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The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-22

ris who figured in the colonial wars. A
James Harris and his wife Sarah in
the seventeenth century were friends OF
Owaneco, a Michigan sachem, from
whom they had large tracts of land ON
or near the Connecticut river. The
successors OF Owaneco were also lavish
in grants of land, and James and Sarah
Harris soon became large landholders.
Many grants and transfers of land are
found on record; sometimes in the
name of Sarah Harris, by consent OF
her husband, James Harris" and some
times In the name of James Harris"
They are dated about he beginning OF
the eighteenth century.
The American JOhnsons.
Many of the first settlers of New
England were Johnsons. John johnson
was one emigrant ancestor and Will
liam Johnson another American ances-
tor of one branch Of the family He
settled in Charleston, Mass, in 1884.
and was asslgned~a house lot of two
acres and an allotment of ten acres IN
the Great Corn Field" and had three
rights in the cow common"
One of the name was a blacksmith,
and 1t is interesting in this connec-
ton to learn that this trade. in %
lonial times, was considered the high
est one of the mechanical arts. AL
most any one could use the saw, au-
CUR and help frame house or barn.
but only skilled workman could weld
and temper iron and steel. A lot was
set apart for the blacksmith. as well
as the minister, who were considered
the dignitaries of a town. One of
the most distinguished of the family
was Rev. Samuel Johnson, first pres
ident of Kings College, New York. He
was born at Guilford, Conn, about
the end of the seventeenth century.
Among the forty-eight original pur-
chasers of towns in certain parts OF
Ohio were James and Daniel johnson.
They came from Salisbury township
Conn. James subscribed $4,000 and
was allotted 1914 acres in the town
ship named for him-Johnson. The
Johnsons figured in colonial wars and
in the revolution. James and Ephriam
Johnson were at Bunker Hill; James
and Ebenezer were three-year men.
enlisted in 1777.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-22

