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The Washington times., 1904-03-29
COMMITTEE NOW
AFTER PRINTERS
Seek Responsibility for
Objectionable Caption.
1T MAY BE A PRooFREADER
Charges Concerning Members of Con-
gress" Not on Copy Which
Went to G. P. o.

who. Of the several hundred compos-
itors and proofreaders in the Govern
ment Printing Office. is responsible for
the caption. Charges Concerning Mem
bers Of Congress upon the Bristow re-
port2 To determine the identity of the
man Is the latest effort Of the Mccall
investigating committee Of the House.
In its work of tracing responsibility
for the report and all the various blum
derS connected with it, the committee
has gotten as far as the Government
Printing Office iu the matter of aSCer-
tanning who inserted this part of the in
dictment. AS near as the committee has
thus far been able To find out. some hap
less prOofreader is the man who VIII
be called TO account for placing theSc
oft-quoted words at the top Of every
page in the first issue Of the Bristow
report.
Mr.. Overstreet. chairman Of the Com
mittee on Postoffices and Post Roads.
has absolved himself and Mr. Dodge, the
clerk of the committee, from all re-
sponsibility for the caption.
McDermott for Printers.
A careful examination of the manu-
script from which the printed report
was set. made by Representative Nc
DcrmOtI VINO III his younger days used
TO work at tho case himself, shows that
the words were not in the copy.
Mr. McDermott stoutly defends the
craft and declares that i'm al his eX-
perience printers invariably follow
copy" even if It blows out of a seventh
story window. Who, then. inserted the
caption. Charges Concerning Mem-
bers2'
1t must have been proofreader. who.
finding that the volume had no caption,
supplied cne. and was so unfortunate
as to use words which have been highly
objectionable.
Again defending the printers Mr.. Nc
Dermott declares that the contents Ca
the Bristow report as prepared by som7
one in the POstohice Department fully
iustines the use of the words. lie
contends that the report is charges
concerning members" His fellow-mem-
bcrs upon the committee however, ar.
determined TO ascertain the name OF
the man who is responsible. What will
happen to that man when his identity
is learned is another matter.
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Russia's Vladivostok Squadron at the Mouth
of the Amur---Ready to Operate With
Army---Ma Snubs Kuropatkin.
ARMY CORPS OCCUPIES MUKDEN
AND ESTABLISHES HEADQUARTERS
Cars Generals Rapidly Concentrating
Forces for an Advance---British May
Raise Chinese Army.

a9Tne "Agonzia Lbs' the Russian yadvOok
which doubt has arrived Ho
laievsk, Siberia at the mouth Of he
left Harbn Man
Kupatn has
commanding Chinese
Ma interviewed
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D0MINlCANS ARRIVE
TO NEGOTIATE TREATY

I'VE want equal terms with Cuba in
American markets and general pro-
lection of our interests by the United
States. In exchange for a fair and
eQuable treaty Of reciprocity we will
give the valuable strategic point Of
Samana Bay and such other privileges
as may be arranged"
This, according TO a statement made
TO a representative Of The Times today
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ST PETERSBURG. March 29.-The
papers today are commenting at con.
siderable length on the alleged recon-
mendatiOn OF Sir Robert Hart. director
Of maritime customs for China. TO the
Chinese government, that 1t create
European trained army by levying
universal land tax. The increase from
this source, he Is alleged 70 have
The Washington times., 1904-03-29
FALL BROKE A LEG.

SHAMOKIN, Pa. March 23.-While
engaged in a hotly-contested wrestling
match last night Adam Riland had a
leg badly fractured by being hurled 10
the floor by his opponent, Joseph Rich
ard.
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Asks China to Raise
Huge Standing Army

claimed. would be from s0ooo.Ooo 10 soO.-
O00.000 liangs.
The 'Novoe Vremya. speaking Of the
advice. says Hart is very simple If he
thinks China would be able to create n
capable army inside or the twenty
four or thirty months during which the
war between Russia and Japan viii
las -
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SHERMAN AT MANILA.

