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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
TAFT TAKES OATH AS
SECRETARY OF WAR
Former Governor-General of Philip.
pines Succeeds Root In Cabinet.
WAS AN IMPRESSIVE EVENT
Ceremony Took Place in War De-
partment Amid lntions
and Good-Bys for Reilring aud
Incoming Secretaries.

Washington, Feb. Gov. William
II. Taft took the oath of Office as secre-
tary Of war Monday and at once en-
tered upon his new duties, The cere-
mony took place In the large reception
room attached to the secretary's Office
in the war department and the trans
fer OF authority from Eihu Root, the
retiring secretary, to Gov Tart while
simply made, was more impressive
than any similar event in many years.
Before noon the appointed hour, Gov.
Taft came over to the department from
his hotel with little party Of personal
friends and some of his immediate
family They were ushered into Sec
retary Roots office, where the retiring
secretary, in few well chosen words
and with good deal of feeling, sur
rendered his portfolio to Gov Taft.
The party then proceeded TO the recep-
tion room, where Gen. Chaffee, chief
of staff, in uniform. took charge o. the
ceremonies. The room was cleared Of
all except the participants in the in
duction save the party of friends and
members Of the general staff
Congratulations and Good-By-.
Gov Taft and Secretary Root took
their places at the long table, where
stood John Randolph, a notary who
administered the oath of Office to The
incoming secretary Then there were
congratulations showered on Secretary
Taft and good-bys were said to Secre-
tary Root Every army officer on duty
in Washington was aligned at the door
way and the brilliantly uniformed col
umn, passing before the retiring and
incoming secretaries, formed a pretty
spectacle Secretary Taft was In the
best Of spirits, and he had a smile and
good word for everyone while Secre-
tary Root showed in his countenance
the relief he felt in laying down the
cares of the Office
History Repeats Itself.
Hanging in his office as the new Sec
retary was inducted into the arduous
duties of his post was a picture of his
distinguished father, Alphonso Taft,
who was President Grants secretary
of war in 1876 Thus father and son
have held the same portfolio, this be-
ing the second instance in the history
Of the war department, the first being
presented in the incumbency of Simon
Cameron, under Lincoln, aud James d.
Cameron, his son, under Grant. There
is q single other case of the kind in
government history, where Gideon
Granger was postmaster general under
Jefferson and Madison, and Francis
Granger, his son, under Harrison and
Tyler.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
To Run For Congress.

Since his famous speech in the
lower house a few days since by Rep
resentative Evans of Leake county,
which attracted great deal of at
tention throughout the State, there
is considerable talk of bringing the
young statesman out for congress in
the Fifth district, in opposition to
Hon. Adam Byrd. 1t is understood
that the members of the Legislature
from that district have the matter
in hand.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
Return os G.orpc K.tcbnm

New York, Feb. George Ketcham,
of Toledo, o., the owner of the trotter
Cresceus, returned from abroad Mon
day Mr.. Ketcham announced that he
had sold to Louis Weinans, Of Brigh-
ton, England, The Hangman, full
brother TO Cresceus, for $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
RccIuse Pound Dead.

St Louis, Feb. 2-Miss Emma Won
Haaren, so years old, who had lived as
recluse for more than fifteen years
in her large house at No 426 South
Fifteenth street, was found dead in
her room Sunday She had evidently
been dead for two weeks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
Flour Mills Close Down.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. I2.--All of
the 81 Minneapolis -four mills are shut
down Monday, but the millers say
they expect to resume operations in
three days. Shortage in the supply of
wheat is given as the cause of the clos
ing down
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06

ST. Louis, Feb. 2.-Cornelius N. Dor
rian, city salesman for the Friedman
Bros Shoe Co, wag struck by an Olive
street car at Fifteen street. Sunday
night, and died five minutes later from
a fractured skull.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
Nndame Nordicn Grnntcd Divorce

New York, Feb. 2.-Madame Nordica,
the prima donna, who in private life
Is Mrs. Lillian NJ. Doemo, was, Mon
day, granted an interlocustery decree
of divorce by Justice Bischoff in the
supreme court
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06

jefferson City, no, Feb. 2,--The su-
pIeme court division No 2, declared
the law unconstitutional which pro-
hibits the working Of miners under
ground more than eight hours in any
one day
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 2.-Mrs. Su-
san B. Wood, wife of the late Samuel
A. Wood, a pioneer of California. and
an aunt of Secretary Of War TAFT, died
Monday at her home, in this city, at
an advanced age.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
Forty Persons KILLED.

