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, t'T CAMDEN, 8. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11.1910. a NO.30. Sow#00* /1 Comont concrete la au ideal mate rial for use In tho construction of a granary, except for one feature. In a * very damp climate whe/o there are heavy and protracted rains, there la eomo danger of moisture drawing through tho wnllB by capillary action, rendering them damp in rainy weath er, which would Lave a tendency to causo molding if the grain came di rectly against tho wall. I' you have raised a good crop of oats this year, feed some of them to the hena. It is the host kind of food for laying hons. They won't get too fat on oats. You don't need to bavo the oats threshed for the hens, they will do tho threshing themselves and it will ho good cxorciEO for them. Many a farmer feeds his cows" as - nearly right as ho kn.>ws during the time the milk is flowing freely, in tho early purt of tho summer, and then allows her to shift for herself during tho late hot summer months when the flow Is often reduced. Tho dairyman who has a good per ? manent posture from which his cows can gather most of their ration dur ing spring and summer and lay up a fresh store of vigor and health from the moderate oxercice, from tho sun and the shade, is indeed fortunate. Mqro mowers are knocked out In cuttings weeds than in cutting grass In tho meadows. It is a good plan to get a now mower before the old one is entirely out of'commission, then tho old one can be used for a ^eed cutter exclusively. * rC- ? ' ' ' - - -r A close study of tho diatlnctlvo qual ities and requirements of one's own variety of fowls is not only Interest ing, but instructive and profitable. . Qet acquainted with your fowls and \ .let them got acquainted with yoij. *"? If the grower can get flvo cents " a pound for his rhubarb In the'spring, he Is idaklng profit; but by forcing in doors ho can get stalks to sell in the winter .-when the pl*loe of rhubarb Is ten to fifteen oents. Upon the fruit farm fowls are of advantage." They keep down the In sect pests, and they may have a free' range the greater part of the season without the .possibility of doing any damage. ' > It Is a comparatively easy matte* to get eggs Yn large quantities In the warmer months of the year, but In the winter time when eggs are high In price, the problem la a vary different one. .. w Tho brood cow should be kept In good condition, but without fattening, and ebould never be enelosed so that rhe will not have a chanco to exercise every day. ' Aboht the best remedy for the un< rightly disease known as "scaly legs," which Is the work of miniature para* rites, Is an application of sulphur and piclted lard onoe n week until cmr^d. 1 Undertaking to produce 00 bushels of com on ground whioh has only a 80>1 bushel capacity is a mighty dlscour* aging job; but th&t Is just the thing which many try to do. By the old way of fahnfng, the land could bo easily overstocked. With the D'W Mud ua?iv3?S*3r?tbvciSJ[ vi'vpS, moro and bettenstopk can. and should, be kept on each acre, ? r' >! The trouble of weaning pigs is greatly lessened If there is plenty of skimmed milk. With this feed It la easy to avoid any backset at auch a time. < i Do not attempt to raise 300 chlcka when your accommodations are onl# suitable for 100. Crowding poultry will breed many diseases. Plum growers have found poultry especially helpful in keeping down the curculio,' and even apples have been considerably benefited. Isolation, hard work and small com-| pensation la too often the lot of the .? farmers' wives. . These are bui that need lifting. The breeding tow CacUieaodniia ? f*ht idea if you caa -jOestp^: The earlier you oan get your winter wheat ground plowed (ho better. Wheat la a plant that dclighta in* a Arm tood bed and (hat cannot be ob talned ir tho prouud la plowed a few day* before seeding. If It Is plowed early, however, and U thoroughly disked and harrpwed at Interval it will bf com parHttyoiy flrm, yet looae cugugh on top when U U Umo to sow (ho wheat. Prior to and during the molting