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The sennie,n program.

WAsnIS0ToN. sept, ti.A rauruS- af- -rai=
publican senators was held this morn
ing 20 arrange the order of business
for the resi- OF the session. About a
dozen measures were placed on the pro-
gram. They include tho antl-lottery bin,
bills for the relief OF the supreme court and
the establishment OF private land courts
the compound lard bill and labor
bills recently passed by the house.
Tha first thing "a be considered
Il the conference report on the land grant
forfeiture bin now pending before the sem
ate. The general opinion Is that until the
tariff bill h finally disposed OF the day for
ad dIournment cannot be hxed.
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TEA THE FUTURE DRINK,
The Coffee Plant Being Attacked by
Parasite which is Gradually killing IL

The Coffee Plant Being Attacked by .
Parasite which As Gradually killing IL
DAT.
BLooMINoroE. H., Sept. 1.-The time
il not far distant" said j. j. Grinllnton, OF
Colombo, Ceylon, 20 n correspondent, 'twheH
coffee win have ceused 10 be the beverage
OF the people" Mr. Grinlinton, who has
resided for thirty years on the island OF
Ceylon, II visiting In this city. Continuing
hc said s.some few years ago the annual
export Of coffee from the island OF Ceylon
was one million hundred weight. Last year
IL was only one-tenth as much. Some few
years ago fungus parasite attacked the
plant aud II Is gradually killing IT out.
Not only Is this true In Ceylon, but IL Is also
the case In Brazil and elsewhere. People
must learn to take tea instead. When many
of the planters In Ceylon saw the berries drop
OF and the plant die they cast about for
something else totake its place. This they
found I'm tea. Only short time ago we
exported 9, 900 pounds of tea annually; this
year il reaches 60.00O,O00 pounds. have
been sending the tea from my plantation to
Russia and ireland. but Europe alone can
not consume all OF ours, In addition Ia that
raised by other countries, and 80 VIC bad Ia
look 10 America and have just established
a house iu New York"
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A Story ofSamudoo, the New
West African Hoodoo. that
Causes Indignation.
He Sits Down TO His First Dinner
With the Head of Mon
arch Before Him.
Pastor Arney and His Stable Of Fine
Racers---A Liberal-Minded
Clergyman.

LoNnON. sept. II.-Much Indignation l.
expressed in France over the fact that
sanudoo. the so-calIed West African Mahdl,
who recently made treaty OF friendship
with the English. followed up the treaty By
purchasing from the British large quantity
OF guns and cartridges, and therenpon pro-
ceeded To attack the French. Notwith-
standing his guns. he got the worst OF the
fight, his faSorite commander. sayos pasha.
being killed in a hand 20 hand encounter
with "A French lieutenant of senegales
troops Samudo0 II now ENGAGED In raising
the people OF western soudan for attack on
the French. lie Is said Ia be as peculiar
an individual as the original Mahdi who
caused 80 much trouble 20 the Brit
ish Ia Egypt Born IN the king
dom of Borpu. his mother was the
Nuhlan slave of an Arab trader Ills
father took good care of him, and as he
grew up he became imbued with the Idea
that 1t was his mission To restore supremacy
OF the prophet la Western Africa. The
King OF Bornu, noticing that the young
man was ambitious ordered him To be de-
capitated. as a lesson To other ambitious
youths samudoo was warned by friend,
said 10 have been one of the sultanas, and
fled 10 Senegal. There he curbed his fanat-
iclsm under Christian protection until dis
turbances Ia Boruu tempted him To return.
The dissatisfied element accepted him as
a leader aud ne made himself master of the
country, displaying no little military ahil-
ity The king of Bornu was one Of his pris-
oners and samudoo sat down to his first
dinner In the royal palace with the mon
arch's head ON a plate before him. He h
now the master Of a considerable share Of
West Africa. and the British have been glad
Ia purchase his friendship a...
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THE biennial convention Of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers. was held In
San Francisco, at which a resolution was
adopted declaring against strikes.
THE agricultural college faculty at Lans-
Ing, Mich. has saspended number Of
students for taking freshman from his
bed and dragging him Through river.
THR Georgetown stage was stopped near
Greenwood. Cal, while on its way "a
Auburn, by = masked highwayman and
robbed. lie secured the Wells-Fargo ex-
press box, but n u not known how much the
box contained.
THE National swedish Missions union. IN
session at Galesburg. ILL.,, has postponed
action for two years on a resolution looking
90 closer relations with congregationalIsts
The next annual meeting viii he held 81
Phelps Center. Neb.
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what Irrigation Has Done for One Piece
of Land.