blesome that his family sent him to
Egypt, where he married Scotia. To es-
cape from the plaques of which we
read in the Bible, Gathelus and Scotia,
with a large number of Greeks and
Egyptians, put to sea, and finally land
ed in what is now Scotland. thus nam
ed in honor of Pharaoh's daughter.
In this country the name Is common
In the Southwest and Northwest. Rich
ard Scott is regarded in genealogical
parlance as the "emigrant ancestor,
or the Settler" the pilgrim" or
Richard of the first generation" He
and three brothers who came over in
the seventeenth century, settling In
Boston, Newport and Providence, are
regarded as the progenitors OF the
American family of SCOTS.
The Learned Clark Family.
The name of Clark, in its various
forms of Clark, Clarke, Clerk, Clerke,
Clarkson and Clarkwell, is of great an
tiquty, having been used in Great
Britain long before the Norman con-
quest. In the Doomsday book Clerke
was Glorious lie Clerk is the form in
the "One Hundred Rolls" compiled in
the reign of Edward /. This was
record of those who owned lands in
the time of William the Conquerer, for
which lands some paid money some
Bneep some mems ana SOIne btTNice dS
soldiers" The name meant learned
person-one who could read and write
ancient and mediavel lore. II was con-
sidered so honorable that many chang
ed their names to Clark; hence its
present frequency. Tradition has it
that, though of Anglo-Saxon extrac-
ton, the family became connected by
marriages with the descendants Of Jo-
seph OF Arimathoa-
The Clarks were related to the noble
family of Gordons in Scotland. to Sir
Richard Saltonstall, to the artist Cop
ley, and many other distinguished peo-
pie. It is related of one feminine MEM
Der of the Clark family-who came to
this country after her marriage-that
"she was brought up at boarding
school, always had her attendants, and
wore a gold watch, worn only by per-
sons of distinction" She used often to
compare her poor living here with her
life in England, "but she could hatter
herself that here she had pure wor-
ship"
Joseph Clarke, who came over in 1880
in the Mary and John" is the settler
or Joseph, OF the first generation. He
was the progenitor of the American
family of Clarkes. There is a general
tradition that Thomas Clarke was
one of the officers of the Mayfiower--
the mate-and the first pilgrim father
to set foot upon Plymouth Rock, or,
rather, the island In Plymouth harbor.
now called Clarke, and that it was thus
named In his honor. Among family
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deed was chiefly remarkable for a GER
tain simple elation.
1t was about o'clock on Satur-
day evening; the omnibus was nearly
empty, and it proceeded on its way
with an unhurrying rumble. Gladys
took not the fainest interest in the
route-had she not already traversed
1t twice that day, and did she not
traverse it twice every day of her
life on her, way to the city office where
she worked as a typewriting clerk!
She was gazing placidly into va
cancy; her mind engaged in series
OF mild meanderings which she would
have characterized as thinking,
when a halt on the part of the omnl-
bus was followed by the entrance OF
stout woman who sat down heavily
beside her.
"Lor', Gladys!" observed the new
conner, how are you. my dear? Where
are you off to at this time or the
EVENING""
Two pretty dimples made their APP
pearance in Gladys cheeks.
why, Mrs. Masters" she SAID,
who'd have thought of seeing you!
0, me? I'm going down to Drury-
lane Theater."
The elder woman nodded knowingly
and her eyes took in all the oetalls
OF Gladys appearance.
My! Aren't you smart, too! Gong
to meet Mr.. Loftie, l supposeV
Gladys nodded and simpered a httle
girlishly and innocently.
He likes to go to the theater now
and then of a Saturday evening she
said. And it was quite obvious thai
In Gladys eyes while "he" entertained
klph inc rats towards
the drama might safely hold up lis
head. The elder woman nodded again.
respectfully.
He's doing very. well, I'm told Is
Mr.. Loftie," she said. You're very
lucky girl. Gladys, my dear.
Gladys giggled. She did this pc
cause the vocabulary at her com.
nand did not allow her any adequate
Expression of her feelings.
His firms IN the tea trade, same ~
yours. isn't it?" inquired Mrs. Masters
sehlally. THAT seems funny no"
don't it?"
Wei. / don't know about that
GLADYS said. IT was through him com
MB IN and out 20 Us that We got ae'
qlainied, don't you seeY
he2' "'''" ''''
Mr.. Loftie-well, you ser. be says
nee got enouRh"-its touch Ol tsndfi
Pride made even the httle hlgh-piifh.
~ voice pretty % heaf-"anl he onesh
zee Why We should wait And--ana
shopldnt wonder ~ n was fo Dr. some
here about fhe apiDR"
hfs Masters pafted fhf glfis aiH
eppfoWDEly.
Ana rm sure I'm Elsa 20 heer =
- etaff" fhe aaAal Ffppf nYt"fi Z
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A CORNER IN ANCESTORS.
Cluster Around the Families of
Clark, Harris. scott and johnson.
BY ELEANOR Lexlngton.

BY Eleanor Lexington.
The present corner in ancestors, due
to the desire to establish the right to
bear crest or to join a patriotic So
ciety is bearing a large crop of heir
looms. Not silver or jewels, but ira
ditions and romances. which are al
most as precious possessions. To in
dulge In this fad requires large bank
account. for Il takes dollars by the
hundreds TO dig and delve for grand
fathers and grandmothers many times
removed. -
One has the warrant of Holy Scrip
ture for taking up this work, for 1t was
a divine command enjoined upon the
ancient lsraelites to preserve their
pedigrees and to hold in sacred venera-
ton the memory of their forefather.
Among the Romans and Greeks it was
considered ennobling and inspiring to
be able to boast a pedigree back to
the founders of empires. To-day it is
regarded as a badge of renown If one
can prove a lineage back to the days
of William the Conqueror, Alfred the
Great. or some mighty monarch.
In covers of imperial purple and with
letter-press of similar hue book
has recently been published which
proves, by genealogical tables, that
there are at this moment living in
America no less than one hundred per-
sons through whose veins courses the
blood of Alfred the Great and other
soverelgns.
where the SCOTS Come From.
To trace ones ancestry back to the
time of Moses is not given to every
family. More than ordinarily full of
interest, therefore, Is the tradition re-
garding the family of Scott One his
torian asserts that the name original
ed from Scotia, daughter of that Pha-
raoh, King of Egypt, who was drown
ed in the Red Sea. Gathelus, son Of
the first King of Athens, was so trou-
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possess a nervous and irritable dispo-
sition are often very scraggy in APP
pearance. so If you wish to become
plump and comedy, 1t is necessary, in
addition to a suitable diet, to cult
vate an even temper-a by no means
easy task when one is not blessed
with such a thing; but by strength
of will and perseverance the habit
of placidity can be formed and main
tainad
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-22

