Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN _ / _ ^ VOLUME X. CAMDKN, 8. C., FRIDAY THE COLUMBIA WINS. Beats Shamrock Over 10 Minutes in the First Race. IT WAS AN EXCELUST RACE, And Itnlses Hie Hopes of the Amer leans in Future Victories l-or I he ? Columbia. New York Special.? The cup which r the old schooner American won ???? * long ne:o. on (he course aroun<l the Isle 0/ Wright, In 1S51, and brought back across the seas, will probably re main hero another year, a defiance to the. world. In a glorious breeze, over ft windward to leeward course of 30 ---uiUqo, ? t4?? - Columbia mvurtui against Shamrock Monday in the fir-d race of the\lSi>9 aeries for the trophy. Slu. bouri^lcd across the finish line fully a mile And n half ahead of the challen >, ger, defeating her by 10 minutes and J. 4 seconds, actual time, or 10 minutes and R seconds corrected time, after al lowing the six seconds handicap which tho Columhia must conccde to the challenger m account of her longer water line. It was a decisive contest, a magnificent race, magniflelently Bail ed and magnificently won. Opinion as to the merlla of the two boats had becii somewhat divided as a result of the fluke's during the past two weeks. Although the preponderence of expert opinion never wavered In its loyally to the wonderful speed and ability of the white flyer, no nautical sharp ex peeled that the Shamrock would be so overwhelmingly vanquished as she was in the day's race. The Yankee boat outgencralled her at the start, beat her iftipclessly In windward work to the ou?n;- mark, and gained 22 seconds k in the run home before the wind. ' There was a good, strong^ 10 to 12 l:not breeze, and it held throughout the race. It is undoubtedly a bit te'* blow, because the English hopes of lifting the cup have never been higher cince the Thistle met the Volunteer, in 1887. Like the Shamrock, she was decisively defeated in the first hour's sailing. The regatta Committee, as a result* of the showing made, by the Co lumbia air. convinced that the. cup is safe. Mow high or low, the Columbia. It is believed by her managers, can beat the Shamrock. Sir Thomas, like the true sportsman that he is confess ed after the race that be had been I _ fairly beaten.' He had no apologies to I PHftVe. The <] ay's race was a magnificent 1 duel and made up for the repeated disappointments the sight3ceia have suffered. It was anything but a com fortable day on the w.at?r. The. pros pet t was nnt alluring. Still, the mist wreaths were-c.arried along by a good 10-knot breeze riRht in from the east and the old shell-backs said there was more v.-ind where that came from. Hut the excursionists who went down ihe bay were not very hopeful until they got outside. The low clouds overhead shut out the sky and the st.rcnked water matched them. The mist made everything look ghostlike and indistinct. The shores were un certain ^n:i shadowy. The sails of the oyster fl?et were simply grey dots in tho haze. 'l"he meteoric torpedo boats, sliding swiftly out to the lightship, were like black shadows flitting across the water. The only color in the dull landscape were the ensigns and bril liant r.t reams of checkered flags which ndorned toe excursion fleet and the dash of red from the big Hulk of the light ship.: Outside the wind was fresher. Both yachts were towed out frcm the anchorages and raised main sails before lasting off. Mrs. l?r|in was not to - be deterred by the bad weathter. and was ? conspicuous figure on the Columbia, wrapped up like an old salt in a yellow oilskin. Tragedy In Virginia. Ualeigh, N. C Special.? A rprcial to The News & Observer from Mt. Airv fcftvs: "I?ato Saturday evcniDg. !<"> miles north of hcie. In Carroll county, Va? near Fancy Gnp, Jack and Floyd Alien, brothers, became involved in a difficulty at a magistrate's court the latter shooting his brother in the fore-r> head, white the former received th?