WARNER, $. D., sept. il.-Great interest
Is evinced among farmers In the locality of
Hitchcock since the results of the harvest
on the irrigated farm near town have be-
come known. The yield on the farm has
been a surprise To all. The wheat thrashed
out twenty-five bushels per acre, while
fields adjoining and IN every other respect
having equal advantages yielded only ten
bushels per acre. The benefits from the
Irrigation are as apparent Ia other crops "a
with wheat. Samples OF the Irrigated
wheat have been sent to the leading eastern
markets and ia each case IL graded No.
hard. The results OF this experiment.
though 1t was but limited In extent. have
awakened sufficient favor TO lead 10 the
formation of company which has arranged
Ia sink slx-inch well southeast OF town
from which II h. expected to irrigate 1000
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Canadian aIethoellsts.

MONTREAL, Sept. 1.-The third general
conference of the Methodist church OF Can
ada opened yesterday. Over 500 delegates
are nresent. The session was taken
no With hearing the address of
nav. nr. Carmen, general superin-
taoaeut Ansong the most important
Questions 10 be discussed are the advisa-
sllltv ~ establishing a Methodist sisterbood,
ard the adyISabiIfty OF pnrtioning parila-
,.sn, ~ regards the qexed ques-
ton u clerical precedence 10
memorial which proposed 70
send. ii stated that the British North Amer
lean act recognizes the equality Of all re-
llrlous bodies before the Law, but that the
order Of precedence at dominion and proc
yiucIal receptions ignore the very existence
az their church.
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Government Report for sepssm her Cora
and wheat Roth show Less Favorable
Ra~ulfN.

WASHINuTON sept. 1.-THE national
crop report for September shows that the
injury 90 the corn crop reported last month
was intensified by the continuance Of the
drouth In August until rains came To It's re-
lief, but were too late for full recovery,
The average Is T0i, against T3.3 last month.
IL II the lowest average since 1881. The de-
cline occurred In New York, Ohio and IL
linols and in the northwestern states, and in
some others Of less Importance. The crop IL
late In the eastern states, requiring matur-
Ing weather throughout September. The
Ohio valley and Missouri valley report
protracted drouth and poor condition.
While the rains of the last two weeks Of
August have been beneficial nearly
everywhere they have not always re-
stored the losses OF the arst half of the
month. The best condition Is In Kansas,
though some Of the western counties make
good returns. The Dakotas and Nebraska
are n little higher.
Returns Of the condition Of winter wheat
at the time OF harvesting are less favorable
than those of the Ist OF July. so far as
thrashing has progressed results are gen
orally disappointing. The July average
was T6.2, and the present average Is 73.5.
The general average of spring wheat Is also
reduced from ha.s I'D sb-B4 Aht hNSEhkt
wheat of both kinds II 7s.s In 1855 ths
September average for wheat was ~, and
was % In 1881. The yield of spring wheat Il
unusually variable In the Dakotas, ranging
from high yields to bushels and less per
acre. The progress of thrashing will de-
velop the extent of these differences.
y Rye yields less than was expected. The
condition as reported Is reduced to asa.
The September condition OF oats is the
lowest ever reported, having fallen from
70.I In August 10 84.4. The rate of yield
will be the smallest I'm twenty years.
The condition OF barley IN not very seri-
ousIy lower-from s2.s 20 7s.B.
Buckwheat II fully maintained, its Au-
gust condition average being eo.5 against
gO.I.
Figures for potatoes have fallen since
Aug. from IA To 65.7, the lowest average
yield ever reported, that of 1887 being e7.s.
The reported percentage for tauening
swine Is o. per cent, and their condition
n3n
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AMONG THE SIOUX.
Hig Camp Meeting Among the sIssetons
Money for Los Houses.

Money Tor Los HOUSES
PTERRE. y d., sept. 1i.--About 300 Indian
families from the Cheyenne agency are now
en- route for the sisseton agency 200 miles
east of here, where big Indian camp meet
Ing g. being held, Many OF these Indians
were only a short time ago comparatively
hostile and war like, bat they are now seek
Ing civilization and religion instead Of going
on tho warpath as of yore. A good many
of the Two Kettle Tribe of Rad River in-
dlans, west OF here. who took land in sew
crafty, are now disappointed In that the
government does not donate them the $50
mentioned In the Sioux bill. where land h
taken In severalty. The clause I'm the bin
is nov interpreted In "a different light. the
$50 being expended In building for the In
dian house On the land that he takes
under the direction OF the boss carpenter at
the agency. This depriyes the red man Of
handling any Of the money; but II II better
for the Indian. who would otherwise spend
IL fonlishly as soon as he got hands ON II.
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NEW YORK FLOODS.
One village Completely Under water and
at the Mercy of the stream-Other Towns
Partially Inundated.