period feed whole wheat for morning feed In atraw litter. The noon feed should consist of cold bran all^htly aeaeoned with salt and cayenne pep per, with woll-oooked lean meat, such as boiled heart, liver or lights, cut into, stripe. The night feed, given about four o'clock, is cracked oata In elraw litter. Avoid watering the garden It possi ble. Use the hoe more frequently, but If protractel drouth renders the use of hoee or watering ran a necessity, do tho work thoroughly. A little sur face water simply ontlcos the roots upward, where they are more readily affected by dry weather. Provide a good open shed for the young turkeys to roost In and don't at' low them to wander off. Their value Is steadily Increasing now during the approach of the fall and holiday sea son and they are wpjrth too much to allow thorn to take up wltjj the neigh bor's flock. ... t Clean rune for the chicks aro the best preventive of gapes. jCcep some thlug green growing In.th^m, remove all fllth frequently and plow under a nttle ulr-slaked lime occasionally if you have ever been bothered with* this pest. The brood sow should have a con flderable proportion of bulky feeds, such as pasture, roots, etc. This will eerve to distend the stoinaqh and pre vents her from squealing^ while, at' tho same tlmo, keeping her from lay ing on too much fat J The net earnings of heps must hi ways depend largely upon such cir cumstances as breeding, foedlng, care, etc., and probably the amount which a hen can earn in a year after paying all expenses may be estimated at be TW$?r Obe td'dne and a hair dollfitir A well selected, well managed, well cared for and well fed herd of brood rows will produce two crops of pigs a year better than a good lot of soWs given only medlooyel oir indifferent care will produco one Ilttdh" If g<fc>d dairy bred'bull* are mat ed with selected range cpws the heif ers of the first cross will be good.jnllk cows. Future crosses will still furth er Improve the herd If accompanied by careful selection. Tliero are practically no .diseases to which duck* are subject. They. .can bo sickened and killed through 4gno ranee and carelessness by compelling them to submit to improper food or conditions. Lameness ("bumble-foot") among the fowls Is often caused by the roosts being too high or the floor too hard, apd henvy fowls jumping thereon sus tain bruises which later become more serious. ; In speaking of dairying too often everything centers 'about tho butter output. Thiols only one of.tho many lines of profit Incident to the busi ness. ^5: ; Kill the old roodter, stew him for ?several hours and *at him. He la of affcolutely no use In the flook at this time of year, end .ym^ can cosily rear or t>uy a better PPP fpr nest spring. % tbat has been eured and put up quickly retains more ol Its nutritive ?glue thaw would be the cage If It had fcccofno over dry and had lost a lot of Its leaves by breaking oft. \ ? There It little need of buying ex pensive trains for swine, when main tained on farms, or of feeding much grain, except to nursing mothers or lnrl fitting for market M JjearqicsB barl^ hay makes a mag nificent feed for sheep and makea the least waste. The sheep will eat every bit of it and then ask for more. Good posts properly set with woren steel wire fabric from 26 Inches to four feet high carrying heavy Wires make the Ideal hog fence. ? ? Sheep gracing has been found very effective In preventing (orost fires In the national forests, when done In a conservative manner. |?