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MAKY HUSTLING FOR STATE JOBS. Governor Jennings and Attorney General Whitfield Only Capitol Officials Who Will Not Ask Beelection —Strong Con tests Are On. Tallahassee. Fla., July 25.-(Speclal.)- With the exceptions of Governor 55 . S. Jennings and Attorney General James B. Whitfield every one of the state house officers here is a candidate to succeed himself in the position he now holds. The state constitution prohibits the governor from being his own immediate successor, and. besides, the indications are unmistakably strong that Governor Jennings' ambition is fixed upon filling United States Senator James P. Talia ferro’s seat in Washington. Attorney General Whitfield, however, is retiring from politics as a matter of choice. He is still a young man. just over 40, but his ambition is along the line of advance ment in his profession. He was grad uated from the law department of the University of Virginia in June. JBB6, and since the beginning of 1889 has contin uously held public office here, with tne exception of throe months in 1897. Mr Whitfield was electee] county judpe of this county in 1888, but resigned in March, 1889, to become clerk of the Flor ida supreme court, the most lucrative of fice in the state house. This he. held for eight years, w’hen he resigned to practice law. Three months later Gov ernor Bloxham tendered Judge 55 hit t>ld the appointment of state treas urer, which position he continued to hold by popular election until March 1, 1903, when Governor Jennings appointed him attorney general, where he is making a splendid record. Judge Whitfield and Governor Jennings are the most promi nent young men in Florida and are aerj close friends. Office Won’t Go Begging. There Is no danger that the office of attorney general will have to go begging. .Although the nominating primary Is still nearly a year off there are already five candidates aspiring to the place, three from west Florida—Hon. Charles B. Park bill, the Pensacola orator; Judge Daniel Campbell, of DeFuniak Springs, and Hon. William H. Ellis, of Quincy, now state senator—and two from south Flor ida. Hon. Alfred St. Clair-Abrams, of Tavares, and Hon. John C. Breckinridge Koonce, of Sumtervllle. Messrs. Camp bell. St. Clair-Abrams and Koonce were members of the lower house of the legis lature of 1903. the last named being chair man of the judiciary committee. None of the candidates seem to have any clear lead at this stage, and others are expect ed to enter the race. Secretary of State 11. Clay Crawford, who is a candidate for reelection, has as opponents State Senator B. F. Kirk, of Brooksville, and former State Senator E. Broome, of Quincy. Mr. Crawford seems to be very confident of his reelec tion. The state superintendent of public in struction, Hon. William N. Sheats, will run again, and, as usual, will have strong opposition. The names of County Su perintendents W. M. Holloway, of Gaines ville. and W. S. Pinkham, of St. Augus tine, are being canvassed for this office. Mr. Sheats was first elected in 1892 and is now serving his third term. He is a man of very positive convictions and ag gressive principles, with many strong friends and many bitter opponents, it is not yet known how sharply the lines will be drawn against him, and until this develops Mr. Sheats can be considered as stronger than the opposition to him. The other three cabinet officers—Comp troller A. C. Kroom, Treasurer William V. Knott and Commissioner of Agriculture B. E. Mcljln—are serving their first terms, and the satisfaction which their services have given In all portions of the state is so complete and general hat no opposition whatever is in sight for any of them. Messrs. McLln, Knott and Croom are three of the most con scientious and capable officials who have been sent to the capital in recent years. They are all plain, practical, common sense business men, of abundant expe rience and excellent judgment, and ft will be surprising if all of them are not reelected. Four Justices of the state supreme < ourt will have to be elected at the next > lection, as the terms of Chief Justice Taylor and Justices Shackleford, Maxwell and Cockrell will expire. It Is under stood that all of these gentlemen will stand for reelection, and there seems to be a quiet understanding that there shall be no opposition to any of them. The distinguished chief justice, Hon. R. Fen wick Taylor, one of the most learned and clearest headed lawyers who ever adorned the Florida bench, is sure of an overwhelming reelection. The present supreme court justices are In high favor with the people, and opposition to them would have small chance of success. DARK RIDE FOR ROOSEVELT. President and Son Ride by Night from Oyster Bay to Saville. Oyster Bay, L. 1.. July 23.—Shortly after Z o’clock this morning President Roose velt. accompanied by his eldest son, Theodore, started from Sagamore Hill on a horseback ride to Saville, L. I, The president goes to Saville to visit his un cle. Robert Roosevelt. It was expected that Mrs. Roosevelt might accompany the president, but she was deterred from attempting the long ride by the very tin propitioiis weather. Saville. I* 1.. July 23.