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The Washington times., 1902-08-11
Big TREE ADRIFH In
The ATLANTIC OCEAN
Rare Sight Reported by
British Sea Captain.
Covered With BarnacIes and Bleached
White by the Sun-Roots Stick
ing Out of Water.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.-A tree adrift
in the middle OF the Atlantic Ocean is
the rare sight reported by Captain Free
man. OF the British steamer Sidra. which
arrived in port yesterday with cargo
of pig iron from Belfast, in the Medi-
terranean
1t was on July %, when In 1913 de-
grees north and 1922 degrees west. that
an unsual looking object was seen float
ing ahead OF the steamer. Those on the
ships bridge made out the trunk and
limbs OF tree about twenty feet long.
ing out of the water
The body of the cree had been
bleached white by the sun, and it was
covered with barnacles. 1t evidently
reached the sea by being washed down
from some Atlantic coast river IN a
freshet Many months ago a tree green
with foliage. standing upright, was seen
at sea off Cape Henry.
Position of Tree.
The tree seen from the sidra Is In the
same position as bell buoy seen two
months ago by the British steamer
Thirdly. which arrived here.
For this tree 10 reach its present posi-
tion It must have been drifting about
the ocean for nearly two years. When
this odd derellct went adrift it must have
been picked up by the Gulf Stream
that river that encircles the North
Atlantic Ocean-and been carried up the
coast past Newfoundland. Then it was
swept 5000 miles across the Atlantic to
the vicinity of the English Channel.
Next the Gulf Stream carried 1t south
past the coasts of France and Spain
and the northwest coast of Africa, a
Journey of 5000 miles. Here it drifted
out of the Gulf Stream and went into
the very center OF the so-called Sargasso
Sea. in the Middle Atlantic Ocean. the
scene of legends of the sea, where dere-
licts are supposed to finally come to rest
In a fabied sea OF grass. The Thirdly
passed the buoy spoken OF April 26, in
latitude 34:34 and longitude 39:42.
Record Kept.
The Navy Department keeps record
Of all objects seen adrlft. and only twice
in five years has a voyage of the kind
OF the tree seen from the Sidra- One
was the Cape Canso buoy. AS the buoy
was one year drifting across the Allan
tic. the buoy reported by the Thirdly
must have been two years wandering the
seas, as 1t travelled twice as far as the
Cape Canso buoy.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
FARLEY APPOINTMENT
STORY DISCRBDlTBD
Papal Legation Thinks Time
Has Been Too Limited,
Bishop Farley Now Acting as A.ch-
bishop Corrigan's Successor
No Need for Haste.

The report that Bishop John NJ Far
ley had been appointed to succeed Arch
bishop Corrigan in the archdiocese of
New York Is discredted at the papal
legation in this city. No announcement
has come to the delegation here through
which the official notification from Rome
must proceed. The improbability of the
appointment is said to be shown by the
fact that the papers in the case were
found unacted upon in the office of the
perfect of the propaganda. Cardinal
Ledochowski. shortly after his death.
They had reached Rome a short time
before he died. 1t is thought that his
successor, Cardinal Gotti. has not yet
had an opportunity to take up the mat
ter.
The Congregation de Propag aganda Eide
will meet today, and unless the matter
OF successor to Archbishop Corrigan
is decided upon then, it will go over
until November. the date of the next
meeting
Will Be Delayed.
fore the official announcement reaches
Washington. In fact. the delegation does
not look for II before that time It is
said that there is no need for haste in
he matter. rs the duties are well cared
ior ar present by Bishop Farley, who has
been acting since the death OF Arch
bishop Corrig1n
Following the usual course. the
bishops of the province recommended
three men sor the vacancy. Bishop Far
ley is supposed to have beer one of
them. These names were sent to the
delegation here. and the information
concerning them was prepared and for
warded TO Rome to be considered by tn.
II Is not thought that the
Pope would act over the head of the
congregation Of propaganda and name u
successor TO Archbishop Corrigan with
out awaiting its recommendation.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
SENATOR MCMILLAN'S
SON MAY SUCCEED

