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MACON Sends Official Report.

Washington, October 19.-The following
official dispatch was received at the war
department this afternoon:
Havana, October 10.
Secretary of War, Washington.
Terrific hurricane swept over Havana
and vicinity at midnight lasting several
hours. Wind officially reported so miles
an hour. Telegraph and telephone wires
all down. Trees blown down in all parts.
Two schooners ashore. Loss. city and
country, heavy Fear considerable loss
of life Eight deaths reported in city Of
Havana. Have called upon governors of
provinces to report local conditions. Ocean
going shipping in Havana harbor un-
harmed. Number of launches andelighters
adrift and sunk. MAGOON."
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the office of Comptroller General Wright
and physicians were summoned, but she
had died before they reached her. The
body was taken to the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. r. Story, sc zachry street,
West End, where she has been living.
Mrs. Osborne was the widow of James
Osborne, who died some twenty years
ago. He was a well-known citizen, en-
gagged in the cotton business at the time
of his death. Mrs. Osborne was a sister
of Wheeler Mangum, a well-known At
lantan. and she is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Story. with whom she was
living, and Mrs. ]. T. Goodrum.
There were probably more than 1000
people in the capitol at the time of Mrs.
Csbornes sudden death. She is said to
have had heart trouble, which the emo
tional excitement brought to a crisis and
caused her death.
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TWENTY KILLED BY STORM
WHICH STRIKES HAVANA
Property Damage on the Island VIII
Reach $4,000, o,oo0-M agnIficent
Trees Are All Swept
From the Prado.

Washington. October 19.-The
tropical hurricane which swept
from Cuba to the Bahamas now
appears to be raging with full
force about 200 miles out in the
Atlantic, it's only shore effect to-
night being a falling barometer and
a twenty-five mile wind off the
South Georgia coast. 1t is still
hazardous tor coasting craft along
the middle and south Atlantic
coasts.
The hurricane. according to Fore
caster Henry of the weather bu-
reau, seems to have been tempor-
arily checked in its northeastward
movement, and has not advanced in
the past twelve hours. nor do the
indications point to any change in
the next twenty-four hours. An
other storm is developing in Colo
RADIO.
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Would Submit to Arbitration.

Washington, October 19.-A circular
signed by General Manager Spencer of
the Southern railway, is being sent out
tonight by the striking machinists, pro-
posing that the machlnists declare the
strike off. and return to work, and submit
the wage question to an arbitration of
three men, one each representing the
strikers and the company. and these to
choose the third. The decision of the ar
bitrat tors, according to the proposition,
is to govern the wage scale for two
wears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Insurance Agents Adjourn.

Indianapolis. October 19.-The local fire
insurance agents of the country ad-
journed this evening after adopting reso-
lutions expressing belief in the necessity
for reducing the cost of insurance to the
minimum, for cooperation between COM
panies and agents; for disabusing the
public mind of any prejudice that might
exist against insurance, and opposing re-
batting
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viii Not Produce Books.

ST. Louis. October 19.-Robert M. Frazer
secretary of the eastbound freight COM
mittee, again refused to produce books
and records of the committee at the hear
ing of the governments custer suit
against the Terminal Railway associa-
ton Commissioner Rombauer adjourned
the hearing until the matter has been
passed upon by the United States court.
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st. Augustine Not DAMAGED.

st. Augstine, October 19.-This city, be-
yond some damage done by high tides.
was not affected by yesterdays hurricane.
Messages received at the wireless station
indicate that the storm passed this point
about 60 miles to sea-
At 10 O'Clock this morning Red ID.
steamer reported that 1t was running into
terrific storm north of st. Augustine A
wireless message from Key West tonight
says: steamer Mascotte arrived Key
West, all on board o. K
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Former Senator VIII Begin
SeYbing His Sentence Monday

ments for the ex-senator to be in court
in that city on Monday next, when the
mandate of the United States supreme
court upholding his sentence, will be for
mally presented and Mr. Burton given
in charge of the court officials.
Immediately upon receipt of the tele-
gram Mr.. Burton arranged to start for
st. Louis Sunday noon. He announced
that Mrs. Burton would accompany him.
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Heavy Damage In Miami.

