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LIVES l.05f C<n LAPSE il0. nr iji' Half u * y- ' f 1 ? ' ? ' t \ ! 11 ^ >1 at try.^: re::;!, r.u WHARF'S L'HCF.r.."}!inlKC PEL!. < )ll?01' A" ' Vv.'l.tir.N M ??; ^ ? -11 !I ' i i?t.4 ii ? !\ ? \\ ,;i ln\<"-:;y:iHo)i. TJali ii,.o: M t? l'I'i n? tl I h , <1: < \ <?:!?: -, I'.'ins <?* ";j liloro. ? ,:t 1 ?. !i ' '? :? ih:\l h:?? 1 a rtj, ;> t! a' ii.C\!l (.) dista ;il. 1 : ir?r Of Mull i. ;? ' v* !>?(>!? nixl T ??ohmr.H<? ; - :vini ? ? ? ??? <M:d :i?vl ) !s'"i-. ,1 iil?o '? In- v ; i o,;: <.i i:?-?? ? - i:,r-. I'OUioS la-. ? : ? | J' i v.>, II aro ni:s: iii.-. .ill i i -i i;(;;;ii>?; /\\o :t 1 - ino.-s < r: niii'y ;> |t|(? ; m ^ t and ojtfhu ?-il ".Mill ;-.i; f,'< i i Ironi In juries ill'He i;. '1 lli1 ;> ;? ? |; ov. a ;d |, J%!Ipiv!?M', Hvil i v. >. 11;\ ?i? : Knlior' ivvo.-t ?,\i??, r 'nustw, foriy-!i\f. and A?ionc Woolffol, ele vator civ'-ior, ; jj/j \ _sjv Ihi- Miissiuv.. h: ?;> \-1 41 to lio dead : \\ irnVvi'.u" ? ? (ahor^r: J larrv Ward. ' l? 'i >.? w:vn: Wil'-iam \V. Vaiijil1.!. ?-nl'?iiu, C-o. : H Mi?> i. o. \v JMt I'Wf? s i)? f>'". 1' "i !; Jo 111 ? :?, i il.iii j, wiii: wash or. i r.irji v 11?*??'>;"!???; aiv advanced i HO Olio is Will ill", I'j say y; \ ]? HI! v| 1l i *.?.? j liltti I i ? i ai l) i y W'iiy t hi' rr!! ;isi roj>!lv! t?: ? - ' t ii rivil, '1 iui now -.v:.-; m >milt 1 ?.v ; ? ho I*:t 11ii??'?;??? !? I? 1 C. :'ipany niii! I ho .Mi-I,< :v:i Ci'.: *:v: '' .iiipivnv 1"i?? t !u? i !.*? i i i ? i i ' ? ;Mni fi'.'o U:;i!i*oat! anil was to l.avi' In" it i:-*???! |iy (!..? :-i< ai'i: <-r.s <?:' l !i?? .Jii'i i>- ?:ji liiii'. 11 w'.?; a i t wo-r i i;|->- i ili-i iii'v-. !<"?> f ' ?( !?)!>;;, ' ?l'o--!f. f.D.i i'i < ; < : ;i li 'in:; mi laoil. ; 'I'ini v.a.i r imhI v. -; i:;>o;i ]ii!"s ! mpo:? \v11i?-? i :> ? k li<"l i.' < ,ri-i\'ii> j 1 :iill ;:ii I : <-ivi- 11 ? i.? r..?" lit" ; |i!rr'i!iii ?n?' "i ? I 'I'i:.- wal'-:' ?? ii, ii ii!' tin i ;??v ' ;?' i;-i ?:'<?!? i nv, ((>?.' Vli*.ion an?l u.r: :?. ? ?).)'. 'I'-ii.-i ?< c: t-i-t v.:?-t ???*!?;?? .? ii'u.n t !'.i> lain! t ad l?y a ?>??:? v ?* v>: '! of i!::'>w?iiry ,M:out I 1 i?'i !o . i!: :<? \\cr<' 1:. Avai'iiii;". t:c'? i. mi.I Iho worknt. a 1 voro !k in.; ! ..? of ?n:V?y win n, .iu; ii'.-i'i.v ! ? ? ?:? i v. oro s!ra-r lir.u'i-. ? iln^ ?ro.i'i i!i" lir<> wall i-i-"'.:-; n-'. an:l, v i it !:'.<> f.*?? ? of tii<; valor < a t oi' ?> ? pi^i", |)iiur.vl into Hi,. !i.-: i.'.jr, i.:-, a p.u:::bor of men wiili i 1. Oi' tiio fiiv.-*; ?? o:.m>! >yi\=? of Iho Halt inioiv 1'> i : v, ? > (' on; ;; *? y .".t wori; on l?i.< i>i".' ior- i!cm i'.vn ;?> ho ilivil. oac is loii?:a:, i < a" iiors aro ao- [ comil'-'l fo Ylio iluv-' (uior-'il wliii .;\v;n:iior:: v. ??.??? v ok'ti;-; r.var t ?i ? ? oxtion;.. < i: ! i i' ii i- i-ior. a'ol r.o liojio of 15if :r o'-ifii ; t' i.- ? : pi'i 'I. K! I-in'".r.;-J civil onr^inoor, v.'lio was a.oi Jrv. .S;r,.-<.'i'iiii('inl'.'iit: of tho Mc'yr r.a Coiii i';1" <"oainaiiy, lost his lift- in %;a i .Voit io v.a.ii fV?,w nu n of thoir i'.His 1.<..1 y was :iot. l-pcovoroil ui' i 1 iluvi- '.-.oar.-j afLor iho accident. roJic-. , f'jaMii^n an I oiliors. iii"lnd 5iiv, Mayor !?:. (.'lay ''ia.-.a.i:;, rospond <>d tpi;<a;ly Vo < a'!s i.'-" h:,!n alid ovoiy? tliiini jiOftSi^I'j w:;s i'<,,-a> lo aid Iho In jurod and rcuovci' v: ?: uauU's of Iho dead. CKI.KHliATlOX AT COIIXKLTj. The \c\v Slate Coltcg:* of Agriculture Dedicated. Ithaca, N. \.?Tho now buildings flif lh'? N'pw Yuri: State College of As rienUuro ,\v?:.re d::;li'. ated. I'lvsloieut Sehurmanr oi' Cornell, introduced liovei'u;:r I! u[i llv. ho iniid'" ;i spoech cnngralula:iui; the unr.er.sity on ili; )? roarers i:i the I.aching of agricul ture and veterinary ku *?.!!?