sew
eral of this bills most vigorous oppo-
nents from the Senate, and most of the
new members will be ready to fall over
themselves to do the bidding of the
administration, which will make its
passage much easier. Next, there is
the revenue reduction bill. The out
side limit named by Mr.. Mckinley was
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03
Mayor Summers.

/ see Morristown and Knoxville pa
pers referred to Summers election as q
democratic victory at johnson City. 1t
was, in one respect, but not "Bryan-
ish" democratic triumph. Whether
true or not q expect it was true) it
was currently reported that Summers
said "The times are too favorable to
business and general prosperity to al
low a risk by changing to bad condi-
tions," and voted for Mckinley and
Roosevelt; and being personally un-
usually clever and fine business man,
quite O number of republicans cast
their vote for him.
Their idea was to act on John W.
Forney's recommendation to the re-
publicans of New York. 1t was pend
ing Lincoln's second election in 1868.
At great Cooper Institute meeting,
Forney referred to leading war-demo-
Gratis, then acting with the republican
party, and in his usual off-hand way,
he said: 81 am believer in rewards
and punishments-do you understand
me? I say reward them Herald and
Tribune. CLOSE OBSERVER.
"Close Observer" is very much mis-
taken in his observations this time, or
is deliberately stating what he knows is
not true, we don't know which. Mayor
Summers is a democrat, voted the
democratic ticket and was elected as a
democrat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03
The State Has Money.

The receipts of the state treasury to.
day were $1O1, 731, of which 1913, 4S2. Al
was paid in by the Illinois Central rail.
roadi The next largest amount was
$26, 500 paid in by County Trustee Hart
Of Davidson county, while the trustee
OF Shelby county paid in $4,000. The
county officials have come to time
promptly with the amounts they esti
mated they would have in response to
the query sent out by Comptroller
King, and there is now in hand 1903,
600.
Gov. McMillin went over the figures
with Mr.. King this morning and said;
'The people have paid their taxes
promptly and the trustees and clerks
of courts have collected and RENTED
promptly. As a consequence, the State
will be able to pay the January inter
est and all obligations without delay
and without borrowing money.-Nash-
vile Banner,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

IN seeing that the gospel is preached to
every creature under heaven. These
are some of the problems to be discuss
cd, and We believe the Holy Ghost will
lead to the right solution of all these
questions.
This conference should create new
epoch IN our missionary propagandism
and we believe our Methodism will date
the beginning Of a new era in her for
ward movement. Let constant prayer
be made at our home alters and in all
our churches for this General Mission
airy Conference, aud that tie General
Head of the church may go before us
in the pillar of cloud by day and of fire
by night. In our praying let us not
forget that the Master said. eff We then
being evil know how to give good gifts
unto your children, how much more
shall your Heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to them that ask him. "
And under the inspiration and illumi-
nation of that Divine presence can the
church fail to obey the command: "Pray
We the Lord of the harvest, that he will
send forth laborers into the harvest?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03
To Give Part of Philippines for Jamaica

To Give Part of Philippines for Jamaica.
New York, Jan. IA special to the
Journal and Adytiser says: The Brit
ish colony of Jamaica will be given in
exchange for a fair share of the United
States colony of the Philippines. This
is an international trade which will
probably be the result of the acquisi-
ton by the United States Of the Danish
Antilles.
In official circles it is thought that
Great Britain will not want the island
of Jamaica if the United States acquire
the Danish possessions and the prestige
of Great Britain as commanding the
highway to the Nicaragua canal will
have disappeared. The United States
will not only be able to command the
approach from the east, but will from
its point of vantage control the ocean
east of the Danish Antilles, from the
magnificent base which will undoubt'
eddy be established there. 1t will be
interesting to recall that when the Uni
ted States senate amended the Hay
Pauncefote treaty the British press idef
was that if Great Britain was forced tC
yield there should be compensation tt
Great Britain. What Great Britain
demands will be are not clear. 1t il
understood, however, that she will en-
deayor to haye the modus vivendi Alas
kan boundary made permanent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