—The president left Sagamore Hill at the end of a severe thunder storm. During the night it had Sa I I II THE MAN WITH THE BIG HEAD-Go ’wayl GJt out! I’m sick! I want to die! THE MAN WITH THE LEVEL HEAD -Ah, you old sinner! No rest for the wicked! You will £jo on a bat while your wife’s in the country, will you? You ought to suf fer! But why didn't you do as I told you when I left you last, night, and as I did myself: take a CASCARET Candy Cathartic before going to bed? You'd feel good like I do. They work while you sleep, fix up your stomach and bowels, cool your feverish liver, and make you. feel fine and dandy the morning after, 5C2 been raining heavily, the downpour being accompanied by much lightning. Undeterre/1 by the elements. Presidenit Roosevelt and his son prepared for their journey. The storm had abated some what by 2 o’clock and soon after they started subsided entirely. The president and his son were accompanied on their trip by two nephews of President Roose - elt. For more than two hours the party tede through a night, that was inky in its blackness but shortly after 4 o clock the dawn broke and in a little while the sun was shining gloriously. President Roosevelt set the pace, Iheo rtore. Jr., riding the horse ‘'Wyoming,” presented to tho president by the citizens of Douglass. Wyo. The party arrived here a few minutes before 6 o'clock this morning, riding directly to the home of the president’s uncle, Robert Roosevelt. The president arrived at too early an hour to attract much attention. His visit is of a purely social character and It is understood it will not be made the oc casion of TTie least public demonstration. ALLEGES LEE BEGGED BOODLE. Fugitive Kelley Squeals on Former Missouri Official. St. Louis, July 22.—Special correspond ence published here, from Niagara-on-the- Lake, Ontario, where Daniel J. Kelley, under indictment in this state for alleged bribery during the legislature, is now re siding, Indicates that Kelley is divulging correspondence received by him from for mer Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee, of Missouri. Kelley showed a number of the letters to a reporter, saying they were the orig inal letters received by him from Lee. The following sentences were contained in the letters: "I have concluded that you should furnish me with some postage stamps. . . . Total SI,OOO. I would rather have stamps than money.” "I like you. you are a good fellow . . . but business is business and must be awarded to those who control the sit uation. “I control the situation, together with Phelps and Carroll. I can make them work for me without charge. They are subject to my orders, and they will dance to my music. ’T have had a conference with certain exports, and they hold that it is nos tho anti-trust baking powder legislation that should be stopped in tho house the next time, and it will cost, including all con tingencies about $15,000. Entirely condi tional. of course, on delivery.” In Boodle Net Lee Is Caught. Nfagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 23. D. J*. Kelley, indicted for bribing Mis souri's legislators, gave today his story of the SI,OOO check dated March 17, which was handed to Robert Lee, for his broth er, John A. Lee, former lieutenant gov ernor, and upon which the two indict ments charging Kelley with attempted bribery are based. Lee declared to Attorney Genera! Crowe that he understood this was bribe money, but that he refused to accept it. Lee held the check for two weeks before turn ing it over to the authorities. Kelley said that from the time the 1.'03 legislative session opened begged him by wire and letter to let him have seme money. He was sorry for Lee's distress, but he thought he had given him enough during the preceding two years and was tired of supplying his financial wants. March 26. 1903, Lee went to the office of The American Queen, the organ of the National Health Society in New York, rind, according to Kelley, Lee said: "You know. Kelley, you promised me some money and I think I ought to havi> "I don’t consider,” replied Kelley, "that you have done anything for me, but I guess I can let you have a thousand.” When Kelley reached St. Louis a week later he handed the SI,OOO check to Robert E. Lee at the Planters’ hotel. March 31. 1903, Kelley received the fol lowing written request, signed by John O Lee: ‘Paper you gave Rob cannot be used at present. I will have it returned and vou can send New York exchange, pay able to A. S. Lee. This Kelley refused to do, "Now.” said Mr. Kelley, "If 1 attempt ed to bribe Lee In that Instance, why <’.id not ho mention all tho checks of a similar nature that I had sent to him?’ Mr. Kelley then showed the corre spondent nine other checks for sums ag gregating $2,350 which ho said he sent Lee between November 21, 1901, and De cember 14. 1902. HAD MANIA FOR SPECULATION. Alleged He Used Half Million of His Employer’s Fund. Buffalo, N. Y., July 22.—Mrs Frank V. I,a Bountle, the wife of the confidential clerk and bookkeeper for the. law firm of Wilson & Smith, who, it is alleged, used hundreds of thousands of dollars of his employers' money to carry on his exten sive real estate deals, made a statement today in behalf of her husband. She says that her husband’s operations were on a more extensive scale than thus far had been admitted. The. figures now are approaching the half-million mark and the Investigation is not nearly fin ished. “When all is over,” she states, “Wilson & Smith will be able to realize a profit of at least SIOO,OOO from the operations of a man who was insane on the subject of real estate speculations, and whoso mental derangement was due entirely to being overworked.” La Bountie's salary from Wilson & Smith was $62.50 a month. THE VISIT OF LORD ROBERTS. British General May Not Come to the United States. London, July 23.