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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-11-07
OF Interest to the Farmers.
The Official Bulletin Issued by the
New Orleans Section Director
Il Few Days Ago.

Inc hnaI bulletin for the seas, II
ON th" condition of the crop in
I the cotton belt States has just
been issued As follows by Director
Blythe Of the New Orleans section
OF the crop and climate service If
the, K nitcd States weather bureau:
Louisiana - The weather wa,
too warm and wet during the past
wee for 'h' best interest O; agri
c"'tHrISts, except the truck
farmers.
cotton r..NnT was interrupted,
'"'' '""' vet III l'' fields WAS ia
j'I"" 'o some extent 10y the rains;
""''c not open 1t Is rotten in the
"..', very H'.l" top crop ha~ h""n
mace or j. expected; CO.. .sp"n
dents report that with few eXcep
N'h~ cotton has been glnncd aud
marketed "N fast AS picked.
i'N'N -~N " 5"lher generally IA.
N"F"o'" Tor farming operations,
'N''I' N''''' '''''" showers relari"h
'"''"" l''N"'-' ""' %'h'raI'N %""d
progress has been made except
mere "hd '"Hre p'rNerS are scarce,
crops mostly gathered IN .ower
nI""'H '"''"H'N hhd some other
H''''''c' '"'a''''eS' elsewhere plcN .
''- ""e-""l l" 'nree f"urths done,
'"e staple i %'herally good; corn
S"'he'"l% progressing slowly on
"'C''''"' "I AT I'h'e "oih@ gwen l"
COTTON P''N'H@; wheat doing we'll;
''cc harvesting neal ing completion;
truck @n'"""N""lhS well
"N'ah"'"" lerrl'"ry-N Gather
""''Og 'ho week was generally
wal III an" c'caF' Io'"rao'e 1"r cot
~" P''N'n%' "h'ch Is now well
"'''a"ce"' Ia" 'e'd Will ne Some>
"""' @'e"'er ina" M" oeen eN
P'''e'' 2r'''e not :" good top
crop sun "Peh'"S' out Yleld Promi>
''' e" "e ''Sn'.
y N"'S"S iieaVv rains were
IL "'' '"e ~" ana zo'n' local
anus W. '"' i" an" @o'n' 70
'"' '''" c"''"" P''NlnS 10 some
'"',"'' ""' 1t mas "een P"Shed aS
'"i'''"N a. '''' "e"tncr """'"
i''''n,' P''Ne'' scarce III some
'''''''''''' worms are "e"'r"y'nS
Wv wy '''' !" S''iic lo'd'lllcS, III
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-11-07
BRAVE MEN FALIl

Victims to stomach, liver and
kidney troubles as well as women,
and all feel the results in loss of
appetite, poisons in the blood,
backache, nervousness, headache
and tired, Iistless, rundown feel
ing. But there's no need TO feol
like that. Listen to j w Gard
ner, ldaViile, Ind. He says:
"EIectric Bitters are Just the
thing for man when he is all run
down, and don't care whether
he lives or dies. 1t did more to
give me new strength and good
appetite than am thing could
take. l can now eat anything and
have a new lease on life" Only
so cents, at Crawford Bros Drug
Store. Every bottle guaranteed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-11-07

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00 ''i y" n''o '""' WIZ" q" ""-
= "''' ''"
paw "'o - ''i' '''E "''' ''""
''''' ''' '''''-' 49, ""' III "a"
S'o'l "'uHSraS7 regions or AAn-
tuckv and Tennessee these trees
are tho characteristic gro owth
Wild cherry, bl,rk walnut,
vcilov r,,I,r ms, .,j l,.,b
..;, .a ,.,.,,.'.......,..
''' ' '"'''' WV y" VI ""- ""'''
P'"P'" "n" "'''CNHorFN' "'' m
dlcFtl"nS OF the very best alnyjd
soils, anl for corn LnI hty call1t
hc eXceIIcI U,,p snrb IoDI,,t.
ton ,pd t,h,o., ,,,l,o ,,o ,,.,.h
.,.u. ~
'.''0..' =, '.'.'' ~ .'''.' '.''~
''' 'h''''"N 700 '"'7. W neat does
welt IN 4 dry year upon ~uch
soils, nut i aut 70 bed when .arre
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-11-07
Trees Indicative of Kinds of Soil.

