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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12
DISPENSARY BILL
Caused the Real Fight of the Legislative
Session.

Nashville, March 1.-The real fight
of the legislative session was over the
Columbia dispensary bill, and when
that body adjourned this afternoon
vote had not been reached. Whisky
and antiwhisky men were considerably
mixed up. Some who voted for the
Adams bill opposed the dispensary, and
others, who opposed that measure, ia
vored it. Senator Adams led the OPP
position, while Speaker Seay, an ardent
temperance man, favored the bill.
Amendments were adopted limiting
the law to towns of $500 to 5000, &C
cording to the 1900 census and provid-
ing that only 1000 should be invested
in the business. Several amendments
by the opposition we're voted down and
a motion to table the bill failed. The
fight will continue until final DISPOSE
ton of the measure.
The squabble over Hamilton county
legislation in the general assembly will
not down. Senator Peake is receiving
numerous petitions from various dis
tricts all over the county opposing the
passage of the bill now before the
house, taking the work house and poor
house out of the hands of the county
court, and putting them in charge of
special commissioners. He is of the
opinion that fully nine-tenths of the
voters of the country districts oppose
any changes. There are abundant in
dications that when the bill passes the
house it will meet obstacles of seri-
GUS character in the senate. Irrecon-
cilable differences seem to exist between
Senator Peake and house delegation,
and there is grave danger that none OF
the Hamilton county bills will be pass
ed.
In the senate Wednesday Mr.. Erwin
askep unanimous consent to call up the
Columbia dispensary bill. This bill
gives authority to all towns having a
population of more than 5000 and less
than 8, COO to engage in the retail liquor
business. When the bill had been
read an amendment requiring towns
having dispensaries to pay SO, $50 state
tax, was adopted.
Mr.. Adams then, in a brief speech,
opposed the consideration of the ILL at
this time. He said if only one town
was demanding the bill it was not an
issue. The senate did not know what
the people wanted. He had received
petlons against the bill, but not one
word had been received from his people
in favor of it. He thought tie bill
ought not now be considered. He adj
mitted that the people of Columbia
were honest in their demands, hut he
feared that the effects would result in O
MANAGE to the other town of the state.
He moved that 100 copied be printed
and consideration of the bill be post
posed until II o'clock Wednesday,
March 25th.
Mr.. NorAeet SAID in his judgment {
dispensary law was unfair, but demo
craoy teaches that if the people want il
give it to them. Columbia comes here
demanding this bill, He opposed
postponement.
Mr.. Rice asked the gentleman VIII.
he did vote for the Adams bill if h
favored giving the people what the!
want.
Mr.. Norheet said because the plepl
had not passed on it.
The motion to make the bill the spe
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12

Anew York physician says; eff your
baby has the grip, don't kiss it. If your
stenographer has the grip, send her
home" Now what does the wretch
mean by that?- Commercial
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12

Jerre Baxter has arranged to put
passengers to sleep ON the Tennessee
Central, but has not yet been able to
catch the Legislature mapping.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12

The bill that will cause drouth in
johnson City has passed the house and
senate and only awaits the governors
signature to become law.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12

Several sensible people seem to be
opposed to a bond issue, notwithstand-
ing the fact that johnson City "has
got" to have better streets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12
Hoods JarSGpariHa
and Pills

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They cleanse the blood and clear the
complexion.
Accept no substitute.
~ felt tired all the time and could not
sleep. After taking Hoods Sarsapa<illa
q while ! could sleep well and the tired
feeling had gone. This great medicine has
also cured me of scrofula." Mrs. c. NJ.
Roor Gllead, Conn.
FOODS SarsaparIlIa promises to
cure and keeps tho promise.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12
II Faa~L
Loss Ut flesh

When you can't eat break
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nOurishing, take SCOTS
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion is a
great fattenCr, a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bore, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For inVaIidS. for con.
vaioscents, for COnsumptives,
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich and com.
fOrtaLIe food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
f!2s.'. blood and nerve.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-03-12

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
TURKEYS DOOM NEAR.
Said Russion Consul Before He Was
Shot

