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order to regain vitality. The difficulty
now is that the movement of farm boys
TO the towns is not balanced by q coun-
ter movement of city boys to the farms.
We do not think this latter movement
Eo.dise companies are formed which will
furnish sufficient capital to guarantee a
living until former city men have be-
come skilled In farm management. This
Is being generally recognized. This
thing of giving an impression. as some
advertisers do, that anybody can 60 into
the fields AMI convert them from barren
wastes :;,io agricultural gold mines in q
year VI 30 Is Unfair, uRwiss and criminal.
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The City Man on the Farm.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
1t Is true enough that farming today
In one of the most attractive of occu-
pations. There is more money in it than
ever before. 1t is little less than rim
inal. however, TO induce city jewellers who
know nothing of planting to give up po-
sitions and move to a new and wild
country, there to lead the life of pio-
neers. although they are wholly unified
for it. 1t is mistake TO think tina,
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anybody can farm 1t requires skill. lust

'''9 0""1 e11'' TUT TIT 1T fVVuIIes SKIII. JUsC
as every other vocation requires skill
City jewellers who wish to go in for
farming should settle in an old farming
district where there are willing farmers
to advise and aiG them and where the
! conditions are not those of the frontier
Moreover. IL is hopeless for city men to
move to farms unless they own them in
fee and have sufficient money TO weather
disastrous season.
1t Is undoubtedly true that a great
many people would be better Off in the
country than in the city. Families have
TO return 10 the soil at given periods In
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Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bidwell OF PENN
sylvania were recent guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs Hall on 18th street.
Mr.. Corbett and his daughters, the
Misses Corbett, have moved from their
home on 18th street to the Stanley, on
Harvard street. where they have taken
an apartment for the spring season.
Representative and Mrs Russell have
been entertaining as their guest for q
few days Mrs. Turner of Missouri.
CONTINUED on Third Pase.l
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ney, Robert Ball and Francis Walker.
Later in the evening dainty refreshments
were served in the dining room.
Mrs Leddis of Scotland spent several
days last week In Washington Sightsee-
ing.
Mrs Littleton. wife Of Representa-
tive Littleton has returned to her apart
ment at the Shoreham from short trip
to her home in New York.
Miss L. NJ Bishop has returned to her
home on 18th street from an enjoyable
trip Of ten days spent in Winchester and
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Mrs. NJ. Stone after a visit of several
weeks spent in this city has returned to
her home in Michigan.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Blackader OF Halifax.
Nova Scotia, were guests at the New
Willard for a few days last week.
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Mrs. Watson of New Jersey was the
guest last week of Mr.. and Mrs Randolph
at their home on 14th street.
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Bunker Hill, Va, where she was visit
ing relatives and friends.
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Mr.. Samuel Tracy of Biloxi. Miss. and
his daughter, the wife Of DR.. Howard
Clarke. now with his regiment in San
Tex, and his grandson. Samuel
Tracy Of Biloxi, are the guests of rela-
tives In Washington.
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Representative John w. Langley and
Mrs Langley have returned after visit
to Mrs VIII Cecil in CatlettSburg, Ky.
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Miss Mary Nicely, who is the guest of
Col. Legard and family. expects to leave
Monday for her home in Lexington, KY.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Ethel have as
their guest the latter's sister, Mrs. Mus
tard Of Anderson, Ind.
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Mr. and Mrs Arthur c. Krock have re-
turned from their bridal trip and are tenn
porari1y ensconced at the Grafton. They
will shortly go to the Westmoreland,
where they have taken an apartment.
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Mr. and Mrs Americas Wheedon are
making visit to their daughter. Mrs
w. o. Bonine, jr., and family, in Louis
willie, KY
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Mr.. ana Mrs. r. Miller Of Frederick.
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Mrs J. G. Greer of Indianapolis is the
guest of her brother and sister-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Calhoun, at the
Rochambestu.
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Washington friends are interested in
the wedding last week Of Miss Mary
Eliza Mays daughter of Representative
Mays of Monticello, Fla. and Mr.. {. p.
Kelly. Representative Mays, who went
home to attend the wedding, has return
ed and is at Congress Hall Hotel.
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Justice and Mrs. Lurton entertained last
week Mrs. James Keeling of Knoxville,
her sister, Miss Rosabel Dickerson of
Buford, Tenn, and her two nieces, Miss
famine Kerr of Lynnville and Miss Mary
Ashworth Of Nashville, Tenn.
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TOBACCO TRUSTS PLAN
TO OBEY COURT ORDER
Corporation Will Be Divided
Into Three Separate and
UnaIIied Concerns.