HoRSELLsyLLE. n. T., sept. 1.-THE
highest Hood In this section since 1850 vis-
tied the valley OF the Canisten yesterday
morning. and third OF the city Is mum
dated. The Erie road II completely tied up
IL il now raining heavily. streams are
rapidly rising, aud unless IL stops la few
hours disastrous results will follow. Nd
vices from Canisteo report that the village
4 completely under water and at the mercy
of the stream.
CAxIsTEo. n. v. Sept. 1.-THE citizens
were aroused yesterday morning at 4o'clock
by the alarm bells, aud found the village
partially flooded, the water being from one
% three feet IN depth. IL raiued all night
and h still raining. Much damage has been
done. .
EE.AuRA N. v, sept ll.-Heavy rains
flooded the lower partof the city and caused
great damage 10 railroads. Similar reports
come from all surrounding towns.
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DEs MOIxRs, la. Sept. iI.--Conslderable
excitement has been caused in this city by
tho discovery Of natural gas four miles
from the corporation limits. At q depth of
twenty-five feet the gas was FIRST noticed.
II was ignited and the flames reached a
height OF aye feet. burning steadily all
night. Experts nre on the ground to-day
making thorough examination.
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BOsroE, sept. iI.--A Hartford Conn, spe-
clalsays: A young lady from Youngstown.
o., who had been engaged as instructor In
u New Britain school, was refused the situa-
tion after arriving there to take charge.
The only reason that the principal Of the
state Normal school gave her was that she
was 'stoo homely." lie agreed to pay her a
months salary and expenses back ia
Youngstown
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The Boay Of baron Won strauss.

SPOKANE FALLS, WASH, scDt. ii.--A hn-
man body half eaten by Wild animals and
carrlon birds. has been discovered la the
Moran mountains. The body is believed To
be that OF Baron Won Strauss, an Austrian
nobIcman, who left Buda peSth. Hungary,
aud who came To Spokane Falls about ave
months since, after having spent his last
dollar After being reduced Ia beggary, he
became. dcspondent aud finally announced
hls intention of going into the mountains to
kfaPyp
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pARIs, sept li.--Reyelations Of the Paris
FiguFu show that the Duchess DAN Usces
gave 5000 600 to the Boalangist cause, bat
did not mix herself in the petty intrignes Of
the party. la an interview she confirms all
Mermeux said concerning her part In the
affair, aud adds that she arranged an inter-
vleN with the C0me De Paris. at Bou-
Iangcr's request The duchess speaks stpple-
what bitterly of Boulangcr's lack " eonr-
age
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r..o,.lnr fnr New Gun aalerlaI.

OTTAWA. Ont, Sept l2.-hon y Nfupp'
son Of che German gunmaker, y here test
ing the quality aud quantity OF ore pro
duccd By the sudbury nickel aud topper
alnea. lie Il Ia search 81 nlckei W Oe
n.ed III tho manufacturer OF . new gun metal
which Is expected 81 AZ far snrpass "a
strength and durability tie metal now used
aa steel surpasses plg iron,
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A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Firs breaks Oat Four TimsS on the steamer
fsrergMn.


OuRREc, Sept II.--The steamer Grecian
LEFT London Aug. 29 with thirty -eight pass
pengers aud "A full cargo Of general mer-
chandise. On Friday sept. s. fire was dis
covered among the cargo Ia No. i hold. and
after three hours Of hard work n was ex-
ttnguished The hold was flied with bar
reIs ~ llnseed oil and bales Of wool. Al .
u. m. the same day smoke was again dis
covered issuing from the same hold Once
more the crew set ut work with hose
and removed the cargo 10 the upper
deck. After good deal Of hard labor,
but not before some Of the men
were overcome with smoke, the nre was
again snbdned. All on board felt happy
once more aud hopes OF pleasant ran for
the remainder OF the passage were enter
talned by the passengers aud ships COM
many. In this they were disappointed. for
on the nornlng OF sunday, the Tth, the ere
broke out afresh In the old place. Once
more the men were mustered 90 meet the
enemy and With the salae result, the APP
parent aooding of the Are. The ship was
coming up the gulf with passengers and
crcw m high spirits and thankful that they
had escaped danger. and al 10 o'clock Mon
day morning Father point was reached. A
pilot was taken on board and the steamer
continued on her way To Quebec,
At o'clock yesterday morning the hre,
which seemed determined 10 gain the mas
tory over the vessel, again made ts ap-
pearance but "a on former occasions ~ wa
met promptly and soon overcome. In case
~ accident however, the hose was kept IN
readiness to meet any emergency. Hap
pily Its services were not again required
aud the Grerian arrived In port yesterday
afternoon. How the FIRE originated has mo-
been ascertained, and the amount % dam
age hy ii Is not known,
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A HUGE ESTATE.
Heirs of Thomas Bean Come la for sio,-
OnO.0On.

