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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
SOUTHERN NAVAL STA.
TION.

Washington. Feb 16 The navy
department is considering the advisable
isy of establishing naval station on
Blythe Islapd. Ga, which property was
acquired by the department under pro
Visions of 40 act of congress of lS5!
TIE island is said 10 offer many ad0an
tages as training station for lauds
meu. for target practice aod other
1aval purposes, and it is said could be
pus 10 couditioo by the erection Of a
wharf at en- expense of not more than
S25, 900
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
TIE ASSEMBLY Has AD
JOURNED.

Columbia, Feb 17.-Tbe agony is
over. The end has come. The general
assembly has adjourued sioe die and
the mem bers bave folded their tents
aud more or less silently stolen away to
their respective bones The secoud
aoor of the State house is Ike bsu-
qaee hall deserted. or a last years bird
nest. or something else Of that kind.
aud the janitors and laborers are busily
engaged in clearing away The wreck
aud ruin and litter of the legislative
session
Whca the senate convened at 9
o'clocg the last bills from the eDgrcss
ing department bad Dos been verified
aud 1t vas 10 O'Clock before sbe last
ratification of acts vas had
It vas stased that the delay 10 the
eegrossiDg department vas caused By
Roe fact that 'he special peosiou bill
appre pria,ei $3.50 600 fos pensions,
While the eenesal appropriation bill
gave only 500 O00 Tor pensions. aod
there was doubt ss TO whether the
Increase made 10 the special bill would
be valid
The closiog scenes of the house were
euythiog but ropautic a. 9 O'Clock
5 Light quorum vas present There
vas nothing to be done but wait for
the eogrossing departments to 6aish
copying some of the acts TO be ra,i-
6ed
The attendance on she house the last
swo days vas cot full aud for ehis aod
other obvious reasons the resolutions
relasiog TO the ooOdues Of Hoo JObo
l. McLauriu we're lefs without final
action upon them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
IN RE McLAURIN.

From The State
The muddle in the house over the
resolution proposing to- censure
Senator McLaurin recalls the charge
made against that gentleman that bis
speeches in congress which brought
him into prominence were written
by a man named Dannipg
1t was enormously sent out in dis
patches that Representative Spears
introduced the resolution of censure.
Mr. Spears has since that time re.
ceived the following dated Wash
ington. D G.:
Dear Sir: ENCLOSED fnd clipping
which l cul from our morning paper
l wrote every speech he made in and
out of congress from the first uuiil
Dec 1878, under promise of being
his secretary. ! wrote those two
speeches in the session of 1897
which brought him SO prominently
before the people of South Carolina,
and gained for him the senate He
did uot prepare even one sentence OF
either / furnished him with his
opening speech during his. canvass
and sent him almost daily during its
continuance, matter to use l wrote
his speech before the Charleston
society which be did not deliver on
account of sickness l used to stand
him up 10 corner like school boy
and make him learn his speech
After you people elected him TO the
senate and be thought he had nc
more use for me. he turned me down
and has refused to pay me for my
services. l could not for several
reasons go into court and he has
never settled with me am now
situated SO l can demand my rights
and when the congress adjourns
shall sue him at once Then l viii
show the people of South Carolins
that they sent the wrong man to the
senate Il was ny brains and Nc
Laurin Is brass and audecity don'i
know who is writing bis speeches
now, but it is safe to say tbst it is
some one. Mr. McLsuriu could nc
more sit down and write speech
than he could hy He is simply g
freud from beginning 20 eod, aud the
wonde is,hst as intelligent people
as you ere should send such man
to the senate. If you want TO know
more of him. ] can give it to you
You can use this letter as yon nay
choose
Yours very truly.
n. A Dunnipg.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
FROM COUNT CAssINI.

Washington, Feb l6-Gount
Cassini, the Russian ambassador,
this afternoon received cablegram
from the Russian foreign Office con
frning the report of the issue of the
decree imposing increased duties on
cersain American imports into Russia
and took steps. TO inform the State
department accordingly Il is real
ized that a grave crisis has been
reached in the relations between the
United States and Russia. The i'm
mediate effect of sbe Russian decree,
when II becomes operasive on March
1 will be TO increase by SO per cent
The duties en- American machinery,
steel and iron goods.
The article referred to in the Rus
sian decree are machinery and tools
ofevery kind. manufacturers and pro.
ducts of cast iron and steel Rough
~ stated the United States is said to
have exported goods of this descElp-
ton to Russia last year to the amount
Of about $50, 600, 600 The addition
ESQ Der cent to the duty will, it 10
shought, prove practically prohibi
sory The action taken today means
shat the Russian government will not
concern itself in test case nor await
the issue of such case. However,
there is an expectation that the
American importers of Russlan sugar
will make the fghs 10 their Own
Interest
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20

