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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-29

The least in quantity ana most In
quality describes De Witt Lutte Early
Risers. the famous pills for eonstip2 ton
and liver complaints. Il. King Drug
Co., BObbitt Drug 20.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01
Nottingham District.
PiscataWay District.

Briscoe, Thos-20 acres and imps;
see W H No % folio II; state and coun-
ty taxes, int and and costs. 4 80
Blake and Mckibben-Bryans Point,
100 acres, Fish Landing and imps; state
and county taxes, int and costs. A 66
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01

NOTICE is hereby given, that the fol
~ lowing Tax or Taxes, Interest
and Penalties, due to Prince Georges
County and the State of Maryland, are in
default, and unless the same, with cost OF
sale accrued and to accrue to day of sale,
chargeable upon the respective pieces OF
real estate hereinafter mentioned, be
paid before the First Monday of March,
in this year, Nineteen Hundred and One,
by the person or persons bound To pay
the same, the undersigned, Treasurer of
Prince Georges County, will, on the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01
BrandyWine District.

Carrico, Virginia G-223 1-2 acres
and imp: see W b "a folio $50: state
and county taxes, int and costs. 40 90
Edelen, Marga garetE Pleasant Springs
$50 acres and imp; see W A l foio 50:
state and county taxes, int and costs
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01
Aquasco District

Butler, Bettie-3 acres and imp near
Woodville; state and county taxes, int
and costs. Observation-Disclosures. "
Compton, Frank-24 acres and imp;
see W 20 folio 67S: state and county
taxes, int and costs. s.............} 80 %
Douglass, Mary J-lot in Woodville,
and imp; state and county taxes, int
and costs. ......... .............:} -
Douglass, Lydia-l acre and imp
state and county taxes, int and costs
II .
Douglass, RObt-Black Boat Manor
and imp; state and county taxes, int
and costs ....,3 ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01
Marlboro District.

Byrnes; Margaret Mot in Marl-
boro and imp and Meadow lot; see J W
No 5, folio $50; state and county tax
es, int and costs. s...................9 g -
Brown, Lewis-64 acres near Rosary
vile and imp; see W Al No l, folio 2SS:
state and county taxes int and costs. 4 o.
Cage, Emma j acre near Groom;
Equity No 1921; state and county taxes
int and costs. 4 80
Diggs, Geo r, Jr-2 acres and imps:
state and county taxes, int and costs
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01
P rnLrc TAX SALE

REAL EsTArE.
IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MD
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-01

CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.)
The times., 1901-05-05
COLONEL WILSON RETIRED.
The Necessary order Issued by Sec
retary Root Yesterday.

The announcement of the retirement OF
Col. Charles I. Wilson. Assistant Pay
master General of the Army, was an
nounced yesterday. Colonel Wilson had
served for nearly forty years and Seere-
tary Root made known the retirement In
the following order;
BY direction of the Secretary OF War,
the retirement from active service by the
President, May 3. 1901. of Col Charles l.
Wilson, Assistant Paymaster General, u
s. A. by operation Of law, under the pro-
visions of the act of Congress approved
June 30 1SS2 is announced. Colonel VII
son will proceed to his home.
Colonel Wilson was born in the District
of Columbia and was appointed from New
York assistant surgeon in the army on
May Is, 1S61 He attained the rank of cap
tain in the Medical Department on May
IS. 1850. and was appointed a captain in
the Sixteenth Infantry or January %. 1851
He was assigned to the Fourteenth Infan-
try on December 10. 1870. On March he
was appointed a major in the Pay Depart
ment and was promoted to the rank OF
lieutenant colonel on June 10. 1898 He
became a colonel and assistant paymaster
general on July Il, 1899
Colonel Wilson was brevetted captain
March 13. 1865, for ''merftorious and dis
tinguished service in the battles Of Todd's
Tavern and Yellow Tavern. Va" On the
same day he received the brevet rank OF
major for highly meritorfous and dis
tinguished services in his department in
twelve engagements in the Shenandoah
Valley. Va.
The times., 1901-05-05
WELCOMED IN THE WEST.
Chicago Greatly Pleased Over the
stock Market Reaction.