impart to his mother. and started to
find her. Failing to do so he became
frightened.
Sister, mammals gone he cried
Let's see IL we can't find her The
two little ones then secured the house.
and were finally attracted to the bath
room by the odor of gas fast filling the
hall.
Mamma. where are you?" cried the
little fellow. Receiving no answer ne
pushed open the door He saw his
mother lying on the floor clad only in
night gown. and unconscious. The
room filled with gas almost overcame
the two children. while beside her lay
the bottle containing the gasolene.
The children. badly frightened. ran
into the street screaming at the top of
their voices. They attracted the at
tention Of Mr.. Cleveland, a neighbor.
who at once ran to their assistance.
Precinct Detective Charley Evans. who
resides at 81 Florida Avenue, also re-
sponded.
Restored to Consciousness.
They lifted the unconscious woman
from the floor and bore her to her room.
where they sought TO restore her to
consciousness. In the meantime Dr.
Coblentz. of 649 Florida Avenue. had ar
rived. and worked heroically to revive
her. This he finally succeeded in doing.
Where are the children" she gasped.
and clasped each one OF her little ones
in her arms. The Emergency Hospital
ambulance soon arrived and Mrs. Ernst
was removed to that institution fer
treatment. She was placed in a ward
after having been relieved of the poison.
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
Board of Insular Affairs
Makes Report as
to Cuba.
LIBERAL EXPENDITURES ON CITIES
municipalities Showed Large Deficits
and iI One Year More Thar a Million
Dollars Was Expended in Paying
Cebts-Most Now Self Sustaining.

During the American occupation OF
Cuba. from 1898 to 1902. according to a
statement prepared by the Bureau of
Insular Affairs of the War Department,
the total revenues collected from all
sources were $57.2OO,000. The expendi-
lures from these revenues during the
same period were s53.311.0O0. The rev.
enues in the fiscal year 1900, the frs,
full year Of occupation. were about
fourteen and q half millions of dollars
and in 1901 more than fourteen millions.
"A feature of the expense account in
Cuba the statement says. was occa-
stoned by the condition of the various
municipalities. all of which showed
large deficits in their annual budgets. In
the fiscal year 1899. more than one mil =
lion dollars was contributed to defray
these deficits. and thereafter the
schools, police, and municipal hospitals
and charities were maintained almost
government. This condition has been
largely overcome, and the majority of
the municipalities are now seif-sus-
tanning"
Buildings Erected as Barracks.
The buildings erected as barracks for
the use OF United States troops were put
in good repair at the close of the mill
tary occupation and turned over 10 the
municipalities as hospitals. The Insular
Bureaus statement closes as follows:
I'm Withdrawing from Cuba We left
treasury balance of $685. 900 and bal
ances IN the hands of collectors and dis
bursting officers aggregating s1,200.000.
constituting an ample working capital
for the Inauguration of the new republic.
"All of the branches of government
were organized and had been put grad
ually into the hands OF native officers.
who had been associated in these re-
spective departments with American ad-
ministrators, whereby opportunity was
given for a full understanding Of our
methods of government.
Auditor of Republic.
THE former assistant auditor under
the American administration became
auditor for the new republic: the as
bcNdAiS tAiS -
the native administrators OF justice,
finance. public instruction. and public
works continue to hold Office under the
Cuban government.
"A clear title to the public buildings.
roads. wharves. and schoolhouses passed
to the Cuban republic.
There stands out prominently above
United States put forth Its best effort
for the betterment of Cuba and her peo-
pie. What is to be the future of Cuba
is also not a subject of consideration.
AS an executor of a self-appointed trust.
Uncle Sam has been a success
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
KING BEARS STRAIN OF
LONG CEREMONY WELL

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The Washington times., 1902-08-11
MOTHER lNHALES
ILLUMINATING GAS
Mrs. Margaret Ernst Seeks
to End Her Life.
Also Swallows Gasolene Found Un-
conscious in Bathroom by Two Chill
dren on Return From School.

