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A HEAVY DECLINE IN CROPS.
Conditions AS Reported by the De
partment of Agriculture.

The September bulletin issued by the De-
partment of Agriculture contains some in
teresting information. OF corn, it says
that, September 1, it was S5.2, but in Au-
gust there had been decline of Al points,
but it is now IL points higher than OH Sep
tember l, 1898, and So points higher than
at the corresponding date in 1897.
The condition at harvest of winter and
spring wheat consolidated was 709 as COM
pared with S6.7 on September /. 1895, and
S5.7 at the corresponding date in 1881, and
s2.5 the mean of the September averages
for the last ten years. The condition on
September 1 was the lowest September con-
dition in twenty years.
The condition of oats on September l
was S7.2 against 90.S last month, 70 on Sep
tember l, 1885, and S4.6 at the correspond
ing date in 1887. Every State having
l,000,0 900 acres or upward reports an i'm
pairment of condition during August. Rye
shows decline also, the condition at low
est~of winter and spring rye consolidated
being 81 as compared with S9.4 on Septem-
ber !, 1898, and 90.1 at the corresponding
date in 1897.
Buckwheat was but 75.2 as compared
with 1872 last month. In New York and
Pennsylvania. which together produce
about ive-sevenths of the entire crop,
there was a decline of q and Is points re-
spectively.
The average condition of cotton on Sep
tember / was 6S.5 rs compared with "a
last month, 79.S on September /. 1898, and
1873 at the corresponding date in 1897 and
7S4 the mean of the September averages
for the last ten years. The condition on
the 1st of the present month was, with the
exception of the year, 1896, the lowest
September condition in twenty five years
! No average of the condition of tobacco
for the entire country can be established.
There was an improvement in August OF
s points in Kentucky, IL in Virginia, l in
North Carolina, 2 in Ohio, in Indiana, 3
in Wisconsin, l in Pennsylvania, 10 in
Massachusetts, and 6 in Connecticut On
the other hand there was decline of %
points in New York, 2 in Tennessee, and
26 in Missouri.
Potatoes show a decline IN average con-
dition of 81 points in August, but the con-
dition is still Sc points higher than on Sep
tember 1, 1898. There was an improve
ment in sugar cane of points. and of 2S
points of rice in Florida and IS points in
Mississippi. The unfavorable reports of
the apple crop published in July and Au-
gust have been verified, and the peach crop
has been one of the smallest on record.
The condition of grapes in the North At
lantic States is considerably above the ten
year average, elsewhere it is less satisfac-
tory.
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A CAT THAT WEARS DIAMONDS.
He Also Takes Milk Baths and Re-
clfnes on a Cot.
(From the New York Herald.)

