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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
MOBILE TO BE CONGRATULATED.
Only One New Case, None Suspicious,
and but One Death in That CITY,


Mobile, Ala, Sept. 2O.-Sunday afternoon
the hot spell was broken by a delightful
rain, which served also to wash out the
cutters and improve the city's sanitary
condition. The temperature continued to
fall during the night, and this morning
real autumn weather was experienced.
The spirits of the people rose rapidly
At noon the people were almost jubilant
over the health report Large crowds
gathered in front of the newspaper Of
fees to hear the reports for the twenty
four hours past. Saturday there We're
eleven new cases, and yesterday as many
more, so that the public expected that at
least score of new cases to be announc-
ed to-day, but the board of health report
was published as follows:
"One new case; no suspicious cases; no
deaths. The new patient is j. E. Bolton,
living in the infected district on Texas
street"
A prominent member of the board said
to-day that he regarded the measures
taken by the authorities as highly effec-
tive in surrounding and stamping out the
disease, and that he expected the disease
would be subdued and traffic and travel
resumed before the middle of next month.
The total number of deaths has been
three, one a man who had been on
spree, dHOlneT OI a DIlCh layer All SuCn Ddu
health that he had not been regular in
his work for a month, and the third of
newsboy up at all hours exposed at every
change of the weather The other patients
are all reported to-day as in good condi-
ton and the president of the board of
health congratulates the people upon the
improvement of the situation.
The Gulf steamer Wilstein, from Bocas,
is detained below, although she is reported
as not having been exposed to infection,
but there have been one or two cases at
Boocas, and the vessel has been refused
permission to come to the city until dsn-
fected al Mobile bay quarantine. This
means that the cargo must be thrown
overheard and be a total loss.
The report that there was yellow fever
at the bay quarantine is not true. The
British bark Belvidere put in Saturday
from Santos with a suspicious case OF
fever on board. The vessel was at once
ordered to the government quarantine sta
ton at Ship Island.
Tonight there is one new case, in addi-
tion to that announced at noon-Mrs. VIII
liam c. Carroll.
Report was received to-day that there
were accommodations at the Mount YER
non detention camp for 500 people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
HELPING LYONS ALONG.

Ex.POstmaster of VicISshurG Says
Racial Feeling Is Dying Out.
Washington, Sept. 2O.-Judson Lyons,
colored, the candidate for the Augusta,
Ca. postmastership, was among the
callers at the white house to-day.
The shooting of the colored postmaster
al Hogansylle, Ga, was the subject of
much comment among the representative
colored men who called on the President
One Of them, National Committeeman Hill
Of Mississippi. who was postmaster at
Vicksburg under the Harrison administra-
ton, said that the Hogansville incident
was in no way characteristic Of the atti-
tude Of the people Of the south. The
racial feeling had been largely overcome,
he said, and such as existed was confined
to the smaller communities. The choice
Of colored officials would not, he said,
lead to any general opposition so long as
the men named were capable OF transact
ing the public business
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
STRUCK THE LIVE STOCK TRUST.
A Sweeping Decision by United
states Judge Foster in Topeka,


