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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-05
importance Of This CITY as
an International pOIifCOI
Center Recognized BY
AStutG Statesmen Since
Our War With Spain. D.

last fall the baron and his wife visited
Washington as the guests of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White
House.
Like Ambassador Herbert, Baron Won
Sternburg married an American woman.
Miss Langham. She was the daughter
Of prominent Kentucky family. which
In the last generation removed to Cal
ifornia, where the foundation Of the
large fortune which the Baroness Won
Sternburg now enjoys was laid She Is
a woman OF great beauty and INFINITE
tact, sympathy and magnetism. she
was a popular figure al the court Of
Berlin, and his American alliance was
one Of the reasons that commended
Baron Won Sternburg 10 the Emperor
as the repress ntative OF Germany in this
country.
Soon to Be Ambassador.
The German envoy is as well equipped
for his post as the British ambassador
and the same reasons that inspired the
appointment CT one were responsible
for the naming of the other. When.
for reasons of state, the anticipated re-
tirement OF DR.. Won Holleben becomes a
fact. the German envoy will receive the
same title his British contemporary al
ready holds.
Baron Won SteTnbuTg will come into
his new title with an embassy staff prac-
tfcally changed throughout. OF Dr.. Won
Holleben's staff, which was loyal and
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that he had assisted in boxing II up
and shipping II to Baltimore. He said
that the stone had been admired by a
Baltimorean who was thinking of buy
ing coal land in the neishborhood. A
farmer who was anxious TO sell his land
stole the stone and shipped it 10 the
Baltimorean. Mr. Hodgktns and his as
sistants traced the stone TO a certain
house in Baltimore, where they found
it hidden in the cellar. This stone was
given to the Pennsylvania Historical
Society. which had duplicate carved
to be placed on the Mason and Dixon
line.
Built Into Walls of Houses.
Near Big Pool. Md. Mr.. Hodgkins
and his assistants have located six of
the original miIestones in the walls of
houses. The house of Joseph Siebert.
near HageTstown. contains three OF The
stones. A house belonging to Mrs.
Prather. and located near Big Pool Sta
ton, Nd. contains several of the stones.
\ flight OF steps entirely made up of
milestones was found at this house
and removed by the men who are re
establishing the line Mrs. Prather was
also willing to allow the surveyors TO
have the stones from the wall of her
house until she learned that neighbors
had refused 10 make a similar conces-
sion
Lawyers Advised Against Surrender.
Attorneys advised owners of property
against allowing the surveyors TO re
cover the stones. and set up the claim
that the statute Of limitations worked
against any reDlevin suit after the
stones had been in the possession of
propertg owners for three years.
These stones in the houses near Big
Pool are supposed to be stones which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-05

This is a milestone which formerly
bore the letters M and p" It is
located between Fawu Grove and Del
ia. Pa On the night that South Caro-
lima seeded from the Union the Mary
land side Of the stone. bearing the let
ter M fell away. The local tTadi-
ton is that the Pennsylvania half OF
the post could not longer endure asso-
citation with the letter M" because
Maryland was the home Of many promi-
nent Confederates.
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CTownstones and milestOnes were plac-
ed on the line until the surveyors reach
ed Sideling Hill. From there on to the
AIIeghenies piles of stones eight feet
high we're heaped up to mark the miles,
and from the AIleghenies on 70 Dun
cards Creek posts were set, about which
stones were piled.
Differ From Native Stone.
The mlIestones and crownstones were
all about twelve inches square and
varied in length from three to five feet
The stones are ooiite. a sort of lime
sandstone, and are supposed to have
been qU8rriad near Portsmouth. Eng
land. They are almost white in color and
are so different from any stone found in
Maryland and Pennsylvania that it has
been possible to locate them when they
have been carried far from the division
line OF the two States.
After the completion Of the survey Of
the Pennsylvania boundary in 1874, no
attention was paid to the markings un-
til 1916 In the meantime vaDdaIs had
destroyed many Of the stones The stone
marking the point where Maryland Del
aware and Pennsylvania touch each 9th
er was washed away. and il was found
necessary 10 re-establish the line The
Legislatures Of Maryland, Pennsylvania
and Delaware appointed a joint COM
mission 10 review the work Of Mason
and Dixon under the direction Of Lieut..
Col. James D. Graham. The work Of
this commission showed that the Eng
Iish surveyors work had been well done.
and only a few minor changes were made
in the line
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Mutilated by VandaIs.