}'. Then ))o handed ov_r a t, -Idea'-ltey, symbol izing Cornell, as tho Uusica of the buildings. General Stewart t,. Woodford made a vigorous plea for the cultivation of military cc'ionei and tactics. Nathan J. ljatehol''er. hivsier of the Xaiioiri1. CI range,, spoi; ,'M.n a'-u irui'. are, as did also 1a 1.. li. lta:h.y. of the College ct Agriculture, pr..d:leni i * the Asso ciation ct America:, C\di c:\eri and" li * perlment Station*:. 'Idle student body sang the Cornell Alma Macee. luncheon v.an served in tli" gym mi ium. aud :i ncaption held in ;h'.i. li ???. luviM; i \?W)i.\\ tin? ,%.s were .John l>e ^ ill V. I <. r. Sift ? i'keno nii'l iJe.uiiy o.alo lisi': r ('. .?iiinni. i.'idii's <"ri:x!ie<! liy tin* I "all of h ^ti'.cle^liick at Mil'vilSe, X. Miilville, X. .1. !jv (hi- toppling over of the co-,i re siu'ikestack i:! the gla.*s v.crU.: of i". ('. Y?'hea;on ?v Co., evo yo.i'r, \> I'lncn Were crushed to death :::v>! a third was *:? badly injered il.r she died a half hour later, '('lie de~d are: Sylvia. Cailagh'r. sereiuec-n years; Lena l)oaght.y, .v.Ixwm n, and Lydia Thurston, ei/ot. mi \iars. Th eo gills a No were more or lels itt:.:r;d. While the wind \v:i , blowing m gnV there v.;??? :? terrible crash wiiieh shook 11whtd? ? piau!. Thousands of bricks i ;>d . \ n on iho root' of tlu' grinding wn< re iwdve men aud &cv.?a r,i; Is were .o ?.o,h. The roof oT ?hv luiildi:,j v;.r. crushed in?o Mdiiiters, Turks Hfttde With CJreeks, Thero has been a nanguinary con flict between Tipk!?h troops and a Ureek band at Morihovon, in Mace donia. Tho latter were eventually dispersed. Their chief and seven other members wero kitted. The Turks lost twenty killed. 1'inloy I'rgcs Square Deal. President Finl??y, of the Southern Railway, in a speech at Memphis, urged a square deal for the railroads Jo tho matter of logielntlon, _ DEFECTIVE Mil PLATE ft?; rosontalive Wahlo Gays Pri Visic Cuildeis Practice frauds. in\ llivct Dotes in Die Cnilril Slnlc.i \\ ;tr bip> f' 111 ? ?1 With Soap?? Month* \( f?K>i| I'di l'iC|iaii'.S( tioMon Cha rwr. <;? jy:ops fraudfl ii? be bui'di in' w ;? shirs 1?.v private cont raciors v. made here by Re p? I't'-is Maii?."?? (Ic ;ir-j'i? )?', Waldo, of Nov.' '?.ora. Do spoke a a mass meeting ' j-lvoji in I'an; nil llall by the National League 11/ Employes oi' Navy Yard?.. " Waruyips built under contract by private concerns and almost lmms? ; < iately aft< r ilvir completion sent 1 o ? I'rooklyn Navy Yard for repair?,'* be fnid. "have !';'?? i fouiid io havo holes i?ltiirv.oil wi;ii wood, putty :.n<l soan, inHead of iron ?? iv??ls being imtMLtul. In one lii!;i:i!!r'' i know of s.'Vtval hundred rivets .utupes d to bavi b ? i? put into a warship lAtib l>v < Kit i actors. wIki.-.' workne n filled i'.'.c* rivet hob's wit i\ puny and wood." I ? - i Urooklvn. \\ y llcitriwnlallvft ( ('corfrn K, Waldo, at bis homo in I'rooklyn. repeated the < barge# Dmt 1 faulty work had been discovered in ' the countruction of <\nain warships ; built by private concerns. Mr. Waldo, i who is dim king a ti.^ht to havo naval I vessels built in tbso Covernioent yards. said ho know of several shi-'s tin ned over a:; complete to tho nave, I which had to havo considerable cost ly work doii.? on .bent to (<? them for 5;rrvice. The battleship Louisiana, Ms''-:* ship of the (loxcr.nnicnt-built ?'otineci icut, vns one of the vessels ; delivered as completed which was . )n"?f in .shape for s-yvu ?, Mr. Waldo "When this ves.ud was delivered by lb "> co'.i i raci ors the was s;<id by th;?:n ?to be comple*.c," said be. " Inspection "f h^r at the Drookl) n Navy Yard, however. showed tha. man> rcpaira w -,-e ne ('?? !. Tlo- of 5"l 0<>O V : < 'e'krd aad t (iovornmyn! em ploy, s 'Ve:-;.