General Wade. commanding the divis-
ION of the Philippines, informed the
State Department by cable of the arriv-
yesterday.
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BOY MYsTERIoUsLY SHOT, DEAD

BOSTON. March 29.-Parker Dexter,
the eleven-year-old boy who vas mys-
teriously shot at Randolph yesterday,
ness.
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CHINA HAS RETALIATED
FOR ACTION OF RUSSIA

HARBIN. March pa message re
ccivcd here today states that the chi
nese government is Telanaung on Rus
sia for declaring Niuchwang under mar
tial law The Chinese maritime autho-i-
ties. according to the message nave
stopped vessels from taking fruit from
Chinese ports 10 NiuChWaEg, on -hc
ground that fruit is cOntraband
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HAS THE POWER
TO EXPEL BURTON
By Two-Thirds Vote the
Senate Can Gust Members.
MANY FAMo6S CASES
War Times Prolific of Expulsion of
Senators-Simmons Trial Very
Like the Kansan's.

The conviction Of Senator Burton Of
Kansas will not. in all probability. be
brought TO the official knowledge Of the
Senate for some time TO come. When
IL is. such action as may be taken viii
be as brief Of record as is possible.
since there will be a desire not 10 per-
petuate the case in any detail in the
official records Of the Senate.
Considerable discussion has already
taken place as to the effect Of the con-
viction Of the senior Senator from Kan
sas. and an interesting point Of Law is
likely 10 arise. The statute under which
Burton stands convicted provides that:
Every person offending against this
section shall moreover. by con-
viction therefor, be rendered forever
theI eafter incapable Of holding any
office Of honor. trust or profit under the
Government Of the United States"
Constitutional Power.
In the opinion OF some Senators this
statute operates automatically. and con-
! viction and sentence hereunder would
render Burtons seat i'm the Senate va
/ cant In the opinion OF others. how
( ever. the provision above quoted can
not be literally construed. as IL is held
/ by them that a majority Of Congress
| cannot enact any law which shall dele
| gate 10 any other authority than the
/ Senate the power vested in the Senate
/ by the Constitution which provides.
I Each house may punish its
/ own members for disorderly behavior
and. with the concurrence Of two-thirds
/ expeI a member" and in the case of i'm
/ peachmeuts. And no person shall bs
convicted without the concurrence OF
( two-thirds Of the membership present"
Compelled to Act
II is pointed out that under certain
conditions precedent for the forfeitur,
bv a Senator of his seat i'm that body OF
! conviction by any court. until appealed
through the court Of last resort, might
prove most derogatory to the integrity
of the Senate
1t is maintained therefore, that il tn,
final decision of the courts is that Bur.
| ton is guilty, as found by the Jury
which rendered its report yesterday, IN,
Senate will be compelled to take forma
action and expel him.
II is. Of course. said that the couhne
ment of a member of the Senate i'm TN,
penitentiary without his .having been ;,
expelled would be an intolerable an,
preposterous auachronism
Nearest Parallel.
The nearest parallel 20 the case o,
Senator Burton is that OF the Hon
James r. Simmons, who was Sena to1
from Rhode Island from March f. 1871
until March 3. 1871. and from March 1
1857. until he resigned I'm August, 1862.
On July ,. 1852 near t1e end of Mr.
simmons second term in the Senate.
resolution was submitted that he be eS
pelled from the Senate
The preamble stated that it appeare,
from a report Of the Secretary Of Wa
that Mr.. Simmons had exercised his of
= fetal influence over several of the head
, Of departments in procuring an or6e
- authorizing certain person to manu-
facture rifles in behalf of the Govern
lContinued ON Second PageN
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Best Lumber, $3.50 Per 100 Feet.
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9th & n. \. Ave-
Adv
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Mothers don't wait until Group becomes dan
gerous. They give Piso's Cure Al once.-Ady.
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TEMPERATURE.
TIDE TABLE

sun sel~ tooaE ..-..,.. .,......,......-h- ~ p. n
sun rises tomorrow ..-....-.......5.52 a. m
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Fair tonight and tOmOr-
row. warmer, VARIABLE
winds, becoming Southerly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
Regarding Soldiers and
Sailors Homes.

Our friend Sinbad has been
asleep for twice seven years and
awaking seems astonished that the
world has not been asleep too.
Cork" he says, lis a port of
call" He means ''was'' before his
Rip Van Wrinkle episode. Itcer-
tainly is still a port of call, but it
is more-it is the chief naval port
of Ireland and as such it bas,
first, stationary training ships for
boys destined for the royal navy,
and next receiving ship for blue
jackets, that is, for naval sailors
returning from the long furlongh
given them upon their return from
foreign stations. Cork is naval
port. Each month one of the
divisions of the Channel squadron
calls there to stay a week or ten
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
Dan PaCkard'S-
- Philosophy.
Che Ponies.