Vandals again demolished the mile
stones and along ia the eighties move
meut was started TO have the famous
line remarked. The Legislature OF
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-07-15

La condesa de Artoff y al meiico
mulato SO marcharon de Paris &
las ocho de la noche, y Tampa los
acompafI6 habiendosa puesto una
llbrea de lscayo y ocupando Ia ira
sera de la silla de posta de la con
desa
Eta. 10 mismo que en- ell dfa que
empra1diera ell viaie con Roiando
de CIayet para tr al Franco C3nds-
do. csmbio Ell trsie femenino por
uno masculiuo; y despues de habsr
viajado como sscretario de Rolan'
do, volvfs 4 ponerse en viaje con
las apariencias de IN hijo de fami.
liza nscIdo en- las colonias. que da.
ba una vuelta por Europa en- com
pafIfa de 50 preceptor y de IN
criadO.
Para desempeffar este segundo
papel, que debfa durar mas que Ell
primero, no vacil6 Bscar6 en- sa-
crificar su esp.endida cabelleras y
Ia mand6 cortar bastante, para
darle Ia apariencia de IN homore.
En- cuanto al conde de Arton,
nued6 en- Paris con6ado al cuidao0
de an m6dico. en- Ell que Samuei
ABBOT tenfa confanZa y esbaoa
al coyrisnte del tratamiento que
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-07-15

Uaa hora mas tarde, los viaieros
vieron q IN lado del camino uu
frondoso bosque de encinas, & La
derecha POGO despues. iluminado
por la postrera luz crepuscular, ell
castillo del Naranjal, cuyos muros
estaban construfdos con rojos la.
drillos.
La silla de posta segufa So camt.
no al trote largo y pronto lego al
oosque, que solo estaba separado
Gel camino por una zanja y cuyas
oriilas eran atlas y cub:ertas de
espeso musgo grandes hierbajos.
De pronto Ell postill6n restrsll6
Ell iatiga, Sc volvi6 q medias sobre
La silla, y la condess, para la que,
sin duds era aquello una seffal,
dilo nj me iico: Tened cuidado v
agarraos bien! Snjetad bien la CO.
rres q la que teneis pssado ell brazo
J asi sera meDos fuerts la sacu-
dida
Z, en- efecto. q los pocos minutes
volco Ell coche sin gran golpa en- Ia
zsn1a y sin que In condesav su
compaf1sro sufrieran dafio algnno.
Tampa. que cay6 desde 10 alto
de su asiento al aqua que llenaba
la zanja, empez6 q gritar, al mismo
tempo que ell postillon psdia 40
corro con toda Ia fuerzs de sus
pulmones.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-07-15

ri marques, 8 por me1or decir,
Ell miserable que SO hace lamar de
ese modo es cliente vuestro, e Ans.
pirado por mi, aconsejasteis al Sc
nor de Asmolles que Sc 10 llevase d
pasar unos dfas al Naranial.
- Asl es....
>El marques, &c msrchs de Pa
rfs esta noche casi Ia misma hora
que nosotros salimos aver.
-Sera probable.
" mafiana llegaran al Naran-
ial, af1adi6 La condesa.
-aVamos & esperarle allf9
No; pero pasaremos allf la no.
che.
para que2
Este es IN misterio del que
tendreis Ia explicacion en- su item.
po y lugar, respondi6 la condesa;
y por ahora basteos saber que gufa
el coche IN postillon que hsra CON
gran destreza que volquemos en- la
zania que hay 10 largo del cami.
no que sirve de inde al parque
del NaraDjal.
El medicc, que estaba acostum-
srado q Yer que Bacara guardaba
el secreto hasts ell 6ltimo momen-
to. no insisti6 para averiguar que
singular capricho la imonlsaba &
ordenar cue volcase el coche en-
una zsn1a de In linde del parque.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-07-15

