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Evening star., 1898-09-21
CROP CONDITIONS.
Weekly Summary by the Govern
ment's Statisticians.

ment's Statisticians.
The government weekly summary of crop
conditions are as follows:
The week ending September 10, on the
whole, has been generally favorable, except
in portions of New England, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Maryland, where the
drought conditions previously reported con-
tinued, while in Mississippi, southwestern
Texas and some sections of Kansas and
Missouri, heavy rains have retarded farm
work. Killing froStS are reported from
northern New England, Michigan and Wis
consin, but with slight damage, and light
frosts have occurred in New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana, doing little no
damage. The absence of rain in Washing
ton and Oregon has been highly favorable
for harvested and threshed grain, and for
gathering hops, an excellent crop of the
latter being reported from both of these
states. In California the conditions were
favorable for most crops.
The weather conditions have been favor
able for late corn, which is generally ma
turing rapidly, except in portions of Mis-
souri, and Illinois, where sunshine and con-
tlnued warmth are needed. In Nebraska
nearly the entire crop is matured; in Iowa
considerable has been cut and the remain
der of the crop will be dry enough to crib
early in October; in Wisconsin, Michigan,
Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky the bulk of
the crop has been cut.
A slight improvement is noted in the cot
ton crops in the eastern portion of the cot
ton region; rotting and shedding are de-
creasing. The bulk of the crop is open and
picking is progressing rapidly. In the CEN
tral portion Of the cotton region there are
about the same conditions prevailing as in
the previous week. Picking is progressing
as the weather permits, but shedding, rust
and worms continue in Mississippi, and cat
erpillars and worms are again damaging
the crop in Louisiana. Some damage has
resulted from heavy rain in Arkansas. In
Texas the bulk of the early crop is Open
and picking is well advanced, although
pickers are scarce in some localities. The
report indicates that the top crop will be
short in South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma
and Texas.
Late tobacco is doing well except In
Maryland, where it needs rain. In Ken
lucky some damage was done by hail on
the 10Th.
Flowing and seeding fall grain have pro-
gressed rapidly in all sections except New
England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary
land and Tennessee, where the work has
been delayed owing to dry soil conditions.
Wheat seeding has also been delayed in
portions of Missouri on account of heavy
rains. Early sown grain is up and growing
nicely ins Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Me-
braska, Kansas and Oklahoma
Evening star., 1898-09-21
MAY TESTIFY WITHOUT FEAR,
Secretary Algcr's Promise to Enliste
Men Regarding Army InVestiEatiOn

Men Regarding Army investigation.
In an interview at Cincinnati in regard
to the proposed investigation of the War
Department, Secretary Alger is credited
with saying:
Let any furloughed private soldier who
has grievance state it freely. l. as Secre-
tary Of War; pledge my word that he shall
not be court-martialed for talking. l am
willing to have every bit of tie truth made
public.
The men at Fort Thomas who are home
from Cuba: the men of furloughed regi-
ments who are home from southern camps
let them talk. They know"
Then referring to the charges which have
been made the Secretary said:
Il have no doubt there were some
abuses, said he. That was to be expected
with such a large army of unframed men
in the field. There should never have been
any lack of supplies after the first great
movement and l do not know that there
was.
The greatest trouble seems to have
arisen from the neglect of sanitary regula-
uons. The executive officers of each regt-
ment are responsible for that
THE blame for the sickness rests first on
the colonel and then up to the highest gen.
eral In the camp. Each executive officer
should have seen to 1T that men obeyed the
camp rules. Here we had thousands of the
heartiest men in America. Many had never
been sick and secuted the thought that
sickness would overtake them. They were
careless. But their officers are responsible
for under military law men can be made to
be careful.
General inexperience and reckless expo
sure to unnecessary risk are the real cause
of all our army trouble"
With reference to his future movements
he said: I'VE shall visit all the camps in
turn. From Fort Thomas We shall go to
Lexington, thence to Knoxville, Chicka-
mauga, Huntsville, Fort Mcpherson. Jack
sonville and Lakeland. We shall plan for
winter hospitals. This is formal inspec-
tton solely. Present abuses only will be
considered and corrected"
Evening star., 1898-09-21
The Postmaster Generar. Trim