Lahore, Punjab, British India, Feb
Forty persons were killed Mon
day by an explosion of ten tons of
gunpowder at Fort Bhatinda in the
Puniah.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
A Statue Of Abraham LincoIn

Washington, Feb. 2.--Senator Pen
rose introduced bill Monday to ap.
propriate 100000 for the erection of
statue OF Abraham Lincoln in Wash
ington, T. c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
For the Lewis and Clark Exposition,

Washington, Feb. 2.-Senator Mitch
ell introduced bill Monday as an
amendment TO the urgent deficiency bill
to appropriate s., 1854 for the Lewis
g. Clark exposition to be held at Port
land Ore, in 1905.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
Afternoon Session.
TWENTIETH DAY.

AT the session OF the senate this
morning the committee on local and
private legislation made an unfavor
able report on the Groom bill author
izing the city of Jackson to issue
bonds in the sum of S250,000 for the
. purpose of erecting new water works
plant
The report Of the committee created
surprise, as the bill was carefully
framed by Judge r. II, Thompson, the
city attorney, and was unquestionably
In proper legal form Inquiry among
members Of the committee brings the
statement that the unfavorable report
was made because, in the opinion OF
the committee, a special legislative act
Is not necessary to give the city the
proper authority to make the bond is
sue. The members believe that the
code chapter on municipalities gives
all the authority necessary, and there.
fore they reported that the bin do not
pass"
Notwithstanding this report, the
members Of the city council will insist
on the passage of the bill, to make
the authority doubly sure, and prevent
the question of invalidty being
brought up when the bonds are placed
on the market, The proposed issue,
if made, will draw per cent inter-
est aad run for a period Of twenty
years.
Inspecting Colleges.
The members OF the house commit
tee on universities and colleges left
last night for Oxford where they will
investigate the needs of the University
of Mississippi before passing on the
appropriation bill for that institution.
Some of the most prominent mem
bers of the house compose this com
mittee, the personnel being as fol
lows: Bell Of Washington, chairman;
Maer, Upton, Millsaps, Eddins, Nixon,
Loper, Patty, Mitchell and Ellis.
After visiting the University of Mis-
sissippi, the committee will in turn
make trips to the Industrial Institute
and College, the Alcorn Agricultural
and Mocha lical College and the Mis-.
sissippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College, at each place making rigid
inquiry into the expenditures for sup
port, and forming estimates Of the
financial needs for the coming bien-
NAL period None of the educational
appropriation bills now pending will
be passed upon until these inyestiga-
tions are concluded.
Railroad Legislation,
A number Of prominent railroal Of
ficials were in Jackson for the pur-
pose of expressing opposition to the
bill introduced in the Legislature, pro-
hibiting the running of "double-head-
er" engines.
The railroad men contend that this
matter should be left to the railroads
and their employees for settlement. as
1t is not properly within the province
Of legislation, The chief argument Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-06
TWENTY-FIRST DAY.

