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GAME OF WAR RAGED
ALONG MAINE COAST
Portland, Me., August 26.—Through
dense smoke and amid the tumult of con
tinuous cannon fire, the hattie ships Kear
sarge. Illinois and Alabama entered this
port early today, having stormed the
main entrance to the harbor in connec
tion with the great war game which
13 going on this week in this vlnicity.
At midnight the scouts of the hostile
fleet were discovered by the pickets of
the army on shore, and at daybreak
the battle ships came up the channel. The
victory, if any, Is not apparent to shore
observers.
The night was a sleepless one not only
for all actually engaged in the maneuvers
but for many in the city. Jt was scarce
ly midnight when the searchlights of the
forts disclosed two torpedo boat de
stroyers in ti;e outer harbor. Firing be
gan at once and then ceased. An hour
later the presence of a battle ship was
ievealed by the searchlights and several
ot the forts opened lire upon her. This
vessel returned the lire and after the
cannonading became general. A launch
containing landing parties was captured
and at 2:25 all the outer forts were
engaged in action.
For more than an hour the big ves
sels stood off the main entrance to the
harbor. At 4 o'clock they began the
advance. Wit l ’ the Kearsarge leading and
the Illinois and Alabama close behind,
each belching broadsides at the forts,
they sailed slowly’ toward the city. Forts
Williams, Preble and Leavitt poured in
terrupted lire toward the ships. In
turn each ship seemed to concentrate
lire on Oh® f° rt after another
until the vessels had reached the Inner
harbor. The ships crept on by the forts,
tile firing ceased slowly and by 7 o’clock
ti»e echo of the guns at the eastern side
of the bay, where a minor engagement
was going on, was all that could ba
heard.
The battle ships then maneuvered for
a time and then they went back toward
the outer harbor, where they began cruis
ing about among the islands.
Early in the forenoon the scene ot ac
tion shifted to the passage into Hussey's
sound between Peaks and Ijong Island.
From this vicinity great clouds of smoke
were arising and the roar of many guns
was heard. The Olympia was leading a.
fleet against Fort McKinley. As at the
main entrance they came into slowly.
Jjie Olympia was closelj followed by the
Baltimore. There were four other ves
sels in this fleet, the principal one being
the training ship Newport. The others
were the converted yacht Vixon and two
torpedo boat destroyers, Worden and
Stewart.
lor a time the firing was as violent
as that marking the passage of the bat
t e Ships. Then the action ceased sud
denly.
ttiih the interval in the long-continued
f non came a chance to review the en
tire movement from midnight to mid
forenoon lhe land forces claimed that
plough tlm battle ships had passed the
' dtered the harbor, they were
not able to take the city and had dropped
ba. k to the outer harbor to signal for
remfo cements. The third section of the
twn"Lr including the Chicago,
two torpedo boat destroyers, one second-
X'/n ani ’ one lar * e cruiser
the harbor."' 1 R anchored °tHs!de
Victory Claimed by Army.
I'ivision H .dquarters, Cushings Island.
Z igust Army under command of Colo
ns S M. Mills, it is believed, gained a
tion of the fleet, com
r.ended y Admiral Barker, in an en-
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i gr.gement which lasted for three hours
. this morning. Two phases of the ma
neuvers were worked out and in both
’ the army umpires claimed victory. The
; first, th" attempt to land a force, was
, begun shortly after 1 o'clock and was re
pulsed with heavy losses. The second
phase was the attempt to run the bat-
! tcries and was begun in the gray of the
dawn. The army claims that the vessels
ir. this attempt were destroyed by gltn-
' fire and the mines.
The discovery was made that the pow
erful searchlights were able to penetrate
the fog and the vessels of the attacking
fleet were picked up at a distance of
1(5 000 ya rds.
War Ships Put Cut of Business.
1 Portland. Me.. August 27.—The events
and developments in the war game today
were considered the most important since
the hostile fleet first, appeared off Port
land. The navy made a grand coup in
the capture of Long Island in the fore
noon, while the army made a spectacular
play In the destruction of all the seven
teen opposing ships that attacked the
coast defenses In the afternoon. The
navy, however, seems to have had a
little the better of it, for. strange as it
may seem, the capture of Long Island
was considered more important than the
destruction of the seventeen vessels.
Long Island has bet-n declare! out of
the game until tomorrow at. 9 o'clock, and
thus the big searchlights will not be
working, which will be of almost inesti
mable value to tlie navy, on the other
hand, after sunset the destroyed war
ships went back into commission again.