- \] fny \ weeks on the . :> 1 ?'? 5' ?? she Wi'.S ill Proper kJipmo. " ' WYI i! ? at Jho iirookivn Navy Y?v 1 ' ' " 1 ? 51 r 11 (,) e'.ofe.s^ ti'eir opinioj'.e. of ? 1 !?''a'"in. nts of t'-nitcres^uiaii Wa' < ? *. <? i. 11ev i:t a'ii"; ? ?>t mi or deuial. 't,: >y vcre rrady. however. to cMxims; ? ?' * C ? Cji'-i'K as lulVi" K Ilecli llia<)e I n'.'pc. nil;' {f ,v|oi-ii";i oto i!<;r th" Lonis'anr1, built I)v priv;>!" ro" ; 1 r::clo;v. offered j>< rhans the 'ncsi < MJitil.' of c;,i;si ittct ioil r.S M J*. ; Waldo referred to. V iiile i' i'. en (vi s was b'.tib! in;-. thu hoaisb'na Him nnvy yrr.l lor e xv;i '? OitK.'v-.i'd in conat rue I Ins her jlf t I'T ship. Ci;? Ciiiineei i-.-.ii. Allhottv-i t;)'? i^ouixiHtia was delivered at th" yards '-otne niosii'ia before the Con ner! hit' rr;ady for the water, it ? 'Va ; found that. :die waft not complete, and it rencii.-d route nioinhs of work by ili<> nie:> :? f. th" navy yard before the shin ccnid be |i'l<'d ft'iished. A' ; i fie t'lii" <>t her <?alivery by her cou ructors no. :? pun w as mounted. t'ie turrets would not work, and thera \< eie many other details of construe , Lion which had no' been completed, t _ Similar instances are .offered by th? \\ ashlnijtoii ji^id the Tennessee, both of \vhi-. h needed soveral moiiths oi' additional labor by naval men , after their delivery at the yards, pre I nit mably prepared for service. IJoth f shlpn wero built by private ccntrao* tO IB, niilNDNIvSS CAUSED Sl'ICIDK. lOv-Hailroad Chief llad Lost (^ne 10.ro nndOthei' Was KaJltny. Nev/ York City. ? 111 health and worry Incident to the prospect of los tn.u his eyesight were the reasons gen ! erall.v accepted fpr the suleldo at sea i Inst Wednesday of David Willco.v. e:: | President of the Doln varo and Jittd son Company. Mr. \N'lllcox had lost the Ki.-iht of one eyo and tho other ' wr.a failing. i'ear of a ltfe of comparative pov erty,. because his entire fortune had been swept away by unfortunate speculation also was declared to have t been a cause of the suicide of the 1 close personal friend and adviser of JO. II. Ilarrlinan and Henry Jl. Rog ers. heavy sxow i.\ xoi;tii\vi:st. Kailroads AJTectcd and St. Paul Car Lines IilorUed. St. Paul. Minn.?The moat furious s-vtowstorin ilir.t it sis occurred in the N'orthwest '.'nis Ki'avnn prevailed for twenty In.urs. All over tho Dakotas, i as far wevt r.s Montr,na. the groan.I i is covered with front si*; to ten incites f.i' snow. Hail road tra.Tie was de layed frotii live t? 11 ?* t hour:;. | Farmera have been delayed in their ? jiu'tlin^, a:tii will be forctd to re plant. ; in Minneapolis ami S!. Paul tho ' st reef car s;>U'i.i v. as blocked al! 'lay, ears being pushed through intermit, tcuit ly. MTKATE M fl.fi P.l.OWS pp. Two Men Killed at !>u Pont Powder Works 1!:; plosion. Irasl;e11. N. .1. ? Hn an ctplosion which could he >ca.*d for miles, tho nbvate plan: o" the i>ti Pont Powder Works was I:'o: up. Koremkn An drew Larson. o. ro.nrtlon Lake, and Nicola (JnrelJo, an 11a'.igjn, assistant, were b!o\vn to pieces, jjfct h 1 nn i*c loains of the m*rr.;e mill, iftid only a 1 ( n-foot hole in the ground, fifty foef square, marks its former location. Hertzian Waves Explode Torpedoes. Successful experiment# wtuo made at Cartagena In ths explosion ol tor pedoes at loiu distances by means of the Hertziarf*vaves system. The d*. vice was invented by a SpaniarJ named Balaera. No Hain in Six Months. Prayers were offered in all the churches throughout the Island of Cuba for rain, which has nQt fallen for six months. The country is parched, cattle are dying ana forest* are burning. A'ASHIX^'I^V Frederick I. Allen, 1'n 11'1 Sfa?