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The leader., 1898-10-05
CROP CONDITIONS.
General summary of the situation ss
Reported by the weather Bs-
reas at Washington.

Washington, Sept. 2s.-The follow
ing summary OF the climate and crop
conditions throughout the country
has been given out by the weather bu-
reau:
The week ending September 90 has
been one of exceptionally favorable
temperature conditions for the ma
turing of crops generally throughout
the country. No frosts were reported
from the states of the central valleys,
but light frosts, causing no serious
damage, occurred in portions of New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
on the 2lst. Heavy rains delayed farm
work in portions of the lower Mis-
souri, and lower Ohio valleys, and
proved injurious in the central gulf
states, while drought conditions con-
tinue unbroken in portions of Mime
sofa. On the Pacific coast the weather
conditions have been generally favor
able in Washington and Oregon, while
rains ranging from one-fourth to more
than one inch, fell over the greater
part of northern ard central Califor-
mia, causing injury to raisins and UNI
thrashed grain. Such rains are very
unusual in California at this season.
and while causing some injury will
prove beneficial in replenishing the
water supply.
Except in northern Missouri, where
considerable late corn needs ten days
favorable weather in which to mature,
the corn crop is now practically safe
from frost. and much has been cut.
Heavy rains in the lower Mississippi
valley have damaged open cotton and
interfered with picking. Over the east
ern portion of the cotton region the
weather has been more favorable. and
picking is progressing rapidly. Pick
ing has also progressed rapidly in
Texas. where the crop is reported ms
irregular, being good in places and
poor in others. Reports throughout
the cotton belt generally indicate that
the top crop will be very inferior and
in some places total failure.
The tobacco crop has been secured
with the exception of a small part
of the late crop in Maryland, Virginia
and Tennessee.
The soil conditions generally
throughout the country, east of the
Rocky mountains. are highly favora Bile
for blowing and seeding, Minnesota be
ing the only state in which the ground
has been too dry for this work. The re.
ports generally indicate that fall sown
grain has terminated quickly and is
coming I'D 10 CnnGl sfnnds
The leader., 1898-10-05
ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
List of the Troops which Have Bcen
Ordered to Duty In Island
of Cuba.

Washington, Sept. 30.-The pub
for the occupation OF Cuba does not
designate the major general who will
command it, but states that the d.
vision will be temporarily comman ded
by the senior officer on duty until a
permanent division commander is
chosen by the president. The division
is of three brigades as follows:
First infantry brigade, composed of The
Fifteenth United States infantry and the
Fourth United States volunteer infantry. to
be commanded by Brig. Gen. Simon Snider
United States volunteers.
Second infantry brigade. composed of the
First United States infantry and the Sixth
United States volunteer infantry, to be
commanded by Brig. Gen. L. b. Wiliston,
United States volunteers
Cavalry brigade, composed of the Sew
enth and Eighth United States cavalry. to
be commanded by Brig. Gen. l.. II. Carpen
ter, United States volunteers.
These troops, with the exception OF
the Fifteenth infantry, are under or
ders to &C to Huntsville, Ala. and the
Fifteenth will probably be orde rec
there soon, Ii has generally been sup
posed that the division would be com
manded 10y Gen. Wade, who is now in
Cuba, chairman of the military COM
mission.
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TURNED THEM BACK.
Pana Strikers Capture Train Load
of Imported Negro Miners and
Force Them to Return Home.

Tower Hill. ILL.,, Oct. 1.-Two hundred
Pana union miners with 100 outside
miners held up special baltimore d
Ohio Southwestern train TWO miles west
of this place Friday afternoon, which
was conveying so Washington Qnd.)
miners (colored) TO Pana TO take the
place of union miners, compelling the
negroes 10 embark and walk back to
Tower Hill in advance of them, and hav.
ing the blacks in charge locked in the
&. & .. S. w. depot. All the negroes
were taken back to Washington Friday
night via the b. & o. S. w. at the expense
OF the, miners union. Four of the
union miners accompanied them. The
blacks were held captives until ten
o'clock p. III. They were in charge of
determined men, heavily armed, and On
being placed in the depot sentinels
and pickets were stationed at various
points, while the miners surrounded
the depot and remained on duty until
the negroes were cafely loaded on the
train for home.
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SOUTHERN GLEAnINGs.
A w,spi. p.,,. stsry.