—The statement cabled to the United States to the effect that tho British cabinet had vetoed tho pro posed visit of Lord Roberts to the United States is as accurate a.s was the original announcement that Lord Roberts had defi- | nitely determined to make, the visit The truth is that the whole matter has al- ■ ways been indefinite. Lord Roberts has 1 said, and still says, that he will visit the United States m the autumn if his 1 duties will permit. Major Frank Strong, Washington. Washington, July 25.—Major Frank Strong, of Arkansas, the general agent of the department of justice, died today at Mountain Lake Park Maryland. Ma jor Strong was born in Now York state, ; went to Wisconsin just previous to the > civil war. enlisted in a Wisconsin regi- I merit and served with groat distinction. , He entered the government civil service . with Attorney General Garland. THJffi WJCEKLI OOHSnTTVnONt ATLANTA. OA.. MON DA v JULY 27, 1903. CANDIDATES ACTIVE 11 MISSISSIPPI. ! Picnics Being Arranged in Honor of Aspirants in Many Counties. North Mississippi Farmers Hard Proposition for Politicians. Jackson. Miss., July 25.—(Special.))— The candidates for county offices in Mis sissippi are now traveling en masse from one. voting precinct to the other making speeches, shaking hands and mingling with the voters generally. This will be kept up until the primary on the 6th of August, and in many "f the counties the fight is growing exceed ingly warm, the candidates slinging all sorts of personalities at each other and delivering addresses that are sometimes breezy in the extreme. In quite a number of counties a series of precinct picnics have been arranged in honor of candidates and bounteous bas ket dinners are served prior to the un bottling of the oratory. The unusually large crop of county candidates tills year makes these events doubly interesting, and they invariably attract large crowds of people. The farmers have laid by their crops and now have plenty of leisure time to spend listening to the siren song of the politician. Strenuous Tactics Practiced. The state campaign is showing its great est strenuousity up In north Mississippi, and according to reports from that sec tion politics is the sole topic of discussion. With assurances of splendid crops of both cotton and corn the farmers and mer chants have nothing else to talk about, and as the business season Is at its dull est stage, nothing is left to discuss the chances of the various candidates. A good Illustration of the way politics is discussed in a. rural town is reported from New Albany, Union county, where it 'S said that the business of the community is transacted in tho morning, and after dinner practically the entire male popu lations congregate on street corners or under the chinaberry trees in front of the leading grocery to hear the county candi dates engage in join debate, and the local spellbinders spout for their respective favorites for state and senatorial offices. It is said that these impromptu debates move up and down the street, the crowd floating along in their wake, and often they are continued until far into the night. Longuno Asked for Pardons. Governor Longlno has been petitioned to grant pardons to John R. Albritton, Asa Brown and Joe Bob Brown, three of the most noted prisoners now serving terms in the penitentiary. The trio was sent up from Lincoln county In 1901 for arson, and their con viction was tlie sequence of a long series of incendiary fires in that county. Citi zens were terrorized by the ravages of the fire fiend and manj farmers were afraid to leave their homes during the day, fearing they would find them in ashes on returning. The crimes were finally fastened on Albritton and the two Browns, and they entered pleas of guilty when arraigned before Judge Powell and were given terms of .me y ir > acb In the penitentiary. The pardon? are asked on condition that the trio will abstain from the use of in toxicating liquors, au>l that they will lead peaceable and orderl> lives. Ihe three men have families and their wives and children are in destitute circum stances. This makes the case an unusual one and the governor will give it a care ful investigation before reaching a de cision. > MOTH-LA. JONES AND HER ARMY They Invade New York City with Banners Flying. New York. July 23—" Mother" Jones’ "army.” consisting of thirty-seven men, women and children, arrived in Manhat tan by ferry from Hoboken at 2:30 o’clock They were met by a delegation of the Social Democratic Club. The army made no attempt to parade, but split up into groups. 'Die “army” abandoned its march in view of Acting Police Commissioner Eb stein’s refusal earlier in the day to per mit a parade. Later Mayor Low granted a permit to hold an evening meeting. Still later Ebstein reversed himself and granted a permit to parade. With drums beating and transparencies setting forth their demands, the “army” walked this evening to Madison avenue, where the meeting took place. Two hun dred persons, exclusive of the large police escort, were in line. The speaking was from a. truck. Colonel Geiger; of Philadelphia, presided and made a speech. So did Benjamin Han ford, candidate for governor of Now York on the social democratic ticket at the last election. Colonel Geiger Introduced Mother Jones, who was greeted with cheers. She an swered questions put to her by the spec tators. Mother Jones began by saying she had just marched 92 miles and Was tired and had brought with her a little band of slaves, “and,” said she, “wo are quietly marching toward the president's home. I believe ho can do something for these children, although the president declares ho cannot. Congress last yev>r pissed a bill giving $45,060 to fill the stomach of an old prince, and) he in dorsed that, and if ho could do that he surely could tell congress to pass a hill that, would take the children out of the God-accursed mills and put them in the schools.” INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS. Large Decrease Shown by the Report of Yerkes. Washington, July 25.