*8 ?omn)IM0B?r of Patents. , ... 'I iio Administration, it i; ?. ,< fs aj inS' !>'*"* fri""l ll )ro<eodings against ?? "? 1 ?RTiri;,:1> President, Noose volt win Washington for his 8n?nrn< : oii:<> !)ystor Hay on Jane i-? The Treasury' Depart m01 ' tas >n notlco that If white c!? ^ Fourth Audited office do n wish M ?vork under a ncjro tn^y ' .in . I( President Roosevelt will iir4e l!)t> European nations ,|? Join I im |? ^ Jisarn;wrtont,/pro$ram at ' I'care Conference. Chief Justice Fuller, I:: t;l(, S) iremo Court, announced thai u',.. ' ?resent term of tha Court would !n> I ;li<htjd on May - ft Senator Penrose; ?f t P(V1'ijyiv,'.r1j) ?mule Ills first call at the \\ oftr. ||0'(f dijeo the "conspiracy diau.:" ,, \Jarch. ? William Loeb, Jr., seen iart to l!lt, President, will, If was n >ori. ! ilt Washington. resign his <>0icv to iu>. Wrio president of tho \V*?sh|Hs(o,1 Railway ami Electric Company. Assistant Postmaster - Conor,il riitcheock, who returned 'o on from tho South, denied that tho President sent him on a political niis don, hut Said tho J Republicans of Georgia, South Carolina a:id no,BJu-i were all Roosevelt men. Ol lt ADOPTED JSMVps. Kifreon hundred eiparinaVrr?. r,,.. ployed by a Arm with factories ;i, Mian. Porto Pico, atltl at f>.ya struck for an increase in |s:tjaijcl !>? I ? er and more material to wor!; wji.h There are probably foriv vavicti 5 ?>f bananas cultivated in Fhrijf. },;)( inly some half u dozen of Pose hav ? t commercial value. Havana newspapers dfsrm wph ntercst the suggestion foi">.; llfzatiou of the Cuban Cenern1 Jose Miguel >:i' h pla'fonn on which -p,,. ? iberal nomination for (h? Cub-i-i Presidency. o rain has fallen in troutl?rr:? i>". r; r Iistrietsjof Porto Rico iii sw h^hm,,, I irul i; *n>i estimated thru ?ent. of the sugar crop v.illh* Purchase of Cuban chvnj innv ?. \v for government use' brenh:. nit ^'I'rirpfp.s of ?raft asainst Amor.t;? n jfl?rials in H:ivaut>. .Manila's budget for l?f)C-07 h lbout SI,500,000, of | v.'iiich ?.'!?; . >0o is for school^ nn?V sns.ooo for '"I,re. "After :i while lhu&arr.nu;t? s ?vI! 1 be reversed. Pearl fishing in More Province Philippine Island?, can ei:l? h? -p.ik" :iow by vessels built i:> tie XJa>tcd Slates, or in the Philip pi !>>.>{, DOMESTIC., Jo'in n. Rockefeller dwdcd lit: property in Cleveland ati^yyai'.o CNyinty, ()l\io, to his- r'lvo land worth S2,000*000 I'nivc; - shy of Chicago. 1/ubor uulotis are to conuitetc.a de fense fund of 51,000,000 foi;Moyer, I !ay wootl aud PeUiv^1 About S 101,000 lifts been contributed in New York City. ~ Chairman ingnllR of th: Eis l-'onr railed upon the rallwaysto bhservo ho laws and predicted a panic should the present railway conditions be prolonged. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., celebrated the ono hundreib anniver sary of the birth of Ezra Cornell, founder* David Wlllcox, formerll president af tho Delaware and Hcdson Com pany, shot himself at sea. It was positively annoyed tint fhe value of the honda stolen -from the Trust Company ol' North Amer ica, New York City, Is atkist $500, OOO. * The cruiser Baltimore trrlved at the Brooklyn- Nary Yarfriftcr four years' service in the ir^r East. In a tire at Fulton, Ky.,four chil rtren of a Greek merchant named Ho ciad were burned to deatb. It was announced thst the State Hanking Department vojM examine the securities with varloustrust corn panics in Now York City. llobbers dynamited ihe?afe in the