(From the New York Heraid.)
In Cumberland, Md, there is big. hand
some cat black as Jet, except for dash Of
white on the chest and forepaws. This
eat is conspicuous over all other cats be-
cause in each ear he wears sparkling and
valuable diamond ear piece, beautiful
enough to adorn any society woman. Sc
bastion is his name, and he is believed to
be the only cat in the world that wears
earrings.
Apart from his valuable ear ornaments,
Sebastian would attract attention anywhere
on account of his enormous size and tiger
like appearance. When crouching as if
about to spring this peculiar cat presents
a truly formidable appearance.
Sebastian is the property OF Mrs Corne-
liza Anderson, poet, and came to her un-
der unusual circumstances. Mrs. Ander
son went on trip to Europe two years
ago. and while on her way home, as she
was passing through the streets OF South
ampton, England, to board the steamship,
she was followed by Sebastian, who was
then wild, unkempt, homeless waif. She
tried to drive him away, and imagined that
she had succeeded, but somehow the ami
NAL managed to get on board and secreted
himself below decks.
When the steamship was about halfway
out the cat made his presence known, and
was dragged before the skipper to have
Judgment passed upon him as a stowaway.
Among the crowd of amused passengers
surrounding the captain and the unfortu-
nate stowaway Sebastian recognized in
Mrs. Anderson the countenance of an old
friend and promptly manifested desire
to renew the acquaintance. Mrs. Ander-
son took pity on his forlorn condition. and
Sebastian has been with her ever since.
Sebastian is unusually strong and cour-
ageous, and is able to hold his own against
any dog in the neighborhood.l Indeed, when
a dog on feline murder bent happens to
spy Sebastian, with tail bristling and
slaughter in his eye, the dog generally
Suddenly remembers pressing engagement
in another street and hurries off.
Sebastian does not take kindly to strang-
ers, and the children Of the, neighborhood
are afraid to go near him, but he is always
quiet and subdued in the presence OF Mrs.
Anderson, who bestows' great deal OF
care upon him.
Sebastian has seat OF his own at the
dinner table, and a handsomely decorated
cot to recline in. He takes milk bath
regularly every day. His ears were pierced
by Mrs. Anderson, who thought it would
be a novel idea to adorn him with diamond
earrings. At first he did not relish the
idea at all, but now that he has gotten
used to them he carries his beautiful dec
orations with dignity In conformity with
his exaggerated idea of his own importance.
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MAY BE INDICTED.
Five Young Men to Answer for a
Practical Joke.

Five Young Men to Answer for
Practical Joke.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Sept. 21.-The
appearance before the grand jury Tuesday
of Misses Rose and Laura Lodon, of Spots
wood, is the sequel to an alleged practical
joke The girls drove from Spotswood in
Washington Park, accompanied by Matthew
Smith and Bert Shelters. On returning
home from the picnic at midnight they
were stopped near the farmhouse of for
mer Sheriff Serviss, just outside of Old
Bridge. Four men, who proved to be jeal-
GUS of the two girls took charge of the
buggy, while a fifth man jumped inside and
the four occupants were forced to get out.
Then the five in the hold-up party
amused themselves by cutting up the har-
ness and running the buggy into ditch.
They said it was all joke, but the girls
thought differently. They went before the
grand jury for the purpose of getting the
young men indicted. The men accused are
Will Gross, Harry Lawyer, Harry Fisher,
George Hill, and Charles Denkel.
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WANTS TO AVOID TROUBLE.
The CoIored People Advised Not to
Go to Warrenton.

tional Emancipation Association, of Vir
ginia, is doing all that he can to prevent
colored people from attending the celebra-
tion at Warrenton tomorrow, He has is
sued a circular advising colored people to
remain away because Warrenton is a
town in Virginia where a peaceful celebra-
tion Of Lincoln's emancipation proclama-
tion cannot take place" He has also ad-
vised Prof. Kelso, of Charlottesville, not
to leave that city with the special train
that had been engaged, and has asked the
colored people of Warrenton to abandon
the celebration.
The Southern Railroad has been notified
that the charter of special train from
this city for the occasion has been can
celed.
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Crared by Divine HenIer..

AUBURN, Sept. 21.-Because his moth
er, sister, daughter, and wife became con-
yerted to the doctrines of the Divine Heal
ers. who conduct mission in Auburn, Fer
dinand Schroeder, tailor of this place,
lost his reason, and has been taken to the
State Hospital at 0gdensburg. Schroeder
protested against the acceptance by his
family Of the divine healing idea, but to nc
purpose. The women believed in the doc
trine and Joined the society. After that
they united in an attempt to bring Schroe-
der over TO the new faith, but failed to
convince him.
The evening times., 1899-09-21