States Judge Foster In Topeka.
Topeka, Kan. Sept. 2O.-United States
District Judge Foster made a sweeping
decision this morning, when he declared
the organization known as the Kansas
City Live Stock Association illegal un-
der the provisions of the antitrust law.
The exchange is an organization of com
mission men. who control the sale of live
stock in Kansas City. All stock which
enters the city must pass through the
hands of this organization. Judge Foster
enjoins the commission from doing busi-
ness, and declares it an unlawful COM
binaton.
Judge Foster defines the interstate law.
and says: -,
1T is indisputable that all the live
stock shipped to these defendants for sale
from states other than Kansas or Missou-
ri, after it has entered the current OF COM
merce between the states, continue and
remain subjects of such commerce until
the transportation is terminated and the
property becomes a part OF the general
property of the state. Ii Is also well set
tied that while this property is the subject
of Interstate commerce, no state, munic-
ipality or other power but congress can
impose taxes, restrictions or regulations
upon it, except so far as is proper in the
exercise of police regula tons for the pro-
lection of the health, morals and person
of the citizen, and except for proper
charges and regulations for the use of the
local instruments as aids or incidents to
such commerce, such as docks, bridges,
wharves, elevators, ferries, pilotage, etc"
Kansas City, Mo, Sept 2o.-The news Of
the decision rendered by United States
Judge Foster declaring the Kansas City
Live Stock Exchange a violation of the
Sherman antitrust law caused a great
deal of excitement at the Stock yard here
to-day. Just what effect the decision will
have on the methods Of business at the
yards in the future is matter of con-
lecture
Some members of the exchange say the
dissolution of the exchange will be Sc
we're blow TO the live stock interests, If the
decision stands the test in the higher
courts. They say that The business, as
carried on under the rules of the exchange
has been reduced to a scientific basis and
guarantees to every patron ON honest deal
President John c. Mccoy said: I'VE are
in the hands of our lawyers, and until we
see them, we do not know what action
will be taken by the exchange. In fact
we do not know the fun import of the de-
cision, and are in no position to say what
we con do
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
Ex-ConGressman ButterwOrth show
ed Too Much Money on the Streets

ed Too Much Money on the Streets.
New York, Sept. 2O.-A special to the
World from Atlantic City says: One of
the boldest attempts at highway rob-
berry occurred in broad daylight here to
day.
The victim was ex-Congressman Ben
Butterworth of Ohio, now commissioner of
patents.
Two men, one of whom has been identi-
fled as a notorious crook, made the as
sault on Tennessee avenue, one of the
most Travelled thoroughfares Of the city.
There were a score or more of pedestrians
within sight. Mr. Butterworth had been
taking a drive and exhibited large roll
of bills while paying the driver. He then
entered a saloon, and on emerging, the
cabman, whose name is Decker, solicited
him to again to use his cab This he
did, but when he entered the carriage he
was struck a stunning blow in the face
and the robber attempted 10 go through
his pockets. MIR. Butterworth made a
desperate struggle and finally on-lookers
rescued him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
AS REPORTED TO wYMAN.
Information From Various Sources
Received Through the Surgeon
Gcn.-oI

Received Through the Surgeon
General.
Washington, Sept. 2O.--Surgeon General
Wyman has received the following from
DR.. Lindsey, executive officer of the Ten
nessee state board of health:
"Our board has inspectors at the fol-
lowing points: Memphis Grand june
ton, Raymer, State Line, Chattanooga,
Cleveland and Ducktown. Have ordered
all inspectors to cooperate fully with
your service. Please at once instruct
your men accordingly"
Orders were Immediately given at the
marine hospital forces to cooperate as re-
quested.
Information has been received at the
marine hospital from DR.. John Guiteras
that the two cases of yellow fever at
Cairo, ILL.,, have been isolated, and every
precaution possible taken to prevent its
spread He says that the cases are very
mild and have caused little alarm in
Cairo. Instructions have been given for
the disinfection of the vessels from which
the two patients were taken.
Surgeon General Wyman has been in
formed that a vessel has been anchored in
the river near Cairo by the Illinois board
of health. for the purpose Of inspecting
Continued on Fifth Page.)
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
THOUGHT TO BE A BOMB.
An Exciting Incident in an imperial
Pleasure Trip.

London, Sept 21.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail, from Vienna, says: ut is re-
ported that as Emperor william, who ar
rived to-day to visit Emperor Francis JOS
eph and the latter were leaving the station
al Buda Pest, sharp detonaton was
heard, which was followed by a thick
cloud of dust and smoke. The crowd took
fright, broke through the military Gordon
and swarmed around the imperial car
riages.
Emperor Francis Joseph was greatly
agitated and shouted to the police to keep
the people back. Some arrests are report
ed but owing to the silence maintained by
the officials, it is difficult 10 ascertain de-
tails Of the affair.
The Neues Wiener Journal was coniis-
Gated this evening for publishing tele-
grams as to the occurrence"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
A GREAT CUBAN VICTORY,
The New York Junta Hears From the
Capture of Victoria Ia Tunas.