por-iofllco at Avon, M;&. gating $u00 in cash and stamps. FOREIGN. The peasant deputies o( the reac tionary party Were recall by the Russian Eniporor. ?in audience has drawn bitter attacks from the radicals. There was further rietin?! on i'n Island of St. Lucia, and fte Covernor | sent a telegram to Barters saying that aid was urgently ne^' M. Pichon announced ttat Franco s policy at. the Peace Coaferen.co at The Hague would folio* 'he'course adopted at the first meeting o. do gates. Tko British tank ste??cr I'lH'ifor* I from New York for ? w?s I abandoned at Fea, her l?. en on board the British #teamcr ba- j garni. Am in os Sultan, foraicr P"**1"1 Grand Vizier and lonR^*1\a* ;.'h lived in Toheran, beingff?? . marked distinction by tWs?iah The $75,000,000 Gert*n TrPf,f".r^ bond Lssuo was subscribes0I J' five times over, ? .. A further proof of the Russian Pretaier, M ^?'>p ,;ln ward tho Russian DJCJ has \ given in his proposal to*110* to advise ParliamentarTC?n,rn opposltioiv to their ?3{4A?y 1 gram. f r A Prominent Brit# l5!?,cJt K-c! ~TaoZ .SlUftttsn ???Sa,vcrsKj, ijoid 1 |KALMclTo CHOP CONDI I IONS ??Mtioiis for ?>. Vast Week as Re ported by the Department. :u Uia i, * t-|Mi I lire ?v i i < 'j > I tin i';i ii <? t l irt;l I ill ?? i^tu? ? ??! <? > 11 ? I 11 lo|l> M.III.I.I\. A |t: i! V. .!> <* ?' 'i ilTul 1- .iiiil jm'ih i ail\ in:?i in- >.f ;lit* I?!i'.i -:i111, w 111It ?i???l :t:ui U,V^ ?a? ii. lite |:N llouily. I'u- u<viu> !??-.?!. (('Hi| e! ?l I Iti c n IS 14 * > I I ? I * 11 v <'"?1 tin* ;i\ i i ,i . <? j ?!, . ?) | s 11 ;ii 11 ? 11 was t:., ..... ui.,1 an,..mil. Til01'1' *? :? .. II.... u.-.l .1. ti.;eney ill Mill. l!.l'-l|-;;..l.t ,!,(? ,:.(||?. \Wvk. i' ii j <?:atuir l??i ;ho ?.lv V| , |i|a?'k n\ llle ,l!?' -tilli. li:r i..svv -i u;;< 1^1- d.'u Ives i" ' hvi'iiv i,: * ? It,,. J ,1!?. ' 1 In- |i!'c?i j ii I a 11. iii w a> \ >tv cvrniy ???>!iJ. |nirtiuiis of ilu-.Stale I|m\iii?? liatl iii'iu ?>i\i* in livn inches , t |||(. Hill I li 4-^lcl 11 I i?*|- I ? I rutlll jfK'S U ilil'li I ('?'( | \ i>, I | mill I H II 1(1 OVI'I' fill ft' illf!,.-v Hii t 111- l'\ I I I'llH1 Snltl't f*;tstc*rii c?Miiilir- wiii*111 |in- atiiiittitl? ! W,.|V WM.'tally below an i:i<*11. 'no in.. - j ?< t i a I raiiiiatl r-* |t?'iis wi le I-, .-?? j\j 11\- 11-1 ?*.:i.-i|>!i sOhI Illrliiilcs |,i,. in. n'liii'iil"I .\|<ni 2M, !????,. <'(.|iiTi:hia l.so im h IVI/. f .! .'hi i,i.'|n'> ; i '11a|^<?*I1 .!Mi ilicla's; Li,in, "Jii 1111 ? 1)??.- ; I :i I :t w I >:i in. li.? ; ( an,di'ii it.<<2 uirlii's; Saint St. j.]:??::> | im-hr ; Ail- a.lali' ".'?1 <il an iti. it ; Kl.icksx i!i<' -J.IH tneh e*; Ciiaii<? -1 ?:! n :;n <.j an in- h ; ? In* law l.iiil i:it'it?*-; f I n i? ? u*i? 'J H'J imi'Im1-, 'iiwinvoml ! inches; KIll'^.-l I i'C iiii-'u' : Sat.ti (ieuc^i' 1.7" indies ; Saii>; ,\!;111!i? w> "J.'tO indies; N ?*iii.?>? v;'1' 'V><> 'I 'i i'i.Ii ; ( lia ;-|? ?t I r. N. I I.W inf ill ? ; W'iln,in-!.hi, N. (J |M iiH'his; .\ii;>, ia. < ? a. I ? inches ; Sav.i!.,,;:! . iU.70 <il' an inch J. W. 15 A 1 Klf. Heel ion I?ii I??r. State Board of Health. <?"V. An-i'l lias received from t!,o Si,ilc Mi ?ii< :tl ass'M'iai ion a |is| ot ilic ti?in;iii('i > |?ir 111?? ?? \???*111 ive <*<? 11111ii11? ? im nf llu* Siali* lx?ar<l .,1 health. IIh-v aro 1i?!lnw-: U<?hl. Wihttii. ('Iiar lest.iii; II. T. j I;111. Aikt n: ('. i(iani hri'll, Ahhrx i11??; .1. A. I lay nr. fir?'<'ii wiintl; \V, .!. I >111<I<? 