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cording to official reports, the popula-
ton affected in 65-'66 was II 100000,
in 1S6s-69 it was 44,5O0, 900, in lS76-'7S
as much as 5S.000000 and in 1S96-'97
it came to 65,OOO,0O0. The last famine
almost compares with the present
in area, but not in intensity. At the
corresponding period of 1897 there
were 100000 on relief works. Now
there are 3,7S4.G00 or more than
double that number. In his recent
famine statement Mr. Ibbetson said
that sin Bombay and the central prov
inces a failure of the crops SO severe
and widespread has never been ex-
perienced before. Similarly through
out Rajputana, the southeast Punjab,
and the western half of the states of
central India the present drought is
without parallel in extent and inten-
sity."
Fortunately good rain has fallen
during the last three weeks in the
northwest provinces, the Punjab, the
central provinces and central India.
This does not affect the present sea-
SON. but it secures the crops ger
. mnatingin the ground, and so guards
against this famine year being fol-
lowed by another. 1t will so tend to
mitigate the growing severity of the
water famine. which is pressing upon
large areas with even greater severity
than the actual failure of the harvest.
AS it is. prices are rising, and the re-
lief works are crowded.
The crops end the food supply OF
India depend mainly on rain. Out OF
total crop area of 225,O0O,000 acres,
only 80, 100000 acres are irrigated from
wells, canals, tanks and rivers.
The last famine of 1S96'97 may be
taken as an approximate measure OF
the present one. On that occasion the
cost to the people of India, owing to
the loss of their food crops, was esti-
mated at ELL 100000 sterling, about
the total revenue of Great Britain at
present. This is. necessarily, only an
approximate valuation, but the &C.
tual cost to the Indian treasury can
be calculated with considerable ap.
proach to accuracy. The amount
spent on relief works, the loss of rev,
enue, the land revenue suspended, the
loans to famine districts and the
amount of the charitable funds came
in all to e1925O,0G0.
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BULLETS OF WATER.
RaindFOps Would XIII Us All II the
Air Did Not Prevent Their swift
Descent.

When you see the rain drops fall
ing do you ever think Of how swiftly
they come down and what prevents
them from doing great damage?
Away up in the clouds little particles
of moisture gather until they form a
tiny drop. The droplets and ice crys-
tails that form the elements of the
cloud gradually or suddenly grow I'M
til their weight is enough to bring
them to the ground before they can
be again evaporated.
The resistance that the air offers to
their passage keeps them from fall
ing too fast. The drop soon acquires
such a velocity that the air prevents
it from going any faster. The larger
and heavier the drop, the greater is
the speed at which it falls, but it is
never great enough to injure us or do
serious damage to animals or plants.
Were it not for the resistance of the
air, drop of water. Notwithstanding
that it is fluid. falling from the height
of half mile, would be as dangerous
as bullet. The swiftness and force
with which a projectile travels can be
made sufficient to compensate for any
softness CIR yielding quality 1T pos
sesses. A candle, when fired from a
gun, will pass through n board.
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gan to reach the besieged city in the
north and to relieve his friend, the
gallant Col. Baden-Powell. Plumer is
an old hand in the African service.
During the campaign of 1896 he was
in command of Plumer's mounted
rifles, and for his work in that capacity
he was brevetted lieutenant colonel
and awarded the South African medal.
He is an officer of the York and Lanca-
shire regiment. and until the present
war begun he was deputy adjutant
general at Aldershot. He served in
Egypt all through the campaign OF
1884. and at that time won the medal
and clasp for his bravery in the field. .
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Additions

to the city of Boulder These lots are very de-
sirable for residence and the price is right and
terms reasonable. Below we give partial
list of properties we have for sale.
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TO RELIEVE MAFEKING.
Col. Plumer Is Doing His Very Best
to Assist Col. Baden-POweu and
His Brave Men.

Lieut.. Col. c. O. Plumer, who is re.
ported to be now within few miles of
Mafeking with his Rhodesian troops,
has been trying ever since the war be-
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GREEN SICKNESS

4 rather . sennaa Alssass and 4 ~ With
axoegM yosns women. II b caused from ~
anpeysR1shed eenditien u the blood Being Q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-20
AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION.
L.. E. Rabb, New England, Is Chosen
President.