Weak and despondent over her pro-
tracted spell OF Illness, Mrs. Margaret
Ernst, the yorrg wife OF William F.
Ernst, well-known photographer, liv-
ing at ~ Florida Avenue northeast, at
tempted TO end her sufferings shortly
after 10 O'Clock yesterday morning by
inhaling Illuminating gas and swallow
ing quantity OF gasolene.
The unfortunate young woman was
found lying in the bathroom OF her home
by her two little children on their re-
turn from Sunday school. Neighbors
were summoned and she was removed to
the Emergency Hospital. Her cond!-
tion is critical.
Mrs. Ernst, 1t is said, has been i'll for
almost year. Yesterday morning she
dressed her two children. boy aged
eleven years, and a pretty little girl O,
fifteen years, for Sunday school After
bidding them goodbye she retired to
her room, her husband having already
left the house for his office to attend to
f0mq bueiness
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
Report of Army Officer.

The report came from the captain of
the army transport Buford, who said
that on June 23 last he visited Wake
Island and found it occupied by q small
The Washington times., 1902-08-11
Sought to End All.

While the children were gone II is
thought that the mothers suffering
became so intense that she went into
the bathroom. and after lowering the
window, ard shutting the door, turned
on the gas. Before this she swallowed
gasolene. throwing the bottle TO one
eide
When the children returned home the
Nttie boy had some childish secret to
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
20 NETWORK ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-

1t was the treasure of precious stones fna5
opened the country to development after the fafS
of the agricultural and grazing enterprise
seemed to seal the doom OF South Africa fna
colonization The Zimbawbe remains Of an can
lier civilization point to the source OF the fabu-
lous gold supply of Arabia and Judea In tho
times of Solomon. when the refractory hardness
of diamond crystals had retarded the compre.
being typical inducement for search and adj
venture. 1t not until the Cape region had
passed through the hands Of the Dutch tnts
repeated occupation by the English. and ths
treking of the earlier settlers had pushed north
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

Ut the De Beers mines since 1881 He writes Win
a. fun practical knowledge. and with genuine
enthusiasm for the character and aims OF MS
chief Cecil Rhodes. He traces the history Oh
the country UP to the time of the -crusnlns Oh
Lobengula the Matabele, by the Chartered COin-
pany The collision between the interests oi
Rhodes and KRUGER is reached at the close OIL
tho account without "any measuring of respon-
.ihi,i+v,, Parallel and interviewer with this rec
ord. is a full exposition of the progress Of the
diamond industry and the discovery and ex-
nloitatio of the African fields An appendix
describes the siege of Kimberley and its relef
by General Frenchs column after an investment
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

ward through the savage resistance of the ZuIus
to tie VaaI that the value of the glittering peb-
] bies found from time tc time on the surface
gravel sceptically realized In the late six
ties the dream OF the fortunes that were being
kicked about by ostriches. and raked aside
among the dust heaps by the phlegmatic Beers
spread like wndire. and adventurers from an
parts of the world made second trek to the
VaaL Along the river. claims were worked
assiduOusly by a crude washing process The
deposit being uneven, near neighbors had varf-
Gus fortune; some worked with little reward
and others picked up riches that more than
fulfilled their expectations, and fired the iElagi-
nation of the unIuCky. Failure seemed to lack
all Encouragement. The rainy season would
put an end to work but would leave the unsuc-
cessfuI determined to resume with increasing
vigor
Little thought taken OF the legal stand
ing of the claims in the territory OF the South
African Republic until the government, waking
up to the value of the active workings, calmly
granted a monopoly to small Dutch company.
All the corning difficulty between the men whs
gave their energies to the unearthing and
search of the unappreciated treasures, and tins
men who considered their withdrawal from
English administration full attainment OF in
dependence and a sufficient title to the newly
occupied land, is foreshadowed in the answer OF
glish and the Dutch sOvereignties the hotheaded
colony along the river erected an independent
republic under the presidency of Parker, and
with some of the qualities of opera bouffe gave
defiance to the Beers and invited the attention
of the Crown. The unenfOrceable grant lapsed
and the new little state followed suit But ths
spirit of BOTH one hasty and the other fatfOot-
edly seIf-suficient. gave no room for the re-
Election that a sparse layer Of river deposit
would run out Even when diamonds were
found on the upland farms the disadvantage Of
the prevalent and penetrating dust counted
against the new suggestion 1t was easier to
wash than to dig But the store Of diamonds.
of course, lay deep in the ground and not along
the shores of the streams
The deposits appear to be embedded in a rot
ten volcanic intrusion in worn down craterS or
volcanic wells. How the gems got there. or
how they were formed is still a matter on
which there are many theories and of which
there is as yet no satisfactory explanation 10
seems probable that the crystals were not made
in the blue ground from which they are being
taken and that this is the decOmpOsing Occu-
pying material Of old crater formations The
situation at any has had an important ef-
feet the methods of mining At first the land
where diamonds were found was divided into
countless small claims. side by side. and dug in
Strips of ground were left stand
-etween the excavations to serve road
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

of 124 days Besides the maps, plans and ma
chine drawings, the book is abundantly illus
trated with reproductions of photographs
The gold deposits of the Rand have given
a more valuable output than the diamond beds,
but in modern discovery second to them
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