| The moat economic way of secur ing a permanent road beg Is through drainage. It eolvea much of the good roads problem. - "?? ;-_iii ?" The farmer must constantly be look ing ahead the same aa does tha loco motive engineer. ^ ?Mwvavv w ? m When possible, It Is batter to ship COOD Mj ASSOCIATION CONVENES III KNUXVII U THE APPALACHIAN CONVENTION MCCTd AT EXPOSITION IN KNOXVILLE, TBNN. PRESIDENT FINLEY SPEAKS Monetary Value of Improvod High w?yo Stressed by President of Couthern Railway. Knoxvfllo, Teun. ? Tho Southern Appalachian Good Roads convention closed Us second annual convention leaving the place of meeting for next year in tho hands of tho executive com milieu to decido. >lThe principal addross of tho day wa* made by PreBldeut W. W, Finley of the Southern railway, who spoko cf Improved highways and the en largement of opportunities' which camc tc. thoae contiguous to gooA roadie He expressed tho opinion that tho greatest result <jf road improve ment would bo an increase of the ??hack-to-the-farm" movement. .Good roads, ho said, contribute to the attractiveness of country life, groatly enlarging tho farmers' social circle, facilitating attendance upon church, services and making it possi ble to more regularly attend school during bad weather. Improved roads made possible tne consolidation of country schools, so as to give the children tho bcnoilts of a graded system. Thq, monetary value of good roads, he said, had been sum marized as follows: ?'FlrBt, a reduction tn cost of haul ing; pecond, an Increase in value of land Within its zone of Influence; third", toQ-easo In productive area through tho making of uncultivated land accessible; fourth, the substitu tion of more profitable crops for the less profitable crops; fifth, the ability , OIL the producer to/marftet bis pro ducts at a time when prices are most favorable instead of marketing the products when the roads penult. "Tho fundamental suggestion 1 have i. tQ, make," he said, ltfConclusion, "1s that ho should apply the principles of conservation to our road building pol ley.-?We should conserve our- ener gies and our financial resources and adopt such policies as will eliminate waste of either or both, as far as poa slbtV;. v Other speakers of the day were Congressman W. R. Austin of Ten nessee,; M. V. Richards of the land and industrial department of the Swthern railway,. M. O. Eld ridge, gov* erhment good roads expert, and W. J. Craig of the Atlantic Coast Line. WAGES INCREASED. - Road* In the Southeast Raise Wages 1400,000 Month. Atlanta.?a wago Increase of ap proximately |500,000 per month for railroad employees sotith of the Mis sissippi and ^ east of the Ohio waa brought to light by the announce ment that the Nashville, Chattanoo ga and St. Louis system, at a meet ing held In Nashville, decided upon a wage scale, which added to an In crease, effective July 1, will add $800, 000 to the salaries ot all its em ployees. From authoritative sources it has haVa laaraed that pfaotically all Other fystero operatlpf In this section have dsplded upon similar advances during tfc? pa*t months, making wbat 1# fcnpwn as the "Chicago" wage soale general throughout tho south east , COTTON FACTORS INDICTED, Thrss Msmbsrs ?toels-Miller Company Charged With Mltuso of Malls, i Aberdeen, Mi?i.?indictments were formally annoonoed In the United States circuit court here charging J. H. Miller, L. O. Steele and H. o. Lindo, members of the bankrupt cot ton firm of Steele, Miner * Co., of Corinth, Miss., with having misused the malls tn the furtherance of an alleged plan to'defraud through the Issuance of forged bills of lading. J. I. McKnight, confidential secretary to Mr. Miller, Is also named party to the alleged conspiracy. Bxtreitoe Militarism Advefeated. St. Ixfula, Mo.?The . plan to ask congress to place the National Guard on the army salary list at rates of from 6 to 25 per cent, of the regular wages was adopted at a conference of National Ouai;d officers here. Qen. Leonard Wood said the War Depart ment would support the bill to appro priate from $5,000,000 to |6,000.00t> as pay foe officers and enlisted men ot thC.ivard. Everybody in the Un^ ed States more than it years old should be trained as a soldier, ao cordtni to General Wood. Unwritten Law Savea Qlrl. 'f ritlstwig. Pa.?Kathsrtne Belt*; -w of It ?ears, who slew her godfa with an axe Vmd red-hot poker I* avenging his theft" of her honor, cleared of criminal charges CONDITION OF COTTON. Thp West Oevernmsnt Report Qhowi Cotton Condition 66.9 Per CenJ. Normal, W?Biiington.