To tho initiated there are no
t. Sts so good to determine the
qualities of the soil as the wild
growth. The objections to chemi-
cal anal sis as method Of learns
ing the nature and qualities of the
soil is that it is too special and
expensive. A portion of soil may
"o taken from one part of field
which will differ materially from
that taken from another part.
fhe blowing down of timber bv
sto ms, the accumulation of vcgo-
table matter in low places, the
situation and exposure of the land
all exert IL modlfNing upon the
character of the soil. We're two
chemists required 10 make analyses
# The soil Of . particular hrId,
and one should, 10y chance, get
his specimens from the ,uh,o;l
exposed to the surface 10y Il hIown>
Gown tree, and the other should
get his from the spot whore the
BODY OF the tree decayed, they
would make quite different reports
mS to the constituent elements Of
tn" sill Aud yet both would be
strictly accurate aS regards the
elements of the soil which they
anrINzcd rhr difficulty arises
from the Impracticabilty ofgettiug
n specimen of soil that represents
correctly the average quality of
an extended tract of land. No
chemist can tell by analysis only
whether field is productive or
unproductiv", and the science of
has IA check because
men of science have asserted too
positively their ability to determine
questions into which more condit~
ions enter than were thought of,
and which must he met by other
methods
There are, wever, unerring
Indications hv which IN uneducatcd
man may jud 9e of the capacity of
the soil. Among these Indications
there are none which can be relied
on with more certainty than the
wild growth Nature Is always
true to herself, and never com
mlts any error. She dispI vs. her
symbols Of abundance or signs of
distress We know, for instance,
that green briers and sweet gum
mean soils low in productIyeness.
but green brIers without the sweet
gum are sometimes met with on
good soils. Bad soil rather than
poor soils are the teachings of
those two growthS taken together.
An acid, blush subsOil, with stands
ing water through the winter and
in the summer parch"d t. chalky
whItcness, is the habitat of water
oaks, swamp maple, green briers
AMI sweet gum Such lands, if
drained and lined, would probably
make meadows or grow cranbcrries
BY some it i. supposed to be good
for peach trees, but the conpactncss
of the 7ubsoil would make them
short lived.
The firSt-class tobacco soils i'm
Kentucky and Tennessee may be
known by the growth of blackjack
a. d scrub hickory, with an under
growth of dogwood, hazel and
black gum. Dogwood, and more
especially pawpaw, are always
Indicative of good ,ands. 1t should
he slightly undulating, with an
admlXture of bIacki-h red pebbles,
an a"giIIaceOns rock with fos il
remains siIicifed, but still retain
ing trace of phosphoric acid
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-11-07
OVer=NOrlE Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Ircure Blood.

Al the blood IN Jour toGy Fa.5es through
your kLlneya once everv .---. minutes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-01
PAYING TANEs IN FULL.
Thus Taking Advantage of Three
Per Cent. Rebate.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-lntelligencer.
CHEHAl1S Feb. W.--County Treasurer
A. O. St John has issued 40 realty receipts
for taxes as against t25 a year ago at the
same time. and Cos personal receipts.
against 265 u year ago. Most people are
paving In fun. thus taking advantage OF
the per cent rebate.
County Assessor Grimm has selected the
following deputies To assist In making the
assessment OF Lewis county this year
Ofdce deputy, Joel Stearns. OF Adna, field
deputies A. q Brown Of Randie. b. j.
Temple. of Morton, +. Sltmmersett OF Al
pha; Thomas II Gray, of Cowlitz, +. G.
earns. Of Winock n. II Speer OF Pc ell.
T. Il, Mitchell. OF Chehalis; L. j. Saili
ger. OF Coal Creek. and ). c. Davis. of
Centralia.
school district No, "a Esdonia. near To-
ledo has sold $500 of refunding bonds.
drawing 8 per cent interest. 10 g. II.
per cent.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-01
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NoTns.

