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INTER-STATE ffl IS
Oil TWSWEEK.
Special Events Announced for the
First Day Expected To Enter
tain All Who Visit the Fair.
Drill of Sixteenth
Infantry.
Wednesday at 9 o’clock the gates of the
Southern Interstate fair will be thrown
open at Piedmont park and from all pres
ent Indications it will be to the largest
crowds ever assembled for the first day.
In proof of this fact are the statements
of general passenger agents of the dif
ferent roads leading into Atlanta. All of
these agree that all signs at present
point to carrying larger crowds A Hunt a
wards this year than ever before.
There are a. number of special events
on tho programme tor the opening day
that are sure to profitably entertain all
those who attend, included among these
is a special battalion drill by the men >f
the Sixteenth I’nited States infantry now
stationed at Fort McPherson The rest
of the nrogramme follows;
9 O’clock—Gates of the fair will l.e
opened. Concert by Fifth r> giment band.
12:30 O'clock- First voyage in the air
ship Luna to the moon.
2 O'clock -Guideh : s horse in race
against time.
2:30 O’clock—Battalion drill by the Six
teenth Infantry, i'nited States army, un
der command of Colonel Bttth r D. Price.
3 O'clock—Balloon ascension and para
chute drop by the monkey. Band concert.
3:30 O'clock Automobile 5 miles,
for purse of SI,OOO
4 O'clock -Diavulo will loop the loop on
a bicycle.
4:30 O'clock Ritchie's death-defying
dive front bicycle 60 feet into Clara Mere.
5 O’clock- .Monkey loops the loop in an
automobile.
5:30 O'clock—Reception at the House of I
Trouble.
6 O'clock—Geisha girls seive tea at the
Japanese village.
8 O’clock —Concert by band.
8 15 O'clock Wild West ■ iow.
8:30 O’clock —Diuvolo again loops the
loop.
8:45 O’clock—Ritchie's thrilling dive.
9 O’clot k Et < t ybody met ts at th< Pike.
Some of the Events
The automobile race is sure to prove
one of the most exciting eontests/xver
pulled off at I'iedmorit park. Earl !<■■>-
ser, one of the contestants, has i record
of having made a mill in 1 minute and 2 ,
seconds. He lias the reputation of being j
one of the most daring drivers in toe
count ry.
Another sensational act is that of Di- j
avolo looping ti ■ ;■ ep on a bicycle. 3 his |
is one of the most lil'od ■ iirdiing acts m
all outdoor vaudeville. What Is also sure
to attract great attention is the balloon
ascension and para- hute drop a mon
key.
At a meeting f th- fair directors Sat
urday it was d. ■ !■: •! to ;■■: Id fifty more :
stalls at tile r : track This action was
necessitated b\ a telegram received from
William hat he had
arranged for the shipment of 200 hors-s
from St. 1.-nl . In addition to this num
ber a car load is n.-v. <>n its w.»y Hom
Chicag', I” more than three
time,- as tv. . I • s this y-ar as last
and many <>; 1T- corners are well known
to all !:.■ wg 1 f'Cc'W til*- doings ot t:l**|
turt tn the d. : - papers.
Manager lias a large gang of-
wot . . ..: norming the old agri ■
into a veritable fairyland
and already wonders have he. n accotu-1
pushed 1 ■ rd- Two shifts are kept 1
stead: i m> : ! and the work is be- .
lug pu. m l c 1 i right. Manager Wai- i
ters pi ry thing inreadi-l
ness or th- m uning the fair opens.
PAT MURPHY'S LETTER
FINDS HIS "OLD ENEMY" i
A FEW days ago The Constitution ;
printed a < iromnnb'.ition from Pat ;
Jl.irphy, Clark Cent'r. Clark
county, Illinois, wli" was a prlt.it" m ;
Company G, One hundred and twenty- j
third Illinois v-lunt.-r regiment during |
the civil war 1
tie narrated as iiicideti: which lie de- (
dared occurred vai Marietta in 1863. |
when he and a ce:.n-derate soldier, |
pickets of contending armies, engaged in ;
courtesies in the is, is: ol win ’ j
were ba !1 } m ■ - « ' itl
officer. This ..ffi.-er flimsy .: -ming In th- .