^-The avorHgo condl tiou ot the cottou crop on Septembei 23 wan 65.9 por cent. of a uoriual, ai > ompuMd with fx.i * month ago, 68.1 a year ago, 69.7 in 1909 and 66 6, tb? average pf the last too years on Bep tcrober 26, m eatlmatod by tbe eroj reporting board of tbe Department ol Agriculture. Tbe condition of tbe cot ton crop by states, with tbe ten-yen average on September 25 was: ? Ten Yeai 1910 Average Virginia 78 14 North Carolina .... 72 71 South Carollua 70 7( Georgia \}8 71 Florida G6 7( Aiubuma 67 6t Mississippi 63 ' r 6< Louisiana 61 C4 Arkansas 68 01 Texus ,.,, 63 65 Tcimeesty ........ 73 7$ Missouri 75 74 Oklahoma 70 68 California 90 ., The cenaus bureau s cotton report shows 2,302,211 bales, counting round 18 half bales, were ginned from the growth of 1910 to September '25, ae compared with 2,668,160 for 1909, 2, 390,639 for 1908 and 1,632,602 for 1907. fbore were 37,767 round bales lnclud od. The"number of sea inland bales ncluded wcro 7,112. CRUSADFaGAINST QUEUES. Wu Tfng Fang Would Change the Chinese Hair 8tyle, Washington. ? Memorialising the throne at Pekln in favor of abolish ing tho queue, Wu Ting Fang, the former minister to Washington, who kept Americans busy answering his questions while ho was at thiB post, nas explained bow he happened to take that attitude. In his memorial, the text-.of which ha a juBt reached Washington, Mr. )Yu says Chinese res* idonts in North, Central and South America have been uiooked and teas od by foreigners until they Implored nlm to seek an Imperial edict giving official sanction to cropping the hair and changing their costume to accord with western ideas. "BOB" TAYLOR NOMINATED. Tonnoasee Democrats Name SOcccssor of Governor Patterson* Nashville, Tenn.?United- ^Statqa Senator Robert L. Taylor wds nomi nated for ? governor b?. the regular Democratic convention, although Ms senatorial term does not expire until *1912. No other man was presented to the convention, the demand belns for Taylor and no one else. Senator Taylor appeared In the convention hall and after an ovation, accepted the nomination. In the platform adopted trusts are condemned and temperance reform la endorsed. - PRISON CONGRESS. Many Important Resolutions and Ree .ommendstlons Adopted... Washington.?Payment of prlsotvsrs, according to thoir Industry to insure protection for their families and their own rehabilitation on release was rec ommended to the International Pris on Congress by the section on "pre ventive means." The resolution provoked heated dis cussion in the congress, not because the principle of oaring for prisoners' families was .opposed, but because It was not so worded as to fit adoption iB several countries, Including the Iftilted States, where prisoners are unable, under existing law, to earn any mouey, The subject was referred baok to the section on motion of Mri. ?Ua Plftgg Young of Chicago. A resolution favoring the provision of productive work for prisoner*, in cluding those in houses of detention and county jails, was adopted by the congress. It was recommendeded by thethe section on "prison administra tion," which spent the morning in dls cussing it. It provides for central control of the work and official spe cially trained to direct aaeh employ ment!: The oongress also, recommended treaty agreements between all civil lsetf states t Whereby each country should receive from the others notice of sentenoe pronounced by foreign courts against its citizens. Public institutions for Inebriates are advocated by the congress. Ex periments conducted in several coun tries during-the last ten years have demonstrated the success of estab lishments of this character and the congress placed Itself on record as favoring their'extension. The oon gress also adopted resolutions rec ommending that prisoners be allowed payment for theltf work. A com plete investigation into the subject of caring for mentally defective children with dangerous tendencies is provid ed. for 4n another resolution-adopted. After opposing for thirty years the ?Boris of American,criminnlngists-to induce the International Prison Con gtess to indorse the principle of the indeterminate sentence wktafe under lies the reformatory system, the Eu FATE OF rORFUCU