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CONDITION OF COTTON BAD.
4 RECLINE TIIHOUiHOnr ALMOST
THE ENTIRE KELT.
AvrrnKc ( tradition Wan Oalr on
,, rM t. I—Thin l War Helovv the
Tri.Vrar A*fr*r-('ni Ha* Uir
Hurkward During the Last Mouth.
l.ltrriiMl Hegarde This aa Oar of
ilie Worst Hrparts the t.ov. rnmrnl
Ha* Ever Matlr.
w lehlngton. Sept. 10.—The monthly re
port of the etatletlrlan of the Department
oi Agriculture shows 4h* average con
of cotton on Sept. 1 to have been
p. a compared with Hon Aug 1, 1900.
,* on Sept. 1.1999, 79.9 at the correspond
ttc date In 1999 and 79.6, the mean of
r ptember averages of the la at ten year*.
Except In Mississippi where there la
no cppreetable change In condition, there
t.at been a decline during August through
out the entire cotton belt. The lore
amounts to two points in Oklahoma, three
in Alabama and Florida. four In Virginia,
-is in Texas, seven In Louisiana. eight In
Georgia, thirteen in Tennessee, fourt **n
ip ttouth Carolina, sixteen In North Caro
lina. eighteen to Arkansas, nineteen in
;-,ttan Territory and twetity In Missouri
As on Aug. 1. a condition below the ten
y,jr av >1 ago Is almost everywhere re
ported, the deficiency being eight points
in Louisiana, and ntne In Georgia, ten in
Florida, fourteen In Virginia and Arkan
tts, fifteen In Tennessee, seventeen In
North Carolina and eighteen In South
Carolina* ai*d Mississippi. Only in Texas,
where the condition Is six polnta above
the ten year average, and In Oklahoma,
where it corresponda exactly to the aver
age of ihe four years for which statlstlca
are available. Is the condition other than
ci -ilnctly and more or leas seriously tin
: m \ t>ri i)i#.
As compared with Sept. 1, 1*99. the pres
ent ondMkma are less favorable in North.
Carolina. South Carolina. Alabama, Mlas
isvippl Louisiana. Tennessee, to the ex
tent of 9. 6. IJ. 19, 4 and 17 polnta rerpec
tlvely. and more favorable In Texas, Ar
kanrsas. Indian Territory, and Oklahoma
to the extent of 19, 3, 19 and IS points re
spectively.
In Georgia the general condition on
Sept 1, corresponded as closely as It was
possible to estimate It to what It was on
Sept. 1 of last year.
TTie condition of the different states on
Sept. 1. wna us follows:
Virginia. 73; North Carolina. 94. South
Cartwlria. 60: Georgia, 69: Florida. 71; Al
ai ama. 94: Mississippi, 60; Louisiana, 70;
Texas, 77; Arkansas. 63; Tennessee. 64;
llt-sourl. 64; Oklahoma, 79; Indian Terri
tory, 77.
IT WAS A RAD REPORT.
Liverpool Worried Orrr Colton Pl|-
arM From Inrrln. ‘
I.lTirpM!, Sept. 10.—The report ol the
Frilled State* Department of Agriculture,
eOoarfng the general average condition of
f 'ton on Sept. 1. Ora* not receive*! until
after exchange hour*. It Is regarded as
one of the worn on record.
TOBACCO OS THE DECLINE.
loadltlon of Mice la Og Alao Except
In I.onlalana.
Washington. Sept. 10.—The monthly re
port of the statisticiar. of the Department
ol Agriculture eaya there hoe been a gen
era! decline In the condition of tobacco
since Aug. 1. the loss amounting to 1 point
In Kentucky, I In Ohio, 7 In Pennsylvania
and Tennessee, 9 In Virginia. 11 In Mis
souri. 11 In North Catollna and It In
Maryland. Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky and
Wisconsin still report 3. 11. 9 and 6 points
• hove their respective ten-year averages,
but In Pennsylvania, Virginia. North Car
olina, Tennessee and Missouri, the .tondl
iion Is 12, 25. 30, 10 and 4 points below such
averages.
A decline In the condition of rice Is re
ported from every rice growing state ex
cept Isoulslana. where there Is no appre
< 'able change. The condition In that
"late, the chief seat of the rice growing
tii.bistry is now IS points above the aver
age of the series of yeara for which sta
ll 'lc* are avuliable.
The peach crops of North Carolina.
H- uth Carolina, Mississippi and Tennes
see are double the ten-year overage, those
of Virginia and 1 ieorgta. more than dou-
M". ar.d those of Texas and Alabama Dour
ly double.
COCK HAS TO MAKE SPEECHES.
Di dlraf lou of Trinity (kurrk—Other
W'ayeras# News.
Way cross. Ga., Sept. lft.-Hon. Arthur
E. Cochran, elector from the Eleventh
Congressional District, announces that he
will speak at Baxley, Appling county,
during the noon recess of Superior Court
on Monday. Sept. 17. On Sept 2. he goes
to Folkston by special Invitation. On that
day they have a big Democratic rally and
barbecue. On Tucsduy, Oct. 2. he will ad
dress the people of Camden at St. Mary's.
1 o|. Cochran proposes to canvass the en
tire district In the Interest of Democracy.
Henry Nelson, colored. HI years of age.
ns placed In Jail this morning, charged
with assaulting a little 13-year-old negro
girl last night while her parents were at
‘ '"treh. lie will be given a commitment
trial to-morrow morning.