wAsHISaros. sept. ti.--Newspaper read
rre will recall the publication three years
ago of the statement that Thomas Bean
died in Texas leaving nm estate worth slO,-
000. 900 The heirs have been found In
Washington and Virginia and half Of an es-
tate Of 500, 900 acres OF the finest cotton
lands In tile counties of Grayson, fannin
and vicinity. In eastern Texas, viii be d.
vided among twenty y-one prominent Wash
ingtonians. The other half win go 60 the
Virginia branch OF the family.
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Dvpew Tndorses wsbb's Action.

New YoRK. sept. ll,--A committee of five
ex-employes % the New York Central who
went out ON the strike. called on Depew to-
day to talk ever the matter Of the strike
Depew told them they had resigned In his
absence: that their places had been hlled
by Webb; that his action had been approved
by the directors of the road and that there
was nothing more 10 be said or done In the
matter The strikers left erestfallen.
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JunuR HOLMES, OF the supreme court Of
Massae hnsetts, has decided that state
court cannot enIoina national bank The
decision was the outcome of case COO
neeted with the potter-Loveli failure.
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uIsCIssATi. sept. te.--Io-day's Price Cur
rent will say, The western packing for the
week has been eio.000 hogs, falling short Of
the preceding week 3o,0o0i corresponding
week last year. $50, ,0o0i from March 10 date,
1876, 600, against s.430,o0o last year. The
quality Of considerable portion OF the
offerings II unsatisfactory. Following are
L.. MIA
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Tne southaln nlon strlksrs.

SOUTHAMPTON. sept. 1.-The strikers are
more quiet to-day, No rlOtous demonstra-
tlons have been made. The police have
issued orders forbidding holding process
slons. and the leaders OF the strikers have
promised To see Il obeyed.
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CRxss0N spRINas, sept. 1.-THE only Of
acial business transacted by the president
this morning was the designation OF Chief
Clerk Edward &. Fowler 20 act as first-as-
tant postmaster general for period Of ten
days, unless a successor to Ciarkson b. APP
rafntpd
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K,lled 1--WE vIth Onv Rallst,

\ GAINESVILLE, Tex. sept. Is.--Lasi nsghs
In saloon quarrel occurred between
clerk! Henry NageL and four yonDg men.
Nagei arew relolye1 and AIRED q ballet,
which killed both Les Basham and John
Wfikey
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MILWAUKEE, sept Ii.-4Wheat- Excited NJ
q spring, cash, 9scfs8i.O0; December sa.uaA4
northern, tl0a
Corn Higher; No. a ASsac.
Oats--FIrmer. No. white. 3sssc.
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CHICAGO, sept il.--Cattle--Recespts, l0ulO,
of which h0O0 were Texans and rangers Market
slow aud prices weak, natives. N.1s9fhtb ID; Tex
ans 8a No. 7h. rangers. esa1GfATn.
Hogs -Receipts AO0. Market better than At
the close yesterday but prices no higher; pack
ers sss0st4A; best heavy sLs0a6450; light
9sbOGG465.e
sheep Receipts A0u0 Market steady natives
&lU1GAao; westerns. a. ts6NA. .sh. Texans, kApOQt
a Is. laInba N1utfrA 10
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. It.--WheAt~ Higher: cash,
xI.0o; December, si.Ois May, gill.
Corn-Higher; cash, A5lsc; December, fgAi
May 90Aac.
May a.. a..
Provisions Pork arm; 500 Lard arm,
Au0
whisky Steady; &i.i3
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SOUTH OMAHA, Neb.. sept ti.-Hogs-Re
ceipts; 400; ofnetal yesterday, a9oO, ahtp-
ments, 2lu6 Market opened lOc lower, selling
at klOO6ea.N
Catlle-Receipts. loo; onicial yesterday.
l. "a; shipments, % cars. Market opened steady
10 strong. fair quality.
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NEW YoRK Sept lI.-Mal kets excited and
higher ON government crop reports. Wheat
active and Ab4sfc higher: December el.U7sset
l.09; January, q .oaA May, u. isssasl. Isas
Oats--Active; No. ., ssc higher western 4let
btc. May, a6c.
Proviaions--Pork steady; mess, sil @s6o ~
extra prime sfO6nnI 100. Lard, dull and frm,
steam rendered $50 Butter easy western
dairy 9Ia6tit; creamery, iA1a0 Eggs western,
tSssan91
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-26
The Unknown God.