Postmaster General Emory Smith in ad-
dition to other political addresses, has
agreed to make one at Columbus, Ohio.
October Is. His presence on this date
was secured by the Ohio Editorial Asso-
citation. The Postmaster Gene1 al has also
been invited to make campaign addresses
In Nebraska. and will do so If his trip
can be arranged so as to include points
in that state The address at the Omaha
exposition on Pennsylvania day will not
be of political character The Post
master General is now in Philadelphia,
and VIII return to this city at the end Of
the week. He will leave here for the
west early in October. accompanied by
Mrs. Smith and his private secretary, Mr..
c. E. Dawson.
Evening star., 1898-09-21
THE WAY TO PREVENT WAR
IN 10
Hudson Maxim Says Make 1t More and
More Terrible.
Nations Should Seek the Most De-
aS tG
stractive Weapons, He Says,
In His Lecture.

PHILADELPHIA - September 21.-Hud-
son Maxim of New York, the wel-known
expert on explosives, read a paper last
night before the chemical section of the
Franklin Institute on Modern High Ex-
plosives and Smokeless Powders and Their
Applications in Warfare" Mr.. Maxim
maintained that it is a crime for a nation
rot to seek the most destructive weapons
that could be secured, and not to be al
ways prepared for war. The more terrible
were the weapons the less would be the
loss OF life, because war would not be so
quickly precipitated. There would have
oeen no war with Spain, he contended had
II not been that the Madrid government
ana some other governments had firm be-
iief In our unpreparedness. Smokeless pow
DER was one OF the Improvements that
Wouid give an enemy great advantage.
either on land or sea 1t had been offered
10 the United States first of ALL but the
government had rejected the offer made
10 IT, black powder was used by our
troops at Santiago. and in consequence the
loss was far greater in killed and wound
ed than II smokeless powder had been used
win regard to high explosives Mr.. Max
I'm strongly favored the use of the aerial
torpedo, and predicted that it would vet be
ADOPTED. The American fleet he said ex-
pendea about $4,000 in firing projectiles,
and OF all the shots fired at Cervera's fleet
ohiy D per cent nit. If torpedo guns had
peen mounted on the Mills and had covered
RADIUS OF nine miles, was it not proba Bile.
ne asked that they would have sunk some
OF our battle ships?
Shouid the aerial gun be eventually adopt
eo as an implement of warfare navies would
nave TO light in skirmishing order, as arm
les now have to do The combined navies
OF the world could not stand before such a
aeadly proJectlle. 1t would cost S500,OO0 to
demonstrate its power, including the build
ing or a cruiser, and if it should succeed
It would save 10000, 900, because it would
90 away with the construction of fighting
machines Naval and military authorities
must, he said, soon give consideration to
the aerial torpedo
Evening star., 1898-09-21
Right to Refnforce Gen. Otis

Some question has arisen as TO the right
of the United STATES % send troops to Ma
nila under the tSfmsssof the protocol and
the armistice which followed. Upon this
matter being broughtostto the attention cs
the officials of the War Department it was
stated that under the protocol Manila ci,y.
harbor and bay were placed under control
of the United States, and that we have the
same right to reinforce Manila that we
would have to send troops to any army
post Spain, IT was said, would nave no
as the movement of troops to Manila was
not like sending them to an island or sta
ton in dispute >
Evening star., 1898-09-21

General order number 4e7 issued fro,,
the Navy Department tells the story of
the terrible fight Of the little torpedo boat
Winslow with the forts at Cardenas Ia Of
May. quoting an official recommendation
from Lieut.. John Bernadou, the commander
of the craft, looking to the advancement
of Brady, Cooney and johnson OF his rev
to warrant officers. The order also uuores
from the report of Capt. Newcomb of the
Hudson his tribute to the remarkable. brav.
cry displayed bysIieuE Bernadou and the
men of the WinsleW. u
Evening star., 1898-09-21
Stamps on Cargo Manifests.

Assistant Secretary Spauldlng OF the
Treasury Department has rendered decis-
sion that an internal revenue war stamp
Of five dollars need not be affixed to mani
tests Of foreign vessels covering oargoes to
be conveyed in the ships from one port to
another in the United States for transporta-
ton to foreign country; but that such a
Evening star., 1898-09-21

stamp must be placed on the rnanifests OF
the cargo at the port of export from this
country. He calls the attention Of collect
ors TO the requirements of the war revenue
act relating to stamps on shippers mani-
tests, they being of different character
froin the masters manifests of goods ex-
ported. The decision relieves masters of
1oreign-going vessels of the necessity of af-
liking stamps on manifests except at tha
final port of export.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
RIFFS FROM RINGSIDE.