An attacking force of 1,400 Jackies and
marines whicli left the licet in eighteen
boats and five steam launches, towed by
the gunboats Scorpion and Peoria, landed
on the eastern points of I.ong Island,
stormed the heights, captured the slender
garrison of 300 men, the two big 60-inch
searchlights and the 36-inch searchlight
and took entire possession of the island
for the navy forces. The attack was led
by Captain Swinnerton, of the battle ship
Texas. The soldiers on shore did not re
pel the attack until the naval force had
landed, remaining In ambush in the woods,
As the jackies reached the shore the four
6-pounders of the land battery opened fire.
It was soon silenced by the heavy guns
of the Scorpion and Peoria. This brought
the affair to a climax and the invaders
were declared victors.
The land force was under command of
Major Striker, of the heavy artillery
regulars, and consisted of six companies
of Maine national guard, detachments
from various companies of the Eighty
fourth, Ninety-sixth, One Hundred and
Fifth and One Hundred and Twentieth
regular artillery regulars from the thir l
battalion engineer corps, Washington. D.
C., signal corps men and hospital corps
men. The attacking force included men
from every battle ship ami cruiser of the
fleet and the Maine naval reserves.
The, long expected day attack was
made this afternoon by Admiral Barker's
squadron of seventeen vessels.
According to the decision of the um
pires today nd the battle ships were de
stroyed by the shore batteries as soon
as they came within the prescribed S.-MM
yards range and before they had fired a
single shot, but this did not detract in the
least from the spectacular interest in th(
battle and for an hour the cannonading
was terrific
The vessels of the fleet began to leave
the anchorage in middle bay early in the
afternoon and by the time they were
stripped for action, hail steamed in single
tile In a long line, with Rear Admiral
Barker's flagship Kearsarge leading and.
the others following at a distance of about
3-X) yards apart.
As soon as they reached the SOO yard
limit. Fort McKinley opened fire. For
some moments the fleet was silent, but.
at last the Kearsarge. Illinois and Ala
bama swung their broad white sides
i shoreward and opened with a terrific
fusillade on McKinley. The example set
by the battle ships was soon followed by
every vessel in the fleet.
Scape and Spurwin .ICaptured.
Portland. Me.. August 2R—An ifficial
message from the Olympia to the Iv-iir
sarge, intercept'd at th." wireless t"le
graph station nt Fort Preble and rqadei
public tonight, officially confirms the re
port of the grounding-Xor forty-five min
utes during the war maneuvers of Ad
miral Dewey's famous flag ship Olympia.
The message read:
"We are on the rocks. Double bottom
leaking. Can get off without assistance.”
The Press today says that the Olympia
struck Star ledge in Luke sound, at a
point where the chart show <1 26 feet, but
which sounded only 24 or 2 less than the
Olympia's draught. The cruiser's bot’.-m
was damaged, causing her to leak. but the
water taken in was controlled b,v the
vessel's dames and her injuries were not
so serious but Hint she was able to take
part in thq_juaneuvers yesterday and to
day.
At noon tomorrow the mimic war waged
off this pout since midnight Tuesday, with
all manner of maneuvers bv the navy,
will come to an end and the several
thousand m£l> hurried to th" defense of
the city will be withdrawn from the har
bor defenses.
Today's movements consisted of a fierce
engagement during which a landing party
of 1.80(1 under Rear Admiral Coughlan
captured all the stations and defences
of the Scape and Spurwin. The marines
and Jackies landed almost at dawn and
were engaged until after noon, when they
returned to the fleet, which had remain
ed off Richmonds islands all day. Rear
Admiral Coughlan believed he had achiev
ed the grandest victory .if the navy, but
at 3:45 o'clock Lieutenant Jordon, who it
in command of the engineer corps at
the Two Lights, was informed by 'phone
that the umpires had decided that no
landing was effected by the invaders,
as the men .and boats had been put out
of action before the landing was at
tempted.
Therefore the capture of all the points
on the cape. Including the signal, search
light and fir" control stations at Two
Lights, the defences at Silver Springs
and the searchlight at Pond Cove, was
void and they stand as no attempt had
been made at their capture. This left
the immense searchlights in action for a
demonstration tonight. Reports that the
invaders were marching upon the fort,,
and the city prevailed, hut if such had
been th" Intention, it was not carried
the men returning to the ships at 3:45.
The men standing nt the entrenchments
on Meeting House hill, 3 miles from the
city, were reinforced by 600 mon from
the fort® in anticipation of an assault
■ from the invaders, or an attempt to
march upon the city proper. The capture
of this force would requlr. more than 6.-
000 Invaders.
Period of “Hostilities'’ Expired
Portland, Me.. August 29.—The Joinr
army and navy maneuvers were conclud
ed today, the combined north Atlant!"
