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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
REPORT OF wHGAToN.
Says He Authorized Bells Concen:ra
 ton Order.

Washington, June 19.-Adjutant- General Cor bin today made public the last report of Ma jor-General Wheaton, commanding the de- partment of North Philippines. prior to that officers return to the United States for re- .irement. It is a long explanation of military cluding La Guna and Tayabas.
 cluding La Guna ad Tayabas
 Geeral Wheaton gives a strong endorsement of the policy of recommendation adopted by General Bell
 ''I authorized.' says General Wheaton. "the policy and fully approved of the methods by which the insurrection in the provinces of Batangas La Guna and Tayabas was ended. The humane code of the laws of war, as pub lished during the administration of President Lincoln, was followed in all operations against semi-civiized insurgents who habitually v:o- lated every law of war known to civilization and who treated their own people with every barbarity that can be inflicted upon the help less
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Cctton Broker a Suicide.

New Orleans. June 19. George $. Auch- msuty. a prominent cotton broker, com mitted suicide this afternoon. He sat down in an easy chair in his office put pistol to his temple and fired. death followed instantaneously. MT. Auchmoty is said to have lost considerable in specu- lation. He was a native scotchman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

rency in a letter he sent to Congress to- day, transmitting the reports of the com mittee appointed to consider pending bills providing for a post check system. He enclosed with his letter measure dra wn by the majority of the committee for en- actment by Congress which he believes will meet the end in view. The text of this measure was announced by the As- sociated Press some time ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Republicans Split in Vermont.

Montpelier. Vt, June 19.-The Republi- can State Convention today nominated J. c. McCullsgh of Bennington for Gov ernor on the third ballot. body of del- egates supporting Percival w. Clement of Rutland marched out of the hall as a protest against the action of the fhajor- ity The bolting delegates later nomin- ated MT. Clement for Governor. It is probable that the high license men might rescind their action later.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
STRIKERS THREW DYNAxITE.
Five Men Killed Because They D:d
 Not Quit Work.

Roanoke. Va, June 1s- The bodies of Henry Hartston and Peat Harston. two miners. reached here today from Will liamston. w. Va. where they were killed by an explosion of dynamite in a mine yesterday evening
 A miner who accompanied the remain Is represented as having said that about twenty-five miners were at work in a mine near Williamson yesterday even- ing when crowd of strikers armed with rifles demanded that they should come out. Upon the miners refusal to obey the strikers threw quantity of dyna- mite into the shaft which exploded. kill Ing five of the men. AS soon as the sur vivors came out of the shaft. the strikers fired upon them. injuring several. though none was thought to be fatally hurt. Miners who arrived here today from the Chesapeake and Ohio fields In West Vir- ginia say the fight will be continued in that district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
saoroia School off Technology.

Atlanta, Ga. JDne ls-The grac Iat,ng ezer- cises of the Georgia school of Technology oc- cured this morning in the chapel or the school and were the most successful Tn the history of the school Twenty five young men received diplomas from the institution An announcement was made by president Lyman Hall that the Sl0 600 necessary to secure the gift of S10.000 from the general educational board of New York had been raised
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
sniandid Bored Well.

Linden. June l9.-(SpeciaL)-The bored well belonging to Colonel Abbott flows one thousand gallons per hour of fine drinking water. It is a great blessing. ns other water Is scarce on account of the drought
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Other Silk Mills Close.

New York, June 19--On account of the Paterson dyers strike all but two silk mills in Hudson County. N. J. have closed. About 10000 hands are In conse- quence out of employment and within the next twenty-four hours the number will likely reach 24.000. Late in the afternoon a mob of 800 men and women gathered at Simons mill at Union Hill. The fire. men turned streams of water on the crowd and scattered it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Decree for R. R. PoIlak.

Cambridge, Mass. June 19.-(Speclsl)-- Among the many hundreds of students who will be given degrees at the Harvard commencement exercises next Wednesday are . number of Southerners. In the list of those who will be created bachelors of science is Robert Raphael
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
May Not Press Motion.

