The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-04

both the Senators INDUCED in fulsome
compliments of each other, the ancient
models Of propriety. like Hoar, cullom.
Teller, and Berry, evidently ashamed Of
the affair, wriggled in their seats and
looked as if they would like to get out
into the fresh air. It was scarcely relev-
ant to the Agricultural bill under discus
sion, unless the illusions to the juice Of
corn might be so regarded. The Presi.
dent of the Senate used his gavel briskly
and commanded order, trying to recall
the two Senators to the proprieties Of the
place.
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The National Convention of Builders OF
the United States aud Canada in session
at Washington visited Baltimore Friday
to examine the effect of FIRE on iron and
the different kinds Of stone. OF all build
| ing materials brick and iron stand q con-
fagration best, probably because they
are both born of FIRE. There is more than
one national convention in session in
Washington every day in the year.
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Your correspondent ran against Gen.
Grosvenor Friday and detained him by
the lapel long enough to say. II see you
are betting on Japan, General. No. +"
he answered. 1.-THE betting is off. To see
the little nation try tothrash the big one
stirred the cookies Of my heart little,
but it begins to look. reckless, and my
time is now all occupied in guessing" I
asked him what heguessed. II guess
that Japan will be ahead year from
now, . he said. ..if the little Japs will
stand up and fight white men, man for
man. That is the conundrum. If they
will easily give way, retreat and quit
in short, if they are inferior to white men
in staying qualities, they are whipped be-
fore they begin. don't know. Their
vaior on an open field has yet to be
demonstrated
had a chance the same day to ask the
same question of Brigadier- General A. W.
Greedy in the Signal Service Bureau Of
the War Department. He looked un-
commonly spruce in his khaki uniform
and has not grown perceptibiy grayer in
the last ten years. though man who
went through his Arctic experiences is
entitled to be very gray indeed. 1.-THE
little Japs have taken q big contract, he
answered. "The result must depend on
what kind of fighters they are. If they
have the courage, dash, and staying
qualities which the Russians have re-
peatedly shown, theyiwill drive the Rus
slams back into Siberia. l don't know
as they have. They are insular. They
are sailors. They can fight when afioat
but Sighting on level ground is another
thing. The Russianssare three or four
times as many as the Japs but they are
connected with their base Of supplies by a
single line of railroad Eve thousand miles
long .-twice as long as from Washington
to Denver. It is bard proposition they
fare up against. and if the Japs will fight
like white men, they will cut off Port
Arthur, vladivostock, and perhaps Har-
bin. Will they stand and be killed or
see their file leaders fall dead at their
feet3 That is the question.
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The Senate has ratified the canal treaty
and the President has signed 1t; but the
Colombian government has sped the
French canal company and while that
suit is pending it will be impossible for
this government TO obtain clear title to
the property. So. it cannot pay out a
dollar. Thus the whole business Is sus-
pended for an indefinite season. For how
long? Nobody knows. The circamio-
cutiou Office has got it.
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The postofice robbers were convicted
Friday evening in Washington, after a
trial lasting forty-seven days.