*e phots from bis brother Jack, one in the bAast, one in the aim and one ill the leg. (iround Under His Engine. Norfolk, Vs., Spccial. ? William H. Crowder. engineer of an oast-bound freight train, on the Norfolk & Wes tern HailroaJ, niet with a terribl* accident afVeteraburg, which result ed in his death at 8:30 Sunday night. Mr. Crowd cr, who ia a highly respected \eitlJten of Norfolk, wjr under his $hg1ne packing a box preparatory to , 'bringing to Norfork a train, which was being made up for him by the shift ing engine, ^his engine struck his ,tr%in. shoving the engine and under , ojrer him, "breaking both leg??!ind a itblgh *nd ?ihar*iae injuring him; He lingered two hours. Martial Law Proclaimed. ^ Durban. By. Cable. ? Two extraordi JOttT garcttes have beeu Issued. The first proclaims martial law fn the New ..Castle, Oundaefl Klip river, Unslgia and upper Tugila divisions. The- rea son given in a belief that Natal /sub Jdtta lunne the ta as ding Boeta. ana asulffflng the wwny. The otter ' gttnte reminds British snhjects of tMr obligation to the Queea. and .mnw tham to ahrfaln from taWH \oniaa ami trade with the Tiaanoal ?W^the Orange Fret 9*s?e. THROUGHOUT the COUNTRY. 'I he ?outh. I'nitcd States Senator N. B. s* ? 1 1 . of West Virginia, recently very ill i.? reported to He out of d anger. An elephant belonging to liaskil: 'a Midway company at Knoxvillo. Tenn., fatally Injured William Logroll, w.io a few weeks ago struck the animal on the head with a hammer. | Owing to the prevalence of typhoid | fever at V irginia Military Institute, General Ship, superintendent, ban fur toughed the entire corp.* of cadets for 30 days. The corps numbers 2<>0 young men from all parts of the I'nlted States. ,A special to the Raleigh News and Observer says that \V. T. Adams, ev president of the Farmers' Alliance aud former Democratic representative from Granville county, has been brought i i Oxford and put in jail for threatening the life of his wife; also for threaten ing to burn the property and shooting at the house of Dr. Cozart, to whb h his wife had fled for protection. The North. At New York Dan Creadon knocked out Pat Reedy in the eighth round Pennsylvania voters are taking Utile interest in the current State campaign. Admiral Dewey and Vice President Mariscal, of Mexico, will soon be In vlted to become the guests of St. Ix>nis. City Controller Kerroot, of Chica go, favors the appointment of a non - ! partisan commission to handle a $2- - j 000.000 loan for municipal improve ments. There is good reason to believe that Judge Lacombe, of toe 1'ui'ed State , Court. New York district, will dismiss the babeis corpus proceedings insti tuted in behalf of Captain Oberlin M. Carter. Ohio Republicans have sent to Fed eral office holders all over the country an appeal for campaign funds for the present eontest in the Buckeye State, giving instructions as to how the civil, service hw may be evaded. Mr. A. M. Atkinson, V>f Waba-h, lnd., a prominent delegate to the ,)u t-ilee Convention of the Church of th** Disciples, now In session at Cincinnati died while speaking to the meeting Saturday night. At Philadelphia the first of the post season series of games between Phil adelphia and Brooklyn National League base ball dubs which wa* scheduled for Monday, was postponed on account'of threatening weather. The annua? meeting of the chants' Club of Boston was held at the new Algoquin Club. Charlea Dawes, Comptroller of the Currency, s-poke on "Trusts nnd Trade Combina tions." Forelgr. B. P. Hay. counsel for W . F. Syl vester, ha?s issued a statement in de fense of Or. Oerlloe, Coiled States con sul at Canton, China; charged with giving American registry to the alleg ed filibustering steamer Abb*?. Shots have been exchahged on the Natal border, but no Fcrlous ^ngago ment is known to have occurred thcr-^ yet. The Boers. it i^ reported have begun a siege of Klmberley. Cape Colony. Vice admiral Philip Howard Col omb. retired. of the British navy. died at Bet ley, England. The commander of the government forces at Venezuela ha? betrayed Pres ident Andrade, and the way is open for the rebels'to enter C-aracas without a battle. A plot to murder General .limine?, has been discovered in SantA Domingo. An outbreak in Manila was planned to occur Sunday, but General Otis took vigorous measures, and it failed to occur. ^ Miscellaneous. \ The strike of mechanics on the Ca. nadian Pacific Railway 'sJVeetern <1! vision is praoticall.vTrt-Jfn end. Fourteen English lancers, who have just ended the season with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, at l.Trbana. <).. will go to South Africa to fight the Boers. President McKinley spent a quiet Sunday at Sioux City. Iown. and start ed for the East at night. The action of the government in of fering to to anticipate interest pay ments on account of monetary strin gency has again directed the attention of