George Dixon and Tommy White will
meet at Syracuse next Thursday
George Byers has accepted an offer of
n $3.50 purse to box Jack Burke at Wa
terbury April H.
Johnny Richie will try conclusions with
Association tonight.
Billy Rotchford and Sammy Kelly will
meet in a twenty-round glove contest at
Troy, n. Y, April 5.
A twenty-round bout between Mystic
rious Billy Smith and Joe WOlcott viii
take place at Bridgeport. Conn, next
Thursday
Joe Elliott of Baltimore, and Joe Bern
stein, of New York. have been matched
to meet before the Eureka Athletic Club.
of Baltimore, next Thursday.
The fight between Stiff and Childs.
which was to have taken place at the
Chicago Athletic Association Saturday
night has been postponed on account of
the condition OF Stift's hand. 1t is pos
sible they may meet about the first part
of April.
Tommy White has wired he will be un-
able to come to Chicago for his scheduled
meeting with Henry Lyons at the Mon
tello Athletic Association Monday night.
Eddie Santry will, therefore. be pitted
against the colored man. Santry lost
once to Lyons, but was in poor condi-
ton, and will no doubt make much
better fight now.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
"Antietam Valley Record"
Publishes the Following in Its Edi=
tOrial Column.
Treatment of Tuberculosis tCon-
sumptiOnD

''Dr. n. b. Shade, a lung and throat
specialist formerly of Hagerstown, but
now conducting an extensive practice in
Washington, d. c., is the true modern
wonder worker in the treatment of that
universally dread disease, tuberculosis
commonly known as consumption
mention this disease especially, because
the effect of his treatment in one case
for it has come under my personal OBJ
servation. that of my sister, Mrs. James
E. Thompson of Rockville. Md.
She had been suffering with her lungs
for six months when her attending ply
stefan pronounced it tuberculosis, and
recommended that she be sent to a
Southern climate, but in preference, she
began taking DR.. Shades treatment, and
after having taken the treatment for six
months, the disease has been arrested
in it's course. and she is now stronger,
heavier and in better health than she
has ever been.-Editor."
Mrs Thompson is one of the last OF
the many in Washington, d. C., and
surrounding country. who has been
cured of bad and obstinate lung trouble
Write or call for booklet, symptom
blank. etc. for home treatment.
Consultation free on Monday. Wednes-
day and Friday, 10 a. m to u m, and
2 to ; p. m 1892 Fourteenth Street
Washington, ID. {.
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26

will doubtless be in prime shape to fool
the big hitters.
The Phillies have enough players on
their staff to free Cuba If the cham
pi0nship was TO be won by the superior
force Of numbers, Stallings would have
that flag ''cinched''
During the practice game of the Pitts
burg club at Little Rock Thursday after
noon Pitcher Hart was struck by bal.
/ from the bat of Schriver and his jaw
was broken in two places.
Bert Myers is practicing daily with the
| Senators, and is firm in his resolve not
/ to sign with Milwaukee for SlT5 per
month. II IS said that Connie Mack has
another man 10 take his place.
Ii is apparent to the most casual OBJ
server that spirit of good-fellowship
| exists among the members OF the Wash
| ington team, and this BODIES well for the
| success Of the club in the championship
race
The downpour Of rain Thursday served
J TO put the ball grounds in bad condition
| yesterday and somewhat retarded the
! practice Of the Senators. The boys will
! ali report this morning at 10 O'Clock and
day Of good, solid practice will be had.
President Harris instructions to Man
/ ager Burns are that at all times TO
stop at the best hotels obtainable. to get
I
! sible, TO secure the best mode Of trans
portation to and from the grounds. TO
pay for the transportation of the play
ers trunks. and in fact TO in every way
cater 10 the comfort of the players
Manager Hanlon is thinking very seri-
ously about other things than hits and
pitchers II concerns Keller Jennings
and Kelly, not TO say Corbett What he
Is considering he will not intimate ex-
| cept in general way This much he
has said: Those men better report for
work when we get back TO Baltimore
| if not before. They think / have been
lenient with them before and let them
have pretty much their own wav in
everything. 50 that now they only have
TO make stand and the rest viii be
easy The time has come now when
/ the question has got 10 be settled who
runs the club-the manager or the PLAY
/ ers"
/ Rev. DR.. w. S Rainsford. of New
/ York wrote to Assemblyman Weeks, of
/ the New York legislature recently as
( follows: Il am in favor of young men
/ playing baseball on Sunday for their own
/ amusement | believe that young men
should have some recreation on Sunday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
DIAMOND DUST.