11. laiii'?H : .las. Kvjins. I Inmicc, jiii.I (I \ William-:. Cnliiiiihia. At tin- inn'tin:: <>l' tin* ;<-? socialiuii at Hi'iiin-t t^vilic a lew days airtt it was discovered that there was softie con fusion eoneerniiej;' lite i>sn in?r of entninissioiis and on exninina tion of the hooks at the seerelearv of Htate'n o..ee, it was found that none of the old members reeomniende<l by the assiK'iiit ion lias been eommission ed. Spartanburg Festival. ' Spartanburg, Special.?The South Atlantic Siates Musical Festival iim dcr tiic auspices of the Converse Col Iciff Society, lu.'^au at Converse Col |p??? auditorium Wednesday ami were closed Frid?vy oveninir. There were tju'ie ni.ulit concerts and two a I tor noon concerts. Tho music for ?ho festival was furnished by Walter Damn-sell, of tin? New York Symph ony Orchestra. The artists wore Ed ward Johnson, tenor; Mine. Seimbrieh Mine. HissMn I >e Moss, Mi.?s (Jrnee Mnnson. The occasion was a m^a'olc <?a therm;-; of music lovers, 'and !an?e crowd* attended at every session. Eoy Killed by Live Wire. S,?ai tanl.ur;:. S. Special.?-While !i ;!ti eloeuic li.rh! wive |>!;iy. n: w 1 !:;i: i.: - i i:. !i a culvert under [In' ii.' ' "! tin- Southern iiailvond, i{? i:- t t ;i!\fri, aj?ed M ye;u?. wlio 21 v t < i ;.ii iiis parenls i:t the \;li;i;e .? nt. was in.^'iinllx kilh-d Mi : ji? ??i":iiuabout 1! o'clock. Spartanburg Buys its Own Water Plant. Sjiai lanhur'.;, Special.-T-An a'/ree nicat has been reached between the ciiv and the Home Water Supply ?'oi!:,*?ny whereby the company's ilia hi is to lie acquired for the sum of the neighborhood of .f'Jun.OUU. Mr. .1 #iji? i 15. Cleveland own? seven-eights ..i t! ? >t"rk of the water company, 'i i!? uiP probably take over tin* \for operation about Jul\ 1 ?i.'t.UOO \ ill he spent in exlen I i improving the system to ;'ivr ? :t the desired tire protection. * i ar-On 5 Cret? Exonerated, ?ile-'ton. Special.?United Stat ti;s of Vessels Cants. F. lb Sire ir.d .John T. Borden announced th'ii ;:ndincrs in the investigation in ?i> tli* burning and sinking of the Mean er Marion in Wadlmalaw sound on Fiiday '2:2, exonerated the olhcers and c.ew of the veusel^rom all blame for the casualty. Southern Agricultural Topics. ^ j: Modern Methods That Are Helpful to Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman. Miili* <'o!ts. Every faimer should film u pood brood initio anil raise at least Olio mill?* colt :t yc.?r. I'he Icemen ilons revenue i lint is being \>:tI<?! to tht> North ;ilid Wesi fill' ntulei; alone In astonishing. A hundred million j ilollaijM is paid mil of (ho ciilldii grow ing portion annually for mules and horses. This e; i inm?<? is lav too small, and i!. aciual li^inei were ai j liaml t<* quote front it would In- found that thin is the m i v minimum. The aiiionni paid for horses and I mules is fully one sl\!h of the gro-"s ilieoine from the entire eotioa crop I of the South. No uther siny.le pur-I chase amounts lo so much as the i mules and horses 1- nc. !?' I y the cot - ! ton raisers. Much is being ?-;ii? 1 just at this time about lite fort i !i: and the cost, hut the mule q.iosi ion is tar inoro serious than the feci ili/e;1 ?wo:. lion. \Vr> could gei along without fertilizers by using home-made stuff, hut tin1 farm cannot ho inn without mules and horses. There arc more than 2,0oo,ooo farmers engnged^Jn raisin-? cotton, and if one-fourth ol this nutuher bought a mule or t.ors*- e-fii year, and it is safe lo say thai a ?,.reat"r numj>'?r than one-fourth buy mule or horse ea? h year, at S".v-n apie-o, the total co.^t wo.ild bo ?t oo.noii Now this, and even ;? a?'