Apropos of the death of Miss Win
ME Davis, the Philadelphia Press
quotes story told about her by
Philadelphia man. lie was a colonel
under the stars and bars, and is now
rich man. "But five years ago !
wasn't" he says. I'll lost every pen
ny I'd had before the war, and ! had
not made many since. A big slump
in the west had done for me. and j
put up at a New York hotel with just
enough TO pay my bill and no more.
My nerves gave way, and | was taken
III. The doctor said / must have
long rest and a complete change of
scene. I said ! might rest in my
grave and change this scene for that
of the next world, but that ! had no
money or friends. and would leave the
city any way but feet first. Well,Miss
Davis was staying at that hotel. She
knew | wouldn't accept money from
her, so she got the doctor to pretend
he was lending me his own. I went
abroad. and came home cured and al
ready on the way to wealth. II was
only then that ] found out whom
owed my life to. You know her book,
The Yelled Doctor Well. for me
there is an equivocal significance in
that name"
The leader., 1898-10-05
Secret Service In the Navy,

During the revolutionary war Wash
ington had secret service agents in the
British camps. La Fayette furnished
sympathetic ink obtained from
France, which was visible only when
the paper on which was the message
was washed with another fluid. 1t
was customary to write with sympa-
thetic ink on blank paper, and Wash
ington suggested that a commonplace
letter be written, after which the mes
sage could be written in sympathetic
ink on the margins. In the early his
tory of the government of the United
States congress made an annual ap-
preparation of $780, 900 for secret serv-
ice, and this custom has prevailed unto
the present. This is payable by direc-
ton of the president and secretary of
state, and no voucher is necessary
During the rebellion the secret serv-
ice branch of the government was
very active. Gen. Butler once paid $50
for hand organ and monkey. They
were used by an officer, who, disguised
as a beggar. was enabled to pass the
enemy's lines. The confederate gov
eminent had an army of secret agents
at Washington, and the federal gov
eminent was daily betrayed by these
agents.-San Francisco Call.
The leader., 1898-10-05
ABYssINrAN TROOPS
They Are Tough s.d sturdy soldiers,
Bst They Never wash
Themselves.

The Abyssinian soldiers ordinary
dress is not very attractive. IL con-
sists of n white linen Shutdown to his
knees and pair OF tight linen trousers
TO halfway down his calf. Over this
he wears belt of folded linen and, as
n rule, STAMINA" or white cotton
sheet, draped around him. None of
these garments is ever washed, so
that they rapidly assume dingy
brown hue, and as no native ever
washes himself and his only toilet con-
sists I'm rubbing butter into his hair
once a fortnight, the aroma from a
large body of men is not precisely
pleasing. No shoes, stockings or head
coverings are worn. The officers and
all who can afford 1t wear a stamina
with a broad red stripe. called
"jano," and on high days and festive
occasions all varieties of clothes are
produced, of all colors of the rainbow.
Cloaks of blue, red, green, yellow or
violet, oranmented with rough EN-
broidery, leopard skins, sheep skins
and even lion skins, are worn On such
days by the officers and small chiefs,
and on these occasions the army pre-
sents a noble show.
Any man who has killed lion or an
elephant. or has distinguished himself
much in battle, wears an aureole of
lions name on his head, and for each
five men he has killed he wears silver
band on his sword scabbard. The
highest recompense for valor is a
sort of velvet top hat ornamented
with silver and great officers are given
shields covered with velvet and orna-
mented with gold or silver. The
swords are worn on the right-hand
side and are very much curved, almost
sickle-shaped, and sharpened on both
edges. These are used for everything,
from killing people down to cutting
off rnouthfuls of beefsteak. The rifles
of every sort of single-loader Except
Martini-Henrys) and a great many re-
peating rifles were taken from the
Italians at the ba title of Adowa in 1896;
but, as far as we could find out, their
musketry would be improved consider
ably by a bit of regular target prac-
tice.
AS for the men themselves, they are
tough and sturdy. but not big: their
skin is of the color of mud, and their
features and hair are distinctly negro
like, though they have straight noses,
as a rule.-Chicago Evening News.
The leader., 1898-10-05
OUR OYSTER SUPPLY.
What Science Is Doing to Keep It
from Petering Out.
Experts Mt Washington Are Con-
.,untiy at Work to Stimulate the
Artificial Development of
the pivaIves.
Especial Washington letter.