The only matter of general interest
before the lower house of the legis.
lature today was the memorial exer.
cises held in honor of the late Hon
A. j, Russell, of Lauderdale, speaker
of the body during the last admins.
traton. Several eloquent tributes to
the memory of the deceased and much
loved statesman were delivered.
Mr. Tucker introduced bill ilcreas-
ing the ad valorum tax on property
for road purposes, not to exceed two
mills on the dollar in any one year.
The senate was engaged chiefly
with local and private bills and edu.
cational measures. The bill authori2.
ing county boards of supervisors and
trustees Of school districts to dispose
of certain funds was passed without
opposition. Quite debate ensued on
the measure raising the salaries Of
county superintendents of education.
The committee on education reported
iavorably on the bill providing for a
uniform system of school books, and
the measure will be made a special
order for some day next week.
Night Session.
The only measure of genera. inter
est passed by the senate at the even.
ing session before adjournment was
an act prescribing the penalty on tele.
graph companies by failure to deliver
messages. No change is made in the
statutory penalty of $25 for such fail
rres, but the bill passed provides that
this penalty shall be collected when
the company fails to transmit the mes.
sage.
Heretofore the burden has been on
the receiving Office, and no penalty
could be collected when there was de-
lay in the transmission of the mes
sage from the sending Office
The senate judiciary committee has
made favorable report on the bill
appropriating $4,000 attorneys fees
to defend the boundary dispute be-
tween Mississippi and Louisiana, now
pending in the United States Supreme
Court. This case will not be called
before October
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
HEARD. IN PASSING

Just because there were nearly IO,- OO0 more births in New York last year than in 1902 is no sign that New York indorses Roosevelt in every thing he t.says.-Boston Globe.
 One great difficulty for, Japan in case of mix-up will be the impossi- bility of locating Russias solar ple1- us. It is doubtful if Russia has such thing, while Japan itself is all solar plexus.-Chicago Daily News.
 Few recommendations from the chamber of commerce, of late, are so deserving Of immediate attention as that for the establishment of a Gre fuge" between Plum Gut and Port Jefferson. Here is stretch of nasty water 30 miles in extent, with no pro- tection for the weather-beaten marin CT, and from the number of disasters on the Sound this winter, said weath- er-beaten mariner needs all the pro- tection he can get. The fact that no river and harbor bill is to be consld- cred this year should not excuse the members from pressing the measure when such an appropriation isreonsld- ered.-New Haven F aHadiuH.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29

If Mayor Harrison is to be held re- sponsibIe for the delinquencies of each and every one Of his subordinates ,n the city government of Chicago, he would require hundred lives and the property of John D. Rockefeller to sat isfy the bare demands Of justice. As it is we are inclined to think that he will escape all punishment except that inflicted by guilty conscience.--N New Britain Herald.
 Why should his conscience trouble him? He has been exonerated from all blame by Judge Tuthili, who says he was no moro responsible than Pres ident Roosevelt would be If West Point academy burned down.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
CHILD TRAINING cENsuHED.
Chacagoan Thinks More Intelligence
 Is Shown I'm Caring For Pigs.

Chicagoan Thinks More Intelligence
 Is shown In Caring For Pigs.
 eff we reared our sons and daugh- ters as intelligently as farmer raises pigs and colts there would be more sound men and women among us.'' < So said Principal William E. Watt of the Graham school in Chicago in a lec- ture before the Institute of Education the other day, says the Chicago News. He continued: "One who investigates the conditions under which children are educated in cities cannot but wonder that there are as many sound men and women as we actually have. It should be the rule that the sound man is a common thing and the unsound unfor- tunate the exception"
 The theme of the speaker was "Socio- logical Aspects of Sedentary Educa- tion." He held the present system of seating the pupils in schools on hard wooden benches and the position that the pupils have to assume was the req son why so many children were weak and unhealthy @.
 Continuing, the speaker remarked: l: "We Iaud the hero and. do heroic things when the eyes of our fellows are upon us, but we are towards when we think nobody is looking. We boast of the superior form of government which our forefathers framed for us. They framed it for fewer people than now live in Chicago, and we have not the stamina to make for our city anything to com pare with their work.
 "We proclaim against wrongs done by other people against the lower classes, and our politicians buy votes and rob the poor We ask visitors to admire our public buildings, built to look like heaven and burn like hades. We demand of all officers of our gov ernment an oath of fidelity, and we permit them to shift the blame among themselves. We have fine code of laws. We do not enforce them.''
 For the existence of such conditions the speaker contended that the train ing of children in the early period of their, school life was at fault '.Let there be campaign against the liar, the sneak, the thief, the undeveloped and the enviOus, and let 1t be begun before they are mature and hardened Get them in the making" he concIud- ed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
CALLS BRITISH FRIVOLOUS.
One Writer Says They Care More Fo
 Play Than For Work.