convt.’ -a: ■ . •• m” I' l ' jf the
federal « -vil-r to -■ hi a !••«. r 'o eome ,
friends in a northern 1 oapitai where the ■
southern! ■ > 1 back to
health. This was dune through the |
means -of th- ". oil' :-' ' trank. :
in ciden t 13 I
told this m g In a letter from Wil :
Ham M. Augustine. of Greenwood, S C., j
who led ew; he rate pick -
et of the Story, and glv ■ t m name of ,
, he mm-r- off: • -r. 11" _ I
Editor Constitution: It w.-.s in the sum- ,
j,], j- i<.64. ■■- '*• ; 863, 11.11 the in- I
cident o- - .r:ed bvtw- the 15th and |
24th of Ju-.' I ".as til" Johnnie who
figured in the incident and Lieutenant
James 1’ -T -it v.-t- tue officer. 1 was a
ir,. :n! - ■ ■■-; 1, Twenty fourth
regimen Gist brigade .' r< all that
u o s .. :er I 1.-Ci been ex-
changl: :. c 'urf-si.-s ; i t. iking for about
tw.-rit: nih..;: s vTien the officer came
up. W, two private-: of tin- blue and
th. g *y. i <a- ii other for some time
before w? 'ante minced that each I
was th,- man physically. I was I
convl". cd that 1 was the better man,
e.-p -i . . v w:.'-n tie- prospects for getting
something good to eat from the yankee
were so bright.
\t • lai i down our weapons and met In
the ‘■hi.: nel of the creek, as he states, the
■water having dried up My recollection
Is that the yankee gave me a drink of
whi.-k/, saying: "I'll drink first to show
you that it’s not poison." Me shared
his cnee: e and hard tack with me us
well.
The officer, James Padgett, third lieu
tenant oi fourth Sout
Carolina volunteers, was from Edgefield
county. South Carolina, and died at Ham
burg, in that state, in 1867. from wounds
received !', battle. Lieutenant Padgett
was an athletic man, being 6 feet and 7
Inches in height and weighing about 200
pounds. II- fre-Qut-ntly spoke facetious
ly of being hie "mother's baby."
I am now 61 years old, enjoy good
health and am able to make a living for
my family. lam delighted to know that
the yankee private with whom I held
h tete-a-tete in the dry channel of Noon
day creek, in the dark days of 1864, has
survived the rage of war and the rav
ages of time and trust that ere we cross
over the river we may meet and greet
each other as friends, forgetting that
we once stood on Vidette posts of oppos
ing armies, each seeking the life of the
other.
Pat Murphy, Bill Augustine is glad to
EPILEPSY
OR FITS.
There 10 only one remedy that will cure those
suffering with Fits. Epilepsy or Falling Sickness.
That is the one discovered by the eminent spe
cialist of Kansas City, and to every one suffering
from this terrible disorder, who Will send him
the rno , md address he will send apEB p p
large 16-oince bottle of his medicine. ■ it fafc*
Send for ir. Thousands have been cured, why
not you? Address
DR. F. E. GRANT,
Dept. 1W KANSAS CITY, MO.
hear from you! He will meet you at
Chattanooga, If possible. Write to him
and he will gladly answer your letter.
WILLIAM M. AFGI’STIN’E.
Greenwood, S. September 29, 1903.
“LET MY PAPA CUM HOME:
I WOD ALWAYS LOVE YOU.”
THERE is a Scrawled and misspelled
letter lying in Governor Terrell s
desk this morning and In the letter
is the story of a little girl s grief.
She writes, "Let my papa come home
and 1 will always love you." The words
are partly "printed" and partly written
and seem to have cost the ”ttle fingers
that fashioned them a great deal of labor.
But that mattered not. for the child hopes
for a pardon for her father, a conv <.
serving a lifetime sentence for murder.
The writer of this pathetic <to r teas
little Grader Hester, of Carroll county
and her father was one of the band <f
men who, a number of years ago, -hot
down an old negro. His name is Lant
Hester and it was through his testimony
that the other members of the band were
convicted.
'lTtere have been several efforts to se
cure a pardon for Hester on the ground
that he was not directly concerned in the
killing; that he confessed and (leaded
guilt;. ; that tho killing was not premed
itated assassination, and that his wife
and children need the protection and aid
of 11 husband and father.
Governor Terr.-ll is interested in the
case since receiving the little girls hi
ter and has written her that he will ask the
prison . ommission to give the matter
spe< lai att: ntlon and that as soon as a
report Is made to him he will take the
matter up, "though,” he wrote, ' he can
not pardon criminals merely because lit
tle girls love and miss them."
This is the child's letter, her spelling
being copied verbatim:
"Sept, the 29, 1903, Whitesburg, Ga
Here Govenor: I am a rlton to you to
beg voa to plese let my dcro popa cum
home’ to me Will y<»u plt-se for the sake
a pore little girl have, pltty on me.
Will you go to the bord an beg thlrn lor
mv sake to plese let my pore popa oum
home to me. 1 am Htle but It trubles
me as bad as yore treble dus jou If : ou
have <ny. 1 miss So mintiy kind things
that my popa woo doo tor me that no
body else wont <Jt>o for me. Moma , :.nt
coup us mutch bread much less the purty
!:tle things popa yust to git for me. 1
had a good dere popa. You dunt no how
I fide unles you laid lost a good popa to.