Of romance in its historical surveys. this
voluminous account of the diamond mines of
South Africa and their effects in the develop
Lent and embodiment of the country covers,
rather exhaustively, subject Of worldwide
importance. Mr. Williams has been in charge
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

Technical where it needs to be, to afford
comprehensive understanding of a vast en-
pineering industry and interesting to the verge
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
DIAMONDS.
HOW THEY ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE
RICHEST MINES IN THE WORLD.

THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA
Some Account of Their Rise and Development.
By Gardner F. Williams, M. A. General Man
ager of the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Linn
tied. Illustrated octave, PIP. xviii 6SI The
Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

The bumptious journaese of Mr.. G. K. Ches-
terton that infant Hercules of literary London,
as Max Beerbohm has called him, contains, as
rule little to arrest attention. But in some dis
cursive remarks on the poets in the National
Portrait Gallery, which he contributes to the
Christmas number of the English "BoOkman,"
he contrives to say some things which it is
pleasure to commend. After careful investiga-
ton he has come to the conclusion that there
is no such thing as what may be called the
poetic type" that however much man like
Byron or Tenpyson may "look the part" it does
not follow that the features Of poet necessarily
differ from those of a stockbroker. OF course
this is eXaggeraton. AS a matter of fact
few men, not poets, have the peculiar brow of
your born poet, and Mr.. CheStcrtOn leaves out
of account the most important feature of all,
the poets eye, which is apt to be very won
derfuI eye indeed. Nevertheless, the general
drift of his argument is sound and we rejoice
in his characterization of the artistic tempera-
ment as "a disease which attacks amateurs"
Just as the man who trains his hair SO as TO
give it what he regards as a poetical ap-
pearance is, in nearly every case, the merest
twaddler so the man who is perpetually talnIng
about his artistic temperament is generally in
capable of producing anything that is worth
while.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11
The Business of Farming.

There are many people under the inn pression that the number Of farmers in the country exceeds that in all other oc- equations. They are misled by glancing over the vast eKpanse of territory sm- braced in the forty-five States and Terri tories, and in being led to believe that such territory Is pretty generally occu- the conclusion as above stated. The fact is, however, that the number engaged in farming. including. of course, kindred pursuits. all going under the name of agriculture, is about ten and half mill
 lions, while the number employed in all other industrial occupations Is nearly ojght and a half millions more. And as to the great body of the land which Is sometimes thought to be so thickly set fled, there is, after all, but one-third of its whole area devoted to agriculture. There are in the United States 6.73S657 farms, and the value of these farms, in- cluding improvements, stock and tmple- ments, is so, 514. oO1. .sSS. The farms have grown four-fold in number in the past fifty years, and the value of the farming land today Is five times as great as was the price it was sold for. fifty years ago.
 According to The Farmers Balance sheet for 1902. more than 100000 farms have been laid out and fenced in by set tiers, principally in the West, in the past tan years During the year 1901 fifteen tSousand farms were given away by the Sovernment When the Indian Territory is onened for settlement, which will prob tiD1. a01s in 1sO4~S, 900, 900 acres of good land .,,,W he offered for sale at a low price
 Trsre are now in this country 306, GOO 900 acres of land unoccupied and awaiting So'''o''.0Der .''...lDer of acres used for farming m, noses is sA .000,OO0. This would make a country as large as England, Ireland, Scotland. Wales, France, Germany. Aus tria Spain, Japan and the Transvaal combined. and enough would be left over to make several countries which. until a cient importance to be styled principali
 tiea or kingdoms. And besides these somewhat startling computations there sboyc list that would be able to produce
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11
DO YOU CARRY A PURsEp
If You Do Not it Shows That Yol
 Are Not Economical.