Are YOU good at figures? Can you
calculate sums in hundreds, thou
sands, millions and billions?
Unless you can DO so you will not
be able to understand how oysters are
supplied by nature, and how they are
multiplied by science.
At the fish commission this after
noon one of the employees gave
some very interesting information
about the luscious bivalyes. He was
attending to his regular routine du-
ties, and in response to many questions,
be said:
zone large oyster will yield one
hundred millions of eggs. A bushel Of
good oysters would yield about bill
lion of eggs. The hundred billions OF
fry from my hundred bushels of oy-
sters, propose to have pass back and
forth through my canal, and besides
have few spawners in each one of the
receptacles. | will make use of me tn
DDS Of fertilization which are essen
italy my own. | depend, however, more
largely upon the natural brood, using
artificial fertilization as an auxiliary,
getting spat from fry produced nat
uraly."
What advantage does this proposed
system possess over other systems?"
This system greatly increases the
chances, by taking advantage of the
full spatting capacity of the volume
of water. Oyster embryos, under or
binary conditions, in open water diff
fuse and affix themselves throughout
the three dimensions of such body Of
water The methods which have been
used provided for collectors only at
the bottom or ON the surface. This
system contemplates that the collect
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ors shall occupy the three dimensions
OF the water, and provides a cheap
and feasible method of spat culture, of
almost unlimited productiveness."
referring TO another scientist of en-
,nence, engaged in the same worthy
enterprise, he said:
"A good many people will accuse me
OF pllfering from Brooks, but my meth
ods are radically different from
brooks. Brooks methods of using
hoa's provide only for the fry that
comes on the surface; mine not only
takes the fry on the surface, but that
winch sinks to the bottom as we'll.
MY system simply spreads the spat-
ing surface through the whole depth
Vi the water.
Among the advantages of the sys-
'eh' he went on, "are the convenience
ant ana accessibility of the arrangement.
ne Clutch can easily be overhauled il
necessary. Every three bushels of
eui'ch is completely independent OF
'he rest, aud can be removed and ex-
ahmed at any stage. A great advan-
age is that the water rushing through
seePs OF the sediment, which has been
Io1hd TO be very destructive to the
spa', Under this system, too, person
VIII have control Of his plant. The laws
Vi Virginia and Maryland will not
give 10 one man unlimited control OF
Tue territory under water. The law
makers of these states must be edu-
suated up to better understanding
ol The questions affecting oyster cul-
.ure' For this reason this method Il
especially applicable to the Chesa-
p.ake region, with its low, marshy
shores, Offering natural advantages
ior the construction of such ponds.
plant covering tenth of an acre will
.'eld 1000 bushels of spat. or adult oy-
s'ers' which will cover at least four
acres. | would not think of planting
more than $50 bushels TO an acre."
nave you yet practically demon.
s'ated the advantage of the system?'
MY method was devised too late to
put In operation this year, but it has
o.eh demonstrated by the different ex-
per'ments made, by my own expert
nen's In lsse, by Mather's experiments
ms year at Cold Springs. where water
was pumped through the shells OF
.ulieh' and by the results of Brooks
Mork Brooks suspended his collectors
VI tne surface and got shells thickly
Covered with spat. In my own expert.
ments In 1882. In conjunction with Nc
Donaid' In apparatus not more than Z
square yard. in "a hours, we obtained
ioo'ooo spat. Ny present conclusions
are based on observations ! made q
The leader., 1898-10-05
status of Hawaii's Former Queen.

The settlement of the exact status
of Mrs. Dominus, or cX-Queen Liluo-
kalani. will be ar interesting feature
of the diplomacy that shall definitely
unite the Hawaiian islands to the
United States. When her kingdom was
overthrow, she protested against the
part taken in the movement by Off
GERS of the United States and demand
ed compe nsa ton for personal losses.
In 1898, however, she formally accept
ed the overthrow of royalty as final
act, and in the following year the
government of the republic granted
her full pardon.
When the new treaty of annexati ton
was before the United States senate,
in 1897 she entered a protest against
it's ratification, despite her acceptance
of the changed conditions of govern
ment on the island. Now that annex
alton is an accomplished fact, she
again files her protest, and with it a
demand for compensation for the
crown lands contiscated by the re-
public and for their rental since her
overthrow. - Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
The leader., 1898-10-05
Admission (AIa.) Bank Failure.

The Bank of Admission, Ala. a state
bank, of which Frank Nelson, Jr., was
president, has assigned to w. F. String
fellow. president of the First national
bank. The bank had capital of $685.
600. President Nelson, in an inter
view. stated that there were about S24,-
600 of general depositsa and $4,000 time
deposits. AS assets there are $4,000 in
cash; loans and discounts amounting
to S75, 1000 and real estate owned by the
hank which cost $4,000. He said the
cau., of the assignment was loans
made before he became president four
years ago.
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The BALLOT for Governor.
VIII Visit Philadelphia.