ismniMi KINQ MANUEL. AND ROYAL FAM ILY AT GIBRALTAR UNDER DRITAIN'8 CARE. SPAIN NOW FACES CRISIS King Manuol Atka Great Britain to Answer Ita Treaty Compact and Reatora Hla Throne. U. 8. CRUISER 0E8 MOINES 18 ORDERED TO LlttUON. Olbrnltar.?Tho United Status minored cruiser |l)e? Molnea baa been ordered to proceed to Iju bou immediately. Paris, Franco.?While reports cam? out of Portugal that tho provisional republican government's army had' been temporarily routed in the north ern province* and that monarchies were being recruited for a proposed movo on Lisbon, tho groat continen tal powers held aloof from Portuguese affairs, awaiting tho action of Eng land. The ultimate success of the revolt and the establishment of the republic of Portugal hung in the balance with tho Influence of England counterbal ancing tho present success of tho re publicans. It was reported here that King Manuel indictud an appeal to Groat Britain from tho royal yacht Aiuellc and that this petition has been forwarded through the regular chan nels of the foreign department of the empire by Sir Frederick Forestler Walker, the governor of Gibraltar. Tho ecopo of the royal plea Is not definitely known. Hazards extend frcm the mere supplication for the protection of the crown's property In Portugal to the bold demand that Kng land answer its treaty compact*and restore the throne to .tho deposed king. Although a circular note has been sent to tho powers by Provisional President Uraga, only two nations had pledged Indorsement to the new republic, and both of these were on the condition that tho republic lo mado permanent.,. TheBo two nations are Spain and Brazil. ' The ? tremendouB influence of the Vatican hae been brought to bear upon friendly governments against recogni tion of the new republic. Emboldened by the success of the Portuguese the Spanish republicans are becoming more open In tbelr demr onstratlons. The. eye* or the' conti nent are upon Spain. In every chan cellory In Europe careful prepara tions have been made for a bpanlsh revolt. ? The Spanish ministry, admit ting the intensity of the situation, ex plained that troops bad been massed upon the frontier not in fear of an outbreak, but to prevent tbft Influx of refugees of questionable character from Portugal. ? It is conservatively estimated that more than 2,600 persons have been killed or wounded through the demor alized republic. The Duke of Oporto> who was taken on board the Imperial launch Amelle, was said to be griev ously wounded. The royal family was under the protection of the British flag on the frowning heights of Gibraltar. They were given quarters in the governor's mansion. In the party wore Ring Manuel, Queen Mother Amelle, the Dowager Queen Maria Pla, the Infan ta Alfonso and the Duke of Oporto, 37 KILLED IN WRECK. Crowded Illinois Trolley Cars Dashed Together at High Bpcsd. Staunton, 111.?Thirty-seven per sons were killed and from sixteen to twenty-five injured in a collision in the Illinois traction system, two miles north of Staunton. Tho cars cams together with ? terrific cra*b; and both*were demolished and piled in one hugo mass of wreckage, through which the bodies of the dead and. wounded were scattered. It Is oerUtin that by far the larger portion of the passengers on both cars were either killed or desperately Injured. Fought Militia; Then Killed Self. Ocala, Fla.?After fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Hudson and Ox-ShOrtfl Gordon at his home near Ocala, Wil liam Surnmerlln placed the muzzle of a rifle in his mouth and blew his head off. For three hours Surnmerlln wan barricaded in his house, where he successfully resisted the efforts of members of the police department and tha local company of mllltla to ar ret* him on a warrant charging a mi nor offense. The condition of the wounded officers la said to be criti cal. : IgiktrilVftflant Living,! "Blip Fr*ttd!ico.