currency reformers to the need of a more elestle currency system. I The loss of Filipinos in General ScUwan's campaign south of Manila is estimated at 200 killed and 400 wound- | ed. The taking of the census in Puerto Rico has begun. At The Hague, Stanford Newell, United States Minister to the Nether lands. will sign the protocol embody ing the agreement reached by the rep resents Ives of the powers participat ing In the recent peace conference. * . . / ? The AntJ-fixpansioniaLs. Chicago. III., Special. ? The opposi tion of the anti-expansionists to the subjugation of the Filipinos took tan. gible form in the meeting of about 160 delegates from different parts of the country to launch a crusade against th?? policy of the adminiatratlon in ? the Philippines. The meeting waa Called to order in Centre Mtwlc Hal! by tern- j porary ChffVfnan Edwin Burrltt Smltfc , of Chicago. ^ A New?ptpcr SMpptt<?>4, .... Manila. By Cable; ? The newapnper Patrla haa been suppressed and Its e*fT itor. Senor Utor, a Spaniard, placo un der arrest, on charge of printing ant! publishing documents. Pot aome time 'HM Pstria had been hoattU* to the Americana. Recently pamphlet# atloehlag the Aacrlem and th* friendly Plltptnoe hftte kMa Urcnlat the pottce Mleva that ttor GOTANOTIIER SWORD " ? # This One Presented to Admiral De>ve> in Boston. GOLD WATCH ALSO GIVEN HIM, The Admiral CIIn en a (ireat lime as the Uuest of the City of BoMon and State of Ma.<<.MicliusotUi. ? Boston, Speciml. The cii\ <?f Bo: (-mi and I he State of Massachusetts pa > > t au extraordinary tribute in Admiral Dewey Saturday. The admiral Mint' hero from vermont, and was nu t by a tremendous crowd and escorted by veteran soldiers to his apartments at the Touraine. He became tlie cilv's gues?!, and later the gurst t?f the State. In the former capacity, he heard the school children sins "Ameri< am' the "Star Spangled Manner." and re ceived a magnificent sword a*< the girt of the people of Bnston. I /.tier ho went to the oity hall to receive the freedom of the city, nnd a gold watch Then the admiral went into th" card of the State, and rode in a carriage at the hee.d of the longest military pa rade New England ever saw. 'I'lie presentation was made in a speech i?v Mayor Qu'fncy in which l:e char acterized the battle of Manila a> "the greatest since 1 rafalgnr" and in which he said "The people of America would gladly bestow upon you any honoi , even the highest in their gift.". Admiral Dewey appeared greail.v moved at the, mayor's remarks. The ' crowd renewed it- cheering as the a;i miral arose to receive the gift <>f i lo ci ty. He said : "Mr. Mayor. ! wMi lo thank you f<>r your kind and roiMplimrntr.ry remark ?. I wish also to thank yo", and througii the citizens of this city, for this pres ent: for Ms freedom, and for this grand ovation, the like ^of which no living man has ever seen, 1 think. 1 he ovation which was given me la.st night. ! believe has never been equal led within the lifetime of any of us at all events. I never jaw the equal i of it. 1 thank vou very much, in deed." The ceremonies throughout the day 1 were attended with much pomp. A;< | eommanfler-in -chief of the State forces. (lover nor W oicot l rode at ?.he head of his military staff, with thr> j admiral in the position of honor. [There were with him p" personal es cort. CJovernor Kollin-, of New Hamp shire. and Governor Dyer. * if Rhode Island, eac-.h with h's m litirv famiiy. There were Captain I.ambertm, <-f th? Olympla, and Captain Dyer, of the* Baltimore, and a score of other ofli cers. heroes of tlie late \v<. r. As the parade reached its finish. Admiral Dewey and his person?! escort were conducted to a reviewing :-tand at sh" State House. After Governor Wob-ott had joined them, the marching nun were reviewed. As an incident of the day. the admiral's flag replaced the State llag on the Slate House, where It remained until the official cere monies were over. The militia as sembled en Boston Common after the review. Here the colors carried by those regiments which were in the Spanish war were formally surren dered to t.lm State with impressive 'uarejiaooic?. Once before, a similar ceremony had , been witnessed h^* ?When, on Dec-ember L'2nd. 186a. in > ., presence of thousands, seventy-three Massachusetts organizations which had served in the civ.il war. turned over their flags to the war (Jovernor. John A. Andrew. The day's