Washington. June 19.-Senator Quay said in the. Senate today that probably he would not press his motion to discharge the Committee on Territories for furt her consideration of the omnibus Statehood bill when 1t comes up next Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Vacant Professorship Filled.

Lexington. Va, June 1e.-rhe vacant profes- sorships in law and history at Washington and Lee University filled today by the election of Joseph R. Long of Denver. Colo. and John A. Lathe. of Lynchburg. Va
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Broker Goes into Bankrupt ".

Macon Ga, June 19.-Wirt W. Halla- ham, broker in lumber. formerly of 1n- dianapolis. filed voluntary bankruptcy proceedings here today. His assets are given at $66, 900 and his liabilities at $65, 900. He says he expects to pay all claims against him and begin business again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Earthquake in the Tyrol.

London. June 20.-Telegraphing from Vienna. the correspondent of The Daily Express says: ''Violent earthquakes. accompanied by rumblngs. have occur red through the Tyrol. The people be- came panic-stricken.s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Nominated for Congress.

wynne. Ark, June 19.-Hon. R. Bruce Macon of Helena. was nominated for Congressman on the 9S6th ballot by the Democratic convention of the First Dis trict tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

Payne Favors Postal Currency.
 Washington, June 19.- 9.--Postmaster-Geu- eral Payne takes a strong position in fa- vor of ,hc sstah'izhment of a postal cur
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Qufet Day in Paterson.

Paterson. N. J.. June 1s.-In the main this was a quiet day in this city. The most important event was the suspension from duty of Chief Of Police Fred c. Graul by Mayor Hinchcliffe and the ass sumption by the mayor of the duties of that position. The rioters of yesterday did nothing when the majority of the mills they closed yesterday by their violence resumed work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

PolIak of Montgomery, Ala. who has just completed the course in civil end- neering. Pollak stands high In his clags and is popular with hl1 classmates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

When a little boy gets old enough to ask questions. his mother begins to think he is going to be a great lawyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Ward Seminary f, :,';;,;:. ';;.: i:s':'' 1.::'

Hleeeelea. cssilsssss to Wellesley, Baltimore Wom. ant College faeeay, 90 eella and equsbls climate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
psttsr College for Young Ladies.

BoWIIng 6reen, Ky. Pupils from 27 States, 20 teachers. Board ing pupils limited to 100. Very select Every thing of the highest order. Departments of Music. Vocal Culture. Eiocution and Art under the supervision of specialists Patrpnized and ssnd 5ne ey leading men of u9ted States
 REV. B. F. CABELL, President,
 Bowling Green, Ky
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
WALKER WHITE CONVICTED.
Senterced to 12 Years for Kitling a
 Negro.

Gadsden. June 19.-(Special. .)-Walker White, who has been on trial all the week on the charge of murdering Jack Gordon. an inoffensive negro, February 4th. 1902, near Attalla was found guilty by jury yesterday. The indictment charged murder in the first degree, but the jury rendered verdict of murder in the second degree and sentenced him to imprisonment for twelve years.
 The main witnesses were two little boys, aged 10 and 12 years. sons of the murdered negro. They both swore that Walker White killed their father and that Everett White was there also The trial has attracted considerable atten- tion. The trial of Everett White com menced this morning.
 There came near being blood shed in Gadsden yesterday afternoon over the opening of closed street. During the time that Central Foundry Company was in operation here it was given free lse of Second Stret. which it enclosed d year ago. This company left Gadsden and citi- zens want the street opeend. Overse or Nunn. Chief White and other men went to open the street yesterday afternoon when they were met by ]. Dempsey a watchman. He had a pistol in each hand and swore to kill the first man who broke down the gates. His wife and children were swinging to him, prevent ing officers from shooting. The City Council held a special session and de- cided not to force opening of street
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-21