Mrs. D. B, Sweat sprained her foot very
painfully Saturday, and has suffered great
I Hit since that time. She started down
the steps of her home, carrying her child,
"hen she missed her fooling and fell. The
baby was unhurt.
"n* cf the largest crowds that has met
1 new Trinity Church, was present yes
terday morning to witness the dedication
* Trice*. Dr C. E. Dowm.in preached
’be sermon. The church wa* beautifully
r,d tastefully decorated for the occasion
arid special music had been arranged by
the choir. After the sermon the official
beard presented the church far dedication
The dedicatory aentenc/ was read, and
'he prayer offered by Dr. Dowman. Dr.
I ’"man was largely Instrumental In es
t'hllshlrg the mission, which has grown
t t. a self-sustaining ehurcli of almost
4 members, and It was a fitting com
pliment for him to be Invited to perform
til* service. The new church cost 14.000,
and has all been paid for.
llev. w n Bcruggs announce* that
hil raised and forwarded SBO for the
India famine relief fund.
UECURBI PIHIIT Wtl A FAKE.
Md MrCoy* Wlfe’a Affidavit la IM
vorre Petition.
New York. Sept. 10.—Mr*. Norman Sel
*>r. wife of ''Kid'’ McCtoy. In an appllca
' n for divorce from her husband, eon
flrms by affidavit the statement made re
■■ntly by Mr*. James J. Corbett that the
''ght between Corbett and McCoy, which
took place ut Madison Square Oarden.
Aue 30, was a fake. Mrs. McCoy charges
her nuaband with having sold oue bis
'fields in the tight.
Few persons know llenry Guy Carle
ton other ehan as a playwright. He la,
however, the prealdent of a manufactur
ing company with an office In one of the
'*ll building* on Broadway. New York.
nd there t>nds all the lime not devoted
to theatrical matters. The company man
ufactures Mr Carteton'e own slectrtesl
|nvenu*n*. which axe many and suecss*-
MADE A TRIP TO GALVESTON,
Kellogg Telia of Its Incidents anil
Terrible nights There.
Houaton. Tex.. Sept, I#.-Mr. A. V. Kel
logg. a civil engineer In the employ of
the Houston and Texaa Central Railroad
In Texas City, went to Galveston Satur
day morning. Mr. Kellogg relates sn In
teresting story of his experiences getting
Into Gslveston. of the storms snd Its ef
fect# and how ha m.uc*-d to get out ot
the city and Into Houston sgaln, arriving
here yesterday afternoon.
"When we crossed the bridge over Oal
veston bay going into Galveston." said
Mr. Kellogg, "the water had reached an
elevation equal to the bottom caps of the
pile bents, or two feet below the level of
the track. After crossing the bridge and
reaching a point some two miles beyond
we were stopped by reason of • washout
and compelled to wale one hour for a re
lief train to come out on the Galvealon,
Houston and Henderson road. During this
period of one hour the water rose & foot
snd a half running over the rails of the
track. The relief train signalled us to
return half.a mile to higher ground where
the passengers were transferred, the train
crew leaving with the passengers and go.
ing on the relief train. The water hud
reached an elevation of eight or ten In
ehea above the Galveston Houston and
Henderson track, and was flowing In a
westward direction, at a terrific speed.
The train crew was compelled to wade
ahead of the engine and dislodge drlft
wooJ. At 1;1S we arrived at the Santa
Fe union siation depot. At that time the
wind was increasing and had reached a
velocity of thirty-five miles an hour.
"Alter arriving at Oaivrston I went so
the Tremont Hotel, where I remained the
balanc- of the day and during the night.
At &:36 p. m the water had begun to creep
Into the rotunda of the hotel, and by 3
o'clock It waa twenty-six inches above the
floor of the hotel, or about 6!j feet above
the street level. The front windows of
the hotel were blown In. a door was lorn
off and ihe skylights over the rotunda
fell crashing on the floor below.
“The refugees b-gar to come Into the
hotel between 8.30 and S o’clock until at
least 80) or 1.000 persons had sought safe
ty there. The floors were strewn with
people all during the night. When the
wind was blowing from the northeast It
was at a velocity of about forty-five miles
an hour, but at 8 o'clock It reached the
climax, the speed then being fully 100
miles. The vibration of the hotel was not
unlike that of a box oar in motion. 1 tried
to ales? that night, but there was so
much noise and confusion from the crash
ing of buildings that I could not get any
rest.
”1 arose early Sunday morning. The
sights were simply appalling. The water
on Tremont street had lowered eight feet
from the high water mark, leaving the
pavement clear for two blocks north, and
six or seven blocks south of the Tremont
Hotel. The streets were full of debris, the
wires were all down and the buildings
In a very much damaged condition. Every
building In the business district wss dam
aged with but one or two exceptions
"The refugees came pouring Into the
heart of the city, many of them having
In little clothing and scores were almost
naked. They were homeless and without
food or dnnk and many were really In
destitute circumstances. Mayor Jones Is
sued s call for a mass meeting which was
held Bunduy morning. Steps were taken
to furnish provisions and relieve the suf
fering of ihe refugees und bury the dead.
"A conservative estimate of the people
killed or drowned could be put at from
400 to 1,000 people. Early in the morning
It was learned that the water supply had
been cut off. I presume |t was caused by
the English ship which was blown up
against the bridge*, cutting the pipes. At
ail event* the city la without water. Peo
ple who hid depended on cisterns of
course had their resources swept away
and there are but a few large reservoirs
to be found In the business district.