Vienna, April 7.-"If 1 am killed Tur-
ment attributed to NJ st. Herbina, Rus
sian Consul at Mitrovitza. before he was
shot.
The Consuls words have made a deep
impression on the Sultan. They are also
considered by the insurgents as an indi-
cation that Russia may be expected in
short time to refuse to temporize any
further with Turkey.
The Austrian member of Parliament
who has just returned from a journey
through the Balkans. said:
THE reforms have failed to pacify the
Christians, because fthe eXaggeration
Of the reports in the English and French
newspapers. and because of the hope that
Russia would come to the rescue when
ever Slav blood begins TO flow"
He confirms the reports that the Bull
garians, who are strong. primitive. cruel
and relentless, are the prime movers IN
the insurrection. They are keen students
of European political tendencies. and dis
Germ the possibility of a new triple ALI
ance as the result Of the confused and
otNGAhAcAA 81 III AA'nh 49,
insula.
Great Britain. France and Italy are the
powers associated in this connection. and
the particular object set before them Is
the pacification OF Southeastern Europe.
II is believed that this alliance, which
already exists in sentiment. is daily be-
coming closer. The three nations. with
out any reservation touching Russia
ally, are a unit in their suspicion and
apprehension regarding the real purpose
OF Russia and Austria IN the Balk'ns
They are afraid that they will wake ul
some morning and find Turkey in ruins
with Russia and Austria IN possession OF
the debris.
In the light OF the foregoing facts Kins
Edwards tour in the south of Europe as
sumes a highly marked political charac-
ter 1t Is thought here that as the Brit
ish sovereign viii not only visit the Kiise
Of Italy but will also see President Lou
bet before rs returns TO England. These
amenities viii have a distinct influences
in the lire Of the suggested alliance They
are regarded In some quarters az tn
outward token OF diplomatic interchange
more definite than anybody az the present
moment can venture to put into words.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
SOCIALISM RAMPANT.
kaiser's New Party to Offset 1t Not
Heard From.

Berlin, April THE Socialists are
crowding the Kaiser hard. The new
"Kaisers party" designed to give the
laboring element a substitute for the So
cialist labor organization, has not been
heard OF for weeks. 1t seems to be either
dead or hopelessly anaemic. The Emper-
or has gone TO Copenhagen, self-invited.
and had to submit to being welcomed by
a Socialist mayor-and now comes the
consciousness of the crushing fact that
the great truths in Herr Frank Boyer
Ieirl's book entitled Jena, or Sedan?" are
from the brain and pen of a Socialist.
1t is a long time since piece of mere
literature has so stirred up Germany as
this book has done. 1t appears at a
most inopportune time, from the stand
point of the governmental time when
the population is aroused over the null
tiplying of cases within the military
ranks.
Though opinion is divided as to the
merits of the book, military authorities
are unable to controvert its statements.
An ex-general, who is considered an au-
thority on military affairs, offers the first
grain of comfort to those in power by
OUT tilS dutI - SiAiS "a OAA'A"
sion, showing that the author is evil
IDENTIFY a Socialist, as he picked out facts
to support the foregone conclusion that
the German army was indeed marching
to jena which means defeat If con-
fronted by a well prepared army.
The book acquaints the reader with the
petty intrigues and jealousies of the non
commissioned officer, as well as OF his
titled superiors and their women ad
herents He exhibits the pushing officer
who thinks of nothing but blood and
strategy and the pretty lieutenant achiev-
ing conquests on loves battlefelds- He
shows that the methods of drills and pa
rades now in use are Anticipated and must
inevitably exterminate individual initia-
tive, which is the most powerful factor
on modern battlefields, leaving only hu
man machines which refuse to work the
moment they are removed from the con-
troll of the officers authority
The author is himself an ex-officer, and
his dedication to the German army ell
forces respect
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08

