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THE STATE OF DADE NEWS. VOL* X. IMPORTANT WORK. Live Issues That Will Engage the attention’of Congress. MANY APPROPRIATION BILLS, Not Likely That The Ship Subsidy Hill Will Reach a Vote at the Present Session. Washington, IX C., Special.—The last week but one of the present ses sion of congress will be exceedingly busy in the house. Much business re mains to be disposed of, and fha in> ovitable crowding which characterizes the closing hours of congress lias be gnu already. The appropriations bills, so far as the house is concerned, are in. fairly good shape. The last of them, the general deficiency bill, will follow on the heels of the sundry civil which is about half completed. These bills and conference reports will be given the right of way over everything else. All other matters, some of them of great importance relatively but not of Operative necessity to be passed, will have to take chances in the final rush Speaker Henderson is almost constant ly besieged by members importuning him in. *be interest of various meas ures, He is keeping clear for the great biih> and letting the driftwood of leg islation into the current only when it will not impede progress of things which must pass congress before March 4. Then* are many knotty problems to he solved in connection with the ap propriation bills over differences be tween the two houses and many good sized rows are promised. The ulti mate fate of the river and harbor bill probably will depend upon how heavy it is loaded when it comes back from *be Senate. The biggest fight between the two houses from present, appearance is likely to occur over the war revenue deduction act. The senate conferees seem determined! at present to force the senate substitute or allow the bill to fail. But if the house conferees are standing firm, and many members of the house have their backs up, the im pression prevails that the house will support ‘heir conferees, and if it doe? the senate in the end may be com pelled to yield. Tomorrow is suspen sion day and the bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the St. Louis exposition will be put on its passage. A motion to suspend the rules will cut off op portunity for amendment and no doubt is entertained that the bill will command the two-thirds necessary to secure its passage upon motion to sus pend the rules. The programme with reference to this and other measures, however, may be materially modified if it becomes certain before March 4th that an extra session is to be called. The senate will devote practically all its time during the present week to appropriation bills. The postoffice appropriation bill probably will be taken up first upon convening, though it may give place to the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill. The amount cf time to be consumed in discussing these measures will de pend largely upon the determination which may be reached with reference to the ship subsidy bill. So long as the Democrats feel that the subsidy bill is to be pressed in case of a dull, they will insist upon debating all measures presented. The bill making appropriations for fortifi cations also will receive attention dur ing the week, and it, is expected that the conference report on the Indian bill will be considered. The Army Bill probably will be re ported late in the week but not in time to be debated before the begin ning of next week. There is some talk of the renewal of night sessions, but it is not probable that they will be again undertaken un til the closing days of the. session. A Busy Sunday. Topeka, Kas., Special. —Mr®. Carrie Nation put in a busy Sunday in To peka today, and as a result the capital city has experienced more genuine ex citement than can be remembered by the oldest, inhabitants. Mrs. Nation literally crammed the day with thrill ing episodes. She succeeded in having the contents of a notorious join! smashed, broke into a cold storage plant where a number of fine bars had heen stored away for safety, and de molished them, addressed a large mass meeting of men and women, and was arrested four times. From Lake Baikal to Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, By Cable. —It Is re ported from Nagaski that an agvee raent has heen concluded between China and the Russo-Chines* Bank for the construction of a railway from Lake Baikal, Siberia, to Port Arthur. The hank in return for constructing the line, gets the right to work it for thirty years. The same informant as serfs also that a line is projected from Ktakhtha to Pekin. NO PRIZE FIGHT. The Governor of Ohio Puts a Stop te Public Exhibitions. Cincinnati, Special.