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New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
RUMOR OF NAVY YARD SCANDAL
It Is Reported That Letting of Contracts in
Norfolk Will Be Investigated.

Norfolk. Va, oct. There is a report current
here and seemingly well founded. ths the govern
ment will shortly investigate certain supply con-
tracts for the Norfolk navy yard. which are al
legged 10 have been let without competition. Color
lent TO the story by the appearance here of MT
postofice investigation. Al inspector is also re-
ported TO have been here. The contracts were let
by the pay office without being submitted TO "As"-
ington. 1t Is alleged that out Of town firms nave
complained that their bids were pigeonhoIed'
Assistant Chief Clerk Howell is quoted as saying
that he threatened with the loss of nus poSioh
II he told Of the workings OF the once
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
INJUNCTION FOR CIRCUIT.
YOnge Says 1t UU Be asked
against Republicans.

Ex-Assistant Corporation Counsel Henry
Yonge. who is n personal friend and political
adviser of Controller Grout. gave out the fol-
lowing statement late last night:
we will by injunction seek to restrain the
Republican City Convention from reconvening.
We will seek 10 compel the officers Of the con-
vention to file the certificates of nomination Of
Messrs. Grout and Fornes. For failure TO do
so. we will seek to have them punished No
man is above the Iaw-nOt even Mr.. Woodruff"
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
TRYING TO DEFEAT BABC0CK.
La Toilette Has Three Men for his Seat in
Congress.
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE J

Viroqua Wis. Oct efforts BY Representative
Joseph w Babcocx to secure early convention
for his district seu the story OF fear that he may
be defeated in his race for the office IN 1904 Al
ready factional lines being drawn, and the
Governor who is on a speaking tour of the State
will carry his campaign into BaocockS territory
in an effort to stir up trouble Tor MIN
The reason for the Governor s animoSity Is that
Mr. RabcocE is generally believed 10 be at the head
OF the staIwart faction Of the party which is now
seeking for a candidate who can defeat La Toilette
FOR tha nomination FOR Governor. Three men are
already mentioned for Babcock's place by the La
lOliette faction
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
SHEEHAN MEN FIGHT AND SPLIT
EXECUTIVE IND IfDYISORY COMMITTEEMEN DE.
NOUNCE ATTEMPT TO RAISE RELIGIOUS ISSUE.
C. T. City CoHenon RecoHJenc Heudy Night to Drop Gout
r. Fulton Cutting Has to Controller Ready.

o the Greater Newly n a
bers leaving the n announced that organization would be
formed
yesterday wasu "
preme CrtJus in h SeondD District
o
ywouds N
President of
wanted no dckers
"Th Brooklyn Citizen Mcaughnt openly the of
wfrDthe
voun
considering ignng voluntarily
trirp son fusont cke-
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
MARRIED AT 1Ol.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE !

fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
CIarksburg. W Va. Oct 2-The Rev Samuel
Jacker, OF Gumpoint, Ohio. has fled marriage
certificate In which II II stated that the bride
groom IS one hundred and one year. ana one
month old and the bride ninesy-nine years old liz
the sixth matrimonial venture for the bride
groom and the fourth for the bride Jerry Bo-
sarth or kenners brooks and Julia Ann Jenkins
were the couple. The ceremony performed to-
day At ParkeTsburg. BOsarth Is a hod carrier and
was born ia BTdZil.
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
To rev PARKS THIS MONTH.

Distric, At,ornev Jerome intends TO Try the IN
dictments against Farley. Mccarthy and Parks
the labor leaders in the Court of General
this month The cases will be tired IN Tue 9ioei
named probably before Judge Newburssi' anu a. a.
expected to occupy about three tT'inaI Branch Of
Intention try them IN the a. SvaIJ9hle for
the Supreme Court. but no Jlsl...T
assignment tsl that court inns hi'i''--'
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
DOUBT ABOUT MoLINEUx DIVORCE
Il Is Reported in South Dakota That Sb.
Failed There and viii Try in Cbicago
TBY IELElRATH = IHE TBIBrvr.l

Huron. S. d, Oct z.-The denisls by Judge Whit,
ing q the IXth Judicial District and Judge Benna,,
of Watertown. that either Of them has gran,.6 :
decree OF divorce 70 Mrs. Roland 3. Molineux Of
New York. suEtihes the belief IN spite OF the re
ports. thai she has not yet secured a divorce Her
announcement that she came 10 this State IA ga
cure divorce would preclude any South Dakota
.odse from giving her decree. Il is reported that
AFs. Molineuxs next step viii be 10 seek legal
separation in tie Chicago courts
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
OFFERS $500 A NIGHT TO SAM" PARKS
Inv TFLrGRrH - THE THIBUNF.l