by science Undoubtedly the fights that
ensue are fierce and terrible. and in rare
instances, where the devil-fish is abnor-
mally large, the whale itself becomes
q victim.
a fight between a blue whale and
devil-fish is thus described by M Bullen:
Every detail of the struggle was clear-
~ visible through a splendid glass and
is indelibly engraved upon my mind 1t
was indeed a battle of giants-perhaps
all the more impressive from being waged
in perfect silence.
THE contrast between the livid white
ness OF the molluse's body and the mas
sive blackness of the whale, the convui-
siye writhing of the tremendous arms as.
like a Medusa's head magnified thou
sand times, they wound and gripped
about the columnar head of the great
mammal, made a picture unequalled in
all the animal world for intense interest.
THE immense eyes, at least a foot in
diameter glared out of the dead white
of the head inky black, appalling in Their
fixity of gaze.
Gould we have seen more nearly and
in daylight We should have also found
that the sea was turned from its nor
NAL blue into a duszy brown by the dis
charge from the great cephalopod's res
ervoir of sepia. which in such a creature
must have been tank of considerable
capacity.
Each of those far-reaching arms We're:
of course, furnished with innumerabls
sucking disks, most of them a foot in
diameter and, in addition to the adhering
apparatus, provided with series of claws
set around the inner edges OF the suckers
large as those OF grizzly bear.
Besides the eight arms there were two
tentacles double the length of the arms.
or over sixty feet Iong-in fact about the
length of the animals body-and quite
worthy of being taken for a pair of sea
serpents themselves.
The whale yielded his mighty jaws.
not in mastication but in tearing asunder
the soft flesh. All around were numer-
GUS smaller whales and sharks joining
in the plentiful feast like jackals around
a lion"
When a telegram arrives in Washing
ton announcing a good capture Mr.. Pal
mer will arrange to have the carcass kept
in shallow water, stage will be erected
about it and the casts made then and
there.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08

garded as a prehistoric period, says
Prof Hilprecht. we may be pardoned for
asking the question. Wherein lies the
often-proclaimed progress in draining the
capitals of Europe and America in tie
twentieth century of our own era 1t
would rather seem as IL the methods of
today are little different from what they
were in ancient Nippur or Calneh, one of
the four cities of the kingdom of MINI
rod. the mighty hunter before the Lord
Genesis K. 2, seq at the so-cailed dawn
of civilization-a somewhat humiliatiny
discovery for the fast advancing spirit
of the modern age, How many uncoun,-
ed centuries of human development lie
beyond the marvellous age represented
by the valuted tunnel with the two terra
Gotta pipes imbedded il cement at its
bottom four feet below the former plain
level Of the land OF Shinar.' -
THE river Chebar in the land Of the
Chaldeans'' was the greatest canal of
Babylonian proper, which branched on
from the Euphrates somewhere above
Babylon and ran through almost the
whole interior country.
Precious witnesses OF hoary antiqui-
~" is Prof. Hilprechts description %
clay tablets which were the school exer-
cises of some Babylonian child. He con-
tinues:
The temple library OF ancient Nippur
was eminently a place of study and 4
seat of learning. We should imagine tie
Babylonian students of the time OF ASra-
ham being seated on the floor with
crossed legs, respectfully listening 10 the
discourse of the priests, practicing writing
and calculating on clap tablets or COM
hitting TO memory the contents of repre-
sentative cuneiform texts by repeating
them in a moderately loud voice
Prof Hnprecht thinks the college
course lasted three years. The student
was drilled in writing. grammar, in his
tory in languages, in astronomy III math-
ematics and other sciences. A complete
multiplication tatle was found in the IL
brary of the temple Eel. This library Was
d priceless discovery.
From the early days Babylonia was
a land of many tongues" says Prof. Hi
precht. Universally large is the NUM-
Der Of Jewish names known from the
Old Testament, especially from the books
of Ezra and Nehemiah. There can be
no doubt that A considerable number OF
the Jewish prisoners carried away by
Nebuchanezzar were settled in Nippur and
its neighborhood, where many of her de-
scendants remained TO live as long as the
city existed about 800 A. d. 10 judge
from the many inscribed Hebrew bowls
excavated everywhere in the upper strata
of its ruins.
The Taimudic tradition which identi-
ies Nippur with the Biblical Calneh gains
new force in the light OF these facts,
strengthened by the argument that the
earliest and most important Babylonian
city which occupies the first place in the
Sumerian story of the creation, and could
not well be omitted by the writer of Gene
sis x, TO- And we feel we tread on sacred
ground, considering that even Ezekial
himself, while among the captives and
comforting the scattered inhabitants of
Judiahs populated cities. and while
seeing the famous visions of the cher
ubim on the banks of the river ChebaF in
the land of the Chaldeans."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
Ordinary Treaty