event ; for the admiral ended with a recep tion and banquet at the Algonquin Clab. at v.'hieH Governor Wolcott pro posed the toast. "Admiraf George Dewey and the I'nited States Navy.' The adnvitnl acknowledged the toast in a few words. Telegraphic hrlefs. A hriliiant luncheon ami I) ill in honor of tlio North \tlnntlc Kqundron was given at the ChrimbTiam mm I i jfygela Hotels. The War Department has lasticd or tiers lo the Fort y-flfl It Regiment ;it Fort Knelling. Minn., to start, for Fan Francixco an October 22nd, to crubark there for the Phtlipplnc?. A Caracas. Venezuela, dispatch v.iyh that he peace party is gaining ground. The government troops have been or dered to retreat to !?? Victoria. The Jacksonville. Fla., hoard of trade, city council aad the K<ila \^il. committee united in an in vi:atiot)v tu Admiral Pewry to visit Jackbonville on his Southern trip. A jo m le t1.* of invitation wfll he nent him. Admiral Dewey readied Moutpclier. Vt.. Tuesday, from 8hclbuiYie, nu * special train, and was greeted l?y a:i immrnHf crowd which had as.ieiubl-*d at the ftepot. Th? Admiral was met -by his two brothers, Kdward ?tnd Wil liam. > 5m Francisco Captured. San Francisco, de Malsbon, By Ca Jllfi? -Qf Pf rf ! Sfchwan 'r colnm n, ;.p proachlng^tpfa town, marched through a country so muddy that the mulea ull collsp^. He occupied the town with out fighting, the Insurgent*- rJtreatlus under eorer of if** ?r*?k lAter recoanolterlng In rorco* southward. General flthvu e^ppn upon (wwhwi> Where hidden Hoaurfenta poured **v upon tho general mm! hit fta*. Tfct w?t1l r?iMad xufctomiy. /' *0 j (III: PRESIDENT IN THE WEST. Untluislflstk (Ircetlngs hv His A *1 - miring I vllow Citizen*. J M >lwaukee. Win. Special. Not with .standing the fact thai President Mr Klnloy dii] not rctJie unul 4 o'clock in the morning, being kept up by tho banquet given by the Milwaukee Merehants and Manufacturers' Associ ation, be was up bright and early, and at 9.30 o'clock tho party was driven out to the National Soldiers' Home, in the extreme western portion of the city. The President addressed a- few words of greeting to the old veterans and as the time for making the trip was ve.y limited, to'ik <t hurried departure. Th" streets which were traversed by the presidential party were thionged with people, including many thousand school children, and the entire distance the President was kept bowing his at: know lodgments to the hoaiiy g^el tugs. Hr\ an In Kentucky. Stanford, Ky , Special. 'I he second da> ? f Wni. .1. Hryan's Kentucky cam pnignlug trip was spent in the central pari of the state under unfavorable neither conditions. The start was from I /O'.iisvillo at ?> o'clock in the morning. A heavy rain storm prevailed and con tinned throughout the d~.y . Frankfort the capital < ity was reached at 8 o clock ami as the guest* of ex -Senator J. S Hlackburn. the party h^d breakfast at Die Capita' Hotel. l>o spite the niin and the early hour, a large crowd assembled in the opera houes to bent Mr. Mry.a'i. The longest speech of the day was at Lexington, >n ^haulauqnt hail, before perhaps the largest gathering met during the day's trip. Thf>?e was a large and demon strative assembly at Mount Sterling, the men nig being held in the open court yard, while the rain came down in torrents. 'there were friendly crowds at Yersailc?. Richmond, Win chester, Stanford and Junction City, whore a stop w ts made for the night. Kx-(?ovofnor McCrcary and party boarded the special at Winchester and went to Junction City. Judge Mort?n introduced Mr. Hryan at Lexington, a:- the man who "came with a message of warning and advice to the State and nat ion." "I lie Shamrock Breaks Down. New York, Special. ? The topmast nf the clip challenger Shamrock wan i arrtod away 2.i minutes after the b?g single st ickor 1ml crossed (ho starting lino Tuesday, ami her enormous club sail, with its 2,000 feet of canvass, came rattling flown on fleck, leaving her a hopeless cripple. No amount of pluck nr courage could face such a ca tintropho. and Captain Hogarth im mediately abandoned the race, towing th? Shamrock lif'k to her nnchorage, after lie had floored nway tho wreck agf. The Cclumbia continued over the course alone, placing to her credit the sarond of the ncs for the American cup. A Progressive Railroad. The constantly increasing buainosj on the Baltimore and t'.