Jos~ph VI Spores 3 pioneer u California dird
az his homie iu Mohawk that state. agcu "a years
lie had hsei in Lane county since Aii
Heavy rains last week created the highest water
over known al Pullman the so8th paousc spread
ign ont over che tovn and uundsiing many build
inFs
Mrs Samantha Msce died at her home 10 Kent.
lrca n years SHE settled iu Oregon iu 1850 mar
ring there and came o. her iaie houme ahout
eight years ago
Joseph " Cutinglon died IL his home ir Fair
haven aged Is scars ne bias heeu resdrnt
there Ince 1919 e3iae there ffom California. where
he had been since isN
Fire destroyed the Iatg. barn the farm 81
Nesrwc \ Wenrg uear Pullman, Including Oh It's
clutents gran. bay, farmigG mschiuens Wagons.
ete.. and tsD oaes snd q calf The loss was about
800 with So &c insurance
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vice Of the president for absolute free trade
with Puerto Rico"
It was now the turn Of the Democrats to
cheer, and for several minutes they made
the rafters ring.
Excitement and Confusion.
The excitement and confusion increased
as the time for voting drew near. The pri-
waite gallery OF the presidents household
and the diplomatic gallery were also wei
filled. Duke D'Arcos, the Spanish minister.
WAS among those present.
Payne's preamble was adopted-1es to Isl
Ion "a rising vote. Payne then Offered the
last committee amendment to change the
letter Of the bin so as to read AN act
temporarily raising revenue for the island
o. Puerto Rico and for other purposes"
Zeuor and Jones were the last speakers
briefly opposing the BILL
Al o'clock the committee rose and
Speaker Henderson resumed the chair.
MeCau Offers II Substitute.
Mccall then. on behalf OF the minority.
offered as a substitute the bin for free
trade with Puerto Rico, originally intro
duced 3. Payne.
Nine Vote Against Their Parties.
The ron cali on il was followed with
intense interest. Five Republicans voted
with the Democrats and four Democrats
with the Republicans.
The five Republicans We're Heatwoie,
Littleneld. I.orimer. Mccall and Crump-
acker
The -four Democrats were: Davey, Meyer,
slbley and lie Vries
ira. stsf.a.f4ttec ,,s,.. fagt tcn e.,
The size OF the majority against the sub
stitute was gratifying surprise to the
Republicans and they applauded the an
noncement vigorously.
Richardson, the minority leader. then
moved TO recommit the bill to the COM
mittee on ways and means. but it was lost
-ie2 to ~.
The Rin Passed.
on the motion to recommit Fletcher.
who voted with the Republicans on the
substitute. voted with the Democrats. and
spight, who failed to get in his vote on the
substitute, voted for the motion. The vote
on the final passage OF the bill was l72 to
lei.
Tie announcement was greeted with up
roarious applause.
Hepburn. after the confusion had sub
sided asked unanimous consent that the
Nicaragua canal bill be considered March
H.
Does that take any account of the
treaty in the senate" asked Burton
II Know nothing Of the treaty" replied
Hepburn.
"rhen ! object" exclaimed Burton
At i:f0 .. m. the house adjourned
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-01
MONUMENT FOR F0RTSON.
King County Bar Association VIII
Take Initiative in Making
the Arrangements.

Acting as spokesman FOR the judges OF
King county. Judge Jacobs yesterday is
sued a notice calling a meeting Of the
Bar Association 20 be held Saturday morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock in the civil depart
mcnt at the superior court. 10 take under
consideration the proposition Of erecting
a monument IN Pioneer place dedicated 10
the memory Of Capt. Fortson ana the
soldiers Of the Washington regiment who
fell while serving their country in the
Philippine islands
Judge Jacobs expressed tho hope that
as many members Of the bar as possible
would attend the meeting lie said that
all the judges We're heartily in sympathy
with the movement and would do all In
their power 10 see that it was carried 10
a successful termination
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-01
IN THE SENATE.
Afdrfch Explains the Financial Bin
~ ~ Was Agreed Upon In
Conferences