Havana. April The Associated Press
correspondent is officially informed that
the commercial treaty mentioned In Pres
ident Palma message to congress yes
terday as being negotiated by Great Brit
ain with Cuba is Great Britain's ordloary
pro forma treaty OF commerce and has
no special effect beyond Q mutual piet2e
OF friendly treatment in, matters OF com
merce. Il is uncertain whether Cuba VIII
approve such treaties unless they are
similarly offered from other nations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
Comino TO a Head.

Washington, April I.-Another chapter
in the investigation of affairs at the post
office department was furnished today,
when charges We're fled with Acting Post
master Wyune against NJ. ". Lewis. chief
OF the division of supplies. The charges
aIlege that the hand stamps and ink pads
now being supplied 10 postoftices under
the present contract are inferior in quail
ity and not up to the contract standard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
STATE CAPITAL SUED.
For Alleged SIanderous Article inVolV-
inn Mr. 2otterman

Guthrie o. T. April 7.-George ". Rot
terman OF Mulhall yesterday instituted suit
in the Logan county district court against
the State Capital Printing company ask
ing damages TO the amount of 5000 for
printing an article relative 10 mercan<
tile transaction, in which il is alleged
Rotterman was slandered.
Rotterman also fled suit againS. ".
II Mccormick. editor of the Muinall En-
terprise. asking damag es to the amount
Of $ 90 because Of the fact that McCor-
mick printed = similar article relative to
the mercantile deal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08

London. April The Times cores
pondent at Pekin telegraphs that the
dictuu that the surest way 70 promo
ton under the Chinese government IS
Impeachment by foreigners, has been
confirmed by many resent promotions.
The iatest is that Of Hsi Lang as vice
roy OF Foochow. he was removed from
the taoSsishfp OF shan Tuns on Ger
many's demand in 1877. for implication in
murders q German missionaries He
can safely be trusted by the dcweger
empress, continues the correspondent TO
relieve anti-foreign sentiment in the two
provinces where he Is 70 be viceroy. Even
the Chinese are SURPRISED AZ the terrer-
it, OF this appointment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
las Ne,., Ministry

Santiago de Chile April The nsw
ministry which succeeds the cabinet which
resigned on Saturday is as follows: RAJ
fael Sotomier. minister Of foreign affairs;
Manuel Santefues. minister OF justice
Rivas Vieuna. minister of public works;
Ricardo Matte. minister Of war
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08
FRANCE TO TAKE PART.
In Far East Troubles Call for Adjust
17e-t

Paris. April 1t has Just come 70
light that Camille Pelietan. the minister
OF the navy. IS a relentless caricaturist
He could make his living hy caricaturez
II this were necessary. The bench upoa
which he sat before he became mem
Der Of the cabinet IL covereI with carl
catures OF his colleagues
Needless 70 say he sat q the extreme
left. thereby showing the i,rtensiiy o. RS
radlcsiism- His sketches e ministers Ri
bot and bourgeois are FAR from coup.i-
uentary-
His colleagues fear that vhe1 Be -
freed froEn the cares OF once he WI b.
IS despairing Of then as Willette Tzs
u The late Queen Nictor!a-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08