+ lo railroail ha> necessitated very matnral additions to the telegraph service. During the past year nearly L'.(MH) milea of copper wire. l?;?j pounds to the mile, have been strung. Now lines have been placed In service between Baltimore and Pitts b.irttj Haltlmoie and Parkersburg, Newark. O.. to Chicago. Philadelphia to Newark. Philadelphia to Cumber land and Cumberland to Grafton. Dur ing the summer several of these wires were fjuadruplexed between Haltlmoie and Cumberland and duplexed west. Like .'ill new Baltimore anfl Ohio work the lines are constructed in the best possible manner. Cotton Crop fistimated. Savannah. (!.?.. Special. ? Kifty-flve members < ?f I he Savannah cotton ex change have estimated the crop. The estimate was consolidated and the J average was ffiund 40 be/ 10.2*i4.l03 balea. 'ITic highest estimate was 11. 111.000 hales and the lowest 9,135,000 b.iles. The estimatea. while unofficial, were posted on the board. They were made from actual data received by the members. I>e\vey Behind Time. Washington, I). C.t Special. ? Fresh from New Kngland dem onstrationH in hib honor. Admiral Dewey returned to W.ihbmington late Monday afternoon on thf< belated through Fod'-ral express tjt om boston. His home-cfming after a continuous round of colourations, extending prac tically from HJa arrival at Randy IlooU, marked bin flrtjt experience in being hMirf. beh'.nd his scheduler for the train bearing his party, delayed by tho dense fog about New York harbor during the night, pulled Into the Penn* sylvania depot here at 3:55 p. m., si* hours and 13 minutes late, ft wan a fatiguing and featureless trip. ? Dewey to Visit AtluU. Washington, D. C., Special. ? A com mittee representing the eltlsena of At. lAnn, m<TtHnp*Bded by ftepre? ntali?e. LiJvlngston, of Georgia, etlled upon Admiral Dewey TuSeday to arrange the details of his trip to Atlanta. It was decided that. In company with r l/tetiteiront Brumby, who la to be presented witft a a word by Mk? city o t Atlanta arwt a citizen^ committee, the f admiral will leave Washington nesii Monday nlibt, irrfM at Atl^lfl Tueidar erectna l fc- J ARP ON METEORS. Arn NN riles Ahont These M > >tcr ious Visitors. HAS A UTTER liROM ARKANSAS. ? Describing n Phenomenon On( I Ikmo l.nst Month. fleteors Never Mini Any hotly. A friend living in \tknusis vvritci ? niu about I In* i event fall of a meteor near b s home. and he ? mpliment-; imp by a-king sonic questions that I I'liiliul answe r. The origin of'inetcoi.s an<l th fir Might and fall yd the u ? Holved problem i f the ages. Mr says tli.it cn I he L't>tb of lad nicnt )i. ai S o'clock in the tunning, when there was a * leaf sk.v ami not i i loud la lie sec n, there was a mini' ling s<miiicI of I li ii ii If i mi weird .m l iinnat.iuai that it was al triiiinf,. I' wa-i like th<' rolling "f h?*a\> trm ks over an uneven pint form, only im mensely louder li was heard in all the neighboring towns, and they all telegraphed en eh other to know '? 11 mill had not blown un or a mig.v/.iii' exploded. Suddenly there w ui an ex plosion in the air and a dark ? loud formed :inil m^teoile fragim nt* fi ll at different places in l!n:i vi- in ty \ small pieee that weighed oi,*> and .i half pound. tell in a Held near l>y an1' whs brought to town while it wa.-' yet hot li vv,; ?. powdea hlai Ucned i>U the out lit'*, piit inside v\ is a i,rayisii color, a n 1 its parlich- "? shone I i K ? ? g'dd dust. 1 tide r the mi?i:iseope they resembled quicksilv er. It v a m a full mmute from tin- b ginning "i ii>' niiubliim thunder lib the " v plosion cJiiue. and the eouisf of t 'io pound was fioin ea ' to M'nsl I * ?** event was so unexpected and s> lik th? in > t iudogy i t .tup t e r 1 1 nam throwing a bumh from Mt. Olympus that the '.v ll it e pcopl" were pe|| bound, and the neurits declared it i warning and wets to pr.iv or. I'hiloHo) hers and astronomer hive been studying these , phenomena- fot 2,," r,0 yen rs. and have not vet agreed upon h sol ul Ion. The archivea <<f the ( Miinepe empire record the fall of six (?'en great aerolite fioni .">no to i.ou yearn hefoie t'hii-i. The Orceks and Romans record <i Wl tuber, and Aris totle and I ii ogcucs commented upon them. Ho did l?ivy. I'lut arch and Pliriv. '{ve ?. Iiave been seen s> l-irge that (lie estimated weight of the frag ment m after the explosion was .'{'J.siiii pounds, and the litht was :-o htilliant as to pile the nun by diy and obscure the moon by n :clit. I here Is now in the Yalo College cabinet a fi.igment that welgli8 ).'