Senator Hawley has given advance
notice of his intention to antagonize
the Ship Subsidy bill with the substi-
tute for the house army reorganization
bill, if there is any delay ON the part
of the senate in disposing of the latter.
That is another turn of the legislative
wise that is squeezing Hanna, and in
this case Mr.. Mckinley will not be on
his side, as he is even more anxious for
the army bill to get through than he is
for the ship subsidy bill. One is to pay
campaign debts; the other to keep him
and his administration out of deep
and dangerous hole. He would like to
have both, but if he can only get one,
he will take the army bill without a
moments hesitation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

lesson OF peace on earth, good will to
men, for hath it not been written, and
truly written. "He was born Of the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
PLATE, was crucifed, dead and buried,
He descended into hell, the third day
He rose again from the dead; He as
scended into heaven, and stitch on the
right hand of God the Father al,
mighty?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

Although there isn't the slightest
probability of any formal inquiry or
court martial being ordered by the war
experimentation much explosive mat
ter lying around loose-the charges
made against Col. II. o. s. Heistand,
ABUNDANT General, on the staff OF Gen.
Chaffee, by Maj. E. l.. Hawkes., have
been forwarded to China, where the
accused is, for an answer. The charges
are that Col. HeiStand was guilty Of
conduct unbecoming an officer and
gentleman when herepresented to Maj.
Hawkes., thereby inducing him to invest
money which was subsequently lost,
that combination had been formed by
United States officials who were in po-
sitions to fix the tariff, to control the
hemp output Of the Philippines. The
officials named as having entered this
combination were Adjutant Genera
Corbin, Assistant Secretary Meikleiohn.
Gov. Allen, of Porto Rico, and United
States District Judge Boyd. The
charge recites that after Hawkes. haG
invested his money, he was told by
Heistand that the officials named hat
withdrawn from the combination tt
control the hemp output.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

Greeneville is to have another paper.
W. r. Lyon will establish the Sun this
week. Standing in the Sun light per-
haps Mr.. Lyon can see how it is to b
made financial success. We hope so.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

Two Chicago scientists have discov-
cred that salt will cause persons to live
always, and this after salt had gone
out of sight. Wonder what interest
they have in the salt trustp
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

Some of the German newspapers as
sert that the break in iron prices in
Germany was due to large importa-
tions from the United States.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

The new century is upon us. How
do you like it2
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

II those Chicago scientists are cor
rect in their theory you must put your
trust in salt instead Of the Lord.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

Use Dr. Miles NERVE PLAsTERs for SPINAL
WEAKNESS. All druggists sell 'em for 25c.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-01-03

The Omaha police now travel as the
Grove flies.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-06
SIR CLAUDE MDONALD is IN
HONOLULU.
He is Travelling for Health and Recrea-
Matters For the Time Being.

Sir Claude Mcdonald, who was the
representative of the British Empire at
Peking, during the memorable siege of
a year ago, and who is now British
Ambassador to the Japanese Empire is
registered at the Hawaiian Hotel. Sir
Claude is travelling for his health, and
for the time being, has resigned all af-
fairs of state and problems of a diplo-
matte nature.
1t, is doubtful if anyone had more to
with the wonderful record made by
the handful of Caucasians inside the
Forbidden City duringwhich time they
were beleaguered in the legation COM
pound
When asked regarding the conduct Of
the missionaries in China, a positive
answer could not be obtained. From
his past attitude in regard to these al
legged reformers in the Chinese empire,
1t is safe to assume that the British
diplomat does not entertain a very
strong feeling of affection for him. He
has positively refused to protect such
missionaries as have been accused of
using their position for the increasing
of their temporal wealth and welfare,
especially, when the indications have
been that they were wolves in Sleeps
clothing.
The Russian outlook is not so bad as
some people believe it to be, and as
telegraphiC reports have been inclined
to represent conditions. While the fact
is apparent that Russia is rapidly de-
veloping her Siberian territory, there is
no reason for thinking that she in
tends TO attempt to make additions ia
her territory by demanding a partition
of China.
The Chinese government will pay
such indemnity as may be decided upon
by concert of the powers.
! AS for Ii Hung Chang, Sir Claude
: Mcdonald has the highest respect for
| him, although he is not believed to be
| the ablest man that the Empress Dow
ager could select for the position.
Sir Claude departs for the mainland
, in the morning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-06
WHAT B. T. THINKS OF /.
ACCOUNTS FOR LOW VALUE OF
STOCKS.
Mr.. Dillingham; Prints Long Article
In the New York Commercial He is
Going East