'.Ezcelsior. an American invention.
which is exclusively used Cor packing
purposes aud 10 the maoufscture OF
bedding aud vAeious other upholstery
uses, is rot. as is generally believed.
made from shavioss.'' said wholesale
dealer ia the material to the writer
recently ''Is is an article Of regular
uanufacture, asd between 35 00O end
40 900 toos Of curling wood fiber are
turned OUT By the eastern and western
lumber mills annually BasswoOd snd
poplar ere the woods used in the pro-
duc,iou. The logs are sawed into
leugths of 18 inches, which is the
Isog.h of fiber OF excelsior These
blocks are split iu halves aud the wood
is properly seasoned Excelsior is rade
of different degrees CT ccs'sepess aud
fneuess of 6ber. In the manufacture q
series of knife points run down in
parallel lioes that are spaced according
TO the Width Of tbe fiber to be made
A following EnRe shoes on Aae "no'0
face of rbe block thus served Tee
6bers curl aod con mIUgle as toe sn'ts
sets them free 40 excelsior macoloe
makes 200 to 300 strokes a mioute.
every stroke cutting CT tier c! hocr
acroes the face of the biccE. Tie usual
commercial package OF excelsior is .
bale weighing aleu-, so poucos Al
whoiesale excelsior sells ii f'ou SO 20
10 $40 too American exceisior is
Exported to Central America, to the
West ladies'. to Eogland apd ether
foreign countries. where several thou
SAID ,ous of fiber is shipped yearly -
Washington Star
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20

France has increased ooly Il 600 :
600 i:. population during the last 100
years.
A mioe disaster at Victoria. British
Columbis. caused tae death Of sixty
meu on Feb Is.
The saloon keepers Of Louisville baVe
proposed to form beer trust of their
Own
An oil lake il tee Gulf of Mexico,
one mile aud a half 10 diameter, IS
said TO baye been discovered of Sabine
Pass
Chicago is proud OF her capacity to
copsunc l 700, 900 barrels of beer a
year But toe Chicago water iso't
very paIstsble The principal use
foppd for it is 20 & ,as boats AID make
beer -W'In;ag,on Star.
Hon ". J. Talbert has positively
decided TO be a candidate for gever' or
&c the next e!ec,ioo. THIS will leave a
cacanoy 10 congress which shcu be
6lled hy 40 Aiken County man =
Aiken Recorder.
The Southera Manufacturing Coon
paoy of Richmood. Va shipped lOo
cars of Good Luck Baking Powder IN
one solid trsio 90 Feb is, making the
larges, shipment ever made
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
Justice Brewers Latest.

Justice Brewer is happy he has
a new story. He looks like an
.4tbenian sage Wisdom and justice
radiate from his classic llneamen's
inside be has fountain of fun and
he is never so happy ae when he gets
a Joke on his colleagues of toe
supreme court. This time be has
them all and is making the best of it
When one of the justices of the
supreme court goes on the circuit il
is customary for the marshall of the
district 10 which be is sitting TO pay
his travelling expenses aod hotel bills
and TO furnish him with carriage
whenever he needs one This pFac
lice dates back Indefinitely and there
fore certain distinguished member
Of the court was surprised the other
day to receive bill of $50 for livery
hire at a certain place where he had
recently been sitting on the court OF
appeals He forwarded the bill to
the United States marshal "a new
appointment) for that district, who
explained that the comptroller of the
treasury had refused to allow it on
the ground that there was no appro
priation to pay carriage hire for jossi-
ces As no objection bad ever been
made before an inquiry was institut
ed, which resulted 10 the painful dis
covery that the country had for years
been paying the travelling expenses
Of the honorable justices of the
supreme court out of the funds pro
vided by congress ,''fOr the trans.
portation of criminals y
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
KITCHENER IN THE FIELD.

London. Feb ls-A dispatch TO
TIE Dsily Telegraph from DsAar,
dated Feb 1e, eouirms she report OF
the arrival there of Lord Kitchener aud
his staff to superinteud the chase ct
General DsWes. The correspondent
says:
"DeWe.'s force is nov denuded Of
almost ell transport vehicles, AID hls
horses sre exhausted" I"
Other South African dispatches
report that several columns are pnrsu
ing Ger DeWes, whose exact where
abouts. however. is not indicated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
Charlotte, N. c.. Feb 10 -Four

Charlotte, n. G.. Feb 16.-FouF
hundrsud and City Thousand spiodles
gere represented at the meeting Of the
Southern Cotton Spinpe's' association
held 10 this city today The ueetiog
vss cslled for che express purpose OF
eGecsiog curtsilDens 10 the produo-
SION of cotton yarns and the result ls
,thss for four mouths from March / tbe
nroduction will be reduced very coosid-
assbly. This will be brought about By
- shus down Of nighs WORK.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
No Fight Today.