Washington, Sept. sO.-The president
has accepted an invitation rendered
by a large delegation of prominent
Philadelphians to attend the peace
Jubilee to be held in Philadelphia Oc-
tober &c and 81, and says he will secure
the cooperation of the army and the
navy in the exercises as far as possible.
Members of the cabinet were also
urged to attend. Gen. Miles was in
yited TO act as chief marshal. 1t is in
tended to have about 10000 troops
present and several warships take
part in the celebration If possible.
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She'd Rather Hang.

81 sentence you to the penitentiary
for your natural life, equivalent to 90
years." spoke Judge Smith, at Allan
ia, Ga, to Amanda Jones. n colored
woman and wife of a preacher.
81 thank you, judge, but I would
rather hang" she replied, smiling.
During the early part of the year
she foully murdered Frank Hamilton.
The latter was prominent in religious
and political circles. Hamilton was
infatuated with the woman, and made
clandestine visits to her house. On
the night of the murder he paid her a
visit After dark his body was found
near her gate. shockingly mutilated
and his brains dashed out. The wom-
an confessed to the murder.
She was tried for her life. the jury
bringing in verdict of guilty with a
recommendation to mercy.
The leader., 1898-10-05

A lawyer trying TO serve his client by
throwing suspicion on a witness in the case,
N the course of his cross-examination, said !:
"You have admitted that you were at the
prisoners house every evening during all
this time?"
Yes, sir" replied the witness.
"Were you and he interested in any bust.
ness together"
Yes, sir" answered the man, unhesitat-
ingly
"Ah! Now, will you be good enough to tell
us how and to what extent and what the
nature of this business was in which you
and he were intercstedC
well, | have no objection to telling /
wae counting his daughter. st. Louis
Globe Democrat
The leader., 1898-10-05
REBELLION is SPREADING.
Insurgents Causing Trouble In the
Visayas IsIands-Biam Placed
Upon the Americans.

Madrid, Sept. 3o.-A telegram re-
ceived here from Gen. Rios, Spanish
governor of the Visayas islands, who
is reported to have recently pro
claimed himself encouragement OF
the Spanish dominions in the Philip.
pines, reports that insurgent expedi'
tions have arrived al the Nisayas. The
rebellion, it is also reported, is spread
ing and several provinces in the Island
of Luzon have been invaded and some
officers of the gendarmerie and their
families massacred. The governor and
officials at Iloilo, Island of Panay, have
fled to Manila. La Correspondence
blames the Americans for tolerating
the new rising of the insurgents and
urges the government to present a
protest to the Paris commission.
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H.nry george, Jr., Nominated.

New York, Oct. 1.-At meeting of
the Chicago platform democrats Fri
day night, Henry George, the son of
the single-tax advocate, was nomi-
mated to head an independent demo
cratic ticket. The nomination of FL
lott +. Danforth for lieutenant gov
ernor by the regular democratic con-
vention at Syracuse, was Endorsed.
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ROOSEVELT is NAMED.
New York Republicans Choose Him
as Candidate for Governor.
Convention Is Held at ssratogs,N. Y.
Very Little Opposition to HIS
Nomination-The Rest of
the state Ticket.

Convention Hall, Saratoga, y. V,
Sept. 2S.-The republican convention
nominated the following ticket Tues
day: For governor, Theodore Roose-
welt, Of Oyster Bay; lieutenant govern
or, Timothy l.. Woodruff, of Kings;
comptroller, William J. Morgan, of
Erie; secretary of state, John T. Nc
Donough, of Albany; state treasurer,
John i. Jaeckel, of Cayuga; state en-
gineer, Edward A. Bond, of jefferson;
attorney-general, John c. Davies, Of
| Oneida.
At precisely 1925 the convention as
sembled and Congressman Payne was
chosen temporary chairman. At 1:25
the convention took recess until 3: 30
| o'clock
Soon after the opening of the after
noon session the convention decided
TO proceed with the nominations, and
Judge j. Ryder Cady, of Hudson, NOM
mated Gov. Black. Judge Cady fin
ished amid tremendous applause, his
closing remark about Gov. Blacks
faithfulness to the ticket calling forth
'bC VI lllc
At 4:45 o'clock Chauncey NJ Depew
took the platform to nominate Theo-
dore Roosevelt. When Mr.. Depew told
of the famous charge of the rough
riders and mentioned Col. Roosevelt
the audience went almost crazy. Mr..
Depew finished at 5:25 amid applause
that was almost pandemonium.
At 7:15 a roll-call was moved, and
it soon became evident that Mr.. Roose-
welt had practical walk-over. When
the roll-call was completed the vote
was announced as follows: Roosevelt,
753; Black, 21S.
The night session was called to order
at 9:45 o'clock. Gen. Woodford, ex-
minister to Spain, read the resolutions.
This reading was frequently inter
spersed with applause, and when the
reading was finished the platform was
| adopted unanimously. 1t congratu-
| lates the country on the conclusion of
the war, praises the course of the
president, declares for the retention
of the Philippines, commends the an
| neXation of Hawaii, favors the up
building of the American merchant
| marine, commends the administration
| of Gov. Black, the work of the legis-
lature. and' then deals with purely
state issues.
After the nominations for the rest
| of the ticket the convention adjourned
sine die
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His PRAYER FULFILLED,