L.. E. Rabb, New England, Is Chosen
President.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The following
oncers were selected today at the an
nHal meeting 9t Of the Amateur Athletic
Waukee Athletic club Dr. Morrill, Hop
klns, Atlantic A. A; B. p Sullivan,
southern association. and J. j. Frawley,
METROPOLITAN association, vice presidents
j. E. Sullivan, secretary treasurer.
delegates at large, ]. P. Harder, North
Aam m@Pes Na, Gy Rn175s union; c G.
GeS3 nl7sl A. A; ]. B. McCa6e, New
New York Athletic club
eo Inc board of governors chosen is as
IoloWs; Barlow Weeks New York Ath-
Ietlc club; j. j. Frawley, Greater New
York A. A; j. P. Boyd. Pastime A. c.
lanes ~ ne r; sullivan, Knickerbocker a. A. !;
Winston, Lynn, Mass; E. E. Babb Bos-
ton, Mass; Dr.. b. B. Morrill, Hopkingon,
Baltimore; Harry Mcmillan. Philadel-
phla; Robert Tinsley, Chicago: Or.
George K. Herman, Chicago; W. II. Ii
gongre. Milwaukee A c.; M. j. Con
don, Nashville 4. c.; B. P. Sullivan,
S @}ndt ~; A. G. New Orleans; George r,
Or; w. II, Moore, Seattle, Wash; h. c.
Sofman, University of Washington,
Seattle; George James, Pacific associa-
y. Shtras, intercollegiate A A; Henry
Brophy. Canadian association; John j.
DIXON, Milwaukee Athletic lea que and
John Stet. North American Gymnastic
union.
Three applications for reinstatement in
the union by amateurs disqualified as
professionals were announced. They
were made by Conrad J. Marks, of the
Seaside Athletic Club of Staten Island
Howard Coffin, of Providence, r. /, and
| Leslie Morgan Johnson, OF Yale college;
! Coffin was disqualified for coaching a
! football team in 1899 for pay, and John
! son played on the New Haven and Der
: by baseball teams
! The amendments to the rules. which
simply meant the changing of word
! changes Will prevent the crack athletes
| from entering more than one set of
! games on the same day. and if they
| fail to appear after they have been
! advertised as competitors they will have
10 furnish a reasonable excuse for their
non-appearance. Several hours vera
spent during the closing session in an
eHort TO secure redistricting of the
| associations forming the union This
subject has been proceeding for the
| past two years. Several of the clubs
! including those in Philadelphia and
J Baltimore, have been trying to secure
I from the main body permission to in
| sttute mid-state associations. 1t was
! thought by some of the delegates today
that the question ought to be referred
to a committee of three, but this mo-
tion was lost. The motion seeking the
| founding of the Middle States association
was lost also. The delegates from,
! Baltimore were most anxious to secure
| the redistricting of the aSsocia ton an6
for hours they pleaded the necessity fol
! the change.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-20
.(lD-TINE SPORT IS DEHD.
FORMER AID. TIM SHEA. OF DU-
RUQUE, TO-, HAS PASSED
AWAY
HAD HAD A VARIED CAREER
Mixed With Fighters, Foot Racers
and ActOrs-COnfessed That He
Took Three Hundred
Drinks Day.

DUBUQUE, To-, NOV. 19.-Saturday
morning at 1920 o'clock all that was
mortal of Tim Sheay ex-aldernan~ of the
Second ward, and for several years pro-
prietor of the American hotel in this city,
was laid away in Linwood cemetery, by
the side of his baby daughter, an only
child Mr.. Shea died Thursday morning,
and his death has caused many regrets
in Dubuque. He was character in a
distinctive class. He had an Individual
ity all his own, and his witticisms, which
were keen and many, established for him
a wide reputation. He was patron, back
er, and promoter OF sports of all kinds,
and, while he could never be classed as
a betting man, he was ever ready to abet
the legitimate sporting game.
Shea was at one time packer and man
ager of the late Con Doyle, pugilist, and
once had an experience with ecu -iIoo"
Collins, the sprintep The latter incident
was more amusing to the public than
profitable to Mr.. Shea. 1t appears that
in Doyle's retinue was one Billy Glib
son Of Davenport, who fitted the pugilist
for his fight with the colored fighter
Wiley Evans, in Chicago in 1890. Doyle
won the fight, but Shea failed to hand
Gibson the amount the latter thought
he should have from the winnings Glib
son said nothing, but bided his time, and
in few weeks approached Shea with
a proposition TO take Cuckoo" Collins
over to Marshalltown and tear up a
would-be foot racer whom Gibson claimed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-20
HARvARD's NEW BOAT HOUSE.

