MS OF THE WEEK
III a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume, of tlio Let Important but
Not Lett Interesting Events
of the Pa it Week.
Moorish rebels an again entiling
troublo.
'Russian peasants aro destroying crops
to cripple the government.
Secretary Hhaw has forbidden banks
to loan government money (or specula
tlon In Wull street.
Tiiero It four that Hlenaland will
commit itilclde or escape before he la
relumed to the United Htatra.
The United States Iim authorised the
releaee of lire Japaniet arrested for
seal porchlng In Alaskan waters.
Major Rose, of Kansas City, Kn.,
had resigned, lie waa In favor of sa
loom and hli resignation taste the II
quor element.
The trial of Hither Mitchell, tboOre
" koii tflrl who killed her hrolher In He-
attle, ha leii vet for Heptesiber 24.
t Mr. C(Jrellleld will probably bo tried
In October.
The American inlnlitor to Chile haa
'-, cabled the Hlato department that there
, le much auftoilng aa a result of tbo re
s' cent rarthquaku and urges the Ametl-
people to lend relluf.
. Hallroad olllclali tay the new rate
', law will work hardihlpa on the North-
$ Meit, ai "homeieekeri rate" can no
J longer le given without establishing It
X ai the regular rate and Jhls they can
,' not afford to do.
f
;' Terrorist agitators overrun Houthem
i HiiBata.
Cannon aaya Roosevelt may le presi
dent till 1012.
fltenaland'a extradition from Morocco
Iim been ordered.
ltoth partlea In Arizona have united
against Joint statehood.
The government la Investigating de
lects In the grain Inspection ayatem.
Arrangements are In proireia for the
trlit of the president to Panama tlila
tail,
Mexico haa prepared a warm recep
tlon for any revolutionists who may
irttrt trouble.
Kfforti at peace In Cuba may reault
In the placing of Vice President Capote
In President Talma's chair.
Opinion differ a ai to the osilblllty
of saving the tianiport Hherldan from
becoming a complete wreck.
The Pacific Mall ateamer Manchuria,
which atruck a reef In tho Hawaiian
lalanda, reata easily and It may be the
veaael can be eared.
Nearly all the atrlkera on the San
Franclaco atreet car line have returned
to work pending a settlement of differ
ence by arbitration.
The commander of the battleihlp
Alabama may bo courtmattlaled for
mlamanaglng hi veaael and earning a
collision with the Illinois July 31.
An Anglo-Hpanlah alliance la likely
in the near future.
Governor Jonhaon has been renoin
hinted by Minnesota Democrats.
During August tho national debt wna
decreased n little morothan 13,000,000.
Illinois authorltlea want tho govnrn
ineiit to amid a warablpnftor Btenalaiul.
Thousands of strikebreaker are being
omit to Han Franclaco to work on atrtet
cara. t
Fletcher I). Proctor. tSn of Senator
Proctor, haa boon elected governor of
Vermont.
Ilankwrecker Btensland doclares that
Cashier Ilorlng la responalblo for his
downfall.
Governor G'lainberlaln Is being boom
cd (or president of tho National Irriga
tion congrosa.
Qeorgo (Jonld Is said to be seeking a
Toute for tho Denver & Mo Grande into
Oregon and Portland.'
General Htooasol and other Russian
ofllcora at Port Arthur when tho fort
rose was surrendered to tho Japanese
may bo glvon a now trial.
Lieutenant Kdward II. Dunn, U. 8.
N,, has boon dismissed from servlcu for
ecandalous conduct to the prejudice of
good oider and naval dlaclplluo,
Criminal chargos aro to bo nindo
against Philadelphia batik directors
The emperor of China has pro
claimed his Intention of granting a
constitution,
President Pal ma refuses to treat with
the Cuban rebels and wants no Ainerl-
.can intervention.
REVOLT QROWINO. RAPIDLY.
Santlgo In ncbolllon Insurgents Con
trol 8nnta Clara Province,
Havana, Kept, 4. Tho situation hero
la far darker than at any previous tlmo
alnco tho Insurrection broko out. Newa
of an uprising In Santiago province,
whllo not yet publlahod hero, Is spread
ing about the city and causing the
gravest concern. When Mr. Hleeper,
the American charge d'affaires here,
was told tho contents of an Associated
Preee Hantlago diepatch, he endeavored
to verify It through the Htale depart
mont, but wae told It wae absolutely
untrue. Hubeoquently It was verified
from private newspaper sources. The
extent of the rising In Hantlago ie not
known, but It Ie the opinion tiere that
the worat calamity of all to the Palma
government would bo an Insurrection
In I'aetern Cuba,
The Aaioclated Press was Informed
tonight by two reliable eyewitnesses
that Cardenas, which hitherto has been
considered a perfectly peaceful city,
was the scene yesterday of doeultoiy
fighting between police and rural
guard on ono aide and roving insur
gents on the other.