IRY TELTGEAIH 10 IHE IFIbVNF|I
Kansas city. Mo Oct. Sam Parks received
to-rg,- the Following telegram from theatrical
manager Of Syracuse, y. Y:
VIII Won entertain proposition for lecture tour;
tv,enf, sueeches at 500 night? WIN oeposi'
money. Answer.
r,,-. ..,d .1 had as good an offer that the day
came out Of Sing Sing. VIII think this PROPOSE
ton over before answer
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
A SAFEGUARD 1T SABLE ISLAND.
Canada Provides for the Establishment of a
Wireless Telegraph Station

ae''@A' y s Oct. Am appropriation Of S25.OJ0
t'"e '-,h provided ~ the Dominion Government for
@ Marconi wireless telegram station at Sable Isl
aflr- me place is a constant menace TO North
:, . S,'iaH,C navigation, with its shifting sands and
ihe s'aJon Is expected 10 avert disaster 20 YES
SeiS EQUIPPED with wireless apparatus. ConmunI-
canon vi oe established with the mainland by
BIaE % A4ois Heao station, and later with Cape
station later. ~ NS'l'i-S" alIollieI
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
A EroGNITrON on MERIT.

POAfNERY CHAMPAGNE has the ois'iilc.ioi un
OF being the only champagne selected 10 &c t1'r
at the banquet given by the Ancient anu ~ I'm
able Artillery Company OF Boston 70 ~ !,
don ARTILLERY Company OF London. England. At
Symphony Hail. Boston, Monday' oe'oosR sH'
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
AN "APPENDlClTIs DINNER,

Binghamton. Oct (SpeciaD.-J. h. Armstrong
rave an Appendicitis dinner to friends az the
Arlington Hotel this evening He will leave cor
New-York tomorrow, where he will submit TO
operation
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03

Change in schedule TO Long SraaShi Sina sroot Oc,
Park We Pennsylvania Railroad 'AA'"~ -
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03

Less than S000 10 Denver and return should be
attractive TO those desiring visit Colorado. THIS
offer is good only until October 5th Call on Now
xerk csn1Ys1 0eket Aesnts feg partiepayyy-AdyS
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03

BLACK WHITE" SCOTCH WHISKY
-. 1eeone al International ineident-lt's al right
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03
SO TOURS TO ATLANTIC CITY

So saturday during October via Peunsy lvaria
f~e@-Ioao Including and three-fourth days
a. So at me Rudolf. Seaside. Dennis ST Charles
'" "'1atil al tte Wiltshire. Ss25.-Adgt
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03

Best time TO see the Hudson Day Line ExcIr-
ssona E0 and $40 QonesssArAAyt -
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03

OVER SUNDAY TRIPS TO ATLANTIC CITY
Pernsylyoni1 Railroad special tours every Satur-
ctV in October. Rate. Xlu. covers transportation
and one and three-fOurth days hotel accOmmOda-
tion on the beach front s.. - at the WutAainnD
Ana
New-York tribune., 1903-10-03

Representing the German
Representing the AuStro-
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
AND PLANTER
HANDLING MANURE.
A Few Hints on Conserving N
Handling Properly the Ma
nure ON the Farm.