—The Jhffries- Ruhlin contest scheduled for Friday night was declared off judicially Thursday and officially Friday. Mayor Fleischmann’s permit expired at midnight, and its renewal is not ex pected by anyone. Judge Hollister en dorsed the entry of the decree forbid ding the contest. It enjoins the Sacngerfest Athletic Club from ac cepting hereafter from the mayor in the future a permit for a sparring match, a glove contest or a prize fight. The entry applies to all such events In Hamilton county and elsewhere in Ohio. Jeffries appears at the home of Gov ernor Nash, in Columbus, and llulilia at Marietta, O. Word reached tlio pugilists that the Governor not only intended to stop boxing contests in Ohio, but also to ihvestigate these sparring exhibitions. About $50,000 had been taken ih on the sale Of tick ets and this will be refunded. The SIO,OOO of forfeit was Friday afternoon turned over to Brady and Madden. Favorable to Wilcox. Washington. D. C., Special.—Dele gate Wilcox, of Hawaii Friday soored a distinct triumph in securing a un animous vote of the House committee on elections No. 1, confirming his right to a seat in the House of Rep resentatives. and holding that the charges filed against him were not sufficient to warrant his removal. Chairman Taylor will submit the re port in about a week. Mr. Taylor ex plained that Wilcox was not subjected to the usual strict construction, be cause he as a delegate from anew Territory and little mm-e than an agent. The letters alleged to be trea sonable were written prior to the or ganic act making Hawaii a territory and there was no disposition to go into these prior issues. As to his election, a perfect machinery of election was established, a ballot box regularly pro vided, practically every one partici pated in the voting and the will of the people was expressed. Bail Refused Capt Carter. Leavenworth. Kan., Special.—Ob erlin M. Carter, ex-Captain of Engi neers, United States Army, was brought from the Federal prison to the United States District Court here to hear arguments for his release, pend ing the appeal of his habeas corpus proceedings in the United States Su preme Court. The prisoner appeared to be in good health. Two physicians offered affidavits to the effect that the prisoner is a sufferer from neurasthe nia and if confined for any length of time will suffer mental collapsS and become insane. An affidavit by Car ter asserted his innocence, and plead ed for release so he may secure a civil trial in Atlanta. Judge Hook refused to release Carter on bail and ordered him remanded to the Federal prison to await the action of the United States Supreme Court, on the appeal In his habeas corpus case. New Finance Company. New York, Special.—lt is reported In Wall street today that a financing company with $20,000,000 capital, was organized some time ago by Kuhn, Loeb & Company, and associates, to acquire securities of railroad proper ties, as they may seem advisable, and to issue in their place participating certificates. It is assumed that securi ties of the Chicago & Alton, Kansas City oSuthern, Union Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande and perhaps connecting or competing lines of these will be includ ed in the purchases of the company. Newspaper Men at Inaugural. Washington. D. C., Special.—Judge Boynton, chairman of the inaugural press committee, announces that by an arrangement with Sergeant at-arms Randel, of the Senate, all local press men and resident correspondents and all visiting press men will make di rect application to Mr. E. G. Dunneli, chairman of the congressional press committee, for press facilities at the capitol building and for admission to the inaugural platform. The inaugural press committee has to do with facili .ics outside the capital and at the ball room. Windows Smashed by Mop. Buda-Pesth, By Cable.—Several thousand persons out of ork marched through the principal streets here Fri day, carrying mottoes such as “Bread or work is our right,” and singing the Marseillaise. They also began smash ing the windows of restaurants and stores. The police, in force, dispersed the mob after scenes of violence, dur. Ing which many arrests were made. Telegraphic Briefs. The increase in population in Berlin is most remarkable. During the last 30 years the population has increased from 825,389 to 1,884,845 wtithin the city limits, and. including its imme diate suburbs, to more than 2,503,000 souls. During the last ten years it has grown faster than Chicago. This increase is due to the development at the manufacturing industries. Addison Cammack. 