in a recent address to the Sesame
Club in London Gilbert Parker thus
summed up the art of fiction: There
is only one test for a novel--that IL be
first and before all a weil-construeted
story; that it deal sincerely with hui
man life and character; that it be elo-
quent of feeling; that 1t have insight
and revelation; that 1t preserve lido
syncrasy; but, before all. that IL be
Wholesome"
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why are they not speaking?"
"They quarrelled about which loved
the other the more" Well" And
now each is afraid TO give in for fear
of offending the other. "-Brooklyn
Life
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26

city officials, ought to take some i'm
mediate steps to settle the status of
Ames with reference to the government
of that city.
There may be, and there doubtless is,
some question whether Ames, being
head of the police department only
by virtue of the Office of mayor, any
other official, not de facto and de jure
mayor, can exercise the functions of
the head of that department. If there
is no such question then the acting
mayor of Minneapolis ought forthwith
to proceed to clean out the entire dis.
reputable gang which control the po-
lice department of that city, and to
put an end to the infamous state OF
affairs which is revealed in its admin
istration. This ought to be done wheth-
er or not Ames has disqualified him
self to act as mayor. 1t may be that
he c0vets the salary of the Office and
that in his present discredited condi-
ton he has no further political use to
which to prostitute it. In that event
it may we'll be a matter of Indifference
to all decent citizens whether he con-
tinues to hold the Office, if only its du-
ties can be legally discharged by some
other official under the peculiar cir
cumstances which surround the situa-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
INTERNATIONAL
CRICKET MATCH
Fine Game to Be Finished Today
Close Of the Winnipeg Sum-
mer Fair.

Special to The Globe
WINNIPEG, Man., July 25.-The in
ternational cricket match, United
States team VS.. Canada, started here
this morning and will be completed to-
morrow. The Canadians had the
choice and went to bat, rolling up 217;
Uncle Sans representatives then went
in and at close play had IS for wick
cts, the teams playing twelve men
side. The Minnesota men on the team
are Goodwin, Ramsay, Napier and Rich
ards.
The bowling of Goodwin and Ramsey
was beyond all praise. It was a fairly
easy wicket and the batsmen took full
advantage. Ramsay batted exceeding
ly well for his side, getting close to the
twenties. The game starts again at II
a. m, and the question is whether it
can be played out or result in a draw.
Richards kept the wickets splendidly.
Napier fielded well and was unluckily
out when we'll set with bat.
The Winnipeg summer fair is over
and the Americans left for home on
special trains at 6 p. m. The great
free-for-aH race announced was a
farce. A dispute arose over the owner
ship of Tom Ogden and Harold Ell,
Owner of Harry 0 claiming both be-
longed to H. J. Mackenzie. Tom Ogden
and the owner, Levi Dingman, were
expelled for all time to come from
American trotting association tracks
Harold HI was then withdrawn, leaving
the field too small to start, and disap-
pointing the $4,000 people in attend
ance. Harold H made a mile track
record for Canada on half-niIe track
in exhibition, paced by a runner, of
2:09A.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
WHY APPOINT M'LAuRIN?