CHICAGO, May 4-Nearly every large
stock operator of Chicago is now in New
York City; but Chicago. in its stock trad
ing, represents the entire West, incIud-
ing St. Paul, Minneapolis, st. Louis, ON
aha, Denver. Kansas City. and the inter-
mediate points. All these communities
have gone stock-market crazy. Some of.
the leading houses here, representing
these points as well as commanding the
rich trade of this city, estimate that Chi
cago has been sending fully one-third OF
the orders executed on the New York
exchange.
Chicago itself, however, has during the
past week indulged freely in protit-taking
and many persons have withdrawn from
the market, in fear that the speculation
has been overplayed. Some of the best
brokerage houses have been urgently adj
vising clients to reduce their lines of
stocks. They have doubled their require
ments Of margins on all purchases, and
some have even gone SO far as To refuse
all buying orders for certain stocks the
course of which has been erratic, render
ing them too dangerous to handle on al
most any margin. Especially since the
stock exchange moved Its quarters in New
York, the facilities fer transmitting and
reporting orders have been seriously ha-
Iassed, and this condition of affairs has,
to a large extent, encouraged brokers who
are carrying large amounts of securities
for their customers to force curtaifment
of their lines. Nobody can be found here
today, however, who believes in very
much lower prices, though they regard
the break of the past two days good
thing. They have hitherto argued that
the market might even go higher on good
stocks, but yet they are afraid of it, and
especially fear TO carry a large volume
of stocks which might embarrass them
u a really seriOus setback occurred.
The times., 1901-05-05
AN EXPLANATION BY CANADA.
Defence of the Dominion Authorities
Ia the Ajax Affair

The Canadian Government through the
British Embassy. has explained to the
State Department that the American tug
Ajax was seized BY the Canadian authori-
ties because the vessel was engaged In
wreckiug operations In waters not con-
tiguous to the United States.
An agreement between the United States
and Canada, proclaimed in 1898. provided
that vessels of the United States might
engage in salvage operations in Canadian
waters contiguous to- the United States
and that Canadian vessels should have
the same privilege In contiguous Ameri-
can waters.
1t is believed that the State Depart
ment is prepared to admit the Canadian
contention that Rayuer Bay. where the
seizure was made. is not within the def
milton of waters contiguous 70 the United
States. it being more than hundred
miles from the international boundary
In considering the matter the depart
ment has had in mind the insisteucs that
Rayner Bay being contiguous TO United
States territory would permit Canadian
vessels to engage in unrestricted salvage
operations on the coast Of Washington
Before sending the Ajax TO Rayner Bay
the Moran Bros. made enquiries OF the
Treasury Department as to their right
to Salve in Canadian waters and were
led to believe that they would not be viO-
lating any law on account of the agree
ment proclaimed in 1895. IN view of this
understa nding 1t Is likely that the Ca
madam Government will not ConhScatc
the Ajax or impose fine. It Is said that
the Morans can be prosecuted on the ad
ditionaf charge Of bringing foreign con-
tract labor into Canadian territory, the
crew of the Ajax being American citizens.
The times., 1901-05-05
BOSTON AND THE BOOM
Stock Market Long Distrusted by
New England FinancIers.

BOSTON, May 4-The turn-about in the
stock market caused much gossip after
the close of the board. Most brokers de-
clared that it was good thing that the
reaction had come at last; that a few
more days of the unlimited bullishness
would have made a serious condition The
general opinion on State Street last night
was that the climax of over-booming has
been reached. Attention was called to
the fact that in the last few days the
Wall Street tactics in the railroad share
have been employed bere in the copper
properties, and that while Amatgamated
Montana, and Butte We're neglected, COM
paratively with a declining tendency
other stocks, notably those of the South
Range group. have had skyrocket ad-
vances First Trimountain and later Mo-
hawk and Wolverine have been conspic-
uous for this sort of thing on the sone-
what hazy idea that the Amalgamated
will endeavor to combine them next, after
it finishes with the Montana and the
Butte. This crazy trading. advancing
stocks s., $40. or $12 per day, without any
reference to dividend ability. was bound
to hurt the market, and the decline Of
yesterday was greeted with undisguised
pleasure by everybody, save the few
buyers on margin at top prices.
AS for the New York market, Boston has
felt for some time that the wild trading
reflected more the rush of country buyers,
that is of people from cities outside of
New York the class which always waits TO
buy on top of a rise, which doubts a bull
movement until 1t is about through. and
then throws prudence to the winds in its
rush to buy anything and everything.
Nest Boston houses with Wall Street con-
nections have kept their customers well
informed and the losses here from the de-
cline are comparatively slight.
The times., 1901-05-05
ClrcnIation statement.
The Jacksonville Ftre.