Miami, October 19.-The destructive
tropical storm which struck Miami early
Thursday morning, was the most severe
felt here in years. The damage wrought
throughout the city will amount to many
thousands of dollars, accurate esti-
mate being impossible at this time.
Buildings all over the city were un-
rooted, the Methodist church was par
TALLY wrecked, and the steepe blown
down two livery stables were complete
ly wrecked. warehouses razed and plate
glass windows blown in. Most of the mer-
chants also sustained much damage from
water. their places of business being
flooded One of the heaviest individual
losers was Frank Bulge. whose three
story brick store was unroofed and the
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Funston viii Return.

Washington. October 19.-General Fun
ston will return Immediately to st. Louis
and assume command of the southwest
ern division, the state of Missouri, by an
order issued today, having been trans-
ferred from the northern division of the
department of Texas In the southwestern
division The department of Texas will
be commanded by Brig. Gen. William s.
McCaskey.
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INCREASED BANK RATE
CAUSES APPREHENSION
Prominent Banker, However, Says 1t
Is Easily Explained and There is
Mo Need for Alarm.

New York, October 19.-In connection
with the increased bank rate of the Bank
of England there was a good deal of
speculation in Wall street during the
early hours and many disquieting rumors
were set afloat. Inquiry among the banks
doing a heavy foreign business put these
rumors effectually at rest A vice presi-
dent of one of the leading banks said:
1.-The increase in the London bank rate
is easily accounted for. The reserve of
the bank has been depleted until yester
day it reached klSOOO,OOO sterling. Today
there was a draft for GS00,000 to go to
Egypt With the rate of exchange as it
stood it was within the probabilities for
us to draw gold from London While
yesterday we notified them that we should
not do so, they evidently felt that 50
long as it was possible to withdraw gold
for this country at profitable rate, they
had better protect themselves, and for
this reason the rate was increased. We
see no occasion whatever for alarm. at
this action.
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HARTMAN SAYS OTHERS
WILL HAVE THEIR DAY

ed for the person so selected. That Sc
lection was made by a majority of the
board of directors pursuant to that agree
ment, but Mr.. Fish instead selected his
own nominee.
''It passes the bounds of credulity to
suppose that we would give Mr. Fish the
right to nullify the very agreement We
were signing and to veto the selection
to be made by a majority of the direc-
tors.
II am therefore not the only one inter-
ested in this matter; l suppose the other
gentlemen concerned. when they return
to town. will have something to say on
the subject
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Injured In Long Island Accident.

New York, October 19.-One man was
severely hurt and several others were cut
and bruised today when a Long Island
railroad train crashed into a line Of empty
cars in the yards at the Belmont race
track siding here today. Robert Butler.
ticket-seler at the track, was caught
in the crush when the trains came to-
gether and one Of his legs cut off. Ii is
believed that he Is fatally injured.
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Abeline, Kas., October 19.-Joseph Ralph
Burton. former United States senator
from Kansas, will begin serving his six
months sentence at Ironton, Mo-, on
Monday next. He will be accompanied to
Ironton by Mrs. Burton, who will remain
in that town until her husbands release.
Mr.. Burton today received telegram
from his attorney at st. Louis, announc-
ing that the latter has made arrange
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
MADAME BEGUES,
FAMOUS COOK, DIES
THE REGISTER IN HER TINY RES
TAURANT IN NEW ORLEANS
CONTAINS NAMES OF CoUN.
TRY IS MOST FAMOUS MEN.