The Senators found the Kentucky tou-
rists tough proposition yesterday and lost
both games of the double-header. The
pitching of Cunningham and Waddell would
win nine times in ten, therefore the Sena-
tors defeat was by no means a humilia-
tion, particularly as they lost by close
score. Buck Freeman was in the game
again with a double and a home run, max
ing his home run record twenty for the
season. Mercer was badly injured and will
be out of the game for several days. Barry
who succeeded him had finger split and
also had to retire. The same teams play
another double-header today. Attendance,
500 The score:
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Two More victims of Smallpox.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-Two new
cases Of smallpox have developed in the
Thirty-frst Regiment. Cornelius Wiram
and Edward Tomlin, both of Company M,
are the men affected, and they have been
added to the five privates already isolated
in the pesthouse. Eleven more suspects are
quartered in the house OF detention some
distance away. How long the regiment will
be compelled to remain in quarantine will
depend on later developments.
The evening times., 1899-09-21

First base on errors-Pittsburg 2. Left on
bases-Pittsburg Q, New York O. Two-base hits
T. 0'Brien 3 Stolen base-Gleason. Sacrifice
hits-McCarthy, CarTick, Davis. First base on
balls-0f Gray 2 off Carrick .. Struck uut-By
Gray 2 Double plays. 0'Brien. Ety. and
Dillon; SchTiver and Williams Hit by pitcher
Woodruff. Passed ball-Warner. Wild pitch
Carrick. Umpires-Manassau and McGarr. Time
of game-1 hour and As minutes. Attendance,
9Do
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Two-hase ht-Dolan. Lett on bases-tlncin-
lati s. Philadelphia 10. Struck out-kahoe,
Cronin Double plays-Selbach and Kahoe; Chiles
and Gross Bases errors-Coreoran, Thomas,
Chiles Bases on bals-BaTrett, Crawford,
Thomas g. Cross ?, Deiehan5y. Hit by pitcher
Beclley. Douglass .. Wild pitch-Cronin I'm
pires-Swartwood and Hunt Time OF game
hours
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Left on Washington l, Louisville s.
First base on balls-Of McFarlan /. Struck out
By McFarlan l. by Waddel /. Home run-Free-
man Three-base hits-Clarke, Freeman, Ritchey.
Two-hase hits-Wagner, Me(sann. Sacrifice hit
Leach. Stolen hase-clarke Hit by pitcher-By
McFarlan . Passed ball-Kittridge. Umpire
Dwyer. Time of game hour and 50 minutes
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sharps and Flnts.

trom the Chicago News-)
'sWhere are you going?" she asked, as he pick
ed up his hat.
''oh, just across the street Tor change of air.
he replied.
A moment later the street piano started in on
another tune, and she knew his mission had not
been fruitless.
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First base by errors-Baltimore l, Cleveland 3.
Left on bases-Baltirsore 6, Cleveland T. Bases
on balls-0f McGinnity /, off Schmidt q Struck
out-By Kitson 8, by Schmidt 3. Three-base hit
Smith. Two-base hit-Fultz. Sacrifice hit-Sug-
den. Stolen bases-Kester, Fultz (2). Umpire
Snyder. Time of game-1 hour and 35 minutes.
Attendance 927
The evening times., 1899-09-21
From the Times, HiTlstille. Va

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suffered with diarrhoea for a long time
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First base by errors-Washington J. Left on
hases-Louisville ?. First base on balls-Oh
Weyling 2, off Cunningham 2. Struck out-By
Ncyhing 5. TwO-base hits-Leach, Cllngman,
Powers Wagner Sacrifice hit-Leach. Stolen
base-Padden. DoIble plays-Padden TO McGann;
Stafford to Padden; Ritchey to Cngman to kel-
ly Hit by p;tcher-By Weyhing i. Umpire
Dwyer. Time of game-1 hour and 40 minutes
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.Batted for Beck in the eighth.

Two-base hits-Donlin, Kelley, Mcclure. Sacri-
hce hits-Childs Jennings First base on errors
st. Louis ], Brooklyn i. First base on balls-0f
cuppy ], off McJames 4. Struck out-By Cuppy 4,
by McJames 2. Double play-Wrigley and Jen-
nings. Left ON bases-St. Louis 10, BROOKLYN 10.
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THE SENATORS Lose TWO
Unable to Defeat the C0lonels i'm
Yesterdays Double Header.