Come on. Jack Doyle. The boys are
booking for you.
Pretty Pink Hawley has signed e
Cincinnati contract.
Chicagos new pitcher Walter Woods,
will not play bali on Sunday
Jack SWEETS says this will be his last
season on the diamond. Perhaps.
Tom Smith. who PLAYED two years ago
with the Beaneaters, has signed with
81. Louis.
Ieahy shows up in good form and is ex-
pec,ed TO play the game of his life this
season.
An exchange remarks that Charley
Comiskey is the dean OF the rowdy ball
school
Jim MCGUIRE arm is already in shape
and he can line en- out to second with
his usual accuracy.
Jack O'connor viii be worked in his
regular turn behind the bat this year
by Manager Tebeau.
The only pastime enjoyed by Burns's
Colts while in Waycross consisted Of
watching the trains go by.
Selee. Of the Bostons. says the new
rules in regard 10 rowdyism on the bah
field suit him TO q nicely.
Charley Farrell has d good voice and
Is heard 10 great advantage i'm that sweet
ballad. Get Your Moneys Worth
The assiduity with which Wrigley sticks
10 the stick leads one 10 believe that he
intends 10 make a stick record this sea-
son.
Tom hinslow declines with thanks the
terms Of the Omaha Club. on account
OF the warp in The Western League sal
AIRY list
This viii be Tom Browns eleventh
year IN The professional ranks. and it
promises 10 be his most successful one
Sporting Life.
Selee, Of the Bostons, has wagered a
winter clothing outfit with Buck Ewing
THAI the Chicago team finishes in front
81 The Reds this season.
Tom Brown is Of the opinion that Cert
mans failure 10 mateTialize is due TO the
hold-up Of the railroads. owing to the
washouts IN that section.
Gus weighing put IN some time yester-
day afternoon tTirling the ball 10 Far
rsll. He appeared 10 have considerab bic
speed and pretty good control Of the ball.
b. the opening Of the season weighing
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
COLLEGE BASEBALL TODAY.
Georgetown Varsity Team Opens It's
Home series With Johns Hopkins

The baseball season on Georgetown field
will open this afternoon with a gam be-
tween the Varsity team and Johns Hop
kins of Baltimore. Both teams have ben
practicing hard for the opening event,
and 1t is expected they will make the
contest a hot one on account of the
strong rivalry existing in athletics be-
tween the two institutions. This Will ,ive
the rooters for Georgetown an oppor-
tunity of getting a line on their pets to
form some idea as to what may be ex-
pected of them this season.
1t is the general opinion that the team
is much stronger in every way than last
years nine and if this turns out TO be so
the blue and gray ought to be able TO
hold its own against all Corners this sea
son.
The team will line up as follows: Ma
loney, catcher; Bach, Dowd. Tracey or
Miles, pitcher; Moran, shortstop; Hafford
third base; Capt. Mccarthy, left field !;
Downes, center field; Walsh, right field.
Capt. Mccarthy believes that the team
is much stronger at the bat than last
years nine, and that for all around play
ing il is snapper. II is so early In the
season and there has been little OF
portunity for practice out doors on ac-
count Of the weather that ii would ne
hardly fair 10 judge either team by the
/ game it plays today. One thing is sure,
/ that each side will play for all there Is in
, ii, as victory is always a good thing
! to Start the season with. Game viii be
! gin at 4 o'clock.
! The grandstand is finished SO far az
! the builders work is concerned and the
/ handsome structure will be occupied to-
day for the first time. Manager Morris
! w. Head has arranged for the comfort of
large crowd, and he expects the game
| will be made a big athletic and social
| event.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
An Uneventful Days Sport at the
Southern Track.