“The scene on Ibe docks was a terrible
one. The small working fleet ami the
laager schooners were washed up over
the docks and railroad tracks In fright
ful confusion. The Mallory docks were
demolished. The warehouses were torn
Into shreds. Three ocean liners were an
chored off the dorks and seemed to be In
good condition. The damage to the ship
ping Interest* l* something Immense, the
Huntington Improvements being entirely
ewept away.
"I tried to get out of the town as quick
ly as I could and succeeded In securing
passage on the first sloop which sailed
When we got outride of the harbor we
found a terrific gale blowing and the sea
running vers- high. I’nder three reefs and
with the peak down we set our course
for North Galveston. A* we passed Peli
can flats we could see the English steamer
anchored off over toward where the rsll
road bridges should be, and came to the
conclusion that she bad evidently broken
the water main* and cut the supply off.
Another ocean liner could be seen off
the shore of Texas City In what would
erffn to have been about two feet of wa
ter In a normal tide. Ws passed within
a few hundred yards of where the light
house once stood but could see no evi
dence of It. Th* waters of the bay
were strewn with hundreds of carcasses
of dead animals. We had a hats clous
passage, but managed to reach North
Galveston at 1:33 o'clock. Here we found
a ttdal wave bad crossed me peninsula,
carrying destruction In Its path. Th* fac
tory building and the opera house were
blown down and other buildings destroys
oil. While there wete no deaths reported
at North Galveston there were many
hardships endured during th battle with
the elements."
—The pocket less woman and her money
are easily parted. Bank notes amounting
to S4OO. which had been carefully conceal
ed In the hand of on Innocent-looking
sailor hat worn by Mrs John Phillips of
Chicago were scattered promiscuously
about At ate street the other day. because
a breese snatched the hat frpm the head
of tt* owner while she wa* aboard a
State street car on her way downtown.
The bill* varied In denomination from
g!0 to Lift At stght of their flight through
the air tn the vicinity of Twenty-ninth
street several passenger* Jumped from
the car and a lively scramble ensued for
the scattered money. One |.V) bill was
picked up out of a pool of wnter In the
str-et Mr*. Phillips say* she ydoea not
know how much she tost by the accident,
ns she hod paid several small bills out of
the sum and was on her way downtown
to pay the ta*es on her property.
—According to the date on ht* monu
ment at Westsnlnster, Chaucer died Oct.
25 1* The 340th anniversary 1* to be cel
ebrated by th# authorities of th# British
Museum by an exhibition of Chaucer
manuscripts, various sdltlon*. engrav
ing*. stc The Royal Society of Litera
ture will mark the occasion by publish
ing a court* ox "Cbauctx memorial lec
•' ‘ *
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1000.
Mrs.
Pfnkham
The one thing that quail
ties a person to give ad
vloo on any subject Is
oxperienoo experience
creates knowledge.
Mo other person has so
wide an experience with
female Ills nor such a
rotxird of success as
Mrs. Pfnkham has hsd.
Over a hundred thou
sand oases come before
her each year. Some per
sonally, others by mall.
And tfus has boon going
on for 20 years, day after
day and day aftar day.
. Twenty years of con
stant suocess think of
the knowledge thus
gainedl Surely women
are wise In soaking ad
vice from a woman with
such an experience, es
pecially when It Is free.
ff you are 111 get a bottle
of Lydia E. Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound at
onoe then write Mrs *
Plnkham, Lynn. Mass.
SOUTH CAROLINA’S PRIMARY.
Meiwißinr and iiovt to con
test GORBHWOBSHIP.
Hcfiweeney Had 5,000 More Tstss
Than Hoyt In the First Primary.
Ills Chanrri ierm the Best In To
day's Race—The Burning Dispen
sary Question—Tillman's Contest
With Sloan for the Lieutenant
Governorship— Vote May 9lot Be
Large.
Columbia. 8. C. Sept. 10—The second
primary election 4o settle the question be
tween candidates not settled m the first
election on Aug. 29, will be held tO-mOr
roW
The Issue Is brought clearly between
Gov. MrSweeney and Col. James A. Hoyt,
for governor. In the first race Mcßwee
ney received. In round number*. SX.QO)
votes, Hoyt, 39.000, while the three other
candklateo—Gary. Fa It croon and Whit
man-divided 18.000 votes between them.
Cutler ordinary circumstances It would
be remarkable to expect a man of Col.
Hoyt's ability, character and conserva
tism to gt more than half of those 18,606
votes In to-morrow's contest, but while his
have been working hard and some
of them are optimistic. It seems nwit un
likely that In a vote as large as that of
the first primary Col. Hoyt will gain more
than 7,000 votes, which would give Mo-
Sweeney a majority of 13.600.
If the weather continues good the ra
pidly opening cotton will keep many farm
ers away from the polls so dial a vote of
9P.OW will hirjly be polled. Oov. Mc-
Sweeney will lose u greater proportion
of the non-voters than Col. Hoyt, and In
case of as small a vote as that Indicated
the majority ol the governor will be less
—somewhere between 3.000 an.l 8.0.
Dispensary I# Mtroag.
At staled In this correspondence mom he
ago. the dispensary had gained friends In
the previous year and as a business tn
stltutkm u is stronger now than nt any
time since its establishment. While It
may never be entirely eliminated from
politics. It IS conducted In a less olfen
slve manner than formerly. The red
handed constable with rifle and revolver
who invaded private homes and was open
ly shielded by tin- state. Is BOW In Ihe
back-ground; while the personal liberty
of dtlxens who were at first deprived of
the privilege of bringing whisky
beyond the limits of the state
and had their mouths held at the dispen
sary bung. II drink they must. Is restor
ed There are no more nelxures of Impor
tations for ’‘personal use.” Vet the dis
pensary Is making more money and this
has became a decided Tea I uro In the
smaller towns, whose revenues are not
large, and where llO.uuO more or lees dur
ing the year ha* a considerable Influence.