The only provlnco remaining per
feclly peaceful Is Puerto Principe.
Tho Associated Preee correspondent
at Clenfuego telegraphed tonight that
there are 9,000 armed Inaurgents In
that vicinity and that all the email
towns In Hanla Clara province are con
trolled by Insurgents, who attack and
loot trains and eolie tho property of
forolgnore ae well ae that of Cubans.
Trinidad Ie surrounded by Insurgents,
and the government sppesrs powerless
to protect the property of Americans
and other foreigners. Hallway trains
aro held up at will, and passengers
searched. The Cuban Central railroad
has declined to assume responsibility
for the safety of paieengere or freight.
Recruiting for government forces Is
making good progress hero. The gov
eminent continues to make fine h?ad
nay wherever there Is open fighting.
The troops in the westeqi part of
Plnar del Itlo have not yet come up
with Pino Gnerrera, and, according to
the Associated Preie correspondent
with the troop, there i no present
likelihood of their doing to, ae the
troop might march for ten yeare and
all the while Guerrera would be Juat
ahead of them In the hill. There
are thousand of mount aln tratla with
which the Insurgents aro familiar and
which lead in all directions. If Guar
rora cared to harass the government, lis
troopi could Le killed off by sharp
hooters. The government lias no cav
alry In Plnar del Itlo, and the only
real soldiers are tho artillerymen, but,
as they aro on foot, they cannot cope
with the well mountod veterans on the
Insurgent side.
FREEZE OUT FORblQNERS.
American and British Merchants Fear
Enmity of China.
Victoria, II. 0., Hept. 4. Advicea re
ceived from Pekln by the ateamer Tar
tar tell of Increasing anti-foreign mach
inations, The correpondent of the To
klo Malnlchl reports that Tung Haoyl
vice minister of foreign affairs, Is tak
ing advantage of his growing influence
In tho government to strengthen the
powers of Chinese who have been ap
pointed directors of customs, having
the support of the anti-foreign element
among the Chinese.
The correspondent eaye Amei lean and
llrltlili communities ate much In
censed at the Chinese attitude, Ameri
cans in particular feeling great anxloty
as to the future course of events In
China. The Pekln police have In
structed Chinese that no premises of
any kind must be rented to foreigners.
The satnn correspondent eaya that the
Ghlnrae comlsalonere who have re
turned from trovelt abroad have had a
conference- with the emperor and em
press dowagor and the decision wae
teaohed to formulate a constitution for
China.
Tho Atahl'a correspondent says dras
tic changes in the central and provin
cial administrations aro contemplated.
At Pekln there will be a premier and
two general aecretarlea to control the
eight elate departments and In each
vice royalty the administration will bo
divided Into seven sections, Chitting
Ohou Fuh la quoted to the effect that
tho constitutional government In
China will be established in the course
of from 10 to 15 years.
Insurgent Office In New York.
New Yotk, Sept. 4. In an ofllce
building at Pine and Wator etreeta the
Cuban junta established olllces today.
Colonel Agulrro, Major Joseph A, Gas
tellnncy and Benor Nordose, who will
bo tho ofllclal representatives of tho
revolutionary movement In this coun
try, were present, There were no core
monies, Colonel Agulrro Bald that the
Junta in Now York la not to bo usod for
the purpoeo of revolution, Its elTorts,
ho said will he directed solely to keep
ing tho American peoplo informed as to
the true cour.o of tho movement,
Warning of More Bombs, .
Bt. Petoreburg, 8ept. 4, The woman
who assassinated General Mln still re
fuses to disclose her identity, hut she
admits that her passport Is (alee and
baa warned her Jailers that St. Peters
hurg Is on the eve of series of acts ol
terrorism, .--.,
IRRIGATIONIST MEET
Fourteenth Annual Session Con
venes at Boise.
FAIRBANKS THE GUEST OF HONOR
Vice Prealdent of United States Olven
Cordial Recaption Delegates
From Many States.
IJolie, Idaho, Bept. 8. Ilolse is Oil
ed with people and filled with enthu
siasm. The city gates have been
thrown open and hosts of visitors from
all parte of the West have poured In by
the tralnload to attend the 14th annual
aeselon of the National Irrigation con
green and have a good time. Notwith
standing the big crowd, the biggest
Boise ever saw, the citlxens are happy,
for their congreee bids fair to be the
most successful ever held.