Pekfn. April "A report has been o.
foot fer some tire past ;hst Eranne =
preparing 20 intervene ard suppress TIE
gusurrect.on in kwazE = province. which
borders tie French cosozy % Toxin I'D
where la,sas.8 reheis are sad 20 y u arms
The foreign legations here are Interested
in the outcome OF the japanese dassssts
over A concession IN Nzlehuri2 AZ n
mouth q the Ezlu river which hzs result
81 n the dssPatch q Russian tro - -
,hzt poin, = former R1lsssan ssszs =
Korea claims 20 bos5 timer concessions
On both sides % the Yais river ard recent
Is sent his agents 10 cFe-1ts then IasF
found the japanese r. Their territory ard
the latter refuse 20 rzczfe- The E=zssan
concessozzirs appealed = TIE ks-zias
autsogfrez. who have taken Tia matter =
hand
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-24
NAUGHTY LEGISLATORS.
Sold Their Annual Passes Issued by
Northern Pacific,

Minnesota Legislators and those of
adjoining states have made more or
less complaint because of the limita-
ton OF pass privileges 10y the Northern
Pacific Railway company. Some of
the LEGISLATORS have Indignantly re-
fused To accept passes limited to the
length of the session, and demand that
they be made good for the calendar
year. President c. s. Mellen, of the
Northern Pacific. made the following
statement In reference to the matter:
THE time limit on this years legis-
lativc passes has been so misunder-
stood that some public statement of
the reasons for the same seems desira-
BILE For several years II has been GUS
tomary To Issue passes. coed In their
several states, To members-elect OF the
various legislatures. Such passes were
a courtesy, not obligatory in any sense.
and were issued without regard to the
politics of the recipients.
Sometimes In previous years such
passes have been loaned without con-
sideratiou or for a cash equivalent:
members have used such passes to the
capital the fret week and left them
with ticket brokers for sale for short
trips. receiving them back in season
for their return trips home at the end
OF the week. and at the end of the SEES
sion the passes have bes sold outright
by those who had NJ lurther use for
them, and we have taken them up In
the hands OF improper persons on the
trains. Sometimes travelling men and
wholesale merchants who have been
members have used their passes in
their business to the serious damage OF
their competitors In trade, who have
therefore accused us of discrimina-
lions.
For these reasons we have limited
the passes to the length of the session,
thus hoping to at least shorten the
abuse of the privileges granted To
such as make proper use of their
passes we will extend them 10 the end
of the year. The passes are TO enable
moiahcrsto more effectively serve their
state by keeping In closer touch with
their Constituents than they would be
able 10 ~ il required to pay their
fares out % TIE very moderate COM
pensation allowed by the state for
M Gse and services.
The abuses sought to be corrected
were confined to no state nor to any
particular members OF any particular
Legislature, and those who used the
passes as intended were to suffer no
disadvantage; only those who misused
them. as time would show, were to be
curtaileG in their privileges"
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-24
aiaNEss OF ARIZONA.

Curiously enough. the impression
still prevails in many portions Of the
east that Arizona is only an in ignif-
cant patch OF desert in the southwest.
ern corner of the union.
The Phoenix Review says that the
people Of Arizona are so familiar with
the magnificent distances that they do
not fully realize the vast extent OF
the territory. IL is interesting. there
fore, to note the great area of the sew.
eral counties.
Apache county extends forty-eight
miles east and west and 2i0 miles
north and south.
The greatest length OF Coconino
county Ia 1856 miles and its greatest,
width 140 miles. II is larger than the
combined states of Vermont. Massa.
chusetts and Delaware, having an area
OF 1922 square miles.
ella, one of the smaller counties
has an area of 4.542 square miles.
Cochise county Is eighty-three miles
north and south by elghty-four miles
east and west, and has an area of g..
147 square miles. being slightly larger
than the combined areas of Rhode Isl
and and Connecticut.
Graham county contains 6.50c square
miles.
Marlcopa county has S.Sl6 square
miles. and Is eighty larger than Mas.
sachusetts.
Mohave county has an area of 13,
421 square miles.
Navajo county is 240 miles long,
fifty,three miles wide, and comprises
$3.50 square miles. nearly equal to the
area of Maryland.
Pima coan;ty contains an area of o.
424 square miles.
piuai county has 1894 square
miles.
Santa Cruz. the smallest county,
contains 1912 square miles. about
equal to the area of Rhode Island.
YavaJai county contains 1858
square miles. or an area larger than
that OF New Jersey.
Yuma county contains 9.7s3 square
miles.