Cunningham and Waddeu Pitch
Fine Ball for the Kentucky Tour
Freeman Makes Another Home
Run-Resu1ts of the other Games.
The evening times., 1899-09-21
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st. Louf, Defeats BrookIyn

St. Louis punched hits on McJames in
the seventh inning Of the game at Brook
lyn yesterday, and won out. The score:
The evening times., 1899-09-21
The Giants Had Some Ginger.

The Giants got a move on at New York
yesterday and easily defeated the Pirates.
The score:
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Philadelphia played a good uphill game
at Philadelphia yesterday and defeated
Cincinnati by punching hits in the sixth
inning The score:
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HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
GAMES YESTERDAY.

Louisville, 4; Washington, I.
Louisville, q; Washington, 4.
New York, 8; PittsburG, 4.
st. Louis, 8: BROOKLYN, 3.
Philadelphia. 4; Cincinnati, 3.
baltimore, d; Cleveland, z.
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GAMES TODAY.

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Chicago at Boston.
Cleveland at Baltimore.
Cincinnati mt Philadelphia.
PittsburE at New York.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
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rhe PhiIIies Win From the Reds.

Time of game-2 hours and 80 minutes Umpires
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The score:
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-25
NO TRACE OF HIM
Disappearance of Hall Still
Enshrouded in Mystery
HIS REPUTATION WAS GOOD
Young Mans Mother Will not
Tell What She Knows.

Earnest Hall, the young man whom the
Eagle reported as missing last Wednes-
day. has not yet beeen found Nothing
has been learned of his whereabouts by
tho police or the neighbors of the Han
family. who reside in the Bailess block, or
the liveryman who took care Of the young
mans team The father, Fisher Hall,
stated to the liveryman yesterday that he
didn't know where the young man was,
but Mrs. Hall, in spite OF the other re-
ports. continues to claim 70 know of the
location of her son, but she absolutely re-
fuses TO tell where the young man is
which fact would seem to indicate that
there is some mystery which only the
mother and son can reveal The police
have given up the idea that foul play has
any connection with the sudden mysteri-
Gus disappearance Of young Hall, and are
not trying to locate him, except in casual
way.
When Mrs. Hall was first informed of
the disappearance of her son by a reparter
for the Eagle she seemed alarmed and
greatly agitated. She said that his habits
were good and that he had never kept bad
company. The good reputation of the
young man was also attested to by the
man who had been in town with him the
day before he disappeared, and who lives
on adjoining farms with the Halls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-25

and army post where faithful horse res
cued the infant son OF the commandant
Of the post. Miss Burnett responded in a
pretty story which met the enthusiastic
applause Of the audience Mr. E. Z. Bull
lock rendered 7 Dare to Love Thee" by
lost, and appeared on a repeated encore
A part song by the quartette entitled
Sunset" was rendered by the quartette
and responded by a humorous song en-
titled the 'Mulligan Guards" Mr. F. G.
Willard, bassO, and Mr.. Robert Bruce,
baritone, also rendeded solos which in
each case were recalled by enlivened en-
cores.
Several of the program numbers were
recalled the second and the third times
and each ana every number was well re-
ceived by the audience.
The several readings and recitations by
Miss Burnett elected from the assembled
audience the best enconiums of appreci-
ated merit. and she may well feel pleased
with her reception. So far as the solo
parts went these also were received in a
spirit of entire approval, although II may
be said that only two of the quartette
were listed on the program for solo num-
bers. Mr. Robert Bruce, as baritone for
the company, also acted as accompanist
and sang his parts by his own accompani-
ment.
The Temple Concert company met with
an appreciative audience at Wichita and
the members of the season course feel that
they have received one more artistic rem
diton at the hands of the management.