The first day of the congress passed off
according fo schedule. Speeches, nu
merous hut brief, all dealt with the
subject uppermost In the minds of the
people irrigation and home building
In the arid West. President Roose
velt's letter, read by Clifford PInchot,
was the keynote, and the talk of Vice
President Fairbanks followed along the
lines of that letter.
Fairbanks was the star attraction at
the congress, lie was greeted by hun
dreds prior to and after the meetings,
and at the public reception tonight was
tendeied a typical Western welcome.
Ills speech this morning made a decid
ed hit, demonstrating to the congress
that the vice president, like the presi
dent, had given an ear to the demande
ol the people of the West and stands
ready to Ind them a helping hand at
every turn.
It le the Intention of a certain ele
ment to push the f 100,000,000 Idea at
the subsequent sessions of the congress.
Fred J. Keleel, of Halt Lake, la the
principal promoter of this Idea, but
thete Is little llkllhood the congress
will auppo-t him. President Ilooaevelt
In hie Irtttr very clearly expresses his
disapproval of the scheme, atatlng in
plain langnage that there muat be no
direct appropriation for the construc
tion of government irrigation works
until the present national Irrigation
law has been proven a success and
money invested has been returned to
the Federal treasury.
QREAT FLEET IN REVIEW.
President Roosevelt Sees America's
Naval Strength.
Oyster Day, Hept. 4. Under skies
that broke brilliantly blue before a
whistling westerly wind which swept
down Long Island sound and blew out
to sea the sullen clouds and tempestu
ous ralne wlhch threatened Immeasura
bly to mar the spectacle, President
Roosevelt yesterday, within hailing
dlstanco of his summer home, reviewed
the most magnificent naval fleet ever
assembled under the American flag.
Forty-five of the most splendid types of
fighting vessels afloat lay at anchor in
three long columns as the naval yacht
Mayflower, which Just a year ago wa
written into history as the meeting
ground of Hussla and Japan, paeeed up
and down the lines, the president an
applauding spectator on the bridge.
The Mayflower's journey was made
amid a continuous boom of saluting
cannons, and gun alfer gun spoke the
navy's honor to the commander In chlttf
ol all America's military forces.
Tho 45 vessols ate all within range
of Bagamore and could train 1,178 guns
on the summer residence of the preal
dent. Indeed, they roared out to him
a tremendous salute as he came among
them on the Mayflower and last night
they painted tho hieroglyphics of peaco
on tho eky with their searchlights for
his edification.
The fleet reviewed by the president
constated of 12 lotttleshlpa, four ar
mored cruisers, live monitors and un
protected cruisers, six torpedo boat de
stroyers, six torpedo boats and two
submarlno boats,
Rebels Search All Trains.
Havana, Bept. 4. -The Cuban Cen
tral Railway company today made pub
lic announcement that It would no
longer accopt freight or merchandise
for transfer over Its lines except at own
er's risk, It Is stated that this la nee
eseary because nearly all of Its trains
are hold up and tholr cargoes Inspected
by armed bands of Insurgents. Late
tonight tho government learnod that
400 Inaurgonta had entered the town
of Oalabaxar, In Hanta Clara province,
had confiscated a quantity of arms and
taken many head of hotsos.
No Hope for the Sheridan.
Washington, Sept. 4, Dispatches re
celvod today at the War department
from Honolulu Indicate that the trans.
port Hherldan cannot be saved, She is
nearly filled with water and her engines
re flooded and useless.
t
TRANSPORT ON THE ROCKS,
Sheridan In Perilous Plight on Coast
of Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu, Hept. 3. Hanging on a
rock amidships, the United Htales
transport Hherldan la ashore on liar
ber's point, the southwestern extremity
of the island of Oahu, on which stands
Honolulu. Her position Is alarming,
as she rests on a sharp coral reef with
wild surf dashing on tho shore and ren
dering it well nigh impossible to land
a boat, as there is no beach.
Tho Shbrldan struck at 4 a. m,, and
promptly blew her whistles, but did
not get Into communication with the
shore ontll the wireless telegraph sta
tion at Harbor's point was opened In
the morning. She lies broadside to
the shore, and Is rolling noticeably.
All morning boats were vainly trying
to find a landing place, but at last the
second officer got ashore and saved his
boat's crew, though the boat Itself was
swamped in the breakers, He denies
a report that the machinery broke down
before the ateamer grounded. Natives
reached the vessel through the surf In
canoe.