—The annual pre liminary report of Commissioner Yerkes on the collection of internal revenue and tho condition of the service shows that for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, tho total collections amounted to $230,- 740,282. a decrease as compared with the year 1902 of $41,127,607. The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as follows: Spirits. $131,953,472; increase $10,815,459. Tobacco $43,511,810; doorcase $8,423,114. Fermented liquors, $45,547,856; decrease $21,111,046. Oleomargarine, $7.36.783,783; decrease $2. 207,709. Filled cheese, $6,445; increase $6,121. Mixed flour, $1,795; decrease sll7. Adulterated butter and process or reno vated butter $151,558; increase $151,058. Banks, bankers, etc.. $899; Increase $672. Miscellaneous, in 'hiding legacies, $6,826.- 761; decrease $17,027,001. CUBA FREE TO BORROW MONEY. United States Will Lot Interfere with Proposed Loan. Washington, July 25--Careful Inquiry In executive circles fails to discover any evidence of an attempt on the part of tho United States government or its agencies' to interfere in any way with the placing of the $35,000,000 Cuban loan When the loan was first projected, some inquiries were, unofficially made by Cuban agents as Io whether the loan would be repug nant to the Platt amendment. Secretary Root being then in charge of Cuban affairs, without making any offi cial statement, let it be known that tlie only test that would be applied would relate to the ability of Cuba to repav the loan and meet the Interest. It would be for the buyers of the bonds themselves to determine whether or not the loan was sound, for the United States government did not propose at that stage to enter into the subject and the bond purchas ers, realizing the exact risk involved, would fix their bids upon that basis. As far as -can be learned that is the situa tion now. , AFTER KILLING HIS MAN PARSON LEE GAVE THANKS Middlesburg, Ky., July 23.—After killing one man and fatally wounding another, Robert Lee, a minister at Linnie. in Ca sey county, said grace at tho jail table in Liberty. Lee became involved in a quarrel with Ellis Woods and the lat ter’s son and a shooting followed, in which tho preacher proved himself more than a match for both of his oponents. for he succeeded in killing Woods and fatally wounding his son. The "lighting parson” was then arrested and taken to tho jail at Liberty, where he peacefully returned thanks at the table with the other prisoners. THEY MAY YET FACE SPEER. Greene and Gaynor Case Is To Be Opened in Canada. London. July 22. The case of the United States for the extradition from Canada of John F. Gaynor and W. R. Greene came up this morning before the privy council, on the petition of the United States for leave to appeal. Sir Edward Clarke, for the petitioners, presented the case. Counsel. instructed by Charles Russel, for the respondents, said im portant law points were involved. The respondents not only welcomed, but were anxious to have the matter finally dis posed of, though they did not admit the statements alleged In the petition. The lord chancellor granted leave to appeal. As Viewed at Quebec. Quebec, July 22.—The cablegrams re ceived here today from London in re gard to the Gaynor-Greene affair are rather contradictory. At Mr. Tascherau's office a cablegram was received stating that counsel for the accused consented to the granting of the appeal, as they wished to have the matter finally dis posed of bv the privy counsel. At Mr. McM.i v.r's office a cablegram was received, stating that the privy coun sel have grantci leave to appeal and that the Lord chancellor had stated the offense charged was clearly extradita ble. Gaynor admitted f,o an Associated Press correspondent this eveping that he and Green had advised their London solic itors yesterday by cable to consent to' the petition for appeal being granted, as they wished to g..-t a judgment in the case from the privy counsel. Guvnor does not believe tho lord, chancellor expressed the sentiments • xpressed to him. as his lordship lias not vet been called upon to decide as to the extraditabilitv of the offense charged. CHARGE AGAINST MELVEN White Man Is Accused of Attempted Assault on Child. Columbus, G. July 20.—(Special.)— Charged with an attempted assault upon Nancy Tyler, a 12-year-old girl. James Melvin, a wilt nan, 28 years of age. was arraigned before Justice Lennard this morning. .’