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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." MRS. LUCINDA f ASCHtL, LaaAenoa, Art., eeevee the ahova ttaaeswvit .he Mv •• t have bed ala rhoaav. .*4 ai-.,. .a hahaa It.* lv.r l—c L that. kM. Th,. naaa I eea4 el, .aa hvtiU ef ■ Maahevt Sriead • wfh r>y teve'.th (MM aoU ha Ithu wJy sheet fe-t keete. • M<*be> a Pneag tls put What II te aecnauasilH leke. I wtil eaver he etth-.t n eea.s " Sd4 by ah heat dngiuta e eeet by tat— MmJes *ja&< M• kettle, keah. - ‘ was fcv -wo Q ail ago, waited TMSt HKAunKLP HMtriaTOK CO.. Alialta. Ga. 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 You Can’t ( I Buy A Copy For September Too Early, \ The Entire August Edition Was Sold Six Days After Publication. THE ONLY MAGAZINE OF CLEVERNESS. ITS STORIES 0E SOCIETY TRUE TO LIFE. PUBLISHED SOLELY TO ENTERTAIN, j September Number (Out To-day) Contains THE LEADING WOMAN By JOHN D. BARRY i LADY MECHANTE By GELETT BURGESS THE LOVE LETTERS OF A LIAR . By MRS. 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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. 5