So It comes down to this that the chief
obJe.4lon now had to the dispensary sys
tem hy those who are not prohibitionists
or opposed to (he sale of liquor by ||.
cense. Is that the commonwealth has mo
nopolised a business that Is not looked
upon as creditable ami makes all Ihe peo
ple participate In running a big “rum
shop." Fifteen years ago Ihe sentiment
in this would have appealed strongly to
a majority of the people, who were wool
to have an overabundance of stale pride,
but If familiarity breads contemn. •
twelve-years’ course of reform politics
has a leveling Influence, ami the high
things come down. The mountains tum
ble Into the valley.
The towns wish ihe'revenue and they
do not wish prohibition. Under the con- \
sttiuctop high license may he hsd. but
the establishments opened under thst 1
system could only sell liquor in quantl- !
ties, and It could not bo drunk on the
premises, so It would In reality be having
the some dlspenaarlea under city control, j
The advantage of that, from the business
standpoint, has not appealed to the coun
ty people.
Th* great majority of people wish th*
liquor question could he settled for a term
of years without these fights, that have
become nauseating, could be eliminated
from the state campaigns. For two solid
months It ha:i almost seemed to those
forced to hear and read aa If the very
atmosphere were reeking with th* odor
of e barroom; and the air was filled with
•'whisky'' and dispensary Hundreds of
candidates from every crossroad* stump
have had but that one subject for their
speeches and they have gone to the dregs.
Fur Lieutenant Governor.
There Is hardly more Interest in the gu
bernatorial contest than In that for lieu
tenant governor, to be settled to-morrow
between Col. John T. Sloan and Col.
Jatne* H. Tillman. Col. Sloan Is a lawyer
of this city. He ha# been In both branches
of the general assembly, and as a young
man. was assistant clerk of the Houte.
He entered the t'onfeilerate army when
16. and was In some of the noted battles
of Virginia On returning from the sur
render. he re-entgred school, then name
to the Bou'.h Carolina College, where he
graduated with honor He later grad
uated In law with distinction.
Col. Tillman 1* the son of former Con
gressman Georg* D. Tillman, and a ne
phew of the Renat or. He was llautenant
colonel of the First South Carolina Reg
iment He made himself the champion of
tha men and aided them tn getting up
petitions for rmsater-oul. On one occa
sion ha took batch of thaaa petition* on
to Washington The regiment was finally
xd*rcd from Jackaonvilla to Columbia to
be mustered out Col. Alston was almost
hioken-hearted at the demoraUaatton of
what hod promised to he a splendid com
mand. He became 111 and died while the
paper* a ere being prepared for mueter
oul. I.!eut. Col. Tlllmau was promoted
to colonel. He then made strenuous efforts
to have the command retained In service,
but It could not be done
Court-martial proceeding* were begun
against him Just before muster out, for
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen
tleman, but they were dropped, and a
regiment that gained leas honor than aMy
South Carolina had ever tent beyond her
borders, trss disbanded
In this campaign Col. Tillman said h*
was running on his merits, and his war
record He received I3.GUU more votes than
Col. Rioatt. There were three others lu
the race. Tillman has th* advantage.
HOYTS NAME fit RATI lIKI OFF,
Many Tickets tor Tu-day’a Primary
Fouud Mutilated.
Columbia. 8. C., fiept W —There Is mueh
excitement In Spartanburg to-night as
well gt at Hoyt headquarters over tha
discovery that all the-tickets In a box
sent io a precinct twenty miles from Spar
tanburg had Hoyt's name scratched off.
The box was opened to-night by acci
dent and the discovery made by one of
the managers Spartanburg pedis S.OOn
vote* and there Is no knowing how wide
spread is the fraud. Otdy printed ballots
are legal in the primary
MOTHER DOE AND HER FAWNS.
A Prstlf Picture of Animal Life la
the Woods.
From the Forest and Stream.
Hark! XVhat'a that? Looking intently
toward the point, I see two tiny spotted
toddlers wading out from the buohes. Nol
more than four or five feet, but there
they are as plain as life can make them
They are certainly not over two or three
weeks old, spoils,! like two leopards, ears
ao large and awkward looking, their knees
hardly seem able to support their ungainly
11483*' bodies, but happy as the children of
the forest only know how lo be when no
danger Is nigh and a big mamma la pres
ent io warn and watch over them
But where la mamma? Ah! here romeo
the stately old dame. First she put* only
her nose out of the bushes, look* up and
down the stream, sniff* the air, aml seem
ingly satisfied that all Is wcM. she alowly
and majestically w ilk* out In midstream
and takes a drink. The lltile ones by this
lime are ravorttnst like two kittens,
splashing the water and making a great
deal of noise Mamma Is afraid, evidently,
• here Is too much noise, tor she backs
out of Ihe water, anil the little ones
obey her Instruction* and reluctantly fol
, low
Fortunately there is quire a clearing
along the left bank, and alowly and
stealthily backing about ten feel up the
hill. I gain a position where I can plainly
see mama and the babies without being
seen or heard.
The c'.d lady la quietly feeding, nipping
Ihe tender branches with much relish.
The little one* think l Is time for Ihelr
breakfast, snd to watch them as they
pull at their eourres of nourishment re
mind, s me of a full-blooded Jersey cow
with a calf f wonder If long years ago
three was any relationship existing be
tween Ihe two.