/ went to the races the other
day with a 20 spot in my pocket.
I hoped to bring back at least a
couple Of hundred. I figured out
that horse called Bracket could
not lose. He had all the best of it
in the dope" 1t was a cinch [
thought. While I was looking at
the odds in the betting ring, a
young man walks up to me and
says, "Are you Mr. Green? If you
are, Mr.. Whitney wants to see
you" | said, No, I'm not Mr..
Green" I felt sorry just that
moment | wasn't. Then [ said to
the young man as he seemingly
was moving away from me, Young
man, are you employed by Mr..
Whitney, He replied, Eyes, sir,
I am one of his betting commits
sioners. I said, "Can you tip me
off to a sure thing?' He hesitated.
I slipped him five dollar note.
Then in a whisper he said, aBrier
Wood, it's q pipe" So I played
Brier Wood and Bracket won by
q city block. Brier Wood stopped
to cough and lost out I walked
home six miles.
Never take a tip from anybody
unless the bet is paid before the
horses run.-From Short Talks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

u -
days. and the average number Of
| liberty men to go ashore every
night is about 400 These. with
about $50 men from the receiving
and training ships, make $50 sail
ors on shore in Cork every night.
Certainly there are no merchant
sailors in Cork, and perhaps I
should have said "blne jackets
instead of.sailors.
Since the new army regulations
went into effect Cork is division
al barrack own-British regi-
ments are no longer known by
their number, but by their divi-
sionaf name. At the barracks one
of the said homes is conducted
should have stated that these
homes are solely for the army and
navy. A visiting merchant sea-
man would meet with a cordial
welcome, no doubt, but the homes
are not intended for him. They
are only built at those ports in
Great Britain which are called
naval ports Cork, Kingstown,
Londonderry, Plymouth, Ports
mouth, Hull, Bristol, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Aberdeen, etc. At all
these ports soldiers and naval sail
ors mingle together in the great
est of harmony and brotherly feel
ing.
There are, in all the large ship
ping ports, sailors homes for the
merchant seamen, but they are
conducted on somewhat different
system, their chief aim being to
save Jack from the boarding
house sharks who very often rob
him.
No, friend Sinbad, wake up and
realize the fact that during your
slumber the seaman's world has
been entering on the millennium.
The wolf now lies down with the
lamb. The lion is now playmate |
for the young boy. Old feuds, an
imosities and hatreds are all buried |
in the depths of the sea and SOL
diers, marines and blue jackets
now dwell together tremendously |
like the happy family we use to
see at the circus when we were
young. Wake up, shipmate, and
learn that while you have been
peacefully snoring John Bull has
been marching on.
One word more. For years the
Misses Sandes and Weston worked
for their object only to meet with
great disappointment, GOODNESS and
contempt. At last, however, Eng
land awoke to the fact that their
plan might be a panacea for some
of the barrack and naval port evils
and donations poured in from all
over the United Kingdom.
S. d.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
MODERN OPPORTUNITIES.

pansion it seems to US that young
man has better show with his
more improved methods than he
would have had in the days Of the
hardy pioneers.
An instance of Young American
progress came under our observa-
ton during the Spanish-American
war. A young Michigan volun-
teer seeing an opportunity to make
money grasped it with true Amer
lean quickness and is today a
thriving business man In Manila.
Think, for an instant, of the op-
portunities offered to American
ingenuity in Panama, Cuba. the
Philippines or even nearer home
in Alaska and Canada. Yet they
say that young man has no
chance! Even in this state the
opportunities that present them
selves to young man of courage
and determination are not to be
sneezed at by any means. Take,
for instance, Duluth. Something
more than 100 years ago it was
wilderness and "tho not yet one of
the greatest cities, it is already one
of the greatest ports Of the lakes,
and no limit can be placed to it's
possible unfolding Here is the
focal point for the grain of Mime
sofa, the Dakotas and the vast
northwest provinces of Canada.
When deeper waterways will have
been dug eastward from the lakes,
there will be no breaking Of bulk
between Duluth and New York,
Liverpool or Hamburg. The head
Of Lake Superior is 500 miles
nearer to the grain growing en-
pire of the Northwest than is
Chicago, and the result is inevi-
table" The exceedingly great
wealth of Minnesota in iron ore in
the vicinity of Duluth is the prin-
cipal cause of her progress and the
commanding position that Duluth
holds, her shipping facilities, her
nearness to the copper and lum-.
Der of northern Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, and parts of Canada, is
guaranty of her future greatness.
Duluth is at the present time, as
Mr.. Brigham says, practically the
depot for the commerce of the en-
tire Northwest. !"
But, you say, what has Duluth
got to do with a mans opportuni-
ties? Only this, it would be far
safer and more profitable for
man inclined to invest in real es-
tate to do SO in Duluth in prefer
ence to New York. What will be-
come of Chicago when Duluth can
ship her own native products Of
the surrounding country by an all
water route direct to any port in
the world? When we realize the
full significance of the above
quoted line that Duluth is 500
miles nearer to the grain growing
empire of the Northwest than is
Chicago" we must see how preg-
nant picture it is of the future
of Duluth. 1888.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

