The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-12

sioners at Havana last week, a
Spanish commissioner pleaded that
it would be impossible to evacuate'
Cuba before February or March.
Sampson interrupted him hluntly,
saying in cold, firm voice: "Spain
can get out of Cuba within forty
days, and it must be done.'
Orange Judd Farmer says: The
season has been an ideal one for
the tending of winter wheat, and
while sowing still continues In the
more Southern belt, it is evident
that the area already planted east
of the Rocky Mountains exceeds
that harvested last year by lG per
cent or more. The appearance of
the crop is faI above an average for
this date, Ia fact, growth is rather
too rank, and pasturing the fields is
being practiced to a considerable
extent. Hessian fly is reported
from many localities, with strong
possibility Of serious damage.
Seeding is beginning on the Pacifi
coast under favorable conditions.
Rear Admiral Miller, who hoist
ed the stars and stripes over Ha-
wall, advocates the Nicaragua
Canal and the construction of a
large number of first-class battle
ships of high speed.
A party of boys playing Hal.
lowe'en pranks in Toledo, Ohio
frightened an aged woman, Mrs.
Sanger so badly that she died be-
fore the arrival of physician, " no
had been sent for.
The first test of Krupp armor
plate was made at Bethlehem, Pa,
, Three shots were fired from an s.
/, inch gun, the projectile weig hing
253 pounds, and the velocity rang
y ing from 1900 to 1900 feet per sec.
q ond The plate was not cracked.
The Grand Army of the Republic
n is formulating plans for its nationa
v encampment, which will be held in
Philadelphia next September. Al
that meeting it will be decided
= whether soldiers of the Spanish
= American war shall be admitted t
the association.
> A dispatch from Topeka, Kan.
@ says that complaints are being re
ceived there by the State Board o
n Railway Commissioners regarding
J. the scarcity of grain cars at many
Kansas points. The complaint say
q that 1t is impossible to get cars tt
/. handle the grain.
d Senator Hoar's address in Bosto.
in which he argued against the re
, tention of the territory taken from
d Spain, causes considerable com
.. ment in Washington. Friends O
the administration say Mr. Hoar i
discussing theory, while Presi
rs dent Mckinley is facing con
g dition.
a. A peculiar disease has broken GU
among the hor ses in the north par
= of Carroll County, Indiana ant
- several have died. The animals
!, throats become infiamed so tina
y they can not swallow, and the,
starve to death. There seems to b,
Is no remedy for the disease.
y The transplant Perue has arrived
10 at San Francisco from Manila
There were 1900 United State
soldiers sick at Manila when tn
rs Perue sailed and smallpox Nwa
TO spreading rapidly among the troops
" The filth poured into the canals b,
s. the Chinese is prolific source Q
!, disease.
l John Hubbard and William La
e. mont, who are now serving time /
Do the state house of correction q
lg Iona. Mich, confided to three fe
of low-prisoners that year ago las
I'd September they murdered an
y robbed Ludwig Herman, vetera
o. soldier. They will be held an
40 tried for the crime, which ha
NJ hitherto been a mystery.
10 The remark ably small acumils
or tions of wheat at the principal shil
ping points lead experts to believ
that farmt RS are about to unloa
e their wheat on the market almos
- unanimously, demoralizing price
" and creating a panic. The SHARP
y and gamblers are getting ready
even up with the farmers for holt
- ing back for better prices.
y, John Hays, who discovered til
he rich copper deposits along ii
south shore of Lake Superior, eel
or brated his ninety-fourth birthds