A peculiar document was fled in
Brooklyn recently. II was the will
of Reuben M. Potter q half century
ago prominent in literary circles. The
testator says: II give back my soul
to the mysterious source OF life and
mind from which il came, and my
body to the elements from which it
is derived. i die in the faith of the
Unknown God, of whom Saul OF
Tarsus knew as little as / do; but I
believe that the creative powers I re-
fer to, whether properly speaking an
element with personal attributes or
personality with elementary quail
ties, is the great mind from which
earthly mind emanates, and the
source Of the law of nature and devel-
opment. and, whether individual or
not is the head spring of the vast
food, in individuality which flows
through creation" He also directed
that a simple white marble shaft
should be erected over his remains,
and that it should bear this inscrip-
ton: "Heed thor who yet Invest.
Give thy body to the living and leave
the dead in devout trust to the I'm
known God, till thou, too, shall hope
fully fold thy hands with the silent
multitude"
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DEsERTIoN DECREASING,
Secretary Proctor's Efforts to Re
duce This EVIL Bearing Fruit.

Secretary Proctor's Efforts to Re-
duce This EVIL Bearing Fruit.
WAsHIEGToN, Special.-Reports received
at the war departnq ent for the nine months
beginning with the fiscal year, July |, 1889,
show that there have been 1,578 assertions
from the regular army during that period.
For the corresponding months Of the pre-
vious year there were ]. 1898 desertions-a re-
duction this year of over 16 per cent. The
percentage of assertions to the en-
listed strength Of the army has
been for this period 6 lilo per cent, and
for the same period last year it was T.8, per
Gent. Secretary Proctor has lahored dill
gently torednce this evil. In his annual
report he showed that it was only partly q
question Of administration; but that there
was also legislation needed. The house has
already passed bills in.the line OF the secre-
tary's suggestions, and he believes that If
the same pass the senate and become laws
they will enable him to accomplish much
moro In this direction. Not bnly is the
prevalence of desertion in the regular army
demoralizing to the army itself, but the e <
pense which 1t makes tho government in
the recruiting and transportation Of new
men is very large.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-04-26
OuTRA0EsiN INDIA.
Natives put to Death by British
AGENTS.

5AN0ttV00 ENI3 Ky D0atH NY 0tlIaSu
Agents.
LoNpoN..s Hpecial.-The English mind 10
deeply troubled about the situation on the
eastern side Of India, In the recently ac-
quired provinces which form the kingdom
81 Burmah. The oppsesaiys misnanage-
ment d the agents Of Great Brit
ain reaches every class, however
humble, and day AFTER day come the
sickening tidings Of outrage provoked by
outrage, while undoubtedly much of the
worst III kept from the public. burmese
'wh0aTefuse to acknowledge the queen are
treated not only as rebels but as bandits.
and put to death when captured. In = cold
biooded way that reminds one OF the hor-
srors that followed the Indian mutny. Just
at present : little Of the British sympathy
lavished on political prisoners I'm Siberia
might we'll be bestowed on Burmah. Anoth-
u opportunity for British protest against
~inhunlanity perpetrated under the British
colors IS offered in Borneos Recent ac-
counts from the states in that island under
English protection represent that thousands
81 coolies, virtually kidnapped from China,
are held in q condition Of slavery to which
that Of the American Southern states was
comparatiyely mild. These poor creatures
sare induced to leave their homes under
MISREPRESENTATION, and once In Borneo they
are kept In bondage from which there il nc
release except by death. Hthey attemptto
escape they are hunted like Wild beasts,
rewards being offered for their capture, IL
tits called i contract labor system, but it is
Hi reaIity oervitude. compared with which.
African slavery is mildness itself, and yet
the English colonial authorities are wilfully