As fuller information comes to us II be-
comes evident that the fire which swept
over the city of Jacksonville, Florida,
on Friday was much more disastrous
than at first reported. The money loss,
ii is thought, may reach fifteen mil
lion dollars, and it is estimated that
ten thousand people are homeless.
This is a subject which ought to oc-
cupy the minds of our prosperous and
happy people as they join one another
in praise and prayer today. No such
fearful calamity has fallen upon any
American city, Galveston excepted, in
recent years; and it is to be feared
that the need for a national help
movement will be almost as urgent liz
this as in the other case. We are ad-
vised that call for aid is contem-
plated, and il may be issued today.
When 1t comes it will be responded to
in the true American spirit. In Eu
rope it is said that we are a sordid,
grasping, worshipping nation
Perhaps we are; but the history of our
costly efforts To aid in the Irish, Rus
sian. and Indian famines do not sup
port the theory very we'll There was
no niggardly spirit manifested by the
American people of all classes, includ-
ing our wealthiest capitalists and our
poorest day Iaborers. in going TO the
relief OF the Chicago fire sufferers or
the stricken inhabitants of Galveston.
The people of Jacksonville may be sure
that their appeal viii not go unheeded.
The times., 1901-05-05
INSTRUCTION FOR TROOPS.
General Miles Orders for the Cav
airy and Artillery Schools

Orders have just been issued by Lieu
tenant General Miles promuigating regG-
lations for the cavalry and field artillery
school for the present year. 1t Is provided
that the school shall consist Of such num-
Der of squadrons of cavalry not exceed
ing three: such number of batteries of
field artillery not exceeding five and such
other officers and enlisted men. as may be
there assigned for instruction and the
troops of each arm shall constitute a sub
school of practice.
The post and school shall at all times
be governed by the rules and discipline
prescribed for all military posts, and by
the regulations OF the school, and in mat
ters pertaining to the course of instruc-
tior shall be under the immediate control
of the commanding general of the army.
The Cavalry and Field Artillery School
shall be subject to inspection by the de-
partment commander. and In emergencies
the troops belonging TO the school shall
also be subject to his orders.
The course of instruction shall be COM
pIete each year. commencing January 10
and ending December 20.
Preparatory to the work of instruction
In each year the school staff shall con-
slider and adopt a full scheme for the
course of instruction to be followed that
year for the sub-schools and for the
school of both arms combined.
The sub-school of cavalry shall consist
of the cavalry troops present and the sub
school of artillery shall consist of the
artillery command and sub-post-
The object of this school is TO train Of
ffcers and enlisted men in drill, and all
the duties of field service, and 10 develop
d school of gunuery for field artillery.
A school of gunnery for the special
training of gunners for the field artil-
lery shall be esta blished. and one or more
competent officers selected by the COM
mandant. not belonging to any battery
stationed at the post, shall be detailed
to conduct it,
The course of field exercises and COM
bined maneuvres for the cavalry and field
artillery school. Fort Riley. Kan, is to
consist of cavalry patrols. to be sent out
on different roads under non-commission-
ed officers: cavalry reconnaissance. ad-
vance and rear guards, and outpost duty;
attack and defence, cavalry and artil-
Iery to defend a position against attack
by cavalry and artillery; defence and pas
sage of defles and streams; demolition Of
hasty intreHchmeuts; passage OF streams
and experimental and forced marches
The times., 1901-05-05
THE VIRGINIA CMPAIGN.
SwansOn's Forces Gain Decisive
Victory I'm Richmond.