1 fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Bat
ker. and accompanied by Admirals Sands,
Wise and C’oghlan. sailed a few minutes
after 5 o’clock to the westward for tar
get practice off the New England coast.
, and the defences of the harbor were
. withdrawn rapidly.
The -Massachusetts and Maine troops
left today. The expiration of the period
of "hostilities'' was at noon, when Hie
fleet moved to the entrance of ttie har
bor and anchored. The cruisers New
, port, Panther. Topeka, and the destroy
ers Lawrence and Worden, were among
the vessels running into the harbor
Rear Admiral Barker and General t'haf
f"e both grant' d interviews, but w- i.- not
expected to make public the reports of
the umpires and fleet's work. Botii coni
| m.intlers considered th" maneuv 'is to
have ecu of great benefit to the servic".
The detailed reports of the eight um
pires and twenty-two observers will be
ferwarded to the war department and
there compiled. If the definite result be
comes known it will )>•■ only through Hie
Washington official.-. A final omnion is
expected front each commanding officer
ashore as to lhe stiff! iency of the pres
ent fixed defenses.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA. MONDAY, AUGUST 31,1903.
PROF. JOHNSON WRITES
OF SOME FARM PROBLEMS
AN Interesting address to the. young
white, boys on the farms of the
state has been issued to the press by
Professor J. M. Johnson, of the Colleg"
of Agriculture at the University of Geor
gia. He writes:
“The greatest need of the farmer of
today as well as of tomorrow is a knowl
edge of bis work. There are more than
223,000 farms in the state of Georgia. If
the average time a farmer occupies a
farm and continues to cultivate it is
twenty-five years there must be at least
9,000 new or young farmers starting in
Hie work each year in order that the
total number may not decrease.
"Young men who are fa begin farming
next year, do you know as much about
soils .and crops and about farm animals,
their care and management as you want
to, as you think will be helpful to you?
Do you know where the roots of the
corn plant grow in greater abundance
while the plant is young ami just getting
a foothold and ready to do something?
and again, where they are when the plant
is approaching maturity and is making
its greatest demands upon the soil? Do
you know why the cultivator may run
deep at one time and not so at another?
Do you know what the soli contains that
will add to the plant's growth and how
the plant Is going to got that material
from the soil? Do you know what in
fluence different methods of cultivation
will have upon the amount of food a
certain soil can give to the plant?
"Do you know how to make all your
home supplies at home and have Some
been planned with the object of giving
you instruction in the very things that
thing to sell to your town neighbor who
ALABAMA SOLONS
TO GATHER.
Session "Will -.ast Only Twenty-two
Days—More Than Enough Bus
iness on Calendar Now To
Occupy Legislators’
Full Time.
Monlgomer_v, Ala., August 29. --(Special.)
- Everything Js now in readiness for the
meeting of the legislature, which con
venes on Tuesday, September 1.
The senate recess committee, which has
been in session almost all the time dur
ing the re<.#s, have completed several
bills which will be presented to the legis
lature for passag •. The comniitt.e is stiP
at work and will continue preparing nllls
until th, legislature convenes.
There arc now 160 bills. Including five
special ordt rs. on the house calendar.
The house would have its hands full if
it only acted upon these bills, but it is
alniosi certain that there will be over
Drtj local bills introuuced. It can readily
be seen that many hills will not even be
brought up for passage, as the house will
have morg. than it can very well dis
pose 01.
Tlie senate is not so crowded as the
house in tlie number of bills on tne cal
endar, but it is expected IJial many bias
oi a I.- al nature win be introduced.
H is learned that several oirns of a
gilieiii ciiaraclir will be introduced
ijiat will bring surprise with their in
troduction.
The louowlng general bills are to be
pi-s illed Io tne legislature: 'Io prohibit
Sunday baseball; primary election om.
municipal curporatign; state bauK exam
inations, stoeit law ana general dispen
sary bill.
JI will be necessary, in view of the
large number of bills alrejidy on the cal
enoar, tor the two houses to immediate
ly g t to work and to hold sessions morn
ing, afternoon and night, it these bills are
to be acted upon.
Hon. A. M. Tunstall is speaker ot the
house. Frank N. Julian is clerk; Will
Herbert, assistant clerk, and VV. VV. Bran
don reading clerk.
Senator Goldsby, of Mobile, is president
pro tern, (jf the senate; Elmore Garrett
secretary, and \V o. Kyle assistant sec
retary.
A bill that will at this time attract
considerable attention is the bill to bo
presented by T. J. ilill. representative
from .Montgomery county, tv create a
board of .nJjitratjpn to settle the differ
ences between capital and labor in this
state. The bill gives the governor the
:iuthoii:.v to appoint a coni’a>_w-<-ion. which
shall consist of three members.