.i-lvin is a. photographer who has b'-en ~t work in this comma nity some time. taking views and enlarg ing pictures, r- . h of his patronage com ing from nep, * -■ and the poorer classes of white peoph , It is charged that yesterday afternoon he enticed into the woods, in the rear of Wynnton, 11 ■ Tyler girl, who is the niece and adopted daughter of Nancy Tyler, who work ; in one of the cotton mills. It is alleged that he attempted to assault the girl but she screamed and a number of negroes were attracted to the scene by her cries. Melvin ran off, but was captured. When arraigned in court this morning his at torney asked that the ease be postponed until Tuesday, which was done, the de fendant being assessed a SI,OOO bond, which he could not give. The girl is said to be not entirely bright. Grave Charge Against Father. W. H. Bartlett, aged about 45 years, a white, earpent r, who lives on North Highlands, was bound over by Record r Grimes this morning in tho sum of SSOO on a charge of attempting to assault his own daughter aged 20 years. Tho girl lives witli her father and step mother. It Is alleged that Bartlett at tempted the assault yesterday while in a drunken state. The man denies the charge. It is alleged by the daughter that tills is the second time he has made the attempt. HEIRS TO THE HILL FORTUNE. Salem Charles Family Named by California Court. Los Angeles, Cal., July 25 —The Salem- Charles family, of Boston, was given the verdict by the jury in the Hill will case today. Mrs. Gertrude Driggs sought to establish her right to the fortune of $142,- 000 left by the aged Charles Hill. The jury decided that the will presented by Mrs. Gertrude Driggs, in which her daugh ter. Grace Driggs, was made tho heir to Charles Hill, was signed by Hill, whose true name was declared to be Salem Charles. The verdict named eight mem bers of the Salem Charles family as the true heirs to the old man's fortune. TURKISH TREASURY IS EMPTY Sultan Can’t Even Pay Salaries of Officials. Constantinople. July 22.—The emptiness of the Turkish treasury Is shown by the fact that the finance minister has for severa weeks been unsuccessfully en deavoring to pay a month’s salary to the state officials, who have only received one m< nth’s pay since March. It is be lieved it will lie possible to make a par tial payment during the next few days. Ferdinand Leaves Bulgaria. Belgrade, July 24.—Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, accompanied by his children, passed through this city at I o'clock this morning on his way to Vienna. A disnatch last night from Vienna said that rur ts were in circulation in Bel grade t" the effect that, a revolution had broken at in Bulgaria and that Prince Ferdinand, on the advice of his ministry, had fled to Belgrade. Report of Revolution Denied. Vienna. July 24.—The reports that a rev olution has broken out in Bulgaria and that Prince Ferdinand has fled are semi officially . haracterized here as unfounded. It is explained that July 26 is the anni versary of tho death of Prince Ferdi nand’s father, and that tho immediate object of his present journey is to visit 1 is grave at Berne, which is Prince Fer dinand’s ii-ual custom. The Bulgarian agent in Vienna said to tlic .-orr- - pendent of the Associated Press this afternoon: "The state published by The Stampa, •and other Belgrade papers (that a revo lution has broken out >n Bulgarm; that Prince Ferdinand is about Io fl had lie,l to Belgrade, ami that there have been fifty-! nr night assassinations, most ly of soldiers on duty at Prince Ferdi nand’s palace at Sofia) Is a malevolent political trick designed to compromise Bul garia and her prince and to direct pub lic attention from the present conditions in Scrvia.” SOME ADVANCE TIPS ON CONSULAR REPORTS Imitation Silk From Wood. I have today seen samples of imitation silk for weaving purposes manufactured from wood. I't is an English patent granted to C. H. Stearn. 47 Victoria street, Westminster, London. The rights for the United States, Germany and France have been sold. Prince Henckel- Donnersmarck lias purchased the Ger man rights and has just completed the erection of a plant at Sydowsaue. about 5 miles from Stettin. My informant says that the plant is at present turning out 50 pounds of skein silk per day, which can be in creased to a daily output of 2.000 pounds. The sample shown me. was very soft and of a. cream color. Each thread is made up of eighteen single strands. A single strand is hardly pereetlbie to the naked eye. As to the relative strength of a real silk thread and this imitation, the real silk is two-thirds stronger. It is said to take the coloring or dyeing readily, and when woven into pieces has the ap pearance of real silk. Wood silk seems to have a. great demand. I was told that within the last ten days the price jumped from 16s to 28s ($3.89 to $6.81) per pound. How this new artificial article compares with the genuine, In the way of wear and price. I am unable to say. It is Impossible to get samples here, or information as to the process of manu facturing excepting that no particular kind of wood Is required and that the pulp undergoes a chemical process and is pressed through very fine tubes by hydraulic pressure, forming the single strands which go to make no the thread. JOHN E.KEHL, Consul. St&ttin, June 22, IJO3. Artesian Wells in New South Wales. The first experiment made in boring artesian wells in New South Wales was in 1879 at Killara Station, in the western part of the state. Water was found at a. depth of 140 feet, shooting up 26 feet. Thereafter, artesian wells multiplied, be ing bored both by the government and by private persons. The wa'ter in the northwest was found in cretaceous rocks, but some of the best wells have pierced rocks of the Triassic age. as Coonamble. Moree. Gil Gil and Eureka. The deepest is at Doigelly (4.086 feet). The heat of the water is 130 de grees. Fahrenheit. These wells for the most part, are situated near traveled roads in districts destitute of streams. Water is furnished to stock at the fol lowing rates: Cents. Horses, cattle and camels, per