markets are completely controlled
by the visible supply actually on the
market from day to day and farm
ers may be selling their stock at
panic prices when the actual condi-
tions do not justify those prices.
If the government finds it profit
able to collect statistics on the grain
crops of the country, cotton and
manufactures, there can be no valid
or logical argument against statistics
on the meat supply. One is as impor-
tant as the other, and statistics are
fully as necessary for the proper con-
duct of trade and commerce.
More than eight million farmers
and stock raisers are interested in
this measure. They represent S.
OOO,OOO,OOO of invested capital, and
besides being a protection to the pro-
Queer and onsum against the
speculator, a law of this kind is due
this great army of agriculturists,
and should be enacted.
CHAS. F. MARTIN,
Secretary National Live Stock Asso-
citation.
Denver. Col.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-21
Tho Queen Bee.

The following extracts are taken.
from Bulletin No. 2, Wisconsin Sta
ton on Bookkeeping:
The age of a bee depends on time
of year the bee is Matched and con-
ditions of weather. The queen bee.
lays the eggs that produce all the
bees of that colony. In ordinary
weather and care the queen bee will
hatch in sixteen days from time a
queen deposits the egg or eleven or
twelve days from larvae brood that
has just Matched or changed from
egg to a little grub or larvae.
A worker bee matches In twenty
one days from fresh egg and a drone
in twenty-four days. The queen does
not go to the fields in search of
honey but devotes her time to depos-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-21

up your bunch Of winter layers. Sc
lect the most vigorous and best de-
veloped pullets, rejecting understood
and undeveloped ones. The flock of
winter layers should, as far as pos
sible, be made up of early matched
pullets., Next after these I would
select yearlings; all over this age I
would dispose of, as an old hen, ex-
cept in rare cases, will not pay for
her feed through the winter.
The moulting process usually oc-
cupies about three months, and this
period will be prolonged into the
winter, if the hens are not properly
cared for. A hen that does not shed
her feathers until November or De
cember will not pay for her feed
through the winter. In order to en-
courage early moulting the hens
should be fed rather heavily of feath-
er producing food; meat meal and a
little sulphur twice a week will be
beneficial. .Sunfower seed is an ex-
cellent feed for moulting hens. Corn
should be fed rather sparingly
through the warmer months, al
though a small quantity each day will
do no harm, and in the fall it will be
of great benefit. A bran mash is
greatly enjoyed by the hens at any
time of year. All table scraps should
go to the hens, while a great many
other things that would be otherwise
wasted, such as offal at butchering
time, wheat screenings, sorghum
tops, and various other by-products,
if given to the hens are quickly con-
verified into a cash-bringing com
modify in the shape of eggs.
One of the greatest mistakes made:
by farmers is in not giving their
hens a sufficient quantity of feed;
another is in not providing proper.
shelter, while there is a limited num-
Der who recognize the Importance of
providing grit for poultry. Without
grit the poultry will have poor. diges-
ton, and a flock of hens with poor
digestion is usually an improbable
flock. When a flock is confined for
a few days during a cold snap the
first few feeds of grain that they are
given are readily eaten. Then they
will eat but very little. Some may
imagine that they have been overfed,
but this is rarely the case; it is US
ually because they have not been pro
vided with grit to digest their food,
and the poultry are starving, while
we are comforting ourselves with
the belief that they are well fed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-21
POULTRY AND BEES
Some Suggestions for Poultry.

The following Suggestions" taken
from the Country Gentleman will, if
needed, improve the money receipts
in many focks of farm poultry dur
ing the coming six months:
The first thing that should be de-
cided in the fall is how many can be
properly cared for; overcrowding
should be studiously avoided. It is
an invitation to failure and disaster
to crowd fifty or one hundred hens
into a small where they barely
have space to roost.
In arranging a house for the hens
a feeding place should be provided;
this will give them an opportunity
to exercise freely by scratching in
the litter or wallowing in the dust;
it should also be built so that it can
be easily cleaned out. Cleanliness
is essential to success in the poultry
business. Vermin and disease always
lurk in foul, ill-smelling henhouses.
In constructing our henhouse we
should not imagine that we get them
too warm. / have never yet seen one
that was too warm; if enough air
should not enter the poultry house
during warm weather some of the
windows can be opened. The walls
of the house should be doubled, with
building paper between the two
thicknesses of plank, or, better yet,
studding may be used, leaving a dead
air space in the walls, making the
house cooler in summer and warmer
in winter; some people fill this space
with sawdust. I believe that this is
a good idel ard mean to try it next
winter.
The roosts should be so arranged
that they can be removed when clean
ing the house out; it would be well
also to have the nests so that they
can be frequently taken out and
cleaned. A filthy nest is one of the
best harbors for lice.
After you have decided how many
you can accommodate, sort out your
focks, using great care in the selec-
ton of the individual birds that make
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-21
LIVE STOCK
LIVE STOCK STATISTICS.