The members of the two houses are
already arriving. y.r)d by Monday nearly
all will be here ready for work.
ThJie Ls hard work before the legis
lature, considering the short time in
which it is to be in session. There will
be only twenty two working days.
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ALLAGOOD LEAVES SERVICE. -
I)eput\ \\ard'‘n J. 'J'. Allagood Ivft :
th.- ski’r prison farm last 'Thursday, his !
igi.atinn leaving h't'u ace-ptcd by the
pri.’on rornniissiun. 'This action was taken
l*y the prison (’onnnission that day, de
spite the lact that i’. has Qot yet been
abb- t<> sen--t a successor to the deputy
warden, and will tint do so until Septeni
b'-r <.
Allagood, as will be recalled, made
innis.'lt famous by whipping Mamie De-
Cris the white woman, convict, known
as th.- 'Diamond Queen." With the pub
licii’icn ol the lacts connected with this
I"., "rir.J. n's, resignation
slant 1\ lolloped. ;Hl( ] (j le commission has
h<en waiting in the effort to find a sult
abl- successor t.- the warden before final
uee<*pting hi§ resignation.
Hamburg Belle Wins Futurity.
New York. August 29.- Hamburg Belle
won ill*’ futurity in footing not to her
'iking, but with an ease marred only
by her swerve near the finish.
Her per > orma nee, the full 6 furlongs,
in 11-’. is the record for the race at that
distance. From 1892 to 1901. inclusive, the
futurity c-.ursc was 170 feet short of G
furl mgs Savable made the record of 1:14 I
last ye.ir.
In : pit. -.f th" ut.pl.-as-int weather, be
tween .'0.009 and 25.000 persons were in '
at t-nidanee when th" Futurity was run I
Hamburg Bell" is the third idly to win |
llu Futurity. The others were The Butter
flies .Hid I.'.Monette. Her owner. Mr. Paget,
is . i. filled with winning 830.000 ov her
vii-t.irx. and John J Ryan, the western
track owner, winnings are placed at
$50,000. I
does not know these things? Do you
know h' w to get happiness, contentment,
peace mid prosperity from the soil and
on the farm?
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questions and hundreds of others of
similar purport in the affirmative you
should hasten to the farm and get things
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ing for you make use of some one who
gives his time and attention to just such
puzzles. The great point is to get these
questions solved, get information, got
knowledge of the principles which insure
success In your life's work.
“The young man who will master hi.
subject, adapt [limself to his conditions
and' learn about the little things of na
ture surrounding him is going to make a
success of his work whether he be placed
in a shop or upon a farm. Ho will boa
credit and an honor to ids state.
"Why not then, young farmer, got an
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ture? Decide this matter right now, and
get to work about it.
"The United States government is in
terested in this matter. It wants to help
you. Ua is helping you through the Uni
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The doors are open, the courses have
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"J. M. JOHNSON,
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VESUVIUS ACTIVE
AGAIN.
Naples, August 26 —The people of Naples
and the environs witnessed a remarkable
spectacle at noon today. Ope thousand
feet below the central cone of Vesuvius,
the volcano opened like a huge mouth,
out of which belch'd a fierce stream o£
lavy, which ran down the side of the
mountain and at first seemed to menace
the observatory This building, however.
Is protected in the direction of the stream
by a mound of lava 200 feet high, which
was thrown out during the eruption of
1595 and 1900.
The eruption oecu.r-d without any
warning whatever. There was no earth
quake, detonation or rain of oslus, noth
ing but a clear stream of lava and red
hot stones, which were thrown to a
height of 700 feet, producing an extremely
beautiful effect s.j n from Naples. The
stream of lava, which Is 15 feet broad,
at 11 o'clock tonight hail covered a dis
tance of 2,700 feet. It deviated later from
the direction of the observatory, which
Is no longer menaced. The only danger Is
for the electric tramway up the vo'cejo,
which, however, has thus far not been
touched. The eruption already secm« to
be decreasing and it is supposed that no
damage will result frojn it.
The_spectators far enough away not to
be frightened, sto.'d entranced nt the
spectacle, but those nearer to the vol
cano were seized ay a panic when the
eruption began.
Lava Stream Grows Smaller.
Rome. August 27 The eruption ot
Mount Vesuvius is slowly decreasing. The
stream of lava has diminished in veloc
ity having widened to about 100 feet.
Several fissures near the crater are en
larging, some toward Naples being 35 feet
wide
The police and carbineers keep a close
watch to prevent tourists approaching the
dangerous spot. Only Professor M:it
teucci, director of the observatory, is al
lowed Inside the proscribed limits. He
has made important observations from
Mount Somma, the nearest point to tin
scene of the eruption.