NEW YORK. October 1.-THE Ameri-
can Tobacco Company, ordered by the
federal Supreme Court to dissolve. will
split into three separate and unallied
concerns, according to reports here to-
day. if the plan of reorganization pro-
posed is approved by the United States
circuit court. Wall street heard that the
new companies would be the American
Tobacco Company, a new corporation
the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
and the P. Lorillard Company. 1t was
said that the old company bearing the
last name was to be reorganized.
Basis of Reorganization.
Holders of the parent company's $l.OOO
| per cent bonds, the repor. continued.
will receive $500 in cash and one-fourth
of the face value in Z per cent bonds of
. each of the two new corporations; hold
ers of $1,000 per cent bonds are to be
allotted $50 in cash and one-fourth of
the face value of the bonds in ) per cent
| bonds of each of the new corporations:
holders of the American Tobacco Com
pany's common stock will receive in Sc
curities dividends aggregating y:so. O0O, coo.
and may subscribe to the $s6OO0.OOO COM
mon stock issues of the two companies
in cash at par proportionately to their
present holdings, according to the report.
Get a Voting Power.
Stockholders owning the American To-
bacco Company's q per cent pIefec re 1
stock, it is said, will receive first vot-
ing power in the new American Tobsc-
co Company CT two-thirds of their p: es-
ent holdings, the remaining one-third 10
be exchanged for equal parts of Z per
cent preferred stock in the two new cor
porations.
julius Parker. counsel for the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company. said today that
no reorganization plan would be filed
today. He had no comment to make
upon the reorganization scheme rumoi ed
in Wall street.
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MOSBY'S MEN AT REUNION.
Gathering of Veterans III Manassas,
Va. at Noon Today.

A special train bearing a score or more
Of Confederate veterans and their friends
left Washington this morning for Ma
nassas. Va. where the seventeenth an
nual reunion Of the "Mosby's men" was
held at noon.
Ii was but a fragment OF the band That
Col. John 8. Mosby led on MS raids
within sight Of Washington during the
war. and the country about Manassas is
the scene of most of their action The
reunion was in charge of Col. William
Chapman of Richmond, Va, and among
the prominent veterans who attended are
Capt. Samuel Chapman. minister, at
Covington, Va: Capt. Ben Palmer OF
Richmond. john Russell of Berryville.
Va, and Mai Robert Hunter OF Wash
ington. all survivors of the famous bat
talon.
There were addresses by most of the
survivors, and the veterans spent the
greater part of the day telling of the
campaign when the I'D Virginia Battalion
was the right arm OF the Army of North
ern Nifg mia.
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ARRESTS A WITNESS
Lorimer Committee Charges
Him With Intoxicati0n.
ADMITS HE WAS DRINKING
Representative Blair Becomes Con-
fused and Is Unable to Under
stand Questions Asked.

CHICAGO. October l4.-At the Lorimer
senatorial investigation today former
State. Representative w. &. Blair was
moved from the witness stand by Senate
Gamble. Blair was charged with being
intoxicated. He was ordered under Gus
tody OF sergeant-at-arm pending fur
Their orders of the committee. The wit
ness could not be found till an hour after
the hearing began this morning. When
he took the stand Senator Lea began TO
cross-eXamne Blair.
You stated yesterday that you did not
have more than $500 i'm 500 bills when
you went to the ball game. Do you or
do you not want to change that state
| ment today
why. I don't think understand YOU"
Guessed He Would Change.
Yes or no: do YOU want to change
that statement made yesterday?
We'll. yes: l guess | do.
"How much did YOU have on the day
J of that ball game?
| At this juncture the witness eNcued
another line OF questions by his actions
| on the stand.
do you understand what is being said
| to you?'' asked Senator Kenyon.
| IL don't know. sir
Have you, been crinking?
| well, ! have. a little.
consulta ton between membe"s o.
the committee and counsel for both SIDES
! followed.
Ordered Under Arrest.
Chairman Gamble then ordered BAR
placed i'm the custody of a deputy SER
| geant-at-arms of the committee unit! the
! witness should become sober.
-. c. Tanner. former postmaster and
| former county clerk at Mount Vernon.
| followed Blair on the stand. Tanner
! related a conversation with Blai-. which
! occurred shortly before the elcct:cn of
| Lorimer.
Tanner said he advised Blair against
voting for Lorimer.
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OVERTURES FOR PEACE
ARE MADE BY ITALY