?? ?> pound.*. I Ills came from near the Red river in Arkansas. Many of (he western states have furn ished specific us for the museums of college*. nnd all of tiictn are oom posed of the same mineral ingredients - principally lrcn ? nnd include copper, tin. sulphur. carbon -"id other metals known to our own eirth. Not a single new substance li-.fi ever been dis covered, nnd for this reason the theor.v obtained that they were thrown up from our own volcanoes with such force nr. to wa;ulcr for a Mtue in tlic outer atmosphere of th"fl*earth, and to revolve with the earth. But thlfc theory has long since been abandoned, for they seem to hive an orbit of the;r own fnun west to cast. Then cime a theory that t h<\v came from the moon, and were of volcanic origin, nnd were thrown out with such ter rifle force a - to get beyond the moon's Influence and within (hat of our earth. But this wis discredited because these frjgmer.t> have been falling, no duib'. for thousands of years on the land and on the pea , and on all countries, and would have by this time materially diminished the size and weight c:f the moon. I/ii Place and llumbolt favored this moon theory for a time. But our modern iiHtrononere. such a< Pro fessors At ago and Almsted and Mow ditch declare that meteors are simply clouds or nebulae of meteoric planet. - that have a motion and orbit of their own, nnd that orbit somctimo* comes within range of the earth's and pro duces a commotion a disturb nice that causes the fall of some of their own nebulae. Some of the yhlldren got too far away from their mother, 1 reek on. Sometitne-4 meteors are Simply lumi nous and have no body to' explode or strike the earth. These have pei Iodic vibrations of thirty-four years. They come, in showers as thick an snow flakes. and fall as gently to within a few fert of the eartli and are extin guished. They fell in iiWMHUH and 1.867. and ca? h full wan on the Kith of November. But there have been minor displays at irregulir Intervals? grn eraljy ahout the 10th of August. I am old enough to remember well 111'' "falling of UlC tslai'8" in lS'.lli. Jf) father h<ld me In his arms as ho *food in the portico, for I was scared Our obi negro, aunt Minty, was pray ing ari'l shoutng so it reared. nil of i:h ! childreii. (Jrrirge lister lived ?jn Ihi opposite ride of t h?? h m<I bifr' mother hebl him in her arrna. Stiine tim^s In these later dayr. I would get with my old-time fiiendn. Br. Jitr. Alexander, or his brother Tom. eu Oeorfcc Adair, and we eonld brast of th<? wonderful era in which we '.lad lived, and the Advent of fteambnars and railroads and eolton gins, and sewing machine?, and telegraph*. an?' w? never neglected to say. "and w 8aw tbe ftars fall in TS.13," B?woy never taw a night like lhat ? but I reekon the Spaniards at Manila thought they did on Oie tat nf May. - f And now the next inquiry is from a ymrng jfarmer who wantr-to know if it t# *?Sa farming to folio* grain with grain. He does not say what kind of grain, but 1 will tell him that fifteen xeira ago The Conner-Journal of Ken tqeky. offered a prfte of fl.flW FAi* tlJT lx>at ??aay on pftetleal agrictiltare. Orer 20? wer? contributed. the w say that got the prize detailed the writer'* plan of farming In Kentucky it w*a brief, very brief. He laid off his corn rowa seven fe*4 4rUU?t his corn eighteen incbaa apart, culti vated tbe ground thoroughly and har rowed ic; sowed wheat earty asd bar rowad it t%. Wbea tba corn waa ready to gatker drore w**o? titarrry hlxth row and It a led ti in throe r?.v^ oa* h idihv After tvir ? ? ? 11 w.is it!l hm' lit) ?'?) ho vvt'Dl iHi'i' (he ? ir ii lii^Us t'i<Mh\vnyr. with u hoav>V/ rolli N^m I lolled II all down flat on tin4 w 1..*^ The .-leeks and the ldad<v rov?':ed I I i U o a blanket When I'm ll.; I n. 1 I miow fell lie sowd ilovcr t u th? .s k>\\ When I' i. till'' I or t'hawnl t >i? rlu.i voed fell into the ground Hid I > >k root. an I so !f? had < ? rn iul \v,r-;i! niul elo\ et following in r ' i'i >n and made n lino emp of ?? .1 li ll rejoices mo to j.<>e lnr.v oar i aid die iJociKia f i i ui? is nr?? looir.iin "I1 o > wheal culture, Forty Itosiu K 1 > t!i?