debfa segair, = que consagrarfa
todo su cuidadl al .nCh'e enfer mo,
en Ell que habfa empaIs1o decls
rarse una mejorfa notable.
A las veinticuatro h1ras de ha-
Der emprendido al viaje Bsoara IL
sus compafIeros, atravesabsn pr
T1rena y pasaban ror Ia ciuiad de
c.. TN POGO antes de Ia puests
del sol.
-Ss me agura. querido doctor,
diio Elm este momentG la condesa
al m6dico mulato, que no os die 4
donde fbamos.
-Dlspensadme, ssfiora; me diiis.
tells que q EspafIa.
-Es cierto, psro ~ antess
STendremos que detsnernos
en- ell caminof
II ST, estR noche.
~ En- dondep
A dos leguas de aquf.
-lAhl
En- ell castillo del Naranjal.
-SEn In possession del marques
de Chamery?
-Precisamente.
Interrumpi6 IN gesto de 10 con.
desa 81 m6iico.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-07-15
HOTEL oLIMPo
4ANTURCE

A Ii HNUTOs DE SAN JUAN
El mejor hotel On este china.
Espl6ndida ventiIAci6n. Parque,
1ardines y Kiosco Ii inglesA.
KxceIente servicio de carrua1ss:
Precios moderados. So hacen re-
ducciopes para familias. Alum
brado el6ctPico moderno.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-23
@. R. COOK OUT OF THE RACE

Brandon, Miss. July %, 1908. To
the voters of Rankin county: Hav-
ing formed business interests that re-
quire my entire attention, ] hereby
withdraw from the race for the office
OF uperintendent of education. |
wish to express to those who have been
my loyal Supporters in the present
campaign, and the campaign of 1899,
my appreciation and gratitude. AS
private citizen I shall be as glad of
an opportunity to serve my friends as
when l was seeking their support for
public office. To those who have
seen fit to oppose me, wish to say
that have no ill-feeling toward them,
and shall harbor no malice against
them for having opposed me. .<<
Very respectfully, - -
G. R. COOK. ),
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-23
THE ARGUMENT NOW STANDS
BEFORE YOU.

Whether or not the old soldiers
should have an increased pension, or
given home. There has been a great
deal said on this subject, and perhaps
it is needless to say any more than we
should Increase the old soldiers pen
sion.
[ deliberately take occasion in ex-
pressing my views on this mighty
subject not to refute the side on which
Judge Norrell and Mr.. McCutchen
of Brandon have displayed their
smooth knowledge on but look at it
from the right standpoint of view.
1t seems that McCutchen is trying to
wade through this subject on the dark
and unconsplcious side without stun
bling or falling, trying to uphold his
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-23

please forward them to the Brandon
News office. Gen. J. B. Gordon, of
Kirkwood, Ga wants them, and the
News will forward them to him. A fair
compensation will be allowed for all
trouble and expenses.
Protracted meetings are in full
blast now, and we hope that much
good will come of the services
Let us see to it that politics don t
absorb all our feelings and attention.
Let us have our Spiritual nature re-
vived to that extent, that on the 9th
day of August we can see clearly and
vote Christians clean ticket. Lot
us not be deceived in the support of
pretenders and men disqualified for
office. Let us not forget that the bal
lot is God given power with which
we may do good or evil according
to the use we make of it. AS far as
this scribe is concerned, his mind has
undergone some changes since the can
vass begun as new indications develop,
he can see duty NOR clearly,
and can assure the loving brotherhood
that not every one ''that saith, Lord,
Lord" will receive his support, ''but
he that hath respect and manly honor
enough to live sober andt truthful life
And as Paul said In 1egrad to the Dea-
conship, Let these things first be
| proved" and then let them serve
and let that proof come straight from
the shoulder of past character and
not from some ever anxious prommilga-
tor of Claudia's virture, I want to see
the discrimination SO close and clean
cut that, of the two in the field one
shall be taken and the other left, -
two sleeping in the same bed, one be
taken and the other lefU,'' in other
words, eff judgemnt commences at
the door of good people, where will
moonshiners. crooks and hypocrits APP
pear? We are preparing in this cor
ner of the earth to carry up a clear
record from old Antioch. We don It
want men like half Matched chicks in
the shell, all head and mouth and no
backbone, we want Anglo Saxon 'lions
of the tribe of Judah" at whose roar
ing out football the little political
Jackets, governmental crib-sucke rs
will flee to the mountains and hide.
We want cold Rankin after the
election is over, to sarise and shake
herself from the dust and put on her
beautiful garments. We want better
roads, better schools, more substantial
internal improvement, we want clean
and capable officers, clean count, a
clean judiciary, clean administra-
ton from Alpha to Omega, from start
to finish. We want competent board
| of supervisors, for five men must say
how much tax Rankin county shall
pay, and then have full control of that
fund; they should be men of practical
common sense and good financial judg-
ment. Voters think of this and vote
with common sense. More anon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-23
VIRGIL