head... 2 Goats and hogs, per head 5 Sheep, per 100 head 25 Water is sold for domestic uses at 12 cents per 100 gallons. The water of ar tesian wells is used also for wool scour ings giving line results. The wells are leased to urivate parties, the highest bidder taking the property in charge under conditions fixed by law. At some of the wells the water is used for experimental farm irrigation. Lucern. corn, wheat, tobacco, sugar cane, date ptilm. bananas and other tropical prod ucts have been grown on land thus irri gated. Unfortunately, thus far. water cannot be obtained at will nor in quanti ties necessary for irrigation, except in limited areas. Sheep and cattle during the past year have died bv thousands from lack of water and grass. Os 60.000.00 u sheep it is estimated that only 20,000.000 have sur vived. A great de-jJ of talk Is heard as to methods conserving the waste waters of rainy seasons that now become destruc tive floods rushing to the ocean, and plans have been taken to form extenuy reservoirs in various parts of tile state subject to drought. , tx i The deepest well (1.086 feet) is at Dol gellv and c >st $51,733; it yields 750,000 gal lons dallv. The lowest points at which water was found were at Tonngerina dbl feet) and Tatabulla (.209 fecD The for mer yielded 12i',O>u gallons dally and cost $::,714; the I'Her yielded 100.000 gallons daily for some time, but fell off to 7.500 gallons; it cost $3,670. The Tonngerina shut down; cause not given. ORLANDO II BAKER, Consul, Sydney, June 6, 1903. Australian Trees. The rapid decimation of forests in the United States, has awakened the question as to the best manner of their restora tion. It is thought profitable to consider the claims of trees not indigenous to America to be cultivated on the denuded lands, especially on hilly, rocky ground, or ground unfit for farming. On this ac count I wish to call attention to some of the native trees of Australia. These trees are being successfully grown in Califor nia and in other states .similar in climate to California. The forest of Australia generally have a monotonous appearance. This is caused by the presence everywhere of the eu calypti. of which there art many species. There are. however, trees of other genera, notably of the Angophora. etc. The parklike appearance of the open forests ami the beauty of the many flow ering shrubs win admiration in spite of tlie sameness of the trees. Even the dull, grayish blue of the foliage of the gum trees, when relieved by the yellow blos som of the wattle, including the graceful myall or the beautiful and shapely kur ra'jong, is not without its attractiveness. The trees for tile most part are straight and cylindrical in the trunk, and when full grown their first branches are at a considerable height from tlie ground. The roots of tlie eucalyptus often lie at no great depth from the surface, an adaptation of nature to tlie peculiar cli matic conditions of the country. The finest, specimens of the most of the tim ber trees -those yielding the most valua ble! timber—are found on ridges and hill sides and in places frequently too rough ami stony for cultivation. This circum stance is in many ways fortunate for the state. In tlie course of settlement, when the rich plains are denuded of their trees and when scarcity will make timber more appreciated and valuable than it is at present, land not adapted for agricultural settlement will still be available for the cultivation of tlie finest trees. Among the manv trees of commercial value, im mense specimens of red gum (E. rostrata) and apple trees (Angophora, subvelutina), on the northern river flats, mark the course of tlie streams, while cm the ridges and mountain sides other species predom inate suclV as the white or sh< iron bark (E. paniculata). narrow-leaved iron bark (E. crebra). broad-leaved iron bark (E. sideronhloia). mugga or red iron bark (E. sideroxy'.on). black butt (E. piiularis), white mahogany (E. acmenoides). tallow wood (E. microcorys). spotted gum (E. maculata). gray box <JS. ijemiphloia). red mahogany (JI. resinifera). grt>- gum (E. punctata and E. propinoua). forest red gum (E. tereticornis) and Sydney blue gum (E. saligna). Neither must the tur pentine (Syncarpic laurifoiia). one of the beautiful trees', of tin state, nor the bush box (Tristania conferta) of the northern rivers—a tree much in request for ornamental purposes be forgotten. The most of the eucalypti are of very slow growth. Iron barks, of which there are four different species, commonly call ed red. white, black and gray, may he classed as our best timber for engineer ing structural purposes, such as beams or girders for timber bridges and build ings. piles in harbors and railway ties or sleepers. For the latter purpose the timber has been known to last for from twenty-five io thirty-six years. It is a proven fact that iron bark is one of the best, If not the best, hard wood timber in tlie world. From its very slow growth it could not lie r<- ommended for planting in till' United Slates, nor could many species of th.- eucalypti be recommended except eucalypti corynsealyx. common ly called sug.