74 years of age. at che time one of the most prominen t speculators in Wall street, died at bis time in New York Tuesday. Another death from bubonic plague has occurred in Cape Town, and two fresh cases were officially reported. TRENTON, GA„ GERMAN SUSPICION. 1)0 Not Fear a Tariff War With the United States. EMPEROR’S CONDUCT AND MOTIVES The Emperor aud his Advisors Said to be Heartily Tired of the War With Chin* Berlin, By Cable.—Emperor Wil liam’s friendly conduct towards Great Britain recently and the motives which induced it. still form favorite subject for discussion here. It was because of this that unusual interest Was taken in Germany at the opening Of the British Parliament. The speech from the throne and the debate on the address in reply ‘to it were thoroughly disappointing, because of the absence of any reference to closer Anglo-Ger man relations. Thomas Gibson Bowles’ interpellation anent the alleged Ger man seizure of a portion of the Bel gian Congo was seized on by the press today, as proof that the British peo ple’s hostile and meddlesome feelings towards Germany remained unchang ed. The Emperor’s pro-British senti*' ments and actions are still unceasing ly condemned. The Dresdner Nas chriekten (Conservative) says: “Since Prince Bismarck’s fall, the relations between the nation and the Em peror were never worse.’’ The semi-official press, since His Majesty’s return, has been doing ev ery thing to counteract this all per vading anti-Emperor sentiment, but rather unskilfully and unsuccessfully: It is noteworthy that the strongest op position to Emperor William in this connection comes from the Conserva tives which party usually claims loyal- 1 ty to the monarchy as a monopoly The Munich Allegemeine Zeitung (N tional Liberal) inspired, announ that Count Von Billow. Imperial Gi cellor, assumes full responsibility Emperor William’s pro-British ac. and that he will seize an early op portunity to show the nation that His i Majesty had good and sufficient rea sons for his conducit. There is no doubt that the German nation is heartily tired of the China war. This is shown not only by the attituc<! of *he press, but by the ut terances in the Reichstag and Prussian Diet. It is true tne China expenses for 1900 amounting to /53,000,000 marks, were finally voted, but the op posing Socialists and Freisiiaige criti cism were heard by the Conservatives and Centrists almost without reply, except in connection with the mission. Mass meetings called by the Social ists throughout Germany this week passed strongly worded resolutions against the proposed prohibitive agri cultural duties, branding them as a most unjust and most onerous burden for the working part of the nation, and dictated solely by the brutal class of the empire and the lowest agrarian selfishness.” They not only protest against increased duties but demand their entire abolition. The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten (Conservative), has printed an article making a strong argument that Ger many has no need to fear a tariff war with the United States, even if large agricultural duties are imposed, be cause American imports here are two and one-half times those of Germany to ithe United States. It cites a dis patch saying that the Treasury De partment at Washington is over whelmed with telegrams on the sub ject of additional sugar duty, adding: “This shows that American business interests are opposed to a possible tariff war with Russia. How much more will it oppose a tariff war with Germany, whose business is worth ten times to the United States that of Rus sia?” Cotton Ship Floated. Charleston. S. C., Special.—The Spanish steamship Otoyo, cotton la den, from New Orleans to Genoa, which ran ashore near Beaufort last Monday, has been floated and towed to Charleston. Her cargo was lightered and brought here by tow boats. A survey will be held Monday. The Otoyo had 9,000 bales of cotton on board and was putting into Norfolk for coai when she grounded. Telegraphic Briefs. Ait Crescent City. Fla.. Saturday, Dr. W. L. McLeod and his wife were found dead in their residence. The evidence disclosed that McLeod had killed his wife and then himself. Mc- Leod had been drinking. He was a prominent citizen. Secretary Long, accompanied by Mrs. Lpng and Admiral Bndicott, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, left Washington in the private car Riva, over the Southern Railway, for Pen sacola. where they will inspect the navy yard at that point and partici pate in the Mardi Gras celebrations. The party will remain there about one week and return to Washington by way of New Orleans. I'EMGCIIA TIC, ARP HELPS YOUNG —— “I - m mm Bartow Man Receives