to have a line on. The unsuspecting Tim
drew $500 from his bank roll and joined
the shake-dOwn party. Gibson arranged
that Shea ride into town on a lead of
hay with a silk hat on his head and
play the ''rube' act Tim carried out the
programme and got down. his money
to the last siXpence. 1t is needless to say
that Gibson Collins & CO. were on the
other end and that Tim experienced"
things.
Unlike many others who have bumped
into the foot racing game Tim took it
all in good nature, and loved to tell the
story in his own facetious way.
Shea had a brief run in the political
game. during which time he was the in
innate associate of the Hon. J. J. Dunn,
eX-chairman of the Democratic state
committee; ex-Sheriff Tom Phillips, Col.
G. d. Hayden of this city, the Hon
John c. Kelly of Sioux City, United
States Marshal William Desmond of
Clinton, and other prominent Iowa Dem :
ocrats and Republicans. 1t was during
this epoch in his life that he rendered
his first and only service as a iolice
officer He was elected an alderman from
the Second ward in 1895, having for his
opponent on the Republican ticket a man
named Charles Mehl, who was by nc
means a weak sister" So important a
factor was MehPs popularity that Shea
resorted to his seemingly resourceless
fund of wit and cunning to win the
election. Late in the afternoon of the
day preceding the election Tim met Mehl
and induced him to come to his hotel
and be his guest at table and at the
bar. He Iavished the wealth of the back
bar and bottle case on the unsuspecting
Republican candidate, who, overcome by
the volumnous hospitality Of his politi-
cal rival, soon fell by the wayside and
was carried to the dark room" of the
hotel, where it is always night. Mehl
woke the following night after the bal
lots had been counted and found him
self defeated by a marrow majority.
Tim Shea always looked on life through
a lens of humor, and it is said that his
last confession brought a smile to the
face of his confessor, who asked him
if he had been drinking. The dying man
replied: Not a great deal, fathe.-not
over 300 day"
Both the theatrical and sporting fra
ternity found In Tim Shea a generous
friend During the many years he was
in the hotel business he never held a
piece of baggage belonging 10 a financial
~ embarrassed actor. His generosity, like
his humor (of which columns could be
writtem seemed to be bOundless, and
despite it all, he was one OF the most
prosperous business men in Dubuque,
leaving property and securities to the
value of over $50, COO, the Accumulate ton of
fourteen years.
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Results ct Renninms.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.-The spring
like weather prevailing today brought
out another large crowd to the Bennings
race track. There was well-iilied card,
although some scratching had taken
place from the entries announced Satur-
day. Track in good condition and the
speculation was brisk. Four favorites
won, in most cases easily.
First race, five and one-half furlougs-
Lady Contrary won, MordelmoSe second
Lexington Pirate third. Time, lilo
Second race, six furlongs-Sadies s
won, Queen Carnival second, Gracious
third. Time, lis As
Third race, mile and forty yards
Speedmas won, Petit Maitre second, Char
awind third. Time, / AZ 1-5.
won. Lecturer second, Novelty third
Time, lis go
Fifth race. mile and sixty yards
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CIT Kinks READY now
THAT is THE DECISION OF THE
ST. PAUL CURLING
CLUB
PLAY TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Ice Will BE Made Ready in Time
to Have the Opening Game
on thanksgiving
Day.