Many feeders of cattle, mules, etc.,
feed in large sheds and allow the ma
nure to accumulate until 1t is from one
to two feet deep, cleaning the sheds
two or three times a year. Where
such sheds are to be cleaned OF ma
nure it can be plowed to loosen 1t II
one hand puts his weight on the beam.
thereby gouging it out. Then, to pull
verize it, a heavy weighted harrow is
dragged over it, OF corn is scattered
over the plowed anu and hogs al
lowed to root it up. They do a good
job, too. Some resort to the slower
process of digging and pulverizing
with a hoe or mattock. Loose manure
can be handled with a n fork
all right, but this process has to be
used in stalls in which the Int is
hard packed. For handling loose, light
manure | prefer a four tined fork, the
short handled hay fork is just as good
as the D-handled anu fork, and
serves both purposes. For heavy or
very fine manur the 14-inch coal SHOW
ell is excellent, and at least n should
be found in every outfit. Low, broad
tired wagons are best for hauling. For
short trips a loose board platform with
movable side and end boards is excel
lent, and is easier unlOaded than the
wagon box. The box. though, has the
advantage of always being ready. Hav-
ing previously pulverized the manure
fine at the barn, spread it evenly over
the ground. l have seen men haul
great chunks of manur to the field
and throw them often several feet
apart. What benefit they expect the
intervening ground to derive | cannot
see. If the manure is to be spread on
ground on which you expect to SOW
clover or grass seed, SOW these first,
and spread evenly well pulverized ma
nure over it. A fine stand will be the
result if the seed is good. Thin spots
in the pasture or meadow can be doc
tored p%rofitably by this method. The
amount to spread will depend on the
soil, kind of manure kind of crop. For
instance, use a light coating of fine
manure for top dressing the pasture
and meadow. Do not use coarse ma
nure or litter on this ground-it will
do for blowing under. On small grain
damage is often done by too heavy
manuring, causing too rank growth,
consequently falling of the grain. But
corn is not often injured in this way,
though there is no advantage in put
ting on an excess. The effects of a
good coating in clay soil is often ap-
parent four or five years after, while
wet, crawfishy land will require ma
nure every season, since it soon sinks
out of the reach of the rootlets. l con-
slider composing not only needless
but foolish. Nor should the manure
be piled in the barn yard or field, as
the small space under the pile re-
ceives an excess, and the action of
the weather causes deterioration of
that in the pile at a greater rate.-E.
w. Jones, in Agricultural Epitomist.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
G~alvestOn's Grit.

There has been no finer display of
American grit of late years than that
afforded by the people of the city of
Galveston, Tex, stree the great storm
which devastated 1t three years ago.
The city has been practically rebuilt.
Half the work Upon a sea wall, 1883
feet long and seventeen feet high, to
prevent future incursions of the sea,
has been completed. The city has at
tanned to the third place among the
ports of the United States in the ex-
tent of its export trade. It's bank clear
ings for the year ended August 81 were
Sab, 185, 900. There are ffty-three lines
of steamships between Galveston and
foreign ports and eleven lines of coast
wise traders. Plans are afOot to raise
the level of the land upon which the
city stands as a security for the future.
Truly, it can no longer be denied that
under certain circumstances men may
lift themselves by their own bootstraps,
plucking success out. of the grip OF
overwhelming Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
E R AND ABILITY.
To These Two Qualities iva Ell
lott Owes His Rapid Rise in
Railway World.

Howard Elliott, who has been second
vice president of the Burlington system
since May 1, 1902, recently was elected
president of the Northern Pacific rail-
way, in place of C. S. Mellen, who will
become president of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad. Before the
practical merger of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railway official
and personal animosities developed be-
tween James J. Hill and Mr.. Mellen, and
the only wonder in railway circles is that
Mellen has remained president of the
Northern Pacific sc long after Hill be-
came the dominant power. Just %
years ago Howard Elliott entered the
railway service as a chairman in an en-
cheering corps of the Burlington road.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
A WHITE MANS LAND.
Only Spot in Central Africa Where
Caucasians Thrive.
Fertile Plateau Under the Equator,
Discovered by Thomson-EurO-
pean Children Do as Well
There as ats Home.

Between Mount Kenia, the great
snow mountain of equatorial Africa,
and Victoria Nyanza is a plateau or
series of plateaus, as large as New
York state. Every white man who has
ever been there, from Joseph Thomson,
who discovered it, to the latest travel
er, declares that 1t is perfectly fitted
to be colonized by many thousands of
the white race.
The New York Sun says that it is
directly under the equator; and be-
cause it is the only region in equatorial
Africa that offers a field for settlement
by north Europeans, it is worth while
to show its exact position on this little
map. The area in black on the map is
the plateau.
1t was judicious to be skeptical about
h ftnes of any part of equatorial
Africa for white colonists; but the
unanimity of testimony concerning this
plateau seems to have settled the ques-
ton in it's favor.
The latest testimony comes from c.
Eliot, British commissioner in the East
African protectorate, who has lived
long in hat region. He says the sur
face of the plateau resembles the downs
of England.
Here and there large forests of fine
timber are scattered among the wide
expanses of grazing and tillable fields.
All kinds of European vegetables flour
ish, water is abundant and the soil is
very fertile.
Ten years experience" he says,
shows that the climate is healthy and
invigorating and that European chill
dren born in the country can live and
thrive there. The mean average tenn
perature is 81 degrees Fahrenheit at
nine a. M, and IS degrees Fahrenheit
at noon, while the nights are much
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
VIEWS OF THE CLERGY.