Numerous Re quests. fHE SEEK AFTER KNOWLEDGE The Philosopher Takes the Place of Books For Many of The Students; $ 1 feel pleased and honored to re ceive letters every day frrom young # girls and boys over the south asking’ for information on some subject or for help in a school debate or for a start tin a composition—just a start. These young people are generally from the country, where books are scarce and uheir eagerness for knowledge and ■neural improvement is very gratify ing. I wish that I was three or four men so that I could respond to all 'their letters and comply with their requests. I reply to as many as I can, but I cannot lake time to write com positions, even if it was right to do so. One boy begs me to write him a humorous speech, and winds up by asking me to please write two, so that j lie may take choice. L We see that some of the good ladies of the Atlanta Womaii’s Club are mov ing to supply the country schools with small libraries of good books and fthe Southern Railway has donated neat book cases for them. This, of course, is for Fulton county, but it is a move in the right direction, and will, no. doubt stimulate the ladies of other towns tor do the same thing. It is the very best thing I have heard of a woman's club doing. The desire for , books to read is almost universal among the people of the rural districts, and they should be encouraged. Books are cheaper than ever before known, rand cheap books can be had for aa few dollars each. 1 am not at all ffntimate with Mr. Carnegie, but if 1 jj was I would whisper in his philan ithropin ear and suggest tha/t he turn ■his attention for awhile to the towtis v nfi villages and let the big cities one. Our Cartersville Woman’s Tb is struggling hard to keep up " little library, but are not encour -1 by the nfen of the town. Their as are out all of the time, and are ad and re-read by many of the chil ren whose fathers do not give a dol ar to help maintain the library. This I may be thoughtlessness, and so I have sugggested that the ladies go around and see who will give 50 cents or 25 cents, or even 10 cents a month to keep up the supply and pay their rent and incidental expenses. Of course the character of the books must he thoroughly considered. Nothing sec tional or trashy or sensational; but only those that “point a moral or adorn a tale.” Every public school should have a burning commit tee, such as they have at Forsyth, Ga. A bright boy from Alabama writes that his name is John Jones, and wants r o know when and how he got it; says his father and grandfather had the same name, but they S’>d without telling where they got it. He says his schoolmate is named Will Higginbotham and he, too, wants to know where his name came from. I admire their eager curiosity, for our name is our sign hoard and every boy ought to know who put it up and what it reads. Of course it is too big a thing to tell much about names in a letter like this, hut I must tell Jack and Bill about theirs. John Is as old as the Christian era, and means “Whom Jehovah loves.” 1 knew a man very well who lived near Rome, and his four sons were named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and his two daughters were named Mary and Martha. Those good old-time peo ple had great reverence for the Bible and Bible names. One of my father's customers was named Shadrach Bo gan, and his fhiee sons were Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego. Another customer, David Allan, named his son Absalom, and for a wonder he was a good boy and made a good man, and his father, David, had no occasion to say “Oh, Absalom, mf son, my son.” Well in. course Oi time the people increased and multiplied so that their children had to have two names, so as to distinguish them, and so John’s son was called Johnson in English, ot John Johns in Welsh. After awhile it became John Jones. The Joneses are all of Welsh origin. The Welsh were a brave, religious people, and fought the English for many centuries. They never did submit until they were prom ised that no king should rule over them, except one born on their soil, and he should be called the Prince of Wales. King Edward’s son happened to be born at a beautiful little Weis > town named Caernavron, and the Welsh accepted him as their future king and called him the Prince of Wales, and that is how the title start ed. He was King Edward 11. Now there was another Welsh way of distinguishing the son from ♦’ father. The word “Ap” means son of and it used to be written John ap Jones, but in course of time the mid dle word was dropped. It is a litffo singular that away back in the tenth century the 'Welsh people