Bulle,ia-CiDoioDa,i, Feb IA
Judge Ho!lis'er today granted per
usoeoS injaactlop acsioss 'ae Jefeles
Rubl,u boxing con,cs: planned to BE-
held 10 Sspgerless hall tomorrow night
The case will be carried to the circnl'
and supreme court and the contest will
be postponed eotil 6uai decision j:
reached 10 the higher ce1rta.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
Kitchener on DeWet. and
Vice Versa.

Kitchener is reported 20 have aaid
.,Glve me one man like DeWet, aDd |
will send bone oae third Of the army "
And DeWes is quoted as having spokeo
as follows 'sT will give Lord Roberts
three years to catch me. I will give
Kitchener three months and Lard
Methueu all bis life. The Worlds
Works.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
EAT POISONED BEEF.

oeo,raiis. Ills. Feb Il H ".
Schmidt. superintendent Of the Illinois
Southeru road, died at Sparta today.
Els son. Harry. died Saturday night.
and Mrs Schmidt is not expected 70
live Il is supposed the family vas
poisoned by eating canned beef
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20

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NOTE: In addition 10 the above service
trains Nos. Is and is run daily between Charles
sleeping cars. No Is leave Charleston II 30 p
NJ. arrive Co!ulnbia 600 a. m. No. l6 leave
Columbia / 80 a. NJ; arrive Charleston :CO e. e.
nj. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy al at s:Ou
trains make close connections Ut Columbia
with through trains between Florida points
and Washington and the east. Conneetlon ;,s!
with trains Nos 81 and 81 New York and sior'
gusta. No 81 leaves Blackville at S:4S a.. m: |;
Aiken O. 20 a. n. Augusta 1919 q. m. No 81
leaves Augusta $50 2. M; AiSen 10 2; nn; M, ;
sleerers between Augusta, Aiken and New
York. Trains Nos. 6 and II carry Elegant Pull
man Parlor Gers between Charleston. summer
vile and Columbia, connecting at Columola
with the Famous New York and Florida LIN
+a3
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20

There seems to be serious trouble IN
Buba Pest among the tailoring classeS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-11
BUDWEISER IND THE STEEL STRIKE

I hat cnust finished reading a long
personal letter uf mein olt frendt Helm
rich Shafer aboudt der steel strike. Id
would be unbecomingly to me dit 1 gift
oudt der contents uf dot letter to der
public as id ISIS simply der private ex-
pressioning uf der president uf der Anal
gamationed Orter of Steel Workers
union in der Unided SHADES uf Nord
Amerika ind Philli Pinochle Islants und
not Vot he might say to der rank und
flers. Dare ISIS, howefer, few extract
ers uf his letter vich l might mention
mitoudt violationing der kinfidence uf
mein friendt Heinrich. He goes on to
say nit great fuently, II rekret dot i'd
ISIS a fact dot We are forced to mage
some strikings ven i'd iss against mein
own visnes in der matter. I can fore
seen der vide spread ruin und desolation-
ing vich i'd will habben on Vail streedt
und Drexel boulevard ven I gif me der
word to commence NIT der strike. Efen
now a thrill uf emotioning vich 1 can
nod feel goes Offer me ven 1 think me
aboudt J. Beirbottle Morkan Gaming
home at der night time nit hees dinner
bucket full nit embtiness und throwing
himself YEARLY down on der latest i'm
ported Anoka rug und saying, "Mutter,
l am oudt uf a chob. Der boys hat all
mate some strikings und We will now har
to gif ub our leedle home und lif in
palace. 1 am a ruined man uf Id keebs
ub. Dare ISIS holdings left to do to me
bud money und nodding to eat bud
pumpernickel und scnmearcase. Led us
chump on our automobupple under mage
our escape
''Efen so Id ISIS nit Marg Hanna.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-11
ECUADOR AT THE EXPO.
South American Republics Building
Formally Transferred.

tOrmally transferred.
BUFFALO, Aug. 1O.-Ecuador's hand
some building at the Pan-American eX-
position was formally transferred to the
exposition company today, the anniver-
sary of the birth Of that republic. Many
Of the foreign and state commissioners
were present. The ceremonies began with
an address by Senior Don Luis Felipe Car
DO, minister of Ecuador at Washington
In concluding his remarks, Senior Carlo
said:
THE representatives. of Ecuador have
her doors open to The Commerce of the
world. A plan is being made to unite
Guatala, our most important seaport, TO
Qulnto. Our country Is at the disposition
OF any one wishing to make investment
or capital in the most important business
enterprises. The Pan-American EXPOSE
tlon has been called to make closer tho
union and Characterization of the coun-
tries of the continent. The congress at
Mexico will complete this civilization
work, proclaiming arbitration as the best
means to settle diScord and promoting
commerce by means of wise treaties, en-
couraging navigation and prepa ring us to
carry out in the near future the general
desire Of the whole continent, which Is
means of an international convention. by
means of which the hemisphere of the
americas will derive incompatible bene-
Director General Buchanan responded
accepting the building.
President Milburn, of the exposition:
Judge Buckner, Of Kentucky, and others
The Ecuador building. while not as
large as that Of Chile. Is the most typical
Latin-American building as far as arch
ltecture is concerned. following more than
any other the general South America
style.
1t contains 4 selection of products rep
resenting fully her natural and artificial
resources.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-11