LONDON, October 1.-THE CONSTANT
nople correspondent of the Chronicle
says that Italy. counseled by the powers.
has made proposals to Turkey which
are expected to bring about peace.
She proposes to annex Tripoli definitely
and pay indemnity. Italy is to control all
civil and military matters. while the ca
liph is to be supreme in all religious af'
fairs. -
ROME. october 14.-It is semi officially
asserted that Italy has notified the pow
ers that she will send a fleet to attack
Smyrna and Saloniki if other massacres
Of Italians like those reported by consuls
to have taken place on the Hedjas rail-
way, on the boundary line between Egypt
and Syria, occur. The consular reports
stated that thirteen Italian railroad
laborers were massacred at Kerak. Syria,
early in October.
Cost to Be $50, 200, 900.
Gen. Valleri has been intrusted with
the entire work of recognizing the &C.
cupation Of Tripoi. 1t is stated that the
cost of occupation is estimated at $780,
COX, 1000, and the occupation is expected to
continue at least twenty months before
Tripoli can be Entrusted to civil admin
istration.
TKIPOLI. October 1.-THE landing o.
artillery. ammunition and stores from
Italian transports is being effected. Larg,
numbers of Arabs are voluntarily serv
ing as porters. Thousands of rations hav.
been distributed among the famishinf
populace. many of whom kissed the hand:
of the Italian officers and called dowr
upon them the blessings of Allah.
Troops exploring the outskirts of tn,
city encountered fifty Turkish soldiers
who, when challenged. laid down thei
arms and said they desired to surrender
Willing to Surrender.
The officer in command of the Turk!
told the Italians that 1900 Turks wer,
encamped near the oasis of Benz Adum
They would fight desperately. he said. 1
attacked. but were prepared to surrende
if assured they would be permitted t,
take steamer for Constantnople
FRANKFORT-ON-TH Octobe
1.-THE Frankfurter Zeitung's specia
Constantinople correspondent forwards
dispatch, dated Tripoli. saying: "A fierc
engagement occurred between Turks an,
Italians on hill in the neighborhood o
the city. The Italians lost 1000 kille,
and wounded. The Turkish casualtie
were slight"
There is no confirmation of the dis
patch, which is at variance with recen
Trfpolitan news reaching here through
other channels.
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GEORGE F. CUNNINGHAM
DIES OF HEART FAILURE
Prominent in Washington Bust
ness and FraternaI Circles
for Many Years.

George F. Cunningham. lifelong resi-
dent of the District of Columbia, and for
fifty-six years a machinist at the WASH
ington navy yard, died at $3.50 o'clock
this morning at his home 11O5 East Capt.
toll street, in his eighty-sixth year He
was born in Georgetown June 30, 1876.
His death was due to heart failure. He
had been i'll only about two weeks.
Mr.. Cunningham was a charter mem
Der Of Syracusians Lodge, Knights OF
Pythias, and a member of the Associa-
ton of the Oldest Inhabitants. He enter
ed the Washington navy yard in 1S49
and served continuously until 1901, when
he retired.
Strives for Education.
When he was eleven years old Mr.. Cum
ningham was obliged to quit school and
go to work to help in the support of
others in his family. He continued his
studies at night, however, and made
great progress.
| He learned his trade at the old Mason
foundry in Georgetown. When he was
only twenty years old he had charge of
the installation of the machinery in big
mills at Laurel. Md, and Alexandria.
own on st. Georges Island, about sixty
miles down the Potomac river.
Mr.. Cunningham answered the call for
volunteers to help defend the National
Capital sent out by President Lincoln
when Early was threatening Washing
ton on his raid into the north. He was
the machinist who installed the engines
on the United States ships Richmond.
Water Witdl, Pensacola and old Min
nesota before the civil war.
Restores Monitor to Service.
After the fight between the Monitor and
the Nerrimac he overhauled the Moni-
| tors engines and put the vessel in shape
for service. Mr.. Cunningham also in
stalled the first torpedo tube on United
States ship.
His wife. Mrs. Mary Rebecca Cunning
ham. and four children. Mrs. John T.
Freeman, Mrs Charles w. Henshaw, j.
Harry Cunningham and Mrs. James F.
Faulkner, survive him. He is also sur
vived by a sister. Mrs. J. Henry Small.
ST.
The funeral will be i'm charge Of the
Knights Of Pythias. The interment will
be made in Congressional cemetery. The
date for the funeral has not yet been set.
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ADDITION TO EXHIBIT
AT NATIONAL MUSEUM
Wonders Open to View Tomor-
row Afternoon, From 100
to 400 O'Clock.