New York, Sept. 2O.-Gen. Callxto Gar
cia's official report of the attack on and
capture Of Victoria de las Tunas on Aug.
20, was received at the Cuban junta late
to-day.
The report was brought by DIR. Eugenio
Sanchez Agramonte. who arrived here
from Nassau, New Providence, yesterday.
The officials at the junta would not make
the report public, but It Is pretty well un-
derstood that 1t fully confirms advces al
ready received.
Great things are expected by the Cuban
in addition TO it's moral effect brought
them over 1000 rifles, two cannon, 1900 0g0
cartridges and large quantities of cloth
ing, medicine and provisions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
ENGLAND's HANDS FULL.
The RebeIIious Tribcsmen Are bold
and Cunning in Attack.

Peshawur, Sept. 20.-Advices from Han
CUR say that 1000 tribesmen on Thursday
last attacked flying column of British
troops at Sodda. The lighting lasted two
hours, but the British only lost two kill
ed and had four men wounded.
The fighting at Sodda began at II o'clock
at night, in an attempt to rush the pick
cts. the enemy having collected unseen
in the dwarf palm jungle, and gradually
inclosing the British forces. The enemy
fired continuously from behind rocks and
heaps of stones, the darkness enabling
them to rush forward, making use of the
many small shelters around the place, un-
til within twenty yards of the British.
At midnight large numbers OF the tribes
men gathered together for a rush, but
courage failed them. and they could be
heard abusing each other for not adyanc-
ing.
Smla, Sept 20.-The operations against
the Mahmounds continue to be the center
of interest The latest dispatches from
Gen. Jeffreys report that he advanced
again on Sunday morning from Camp May
at, TO attack the enemy west of the val
ley The chiefs came for a parley, but
were informed that they could not be
heard until al. arms had been surrender
ed.
A remarkable feature Is the accuracy of
the enemys fire. Lieut.. Crawford was
killed at a range of over 1000 yards.
The tribesmen show great courage and
surprising rapidity In moving over the
rocks. Gen. Sir Bindon Blood, who is
moving parallel with Gen. Jeffreys, and
who keeps in photographic communication
with him, reports that yesterday the Had
dah mullah, with 1000 followers, debouch-
ed to the Nagawain plain, where Gen.
Blood was eucamped. The Mullah had a
fanaucal dance, fired few shots and
then retired; but the same night the camp
was attacked, though so half heartedly
that the enemy was easily repulsed.
The tribesmen daringly creep up the
ravnes around the camp. An English pri-
vate was stabbed only five yards from
an outpost.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
CONGRATULATE THE SULTAN.

European Powers Satisfied with the
signing of the Peace Treaty.
Constantinople. Sept 2O.-It was off,
cially announced to-day that peace be-
tween Greece and Turkey has been sign
ed. and the ministers Of war and marine
have so notified all the Turkish military
and naval commanders
Most of the European sovereigns have
congratulated the sultan upon the conclu-
sion of peace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
JAIL DELIVERY IN VIRGINIA.
Two of the Escaped Prisoners Are
BADLY Wantcd-One Surrenders.

Badly Wantcd-One Surrenders.
Richmond, va, Sept. 2O.-Three prison.
ers made their escape from the Jail at
Chrlstiansburg Saturday night.
One Of them Is a negro charged with
criminal assault on a white woman. The
other two are white. one of them under
sentence of eighteen years imprisonment
for murder. aud the other serving SEN
tence for petty larceny. The last named
was reported by his father to-day to be al
his home and ready to surrender He saws
he left the Jail because the negro threat
ened to kill him if he did not go, or if he
made any outcry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21

Washington, Sept. 20.-The President to-
day appointed Archibald j. Sampson OF
Arizona minister to Ecuador.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21

ccontinued on Fifth Page.)
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
F1orida's Orange Crop.