-=^A tate xif ixtrerw gant living was t?!d to the police by Caesarlo Munoz, wh<v with Alfonso Garcia,' la unddTifirrft|^i|| this city, charged with robbing J. M. 8ummaga. ? millionaire Qrtne owner of the City of Mexico, of 950,000 in jewels and nearly ?2,000 in cash. Manes says then Garcia ? proposed: tili STANDARD CUTS OIL PRICE8. Reduction* Mado in Europe and ths Far Eact In Campaign to lncr??t* Use of Kerosene. Now York,?J, J; Cl^rka through whom tho Standard Oil company Mttkw Hi official announcement* to the public, has Issued ft Statement to :he effcct that the company had en tered on a thoroughly mapped out campaign to increase the eonaumptlor of kerosene In European countriei and the landi of the Orient. The first move In thta campaign is the reduc* tlob of the prices of oil in those coun tries. Mr. Clarke's announcement <tays, in part; "The Btandard Oil company has in augurated a campaign to increase the .vorld'a consumption of refined ? oil. The level of prleeH for refined oil|t'o Uuy in the United States is lower than it uny time during recent years, and ih a dlroct result of these prices the consumption of refined oil in thlB country Ih increasing. Tho samo pol cy id now being actively pursued nbroud." Ah indicated by thl:i statement, the standard company began trying out the policy of lower prices in (ho United Stati'H, though without In nounrlng that it had in view a cam paign that would cover (he world. In August the price of refined oil iu tankB vasjredui-od from 6 1-2 to 5 1-2 :cnta a gallon, and tho price of re llned oii in barrels nt tho refinery was out 1 cent, from 5) 3-4 to 8 3-4 cents u gallon. RIVERS ON RAMPAGE. Floods Sweep Over the Ohio Valley States. Jx)uif?vlllo, Ky.?Deluged by the' Heaviest continuous rainfall in some places in forty years, a wide strip of country, extending from eaHtorn Texas northeastward across the northern portions of Louisiana ant' Mississippi and over sections of ?r kansas, Tenneaaeo, Kentucky, south orn Indiana and Ohio, almost to PlttB burg, I'm was a veritable inland sea. Only two l|ves are known to have b?on lost, Mrs. A, J. Hurehfleld and nor grandson beinng drowned in ?a rapidly rising stream near Dyorsburg, Penn, Washouts on railroads In some sections of Kentucky and Tennessee wertmiumerous; the delivery of mall by rural route agontB was abandoned in tome quarters, and there was Juucb damage to farm lands and oorn in the shock. FIGHTING BOLL|WEEVIL. destruction of Cotton Pest Difficult Task for Entomologists. Now. Orleans.?Of a score or moro of^nsect problems being worked out by ttjc United Btatos bureau of en tomology, the <lestruoUon of the b?H weevil In tho South and of tho gyp sy and browntall moth in New Eng. land have proved most difficult, ac cording to pr. L. O; Howard, ehlef of thla division. "* In connection with this -work Dr Howard is now in this section, being accompanied to New Orleans by Dr D. W, Hunt, 1ft Immediate charge oi the campaign against the boll wee vli. RATE APVANCE HALTED. Points North, West and East ofJ^New Orleans Affected. Washington.?Ceneral advances In freight rates between New Orleans and points north, west and eait, which were to have become effectlvo on November 1, have been suspended by the Interestate commerce commis sion, pending an inquiry into the rea> sonablepepp &pd propriety of the in creases. By order of the commission, thp tar iffs are suspended for 120 days from November 1. Meantime it is the in* tention of the commission to hold hearings on the proposed advances. Labor Turns Down Socialism, Chicago.?By t majority of mow than two to one Typographical Union No. 16 defeated the proposition to co-operate with the Socialist Party in the coming campaign. The vote against forming an Independent polit ical party was even moro one-sided. 44,604 Poople in Chattanooga. Washington.?Population statistics as*enumerated in the thirteenth cen sus .were made public: Chattanooga, Tenn., 44,604, an increase of 14,450, or 47.90 per cent, over 30,164, the population in 1900. population of Jacksonville, Fta. Washington.?'Population statistics a^enumerated in the thirteenth cen sus give Jacksonville, Fla., 67,699, an increase of 29,270, or 103 per cent, over 88,429 in 1900. Nina Spoons in Woman's Stomach. Concord, N. H.?Nhje spoons in a human stomach have been disclosed by an autopsy performed oh Mt*s Catherine Moher of Mancheater, an .nmate of the state Insane hospital here. A few daya ago the patient died In terrible agony. To Settle Tampa 8trike. ofjhi business men pj the < ?8B$ m C- v *1-3 ?