One Writer Says They Care More For
 Play Than For Work.
 A writer in Blackwood seems to think the British a decidedly frivolous peo- pie and soiemnly rebukes them for their frivolity, says the London correspond ent of the New York Times.
 History" he says, "tells us that Nero fiddled while the imperial city was in flames, and in fiction we read that a gladiatorial display ushered in the last days of Pompeii May it not happen one of these days that we shall be found going forth to our play rather than to our work and labor while the fate of the empire is. lowering in the balance? Has it not, indeed, been so with us since the birth of this twentieth century, Is it too much to say that within the last two years the perform ances of an Australian eleven in Eng land were more closely studied. and commanded more general attention than the prospects Of peace or even the death roll in South Africa?
 (Which name, we should like to know, has been the more loudly sound ed throughout the length and breadth of England-Sir Ths mas Upton or Gen. eral Egerton? Was our failure to bring the Mad Mollah to book in Somaliland to be mentioned in the same breath as the dismal shortcomings of the sham rOckY'
 There's a batch of questions for a debating club to take the plece of some trat have become hresome through pro- tracted use.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
LoNGsTREET's ORDERS.
How One xssued by the Confederate
 General Was Dis0beyed.

How One Issued by the Confederate
 General Was DisObeyed.
 The late General James Longstreet used to tell good many stories to show that the men of his command always treated captured Union soldiers with as much consideration and kindness as were possible under the circumstances. says the Chicago Inter Ocean. He said that his orders on this point were very strict, and he never knew any of his men to disobey. As he went on to ex- plain how proud he was of the record of his men on this point listener em- ployed in one of the departments at Washington interrupted him.
 Undoubtedly your orders were strict, general" he said, ''but happen to know that they were evaded. For ex- ample, in east Tennessee you ordered your men to respect the belongings of prisoners, and this is the way some of them did it: I wore a good pair of ar my shoes, nearly new. One day q good natured fellow in gray, with no shoes to speak of, walked along our line looking intently at the shoes of the captured Unionists. Eie put his foot by the side of mine and, ranarking that I was just his size added: Old Pete (Longstreet) says he will have every man shot who steals anything from prisoner To save my life won't you trade shoes with me, for must have them shoes {? Of course I traded, as did other prison ers'' .F
 At this Longsfreet smiled, but insist. ed that the story didn't prove anything.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29

4
 John Mitchell thinks we are. not ex- elusive enough in our immigration pol icy. .fJo matter how decent and se-i- respecting the aliens who are flooding this country may be, he says, ''they are invading the land of Americans, and, whether they know it or not, they are helping to take the bread out of their mouths. America for the Amer icans' should be the motto of every citizen, whether he be a workingman or a capitalist 1t would have been a rather embarrassing motto for most of MT Nfitchelrs 2S7, ,545 mine workers, says an exchange. if 1t had been put in force thirty years back. Does Mir Mitchell think his big army of support CTS have taken the bread out Of the mouths of those they found here? Does he not know that every man, wo- man and child in America is the richer and the more comfortable for their coming? This country has the natural resources for feeding and employing more than the whole human race. It will. have more than twice its present population before this country ends. And it's standard of living, which was lowest when the country had the few est people. will rise with every addition to it's population of industrious work CTS, who are engaged in conquering the continent for the. service of: man.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
On. of in. pre.,aen+,. Jokes.