The government has ordered the tele
graph offices In the villages around Mount
Vesuvius to be kept open all night so
as to be. ready to send out alarms should
this be necessary.
Eruption of Vesuvius Continues.
Rome. August 30.—The- eruption of Ve
suvius continues in all Its grandeur, but
without apparent danger to the neigh
boring population. Thousands of people
remain up all night long to witness Hie
spectacle. The lava emitted is of an
unusually liquid form and consequently
has covered a larger area than at pre
vious eruditions, adding much to the
beauty of the scene.
Graphic Story of Eruption
Naples, August 2S.— The correspondent
of the Associated I’ress has just return
ed from spending a night on .Mount Ve
suvius. with the special permission of the
authorities to pass the pres rlbed limits.
The scene was terrifying but magnifi
cent. Enormous masses of liquid fire
flowed almost to the correspondent's feet,
forming great mounds. Occasionally a
mass of burning material became detach
ed from the pyramid and rolled down the
side of the mountain, the fast cooling
lava in its turn detaching other masses,
until the whole became stationary at the
bottom The main stream of molten lava
flowed down the volcano until stopped by
the mounds of old lava, when it divided
and filled up the valleys, the old and new
masses meeting with such force as to
cause loud detonations, which shook the
earth.
Today the eruption continues and th"
volume of lava Is acquiring vast pro
portions. Detonations inside the volcano
have caused th" prediction that a more
violent eruption may be anticipated.
With tremendous deton .tions heard for
miles around a new fissure op' ned at 5
o'clock this evening in the con.' of Ve
suvius, and from the m w gap came pour
ing out tons of burning lava, which flow
ed in the direction of the village of <>ttn
jano. The stream, however, encountered
the deposit of lava from the previous
eruption and did no harm. There is said
t<i be no danger to the village.
SHAW AND NATIONAL BANKS.
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Revenue Receipts.
Washington, August 28.—The published
statement that Secretary Shaw had de
cided that under existing laws lie was
authorized to segregate government re
ceipts from internal revenue sources and
deposit the same at his discretion in na
tional bank depositories, does not raise
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as have been made heretofore had not
been previously covered in the treasury.
As early as 1878, it is said, tlie courts
of the United States held in effect that
the national bank depositories are parts
of the treasury of the United States so
far as their authority to bold public de
posits are concerned.
The secretary, so t.ir as can be learned,
has not determined on t" i-posii of an.,
furtlier funds with nil. ...al banks, but.
after due deliberation has .1" 'ided that it
is well within his [ rovinc to make su h
deposits and with a view to meeting any
possible money contingency hereafter he
has sogreg.'ited the internal revenue re
ceipts from other receipts
SHOTGUN USED BY WOMAN.
Mrs. Moore Fired on Negro in Het-
Door.
Hogansville, Ga . August 2G.-(Special.)
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning an un
known negro walked up on the back steps
ot George Moore's house about 1 mile
east of Franklin and asked Mrs. Moore,
who was getting her baby to sleep on
the bed. for something to eat.
She told him she had nothing cooked.
He then asked if she had any money and
she said no. He then said he had to
have something to eat and stepped up Into
the door.
He turned his head to look back, and
as lie looked out Mrs. Moore seized a
shotgun which stood near the bed and
pointed It at him, but he threw up his
left hand and knocked the gun off just
as she tired.
She then took her baby and ran to a
neighbor's house about a quarter of a.
mil.' off. She looked back once and saw
the negro standing in the door. Posses
have scoured the country looking for the
negro, but he is still at large Mrs. Moore
did not know the negro.
Opium, Morphine, Free Treatment.
Painless home cure guaranteed. Free
trial. Dr. Tucker. Atlanta. Ga.
• BITE OF RAT CAUSES *
i DEATH OF LEGISLATOR. *
• Cambria, Wis.. August 26.—David ’
• G. Williams, aged 63, who was bit- •
f t"n by a rat two weeks ago. died ?
4 today from blood poisoning, which 4
• rcsult"d from the bite. Mr. Wile
• liains was a member of the lower 4
• house of th" last legislature. II" o
• served in th" civil wir. •
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MARK HAN*!/* STRICKEN
WHILE IN HIS OFFICE
.'leveland, Ohio, August 25. —Senator
Hanna was taken suddenly ill while in his
"Hi"" today and a physician who was
called ordered that he go to bed at once.
Mr. Hanna, the doctor stated, w'as suf
fering from stomach trouble, and this,
together with the intense heat prevail
ing. caused the trouble. Senator Hanna
probably will be confined to his room
for .several days.