-?iu Jj' HIGH COTTON DUD SOUTHERN PLANTERS HOLDING FOR 15 ceNVa RUN3 UP THB PRIOR* FARMERS' INFLUENCE FELT Ootobor Contracts Soil it a Oslo Advance Ovor LMt Qleslng Price. New Yprk Clty.?There wfts an ecfc. Ive demand in (ho cot tun market, with prices making new high reeorda for the season on the strong uhowing ,pf tho English mafkot following the ?settlement of the Lancashire labor troublu and reports that man/ South ern planters were holding cotton for 15 ccnts. Tho Octobor contracts hero fold |1.80 a bale above the closing price, and March contracta 14.78, or. 27 points net higher, and nearly j cents a pouud above tho low level of lafct month. Closing prices were 3 or 4 points off. from tho lop, under realising, but the linul tone of tho market was firm at a net advance of front 20 to 34 polnta for tho day. UNIONS Q UIZTanMd ATES. Questions Mailed to ^Candidates for Congreee and Legislature. Cleveland, Ohio.?President W. O. l<eo pf the llrothernood of Railroad Trainmen made public a list of the . questions which has been maltod to nil lodges of his organization, the Itrothorhood of Locomotive Kngi* ueers, and tho Order of Railway Con* ductora. to be submitted to airthjs candidates, oKkiiiK their stand on leg-. Isiatioji affecting the throe organiza tions. The questions on jwhieh candidates will be asked to cxpreee an opinion are: . "An act providing for compenaatlon to workers when Injured la the serv ice of a railroad. ' "An employers' liability law with out a contributory negligence, except In caves oi misconduct. * "Government Inspection of locoinc*"" tive boilers. "Compulsory arbitration, which railway worker* oppose. -?"An obstruction and ?lee#*nee 4?Ul. ? preventing the building of aii struc tures near railroad tracks. "An anti-Injunction bill. "A bill alloWiug fraternal maga zines the same privileges as other publications. "A . bill regtfcatihg the number of - experienced Workinen In a crew and providing for amendment a to the J fi ll our continuous sorvice law." WEAK BANKS WARNED. National Banke Mutt Be Put on a Firm Baala. Washington.?National banks which are shaky and give no promise of in* provement are being steadily forced out of business.. During the twetw* months ending on October V113, ma* tional banking institutions vest Into liquidation, Of that number four no longer desired to continue business, four failed and went Into receiver* shipa and th# other 1Q6 west into die ?olution because they were practical ly forced to do so. Lawrence O. Murray, comptroller of the currency,. haa declared be will force ever/* weak bank. ou* of the field when lta directors refuee to put it on a firm basis. WORKING ON THE MAINE. Captain r?r|UMn l? irt Charge of Wresklnf Car, Havana, Cuba.?Preliminary wark on the wreck of the Mala continue* under the direction of Captain Fergtt* eon of the United Statee engineer corps, who has a force of Amerieaq divera and drillers at work examining the bottom In the immediate*, vicinity of the wreck. From the reault of boring* already made, it appear** that the wreck haa aettled comparatively little since the night of the great die aster. . "? 3e To Remove Stripes. Little Itock, Ark.?A resolution waa passed by the penitentiary board here providing for taking the stripes oft of priaonera who have good prison record*. Mas*. Democrats Name Candldaate. Boston, Maes?Frederick W. M?ns Held of Boston waa nominated for governor by tho delegates to the Dem ocratic state convention, the nomlna- j. tion- being by acclamation. The name of Manafleld waa offere<|v aalffc:. .compromise following a confers^; ?nee in which James JVahey and rep-, reaentatlvea of ETugene WTon agreed* to withdraw from the contest to fave oltterntse and to better tho chances ? A. auccees of the party at the polls, gj i'hc convention broke up In a wild tumult, M iF '