Complete and Up-to-Date Figures Re
garding the Cattle Industry.
Editor OF The Progressive Farmer:
Ever since it's organization, the
National Live Stock Association has
been working hard to secure the
adoption of some law providing for
gathering vital statistics on the live
stock industry in the United States.
While the improvement in the last
census has been the only tangible
result seen by the public, yet con
siderable progress has been made to-
wards the end aimed at. The estab-
lishment of the census Office as a
regular department of the govern
ment was the first step and this was
warmly backed by the Association.
The next step is to ecure a bureau
of live stock statistics in that de-
partment.
At the request of the Association,
Congressman Hopkins, Chairman of
the House Census Committee, in
troduced an amendment to the Cen
sus Act, providing for GA classified
enumeration and value of live
stock which shall be made under
such rules and regulations as the di-
rector of the department may deem
best. This was introduced so late
that it was impossible to secure a
report on the amendment at last
session, but it will be vigorously
pushed during the coming session.
The measure has the endorsement
of the Department of Agriculture
as we'll as the census department,
and there is strong hope that it will
be possible to start the bureau in time
for another general census in 1905.
There can be no question of the ne
cesity of reliable statistics regarding
live stock in this country. Next to
the bread supply, the meat supply of
the country is of most Importance,
and every year demonstrates the
need of statistics that can be de-
pended upon. The census of 1900
was good as far as it went, but with
no figures with which to compare,
that census is practically useless
until another is taken. To secure a
reliable basis upon which a bureau
of statistics could work, there should
be three complete census made of
the live stock in consecutive years
and after that every five years. If
this was done, a bureau could very
easily keep close estimate of the
changes taking place and such esti-
mates would be of the greatest value
to trade and commerce as well as to
the farmers and stock raisers. For
instance, this season there has been
a wholesale slaughter of female cat
tie, and in addition thousands of
heifers have been speyed. It is pos
sible that this very act may result
in a scarcity of breeding cattle
shortly. At present almost nothing
is known in regard to the supply and
dovoord for Doaa+ oa++1o Tho oo,,D-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-21

follow n attend to all wants OF the
queen. She therefore does not have
the hard struggles the workers have
when from home and she will ivesto
a ripe old age of 2, 3, or sometimes
4 years. In Wisconsin where winters
are long and hard on bees it does not
pay to winter a queen but once. For
a few days after Matching, the
worker bee devotes his time as a
nurse in the hive, either feeding the
queen or young brood or may be
helping to build comb. On pleas
ant days taking exercise flights in
front of hive to develop wing power
and learning to mark their home To-
cation. When three to five days old
if the bee was Matched during honey
flow it will begin it's field of labor
| gathering honey, many trips per day,
working night and day as if the des-
tiny of the entire colony depended
upon her, SO that the life or age of
such a worker bee is from three to
four weeks. Another bee born late
in the fall, with no field labor to wear
life out, just hive duties to attend to,
will likely live six to seven months.
The drone or male bee is produced
only when need of them, just before
the colony is ready to swarm.
In normal condition when a swarm
leaves the hive the old queen goes
with the greater portion of the work
ers to make for themselves a new
home in some distant tree, there is
left in the hive a small colony of
worker bees and an abundance of
drone bees and all the way from two
or three to twenty queen cells, and
the most of them nearly ready to
hatch. If n queen matches a few
moments before her rival sisters, she
with attendant workers at once be-
gins to gnaw in the side wall of the
queen cells, and when opened enough,
the outside. queen can easily send her
death sting into her sister, but often
before all such queens are killed,
there will be several queens. Then
they meet each other in pitched bat
tie, biting off each others legs and
wings and at the same time each
thrusting her sting with all her
strength against her rival, until one
or both are dead. Only one active
queen will stay in a hive, so it often
happens that there will be two or
three of these young queens who,
rather than fight for life, will take a
portion of the bees in the hive and
go to the woods. Such second. or
after swarms seldom are of any prof
it, unless returned to where they
came from. All queens when 4 to Z
days old will, if the weather permits,
take their wedding fight, select the
drone of her choice, and while on
the wing become mated, once only
and for life. When several colonies
of bees are near together, as an
apiary, it is not necessary to allow
but few drones to hatch IN each col
ony, Better select the colony and
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-14