♦
Continues To Be Somewhat Weak,
Cleveland. Ohio. August 29.—Senator
Hanna, upoji the advice of his physician,
did not leave his bed today, and proba
idy will not do so before the first oi next
week. Th*- senator continues somewhat
weak. He expects to take an active part
in the republican slate campaign, and to
make many speeches during its progress.
Governor Hunt, of Porto Rico, was
guest at Hu- Hanna residence todax. an,,
talked for some time with Mr. Hanna.
PICKETT TALKS OF RICKETTS.
Chief Editor of Scimitar Mourns
Dentil of Associate.
Memphis. Tenn.. August 30.—Mr. A. B.
Pickett, editor and manager of The Scim
itar. arrived here from New York tonight,
via Tampa, Fla Mr. Pickett, was on an
ocean steamer when the death of H. P.
Ricki’tts. associate editor of The Scimitar,
was recently announced in Chicago and
lieaid for the gist time of Mr. litcketts'
sudden demise when lie landed from the
\essel. Mr. Pickett said that southern
ioiirualism lost one of its brightest orna
ments in the death of Mr. Ricketts, and
his personal loss could not be estimated.
Queen Is Large Slave Holder.
Amsterdam. August 29 Queen Wilhel
mina does not cherish the title of "big
gest slave-holder in the world." and has
authorized her young colonial minister,
Idenburg. to prosecute with the utmost
severity the investigations into the Java
and Sumatra slavery charges to the ef
fect that Dutch-Indian planters misuse
native workmen to such an extent, as
to make them worse off than coolies,
abject slavery being the rule in th" in
terior parts, where N. therlan.l authority
is absolute. Xot onl.\ do the natives go
unpaid for work performed, thej are
subjected to harsh and inhuman treat
ment. tlie nine-tailed eat and long Im
prisonment. without sufli. i.-nt water .and
food, being among the punishments for
refusal to work a certain number ol days
ev-rv month Queen Wilhelmina was also
inform.■.! that her strict orders against
punishment of women are being circum
vented by a new eruel process.
Storm Sweeps Cayman Islands.
Mobile. Ala.. August 28.—A private let
ter from Grand Cayman, British West
Indies', states that the hurricane which
passed over that island destroyed 160
houses and 27 vessels.
The British three-masted schooner Gov
ernor Blake which it was feared was
lost, arrived safely after encountering
tli" hurricane.
The crew of Hie schooner Bentley was
reported to have been saved by the
schooner Sea Gull. At Little Grand Cay
man loss of life Is reported besides great
loss of property.
The Flaglers in Bad Health.
Marnaronek. N. A’.. August 2!.—Mrs.
Henry M. Flagler, wife of the Standard
Oil millionaire, is ill with a nervous dis
ease at Satan's Toe. a country mansion
on Orienta Point, but is imp'roving Mr.
Flagler himself has just recovered Bom
an attack of lumbago. They will go
south for the fall and winter and later
cruise in the M< diterran‘an.
801 l Wevil in Texas.
Galveston, Texas, August 25.—The Texas
section of tlie weather bureau service -
today issued a map showing the boll
we"vil district of the cotton belt of the
state. There are eighty-one counties in
cluded, and it is stated that "the pest
is doing great damage wherever pres
ent."
INDIAN SCANDAL TO BE
PROBED BY HITCHCOCK
Washington. August 27.—The determina
tion of Secretary Hitchcock to send to
Indian Territory a man not conn-ctod
with the department of the interior to in
vestigate conditions there is understood
1 to be for the purpose of supplementing
the work of the secretary himself and of
other representatives of the department
in that territory.
Since early last spring the secretary
has been giving a large share of his per
sonal attention to the situation in the
territory and a number of the inspectors
and other officials of the department
have been engaged in the effort to fer
ret out frauds and protect the interests
of the Indians. The following is an
authorized statement of the department’s
attitude toward the situation in Indian
Territory:
The secretary made a tour of the ter
ritory in May, largely for the purpose of
making Inquiry regarding reports that
had come to him of efforts to deprive the
Indians of their rich lands inheritance,
and the result of this personal Investiga
tion was to confirm the report that there
was a persistent effort to secure the In
dian lands at a price far below their
real value.
As a. consequence of this inquiry he
made a radical revision of rhe regula
tions for the sale of the allotted lands
and the departmental reports sin-e that
. change was made indicate that he has
! saved the Indians a large percentage over
j what would have been paid them if tlie
original regulations had stood. The new
rules require that all Indian kinds which
are for sale shall be advertised and ap-
I praised by a competent official. The se< -
! retary has cancelled all sales made prior
I to the time that the new regulations took
I effect.
Old Prices Exceeded.