Mons. Merry Del. Val. who has
been appointed secretary of state by
Plus X, is half a Spsniard and half an
Englishman. He is one of the ablest
men in the Catholic church, and is said
to understand American affairs thor
oughly.
1t is believed hat one of the richest
preachers in the world resides in Den
yer. He is A. d. Parker, auditor Of the
Colorado & Southern railroad, who,
though not a regularly ordained preach
er, is the regular lay reader at st. Luke's
Episcopal church. He and a partner
W the Tonopah gold mine, which is
worth about $40, O00, 900. So far Mr..
Parker has received 81, 900 900 or so In
cash from the output.
The venerable Bishop Huntington, of
Syracuse, says the men involved in the
ship-building trust scandal are, in his
opinion, really pagans. Our education
al system is somehow very deficient" he
says. What we need is the education
OF the moral nature. The conscience OF
men is ne trained in Jul public schools
and great institutions. l say give pro-
portionate attention to the moral life
of the student body of our great conn-
try"
DR.. E. B. Randle, pastor of a Meth
odist church in Muncie, Ind. has begun
war on wigs, which he %denounces as
cunning devices resorted to by some
people to conceal the fact that they are
growing old" The reverend gentleman
is good enough to say that he finds no
fault with the young ~bald-headed man
who wears a wig, but declares that'"in
the case of old men it is altogether I'M
becoming" "Old age" he says. "is
glorious when It comes naturally, for
the best things in the world are old"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
When the Pigs Come.

The exact time when the pigs are
to be farrowed should be known, so
that ample protection can be provided,
and the SOW given the right kind of
treatment. After a SOW selects a
place for narrowing, it is poor practice
to disturb her. Sometimes this must
be done, but if so, she should be
handled very carefully. 1t is much bet
ter to protect her in her chosen place
than to try to move her. When a SOW
is in a nice, comfortable house a few
days before she farrows, she is not apt
to leave it to go to some out of-the-
way place, unless she has the run of
a large field. R. Jamison, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13

the unions. Gov. Peabody is a native of
Vermont, where he was BORN in 1852.
He got his education in the public
schools and in a business college, and
as a young man had the record of be-
ing the fastest runner in the state,
For a time he was clerk in a Boston
dry goods store, but went west to Den
yer, where for a time he worked as
fireman, and then went to Canyon City.
where, favored by fortune, he became
a banker. He has always been active
in politics and is a thirty-third degree
Mason. He is married and has an in
teresting family. He has won high es-
TEEN for his executive ability, and, OF
course, denies that he showed any par
TALLY in the Cripple Creek dispute. He
claims to have stood for nothing but
the maintenance of order and enforce
ment of law.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
R
No Self-Respectins Farmer Will Al
low His Property to Become
an EyesOre.

Why are there so many unattrac-
tive farms in the c~ountry-lack of or
namentation about the dwelling. di-
lapidated out-buildings, ramshackle
fences, and gates that have to be
propped up to keep them from falling
down, and hat require as much time
and labor to open and shut them dur
ing a single day as would be required
to give them all needed repairs? We
hesitate about answering this query.
1t is not probable hat the cause is
~laZiness, for the owner may work from
sunrise to dark. Perhaps it is lack of
pride in his farm and home, and per-
haps he is content if his equipment
a be made to serve the purpose for
which it was intended. 1t may be
partly a lack of appreciation for the
virtues of paint, or a tendency to pro-
vide for the present only, and let the
futre take are Of itself. However it
may be, such farms are offensive to
people of taste and give the passer-
by a low estimate of the intrinsic worth
of the lord of the manor We have
seen farm houses where children have
been born and raised to manhood and
womanhood without yard fences, shade
trees or artificial ornament or convent
ence of any sort, where the open coun-
try about the house resembled a cow
lot, cattle, horses and hogs seeking
the shadow of the house for protection
from the hot sun, and the leeward side
of the same structure for shelter
against the cold winds of winter. OF
course, such cases are extreme ones,
but their rareness adds to their de-
formity. No self-respecting farmer
can live in this fashion, be he white,
or black OF brown. One such farmer
can do more harm in a community
than ten model farmers can pectify,
unless they adopt the plan of buying
out and expelling him from the neigh
borhood.-TeXas Farm and Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
An Excellent Example.