Oh. think of me a pore Htle girl won
mlnet. Think what a sad home I got
without my popa with me fin think ho«
It hurt me to see my pore mama cry and
pity us beco.s she cant git us the things
like et'.ier Htle children lias The good
Lord will love you allways if you win
let nt" popa cum home to me. You dont
no how I wod allwnys love you if you
wod let my popa cum home so he cud
love and pet me like he yust to. 1 miss
him so bad. 1 don't git to have purty
Htle dresses an shoes an dolls an a heap
of Htle things that my popa yust to git
for me. If you Wod let my popa go
home I cud have thim. Now jist think
how happy I wod be. Think how my
Htle sister an brother wod plat and joke
with thlre popa like yore Htle baby dus
you an how you wod fele without vnre f
babe. Oh dere govner plese have pltty
on me an mv pore mama an sister an |
litle brother all to title to help pore
mama and let him cum home to us wont
you kind govner. Plese answer my leter
an tell me you will let my popa cum
homo GRADER HESTER.
"Lant Hester is my popa."
Governor Terrell has no "Htle baby."
but he. as well as every one else who
read the letter, was touched py it.
♦
KING PETE BANS HIS DEBTS.
Had Persistent Note Shaver Kicked
Down Palace Steps.
Paris, October 3.—The following let- j
ters, exchanged between King Peter, of
Perrin, and a Paris financier, explain
themselves;
"Paris. June 14. 1903. To His Majesty
King Peter of Servia, Geneva I beg to
inform your majesty that I am the owner
■ I' a note of hand, signed by your majes
tv 3! years ago in fpvor of Madame
){’.-het. who al that time kept a jewelry j
store in Nice. The note was given in 1
navment for a diamond bracelet.
.'.it.” •
"Geneva, June 15. 1903.- His majesty
dosiiv-s me to say that he recognizes his
indebtedness to Madame Rieh.-t fora eer- '
tain diamond studded bracelet. We are I
going to Belgrade tomorrow ami being 1
too busy to attend to tin matter now, ■
ms majesty commands licit you ml ■ s .
t'ae royal secretary within 30 days, ad- I
vising Tiim iiow Hie nolo g-jt into your j
"'Signed), THE COI’RT MARSHALL." 1
Bouvier complied with Pete 's command ,
and on July 15 received the following ‘
note from his majesty's iceretarv. dated 1
"At the royal palace, Belgrad< "
"His maj'-sty instructs me to advise you 1
to report at the office of his attorney, |
Geneva, at 10 o'clock 011 July 21 His
majesty's attorney will look Into the j
matter repeatedly mentioned by you and 1
■an immediate settlement will follow. j
"(Signed), THE COI’RT MARSHALL." i
M Bouvier reported as requested, and ■
having given his name to the attorney, i
was promptly kicked over the stairs.
"Paris September 20, 1903 —Your majes- ;
ty, I understand, Is much perplexed on 1
account of your ag.-'its' Inability to boi
raw money, even at usurers' rates. I
think I can solve tlrat mystery. Two
months ago I sent a sac simile of your
note dated Nice, October I. 1873, in fa
vor of Aladame Richet, to every finan
cier of Europe, reporting the circum
stances under which it was issued, name
ly, that you fell in love with a demi
mondaine, and to gain her favor, ob
tained a bracelet from Madame Richet
on credit Furthermore, that your note
was dishonored and that the cheated
woman, as a constsiuence, went into
bankruptcy
"Further I sent to the persons men
tioned t'ac-slmiles of the several ‘eorne
on’ letters received from jUu after your
elevation to kingship, and the certificate
issued by a Geneva physician, attesting
to the injuries I received nt the hands
of your representatives when 1 present
ed my bill in accordance with your maj
esty’s invitation.
"You had the audacity to ask for the
loan of 10.000.000 francs after repudiat
ing your note of hand for 4,500 francs,
made 31 years ago. Permit me to point
out that not all financiers are as ‘easy’
as poor Madame Richet and vours .■> ry
respectfully, BOUVIER.” ’
*
PRISON REFORMERS MEET.
National Prison Associgtin in Ses
sion at Louisville.
Louisville. Ky., October 3.—The National
Prison Association of the I’nited States
held the opening session of its annual
congress here tonight, the delegates
crowding Music hall almost to suffoca
tion. The opening session W devoted
for the most part to welcoming addresses
by state and city officials, and to re
sponses by officers of the association.
The convention will continue for six
days and nearly everj state and Canada
is represented. Among those present are
John L. Milligan, Allegheny, Pu., secre
tary of the association; Mrs. Kate M.
Gorden, New Orleans; Mis Auau M
Welshe, Auburn, > Y , William .1 Butt.
Concord, Muss.; James E. Richards.
Memphis, Tenn . and General R Brfnket
hoff. Mansfield, Ohio.