The crop prospect is good in this
community, tho too much rain has
put the late crops in the grass for
some time yet.
We are having some sickness, |. B.
WEIGH is very sick, and his recovery is
doubtful, W. P. Franklin is reported
not so we'll at this time.
Rev. w. P. Chapman is back from
Sylvarena, Smith county, reports a
good meeting with his Betheny church
with ID accessions, 10 by Baptism.
The candidates passed through and
told the poor sinner voters the way
of political salvation, but like good
many often preach, they differ very
much on all points exec t one, that is,
ST want to get there Eli. We ma
tiyes are important in the county
news dots,' except some anxious
souls, who are writing development
of internal electional forces, but look
out boys that you don't do your chums
harm by SO much putting Steady build !
ings on solid foundation don't need SC
much propping, don't get too uneasy,
old Rankin will come out all @. K.
on August the 9Th, and three weeks
later.
Any one having one, or more copies
of the News containing Virgils letters
on the 'Homeside of Wartime, = will
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-23

subject and to treat it in way so AS
to convince the people of this State
| that it would be better or more pleas.
ant for the old soldiers to spend the
remainder of their days or to pass off
the time at Bouvior as their home.
We know that the old soldiers would
enjoy themselves together for a while
at Beauvoir while looking across the
waters that appear blue callingtogether
old thoughts and things that happened
i'll the years of 81 to '65 and II an
pears as though it happened yesterday
and in those years while the cannons
were bleching forth their fury and
destruction they prayed to Jehovah to
only spare their life that they may
have the pleasure of spending the re-
maiider of their days with their af-
fectionate wife and loving children
and we will have the pleasure of par
taking ''of all worldly goods togethre'
and 'worshipping Thy name around
the family altar" And this which
great many have done, and now take
him from the midst of his family, and
his countenance will be bathed in sor-
row tile remainder of his days, not
only this, but the family will weep
bitterly, but though his mourns are
drowned i'll the sea-.
1t may be that he will go to Beau.
voir, though unwillingly, and there
for while feel very comfortable, but
when his mind begins to wanderlacross
the far distance back to his old homo,
he will long to be in the midst of his
loving family, matters not if Beauvoir
is Paradise, this love he has for his
family is everlasting.
Take man that has no family.
although he has friends, and loves
his surroundings, for where there is
no friends there is no love, and where
there is no love there is no peace.
This for instance, will prove to you
that it will be impossible for the old
soldiers to make friends enough to
create love sufficient to smuggle the
longing for their native home, and
keep still in their hearts the sorrows
that roam by pleasure and social equal
ity. No, their days are too short to
be bribed Of this homely pleasure, for
at home is where love is nursed in it's
infancy, and as he grows up it grows
stronger, and stands by him in his
bereavements, and when he has served
his time in the war as a hero and then
goes back home to his family, he still
has stronger love for his home and
country. and when he has grown old
and his face parted with wrinkles he
has a continuance of love for his
family and when laid in the cold bos-
ON OF the earth, his love has departed,
then he is praised through love as the
confederate dead So pension him
my friends, SO he may live at home
and teach others to love.
j. III. MAY.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

The contest for the judgeship ap-
pointment that is going on in the re-
publican delegation in congress from
this state has developed curious
turn. Pollock, of the supreme court
of this state, seemed to have the lead
until Troutman went to Washington
with some atfidavits of Copeland
county bell boys to the effect that
Pollock was poker player. 1t is
perfectly we'll known that Troutman's
charges are not the result of . desire
to purify she bench but are pure spite
work. The delegation finds itself in
IL tight place To turn Pollock down
on the charge of playing poker would
subject the larger part of the republi-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27