main pipe of the weather bureau,
would advise him as to the way
his department should be run, and
tell him that instead of sitting on
the fence and looking cross-eyed
at the moon, they would, were they
in his place. invent fakus to have
the moon report itself every Sec
ond as to its position, what it is
doing, how long it intends to
stay, etc. 1t is impossible for one
individual to please all and we
suppose that the weather man is
no exception, besides were he to
turn on the heat valves we think
that the ice and coal man would
be in his wool and that he would
be up against something more
serious than atmospheric changes.
OF course we all know that a
fellows mother-in-law is in a pos
ltion to advise him how his bust
ness should be run, and that she is
listened to respectfully, and that
her views are greeted with raptur-
GUS enthusiasm-as long as she
holds the baby. A we'll known
New York millionaire advises all
young men starting out in life ''to
buy New York real estate The
advice coming from such man is
not only sensible and good, but it
is absolutely safe. However, the
majority of young men Of today
could not reach the price of New
York real estate with balloon.
When New York real estate is
selling at a million dollars square
inch, or some such figure, it is
pretty safe for us to assert that
most young men have not got a
million cents. It is more than
probable that the advice was in
tended only for those individuals
born with the proverbial gold
spoon in their mouths and not at
all for the toiling masses.
Perhaps, tho, the advice was
given with the object of raising a
good laugh at another's expense.
We all know with what fendish
delight some showmen hold the
tempting pass before the dazzled
small boys eyes to make him
work like a stevedore, and then,
when the boy has we'll earned his
reward, laugh in his face and tell
him to come around next year
and he can see the show" Years
ago in the days of the men who
built up the present Vanderbilt,
Astor and Gould fortunes, the ad-
vice to "buy New York real es-
tate' would have been timely and
worth millions to those who prof
tied by it, but now it is only sar-
casm.
Again, we notice that the men
who realized the great future that
was before Manhattan Island and
who took advantage of their op-
portunity were no more desirous of
giving away good thing than
are their descendants of the pres
ent day. If we were in a position
to give advice, we might suggest
that young men of speculative
turn buy up all the New York at
mosphere they can get while it is
cheap, or, if possible, form a SYM
dictate to buy up the atmosphere
of the whole country. By doing
so they would have the air ship
business ION the bip," in the fu-
ture. We do not insinuate that a
man has not as good a show to-
day as he had 100 years ago, but
we think that the opportunities in
a thickly populated city are not as
great as they would be, say, in a
newer country. In this age of ex-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
!, rs queer how prone

rs queer how prone
mankind is to give,
on the least proyoca-
ton. all kinds Of nd
vice. good, bad and
Indifferent, free of
charge. Some peo-:
pie on being intro
duced to a stranger
~ ~oroh 10 tho
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
RoadTax Levy.

! Office of Commissioners of Roads anc
/ Revenues, of Lee Co., Ca, in regular SEES
sion-meeting July S, 1904.
The Alternative Road law for said
State as appears in sections 573 to583. in
elusive, of Vol. of the Code of 1895 and
amendments thereto in acts of 1897 page
20, being in operation in this county by
authority vested in us, as County Commi-
sioners Of said county, we do hereby asses
and levy as a Communication tax" upon
each mail in said county subject to road
duty for the year 1904, the sum of two
dollars and fifty cents 81. SOY, and that
said assessment and tax shall be due and
collectable on and after August Ist., 1904:
anb the time shall remain open for the
payment of said assessment 81. so as
Communication tax aforesaid until Sept 18th
1904, and if any such persons subject to
such tax or road duty shall be then in de-
fault i'll making payment of the same, any
and all such defaulters shall be and are
hereby doubled taxed-that is assessed five
dollars ($5 oo) as tax and penalty on ac-
count thereof: and it is further ordered
that all such defaulters shall be allowed
until October Ist., 1904, in which to make
full payment of said assessment and pen
atty aforesaid and that any all that shall
then remain in default i'll making such
payment, are hereby declared subject
and shall be requested TO preform manual
labor upon the public roads of the county
for period of ten (Io) days, for said year,
as by law provided
Witness our official signatures, date
above written.
B. l. Mckinney, County Commr
T NJ Minis,
A true extract from the Minutes, This
July 9TH 1904.
James Morgan,
Clerk County commissioners.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
LOCAL TAXATION FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
A DpONT AMATTON