The hest year that the st. Paul Curling
club has ever enjoyed is yet to corae
1t will soon BEGIN, the members believe
and will be experienced during the win
ter of 1901. Conditions, so far as the
club is able to control or make them,
appear most excellent If the weather
does its part there will be nothing to pre-
vent this from Gaping the climax in the
history of the club.
A meeting was held at the Windsor
last night for the purpose of electing Of
f1cers and organizing plans for the cam
paign. The election resulted as follows:
President, Samuel F. Fullerton; vice
president. Thomas Cameron; treasurer,
M. II. Beckman; secretary, M. McCar-
thy (re-elected); chaplain, Rev A B.
Medium. The executive committee was
w. D. Stewart H w. Cory, George Cum
ningham, j. c. Myron. j. w Morrison.
1t will be the duty of this committee
to look after the ice also:
J. ]. Mcnamara was employed to be-
gin making ice a once in the rink.
The membership dues were fixed at SO
per year. 1t is expected that the men,
bership will this year consist of seventy
five at least. There will be twelve Kinks.
This year the club will have the addf-
ton TO its numbers of Robert Dunbar
the champion individual player of Can
ada, which will be a valuable acquisi-
ton. Mr. Dunbar will skip DefieFs rink
this winter. Many other skilled curriers'
will come from the lacrosse games,
and among these will, it is expected. be
not u few from the Dominion, who will
add strength and interest to the club.
The contests between the st. Paul and
the Nushka clubs are being looked for
ward to this winter with more intere ST
than ever, as both organizations are
preparing for the best that is in them
The st. Paul people expect to get down
to action by Thanksgiving day, when tie
prize Will probably be a barrel of flour,
and will be contested for by the p1es:d mt
and vice presidents Kinks. It will be
donated, as usual, to some charitable
cause. OF course this contest will de-
pend upon the action of the ice Tee
Kinks are not ready yet, but are being
put in shape. $3.50
The club is looking forward with great
delight to the probability of holding the
Northwestern bonspiel here in February.
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L. a. w. LOSING GROUND.
Boston Paper Says 1t Is in a Tot
terfng Condition.