The doe is a Mg female. Bhe weighs
ino pounds. Bhe wears her spring and
summer garment—her red petticoat The
duties of maternity evidently agree with
her. tot she Is sleek and fat Now mam
ma compels the toddlers to stop eating,
and even give* the largest of the fawn*
a alight tap on ths head to prevent his
Dishes for more sustenance This furry
thing promise* to he a buck, for he I*
dei*rmlned to get what he wants, but his
mother Is ton quick for him Bhe leaps
from one side to the other with th* agility
that only a deer possesses, and now both
little onto, entering Into the spirit of the
play, run and jump In Imitation of their
mother. Now the dame runs twenty rods
up th* hilt and the little one* follow.
Now thy all come back pell-mell. No
sooner have the little one* reached Ih*
water's edge than they repeat the per
formance again and again
How proud mamma looks! Were there
ever two such lovely fawns? Not to her
way of thinking After having run about
ten limes, they evidently tire ami come
up to partake of the maternal font Rut
Instinct teaches that It Is not good to cat
when so heated from violent exercise, mo
the mother P-ad* them to water, lets them
drink, gnd then again tempts them to re
peat thetr performance of running and
romping. It strikes me the mother has an
object In view, fan It be to teach her
young to gain atrengilt and aurefooted
ness? 1 think so. Now the two urchins
com, tumbling down the hlllakb with an
Impetuosity that la undeniable. The
smaller one of the two Is enaMed to stop
Just at the wator's edge, but the baby
buck Is coming so quick and he ha* so
little control of himself, tig tumbles from
Ihe embankment and falls with a resound
ing splash Into th,- water, and then begin*
to bleat exactly like a calf, as much as
lo say;. "Mamma, mamma, sister push
ed roc in the water. Come help me, I am
hurt."
And now I make my mistake. The entire
affair Is *o ludicrous. I laugh, and that
very loud, and then you should see the
doe One quick look In my direction, one
quicker Jump Into obscurity, a call for
her offspring, and that settle* It.
rasipslgs lu toffee County.
Douglas, Ga.. Sept. 10—On Saturday
Hon. C. A. Ward, the Democratic nomi
nee for representative ami Col J. M Den
ton, Independent, in.nl* two Joint debates,
one at Nichols end one at Douglas Each
brought charges ol corruption and mis
management against the other's past offi
cial rri ord Col. Ward was formerly Judge
of th* County Court and later chair
man of th* board of commies loners, hav
ing resigned both place*. Col. Denton
wa a for nearly six ysars solicitor of the
tounty snd city courts and resigned.
Shorter College to Open.
Rom*. Ga.. Sept. 10.—Shorter College
will open Wednesday. The college will
have about ninety hoarding pupils, the
largest number In Its history
Moultrie Won the Game.
Thomesvtlle, Oa.. Sept. Ift—The Thom
aavttle and Moultrie ball teams played
here to-day. The score resulted 3t04 In
favor of Moultrie.
—lt I* sab! that Mr*. Clemen* (Mark
Twain's wife) plays a very Important part
In her huetmnd'a literary life All that ha
writes passes under her severe censorship.
She I* a most acute critic, end If there
t> anything tn what he may have written
which does not meet with her entire ap
proval the “copy" go* straightway to
the waste, basket or Is held back for revi
sion.
Rots GoDfinement ol its Paio^S^
Mors children would be bonis If th# mother coatd
be "(tee that the pain*. t#fyri*e o'., UiUUOt.* ul ' • '.‘.gMe
gfUsuoni ..old be av< :de<T < SS(JP"
“MOTHER'S FRIEND "
(that marvelous liniment) Is aniqae la relieving sad \\ \
relaxing sll the strained tendons and muscles, as wall ' v
at the distended organ*. There Is nothing like It. p M earn."
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CELEBRATION WAS A FAILURE.
FF.DHO FATEH AO'* FI.AIM TOW ARD
SELF-AIIVAM CHEAT.
Ill* 4'elrbratlua AA aa Fit-mature anil
I apapular—Schriued ta Get I nltnl
Mates Officials In a Banquet XV here
Their Freaenee Would Lend Ac
quiescence to Filipino Independ
ence krntluarnt# The OMrtnla
"era Mated by Judge Taft's Farr
sight.
Manila. July 36—To a recent arrival not
Intimately acquainted with the military
hlrtory of ihe last two years Manila pol
itics soem i prolonged series of fracases
ami fiascos Any one who know* the Inside
working* of Luxon politics Is aware of
much deceit, double dealing and misrep
resentation.
We have Just come through a celebra
tion organised by Pedro Patrrno to com
memorate the decree of amnesty of June
11. We are now aware of ihe following
facta; That the amnesty amounts, to far.
to nothing; that ihe celebration waa pre
mature, abortive and unpopular with the
people; that Pedro Faterno organised It
for political motive* of personal advance
ment. and that Judge Taft, by his fore
sight and prompt action, prevented th*
American official representative* from be
ing placed In a false position. The whole
affair was unfortunate In Its Inception. In
ll* developments and In Its results.
Pedro Pate/no waa at one lime Presi
dent of the Filipino Oongre**. He came to
Manila from Ihe Insurgent lines about
four month* ago and wna placed in JnU.
Hq wa* later temporarily releastd by Gen.