New Orleans October 19.-Madame
Begues, for fifty years one of the most
famous cooks in the United States, died
tonight. On the guests register at her
tiny restaurant which seated no more
than forty persons, are some of the most
famous names in recent United, States his
tory, and also quaint and original verses
written by leading American poets and
authors Madame Begues was n years of
age, but cooked until six months ago.
1t was necessary in the winter to en-
gage seats at her table a week in ad-
vance.
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rometric pressure varied from 2770 to
2S.06 The rainfall in twenty-four hours
reached 4.72 inches. The center of the
cyclone appears to have crossed from the
Caribbean, sweeping through both pro-
vinces. 1t passed to the north from Ha-
vana and crossed Florida. going north
east. One of the wrecked schooners is
now perched on the rocks in front of the
Santa Clara battery, hundred feet from
the water. while the other is crushed and
battered against the sea wall at the foot
of the Prado.
Cable communication with the outside
world came suddenly to an end Wednes-
day, and was not restored until this
morning, the breaking being in the land
line between Havana and Cajnan. Gangs
of hundreds of men of the public works
department, under the directions of Lieut..
Col. William M. Black, of the engineers.
Z. s. A, are replainting uprooted trees,
cutting off injured branches and generally
cleaning up the parks and streets. While
the damage to buildings was not very
serious in many cases, yet later reports
show that quite number OF walls were
blown down and many windows were
wrecked
Train service with the east was restmed
tonight with the departure of the Santi-
ago express.
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MISSISSIPPI MOB
IN HOT PURSUIT
MOBILE SHERIFF is NOTIFIED
THAT NEGRO CRIMINAL is
HEADED TOWARD THAT CITY
PURSUED BY ANGRY CITIZENS.

Mobile, October 19.-Sheriff Powers has
been notified that about o'clock this
afternoon at Howard & Roberts turpen-
tine camp, in Mississippi just over the
Alabama line and near Pierce, Ala. Mrs.
Humphreys, a white woman aged %. was
criminally assaulted by negro who ac-
complished his purpose.
mob of white men walked to Brush
by, Miss, in pursuit and thG.'e took the
train for Wilmer where they found the
negro had been. At last accounts the
negro was seen mounted on the Howells
Ferry road coming towards Mobile with
the mob In hot pursuit.
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Referred to ssion.
Officers Are Elected.

The convention elected the following Of
ficers:
president-G. S. Whtson. vice president
NJ The National City bank. New York.
First Vice President-J. d. Powers. vice
president of the Citizens State bank, Mid
-dlesboro, KY.
Members of the executive council to
represent tho state associations:
E, o. Watts. Nashville, Tenn; Clay H..
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parently quite oblivious OF etha fearful
experience through which their city has
passed. Street car traffic was fully re-
c,tr,a1 today
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Increased in Severity.

The storm began at an early hour in
the evening, and increased in severity at
night when the wind reached a maximum
velocity of eighty miles an hour. The
weather observer of the Belen college in
formed the Associated Press that the ba-
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rec;iJ behind the catcher. II the mai
BILE hits the broad side of this box
when pitched strike" Is called II
1t shoots over or beside the box It is
ball. Four balls" as In the real
game, entitle the batsman to his Lase.
There are no foul strikes" In spool
baseball. but when ball touches the
bat and rolls foul the fielder nearest
the point where 1t stops is rolled from
his position toward it. and II he touch.
es 1t the batsman is out" A fair hit
that knocks over fielder is an out"
II the fielder rolls further from the
plate than does the ball and II scores
as fly caught When a fair h:t is
met by no fielder or when it strikes
one and goes beyond him the one
nearest where 1t stops is rolled toward
it.. and II he touches 1t 1t. is an out.
Should he miss. however. the batsman
is rolled from home plate toward first
base. and, hitting the baseman there,
is declared safe" and may roll for
second. third and home in order.
The field team waits to move until
the runner has tried. and If he fails
at any base the bali is thrown from
where 1t stopped toward the baseman
missed. Should the ball then hit the
latter the runner is out. Should 1t
not hit the runner has again to roll
from where he stopped toward the
baseman. and II he fails again the ball
is thrown from its place, and so on
until the man is either safe or out
Once safe on first base the runner
remains there until the next ball other
than foul has been delivered. Then
he may try to steal the next base un-
der the same rules as applied to his
reaching first, but he may take but
one base. of course. on such a run.
Should hit be made when a runner
Is on first base the ball may be fielded
to second base Immediately to force
him out, as in the real game. and this
may often develop in true double
play If the batter fails to get to first.
For throw to home base the catch
err is brought up from behind the bat
and placnd upon the plate In. the
case OF a hit of the field Chat is, the
bed or table, the ball is brought back
to the point over which 1t passed ON
going off and the nearest fielder hiss
his chance to run for 1t as II 1t We .
real hit to the fence"
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more plIme.like than the spruces and
balsam frs. The leaves are fiat, blunt.
slightly above one-half an inch long,
dark green above and pale beneath.
being SO arranged, by the twisting OF
their short petioles, as to appear two
ranked. thus giving fiat appearance
to the twig. The cones are as long or
slightly longer than the leaves, while
the scales are broad and obtuse. They
hang from the tips of the branches and
often persist for months after the
seeds have fallen. The wood is light
brown. brittle and coarse grained.
weighing &c pounds to the cubic foot.
1t is employed in the building OF barns
and other rough buildings. The range
OF the hemlock is from Nova Scotia to
Minnesota and south to Alabama.
The hemlock is not recognized by
the United States Pharmacopoeia as
having any medicinal properties. nor
Goes the oil of hemlock appear on its
Est of organic drugs, but the bark Of
the tree is used for tanning on account
Of the large per cent. of tannin con-
tanned therein.
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NO USELESS SOIL
All Land will Pay RseIaln,ins II 10
Thought.