New Orleans, March 25-Today's races
passed off without any event of interest
occurring. Summaries:
First race-One mile. The MOnon. 9 to
2, won; Tachus, second; Tessie L., third.
Time, 1:42 IL
Second race-SiX furlongs. Minnie Wei
don, to l. won; Ferryman. second: No
voc, third. Time, IA
Third race-One mile Dorothy III. to
l, won; Mount Washington second; Glen
moyne, third. Time, 1:41.
Fourth race-One and one-eighth miles
handicap. What Next. 2 to l. won; Judge
Steadman, second; Robert Bonner, third
Time. 1855.
Fifth race-Six furlongs. Aunt Bird. 6
to ;. won; Blitheful, second Corelli, third
Time, l:14 l-2.
Sixth race-Seven furlOngs Henrica. 7
to l. won; Hats of. second; Hurns, third
Time, l:2S.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
CAN We BE CURED
OF Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Consumption
A Test by Which the True Value of
All Cures Can be Determined.

How many thousands there are today
who would gladly pay almost any reason
able sum to be cured of either one of the
above diseases. but, knowing of so many
different remedies and treatments, are
unable to decide which one TO try. 1t does
seem difficult task. yet becomes n com
paratively easy one if the person afflict-
ed will but use little good judgment and
common sense. In the first place, every
man and woman knows, or should know,
that the air passages were made for air
alone, and that nature has so construct
ed these passages that moisture of any
kind cannot enter the bronchial tubes or
lungs. This at once preCludes all posi-
bility of cure of deep-seated diseases
being effected by treatment requiring the
use of sprays douches. atomizers or va
pors Secondly, all regular physicians adj
nit that these diseases are purely local
and must be treated locally. consequent
ly stomach medicines become useless In
treating diseases of the air passages. The
diseased parts must be reached through
the air we breathe or not at all Not
only this, but a germicide must be used
which will leave the air dry, and yet
have the power to destroy the bacilli OF
disease in the minutest air cells of the
lungs. This decision reached, then comes
the question, Is there such a germicide
which can be inhaled through the air
you breathe? Thirty-eight hundred ply
sicians and over three hundred thousand
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26

On the morning OF February 20, 1885.
was sick with rheumatism and lay in
bed until May 21st. when l got a bottle
of Chamberlain Pain Balm. The first
application of ii relieved me almost en-
tirely from the pain, and the second at
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l was able to be up and about again
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26

There are many of them in my church
who work diligently all the week up to
late Saturday night and who come to me
and ask what they can do in order to get
more recreation. ! tell them to come to
morning service, then go out on their
bicycles, or go out and play baseball or
golf or some form of beautiful sport.
Such sports improve the body and make
those who participate in them all the
better for it,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
THERE is A CLASS OF PEOPLE

VINO are injured by the use OF coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed In all the
grocery stores IL new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place u coffee. The most delicate
stomach rec lives IL without distress and but
rev can tell ~ from coffee. 1t does not cost
yer onc-quarter as much. Children may
drink IL with great benefit. &c aud go
per package. Try il. Ask for GRAlS-O.
Ja27-tf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26

Ernest Roeber. who wrestles ''the terrible
Turk Yousouf. at Madison Square Garden to-
night, is not worried over the gigantic proper
tions and fierce looks of his adversary He is in
superb physical condition. and has worked down
from Dis to $50 pounds, and his muscles are like
steel.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26

will tell you 1t was said that Fitzsim-
mons intended TO take a trip to Europe
the coming Summer. He will visit Rus
STA, France, Italy, Germany and may go
10 South Africa. He expressed regret
over Peter Jacksons defeat and thinks
Je1ries must be a good man.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
CARROLLS KEEP THE LEAD
Played an Interesting Game of Bn.
ketBaII With the FencibIes.

The Carroll Institute basketball team
increased its hold on first place last night
by defeating the National Fencibles by
the score of to 2 All goals were from
field. The game was well played by both
sides, and at times was marked by quick
passing. 1t was clean and interesting
and enjoyed by a large crowd. The Fen
cibles deserve credit for the good up hill
game they played. The feature for the
CAROLS side was the goal-throwing by
DAILY and Murphy. Rice. Thompson and
Goss played well for the soldiers.
The lineup:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-26
To the Sporting Fraternity.

Items of interest intended for publication in
these columns should be addressed TO the sport
ing editor and be accompanied by the name and
address OF the writer. not necessarily for publ
cation. but as an evidence OF good faith.