. There were 1.1'29 of these deeds, calling •
for an aggreg— - payment of All
I these deeds, with th.; checks, have !>■■ -n
returned to the purchaser.- anti the prices
since received Indicate that, under the
new regulations the prices paid will ex
ceed th.' old prices by from 15 to 1'25 I
per cent.
Under th.- law tlie secretary has con
! trol of the land sales and is able to throw
many safeguards around them for the
protection of the Indian owner.-, most of
whom he appreciates are entirely igno- I
rant of busines methods and easily made ’.
Hi..- tools of designing m -n. whether lead- i
ers of th.-ir own rare or white men. He. j
however, is not authorized by congres- >
sional enactment to guard th" interests
of his wards completely in the matter of .
leases and persistent efforts to secure .
control of the lands through the lease I
process have been discovered. In one -
I ease, he found during his stay in Indian I
Territory that clerks in the office of an
Indian agent had taken upon themselves
the responsibility for denying a hearing i
to their national'attorne\-. who represent j
id s-une 14,000 Indians. The secretary
immediately provided for the adequate
punishment of these persons. A favorite
method for securing th" leases is to have
the Indi ins approached by merchants.
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0 GIVES MILLION DOLLARS •
• TO TRY HIS RELATIVES. •
e N -rwich fonn.. August 25.—Ste- e
i phen Roth, of Chicago, has divided • .
• Wilf of his wealth among relatives :
0 in this city, the gifts aggregating e
’ about a. million dollars. He is 75 ’ ■
• years of age. and a sufferer from . -
• locomotor ataxia •
• Mr Roth said he desired to see ,
• to what use his relatives w uld put • .
4 the money and that it had been • ;
0 given unconditionally. 0 ;
Small Dividends for September.
New York. August 28—-Everything indi
cates that the total industrial dividend
disbursements in September will be small
er than for any previous month this year,
the declarations thus far announced
amounting to only $!..-1.......i- I Ilfs coin- |
pares with $17,900,009 In August and ?M.-
283 409 in March, th.- high w.-iter mark,
for the year. ft, 190'2 Hl" Sept"mbe r dis
bursements aggregated $16.943.96..
Placing the Blame.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Caller— So the |
doctor brought you a little sister the
other night, eh?
Tommv—Yeh; I guess it was the doctor .
done It. Anyway. 1 heard him tollin' pa
some tini ago 'at if pa didn't pay his old j
bill he'd make trouble fur him.
HILLSIDE BROADCAST PLOWING vs.
RIGHT-HAND BROADCAST PLOWING
Any farmer will tell you that any right
hand turn plow will turn the soTi down
hill better than It will turn it up hill.
Also it will turn under vegetation better,
will ent a wider and deeper furrow. In
short, it will do a much better job.
Why is it, then, that the great' ma
jority of farmers will use a right-hand
turn plow and throw half of their land
down hill and do it right, and throw the
other half up hill and half do It'.' There
are but two reasons. One is "daddy" done
it that way, and put them in the old
rut. and they have not decided to get out.
The other is they have not got hold
of the proper plow to throw' it all down
hill.
AH thoughtful farmers have got their
land terraced, which is the most essential
and important thing to be done on the
farm if they wish to improve it. Where
il is terraced, to turn it. right-hand
broadcast half of it is thrown down to
the lower terrace and half of it is thrown
to the upper terrace, which leaves the
last furrow in the middle of the terraces
and gutted down into the clay, and it
will be the poorest part of the land. Also
in right-hand turning the team will tread
the plowed land at each corner by turn
ing around.
Hillside, broadcast turning where the
land is properly terraced is simply per
fection All the soil is turned down hill,
vegetation is better covered, the team
3
who. by off- Hug t- ir w.ar.-s i:i . x.-hango,
can secure Hie most l.ivorable terms
from them, and the understanding is
quit" general that when control of a
pi.-. -of laiid is o'l " s".-tired by means
leasing ii will be hold l.v some means
until it call b. pui'.'li.i "d the loss-es
own tigur.-s. The soer.-mry is own un
der th- present leasing law. flu-ling
means to protect th.- Indians.
The surplus lands belonging to the In
dian- in the territory ar. worth many
millions and S<- rotary Hitchco. k and his
advisers understand low gr< at a tempta
tion th.-v ar.- to designing nun. The ter
ritory is tnrungh - gard-n s ; ,ot and
farmers lire going into .t in gr*-.t num
bers It >' estimate I that there ar-- now
fullv half a million white poop!- in the
posal <•: th.- lands.
Office Holders Involved.