On what principle is it that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has rendered to one
of the South Carolina senators the i'm
portant Office of judge of the court of
claims?
Thus far President Roosevelt has oc-
cupied a distinctively partisan position
in all his appointments to office. More
than that, it is equally plain that po-
litical considerations affecting himself
have mainly controlled him in his ap-
pointments. Both of the South Caro-
lima senators are Democrats. Why
should McLaurin be chosen as an OBJ
ject of executive favor, more than any
other Democratic senator to whom
such an appointment could be regarded
as acceptable? The answer to this
question involves either of two conclu-
sions: McLaurin has been unfaithful
to his obligations as a Democratic SEN
ator from a Democratic state, or else
President Roosevelt is willing to pro-
mote his own political fortunes by
utilizing a judgeship of the court of
of political society which would be ex-
pected to sustain the attitude assumed
by McLaurin toward the policies of
both Roosevelt's and McKinleys ad-
ministration. In any event, the answer
to the inquiry must be one which re-
fleets no credit whatever upon any of
the persons or influences associated
with it.
Senator McLaurin has chosen to de-
cline the office. What the motives Of
his declination are has to do entirely
with Senator McLaurin himself. 1t is
certainly to his credit that in declining
the appointment he has indicated his
unwillingness to go to the rear while
under fire. More than one man in his
situation before has been shelved by
the favor of the opposite party, but the
record of such transactions does not
establish that any one derived any par
ticular benefit from them.
Senator McLaurin is entitled to his
opinions. If he thinks he can hold to
them and retain his membership in the
Democratic party he is right in max
Jig the attempt. There is to be said
for him at least this: That his chief
enemy, his associate in the senate, Till
man, is about the last man that would
be regarded as qualified, either by his
party political antecedents or other
wise, to decree McLaurin or anybody
else untitled for membership in the
Democratic party.
If Senator McLaurin decides ulti-
mately to stay in politics in his state
in the effort to vindicate the rightful-
ness of his position, the Democrats of
the country will watch the outcome Of
his conflict with Tillmanism with I'M
doubted interest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
MAI. GLENN SPEAKS
OUT IN SELF-DEFENSE
Officer Formerly Of st. Paul Apologies
for His Conduct in the
Philippines.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 25.-'
Copies of Manila papers received at
the war department contain the de-
tense of Maj. Edwin Glenn, who was
tried by court martial on the charge Of
having administered the water cure
to Filipino natives. The particular
case upon which great stress was laid
was that of the presidente of Igbaras.
Glenn acknowledge the act, but justf-
fled it on the ground that he wanted
the information possessed by the presi-
dente, and which he obtained by the
water cure application. Maj. Glenn, In
his plea, says:
II found very soon after my arrival
in Panay that every mans hand was
against us; that every man,Woman and
child in the islands was an enemy, and
in my best judgment they are today
and always will be. Practically every
presidente and other officials have been
playing double. They organized and
were the active members of secret So
cietieS, known as the Katipunan, ETC.,
whose avoWed objects were to advance
the cause Of independence in any and
all ways, and under this high sound
ing phrase they have made use Of ev
cry means forbidden to them by the
laws of war.
These men of peace have actually
waged war by killing struggling Amer
lean soldiers. They have made use of
poisons in the drinks sold to Amer
lean soldiers. They have poisoned
their arrows and the tips of their
spears and bolos, together with the
bamboo tips placed in the deadly traps
that abounded on the trails. They
have hired assassins to Kill those who
were even suspected of being friendly
to the Americans, and likewise have
endeavored to have our American Of
fieers assassinated. They openly stat
ed, in the island of Bohol, that they
would gladly sacrifice twenty natives
for every American officer assassinat-
ed. They employed corps of assass9ns,
who, under the name of Ducot, Mando-
ducot or Sandatahan, spread death and
terror in their wake"
Maj. Glenn then gives the details
leading up to the administration of
the water cure to the presidente, the
facts Of which were brought out in the
senate Philippines investigation. He
declares he did no more than any
other man with good sense would have
done. am convinced that my action
resulted in fastening the termination
Of hostilities and directly resulted in
saving many human lives, and directly
injured no one"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
WANTED-A MAYOR.