MacArlhnr lo aid Don Feltpo Uueneamtno
In Ihe latter's effort* to bring peace to
these islands on the basts of the absolute
recognition of American sovereignty hy
the Filipino people. lAtlerno's political
longing was for independence under
American t >rute, -4 btn and he soon diverged
from Buencamtno's more conservative
measures by Ihe publication of a docu
ment advocating Philippine Independence
For thht breach Faterno wa* returned to
Jail and only released after swearing th*
proscribed oath of allegiance to the United
Bla'et. Hl* nexs move wa* the announce
ment of a two-days' fl*.t<h a* a token of
Filipino appreciation of the decree of am
nesty. Ill* programme Included horse
race* and regatta*, parades by day and
night, dancing. Illuminations snd flre
works.and a banquet attended hy pr>qnl
nent Filipino* Gen, MscArihur. the Amer
ican Civil Commission and th* foreign
consuls of Manila At the banquet there
were to he spneehe* by Filipino* only, and
Falertto stipulated that ever speech must
first ba submit led to himself and receive his
approval These plans were submitted to
Gen Mae Arthur and to Gen Bell, provost
marshal of Manila; and. receiving th*
written approval and Indorse men t of these
gentlemen Faterno went nhead with ht*
preparation*. During these preparation*
(here occurred several Incidents of Inter
est Faterno caus#d to be erected on Ma
nila's main street ten triumphal bamboo
arches. These were to I-* adorned with
portrait* and patriotic phraar* The an
thnrMi** discovered that portrait* of
Agulnaldo were given prominent
places on some of the arches.
Hint In one tnslaho* picture* of
President McKinley and Agulnaldo
were Placed side by side under the
same big wreath, and that the Inscribed
sentence* declared for Fllplno Indepen
dence The poster* were censored and ed
ited to conform to ihe theory of Amer
ican sovereign! v aml the picture* of Ag-
Htnaldo and Pres McKinley were remov
ed. At this time there were freely cir
culated throughout the city hand bill*
signed with >h<- nnmc of Agulnaldo and
other prominent rebel* In the field, warn
ing all Filipinos to desist from any parti
cipation 111 th. amnesty celebration*, and
threatening those who did so with (he
vengeance of the Filipino revolutionist*.
These hand-bllM ware palpuMe fakea.
primed In Mamin purposely to alarm the
people. The rumor of an oulbreak In Mb.
nlla waa spread and many men actually
declined Invitation* to the banquet, be
cause of their fear* that *xplo*lve bombs
would he thrown among the guest# Dis
quieting rumors of Ihl* kind werr p*r*ta
teritly floated bv those Filipino* opposed
to the celebration. i
American Guards Doubled.
Saturday, the first dny of th* peace fes
tival. saw the Amert an guards tn Manilla
doubled, their carlrtdg*-bel|s filled with
Krag cartridges, and the provost mar
shal had Issued order* that for l>rce days
all American troop* tn the citv, excepting
guards and patrols, should remain In bar
racks and ready to answer a call to arm*
The celebration was to begin Hnturday
afternoon, but the people of th* c|ty took
no interest tn the affair; they were Im
passive and without enthusiasm When
questioned, the more Intelligent said that
as they could see no result of the amnesty
they kiiw no reason to celebrate Its pro
mulgation. The lew* Intelligent disclaimed
[ any knowledge of the fiesta or Its pur
pose. So the horse and bh-yo'.# races and i
Other street game# announced for Hal
urday did not come off. and. with a feel- <
In* of interest *s to what might h <pp*t>,
the Invited guest* repaired to the Zorttla
Theoter. at half-past sevtn. to a'ttend the
banquet. Herr u large crowd walled for
two hours, their >l(n< of Impatience and i
unrest being duly Increased by the ctreu- j
hit lon of rumors that Pedro Pater no had
been summon<Nl before tlen MacArthur, |
and that the banquet had been suspended
b> military order. At :• Judge Taft and |
Gen. Wright, Col. Wilder, repieseoting
Gen. MacArthur. and Went. Mrnoher. rep
resenting Gen Hell, and Pedro Psterno
entered the theater, ami th* meal bagan.
It wae a meal and nothing more. The
guests were silent, only commenting on
the music ar.d floial decoration* on th#
tablet; the Foreign Consuls had long
since gone home, and the many Filipino#
and Americana who looked on from th#
boxes and galleries wondered what the
trouble might be. There were no speeches
snd no toasts. Before th* meal was ar
tuallly over the signal to rise was given
and heartily accepted by everyone, end
the company dispersed a# quickly a* pos
sible. Th* theater was not cleared, how
ever, befor* twentv soldiers,
with rifles and cartridges, entered the
building, and this made the lagging Fili
pinos scurry away quicker than ever.
Outside th* rain came down In tropical
torrents, but the night was not one bit
more dismal than had been the banquet.
Why Ike Itaaqaet Failed.
The reason for the titter rallure of the
brnqnet I* thiat Paterno ha" *sur*d Gen.
Ma-Arthur ghat the speeches there to be
delivered would l> within the bounds of
propriety under the circumstance*, and
with this assurance the military authori
ties, represented hy Col. Wilder and LI cut
Menoher. let l*aterno proceed. They did
mg read over th# speeches beforehand
Coder hla direction and with ht* approval
•he iloaen specie*. including ht* own.
prepared for delivery at this banquet, all
dwelt on Filipino Independence under
American protWtton. They practically re
iterated the programme tor the promul
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gallon id which Fatenio was pu4 ter Jail
u m-ttuh ago. Il wa* hi* Intention to
'ring the Amcrlntn military authorities
and the Civil Commission to the banquet
■ nil then m*ke spec he* in dpanlsh for
Filipino Independence. The control of the
banquet, the festivities and evroythln*
pertaining thereto ware In the hands of
the military authorities; the r'ommlswlon
had nothing to do with the matter, they
were Invited guest* and nothing more
Up lo the last moment the military
niMhorillee were Ignorant ot the coup cotl
omplated by Faterno On th# afternoon
of the day of the banquet th*- Commission
received, from excellent authority, true
information a* lo Ihe nature nf the
-peeche* to be given that evening. Judge
Taft then wroie lo I'tslro lAetetno saving.