RICHMOND Va. May 4-Representa-
tive Claude A. Swanson. one of the Demo-
cratic candidates for the nomination for
Governor. is elated over the victory of his
forces IN the City Democratic Committee
last night. His plan provided for minority
representation in all the wards, while
that of Montague was TO give the candi-
date receiving the highest number of
votes the right to name the delegates in
each ward.
The four candidates for goveruorship-
Claude A. Swanson, Andrew ]. Montague.
r. C. Marshall. and Edward Echols-were
here today. All are making a fight 10 get
Richmond delegates. Swanson's county
sends thirty-eight delegates, and IL is
said that he will control their votes He
is exceedingly popular in southside Vir-
ginia.
Attorney General Montague is not at an
downcast over the result of the fight over
plan in the City Committee last night.
Il am not at all surprised at the re-
suit" said he. Il was prepared for it
and hardly hoped for anything else II the
committees of the counties and cities all
throw me down by making plans favor
able to my opponents l shall still be a
candidate for Governor. I am not relying
SO much upon committees for my sue
cess as upon the votes of the people The
Office of Governor belongs to the people,
and it is before them that l am making
my fight. / am not only not at all dis
cOuraged, but on the other hand I be-
lieve my prospects of success are bright
ening every day
The. gubernatoriaI convention will be
held in Norfolk, August II. Many of the
counties will have precinct meetings next
week to select delegates. The people Of
Eastern Shore, Va, want Marshall for
Governor. because he Is resident OF
Portsmouth: the people of southwest Vir-
ginia want Echols. because he is one of
the political leaders in that section. but
the two candidates who are thought to
stand the best chances of being elected
are Swanson and Montague. These two
political leaders are from the Black Belt
section of the State, and both are resi-
dents of Danville.
opponent in the next election. 5. l..
Kelley, well-knOwn young lawyer of the
firm of Kelley Sc Edwards, will oppose
him.
Senator John W. Daniel has been quoted
as saying that he does not desire to pre-
side over the constitutional convention.
and will not be candidate for the honor.
The following gentlemen, however, are
mentioned for the place: Hon. Eugene
Withers, State Senator from Pittsylvania
County: Hon John Goode, of Bedford
City, and w. A. Anderson.
Hon. j. Taylor EIIyson. Chairman of the
State Democratic Committee. is being en-
dorsed in many sections of the State for
reelection.
The times., 1901-05-05
r.tbuian Canal snecn1a,ion.

Perhaps it is not unnatural that
spectators should buy up property at
advantageous points along the line of
the proposed Nicaragua Canal. The in
stinct of acquisitiveness has made peo-
pie DO that sort Of thing from the
time that Noah found dry land. It does
not follow, however, that the American
Government and people should be made
to suffer by reason of the speculation.
IL there is any serious purpose enter
tanned by the Administration 10 change
frent and adopt the Nicaragua route, of
course We can understand the necessity
of Sending In its next friends TO pick
up what there is in posse, in the way
of stations. townsites. and so on. But.
if the investment in such probable
points Of vantage is made by rank out
siesrs. every instinct of patriotism and
Of Business admonishes us to defeat so
obaexious design.
This can easily be done by the Gov
ernment taking a lease of whatever
strip of territory may be necessary for
canal purposes. leaving to the States of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica the task
Of settling with the spectators. AS
above hinted, it is likely that if the
Hanna combination really expects to
adopt the Nicaragua route, and is only
deluding the public in coquetting with
the Panama corporation. the townsite
investors ultimately viii be found TO.
represent the exploiting syndicate, in
which case they viii have to be paid
rGValiv for their rrevision We have
seen such things before.
AS far as we can Judge. there is no
room for doubt that President McKin-
ley's purpose is, if possible, to make his
second term memorable for the accom-
plishment of great things for his coun-
try. He could not better promote such
8 design than to join with the Amer
Jean people in their aspiration 10 have
Rn exclusively American canal TO con-
meet their Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Before his return to Washington Mr.
Mckinley Will know how thoroughly
the masses Of this country resent the
stupid and inexcusable interference of
England in our canal policy. II he
wishes 10 pass into history as one Of
the greatest Of American Presidents
he has a great opportunity before him.
All he needs TO do is TO take the side
Of the people against the Panama Canal
Job ana use his potent influence with
Congress TO secure for the country an
American Nicaragua Canal. Is it prob
able that he win take that course?
Hardly The Panama interest, we fear,
e. stronger than the President.
The times., 1901-05-05
HALT IN THE IRON MARKET.
Many Buyers Out of the Market, But
Mills Refuse Orders.