The appearance in Chicago within
the past day or two of Mayor Ames. Of
Minneapolis, in the character of DR..
Ames, superintendent of a health re-
sort in Indiana, is the latest circum-
stance to lend emphasis to the duty
which the people of Minneapolis owe to
themselves to get rid of their incubus
executive. After the transaction of his
business with his brother, DR.. Ames
appears to have returned to his duties
as superintendent CT the Indiana. re-
sort. Where his brother hied himself
TO does not appear to pc publicly
known, but it is conceded that he did
not return to the city of Minneapolis,
the only place where he is really
wanted.
The city attorney of Minneapolis has
expressed the opinion that the absence
OF Mayor Ames from the city invests a
given official with the functions of
municipal executive. The ordinar,
charter provision in this regard is that
IN case of the absence or disability of
the mayor his duties are discharged
by some other official No doubt q
corresponding rule applies in the case
Oh Minneapolis The public interest is
not a to who the official is upon whom
oeVolves the executive functions in the
absence of the mayor. That interest
Is confined to the circumstance that
there is such an official.
If ought tO ho a c,,hjoo+ -
Germ to the officials of MINNEAPOLIS.
whether the absence of Mayor Ames
does not afford to some official or other
the right to discharge all his duties as
mayor and whether it is not an imper-
ative and urgent obligation that those
functions be discharged by somebody
else without limitation or qualification.
Ii y also matter which those officials
should take into serious consideration
whether Ames has not by his conduct
,iald the basis for the successful pros
ecution of proceedings to Dust him
from his present Office He certainly
cannot fulfill the functions of superin-
tendent of an institution in another
state requiring his continued attend
ance there, without having cast serious
doubt upon his right to hold his posi-
tion as mayor.
But whether Ames can be driven
from the high office which he so gross
ly abuses or whether he can be forced
either to return and discharge the du-
ties of that office or else surrender
their discharge to some other official,
there is no doubt whatever that the
people Of Minneapolis. through their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
MEDALS FOR BRAVE
MEN OF THE NAVY
List Being Selected by the Naval
Board on Awards,

WASHINGTON, D. c., July Is
Now that the list of officers and men
of the navy who are to receive the
West Indian campaign medals and
bars has been completed, the naval
board on awards is busy, with the
meritorious service medals which are
intended to go to those officers who
rendered particularly telling services
in the West Indian campaign.
So far only four persons have been
decided upon for the meritorious ser
vice medals. These are Lieut. r. p.
Hobson, for his well known feat with
the Merrimac; Lieutenants Ward and
Buck, for their perilous mission into
Spain, and Lieut.. Victor Blue, for his
famous work in connection with the
location of the Spanish fleet in Santi-
ago harbor.
1t is understood that meritous SER
vice medals also are intended for the
American officers and men who rem
dered exceptional service in the rescue
of the drowning officers and men of the
defeated Spanish fleet at Santiago.
The reports of the rescue showed that
the Spaniards themselves shouted
warnings to the rescuers not to ap-
proach for fear of exploding maya
zines, but the Americans persisted in
their efforts TO save, in the face of i'm
minent destruction.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
BATTLESHIPS LOUISIANA
AND CONNECTICUT
Requirements for Their Building Are
Named by the Navy
Department.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 25.-The
circulars for the two new battleships,
the Connecticut and Louisiana. were
ISSUED by the navy department today
flans VIII be ready Aug. 1, when the
advertisement for bids for the Louisi-
ana will be published. The Connecti-
cut will be built in the New York navy
yard. The bids will be opened about
Oct. l. The maximum time for con-
struction Of the Louisiana is forty two
months. For any delay beyond the
contract time the builders are to for
felt $500 per day for the first month
and $500 day thereafter.
In considering the bids preference
will be given to the bidder who offers
to construct the ship IN the shortest
time. The speed of the ship is to be
eighteen knots. If it falls below that
limit $4,000 is to be deducted from
the contract price for each quarter
knot down to seventeen knots and
100000 for each quarter knot below
the latter figure down to sixteen and
one-half knots. If the ship fails to
make sixteen and one-half knots the
secretary Of the navy can reject her in
his discretion.
In a general way it can be said that
the Louisiana and the Connecticut will
be of the same type as the battleships
Georgia and New Jersey. They will
measure 450 feet on the load line and
will have an extreme width of rs feet
and 10 inches. The mean draught will
be "a feet 5 inches, and coaling capac-
.ity 1920 tons. The main batteries will
consist of four 10 inch, eight s inch
and twelve inch guns, with a sec
ondary battery of twenty 3-inch rapid
fire guns and some smaller semi auto
matte guns. The hull will be protected
by completed belt Of 9-inch armor.
The maximum 11-inch armor will ex-
tend 200 feet amidships forward and
aft Of which will be 9-inch armor to
protect the magazines and decreasing
in thickness gradually to A inches at
the stern.
The casemate armor and bulkhead
armor will be inches. The armor is
to be supplied by the government. The
contractors are to furnish the steel for
the protected deck, which is to extend
from stem to stern, fiat amidshipS and
Sloping at the sides.