In addition to the space opened to tho
public in the new building of the Ma
tional Museum last Sunday. the officials
have worked throughout the past week
to make two large halls available tomor-
row. SO that the crowd which visits the
building on it's second open Sunday will
see even more than was visible last Sun
day.
The main east hall leading out of the
rotunda, closed last Sunday. will be
opened tomorrow afternoon, and will
containl the interesting paleontologica
exhibit. This includes the great collec-
ton of fossils, vertebrate. invertebrates,
and the fossil plants.
Groups Of Stuffed Animals.
In the rotunda itself will be installed
for tomorrow several groups of animals
of the stuffed" kind. These are ever
popular. and the museum owns some OF
the most interesting and most hfelike ex.
hibits in the world.
A large, well lighted hall on the second
floor. west side, viii also be opened for
the first time tomorrow. 1t contains
specimens in vast numbers from the
zoology collection.
The hours for Sunday opening are 80
10 4.30 O'Clock 2. N.
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brought from i.'d ana - MI a. "'h'"
sections Ia to-. ~ % he susrsee" "a
the McNaS>aTas. Ne are noi -OH'S -
call witnesses -. some tinsr .rt. >aia
Mr.. barrow al ri counsel i"T the &C.
fenSc. today. 1t costs lJ' ~ lsrr"N -
get them h-ic and Nc ctr .o'hS Z" 4
not TO call "A man until We ATE sure ri
the tiire I'VE need him. as kcel,.@s tao Ni-
nesses here also viii bc a lco:;s '.Crable
item"
Nearly 100 Witnesses. IL is estimated.
v.il be sworn during tho trial More than
2pn were exam ned ny the grand jGr
which brought in the ind ctments. anu
the defense alore cN~octS TO produce
about 90.
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RACE ENTRIES.
LAUREL. PIMLICO.
PIMLICo.