Gullies on billy. rolling land can be
stopped and the land reclaimed by
putting light coat OF timothy hay in
the bottom of the ditch after the
rainy reason is passed. In the win
ter. feed cattle on the land by put
ting the hay in the bitches. have
had bitches on my farm that were
once usless but have been reclaimed
and now produce one and on~half
tons OF hay to the acre. Never rlow
in the gullies. but plOw mp and down
the hill beside them. Never pillow
closer than two feet to the edge of the
bitches. Each year let the grasA strip
&c. little wider. Thus yotS high
land will gradually level up have
some land that had been gu':ed but
has now been producing grass for the
past 20 years. Once set of grass has
been obtained in the gullies. never
pillow it up. The hay will always be
getting better in the main leads. and
the smaller ones will be improving
through the process OF feeling hay TO
the cattle. All land will LAY reclaim
Ing, declares the Farmers ,Reyiew.
Very poor land gu,lies worst. Manure
from stables whe'S the mich cows are
fed hay is the very bes. manure Tor
reclaiming such End.
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About to Fir. Proj.etils from the c...puI..

Before gunpowder was invented ma
chimes were used in war to hurl great
stones into Notifications and from be.
sieged places against the besiegers,
and these machines were called cata-
pults. The little apparatus here pic
tured and described works on sim
liar principle, but the projectiles
which 1t throws are harmless pellets
Of bread or wet paper.
A glance at the picture shows how
the catapult is made. 1t consists, ex-
plains the Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune, merely of three stiff, elastic
steel pens and soft board. Two Of
the pens are stuck firmly into the
board with their backs turned in the
same direction, and at such a distance
apart that when the first pen 10 bent
strongly backward the end which goes
into the penholder will nearly but not
quite touch the eye. or hole. of the
second pen.
Bend the first pen back in this man
ner, taking care not to break 1t, and
hold it down by catching 1t under the
point Of the third pen. which you have
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thrust through the hole in the second
or upright pen. Lay little ball of
pressed bread or moistened paper on
the hollow shank of the bent pen and
pull the third pen (which you always
hold with your fingers and thumb)
backward until its point slips OF the
bent pen. At once the bent pen. in
virtue of its elasticity. straightens
with jerk and stands erect, throwing
the light bullet half way across the
room.
The first pen, the one that you bend
down, should be as tough and springy
pen as you can find; the others may
be any old pens. except that the up
right one must have hole in 1t.
The board should be soft 80 that
you can stick the pens securely into
it-so please don't make use Of the
dining or parlor table. or your school
desk! II you do 80. you may-and l
hope you will-be the chief victim of
your experiments in gunnery. Also,
look out for your eyes and other peo-
pies, for sometimes the pens fly as
well as the bullets.
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ened the covering was left as the own.
er felt that 1t would serve as protec-
ton to the cement when wagon was
used in the stable. He reports that he
has found this to be true.
4 hole is dug about e. foot deep and
the cement foundation built up from
this point. explains Prairie Farmer.
The porto shown in the illustration
is that which appears above the
ground. A represents the post y the
cement and C the covering. The latter
may he Of any material convenient
though fairy good lumber is advis.
able.
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To find way to play baseball At
home has long been the ambition of
every patriotic American boy.
Any boy who can shoot a marble
can play indoor baseball. The field"