ter1nS Condition.
According to the opinion of those in
clese touch with the affairs of the L. A.
w. at Boston Mass, the home Of the
hatlonaI secretary, the grand old organi-
Eal0n, The League of American Wheel
men, Is IN fair way to pass in its checks
Tor good. For some time past there
mas been 4 bitter war raging between
the leaders of the New York and Boston
DIVISIONS over the manner in which the
hauonai OrganiZa ton is being conductWl
There Is no denying the fact that the IN
terest In wheeling affairs has been on
the Wane ever since the squabble between
The l. A. w. and the professional bicv-
Gle riders, brought about by narrow
minded individuals who brought into play
the rule or ruin methods. Referring to
the matter the Boston Herald, under
headlines In lettering Condition." says:
to-day In critical condition. 1t would
rot be surprising If at the coming ma
Conal assembly the organization becomes
thing of the past. Things are very
pad, and, what is to be greatly regretted,
are getting worse, rather than improving
a year ago, at the national assembly,
1t was said that the organization would
improve through the dropping of the con-
troll of racing, but the league has rot
gained in membership or influence since
then; rather. it has deteriorated. In
almost all the conditions there is a condi-
ton OF dry rot, and the recent elections
uld not materially change matters for
the better 1t has been found difficult
TO gam new members and interest them
IN good roads, wheelmen's rights and
other matters taken up by the L. A. w
These conditions cannot, however, all
be laid to the loss of the race control
There are other reasons for the decline in
membership and interest. Matters seem
to be going by default. Several Of the
most energetic officers of the organiza zion
have surrendered their positions
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
President Ran JOHNSON Tells of the
OrSanization's Plans.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.LAroused bv re-
cent interviews with President Young,
OF the National league, Ban Johnson to-
Gay stated for the first time the posi-
i've plans Of the American league He
admitted his organization had failed to
renew allegiance to the National agree
ment and stated positively that it neither
Goulo, nor would, unless the> agreement
was materially changed. President
Johnson said:
We are trampling on the rights OF
no one and L have written President
Young to this effect, telling him that
there is still noz.need of friction with
the National league. provided fairness
Ina common sense prevails. In going
into the East and paraIIeIing the Ma
tlonal league as we are now proposing to
90, II Is absurd to longer class US as a
secondary oTganiza ton
As matter of fact we have occu-
pled washington aid G4:' r.ore largely
in order to protect oilr own interests.
In that much tallled-of conferences be-
tween the two leagues, held at Cleve-
land last year. the National league nrorn-
ised to protect that unoccupied territory
and also satisfy McGraw. 1t has been
unable to carry out either of these
promises. It was the American league
not the National, that crushed the as
plratonS Of the National association and
were forced. to do this for our own pro-
lection: So long as there was field
for another organization besides ours to
parallel the National league our interests
We're unprotected
why, We wish no friction or trouble
in any sort, nevertheless we have forth
ned ourselves so that we are abundantly
able to protect our interests, and will
do so. The National league has hardly
been able to govern itself, and that being
the case it has scarcely been in a posi-
ton to protect other leagues
Il still think that it is for the interest
of both organizations to work together
amicably rather than to seek any
trouble, but [ will say that the Ameri-
can league will not petition the Ma
tional organization at the annual meet
ing Of the latter in New York. If it
sees fit to grant them. however, we will
be pleased to work with the older league
for the good of the national game
The American league headquarters were
again the scene of an important meet
ing today. Urged on by the recent ru-
mors to the effect that Buffalo might be
minus a franchise next season, President
Franklin has Joined the anxious class
lie spent the day with President john
son talking of the Pa11-American eXposi-
ton and dilating on the great baseball
opportunities offered by his city for Z So
season.
1t now seems that; Franklin's wishes
may be respected and that the Bi5ons
Will make the eighth club in the cir
cult. 1t is highly probable that this may
result-in the Formations OF another league,
including Kansas City, Minneapolis and
the West, and Louisville, indianapolis,
Toledo, Grand Rapids or Dayton in the
East. This proposition is being urged
by j. c. Stoeble, of Toledo. and other
cities dropped from the American asSo-
citation.
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arm by falling on the steps Of his mo h
er's house last Monday, is nlu II I'M
proved.
The invasion of Eastern territory SAYS
the Baltimore Herald, by the AIne lean
league will bring into still greater prom
1nence the hustling president of the or
ganiZadon--Ban Johnson. Mr.. Johns n
has been the master mind of his move
ment, and to his sagacity and forss 'gat
the major part of its success is due For
several years Ban Johnson has b en-
looming up on the baseball horizon md
his conduct of the Western League has
been such as to mark him a man of su-
perior force.
It is understood that Hugh Duffy, the
veteran captain of the Boston club, is
the man the American league people
have in mind to manage the new Phi a.
delphta club. 1t BOXED like Connie Mack
for a while, but DIS Ban Johnson declared
yesterday that it wouldn't be the Mil
waukeean nor Watkins. of Indianapolis,
Duffy looks like the best obtainable lead
er in sight, and he will Likely be ass Sn-
ed.
1t can be stated authoritatively that the
management of the New York club viii
put in the field next season "A team sa
changed in makeup from last seasons
''four-flushers' that the TT speCts of a
winning aggregation will be decidedly
bright. There are deals on now, but the
officials of the club refuse to divulge
them for obvious reasons.
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winners at Newport.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 19.-The bookies got
an awful drubbing at the Newport track
today, as five out of six favorites won.
Chorus Boy, after winning the closing
event, was bid up from $500 to $500 by
Jack Bradley, but was retained by the
owner at $3.50.
Starter Hoffman, who had done such
great work at Latonia and Newport
tracks this fall, was, today engaged by
Manager Bush. of the Crescent City
Jockey club. to start the New Orleans
meeting, which opens next week. Chris
Fitzgerald, the regular starter at New
Orleans, is on the sick list. Hoffman has
of1ciated at more race meetings this wear
than any other starter in America,
Weather fair track fast.
First race, six furlongs-Passa won,
Prince Esther second, Coz. Strathy third
Time, i:14M.
Second race, mile and a sixteenth-CIip-
seta won Louisville Belle second, Exit
third. Time, 1:4954.
Third race, six furlongs-Horse Shoe
Tobacco won, Earl Fonso second, J. 7. t.
third. Time, LII.
Fourth race, mile-Isobel won, Guess
Work second, Brutare third. Time Ia
Fifth race, nile-Russian won, Dolly
Wagner second, Ed Adack third Time,
1.4212.
Sixth race, mile and fifty yards-Chorus
Boy won Sir Gatian second, Charlton
third. Time, 1:43.