who had been fighting each other in civil wars for two hundred years at last made friends and chose David ap Howey for their king, and he had a son namup Evan. He was a good man, and '* 3 subjeots always called him Howell the good. That mu^* be oul Evan of the Atlanta. Constitution. He has just been hid out all the* years. I see that the chamber of commerce gave a banquet yesterday and Evan Howell responded to the toast “Good Fellowship.” That suited him' exact ly, I know, and had 1 been there 1 would have told how his great ances tor was called the “Da” and was the las) Iting of Wales. I called him over “Hello Da!” and he answered ‘'Here.” Now, about Bill Higginbotham. That is old Anglo Saxon and means a mountain ark. The old name was hicken. Probably the old ancestor took his name from an ashe tree that shaded his house. Names were scarce and people took their surnames from objects of nature, such as hid, foun tain, dale, peak, pine, plant, oaks, chestnut, grub, twigs, branch, water, pool, mooli, stari cloud, and so forth; or from their occupations as Baker, farmer, carpenter, mason, miller, gar dener, granger, and all of the family of Smith who were the smiters of iron and silver and gold. All who were de tailed to watch for an invading enemy were called smiters or smiths. John Smith was origlnaly Johrt, the srtiiter. Captain John Smith was an ilustrious type of that, class. When names were too long to pronounce readily, the were shortened up. Peter, Who lived at the Seven Oaks, was called Peter Svnoaks; then Peter Snooks, and that’s how our Atlanta friend came by his name. The name Coward was originally cow herd —a herder of cattle —and was not improved by the change. The ad jutant of our brigade was named Cow ard. and the army had no braver sol dier. He lost his arm at Chiekakom iny. He always signed his name A. Coward, ad’jt. genl., and being asked why he did not sign his full name, said: “Well, my first name unfortu nately, is Adam, and it is not quite so bad to be a coward as it is to be a dam coward.’ A few centuries ago every civilized nation had to adopt a prefix or a suffix so as to prevent the confusion of names. The English added son to most of their names, as Johnson, William son, Jackson. Thompson, etc. The Scotch prefixed wdthj Mac. The Irish Mac or Me for son, and O for grandson. The French took De or Du. The Nor mans used Fitz or fils (from Latin of filus, a son). The Russians took witch from the same word. Then there are many nicknames to be accounted for, such as Bob, Bill Jack, Jim, Sallyy PoHy, Bev'sy etc. I don’t know how these started, but some of them came out of the colleries of England and the quarles of Wales, for every miner had a nickname as Nosey, Soaker, Shanks, Jigger, or something easy to call. I had a school mate whose name was Melville Young. One day he was trying to do a sum In Fellowship at the blackboard and wrote down what he intended—To-D —buit it looked 1 ike tod ,and the teacher said, “What do you mean by tod?” That was enough for the boys. They began to call him Tod, and the boys never quty., and he was known as Tod Young all his after life. But the girls are not so much inter ested in names, for almost every girl expects to change hers when the right young man comes along. She is not obliged to marry a man named Crm c shanks or Snoozlefanter or Hogg, but I’ve known them to do it, and they did very well.—Bill Arp in Atlanta Con stitution. P. S.—ln my last 1 etter the types made me to say 266,000 confederate soldiers. It should be 766,000—a1l told from the beginning; to the end of the war. B. A. • ________________ Express Train Wrecked San Francisco, Special.—The east bound limited express train which left here at 10 a. m. Saturday was wrecked at Mills City, Nevada, Sunday night. The fireman and three passengers were k lied. The conductor, engineer, one brakeman, two postal clerks and one passenger were injured. The dead are: Adolph Bissenger and wife, San Francisco; Clin.on R. Coulter, Sn Francisco; B. L. Whitaker, fireman. Injured: Conductor Engineer George Abbey; Postal Clerk C. A. SchuyUr; Postal Clerk J. C. Corin. Storms and Blizzards. London, By Cable—All Europe is experiencing a return of winter weather. Severe cold and snow storms are reported from all parts of England, Russia, 'he blizzard continues in the Odessa, and ict. In Switzerland many villages ar, it off. Numerous deaths are reported. Telegraphic communi. cation is n vll >’ interrupt**! in France and eh ere. % Fire ii oer AIM. V Appleton, Wl —Fire brom ■out Wednesda he KimboiM x, *-■ - ->nd Clark! v ’na thte dt- X tl . uian x,. .wider control at. finishing roome, prit chine rooms and a buildings are, a * mated loss f. he fire to ssoo,oo'.