The feature of tonight's session was the
address of the president, lion Henry
Wolfer, warden of the state penitentiary.
Stillwater. Minti.
British Credit Seetns Shaky.
I London, September 29.-Consols touched
87 at noun today, Hie lowest point since
1866. and then hardened somewhat. The
whole feeling on the stock exchange was
one of extreme depression and nervous
ness Americans showed .a further decline
in sympathy with yesterday's movement
in New York, the position of i'nited
States Steel Issues being given as the
dominating influence. The markets later
improved, the recovery of consols In
ducing a generally better feeling.
THE WEEKLT ATIxAKrA. GA., MONDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1903.
REFUSED PAY
HE DIDN’T EARN
Alabama Legislator Aston
ished Officials by His Un
usual Action.
Montgomery, Ala., October 4.—(Spe
cial.)—A. T. London, one of the leading
representatives from Jefferson county in
the legislature, which adjourned at mid
night last night, has attracted consid
erable attention to himself by refusing
to accept pay fur but one day, his actual
service in the house, during the last
half of the session.
"Please kindly change the amount of
this warrant from $132 to $4." said Mr.
London to State Auditor Sowell, when
he handed the warrant for his per diem..
"Why?” asked the auditor.
"I have been absent all during the ses
sion except today," said Mr. London.
The state auditor attempted to argue
witli Mr. London that he was entitled
to bis per diem, notwithstanding his ab
sence. having obtained leave of absence
of the house, but Mr. London was ob
durate.
1 am not entitled to pay for service
not p'-rformed,” he replied, "and I shall
not accept it."
The auditor changed the warrant from
$132 to $4, and handed it to Mr. London,
wiio went across the hall and collected
the smaller amount, feeling that his
conscience was at ease If his pocket was
lighter by SI2B.
Mr. London is one of the ablest law
yers of Jefferson . ounty. and is said to
be worth anywhere between $50,000 and
SIOO,OOO. Before the recess he had made
quite a reputation by his boldness and
aggressiveness and by his knowledge of
parliamentary law. His aggressiveness
and independence of the leaders attract
ed attention to him as f possible candi
date for governor, and lie had b-cn fre
quently mentioned in connection with tire
democratic nomination.
During the recess Mr. London got in
bad health and was threatened will)
nervous prostration. He was adtised b)
siejan to go off to the
remain there for a month or six weeks.
When tlte bill creating the office of
slate bunk examiner was threatened with
defeat, a measure in which lie was great
ll interested, Mr. Ijondon, over the pro
tests of his physician, left the springs
and came to Montgomery on the last day
and was present during the closing hours
of the legislature.
lie had the pleasure of seeing the bill
pass finally, but after almost a death
struggle, lasting several days, without
opposition or without dissenting vote,
SUNDAY BASEBALL IS KILLED.
Alabama Governor Approves Bill
Prohibiting’ Sunday Games.
Montgomery, Ala., September 28.--(Sp4
rial.) -Governor Jelks today sigm'd the
bill prohibiting the playing of baseball,
football, golf and tennis on Hie Sab
bath.
Tile bill was aimed at Montgomery, as
this city is the only one in the state
that played baseball on Sunday. The
fans here have done everything possible
t , defeat, tile measure, but without suc
cess. as Hie preach' rs got to work, and
by ..loing some splendid canvassing, had
the bill passed by a large majority.
Jelks Again Uses Veto.
Montgomery, Ala., September 29 —(Spe
cial. > 'lite house today passed the gen
eral primart election law bill framed so
as to Have lair elections as far as possi
ble in this state.
A squabble came up this afternoon
when the bill to provide for an examina
tion of state banks was takcti up. Tho
ci nstitution provides that a bill be passed
to provide i t an examination oi these
banks, but the house adjourned without
; assing the bill.
It will be called up again tomorrow
The opposition to the bill is exceedingly
strong and Is back'd up b) a strong
lcbb\. It Is .!■ übtful if the bill will pass.
The governor this morning again sliow
• . his determination not to let any large
i-.pprcpriations b" made .and sent to the
S' >:at" without his appr val tho I.ill r >
• orcpri.i :<■ $-15,000 for the school for Hie
d.af at Talladega uni suggested an
amendment approtu ia t Ing $20,000. His
am> ndtnenl was adopted.
The senate passe | tii.- bill appropriat
ing SIO,OOO for the boys' reformatory
i.li" !; also Hie bill creating a summer
; ehool at tho university.
TROOPS MANEUVERING
IN KENTUCKY.
West Point, Ky., September 28.—The
troops were astir early, first call being
Sounded at 4:30 o’clock tills morning. At
roll call the line officers made a rigid in
spection of each man's cartridge belt to
make sure that no ball cartridges had
crept in among the blank ones already
I ui-'l. Then the commandi rs, having re
ceived their instructions and breakfast
having been eaten, 2.400 of the regular
soldiers: divided into bodies. Equal
; strength went swinging out across the
i country in the crisp, invigorating air to
begin their maneuvers.