should be bed or large table. with,
pillows or pile Of books or boxes for
a back stop" An old sheet with
diagram of the diamond in chalk or
ink should be spread upon bed or
table, the diamond at one end and the
outfield at the other, as on real
grounds. The bases should be two
feet apart, marked by round spots the
size of silver quarter, and the pitch
er's box should be foot from the
home plate, the latter being postage
stamp. The pitchers and batsmans
boxes should be marked as well as the
foul lines.
The players are spools-just ordin-
AIRY sewing silk or thread spools-and
they are all selected for their ability
to roll straight. says the New York
Herald. The name of each player Is
written on a slip of paper pasted on
his head. The mines secured. the ball
and bat are all that remain to be
found. The former is a marble of
medium size. The latter is round
lead pencil. not sharpened. The team
In the field are all placed In their &C.
customed positions as in the actual
game. except that the three basemen
remain on the bases instead of play
ing or" The operator or manager"
of the field team stands beside the
table nearest first base, and. reach
ing his arm over that position, places
his right hand beside his spool pitcher.
the marble In the hand. The manager
of the team at bat. putting one of his
men in the batsman's box at home
Mate, stands on the other side Of the
field from his opponent and places his
right hand, graspi,g the bat. In front
of his player.
Then the game begins and the actual
rules are followed closely. A third
boy may act as umpire. or the two
managers can agree easily enough in
decisions, for few will be found tn.
comfortably close or uncertain. The
batsman cannot judge the bali well,
because the pitcher is SO near that he
Is allowed to strike at each delivery.
cigar box is Id on its bottoez di.
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PAsTuRiNe MEADoWs,
II 10 4 Mistake to Put Cattle on a.
Soon az the Hay 10 Cut on.

A common practice among farmers
OF the present day, and more SO the
eastern farmer, Is to pasture the
meadows as soon as the hay crop is
cut on. 1t 10 an old practice and a
bad one. says Peterkin Wiley, Jr.. in
American Ag1culturist. 1t has been
practiced for generations, but not to
such an extent as at present. To turn
stock Immediately upon the meadow
Ia sure ruination of next years crop
of hay and relieves the farmer but
little In the long run. In July and
August pasture gets short, especially
In a dry year and to see the green
grass growing Is indeed great temp
tation. On very rich soil do not say
that 1t is not proper to pasture, pro-
viding that the young shoots are given
chance first to gain size and luxuria-
ant growth.
Every farmer should SOW plenty of
fodder corn in early spring and sum-
mer so it can be fed during the short
age of pasture. In great many Sec
lions. no doubt, farmers have learned
from experience the folly of early pas
turing of meadows. ! believe 1t per-
fectly right to allow stock to Craze on
moved meadows not earlier than Sep
TENDER 1, providing 1t is not carried
to extremes. l have observed In a
great many instances when winter set
In that the ground would be gnawed
as smooth as house floor. This leaves
the young plant roots unprotected and
the damage done is extensive.
have number Of neighbors, sue.
cessful in way. and readers of
American Agriculturist. whose first
act after removing the hay Is to turn
in every head of livestock they have.
Experience has shown this is very un.
profitable. My method is to allow short
Intervals at time. In this way there
Is sufficient top left to insure winter
protection to the roots. some soil re-
building and a big hay crop the sue.
ceeding year.
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BOARD SHIELD FoR POST BASE.
How One Farmer Provided Ingenious
Protection From Jack Frost.

We give herewith sketch of q
cement base for posts as used In a