WASHINGTON Feb ~ -Notwithstand-
ing the agreement made by the senate to
vote on the Hawaiian government hill at
todays session, the final vote on the
measure was postponed until 4 O'Clock to-
morrow
Practically no progress was made on the
bill today. although II was under consid-
GRAFTON nearly four hours.
Aldrleh, chairman of the finance COM
mttee at the opening OF the session
made 40 explauWtinu of the work of the
ccnferees on the financial measure. his
statement resulting in an unexpected and
spirited debate
one OF the features of the session was
the speech of McLaurin on the Philippine
question,
He is the first Democrat to declare htm-
self for expansion. lie secuted what he
called the "hugbear OF imperialism with
which some Of his colleagues were trying
90 brighten the people, declared the dues-
ton not one OF politics. and maintained
the acquisition OF the Philippines would be
of immense advantage to this country es-
peciidly the South by opening 20 the Uni
tel states the trade OF the orient
senator AIdrtch's Explanation.
Aidrlch called up tho conference report
on the financial bin and made an explain
ation of the differences between the SEN
ate bill and the conference bill
The FIRST change was IN the section de-
Hnlng the standard ~ was he said pure
~ stsverhal change. q change In phrase
ulogY4 and undoubtedly strengthened the
section
The second change was q provision max
ing t the express duty Of the secretary OF
the treasury To maintain the reserve fund
in order that the parity OF United States
money should De preserved Mr. Adrich
taousht che senate bin did impose that, nut
the hWfso conferens insisted that the in
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vice Of the president for absolute free trade
with Puerto Rico"
i was now the turn Of the Democrats to
cheer, and for several minutes they made
the rafters ring
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PUERTO RICAHBILL
FINALLY PASSES.

certInuen 60 &C @.
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cqptinueu nom PAGE One.
Puerto Rico He ridictled the iaborious
debate through Which the house had
passed over the question Of what the
United States" meant under the confiitu-
ton. II this country had been called
columbia" instead OF "the United
states" 900 pages u the Congressional
Record could have been eliminated. no
one would have had the hardlhood 70 con-
tend then that the constitution did not
extend over every foot Of soil.
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Mccam oners n substitute.

Mccall then. on behalf OF the minorlty
offered as a substitute the bin for FIRE
trade with Puerto Rico, originally intro
duced b. Payne.
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-24
OHIO REPUBLICAN, STATE
CONVENTION --HANNA WILL
NOT Be A DELEGATE.

reared under our flag, can believe for one
instant that any administration that ever
could be elected. could or would dare to
do anything except that which would
lead to the peace and the happiness and
the prosperity Of this people. Nor can
conceive how any man who was born
under the flag and who has one drop Of
American blood in his veins could say
that we should haul down our flag and
withdraw our soldiers from the Philip
pine islands SO long as there is one man
in armed rebellion, so long as there is
a single Individual in all the islands in
open resistance to the government and
to the flag.
''There are not enough anti-imperialists
or anti expansionists. there are not
enough democratic howlers there are not
enough copperheads and traitors in the
United States to tear down that flag so
long as there is armed rebellion or so long
as the American people are responsible
to the civilized nations of the earth for
the government of the islands,
Adverting to the Porto Rico tariff bil2
he said: when that measure is care
fully considered considered in reference
to the needs and wants of the people it
will be founr to be not only the wisest
and the best, but the most charitable that
could be enacted. And that measure
j will bring to the people of Porto Rico in
time, education, happiness and prosper
ity.
ences of opinion in our own ranks as to
the tariff part of this measure, some sem
timent as to the constitution following
the flag, but | believe that when the con-
ditiOns and the wants and the needs of
the people are considered, these differ
enceS will pass away. We must remem-
ber that on that little island there are al
most million people, so per cent of them
illiterate, unable to read or write and en-
tirely unlearned in the ways and acts of
government and utterly untitled at this
time to govern themselves. 1t is ex-
pected by this measure that enough rev.
enue Will be secured TO pay the expenses
and in due time to educate and bring the
people up to our own standard of citizen
ship and then we will incorporate them
into our own union as full grown citizens.
After referring to the prosperity of the
country and the expansion of it's trade,
he continued:
And why change this? And for what !?
Has there been anything In the past of
the democratic party that would warrant
it being placed in power? Has it chang
ed any since it had ben in power? Has
it changed any since 1896? Does Il not
leaders. insist upon the Chicago platform
with all it's yagaries. all it's demagoguery.
all it's resolution? Who would want to
be a democrat? Who would want to be-
long to that party who finds its chiefest
source of power and promise in the want
of prosperity and the lack of good times
Who wants to belong to party that
goes into partnership with the chinch bug
and the locust. that wants to depend up
on drought and failure of crops in order
to win? Who wants to belong to party.
the members of which know that as the
price of labor goes down, their hopes OF
success goes up?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-24
Crippled Steamer.