After a day spent in maneuvering
among the hills, the first of the mimio
batties ended with an apparent ad
vantage In favor of tho "brown" army.
The conditions prevailing were those gov
erning the proper employment of advance
and rear guard by the armies.
| Tit'' problem for the day, as announced
| by Colonel Wagner, chief umpire, was as
: follows: The blue army, having been de
i seated by the brown army, fell back on
■ Louisville, its base point. Here it se
cured heavy reinforcements and turned on
the brown army, which began to retreat
toward its base at Nashville. The ad
vance guard of the blue army was ex
pected to cripple tin* rear guard of the
brown.
The actual clashes were not numerous,
being largely confined to the brushes be
tween flankers. Colonel Morton had
swiftly dispos’d of his brown cavalrymen
<■: a point re he- was able to threaten
tlte blue column, commanded by <'olom 1
W. 'i’. Duggan, and at the same time prac
tically forbid an attack by the blue main
■ ;mn commanded bv Major Williams,
unless Hie latter took a longer detour
than the tlnu limit allowed. The brown
riar guard was not only able to forestall
the enemy's attack, but to do it with
trivial loss r cardinal principle for tlte
i SbF 1 ’! >’ ’. ' •'•■'A’ J
‘ 1 A Grcnr hincovcry
DROPSY
< I in-:i> with vegefable
♦4/ 0[ remedies, entirely hnnn-
" Wa lesr; removes all eynip
toms of dropsy In N to
x V ‘lays; M«» to AO ‘lays es-
feet* a permanent enre.
' 3 rial treatment fur-
r-' ni*h*«i ree to
fc sufTo r er; nothing fairer.
4 F »r circular*, teslinion
lai«.ate..apply to
Dr.H. H.Green's Sons,
l<ox A, Atlanta, G».
rear guard being not to engage at the
risk of heavy loss unless absolutely es
sential to the safety of the main body.
Tlte brown horsemen took advantage of
tlte ground so well that they were able
to threaten either of the blue columns
with a superior force JUd yet maintain a
superior defensive position.’ Tlte maneuv
ers ended late in the afternoon with
trivial losses m "killed'' and captured on
either side.
The chief incident of tlte day was the
capture of Captain Mitchell, of the signal
corps, and a small detachment of his
mon by a troop of the Seventh cavalry.
Playing War Game in Kentucky.
Camp Young. West I’olnt, Ky., Octo
ber 2.—The lateness of the arrival of
portions of several of the militia regi
ments caused considerable modification
of today's programme after the troops
had taken the field. Instead of spending
the whole day in advance guard move
ments, as intended at the start, it was
decided to rvlurn after five Indiana bat
talions and tlte greater part of the Third
brigade, composed of Michigan troops,
bad been given a brief period of work,
the Indiana troops in extended order and
the Michigan infantry in close order.
Tho officers of the state troops spent a
portion of the afternoon inspecting the
intrenchnteiHs thrown up by the regular
troops on Thursday. Tlte engineer officers
in charge of the work had provided spec
imens of the light earthworks known to
modern warfarq. The commissary offi
cers of the militia also had a period of in
struction from two regular officers on
“methods of administration in the sub
sistence department." A lecture for all
officers on "The Subsistence of Armies"
was given this evening.
The Michigan brigade spent a strenuous
afternoon at skirmish drill.
The chief business of the day was
Hie discussion of the results of the maneu
vers of Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day. Colonel Arthur Wagner, chief um
pire, and the writer of many standard
works on tactics, presented a detailed
critical report covering every phase of the
three movements, but no decision was an
nounced as to tliu points scored.
Th-'e were numerous "contests" hinging
on tlte rules of the game, the "Blues,"
for instance, claiming that in Wednes
day's attack on their outpost, the volume
of their lire was sufficient to put a
"Brown" battalion of infantry and dis
mounted cavalry out of action, while the
"Browns" persisted in their attack and
captured a pollion of the "Blue” left
center. The stubbornness of the pawns
In the game of war in refusing to "die"
or stay "dead" is responsible for much of
the trouble of the umpires.
All the militia regiments mounted guard
for the first time this evening, and
henceforth there will be a 'tightening of
the bonds of discipline.
Eight troops of the Seventh cavalry
and two troops each of the Second and
Fourth cavalry mat 'lied out to the open
country and bi•> oua ck'.■' 7 miles from the.
established camp, to gr-t an early start for
the maneuvers tomorrow.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS
New Cotton. Mill Chartered—Confed
erate Reunion, Etc.