Five thousand of the public school
children of Missouri are being taught
the rudiments of agriculture, and it is
expected that as soOn as competent
teachers can be secured, agriculture
will be taught in all the rural schools
of that state. In teaching these
branches in the public schools, special
attention is paid to identifying the
school grounds, as we'll as the yards
and lawns of the children's homes.
The school grounds are planted in
flowers, shrubs, vines and trees, and
the work is done by the pupils. The
bulletins to be used as textbooks in
teaching the children agriculture. In
this matter Missouri has taken an adj
vanced position, and no doubt great
good will result, and it will not be
confined to Missouri.-Farm and
Ranch.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13

colder and the thermometer often goes
down to As degrees in the early morn
ing.
On the Settina range, about half a de-
gree south of the equator, l have ex-
perienced one degree of frost at six a.
m. At Nairobi the heat increases at
times to so degrees at midday and re-
mains stationary till about 2:30 p. m,
when it cools down, but the average is
somewhat lower"
Mr.. Eliot says this is a white mans
country. He did not believe it at first.
'but increased facilities for travelling
have perhaps enabled me to acquire a
larger personal experience of different
parts of the protectorate than is pos
sessed by any one at present; and l
have no hesitation in stating my con-
viction that Europeans can live and
thrive no merely in patches of terri
tory here and there, but practically
anywhere in the highlands; hat is to
say, anywhere in the large area COM
priSing the Lumbwa and Nandi terri
tory, the Mau, the southern part of the
Rift valley, Settima and Laikipia, the
whole kenya province, Kikuyu and
probably the whole of Ukamba, as far
east as Makindu."
The reason this great plateau is fitted
to become the home of white men is
that its surface is twice as high above
the sea as the top of the highest noun
tain in the Catskills. In other words.
1t is e 5000 feet above sea level.
This great altitude gives it a temperate
climate in tropical Africa.
A railroad now crosses the plateau,
but a generation may pass before many
~colon1sts may 60 there. Some of the
native tribes are not yet we'll disposed.
toward white men. There must be
markets and ample faculties for trans
portation before many whites will be
tempted to immigrate. But this is one
of the reserves of Africa, which will
some day become a center of white in
dustry and civilization.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Has He Found 1t?

Polk, Ark, Nov. "a remedy that will
absolutely cure Rheumatism has been dis
covered by Mr.. George Hiland of this place.
Mr.. Inland is satisfied that the remedy he
has used is a sure cure, for it cured him of a
when he was so bad that he could not move.
This is what he says
Il was troubled with what is called Acute
Rheumatism in 1900. | was in such shape
that l could not move without help. | was
treated by a physician, VINO helped me some,
but | was still in great pain when my wife
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised as a cure
for Rheumatism. She insisted on my trying
them. and | felt better after taking the first
box. | continued, and now | am well and able
to work all the time. | have found Dodd's
Kidney Pills to be just what they are claimed
to be, a perfect cure for Rheumatism"
Mr.. Hiland's very positive statement seems
to settle all doubt as to whether or not Rheu-
matism can be cured.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-11-13
Fall Work in Ii Poultry Yards.

A neighbor, whose experience in
poultry raising gives weight tosher ad-
vice, recently informed me that her war
against parasites was pushed into the
late winter months. She says that if
lice are vigorously fought at this time
of the year, they may be entirely ex-
terminated. Clean out the houses and
yards, saving the for a COM
post. Mix with about the same bulk
of b%arnyard manur and wood ashes,
and cover closely with hay or straw.
Leave until spring, and you will have
a rich compost for your strawberry or
garden patch. There is usually a rush
of young poultry to the markets in Oc-
tober or November. This does not nee
essarily, imply that the prices are ad-
vanced or the demand better at this
time of year, but rather that there is
q general effort to dispose of stock on
hands before the coming of winter.
Very often it is good policy to hold
back shipping stock until the rush is
over. Do not neglect to store the sur
plus vegetables for the hens. Green
food is a great egg producer. Do the
poultry houses and fences need repairs?
Fall is the best time to attend to these
matters, since winter is likely to steal
upon us almost before we are ware of
the fact, and, if we wait until cold
weather comes, the task of repairing
is not a very agreeable one.-Cor. Epit-
omist.