Patrick Kelley. a boilermaker of At
lanta, Ga. took total abstinence
oath, praying to be struck dumb if he
broke it. The other night. surround
ed by friends, he drank a glass of
whisky. and for some unknown reason
speech instantly deserted him. He
was taken to the Grady hospital. and
the following morning regained the
power of speech. The physicians do
not know what to make of the case,
as Kelley was in fine physical condi-
ton, and no apparent reason for vocal
paralysis existed.
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America Divlnely Led.

Rev. d. b. Waddelle, rector of the
Episcopal church of Meridian, Miss,
and one of the brainest divines of the
south. in published letter, declares
his belief that it is the supreme duty
of the United States to retain the Phil
ippinc islands. and that this country
was divinely led into the war with
Spain and, accepting the situation as
it is to-day, should enter upon the
wider field of usefulness as a nation
that is before us.
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be came back ghost of the self that an
swered to President Lincoln's call for '3O0,-
900 more"
To-day he is an alert, active man and tells
the story of his recovery as follows:
81 was great sufferer from sciatica rheu-
matism almost from the time of my dis
charge from the army Most Of the time l
was untitled for manual labor of any kind,
and my spfferings were at all times intense
At times / was bent almost double, and got
around only with the greatest difficulty.
Nothing seemed 10 give me permanent re-
lief until three years ago, when my atten-
ton was called to some Of the, wonderful
cures effected by DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. had not taken more than
half box when l noticed an improvement
in my condition, and kept on improving
steadily. / took three boxes Of the pills,
and at the end OF that time was in better con-
dition than at any time since the close of my
army service. Since then have never been
bothered with rheumatism. DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People is the only rem
edy that ever did me any good, and TO them
owe my restoration to comparative health.
Jhsy ere grand remedy"
The leader., 1898-10-05

Rich Uncle-You might as we'll stop
incoming about Miss Beauty. She hasn't
been in love with you, after all. She's been
after the money she thought you would i'm
herit from me.
Nephew-Impossible Why do you think
so?
81 have proposed to her myself and been
accepted IN. Y. Weekly.
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when They Knew Him.

"There are plenty of women who would
be glad to get me-" he said
VERY likely" she replied, pointedly, "but
none OF them would care to keep you after
she once had you"
He went outdoors to say what he wanted
to say after that thrust He felt that he
couldn't do justice to it in the house.-Chi-
cago Post.
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Killed HIS Man.

Joe Miller killed Crockett Webb,
the other night, in the northern part
of Granger county, Ky. They had
fallen out over a horse.
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Deuth of Denmark's queen.

Copenhagen, Sept. 2s.-The queen OF
Denmark died at $3.50 o'clock this
Thursday morning. The queen was
81 years old. having been born Septem-
Der Z, 1917. She was the daughter OF
Landgrave Wilhelm OF Hesse-Cassel.
and was married to King Christian
May &c, 1912. She was the mother of
Princess Alexandria. wife of the prince
of Wales: of Princess Marie Dagmar.
widow OF Alexander III. of Russia, and
of Princess Thyra, who was married to
the duke of Cumberland. Her sons
were Prince Frederick. Prince Will
helm and Prince Waldemar.
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A uindrance to veracity.

His Honor (after court has ad-
journed)-Say, Sharpe, | believe your
client, Mrs. Htnn. lied outrageously
on the stand.
Attorney Sharre-That was because
so many of her set were spectators.
She couldn't ge. the idea thatit was
some sort Of a social function out Of
her head.-Puck