Raleigh, N. C., 0.-tober 3.—(Special.)—
The state today rhartcred tho Hazelhurst
Cotton Mill Company, o:’ Hazelhurst coun
ty. to dp all kinds of textile manufac
turing. the capital st" k being $50,000,
and the stockholders John P. Gant, of
Burlington; Clarence D Smith, of Mount
Airy, end .1. Itarpef Erwin, of Dur
ham.
Tho corporation commission is advised
that the Atlantic and Western railway,
from Sanford, through -Moore county, to
Jonesboro, is in operation.
The trustees of the ate university to
day gave permission .or the erection of
a very handsome Y aug Men’s'Chris
tian Association 1 tildl.q; on the campus.
It will .be n ?ar some of the oldest
buildings,
AH tlte arrangements were completed to
do > forth. gr at cx-i O:U“d' r:i tc cm ::nq;-
incnt, reunion and p..: id" this month.
Major General Robert 1’ Hoke and Brig
adier General M. W. Ransom, Brigadier
General William It. cox and Brigadier
General Will.mt P. Roberts have ac
cepted invitations to attend, tic sc being
the only living confederate generals now
in North Carolina.
♦
TRIAL TRIP OF THE MISSOURI.
Builders Say That the Battle Ship
Behaved Admirably.
Newport; News. Ya., October 3-Tlte bat
tle ship Miss, nrj put to s. a on her build
ers' trial trip this morning and returned
this afternoon The new war ship steam
••d out 100 miles beyond the capes and
was put through the usual evolutions.
On board w re Superintendent Post, of
the ship card, and Hie following naval
officers: C.-ur.dn inch. Li<".itenant Com
mander W-ri. h. Lieutenant Commander
Ferguson and Lieutenant < ommander Bit ■
hi. A t.i' k' i ' tew from the ship yard
handled th" hip.
SuperintfiKient Post reports that lite
Missouri is i every way a success. No
attempt was made to sp. cd iter past the
contract req irement. The ship will be
given her official trial trip October 19.
PLEASED WITH NEW MAINE
Gun Trials Are Satisfactory on New
Battleship and Relief Is Felt.
Washington, September 30 -Relief was
felt at the ra.vy department today on the
receipt of a dispatch announcing thaf the
gun trials <f the battle ship Maine had
be.'n satlsfr-torlly completed.
She will ne docked at Newport News
preparatory to a series of speed trials.
kept his promotion secret.
Father Spigardi, of St. Louis, Is a
Monsignor.
St. Louis, October 4.--Dr(ssed in the
simple cos’ume of a t'atholic priest,
Rev. Father Caesar Spigardi has for
eight yeatf labored among the Italians
of St. Lotti;, keeping ns his own secret
tho fact th.t he is a member of the of
ficial it tuse .old of the pope, a. monsignor
and entitl'd to wear the garb of a
chamberlal of honor.
The fact became known today through
the Issuani ■ of the official roster of the
Roman Ca holic church which had this
reference to the St, Louis priest
"Caesar spigardi, monsignor, Cameri
eri d’Onot-t in Abito Pavanazzo, No
vember 2. 1902."
When sem Father Spigardi was some
what emt.rrassed that Ids secret had
b.cme l-.i wn. but admitted Hint p ipe
Leo XIH tad conferred the honor upon
him three years before he came to Am
erica. Th- rank of monsignor was con
ferred upn him in recognition of ills
v eme.its in leading thre > pllgrl
mages of Italians of the working class,
one of I ,000 persons, to Castiglione.
Bella StiVere. one of 8,000 to the ltou.se
of Lorettc and another of 4.000 to Rome.
Bishop SSrto, of Mantua, now Pope Pius
X, was etneerned in the first pilgrimage.
Father 'Spigardi said lie had never men
tinned th' matter in St. Louis as lie de
sired to 1 bor as a common priest.
DOCTOT. SHOOTS AN ACTOR.
Tragedy at the Van Buren Depot.
Yesterday.
Van B ren, Ark., October 4.—Charles
Tolson, m actor, leading man and man
ager of he Tolson Stock Company, was
shot am probably fatally wounded ■ t
the dope here today by Dr. Perchmont,
ft well-k>own practitioner of this city.
The theitrical troupe played at the opera
house dtring tlte past week and the mem
bers were nt the depot awaiting a train
when IE Perchmont appeared and call
ing Tols>n by name, opened tire on bln.
with a tevolver.
Tolson was shot through the body ani
is in a critical condition at the hospital
in Fort Smith, where he was taken for
medical attention. The cause of the
shooting is not known.
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ATLANTA DEEPLY STIRRED
ST DETAILS OF CRIME
The negro murderer who drove a dag
ger Into the heart of Foliceman ’.lans
C. Drasbaclt Saturday night is still at
large. Although four or live arrests
ha\ b'-'.-n made, the police are now cer
tain that the man they want, has not
been caught. There are some good
clews, however, to work upon, and it
is believed file assassin will be behind
the bars before many more hours have
come and gone.