-i r gum. This specie of euca lypti is peculiar to south Australia, especially Kangaroo island, but has been largely planted in the state forests in that colony, .and its rapid growth has been tho subject of much comment during the past decade. Mail) of the sugar gum Painkiller ‘PE-RU-NA AFFORDED IMMEDIATE RELIEF’ 1 Jpjk - H 1 Hon.C.J. If you do not. derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hart man, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Co lumbus, Ohio. trees In the Wirrabarra forest reserve have attained a height of from 90 to 104 feet and to a diameter of 34 inches in twenty-five years. It is about, equal to the jarrah of west Australia, and in this respect it may be classed as about the fourth best timber of Australia its weight runs from 64 to 68 pounds per cubic foot. For railway ties or sleepers it is almost as good as iron bark or red gum. Mr. John Wright, civil en gineer, to whom I am Indebted for facts stated herein, says that he knows some to have been in use for at least twenty years. As a mine timber it is second to none, throwing out but little noxious gas. it has been used in the Mooty.a and 55 al laroo mines for the past thirty-five years, showing little indication of decay. For its rapid growth and general utility I recommend it in preference to any other species of eucalypti. The Victoria Leader of May 23. 1903. has the foilowing relative to this tree: "The sugar gum thrives so well in a dry climate that tile growth is quite re markable. Trees (shown in an illustrated group! measured 29 feet in height at 4 years and S months. Another group of 3 years and .8 months measured 22 feet high, and trees in a very fine avenue, half a mile in length, at 2 years and 5 months old. 15 feet in height. It will be seen from these figures of actuai measure ments that the trees grew at the rate of 6 inches per month, or 6 feet a yea/, since the date of planting, ami a- vciy litUe growth is made during the first six months the subsequent progress must have been at a greater rate. Another avenue, three-fourths of a mile in length, on the' same property, contains trees which at 1 year and 8 months oid meas ured 9 feet in height, it is worthy of re mark that while all other trees require the ground to be kept in a state of cul tivation for many years, it is only neces sary in the case of the sugar gums to cultivate for one year after plantjng. It has been unmistakably demonstrated by this experiment that forests of this hand some tree and useful timber can without difficulty be established on the direst portions of the Wimmera plains. "ORLANDO H. BAKER. "Consul. "Sydney, N. S. 55'., June 6, 1903 " Fruit Crop of Hungary, On the 30th of May the agricultural examiners of the Hungarian minister of agriculture reported as follows on Hun gary’s prospects for a fruit crop: Danube, left bank—Partly good; partly poor. Mostly pears and apples; plums in places only. Danube, right bank—Medium crop only, except in early fruits. s'ermin in places. Apples, pears and plums in sufficiency. Daunbe-Theiss Delta-April frosts ruin ed crop, which is all falling from trees. Theiss, right, bank—Early fruits have suffered; less stone fruits; cherries, apri cots, apples, pears and walnuts only In places; few plums; other fruits plenty. In Bereg and Borsod counties, plenty of plums in certain districts; less pears and apples. In Gomor county one district shows full, another medium, a third small crop. In Saros county pears will be tine, apples poorer, plums poorest. In Ung and Zemplln counties there will hardly be a medium crop, especially in the district of Nagy Mihaly, where the melons, squashes ami cucumbers were frozen. Theiss, left bank—Only three-fourths of a crop expected, owing to frosts Theiss-Maros Delta—Cherries few, on account of spring frosts; medium crop of plums. Os soft seed fruits, apples and pears are very promising in places. Transylvania—Apples and plums prom isin'-- others fallen, from spring frosts. Insects have attacked buds throughout Brasso county. FRANK DYER CHESTER. Consul. Budapest, June 8. 1903. VIRGINIA MAN FINDS ICE CAVE Mammoth Cavern in Pocahontas County Filled with Ice. Richmond, Va., July 23.—(Special.)— While a rnri'cnter was engaged in the building of n house near Academy, in Pocahontas county, he discovered an ice cave near that place. Although It is difficult of access, he made frequent visits to it, not for the purpose of exploring, but to get supplies of ice for use during the hot weather. The entrance is made along a rugged descent, ropes being used to render it less hazardous. He reports that as far as the eye could penetrate walls, floor and ceiling seemed to consist of ice piled in blocks and masses. — ■ • • • - LOST $6,000 AT CARD TABLE. Jesus Mendozo Then Shot Himself to Death. Nogales, Ariz., July 21.—Jesus Mendoza, confidential clerk of Ramierz <££ Co., cus tom house brokers, committed suicide by shooting. It is said he lost $6,000 in a gambling house. He came here recently from Mexico City, where he is said to have been well connected * Why Hedges Had To Go. Washington, July 22.—Charles Hedges was today removed from the office o' superintendent of free delivery of the postoffice department on the charge of falsifying his diary and loaning his trav eling commission. It is charged that he reported himself at various places when he was not there on the date men tioned. Mr. Hedges, while making no general denial of the charges, contended that they were not sufficient justification for re moval. Ervin H. Thorpe, postoffice in spector in charge of New York, who has Writes COUNTY AUDITOR MINOR. IPe>ru-na Endorsed as a Cure for > Catarrh by Prominent Men. f Hon. C. J. Minor, County Auditor for ) Hennepin county, in a letter from Mln- > neapolis, Minn., says: ; “I am pleased to say that Peruna ) i is the best remedy I have ever tried > ■ for catarrh. It afforded me imme / diate relief and I shall always be a ( friend of your famous remedy.”