feel me SO sorrowfu1 for Marg. Yust
ven he thought he hat der nomination.
ing for der Presidency sewed ub tight in
der watch pocketshe goes aroundt der
corner to take Id oudt und loog ad Id
Vonce more to be sure Aboudt i'd, he finds
oudt dot he has been touched und dot
he viii hat to go back to his olt chob uf
Clubbing coupons for living Marg. could
seddle der striker bitzness, bud vot iss
der us, aindt id?dUf he decisions in ia
Vor uf der men der macknaters in Vail
streedt will say: You are a cheater,"
und dey will pass him ub or throw him
down vich efer Won he would lige best.
Uf he decisions in favor uf der steel
trusters den der men will say: "Marg,
your geese ISIS cooked. Id images us feel
bad ven We dink aboudt vot We are going
to dit to you uf you shouldt mage some
runnings for president. Den Marg Will
lock himselluf in und say some hard
words nit himselluf vich Id would be
ferry indecently for me to repeat"
Heinrich goes On ad a greater length
und Winds ub by asking me for a leedle
advice. He set Id vos urchently dot 1
should communication nit him quickly
so In orter to dit so 1 mate juse uf der
wireless skystem und sendet him der fol-
lowing cablegram, vich will explanation
idself:
To Heinrich Shafer,
Biffalo BY Der Falls,
Me York
Letter received. Undoubtingly you hat
a skinch. Schwing ad dem nit der ace
und lead dem oudt uf trumps
-Budweiser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-11
LABOR NOTES.

Inc Following unions hold meetings in
Assembly hail Monday night: Building
Trades council, BARRIERS, Leather Work
ers', Ihilors', Furriersr and Stonecut-
ters', special.
The reduction of the Initiation fee for
the Painters union will hold good onlv
until Sept
Fort Wayne, Ind, has a lady organizer
MARIA y. Go line, yet many lady mem
pers OF union organizations in st. Paul
are AFRAID to have their names appear In
labor.
A Woman's Union Label league has
been formed at Amsterdam N. Y. with
nearly 100 charter members. -,
,,, Painters at Corning. N. Y. secured the
hlne3hour day and an increase of 5 cents
per hour without strike.
Maehinists of Bradford Pa. have com
promised on the ffty-hve-hour week. with
saturday afternoon off, provided thev
snow their ability to enforce the same
Mitnln sixty days in three-fourths Of the
shops in the oil country.
Retail clerks at Mt. Carmel Pa have
been successful in the early closing move
City.
+ stonecutters at Pittsburg, Pa, after a
strike Of three weeks, have persuaded
me contractors to agree to a rigid en-
torcement of the eight-hour day and an
increase of wages from As cents 10 80
cents.
Since the victory accomplished by the
Machinists in New Orleans the Black
smiths and Blaeksmiths' Helpers have Sc
G ~ Gu the nlne-hour day and an advance
Makers. -
Inc Federal Labor union of Quincy. Ill,
secured e1 an increase in wages from ST. so
TO $l.75 and 81, after being on strike onlv
ma half day: All the city work which is
ieI by contract must be done by union
labor, and a bid from an unfair con-
tractor will not be accepted. County
board of supervisors also EMPLOY union
men for all of their work
The board of education in Akron. Ohio.
at IT'S June meeting, adopted a sresolu
Ion Ion presented by the Allied Printing
Trades council, requiring that all printing
Tor the board bear the union label. and
that school books bearing the union Ia
De! should receive the preference, other
Things being equal.
Inc fight between the Master Plumb
eTS association and the independent
plumbers of MINNEAPOLIS which resulted
IN dragging the journeymens union into
the affair, has been the talk of the week
IN Journeymen circles. The union men
nave stood by the master plumbers and
nave declined to offer any aid to the Sc
ceders The action of the executive COM
mlttee, giving the seeding companies the
privilege of hiring non-union workmen.
mas been repudiated by the Trades and
Labor council and the latter declare that
union men should be called off from work
where nom union men are employed
should this order be obeyed no union
ployes of the outside concerns are en-
gagged. The seeding members do not an
tlcipate any trouble with carrying on
their work, however.