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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- Free Help For the Sick. ALL DISEASES CURED. Are you sick? Do you want to get well? If Si. this offer is of vital importance to you. I cun show you th.' way to get well. It Is the way that I have proven successful in thousands of cares. I have on file letters from seventy thousand satisfied and grateful patients who have proven the value of my treatment by ectrial trial. If you could read a few of these ' IE -sdik I jN nr JAMES W KIDD. letters tr ■ ng of miraculous cures after years of suffering 1 v- -iM need n® further argument to convince ? i of my ability. I have passed th® experiment a! si age. I know what I ran do. 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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. 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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? "If you can answer all the foregoing questions and hundreds of others of similar purport in the affirmative you should hasten to the farm and get things in order for next year's work. "11 you cannot give an affirmative an swer to these questions you hid better begin to study over them now. Solve those questions if you can to your own satisfaction. But if they are too perplex 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 education In agriculture and for agricul 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 versity Agricultural college at Athens. The doors are open, the courses have will help you when you go back to the farm. "A course in the college will open up a new world to you. Jt will broaden your range of vision... It will bring brightness and cheer into your life. It will pay you in dollars and cents, and it will pay you in happines and contentment. "J. M. JOHNSON, "College of Agriculture University of Georgia." 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. Secretary May Give Them Internal 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 Save Your Money. 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II" o • served in th" civil wir. • 0 0 ••e O •■• • • • 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. «...0-.-0.»-0■•■0-»-0 • •■••0‘»‘0-«‘0-»-e-«‘0-»-0'*' 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. «.».q ...0...Q...0-•-«.».0 . e -,.0. * 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. ••'0 -«-0 -«-0-«-0...0.».0 .>. 0.<.0 * • ’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.