We are constantly in receipt of let
wont to spend the winter in Florida,
stating that had it not been for the
freeze, and the consequent destruc-
tion of the orange trees, they would
have paid their usual visit to the sun
nv south. These friends little know
the recuperative powers of our genial
climate; had they been here this
spring they would have seen the trees
loaded with bloom, and bearing prom
ise of fine and bountiful crop. 1t is
even probable that more money will
be made in the aggregate from the or
ange crop the coming season, than
was realized the year before the
freeze, owing to the price our oranges
will command. Florida oranges are
so far ahead of all competitors for
flavor, juiciness and fine quality, that
if they are at all obtainable they will
bring a ready sale, and the thinning
out of many groves will dispel all fear
of a glut in the market for years to
come. The consumer has learned from
the absence from the market of Flor
ida fruit, it's excellence and superior
ity over all others, and when it is
again placed on the market it will
command a ready sale at remunera-
tive prices. Those who, instead of be-
moaning their fate and giving way to
despair when they saw their labor of
many years cut down by natures
hand in single night, went to work
with a will to resuscitate their dam
aged groves, will next year begin to
reap a fine reward for the faith they
showed in their state and climate.
From every section of the country
come reports of the revival of trees
that were thought to be dead, and the
amount of blossom everywhere is un-
precedented. A conservative estimate
places this years crop at about 4OO,-
600 boxes, which is fine showing for
an industry that but two short years
ago was popularly supposed to be
practically defunct.- Titusville Advo-
cate.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, April 21. 1897.

pears through the ground will force it
to make a good growth in a short
time.
Chufas can be planted quite closely;
thirty inches to three feet between
the rows is wide enough, and if the
tops make good thrifty growth
early, by the time the hot dry wealth
er comes, they will shade the ground
completely, and in that case you may
rest assured of a good crop, as the
roots grow best when the ground is
shaded from the sun. The chufa does
not like a wet bed, and low fiat lands
should be avoided for the crop. Light
sandy loam is it's ideal, and to make
a good crop it must have this.
Chufas are excellent food for hogs
and for all kinds of poultry Turn a
flock of turkeys into a chufa field and
it is difficult to realize how quickly
they will fatten. Stock of all kinds
are very fond of it, and fed to mich
COWS, it improves the quality and in
creases the quantity of milk to won
derful degree, and gives to butter
made from this milk a rich nutty fla
vor, that is we'll liked by connoisseurs,
[ find the best way to feed to milch
COWS is to pull up the whole plant,
80 101 a1a IF rf
washed, run through a feed cutter set
to cut a quarter of an inch; in this
way the tops, roots and everything
are cut up fine, and mixing this with
bran and cotton seed meal, one has an
ideal feed for milch COW.
I thinkI have said enough about the
chufa to prove it's utility to the south
ern farmer, and [ should urge all who
can to try and make a crop Of them
however small the patch. 1t is time
enough up to the end of May. Some
object to the trouble in harvesting,
but, if you will pull up the whole
plant just as it shows signs of being
ripe, and cure it for hay with the tu-
bers attached, some time in February
you will find it very useful. What is
left in the ground the hogs and tur-
KEYS will take care of, and give a good
account when brought to the table.
I would like to say something on
the different varieties to plant, but
this is so wide a subject that I will
leave it for another time. But one
word in conclusion. The chufa crop
to be successful must have the prop
erly balanced ration to feed it whilst
growing. This ration in the shape of
plant food must be high in potash,
otherwise your crop will be small in
quantity and poor in quality. See to
it therefore that the ration is right,
and then you need have no fear of the
results, if no accidents happen.
G. K. McQuarrie.
DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
81 per Annum, in advance.