No more foul murder was ever com
mitted in the city than that which took
tlte life of Officer Drasbaclt. The police
man was on duty in full uniform. He
attested a negro for violating the law.
He was as humane as possible about it,
using no harsh measures. Suddenly
there was a. dagger uplifted in the air
and a blow was struck, which was
scarcely seen by the victim before he
was in the pangs of death.
Tho murder has greatly stirred up the
who - city, rind people of all classes ire
discussing tho terrible crime and hoping
that the guilty person will He caught
and dealt with by tho law.
All Saturday night anil nearly the
whole of yesterday Chief Bill remained
at poll••• barracks directing the search
that was l>‘-ing made for the murderer.
AH of his officers and the men he de
tailed fc the purpose were untiring in
their efforts to assist in the capture of
tit" assassin.
Last night the search was still going
on with unrelenting determination', and
it D not believed tho murderer can get
very tar before he Is captured. All
points which the negro might reach af
ter leaving Atlanta have been notified
of tlte crime and asked Io look out for
the negro who is believed to have killed
the officer.
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WILSON S. BISSELL VERY SICK.
Was Postmaster General When Cleve
land Was President.
Buffalo, N Y., October 4. —Hon Wil
son S. Bissell, postmaster general in the
Cleveland administration, is seriously
ill. Mr. Bissell recently returned from
a long vacation in the east and resumed
his law practice. Ten days ago he was
forced to give up his work, but his con
dition was not regarded as st t foils until
today. His physician declined to con
firm or deny a rumor that Mr. Bissell is
buffering from an internal cancer.
"Mr. Biss.-H's condition is serious.” he
said ’'That is all we care to.say in re
gard to his illness at present."
Mr. Bissell sleeps most of the time and
suffers no pain.
Levi P. Morten 1)1.
New York. October 2—Former Vico
President Levi I’. Morton is confined to
his residence here by a severe cohl. con
tracted several days ago. In view of
Mr. Morton'p advanced age, some anx
iet v is f It by his frienjls. although he
Is -aid to He in excellent physical condi
tion.
Teachers Wanted in Philippines.
Washington. September 30.—The civil
Bervice commission has received a call
front tho Philippine government for 150
male teachers an i will hold examina
tions at various cities on October 19 and
20. Tile salaries range from t? 00 to
$1,200 per annum.
Negro Burners Go Scot Free.
Wilmington, Del., September 29.—The
grand jury today announced that it had
ii.-en decided to ignore the bids against
those cliiirged with being cone.rne<t wltn
th" burning at tlie stake ol George White,
tlte negr". who assaulted and murdered
Miss Helen Hlsfioi-. ______
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'IF PRACTICALLY DONE
SUBSOILING WILL PAY
Editor Constitution: Just for a. “start
-1 er” it is next to an impossibility to do
I a practical job of subsoiling the old way.
■ We mean by the old way. to turn the
soil witli one team and follow in the
same furrow with another team. Yes,
it is next to an impossibility.
It is often the case that a farmer will
trv to subsoil when the soil Is in condi
tion to turn, but th" subsoil, clay, or hard
pan. as you may call it. is too dry and
hard to be pulled witli an ordinary team
and an ordinary ~p!ow will not penetrate
it. We have seen this witK our own
eyes and know whereof we speak. The
depth with plows is more overrat' d than
anything else on the farm, a large class
of farmers will tell yon that they are
plowing 6 and 8 inches deep, when if you
will put Hie rule to it yon will y e that
they are not averaging 4 inches deep
Just so in subsoiling. Win-re tin • '
tempt to do If. They will, to save the
cost of a good subsoil plow, use a scooter
or some other makeshift, which bos not
the proper S"t. and iias not the weight to
hold it down. With this kind of a plow
set on the point tfiey will p ill their team
hard and tell you that they are yjbsoil
ing "just as deep as their team <’nn p ill
it." If tlte hard pan Is very dry if you
will put the rule to it yon will see they
.ire subsoiling I to 2 Inches and often not
more than one-half inch deep. When tile
hard pan is very dry to split it is next to
splitting .a brick. To make any success
at tills kind of subsoiling it is worse than
folly to attempt it witli a Scooter or an
i inferior subsoil plow. For subsoiling to
pay the hard pan must be broken
through.
In a recent issue of a noted agricultural
journal the editor says: "Any good plow
will do to subsoil with. A steel scooter
long and sharp with an ax temper is as
good as any."
There may be some farmers who will
believe this, but 1 will say just here, a
good subsoil plow that is properly con
structed, with tho proper set, strength
and weight is as far superior to a scooter
for a subsoil plow as a dirk is to a dog
knife in a bull fight.
These two troubles: the hard subsoil
or hard pan and trying to subsoil with a
scooter or an inf' riot subsoil plow have
caused many a farmer to say "subsoiling
does not pay.”