* in uv Ten years 110:1 it wool. I lit\e been declared impo-aih'/v Tills ro ll mh me ct in) fl?l Kni'l *di noli'lih.v, John Allan, who lu-seilnl that Jm i itliei wa never content in old llong land uiili l? >? , man sixty hnsln Is ?? who -it i ? the <>? "J:, and awnolinio:-. h made seventy ' Sow wheat In dm an-t rvo tn in>?rtar." w is his in ?!to ( nod old lull ii \ II an. I hi t h i e i\\ in n \ cornfield, for i \\ ,i < hrtr third '?ftcn. ?? end tin' idii in. hi w.is jr ? ? ? \ I II H?*vcr i;m| mail. Inn ? . n I \ . 1 1 ? I I know UlO C.MI'.V W ;:!'!!? d ,V?\ hill llll! 1111 jot". f wonhlent hue f.!?ot yonr rtr t Put \ on 1 1 1? w ell for i ha t . " Hi w i rite it i,. i :? 1 1 ? K lit. I w .o il i i In- aw.iv v\ i at li lull \ i ; ? in V t I i nl :i t mi l :t ut ii it i hi: harm ts. l'?evoill?ic Price of Cotton, drain r>nd Produce. I II \KI.OTTK COTTON'. New i -tiM on . . . ti V s?? V New Orleans fullnii Till uip> elrtced steady, October : i ? | November ?! :>x ni .?;? I >ce? mber il^ail t> 1 .! i n i! .1 i y . r, r.* lYbruarv \\ \ laO T'l Mail ii r, V'iri 7'i April . n sitn'i vt ^Mi>\ i; vjati Hi I ".no li Kti?<i sx . OTHKH COTTON M \ H K KTS. Hal vest mi, steady, 7 1 1 *?. 7 . T? 1! 1 bales Norfolk nominal 7 i 2. L'";i hales Halttmni'p. nominal. \ .'5 S. 1i Houten. (.7 1 I. ?">>< 1) ales. WSIuilngten. Ilrin. '< I s. | . S :i f? |?;< !???* Philadelphia. rj ii i ( ?*. 7 I Hi, SS Hint!, ?'?avii nn iih. fjiiirt. ti I- 1, 1 In'ps. X ( w oi ii-jtn -ic.t'iy, ii i :: i??. s.L'o;} baler-. Mobile, nominal. I .'I- 1 ii, MM bales Memphis. steady. 7. .1.0 "?.r? I ?;i 1 ?*;>. August). quiet. 7. li.Kl?x IiiIph. CIuii lesion, steady, ii 7-S, Still bales. < 'Inrinoai i. firm. 7 1-4. l,?Pi baler-. I tori.- v illp. steady. 7 1-2. I.MMi ImIph SI Louis. steady. 7 J !?<. l.l'ifl l?ilos. Houston easy, 7 I lfi. I .?? 1 S hylps. Now \ 'mK 7 1(5. bilk'-. HAM I MOM M l'HOlU CK. ITour ? 1 ? 1 1 1 . western H'lp'T I >. Wheat dull and easy. No. 2 red, spot, and Oct-ober 7t .1 Ia72; neeemb^r 7 1 3-4i75; Siitihciu wheal by : n? | ? 1 ?? '?fin 73 I - !!. ( ''MH \ery dull, mixed. spot :t:i I n.'onth JlSi 7 Sa3ft I &; November or lip ceblKV .'!S 3 Ii39; Nfivpuilipr or He enmher, n? w pc pld. .'t ?i 3 1 1^7. January lf> I L'a.'ji) 1(4; Soil I b pr ii while 11a II 12. Oats dull; No. 2 white western. new 23 l-2a30. Hyp firm, No. 2 near by GOatiO I 2. Hutter firm; fancy creamery 2la2,*>, slorepnrked Ma 15; rolls ir?a17. Cheese firm; lirge 12 .5 talft. l'*j:eK firm; fresh I7?il^. BnHimorcntis Visit the D.'.sinrl S>vaui|i l.ist fiat.urd.'iy. as Kteuu*-r "Ala bama." of (in- ' Hay l/ne" landH its passengers at Norfolk, a I irge and v. ell ploa.-pV crowd of Baltimore': represent a tic? r'.'izeiiK alighted from thin magnificent bay steamer. and ii was learned by our representative ? hat the parly had lo rn invited by f lo 1-akp Dr'.iuimond Canal and Wafp'. Company lo intpppf i.ip \vm? <>{ io> pi(i\eii:<nl and r<^li ?i lillif jit f on ol tli?? eld Dismal Kwimp ('anal. Mr. \VaH?*r H. Hro.'k* w.ik p.onspicuon ' arnonK 'he party. Hp is president of the toni p?ny. and had invited hiK friends lo th|. outing on the po|ebrnt?d "Ala baina." Hhn Ik one of Dip lineal and br?i appointed BtP.-irrer* afloat on the Chesapeake Hay. t lie euipiae boir.K highly and favorably eommpnted on. TIip whole parly "pemp-l to bo vrry well pleased with the way M Hro >1: ?? had treated IlKm. nnd the PxeelbMii menu he had prepared for t'ipm on the "Alabama," f(?r whiph Herviett tin; '"Hay Line," of Haltimorp, is Cci ownc'l Oyster Shuckers Strike. Norfolk. Vh . Special.? The oyster shiukers of tiiiw report are rapidly roiru; out 4)ii a atrike, some ."iuft now being 1(1 1? in enjiMequpuce of flie decis ion of the packers n 5t to employ any Lunion men nfter next Monday. Th ' p'i< Jff-rs declare ?ha? ihn ?huckci'A t.nuoiiri tr<d>le by meddllnK r-nd walk-! mg out every time an objectf-ina hb* 1 employe i? di.<eh)rR?>d. Hv Mpnday thrre w*:ll f s'aueker,? out. as LV; paek#'."?' ?' a meeting resolved ?n stand t?g*thfr. ^he etrlk^rs are a!J eolnred. 9 ^ * McK<n|ey- In /Michigan. Three ()ak? 'Mloh.. Speelal.?Every person within a radiua of 10 miles of thlK. little town apparently turned out to gr*?t tj President McK?nley ? at 6 o'clock evening. The cannon contributed to the Maine m^ntfM^hr fund by Admiral TWw^ ^i* Von Three Oak?, and Ita enthusiasm was Id full pity when th? Prwtdsnt ant! trfrrxtrto^t wef^ ? carfd thrnngh fll:e of aehoal r^tldren. waving small flag?, to- a atfend near the car; The Presi dent spoke briefly and Introduced fiid cabinet. - All were fcravlly cheercd. _ Mrfft* fifVlltyilli fhkitlmore 0>a? tEe Tari?I~ne^r< I popolatlon of anr ell* la CtoHMMr FIRST BATTLE. Reported Thai Actual Hostilities Arc \ Becrni. NEWS IIKHIilir TD RE CORRECT. 