. ator amount could he saved h> each planter rais ing on" colt every year. The cost of the ?olt need i:o' 1) > great. In fact, it would lie almost nothing, for there is an abundance of grass that annually go** to waslc iiml could be turned into n which v. on 1*1 11v;u? v go h1 11r farmer. W'e spend mi hits to hill the grass in and early jutiniiiei of dollars tor ha> the hay and nutlet homo and all t lie i Tlio cost of a in ii I - ? col l exceed $1.') lor on ? yejtj\ a: cost I his in act ual inni is needed is. at. hand amKcan bo had for a small nnmuut of-UtJ/??r. During the summer grass is plentiful and the colt can graze on what naiuro hits so bountifully provided without co: t to any one. With a mowing niachine enough liny can be harvested in a short time to feed through the win ter. At one year old th?* colt should be worth $100, and this, clear prollt lo one who raises the coll. Diversilied farming is what pays and pays well. It is not what is made, but what is saved that manes a prosperous and happy people. The difference between happiness and misery is, very tersely expressed in tho words of a great Ihtglish writer. The words are these; "Income 5200, ' outgo $202; result, misery. Income $200, out{T<i_ $I9S; resuHA, happi ness."?(J. Jd. Davis, Floyd County, Ueorgfa, Combatting Cucumber JjIcc. This pest destroys ninny hundred acres of cucumbers and melons ench year. Every grower of these vege tables should make a study of exter minating this Insect, a? It means the success or failure of his entire crop. There being a foundation for all things to build 011, so there is one most important basis frofrt which to work in destroying cucumber Hop. The grower shouldVrocuro from a reliahlo seed house his seed of the best quality, seed tli^t have been grown under climatic conditions Lest adapted to their fullest development, the plants having been free from llc.\ He will then secure a stand which Is lieaTthy amlNuore able to withstand the attacks of Insects. If the growen wishes to be <>u the Rafe side, he slijmld spray his, entire crop with kerosene emulsion before the lice have appeared. Then spray the second time in about ten days. This will almost insure hi.; crop against these bugs. Should the lice appear he rhould go over his field and pull up each Infected plant and burn it. at once. Then spray his entire held with kero sene emulsion, using a goone-iwck nozzlo in order to reach the under side of the leaves. If this is dune/ deliberately, llio grower will snoij. rid himself of H>!h pent. IIow to Miller KtTo.vcno lOmulsioi Good hard soap (in lino ?U;iving:-;), ' pound; soft water, one j;al!o;>: i;?? y? Bonn, two gallons. Dissolve* soap in uoihn:; walor. tho kerosene to the hot water, <h the mixture with ?i)r<iyin? juinip j it change* to a crontny, then \ buttei'niilk moss: color. This i I three gallons of sixiy-six per aL oil emulsion, which may l>o y, (o tho strength desired. gallons of H<>ft. wale:* to this Zn<> to make fifteen pt-i rent. |H. emulsion, This strength v.-ill/ best resultF. ^ ,^0 Kerosene emulsion lias / n). host results ol any >%x(/ known. In fact, it Js thvrr~wci way for a cucumbcr or men 51s Beto Noli/. {iPa,!> Riked tho Scjr,," 4,v" 1 son, " what is a ' N'emor Ucd tko "A 'Kemca.s,' my ?>?& 0fflc? Senator, wearily, 441 f. T ?romise to 6eeker that you foolis/ P assist." _ L Spring is h cinch fV^e PoC^ Fresh sap On tap! / Soft snap!/ Giddapl / ... Go it, old Pe^ftR^ (t? 1 to !><? six cessful if his rrop In attacked l.y these Injects. (.5. W. K , In fttutU itii Fruit (irower. Minis in I>nirymen. Tl??* Oklahoma Kxperlnumt Htutlon issued the following suggestions to dairymen us a guide for (ho pro duction of cream of good Quality: clean cream, ('1)1(1 cream and rich civi'.in arc the three words which tell tit.