PHILADELPHIA May 4-The iron and
steel trade throughout the country HAS
fallen off still more this week, because Of
over-supplied conditions. Buyers appear
To have suddenly come TO realize that they
are in danger of overriding. Rumors are
rife concerning alleged concessions to Sc
cure autumn business, but there are no
grounds for them except as 10 Southern
pig iron The feeling of alarm over pos
sibIe reaction has locked up no small
amount of business. Buyers viii hold OFT
until they see how the market stands it.
The suspicion that crude iron VIII weaken
in sympathy with ore seems not without
probability The furnaces and mills are
everywhere oversold as far as owners care
TO commit themselves. Two exceptions to
the general situation are sheets ard mer-
chant steel and pipe orders. for these are
abundant SkeIp mills also report large
orders within two lays. Plate and sttuc-
tIIraI material cannot be shaded. as Is
proven by turning down of large orders
this week a concessions. the mills being
ron far oversoId to make additional busi-
ness any object. Line pipe orders exceed
all capacity and an advance = Imminent
on urgent buyers.
Steel rail makers in some instances are
practically out OF the market. and yet eX-
tensiye requirements are still uncovered.
BflletS are $24u25 at mill. and hdru 10
get Bessemer pig SIC. and output short
Steel bars ia minimum. Boiler plate
very active Coke capacity is TO be ex-
panded in the Connellsville region and at
other points TO meet an unprecedented de-
mand All haste is being made TO put
new coal mines into position to ship coal
by August Urgent enquiries for light
rails and girder rails this week nave been
hung up. There are pressing orders for
equipment in shape of stationary steam
and gas engines, electrical machinery,
machine tools cranes. presses. screw ma
chinery betting, mining equipment. saw
mill machinery. and heavy foundry work.
The times., 1901-05-05

ing to track him. When the jamestown
Colony was fairly established it spread
over the Southern States; when the
English and Dutch settlements grew
large, they sent couriers to the west
ward: New England outgrew Its re-
sources so fast that there are more
or less remote descendants of Plymouth
colonists scattered over every western
State and almost every county, city,
and town in every State. In thus colo
nizing an immense and almost unin-
hahited territory, the American was
a constant and alert fighter. He had
to be his own general, and on the
goodness of his generalship depended
the safety of his scalp and generally
the lives of his wife and children
Hence. not only did the survivors of
this stern discipline become alert, de-
cided. and resourceful men, familiar
with nature in all her phases. but those
who did not come up to the mark We're
summarily killed off.
1t was not always the Indian or the
outlaw whom the pioneer had to fear.
Sometimes it was savage animals
Even after he had secured himself
against marauders in human or brute
form there still remained the fearful
vitality of nature He had the blizzard
to guard against, the sandstorm, the
drought the insect plaques, the ter
rors Of loneliness. and homesickness,
and the fear of failure. All these
things made him resolute and thought
full. and gave him, in time. a strange
comradeship with the nature which
was his enemy. He knew her moods.
His feeling and knowledge have in
some measure been inherited by his
descendants, and in about nine out of
ten cases the American of today, who
has been on the soil for three genera
tions, likes TO get into the woods. He
has the instinct of the tracker If he
does not shoot or fish. or trap animals,
he is a naturalist, and botanizes, or
studies biology and bacteriology and
ornithology-any sort of thing that will
lead him out of doors, on the hunt for
new things. If he does none of these
things he takes to the camera, He
does not know why. but it is in him
to pursue a hidden foe, or hidden prey,
through strange country. The instinct
is as strong as that of a Gagged monkey,
born in captivity, which shrinks chat
tering and shrieking from a pretzel on
the floor of its cage. because the thing
looks like that coiled up snake which
the monkey has never seen. A kitten
still unsteady on its legs will arch its
back and express its baby opinion of
a dog. So the American, though born
in the city, takes to the woods with
an avidity which has put that phrase
into our dictionary OF national slang.