Did you ever notice that man who carri ss hls money loose in his pocAet is usually a person who is not of saving nature?'
 The speaker was a banker, says the Chicago Tribune. and one of Chicago s most successful capitalists.
 "A pockc: book" he continued, Is all most an infallible indication that the per most instances of a saving disposition. Of course there are exce2ti2ns to all rules. but in 4O years observation have not found a dozen successful men M business who did not carry wallet or some kind. The man who carries his money loosely in his pocket is invariably a careless person, and few men who are careless in money matters ever aeclfEnu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11
DOCTORS FAILED TO CURE.
Five Bottles of Swamp-Root Recommended by Friends, f
 Taken. Resuc Complete Restora- ton to Health.

Mir. IT. s. Crawford, who recently moved to Montgomery from Cincinnati, and who expects to make Montgomery his home, tells an interesting story about his complete restoration to health, after weeks of suffering from kidney and blad- der trouble. from the use of pr. Kilmer' S famous remedy, Swamp-Root. A cure was effected in MT. Crawfords case by Swamp-Root- after eminent physicians in Cincinnati and Montgomery had made dismal failures in their efforts to relieve him. Naturally. he is an enthusiast on the subject of the great remedy, and ex- presses his enforcement of 1t in most emphatic way.
 To a reporter of The Advertiser. MT. Crawford said:
 Two years ago I began to experience slight pains in my back. At the time thought nothing special was the matter but imagined had strained myself while at work I paid no particular attention to the trouble for weeks, and, in conse- auence I grew alarmed. My physician
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11

edge security, but 1t was doubtful If the borrower came to time at the expiration of the note or mortgage. The man whe carefully counted the money handed him and placed 1t in a pocketbook, taking care that the bills were in straight, was pretty sure to have the semi-annual interest and the principal when it fell due.
 After 70 years of daily observation believe that a pocketbook Is necessary for a man to save money. Watch the man on the street car when he pays his fare; if he takes the nickel or dime. or what ever the coin may be. from purse, you can put him down as saving man: never knew 1t to fail. It is the hail fel- low well met, might say the spendthrtft. who carries his money in this pocket and that one. The man who enters a saloon and throws a handful of change on the bar is t<, man who carries it loose in hlH pocket. He wants everybody to drink with him, be he an acquaintance or a stranger But the man who walks in and draws a coin from his ptIFSo takes a quiet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11

was consulted and he treated me, far several weeks, for disordered liver and kidneys, but failed to relieve me, though I followed his directions carefully. Al the while the pain grew more severe. and was at a less to know what to do. ] had heard through my friends that Swamp Root was good for kidney and liver troubles so determined to try 1t.
 Two bottles did me great deal of good, the third bottle continued my i'm provement, and the fourth and fifth bot ties made an entirely well man of me. feel that my future life Is due to Swamp Root 1t certainly worked wondens for me. and never lose an opportunity oi singing its praises wherever an occasion arises. You are at liberty te use these statements in any way you see At, or re. fer any one to me, an~ will gladly tell them of my past illness, and my wonder ful restorations to health through the agency of Swamp-Root.
 Yours respectfully.
 I'll. s. CRAWFORD. Montgomery, Ala, April 1s, tsR"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-11

MT, W. W. A. Smith. a well known and popular travelling salesman. who has been for twenty-five years a knight of the grip, with Montgomery his headquarters for the past several years. hasNbeen com pletely cured of bladder and kidney trouble by Dr. Kilmer's famous medicine, Swamp Root, and in a most emphatic manner. expresses his appreciation of the gt eat gcod the medicine did him. and now unequivocally endorses its wonder ful curative properties. In recent in- terview with a reporter of The Adver- tiser, MT. Smith said:
 'Ail my life. up to eighteen months ago, enjoyed perfect health l led a been a hearty eater, but could digest my food and sleep soundly every night. l suppose. however. l overtaxed my sys- tenn. for about eighteen months ago l beKsn to suffer with pains in my back and sides. which rapidly grew worse, and naturally became the source of great anxiety to me consulted a prominent physician, who treated me for. indiges- tion, and, of course. the pains grew worse. tried other doctors, whose