—C. } J. Minor. ' J A U. S. Senator's Letter. / Hon. John J. Patterson, ex-United > ( States senator from ( I Pennsylvania. In a. p-a ‘ i letter from 37-' > ( Chestnut St., Phil- F' - 1 I ad e 1 p h i a, Pa., ' I writes: / ( "As quite a num- MW Srt&tfe ) | her of my friends ) have and are using y • ) I’eruna as a catarrh ) J cure with beneficial L \ results, I feel that . ( ; I can safely rec- .8?:-■ \ ) 1 ommend it to those G'J A' \ J suffering from that ' jtl 1 : ..ur.a > more cases of ca- f tarrh than all the 1 «k' > [ other remedies /jon.J.J. Pdtterson ’ ! combined. 1—,—... ■ ' , Men of Prominence Do Not Hesitate r To Endorse Pe-ru-na. ' The day was v,h<>n men o' prominence ‘ hesitated to give their testimonials to ' (proprietary medicines 'or 1 T.icati n ? t This remains true toda;. of most pro- I ’ prietary medicines B ( come so justly famous, its merits are ( ( known to so many people > f high an I (low station, that r.o one hesitates t , (see bls name in print recommending P'- ' ( runa. ) The highest men in our nation have i / given Peruna a strong indorsement. Me : ( , of all classes and stations are equally 1 > represented. ) They have no hesliatirm in lending } their influence- to assist in lotting the ’ people know of the virtues r>f Peruna. been assisting in the sdmii -stration of free delivery service si.’; th" i’: pticn of the investigation ha designated acting superintendent of free place of Mi Hedgt s WRICK NEAR LOUISVILLE. Eight Persons, All Railroad Men, Were Seriously Injured. Louisville, Ky.. July 25.—Train wreckers jeopardized. the lives of over 109 passen- I gers on the Lexington-Atlanoi “flyer” of the Southern railway last night at Tusk ’ ers, a small station 14 milr-s south of here. The "flyer” left here a - 7 to p. m. an I an hour later, while running .it a high rate of speed, ran int > an open switch which had undoubtedly been thrown ope . for a. siding with the purpose of wrecking the train. The. "flyer” first struck two cars of stone and crashed them into .1 boarding car fiilr-d with railroad em ployees. Eight persons, all railroad men, V.-.’l The engine, two freight ears and .a pas senger coach were demolish--'!. I'-c: 1- nately all passengers escaped, .--Itho;;: they received a shaking up. There is no clew to the miscreants who misplaced ttte switch. . ROME LOSES PROF. GAMMON Is Made Supervisor of Public Schools of New York City. Rome, Ga., July 25 —(Spec' !!.' ■ Pro'- - I sor E. M. Gammon, of Rome, has jus: I been notified of his ,app inttnent. a > pervisor of pubii ■ schools -n S- - v Y city and will enter or. his !:i 1 r- September 1. This Is a magnificent honor to this Ro man .am! the position carri- - with i .1 very handsome salary Professor 1 < mon. who was for years th, pr:: ■i; •' " the Rome public school. !;.! w--'. tame as an educator an i has just : 1 ished .a two year's postgradt;. ’• 11 r. it Columbia, who h li- wo:. 1 with high honors at 1 -'lumbia His rise in his ehos--n :;o:d f w ■ been wonderful Women Touched by Swindlers. New York, July 25.—1 in I: lous women in this cits as ! th '■ the country have bvn t k ingenious swindle b > .-h i scale and just discovered in - Each victim was multched to : of from sls to many thousands of d- ir. was perpetrated under tin- ran. league of woman, the ollogo-l which are woman suffrage, on:.' perance, etc. Owing to the of the name "’ith that .1 w organization the work tims was easy. Advertisements v. ■ ; carlj’ in June for "ioial vht m a salary of ?6A) 1 • - ■ ■■• Those who answered a : t '■ of glowing letters iri,i cheeks for $25 to pay the • a? : trip to Detroit. The ir.t -i was warned that the r- lu fare could be securo-i by s- -i an alleged passenger within three days. Th 1- I. | riedly cashed in almost and came back protest’-"!, was then out sls good m 'y. presumably fell into th- ' swindlers in. Cleveland 1 Murdered Men and Ate Them. ! Tuscon. Ariz., July 25. A t'- Ing men from this cit ■ t-i-im ” Guayamas report the arrival u a-■ I ’■ " ment of Mexicans with from Tiburon island. Tho I-id - charged w ith murder .and e ” ' ili-i party of Mexican pr "pi " ' ed on the island two weeks said to have been r.ipn;-- *'■ and partly oaten by tin- In i. ' - The Mexican governm* ■ t s. live expedition to the i 'in . fliers had a fight with tl according to the story f> mi - i->> ■'■ killed a number and captured ■ x. " are now in prison at Gu-'- in ! Indians are described as lata.--' st n os dark complexion anil wearing i ’■ hair. Funeral of Mrs. Blaine. Washington, July 20.—The rem 0 ' the late Mrs. James G. Blaine, widow the former secretary of state, were torred at Oak Hill cemetery in thi- ■ ' today. The body arrived hero at it o -Io- k this morning and was taken dircctiy to tlie cemetery. The services . oiisi.-t- 1 of the ritual and prayer of the Presbyterian church. American War Ships at Lisbon, i Washington. July 21— Seer- t irv Moo.|\ . received a cable message today fiom I Rear Admiral Cotton, commanding th*' European station, saying that the squad non. consisting of tlie Chicago. San Fan cisco and Machias arrived at Lisbon to day from Portsmouth. England. Italian Minister Offended. Santiago Do Chilo. July 23. The Italian minister to Chiic publicly withdrew from the Cathedral today while an official requiem was being celebrated for the re pose of the soul of the dead pope because of indiscreet references to tho relations between the Vatican and the Italian gov ernment in the sermon of the officiating clergyman. 5