The New York Commercial of May 10
contains a long interview with 3. +.
Dillingham;, in which it is sought 10
show the reasons for The decline in
value of sugar stocks. This is a part
of what he said:
SAN FRANCISCO, May Especially. -
There is intense interest On the Pacific
Coast, and doubtless considerable III TIE
East, over the cause of the present de-
preston in certain Hawaiian sugar
stocks and anxiety for their fIture. The
Commercial has persuaded +. Dbl.
lingham, the best-known capitalist and
planter of Hawaii, to give . brief state
ment of the situation there. Mr. Dill
bingham, who is worth many llilli Ons,
and who is the moving conservative
spirit in Hawaiian enterprises, is here
on his way east. Today he said:
There are certain sugar stocks that
have been declining for some time;
there are others of which the pubic
knows little in which there IS hardly
any speculation on account of their
solidity and high price. Such, for in
stance, is Eva plantation.
Among spectators and investors in
Hawaiian stocks there seems to ;, ave
been curious fright caused by the
drop in Oceanic, and while there ic ne
connection whatever between the
steamship and the sugar stocks, yet |
am told by brokers here that the Ocea-
mic panic was the primary cause of the
decline in our stocks. There may lie
other causes for the fall in specific
companies, as for instance, Hawaiian
Commercial, which was the first to take
tumble. An insight into the history
of this company will give a ready un-
derstanding of why it is now at 90
when not so long ago it stood at 12S."
| He then, using Hawaiian Commercial
as an instance declared that although
it went to $l2S during the boom it was
never worth over $50. In a statement
! that these high prices were very annoy
ing to holders of stock Mr.. Dillingham;
! was probably misquoted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-06
.A FLAG DAY IS CREATED
EXECUTIVE ESTABLISHED ONE
THIS MORNING.
June II Will Hereafter Have a Double
sisnifcance-street and Other Mat
ters Considered.

At the executive meeting this morn
ing it was decided to make June II
Flag Day on account of the fact that
it is the anniversary of date when the
national ensign was adopted, June IA
1776, and also admission day. The sug-
gestion was made by the Acting Cover
nor and was at once concurred in. If
the weather is good on Monday the his
toric flag will be displayed.
Marston Campbell recommended that
part of roads and streets in the
College Hills tract built by private
parties, be accepted.
]. H. Boyd reported a claim from
the Coney Estate for pay for use of
land occupied by the rock crusher. 1t
was recommended that $25 a month be
allowed, and this passed.
Treasurer Wright read a letter from
Sheriff Coney of Kauai, recommending
that the liuuor license now held by F.
Patrick, of Hanalei, be transferred to
T. Blackstad.
The matter of finances, coupled with
that of another special session of the
Legislature, was not touched upon al
all.
The meeting was very long, con-
tinuing from 10 o'clock this morning tc
l this afternoon. There was a great
deal of powwow about many matters
but very little was actually accom-
| plished
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-06
MISLEADING IEL[GRANS
REPORT IN JAPAN OVER THE
FIRE CLAIMS.
Dispatch Published in Tokyo Said That
Congress Had Appropriated $6OO,OOO
To Pay the japanese Claims.

Evidently some one is sending in
correct information regarding the Jap
anese fire claims to Japan. The fol-
lowing, under date of May 14th, was
published in the New Press of Shan
ghai:
"An American telegram has reached
Tokyo stating that the United States
Congress has passed a Bill to Pay $780,,
900 damages to the Japanese Govern
ment in connection with the destruction
by fire of japanese residences in Homo
lulu, as a plague preventive measure,
carried out by the Hawaiian author
tiles two years ago"
In view of the real facts connected
with the case this is rather amusing.
AS a matter of fact the United States
government has declined to take any
part in these claims. An attempt was
made to have Congress take some ac-
tion looking to the compensation of the
Japanese and other fire claims. The
Japanese claims were most strongly
presented After considerable discus
sion it was decided to refer the matter
back to the territory here and let the
compensation come from this source.
Evidently the dispatch to Japan was
sent through some misunderstanding.
1t was probably based upon rumor
which might have started from the
knowledge that the territory of Ha-
waii had decided to take favorable ac-
tion upon the claims.
Thus far the Japanese claims, along
with all others, are in statu quo and
are being considered by the special
court of claims which was appointed
| recently to consider these matters.