Norfolk, Va, April 24.-The Spanish
steamer Ell Salto, Captain Loudo from
Rio for Queenstown via Philadelphia,
limped into port here a mere iron hull
last night, everything combustible on
board having been fed to the furnaces to
help her reach coaling port. The Salto
hailed from Rio March q. with big car
go of Manganese ore, ship and cargo be-
ing valued at $300,0 The coal supply
was barely enough to take her to Phila-
delphia where she was to refill her bunk
ers, but a bad storm off Hatteras used up
this scanty supply and to keep her head
to the storm the captain fed her wood
work into the furnace. She battled
throughout the gale and headed for this
port, but masts. spars, rails, decks and
furniture all had to be sacrificed to bring
her into the Roads. She could not even
make the coal piers with her last re-
manning steam for there was literally
nothing on her to burn and she anchor
ed down the harbor.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-24
Chicago Labor Trouble.

Chicago, April 24-Plumbers have gone
on a strike. At a meeting whose four
hours session ended at an early hour this
morning the action was voted unani-
mously by the journeymen's union.
This strike is the latest developments
of the local labor troubles.
The new strike is aimed directly at the
contractors and the efforts to complete
with union labor the plumbing jobs on
large buildings around whose progress
have centered the whirlwinds of the Ia
Dor war. The men to go out will num-
Der 225
"yya deemed 1t best to take action
which would make it possible for the
fighting contractors to continue to have
the work of such buildings as Marshall
Fields performed in job plumbing shops
b. union lWorkmen as has been the rule
since the outbreak of the labor war"
said President Thomas Clinch, of the
PUNK bers' union. $50 we decided bv a
unanimous sote to call a new strike OF
the union plumbers who were allowed to
continue at work when the other 800
union plumbers were locked out by the
members ofo tt building contractor s
!, council. Not union plumber will be at
work in this city to morrow. We will see
!, if the bosses can't pe forced to arbitrate.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-24

pie were. in the galleries. A resolution
offered last week by Mr.. Culberson was
passed. 1t requires the president to in
form the senate what commissions have
been created or appointed by the execu-
tive since March 9Th, 1896, In reference
to foreign relations of the territories of
the United States to inquire into the war
with Spain, the personnel of the COM
mission, the total compensation or al
lowance of each of the commissioners
and all Of the employees of the commis-
sion. A bill authorizing the secretary
of war to make regulations governing
the running of loose logs, steamboats,
and RATS on certain rivers was passed.
Consideration of the Quay case was
then resumed.
Penrose continued his argument begun
late yesterday afternoon. McCumber
delivered a carefully prepared constitu-
tionai speech argument in opposition to
the seating of Quay. Only a brief Whlle
ago he was regarded as an advocate OF
Quay's claim, but he announced in ms
speech that after careful consideration
he had changed his opinion. The change,
he said. was not based upon emotion,
but upon reason.
In an extended argument Lindsay pre-
sented legal and constitutional reasons,
why in his opinion, Quay ought not to be
seated. He held that the appointment OF
senators 10y the state executive was pro-
vided for by the trainers of the const1tu-
tion merely to provide for the filling OF
vacancies that may be regarded as unex-
pected.