<i£ xht will be jgL* a Jr— latest silk and to (filing out. If it could 01 t it explode at the opportu aaay t might save the husband from untimely THE VOTE COUNTED Congress Offxially Declares McKin ley Elected. LAST ACT IN ELECIORAL DRAMA. Some Applause When Maryland’s Vote Was Announced Joint Ses sion of Congress. Washington, D. C., Special.—Tfe# ceremony of counting the electoral vote for President and Vice President cast ait the election last •fall took place in the hall of the House of Rep resentatives at 1 o’clock Wednesday, at, a joint session of the House and Senate. The method of counting the vote is described with great detail by the statute and was followed literally. Great crowds thronged the galleries. At 12:45 p. m., proceedings in the House were suspended and live row# of seats upon the right of the hall were vacat'd ? or he members of the Senate. \t c -linute of 1 o’clock the Prf'-.id j- pro m. and members of the Senate we rnnouncea. The m. ' he Hons rose to Tecehje them 'V Lv,ge boy carrying the caskets in ''l' t. v * re turns were depot. the clerk’s desk. Seutu mt pro tem. df ibf Senate, atv, to rostrum and took his place - 1 right of Speaker Henderson, to side over the }oi n+ ocssion. Inane ly below Speaker htuu, ato’* Frye, at the clerk's dee„, tellers of the two houses, it Chandler, of New Hampshire, am fery, of Louisiana, and p ~ tives Grosvenor of Ohio, a-u. son, of Tennessee, flanked on *. hand by the 'Secretary of the So - Mr. Bennett, and the Clerk House, Mr. McDowell, rapped for order and announoea object of the session. Formal tlons of the certiflcates, except in case of Arkansas, were omitted 1 . r exception was because one e the electors had 1 been absent and .e Gov ernor had appointed a su' .utute. The certificate was not challenged,, how ever. Senator Chandler read, In extenso, the certificate of the vote of Alabama giving 11 votes for Wm. Jennings-Bry an of Nebraska, for President, .and 11 votes for Adlai El Stevenson, of Illi nois, 'for Vice President. General Grosvenor announced that Colorado has cast four votes for Wm. Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, for President and 4 for Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, for Vice President. ‘Oh no,” shouted Mr. Richardson, one of the Democratic tellers, while the assem blage burst into laughter. Mr. Gros venor corrected the error and the an nouncement of the vote of the several States then proceeded in alphabetical order. When Maryland's eight votes wer# announced for McKinley and Roose velt there was slight applause. An other ripple of applause followed the announcement of Nebraska’s vote. It fell to the lot of Mr. Grosvenor to an nounce the vote of the President’s own State of Ohio, but its announcement created nio demonstration. On con cluding the list the tellers formally ascertained the totals. . , Senator Chandler announced the to tal number of votes cast as 447, of which Wm. McKinley, of Ohio, re ceived for president of the United States 292; Wm. J. Bryan, Of Nebras ka, 155, and of which Theodore Roose velt, of New York, received for Vice President 292, and Adlai EL Steven son 155. Thereupon Senator FYye proclaimed the 6tate of the vote as delivered to him. 'Phis announcement of the state of the vote by the President of the Senate,” said he, is by law, a suffi cient declaration that Wm. McKinley, of the State of Ohio, is elected Presi dent of the United States, and that Theodore Roosevelt, of the State of New York, is elected Vice President, each for the term beginning March 4, 1901, and will be entered together with a list of the votes on the journal# of the Senate and House of Represen tatives.” Telegraphic Briefs. A public school principal in Now Or leans says tnat the ability to decipher more or less Obscure handwriting quickly and accurately is ,in his opin ion, one of the best possible tests of general in&c.iig’ence. He uses it quite frequently in his school, without let ting the pupil suspect what he is af ter. The State of Oregon has issued war rants for over SIOO,OO within a year sgst for bounties for predatory wild uiaJs killed within its limits. The \v is paid on scalps of coyotes, mountain lions, panthers, —>v wolves and timber „wurg dispatch say*. . vices from the governor of .e scene of the recent naptha u. ay's that the total loss of life wa._*A 7and that the loss of property will not exceed 1.200,000 rubles. '1 ne London Court Circular announc es King Edward s decision that the court presentations during the reign of Queen Victoria, will hold, good foi the present reign NO. 16.