BY His EXcellency, Joseph M. Terrell Governor oil
the State of Georgia, Executive Department, July
Whereas, the General Assembly, at its session in
'oo2 proposed an amendment to the Constitution of
this State forth in act, approved August 9TH
Sec. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Georgia. and is hereby enacted by authority of the
same That from and after the passage of this Act that
article g. sect on paragraph Of the Constitution of
the State be altered and amended by striking out the
word "upon the recommendation of two grand Jurl
which begin in the first line after the word Counties
and end in the second line before the word "and and
substituting therefor the words mta districts school
districts and by inserting the words "mta districts,
shoot districts in the seventh line afterword County
andbeore the word and further bysstrking out the
word "two-thirds' whica begins in the seventh line
after the word ca and ends in the eighth line before
the word 'voe and subs tuting therefore the words
"twothrds majority Of those voting SO that SAID
paragraph shall read when amended, as follows VIZ;
Authority nay be granted to counties, MALTA dis
trctS school districts and municipal corporations,
upon the recommendation of the Jorate authority,
to establish and MAINTAIN public schools in their respec
tive limits by local taxation; but no such law shall take
effect until the same shall hav- been submitte to a
vote ofhe qualified in each CouNty, militia dis
triCt school district municipal corporation, and ap-
proved by twOhirdS majority of persons voting at
such election, and the General Assembly my prescribe
who shall vote on'Such questions
Section BE it further enacted, That If this
amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds OF the
members elected to each of the two Houses the same
shall be entered on their Journals with the Ayes and
Navs taken thereon and the Governor shall cause said
amendment to be published in one mos e newspapers
in each congressional district for months previous
to the next general election and the legal voters at the
next general election shall have written or printed on
their tickets Ratification or against Ratification"
as they may choose vote, and if majority,ot the
electors qualified to vote for the General Assembly vot
ing shall vote in favor Of Ratification then said amend
ment shall become part of said article g. section A.
paragraph Of the Constitution Of this State, and the
Governor shall make proclamation thereof
Nov, therefore l Joseph Nj. Terrell, Governor OF
said State do issue this my proclamation hereby de-
clang that the foregoing proposed amendment to the
Constitution is submitted for ratification or rejection TO
the voters of the State qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly, at the general election to be
held on Wednesday, October 5th 1904
Bv the Governor; JOSEPH NJ. TERRESI.
PHI Up Cook Governor.
Secretary of State.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Libel for Divorce.

FANNIE HOWELL Case No. 936 Libel for d.
vs. vorce. In.the Superior Court
JOSH HOWELL. } Of Lee County Georgia, Flied
March 31st 1904.
To JOSH HOWELL, defendant in said case,
You hereby notified that by virtue Of ar order grant
ed in said case at the May term 1904 OF said court
you are required to in person or by attorney appear at
the next term of said to be held IN and for Lee
County Georgia, on the first Monday in November
1904 (neX then and there to answer the complaint Of
the plaintiff, Fannie Howell against you for tot
divorce. upon the ground Of wul continuous dzseton
as in defalt Of such appearance the court will proceed
as to justice shall appeItain.
Witness the Honor, bic \. L'rlLEJoNN, Judge OF
said Court this 5rd. day of June 1909
JAMES MO GAN, Clerk.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29

FOR SALE-Two horses and one buggy.
Parties wishing to buy can secure a bar
gain by calling on the undersigned The
horses are in good order and will be sold
cheap for cash.
N. E. OUTLAW,
Leesburg, Ga
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
PUBLIC SALE

viii be sold before the Court House
door, at I.eesburg Ga, during the legal
hours Of sale on the Ist Tuesday in August
1904, the property belonging to the
Estate ] T. Mckinney late of said Co
decd. consisting of trunk and contents
watch, pistol Etc Terms cash.
July 4th 1904