In substance, that in view of ihe nature
of me. proposed political migrant aa. the
Commission regretted they could not at
tend the banquet.
The Commission had not been Invited to
speak; they would have either had to sit
and listen lo I’alerno nod hi* follower#
land by Ihelr passiveness lend acquies
cence to tho optnton* expressed, or they
would hnve hod to leave the building.
The f'ommlsston could not b* a party to
the tirlsr.pi sent.it lon entailed in spear hew
advocating Filipino |nde|i*tvlctire under
American anveretgnty, consequently they
declined to attend th# gathering repre
sented aa commemorative! of the amnesty
doc roe
Th* facl that the nature ef IViletme
speeches had been l.errrod by the Commis
sion came to Gen MaeArthur'# ear* and
as soon s* Faterno received Judge TafCu
letter of regrets he repul re-1 to th* Ameri
can General's residence at Malacanan. ar
riving there about hetf-parl eevevi Here
he wna tgld the banquet could not rro on
unless Judge Taft woukt attend Faterno
immediately hurried to Judge T.rft's house.
In Malate. ptotniaed Judge Taft that ao
*|weches would b# mail* whatever at the
dinner and Imptors-d the Judge to recon
eutler his drtrrnrtnatkm and attend; that t f
he would ntg ehi an th* banquet would
have to be suspended Upon these repre
sentation* Judge Toft igreed to go and
arrived at the theater at 9:30 p m Th..
result of th* banquet has already been
given,
He Deceived the Authorities.
Thla unfortunate occurrence, which. It
la claimed, could have been prevented if
Ihe military authorities had not trusted
Faterno. hut had Ihetnselve* ascertained
the true Inwardness of his actions, has
created an unfavorable though probably
not a las'lng impression It Is plain that
Falarno deceived the authorities as lo hi*
true Intentions with regard to th# cele
bration; that he deceived hi* own people
Into a belief that his fiesta was In com
memoration of FlMptno Independence, and
that, had the American officer* and com
missioners gone on h Indie. he wou.d have
uttered arguments to which they could
not passively listen They could have
alopprd the banquet by force If need be,
or thy could have retired; In either case
Faterno would have been provided wtlh
a weapon against them Fteterno la to
day aaylng the banquet waa a failure be
cause of tha Americana discourtesy, but
does not go very far. because It may b
decided that In th* deception he attempt
ed. and. In a measure, did practice, he
has violated his oath of allegiance to the
United Rlates, In which case his punish
ment could be sever*. Ha Is now distrust
s'] hy both the American civil snd mili
tary authorities and he has been mad* to
appear somewhat ridiculous to his own
people. The local Hpanlsh press announce*
his approaching departure for Paris.
The procession# announced for Runday.
the second <lay of the fiesta, were fail
ures and everybody, both Americans and
Filipinos, were glad when this fiasco of
a fiesta waa over.
WH. HARVEY 4 * HI>K FiHM.
It la Proltably the Oaty Oar at ||a
Kind In thr tatted Itatra.
, From tha Chicago Record
Mr E. N. Harvey of Lake Mill*. Wl ,
la engaged In a novel bul prolllable In
dustry-mink raising. Prior to Ibe pres
ent lime thla undertaking has been un
heard of lu this slate, anil probably does
not exist In the I'nlted Btatea. Mr. Har
vey said It was lira* suggested to him
by a ww>- Ir. a, toys’ paper. Taro boys
were anxious to get an education, but
lacked the means. They Wbre aware of
the profit In trapping minks, also of Its
uncertainties. Ho they were prompted
to try raising them. In three years, ac
cording < <he story, they had made
enough to take them through college and
a profit besides.
Mr. Harvey has a pen about ten by
twenty feet and a yard of the same site,
enclose ! bv a tight board fence ix feet
high, for his mlnkr. The building and
thr fence are set on an eighteen-lnch
thlck stone foundation, placed two feet
below the surface to prevent the animals,
from burrowing out and escaping. Ha
has captured six females and one male
from the marsh at the south end of Rock
lake. He says:
"The moment I put a rabbit In the yard
that large male, even though he la In ths
pen, scents him and Immediately gives
rhuse. He usually succatds in tiring ths
rabbit out In about five minute* Then
he attacks him In thr neck, biting his
Jugular vein When lha rahbtt erase* to
kick, this old fellow stretches him oat
full length snd suck* out the tdood. When
he has had his fill, he leave* his prey and
the rest of the minks come and tear the
rarrass to pieces and eat the flesh They
almost Invariably follow ths method I
have described. Chicken* they treat In
the saw way. * The old male kill* them, j
suck* out the blood and leaves the meat
for the' rest.
"I began >**f October. 1 caught most
of the minks In regular steel trap*. Ir. I
break* their legs, but as a rule, they Irtnp '
but for a week or two. That little one’s
leg was almost off when I cs-iglu her.