1 lie Alleged Htflit Reported by ? l\tper Published in li-JluburR ? Few Oct :iIIh JOlM.ilnable. ? <md on. l',\ Cable An Hdiiibnrg i )\?> t nuui, assorts thst a liuilc h is t >1 en place between General Si: iii ;:rm> st wait White eonimand i ii n I !?*? force-; ,11. Natal, and the Boers, vvlm i nt, -red Natal by-way of Van Re s' ?:.'>?> 1'in Hencral White, The Sci t-mi.'n ;i i \ :>. i \eiy ^ anguine of tha ..in : cmh hi' the British movement. The for. going u p. M l. i.s counldered to ho < id Thu; Hiijiy night tih? War' olllc* had nyu , of a British advance iron i Iftdyamith. and wan hourly ex pecting further intelligence. A dis o itr'.i to tlii I) ?ily Telegraph from Its ?on * spondcr.t 't l.ndysmlth, dated at iH"'ii on Friday, oayc: "A jti't'iu'. noble column, under Kir iln.rge Stewart White, accompanied 'o (;<h<ial Sir Archibald Hunter, proceeded before daybreak thin morn us toward Acton Unmet* for tho pur* ; i? i> .if rcconnoiierlng. (Seneral \\ li te's obje? t was to observe what w.v j: r 5 n k r n and il o to test the mo i)ilit> iinil efficiency of bis forces. All the i vn arc well and the weather is now t! A l>ls?|oictlng Report. I mhIuii. Hv Cable. In connection v1?h the rumored attack upon 'Mafek ng. a di-uuiHinK report comeH from i'tet' r'a to the effect that the Rusten burs ami M'lrie-) commanders have cms. <1 the h-nb-r and entered th?> Knot. mud iciiimr.v, between Lichten buig an I Meriting, blowing up the bridge over the Mi hippo river, and Icy t loving .i train load of dynamite on t ie track. If Mgfeking depends on Kooif rotid fur it t water supply, tho ?ignilleance of thin mrvo Is ovldent. Bcnk Robbcra ^ ^ muk?d robbers entered hmm mm* Friday morning. **?? *?e?r|W^^^ S* WHS fMi ttp Big Cotton Fire. New York. Special. ? Fire Friday 60* Btroyed a large four-story warehouse at the foot of Forty -second street, Brooklyn, owned by the Bush Com- , pany, limited, and H.000 bales of cot ton which were stored In It. The loss will be $300,000, principally on the cotton, which was weil insured. " , _ ; Found Rebels Entrenched. Maila, by Cable.? 'Major Cheatham, with a scouting party, wif lie proceed- - Ing riong the west shore of the hike* Thursday, encountered a force of* reb el? Ptronglj^entrenched at Muntlnlupa. Major OheathW reports that he drove, the rebels from their pOaitlottvMd In the engagement three AflMricabtt were killed and two '-'wounded. JUx mors are In circulation In that Major Cheatham discovered there American prisoner* who had bees bound, gagged and shot <by the inenr genfe. These rumors, ~ aayr conflremd.. Stru-.k Against the Negro. I'll pej" v ; 1 1 ? * . ( ia , Special.? TllO oper i'ivc: of 1 1 Hi uxford Knitting Mills, 1 n r? f tf the large d in mufaotories of this city, entered into a strike Satur ^ > day morning last became of tne plac tiK of a negro man at work among tho white 1 mploycM. The negro man was ?la?ei| in the mill by W. II. Howard, / he manager. F?r about eight. monthjr three other negroes bare been work ing at t lie mill, but- In departments <hut "out" from the t*few of the whltft ?ncn and women. The mill haa closed down until the trouble ia settled. Soldiers Defy Authority. Havana. By Cable.? Six American soldiers attacked the Jiil at. Bayamo and tnnlt therefrom an imprisoned friend- They threatened to kill- the Jailor and subsequently refused to surrender the prisoner to the poller. IVople a re indignant and threaten to attack the Americans. It la said fchlt Oeneinl Ludlow, military governor of Havana, has protested to flenersl l)rook?? against the appointment of Mangullly and other Culitu^ who have given trouble to Americans as^cenaus epumeratora. and that they will prob ably be ditoiiisncd. Buller Starts for the Seat of War. London. By Cable. ? Central Buller, who is going to South Africa to as sume command of the British forces, tiarted for Cape Colony Saturday. A few m In nt es before the train started the Prince of .Wales and Duke of Cam midge drove up 'o the station. A huge crowd had assembled outside, and whim t'?o pr nee and duke arrived they re?)eivel ;i Irainendous ovation. They had a few wSrds with (Jeneral Buller, npraking through the carriage win dow. and then the train steamed off amid prolonged cheers from the crowd.