These troubles are not all that the
farmer has to contend with to subsoil
Hie old way. Alter a Wet spell tho soil
1 will first get dry enough to plow, but
l the subsoil will be too wet. and to sub-
I soil it too wet is much worse than not
Ito subsoil it at all. We have seen this
■ tested; it won't do. Another trouble in
subsoiling lite old way Ls it tikes two
I teams to do the work and.it takes a long
1 time to do a little job. Now you <an seo
i that it is next to an impossibility to do
1 a practical job of subsoiling the old way.
| Mr. Editor, the above difficulties may
i have caused you to say that subsoiling
! does not pay. Deep turning when the
i soil is shallow throws too much clay on
■ top. This has been tested; it Won't do.
I Shallow turning and deep subsoiling
' when the land is in condition and not
I wet will do. It will keep land from wash
-1 Ing and losing the fertility it. has. It
| will let in the sunshine and air and deep
i en the freeze, will increase the
J production of the •nd.
If you hear a farmer say
That deep plowing dees not pay.
You tell him I will bet
He plowed his land too wet
Now let us look at it and consider it
i In a practical way, and you will see that
I subsoiling, when practically done, Is very
1 simple and easy, and done in less time
than it will take to turn land broadcast
without subsoiling it.
The mod" for doing this subsoiling is
known as Mallory's mode for preparin'"
land. The Constitution, and all the lead
ing papers of t his er.nn’j lute,, pu.blish
' ed this mode and it is pretty well known
i By this mode the subsoiling is done
I only when tlte subsoil is in condition. If
j it is too hard you have time to wait for
it to rain and get soft, if it is too wet
I you have time to wait for it to get dry.
| By Hits mode all winter rains are held
on the land, and each row gets its own
share. It will absolutely keep land from
washing. By this mode all turning and
subsoiling is done with one team. In
short, this mode is the only "successful.
practical, cheap and easy way to subsoil.
! '. i hold wittier ruins and to keep land
i from washing."
We are getting scores of letters from
I farmers all over the country who state
I that by this mode they arc keeping their
i land fiom washing and are getting bet-
I ter results from their land, some claim an
increcs il yield of 50 per cent; others
| claim to have, doubled the yield.
: if subsoiling practically done does not
i pay farmers, then these farmers are sad
i ly mistaken. A. R. MALLORY.
I Atlanta, Ga.
i RICH STAKE WON BY SCEPTRE.
He Captures the 10,000 Sovereigns
Race at New Market.
At the Ncwmat t
j fit ■ t October meeting today, Scepter won
: the Jock- ; Club stakes of 10,000 sover
' eigns for 3 and 4-ye.ir-olds. I 3-4 miles;
it 1. S :.'l v...s second and Cappa White
finished third. Five horses started.
Scepter won easily by four .lengths,
i Two It ii-cths separat' d the second and
: tint'd horse.
I The betting was sto 4 against Scepter,
|ll to 10 on Rock Sand and 20 to I
I tq. .inst ;(i M JVbite.
TWO NATIONAL BANKS FAIL.
Receivers Named by the Comptroller
of Currency.
' \\ .ishit'gton. October I.—Tho comp-
| trol.er of the currency lias received tele
gram.-; I'-portlng the failure of two nation-
I nl lank . tin- Packard National bank, of
| Greenfield, Mass., of which Bank l’x-
I aminer I’rnnk I. Fish has been appoint
ed receiver, ami the Bolivar National
■ bank, of Bolivar. I’a.. of winch Bank Cx
i antin' r John 11. <'anninciia m has lieen
iappoint'il receiver.'l'l'.e president of tills
I bank telegraphed the comptroller that
ills bank was ins >lvent and lit had elo»a4l
its <!oor'.
NEW LORD MAYOR FOR LONDON.
Sir James Thomson Ritchie Has Been
Chosen.
T/onffion. September 29.—At a meeting
of the aidermen at the Guild hall today.
Aiderman Sir James Thomson Rin hie,
brother of the late chancellor of th" ex
chequer, was elected lord mayor of 1.-’it
don for tin; ensuing year, in s i - - on
to Sir Marcus Samuel.
Monocacy Out of the Navy.
Washington, October 2. The navy de
partment today reerfved a ea 1,1 eg- m
from Rear Admiral Evans, at Nagasaki
?F tinS that United States gun
Monocqi y, stationed a: Takn <'ir- i is
I ben sold to Hashi Mot,., pn-smmi: v a
Jai'cms.- merchant, for $11,225 in
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Embezzler Run to Earth.
Chicago. September 29.—Detect lv"t
ended a chase of three blocks last night
bv arresting Walt, t Stoddard Chat 1.
said to bo wanted at Far Rockaway. L
1., for embezzling $6,000 from the Ameri
can express Company. Chatfield is i -
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