Benton. Benton has waited long for the
mountain to come to it, and now 1t Is forced
to go to the mountain. The decision to
move came with the announcement of the
Union Pacific railroad that a new town,
Darr would be established at the point
where the line crossed the Platte river
This is three miles down stream from the
present group Of houses called Benton. The
railroad added to its announcement that
the construction of a large elevator and
mill would be Immediately started at Darr
When an agent Of the Union Pacific pre-
scented the matter in the right light the
citizens of Benton saw that they We're lfv-
ing In the wrong place, and they decided
to move and be in on the ground floor of
the new town.
According to the residents of the place
1t will be cheaper to move the town than
to buy lumber and build new houses. The
houses, which are all frame and well built
will be raised from their foundations and
wheeled down to the river, where they will
be placed on a large fiatboat. which has
served for years as ferry. This under
taking will be postponed until spring
freshet makes the stream as deep as pos
sible.
Benton was built on its present site many
years ago, with the expectation that when
the railroad came that way 1T would pass
through the town Finally, when the rail-
road did come, 1t was found impracticable
to go nearer than three miles of Benton.
AS compensation. the officials of the
Union Pacific road offered inducements to
the people Of Benton to move to the town.
This proposition was accepted. The new
town is in the center of a rich agricultural
country. which will draw on territory for
miles around. The Platte valley at that
point is nine miles wide to the north and
seven miles wide to the south.
The citizens OF Benton are expressing
desire that a compromise be made On the
name Of the new town, and suggest that 1t
be called Darben. About dozen houses
will be moved down the river by means of
the raft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-14

been lying at Essington, near Chester, Pa.
for two years, was sold at auction Wednes-
day.
Fifteen bidders from New York and Phila-
delphla were present The bidding was not
spirited The boat, which was sold for Its
wharfage. was knocked down to New
York man, whose name was withheld, for
Sits.
This Is the second time the steel-built
craft was sold at auction. a firm Of Phila-
delphia machinists buying it before The
only part Of the boat that Is not steel Is the
top portion of the cabin.
More than fifteen years ago r. M. Fryer
established a shipyard at Alexandria,
which was to build long narrow boats of
great speed for the Arrow Steamship Com
pany. The first boat was to be called the
Pocahontas. She was to cleave the water
like a knife, and equipped with Engineer
Foyer's peculiar type Of engines was to
cross the Atlantic In three days. Many de-
lays were caused, and the shipyard was
finally given up and the plant moved to
Baltimore. There the Cassard was finally
built. The vessel proved a failure careen-
ing completely over when launched Sew
eral persons aboard narrowly ESCAPED
drowning.
The vessel is 240 feet long, p feet deep by
only 10 feet In breadth at It's widest point.
The odd craft was equipped with a TO
ton 4OO-horse power engine and a 4O-ton
boiler
A number Of changes were made in the
construction OF the boat, but the highest
speed the strange craft ever attained was
16 knots an hour.
TWO years ago the boat was taken to the
boafyard at ESsington, where with its nose
penetrating the mud. 1t has remained.