BALTIMORE. October 14.-First race.
maiden. of all ages: six furlongs-Or-
phanry, Airey. %: Mcleod F., los: Cliff
tonian, Appassionata. Markham, Miss
Moments. 1Oo: Sunlikc. Vigorous. %.
Second race. two-year-olds: selling: six
furlongs-Miss Joe. Napier 1O7; Jaw
bone. Cali.h h, no; 'Flamma. i02: *Garry
1O5: Kittery, Miss Wigs, 1O4.
Third race, mares: three-year-oids and
upward: mile and seventy yards-Spin.
Chiffon Squaw, Maromara, 1O5: Fair
Miss. 1e2; Annie Seller, Appassionata,
no. Chilton squaw and Maromara
Walden entry)
Fourth race, juvenile: handicap: two
year-olds: six furlongs-Cherry Seed. 1O1:
ing Yankee. 100; New River. Miss Wigs.
9S: Mary Emily, Chryseis. 1U2 F1ying
Yankee. New River. Wilson entry.)
Miss Wigs, Mary Emily, Johnson
entry)
Fifth race. Glenmore steeplechase: four
year-olds and up; two and one-Quarter
miles-Algie. 1854: Firestone, 152: The
Prophet Supplement, 1i1: Gun Cotton,
Coligny, Garterman. Alfred Noble. 49,
Sixth race. maidens, all ages; six fur
longs-Fantasque. 105: Patton. Mediator.
Apple Prince. 10S: Chiffon Trance. 90;
Burly. Inspector Lestrade. Flying YAM
kee. Red Jacket, 50. Fantasque, Flying
Yankee, Wilson entry.)
Seventh race, three-year-olds and up:
selling: six furlorss-'Salvolatile. III:
californian, %; Gu Bon, 1O4; 1.-THE Gard
ner 1876; Muskmelon, no: Jennie Wells,
Sherwood. All Red, Chiffon Queen, Sea
Cliff, Ill
apprentice allowance claimed. Weather
fair track fast.
LAUREL.
LAUREL, Md. October 14.-Entries for
Monday:
First race, five and a half furlongs-
Black Silk, 81: Jeanette B., %: Eos and
Lesbos, 100 each: Sadly Shapiro, Irish
town, Afable and Rey, 102 each; Cammil-
Ia and Maxentius, 103 each; Arany, 10o
The Rump, 1O8; Mazard, 1O7; Silas Grump
110, and Elma, Ill.
| 100: Excellence. Belle Glenn and Grenade
lO2 each: Jessup Burn, 10I: Cloud Anna
r. Daily and West Point, 105 each: Coon
ey K. Fond Heart and Toniotia, 107
each Double Five. 10, and Sir Edward,
us.
Magellan. 1871: Miss Hynes. l32: George
| AtWell. 1870; Tom Cat, Blackbrdge, l3I:
| Rosshampton. 14O; o. r.. III; Diebold
147. ,.
| Fourth race, six furlongs-The Whip.
|. 90: King Oiyrlpian, %: Rose Queen, l,3.
| Fisher, 10: Lady Irma. 100: Prince
Ahmed. 11e; Sir John Johnson, u.s.
Fifth race one mile-Garneau. 102: Day
BELLE. los: Marjory A.. 100: Babbler IL:
Adrian. Martin W. Lttieton. Capsize.
Judge Monk. 49,
QUALITY Street. l0l:I Black Branch. 10:
Ed Keck, Seconke, Hatteras. los; Lad OF
Iangdep Animus, los; Rock Castle. 400:
Force. III; Servicence. la
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pany. whose loss to stock is estimated at
$4,000 Ten thousand dollars loss is
figured on the building. which belongs TO
the J. r. Kendall estate. The loss to
the building occupied by Jack Ryan's
restaurant. $40 p street, the roof of which
was buried with the nine fremen when
the walls fell. is estimated at 81 .0O0 while
the stock loss will be covered by 500.
The building occupied by the l.. Il.
Adams Company. Sic Pennsylvania ave-
nue., was damaged to the extent of about
500 while the stock of china and glass
ware suffered d fire and water damage
of about 500. This building belongs
to the James L. Barbour estate.
To the west of the Washington Tobac
CO Company, the Toledo Cafe, on the
first floor. and the Boston Hotel, on the
upper floors, of go Pennsylvania avenue.
were damaged about $500 The Washing
ton Tobacco Company carried $120.OOO
insurance, and, ii is believed the other
losses are covered also. Although COM
pletely Quilted by the fire, the officers
Of the tobacco company said this morn
ing they were carrying on their business
and had already hired temporary quar-
tiers at the southwest corner of Sth and
u streets northwest.
First Alarm Turned In.
Charles Dolphus of 100 Az street is said
to be the first man who saw the fire. and
when he pulled the lever Of the fire alarm
box at 9th and b streets northwest he
Immediately ran away 4 policeman
who saw him pull the box. believing
Dolphus to be false alarm fiend, started
to chase him. However, the policeman
happened to turn round. and seeing
flames in the tobacco company building
relinQuished the chase, and went back
to the fire. BY that time four engine
companies had pulled up at various plugs
and were getting out their hose. Charles
b. Proctor, third battalion chief, was in
charge of the companies which ran on
the alarm. He imagined for minute 1t
would be an ordinary cellar fire.
An elevator shaft in the building seemed
to be just what the flames were reaching
for The shaft evidently created great
draw" for the minute the fire got close
enough to it the flames were drawn up
ward, in a great chimney from
being a cellar fire, 1t spread to- the roor,
up several stories in the elevator SHAFT,
In almost the twinkling of an eye.
When Proctor saw the fire in the roof
above him he knew there would be an
ugly fight. Capt. Darlington sent in
second alarm, which brought all the
downtown fire fighters to the blaze. and
with them came Chief Wagner in his red
car He had an exciting escape from
death in his mile-a-mnute chase down
Pennsylvania avenue. Speeding down the
street with horn and bell sending all
traffic to the sidewalk, the machine
struck line of hose stretched across
the Avenue in front of the burning build
ing.
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Some Still Operating.
Bill for Divorce Dismissed.

Chief Justice CIabaugh. holding Equity
Court No. I, yesterday dismissed the bill
for divorce brought last November by
Carolyn NJ. Lester against William l..
Lester Attorney II. Newton Donaldson
represented the defendant.
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Aviator Level Dies From Injuries.

RHEIMS. France. October l4.-Aviator
Level. whose skull and spine were frac-
tured when he fell with his machine
while making flight here last ThuSsday.
died today.
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In Danger of Burning.

Not only the bricks fell. but great burn
Ing beams loosened by the explosion.
were toppIed over on the men below and
the danger of their being burned alive
s.art,ed those who saw the thing as
much as the burying of the men itself.
rrremen. trained to stand still II. the face
of every difficulty. grew faint with horror
when they saw what had happened The
fire was forgotten, and many OF the men