IKW FI BI.II'ATIOKg.
and Ihe paw hanging hy a piece of aklc
but within a month shs waa able to rut
around a* well a* any of them
"They are as nimble on Ihelr feel a
mb-a, climbing up Ihe corner* of the pen
snd under the eaves. I have a hoard 01
top of Ihe fence lo prevent their g*4tln;
out. These animals have great Italian
Ing powers; a guod .Ised mink ran craw>
through a horlxontal crack an Inch wldi
They are very fond of fish and frogs. I
I place a number of frogs In the tain
you ought to se* them com# out ait
Jump into the water And Ih* strange*'
thing la thst they take out every fro
and carry It Into ths pen before they ex
one.”
Mr Harvey Is confident that Ms mink
will bring him good returns In the neat
future
LR*n 9viage iq w iihifihk.
Deserters From Civilisation Are Its
Ig'nrvt Adverearlee.
From the New York Herald.
That highly cultivated men should de
sert thetr hind. Join savage races and ac
tually fight against their own country
men seems almost Incredible Y#t there
ars many Instances of th* kind, and In
nine case* out of ten these deserters
from civilization adopt all Ihe worst trait;
of the people they Join, and often surpass
then, in cruelty and cunning
In Cochin China where ths French
have for nearly twenty years been car
rying on a relenllvsa warfare aaatnst the
bloodthirsty pirates who infest the coasts
and eapeclally th* arsat river*, the naval
end military force* evsry now and again
discover that th# pirate chiefs whom they
succeed In capturing are Kurnpeans. One
iif thsas men hsd deserted from the
French army, and. says Anowvrs, had
become one of Ihe principal lieutenant* of
Ihe black flag or (drat* force of tha
dreaded chief and mandarin. Doe Tlcfi.
In the Hoialan ihe khallla had a large
number of Europeans under his orders.
Including lb* former Prueetan sergeant of
artillery, Klota, and a former Austrian
officer who now hear* Ih* name of Ingtr.
while hi* principal lieutenant. Ihe cele
brated Osman Digit*, was the ton of a
French shopkeeper, we* horn In Rotten,
and baptised In the magnificent cathe
dral of lhai ancient capital of Norman
dy. Qutl* * n urn tier of other Frenchmen
endeavored to Join th* dervishes In ih*
Soudan to fight against the English, snd
the Marquis D* More*, married to th#
daughter of Louis Hoffmann, banker, of
New York, lost his life while on hi# way
lo Khartoum for the purposrs of plarlng
his services at lha disposal of the kha
lifa.
Another case 19 that of Oliver Palo, on*
of th* moat prominent leaders of tho
French commune In 1971. He waa con
demn'd lo death for hi* participation In
th* Insurrection, but M* sentence was
subsequently commuted to penal servi
tude for life In New Caledonia He suc
ceeded In effecting hie escape, made hi#
way to Europe and then Khartoum, and
offered hi* services to ih*- nwihdl. For
many years he wa* In high fav*r with
the prophet, but finally Incurred hi# dla
pleasure and wus buried alive.
Both In Egypt and Turkey there ar*
quite a number of pachas who ar* noth-
Ing more nor less then deaertera from
more civilised countries. Thu* Ossar
Pacha was an Austrian by birth and serv
ed In the Austrian army under the nemo
of Mtkall Von Lotte*. Old Chertf Pacha,
who was on numerous occasion* prime
minister of Egypt, was a son of tho
French General De Helves, who reorgan
ised the army of Mchermt All on a Eu
ropean fooling and embraced Mohamme
danism with the object of Increasing ht*
Influence over bis troop# One of the
most interesting renegade* of 'hie kind
ws* old defer Pacha, who*# real name wa#
Count Kosctelclty. and who. while hold
ing the tank of lieutenant colonel In the
Prusatan army, had the misfortune to kill
In a duel his commanding officer. Count
Kiel*!
This led him to eapatrlale himself and.
Joining lira Turkish army, he distinguish
ed himself during the Crimean war a* a
member of the ataft of the Turkish com
mander-ln-chief. Omar Pacha flubse
quently, the Count, who had meanwhile
become a convert to Mohammedanism,
transferred his service* i Kited!** Isasall
Of Egypt.
Then there is Mehemet All Pacho. who,
sifter taking a leading part tn the laat
Turko-Husslan war. wa* sent by the Hul
lan a* one of the Ottoman plenipotentia
ries to th# Berlin congress of l*T*. Ha
narrowly ascaped being arrested on that
occasion by the Prussian military aulhor-
Hlea a* a deserter, having at one line
h*ld a commission as a lieutenant la tha
Third Regimen' of Foot Guards.
During the last war betwaen England
and the great Matabele tribe under Kind
laxbengula. th# latter owed much to tha
advice ami assistance of an American of
the name of Whittaker, a former se
geant of the f'nlted Stateg artillery.
—ln the proceeding# of the Royal So
ciety, experiments are described on tha
electric fish from the Nile. A piece of
the electric organ of a fts4 Just killed,
was excited artlflclally by atitaull applied
to It through Its nerve. The ple.u ex
perimented upon contained about Id®
disk*, and the electromotive force of tha
discharge was s little more than 26 volts,
thus giving OOtx tor each disk of the plena
examined, end. by calculating the num
ber of disks In the whole organ of tha
flsh. It was estimated that the force of
a discharge of tha whole fish would ha
about *0 volt*. Owing 10 th# fact that
the fish was artlflclally cooled for tho
exiwrtment*. however. It Is believed that
the maximum discharge would be much
higher. The voltage In previous experi
ments by elect rl.-lans ha* been much low
er. due. It ts thought, to unsuitable meth
ods of measurement.
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