invention can lessen the urgency of
demand on this account. The call is
for more and more and better and
better, and it is along this line that
the best practice and the best science
must go hand in hand.
So changes come and land passes
from use to use. But changes come
by slow evolutionary processes. Thus
if it is less of the horse it is more of
something else from the soil.
Even as regards the horse, it looks
as if we have been too hasty in max
ing for the horseless world, of which
recently a good deal has been written.
Electricity has to some extent sup
planted the horse and mule, and yet
evidently we are far from the time
when another power will take the
place of horse power at all generally.
1t is likely that the farm will be
the last place taken by other than
horse power In the thickly settled
countries of the old world, where
other than horse power has been in
troduced to do blowing and farm
work, the horse is as much to the fore
as ever, and that in part at least be-
cause in the new and better farming
ther are new uses for the horse.
For every bit of unsettling done in
farming by means of the new powers
that have been introduced-for every
disadvantage produced a gain other
wise to the tiller of the soil will more
than make up the loss.
The mules have disappeared from
the street-car systems of our leading
cities; electricity is not fed and main
tanned byhay; as consequence of the
change thus wrought the business of
the hay-grower has become somewhat
unsettled.
This is but part of the situation;
to get at all of it one must re-
member that our cities-many of
them still young and still rapidly
growing-have to be considered The
people in them have to be fed, and so
for every acre near by that used to
grow hay to support street-car mules
and horses five acres are now in use
to meet the food-needs of city men
and women.
Thus while the dreary thought of
horseless world is wholly out of the
question, changes will certainly occur
somewhat at least the horse
interest. 1t is likely that in the time
to come there will be fewer and in the
main better horses. AS land becomes
more valuable, so necessarily will it's
products become, and this will make
for the horse as for all other living
creatures coming within mans prov
ince, and including man himself, a
case of the survival of the fittest.-
Home and Farm.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
Vol. XIV, No. l6 Whole No. 1853
For the Florida Agriculturist.
Chufa Culture.


Chufa Culture.
The chufa crop in the southern
states could be made very important
one, if the farmers would only recog-
nize it's value and realize how easily
the crop is made.
venture to predict that in the near
future the chufa will be as extensively
cultivated as the peanut, for they are
nearly allied, being both of them ex-
cellent stock food, anl if anything,
the chufa is the better of the two.
In California chufas are called
'sEarth Almonds" because their flavor
somewhat resembles the almond of
commerce. It's only drawback is it's
tough skin, but for hog or poultry
feed that is no objection. In fact, it
may be remembered that not so many
years ago the peanut itself was OBJ
iected to on this very point of it's skin
being injurious to digestion, but now
every one acknowledges the fact that
the peanut is the most healthful OF
foods, and [ have no doubt that the
chufa, being SO much more sweet to
the taste, will in time become the IA
vorite. The manufacture of nutose
itself has given the peanut tremend-
Gus impetus, and when they begin to
use chufas the same way it will have
the same effect.
A chufa crop should always follow
grain crop, such as rice, corn or oats.
One of the best crops of chufas [ ever
saw was made to follow oats, and was
not planted until the latter part OF
MAY. This made the crop somewhat
late, as it takes one hundred and for
ty days to make a crop of chufas, but
in any of the southern states May is
time enough to make chufa crop
before frost.
Land for chufas should be thor
oughly prepared before planting, and
put in the best tilth possible, by re-
peated harrowings or workings with
the cultivator, as the crop when grow
ing should not be disturbed much ex-
cept to keep clean of grass and weeds.
At the last narrowing or working be-
fore planting, fertilizer should be
broadcasted at the rate of about eight
hundred pounds per acre on ordinary
sandy loam such as we have in the
south. This fertilizer should be thor
oughly mixed with the soil, and
should analyze as follows: ten per
potash, eight per cent phosphorlc
acid, and about three per cent nitro
gen. Muriate of potash is the best
source of potash. The common acid
phosphate for phosphoric acid, and
part of the nitrogen should be sup
piled by cotton seed meal.
The chufa plant is very slow
grower at first, and little nitrate OF
soda applied after the first spike ap-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-04-21
Labor-Saving Appliances in Agri-
culture.

It is evident that if the world goes
on increasing in population as now
the soil limit to human increase will
duly come. We are still long way
from that, though even now some in
teresting changes are being wrought
in agriculture and live stock growing,
in consequence of what otherwise in
recent years has been accomplished.
The human food supply must be
kept up, and that above the old stand
ard, and steadily more and more land
must, under existing conditions, be
brought into use for this service. No