- secret of producing sweet cresm. , He clean and sanitary in milking. Have all pails, crocks, cans and dairy utensils scalded and clean. Kt 'p tin- separator clean by wash ing after each separating. Cool each lol of cream in cold wa ter before setting ',t away, and havo it t hot oiiuhly cooled before adding ;o the general lol of cream. ( ^ go xl w:tv is never to mix a fre; '> b:> '.l of cream with., older (ream, bul keep <h< h lot from the different separate iii?s separate, and in one-gallon cro< ) Have a well vent ilaled cave or cool cellar in which to keep the. cream. Stir ( ach of the separate lota o( cteam every day to keep them uni form. Have a wire Hereon lor each crock 0 as to "air the cream" and keep oat til":- and insect*-. ii\cr the cream to the creamery or receiving station three times a week in summer and twice a week in v. in;or. Insist 0:1 t!u ( reamery man weigh ing out Hie fample of cream for ?y ie: [ instead of measuring i 11 a pi potter 1 li > scales are more-accurate. / Have the cows come fresh It) if | iembcr and October and roc/ | i \\ (nt>?? live to thirty cents a pif I fi>,? the butter fat in winter in/ j of ttfieen to twenty cents a pott/ 1 summer. / S'iiin Milk !?"<? i* Laying lief ?-Tin- I imparl inent of Ai;rimlt: ;?? eeiv?'<l a report from (ho \V? ;? inia Experiment Ht.fltIon ?>/ r.i;ulc to determine (In1 valuy milk as against water for / feed niasb. 1 ii t li" lirst lest. which ci iI.ivk, twenty-two hens fed/ lai<l I" I I eggs as eompaiV eggs laid by tho lwenty-t/ mash wet with water. In (lie second period ? i est sixty hens fed t Ij ration laid XG2 eggtf. ij daya as compared witlk^ by a similar lot fed ^ro I ti 1 lie second period Wb< reversed. 1 Uo yf milk laul 1 2 20 ''KK^th as compared with ?'/ pro tho lot f.Ml no ??<%bBU. experiments moro / (1 need when Hki,MjL.0Vall ttiled for water wlth maul). Under ''n/V per ins in those exT moiBt eggs selling foiryalue ot dozen the skim/ u per cnlng tho nmslr u of from ono and if1 j au nuarl' ,n ^Tctlon of ?02 skim milk wn#CU011 - 1 incrraco in tl <*ggs. j Practice, ?SIcffj (/ns of training fn all (i/guidotl by fore ?ind pruirln/ teacher. The ?hought iivn contains olab '?oj-dciiJiii^r the making of ornto jn.s/iiiul one seen in 'deal fril wonderful exam Kuropea/'s art. The Amerl* Idea of f not favor the espa enn clidWEuropean garden ller tr.yioes it necessitate the or, bupf treos which is com cni 11 ?</ m<>n /orchard i;j trained by U'iiperationH of any single pi'i!i/plo enough; but oven in ycuiigeu of growth individual I Uitj/op peculiarities tliat re l ireful study before tho knife I 'itf. A safcLficneral. rule Is to | f^ySugh the' orchard two or lines, cutting out only such j Wo first round as are plainly II of removal. By the tinio the 'iii 11 (1 is (q^upioted one will have f:\ lunch, and can attack tho diir.cnIt problems on the second over with greater assurance.? (horn Fruit liiwn. Stilled Fads About Alfalfa. r?t;cntinl:t <>f successful alfalfa Itur;> may bo briefly .stated as fol } o\Vr.: 1. Kit h land well drained. Lib.-ial fertilization (preferably wiih stable manure) and liming. Thoroughly broken, compact, finely pulverized Becd-bed. 4. Inoculation?preferably with In oculated soil. fi. Karly fall seeding?generally. i?. Frequent mowing to keep dawn weeds antl grass and strengthen tho alfalfa plants. 7. In case of failure, try, try again and then again. t>. More inoculation. Wholly. "But," proiested K*um?, -ho saade his dobut in vaudeville before, "the, audience wasn't justified in treating mo as they did. My act wasn'tlhalf bad." s; "Well," replied Crittick, "neither were the eggs thoy passed up to y<m/' Reason sorves when pressed but honeit instinct comes a volunteer, Pop#,