Tlie secretary liimself discovered that
a number of officeholders, many of them
outside of bis own department, were
stockholders and officers in these com
bines. and lie immediately made known
his disapproval of this system. Former
Revenue Collector Cobb, on finding an
opportunity to secure an interest in a
combination of this character, wrote to
the department and ask' d for an opini-m
as to the propriety of iiis accepting such
an interest. He was told that the de
p.rtment did not consider membership in
one of these compani s compatible with
the hol.h'.’K of a government position, and
Mr. Cobb promptly r.-.-igned his official
place to enter on a business c .i’-er. The
advice con..lined in this '..tier to Mr.
Cobb indicates Hie secretary's position
with reference to all such cases. He
does not believe that a man holding m
office under the government, the du:i'-s
of v. hlch may requin him to p tss on
.luestioii'-. affecting th- rights of tlie In
dians. can properly discharge th. sc. <i'i
ties if he is 1 member ot an organization
lin.'.ii -ially InliTesteu in securing adv.in
; (ages from the Indians. Il" therefor"
! has not only institut' d an inquiry hims- if
! Into this ma ter. but has made requ.st of
other government departments having
lepi'esontat ives in the territor y to pur
sue the same course.
The object in sending a man from pri
vate lif" t" inquire into conditions is ■ .
make the investigation still m
itill more disinterested, and t
the finding more complete credence w:.h
tin- public at large.
Thorough Probing Ordered.
The secretary's instructions to this
agent when secured will be to go into all
! phas-s of Hie question without fav -
: itisni on th" on.- hand or fear of pubii ;
| clamor on tlie other. He takes the po-
I sition that while it. is necessary and
[ right »o protect the Indians, it is n"ith
. cessary nor right to punish innocent
officials.
! Sev.-raj offb ials who already have be-n
I detected in .|U. -: ionable trans..cis
have i.-en summarily dismissed, while
th.- resignations o.' others have been re-
! .pi.st -.r Th*- s"-r inry takes tlie posi
■ tion that i: des not promote the public
I interest to publish the names of dis
j tnis e.l officials.
j Th"se dismissals' and others occurred
before the Indian Rights Assoeiaiion had
■ -.-illod a tt.-ution to irregularities in tlie.
territory, and most of them were the re
sult of tli.- personal investigations of lie
! CUBA WANTS FREER TRADE.
Public Clamoring for Reciprocity
with the United States.
I Tl-ivana. August 28.—The interest n
reciprocity with the United States, which
has been languishing for several months,
is reviving. The newspap. rs ar<- urging
the Cubans, in spite of their previous
discouragerrent, to again join 1 ":1s with
th" friends of reciprocity in th- United
States in an --nderivor to make file ap
proval of the reciprocity treaty with the
United States certain.
I President I'alma his denied th-' posi-
Ition of several commi 1 ial ani manufac
turing organizations for a suspension "f
the tax on manufactured pronucts an-I
industries enacted by the Havana p
vineial council. The president !.■ .Ms ti-i'
the impost Is not incompatible with Hie.
taxes imposed by the general govern
ment.
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* STANDING ON CALLOWS. *
NEGRO WAS RESPITED. *
• 4
4 Uu.-ro, Tex., \ugus: 26—Standing
o upon the trap ot the gallows, his «
• hand.- and f.-.-t manacled and the -
0 sheriff adjusting the black - •
? Sam Stiles today was respit
• two .lays by Gov.-rnor 1..-i ni-.a m *
* The negro was charged with ha\ "
. mg murdered Doom Edwards b •
# cause of infatuation for his wife.
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• ’does not turn on the plowed 'and ini
i | the last furrow will bo next to the up; ■ r
. I terrace which will raise the '.and at the
. j lower terrace and lower it at the upper
i ferrace.
In i few times plowing the land will
• I be level from one terrace to the other.
I This is the true meaning of the word
. | terrace.
■ | To keen your team from turning on
| the upper terra*’, when hill-siding, first
' lay off a C,-foot turn-row below '.lie ter
* race and plow out the short corners, th* it
I plow with the turn-row. When a farm
. er believes in broadcast turning, if he
will got th-* proper plow and hill-side his
land by the above rule he will bo pleased
with the job.
From experience ami observation we
i I can safely advise if you wish to keep
■ i your land absolutely from washing and
I j to get the work well don - ami in short
• i time, lay off your land on a level with
i i a good double turner, two feet apart
■ I ami when the subsoil gets in condition
1 run one subsoil furrow in the bottom of
I each of the largo furrows, tn our hum
> bio judgment this is the only successful.
I practical and cheap way to prepare land
been to h >hi the winter rains hnd keep the
land from washing
, , , AH MAI-HORY.
Atlanta. Ga
i ' Read Mallory’s plow ad cd page 12.