The Panama situation is rapidly
approaching the acute stage. Colon
bia is protesting to the nations of the
world on the highhanded methods Of
the United States and is also asking
Pana ma to- return to the fold. Pana-
ina refuses to have anything to do
with the mother country unless its in
dependence is first recognized. The
United States makes treaty with
Panama, substantially the same as
was offered Colombia, with the ex-
ception that the former gets the
SO, GOO, 600. The United States gets
the perpetual lease of a ten mile
strip for the canal with powers to
protect it after il is built and euaran-
tees to see that the independence of
Panama is maintained. We now see
why it was that after Colombia reject
ed the treaty the president maintain
ed such a mastery inactivity regar d
ing the direction OF congress TO build
on the Nicaragua route if Colombia
refused to do business after a reason
able time.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

A very curiOus phase of politics is
developing under the present national
administration. Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Arizona are all anxious
to be admitted to the union of states
and under a man like Roosevelt,
whose whole object and aim we are
told is to do that which. is for the
good of the people regardless of the
pulls of corporations or the politi-
clans, we would ma turatly expect to
hear the question discussed from high
moral grounds. yet the reports COM
ing from Washington all show that
the principal question brought for
ward as stumbling block in the way
! of the people residing in these terri
tories is whether the representatives
sent to congress from these territories,
should they be admitted as states. can
be depended on to be republicans. 1t
certainly leaves us to reach one of two
conclusions. Either Mr.. Roosevelt is
not the high-minded patriot we have
been taught to regard him. or else he
is powerless to control his own party
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

The people of this state will no
doubt hail with JOY the unanimous
decision of Governor Bailey not to
appoint committee to investigate the
rottenness charged up to the last
Legislature. 1t will please them very
much to have every doubt set at rest
by this decision of the governor 8,
He saws he is satisfied that the short
eomings of that body of saints were
no greater than of previous legisla-
tive bodies. He has made inquiry
and finds but two charges sustaiLedi-
One man was overpaid $50, owing to
u mistake, and in the otter there was
a plain case of stealing $50 but the
party cannot he located. The state
ment made by the State Journal that
"A unauthorized persons were carried;
on the pay roll evidently strikes his
ma jesty as too trifiing to notice. He
has said it. Now let the matter rest
The people be -.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

1t is a. curious political fact that
the republSeans &f This state regard
it as a good time to- settle all of their
Internal grseVances this year as they
OF their ticker any kind of tail wall
be pulled Through After they get
their muss s& we'll started that they
Ieannot stop it If Roosevelt should
Tail of renondnatioa for any cause,
what a pickle they would be in.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

an acute stage was demonstrated out
at Leoti recently when the sheriff of
the county seized and sold six car
loads standing on the side track.
He is holding the money for the own
ers and will turn it over when they
prove property. When the railroads
began the seizure of coal shipped to
private parties they set am example
which the people seem disposed to
follow. 1t will be difficult for the
corporations to make the people be-
lieve that what is a meritorieus act
on their part is crime for am indi-
vidual.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

a curious. phase of unionism re-
Gently developed in Philadelphia
when it was decided at conference
of the union labor element that u was
a violation of the union rules for
people to perform work for them-
selves THAI was protected by the rules
of the association. In other words,
if the rule was strictly adhered to it
would be an offense against the order
for woman to sew on her husband g
shirt missing button.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

when thieves fall ont, etc. -
Rockefeller has recently swallowed
up the Morgan interests in iron and
steel and it now looks as though The
financiers (rObbers) were ABBOTT To
get into court to determine which OF
them was 30 have the money squeezed
out of the stock holders in the recent
indus trial collapse.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

efforts to defeat reciprocity with Cuba.
Imagine the establishment of the
people of the country when they dis
cover by the final vote that there were
but q votes in opposition and they
were divided about equally between
the democrats and republicans. The
dominant party is reduced to serious
straits in trying to create political
capital.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

Hamilton county is wrestling with
the sand hill road question. The
commissi oners Of that county shoz2d
come down here and take practical
lesson in the way to deal with tai 5
vexing question. We have three
good roads across the hills and they
have not been very expensive to buI Nd
and their maintenance costs but a
very small amouDt-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

Canada claims To ''be living on the
threshold of big events" She has
hot decided whether the "event" Is to
be annexation, Independence. rec
iprocity or tariff union with Great
Britain
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-27

Senator Hanna and Perry s. Heaeb
have signed call for the republican
national committee to meet in Wash
ington on December IL. Despite the
scandals connected with his name,
Heath still remains secretary of the
committee.