President Roosevelt is not above an occasional good natured joke at the ex- pense of his better half. The other day Everett P Wheeler was in Washington and was invited by MT. Roosevelt to high tea'' on Sunday night.
 "I should be delighted to icome," Mir. Wheeler replied, "but what Is high tea?'
 High tea," laaghingiy responded the president, "is the only dinner of the week at which Mrs. Roosevelt allows me to eat tter.'-New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
..syraeuse Cow, For Indians.

As the result of tour being made through New York state by the Rev. g.. w. Merrell Of Oneida, Wis.,, creamery supplied with the milk of Jersey cows is to be established fer the Indians in Wisconsin, says Syracuse (N. Y) dis patch. Mr. MeFrell, who is mission ary working under the auspices of the Episcopal church, proposed to persuade the Indians to enter the butter and cheese industry: The Episcopal women of Syracuse have agreed to send COW to be known as the "syracuse cow" A 'Watertewn COW" has also been prom ised, and other titles have fallen in line.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
Marriage oner. to a Ncentenarinn

Marriage Offers to a @Centenarian.
 Hiram Cronk Of Dunnbrook, near Utica, N. Y., said to be the last sur vivor of the war of 1872, will be 1O4 years old on April %. MT. Cronk re- gently had his pension increased, and siDce then he has had six otfers of mar riage from women from twenry-one to fifty years of age. A bill has been introduced by Assemblyman Evans to give Cronk a pension from the state of &E2 a month -r-'.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29

The bill proposing to give $12 a month to every Union soldier who served ninety days in the civil war has brought forth some interesting statis- tics showing the probable nnmber of the survivors of the armies that for four years battled so valiantly in de fense Of the Union, says an exchange. From 1861 to 1865 2,672,341 men were borne on the army rolls. These figures do not represent the actual number of men who wore the blue during the four momentous years during which the fate of the nation hung trembling in the balance. The army rolls bore the names of thousands ,Wlio had re-enlist- ed and who, therefore, were counted twice and sometimes three times. There is no official compilation of these e-enlistments, but it has been esti- mated by good authorities that the number mounted up to 550O0O. De- duct this number from the total of the army We have 2,122,341 as the number Of individual soldiers who served dur ing the war; The deaths and leser- tions were 476,775, which, deducted from the total of, the enlisted men, leaves 1,645,566' as the apparent num- Der of survivors, of the war. Military authorities estimate that. enormous frauds in state. enrollments to fill, out the quotas under the various drafts and bounty jumping place on the rolls the names of about 10000 persons who never saw a day. These frauds reduce the number of actual survivors at the close of the war to 1,495, AGO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
FRIDAY. JANUARY %, 1904,

To-day is carnation day. named in honor of the late President McKinley. whose birthday it is. The members of the Carnation league, which was formed shortly after the assassination Of President Mckinley. are celebrat- ing the day in many places by wear ing carnations. The league has nearly 10000 members at present.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-29
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud- ing Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAzo OINTMENT fails fe cure you in to fl days. soc.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-12-17
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Prescott Ariz Nov 2s, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before clerk
of Dist Court at st Johns, Ariz on Jan 81,
1905 viz
Leandro Garlic, for the NW4 SEA, Ell S
VIZ, SCI NV "a Sec 20, TIP 9. n. R 29E
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz:
Samuel Salazar. of SpringervillC, Arizona
Justo MaScarenO. OF Springerville, Arizona.
Nacianceno Gonzales, OF Springeryille, Ariz.
Eutimio Baca of El Tule, Arizona.
ZEN 5. HILDRETH, Register.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-12-17
Notice

Is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors of Apache County,
Territory of Arizona, will receive
sealed bids and specifications
for all advertising, publications,
and printing, and for all books,
stationery, and like supplies re-
quired for the various Offices and
business of the County. for the
year of 1905, which bids and
specifications are to he filed with
the clerk of the said board, in
the office of said board, in the
court house, at St. Johns, during
Office hours, on or before one
o'clock p. m, January 2, 1905, at
which time the bids received will
be opened and acted upon.
The board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
December 2, 1904.
]. r ARMIJo,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors,
Apache County, Arizona. SOL
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-12-17
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