Tbe Hherldan haa aboard 125 through
passengers and 50 soldiers, and their
transfer to the shore or to other craft
is a serious problem. Captain Peabody
haa signalled the ateamer Claudlno to
take them to Honolulu. If poealle, the
transfer will be made at onco, the reve
nue cutter Manning assisting.
Captain Peabody says that, if power
la applied soon, he believes the Hherl
dan can be saved, but otherwise there
is little hope. The swell Is yerj heavy
and the coral reefs are very sharp.
Good order Is maintained on board the
veaael. The Sheridan's engines are be
ing tepalred and coal Is being rapidly
thrown overboard with a view to try
ing to float her at high tide. Tbe tog
Fearless and several Inter-Island steam
ers have gone to her asrlstance.
Captain Peabody I reported to have
assumed all the responsibility for the
accident, saying that tbe vessel was in
too clore.
CONTRACTS FOR NEW ROAD.
St. Paul Ready for Construction to
Columbia River.
Spokane, Sept. 3, Contracts for the
building of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul road from the Bittor Root
mountains to the Columbia river have
been let to H. C. Henry, of Seattle.
The route follows down the St. Jo
seph river from the Idaho line to a
point below Ferrell, or Bt. Joe, Idaho,
then goes on to Tekoa, Washington,
passee on to Rosalia, goes along the
south side of Rock lake and then reach
es Lind, on the Northern Pacific.
From Lind the line will practically
follow the survey of the old Northern
Pacific cutoff from Lind to Ellenaburg.
Contracts for a .part of the work
have been let to Grant Smith A Co.
Tbe tlrm Includes K. N. Jones, of Jones
A Onserud, railroad contractors of Spo
kane. Mr. Jones said tonight:
"Wb have our outfit now at Rosalia,
and will start work at once. We shall
need a thousand men, and we will
pay $2.50 a day. Our work is to be
done a year ftom next January."
NEW JAPANESE LINE.
Mikado Will Subsidize Steamers for
Manchurtan Trade.
Victoria, Hept. 3. Tbe ateamer Tar
tar, of the Canadian Pacific railway
company, which arrived today from the
Orient, brought newa that tho Japan
eae government proposes to subsidise a
steamship lino to connect Dalny with
the North Pacific coast of tbe United
Btates, and also Shanghai, Dalny and
Vladivostok lines of steamers in its
general scheme to develop Manchurlan
tiade Whether the United States con
nection will bo done by a lino between
Dalny and Yokohama connecting with
the already established Japanese lines
to Seattle and San Francisco, or a di
rect line is not definitely stated.
Palma and Capote Quarrel.
Havana, Sept. 3. Rumor is busy
with suggestions of conspiracy among
the police and an open quarrel between
President Palma and Vice President
Mendes Capote. Both reports lack
definite confirmation. In certain quar
ters Capote Is suspected of bargaining
with the insurgents, In the repotted
quarrel at tbe palace bitter words are
said to have passed, culminating In
Palma denouncing Capote as a traitor.
The vice prealdent is eald to have re
plied that Palma was a ptesldent with
out power.
Famlno Spreading.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 3. By the end
of September the famine will have
spread to the provinces of Kazan, Sa
mara and Saratov. The Zemstvo treas
uries are exhausted, and the whole
cost of feeding the people devolves upon
the central government. The grain
required in the four provinces (or food
and sowing will cost approximately
$21,600,000.
W?L3Z&
The Moth I'est.
Westward the gypsy moth takes Its
way It tins caused millions of dollars'
worth of damage In Massachusetts, has
escaped to New Hampshire and Con
necticut, and now tho Invasion la turn
ing toward New York Htate. This In
teresting Information Is conveyed In a
letter of warning Just Issued by K. I'.
Felt. Htate Ktitotnologlst.
The brown tall moth Is a more recent
Introduction, and, unlike the gypsy
moth, tiles readily. It I not only a
very destructive leaf feeder, but the
barbed hair of tbe caterpillar cause
a very severe Irritation upon tbe un
protected skin.
Tito rows of warts down tbe back of
the gyp? moth caterpillar make It
easily distinguishable. It Is about two
Inches long and tbe ten anterior wnrta
are blue, the twelve posterior red. Tho
K?Py moth will eat anything In the
tree or shrub line, and on the slightest
dlnturbanr-o leap on passersby and cling
to clothing.
Brown tall moths hare white spots
on each aide and a single pair of red
pot near the tall. They prefer wild
cherry, jx-nr, apple, maple, elm and
white oak lea vet, snd have barbed
bonis, which, breaking off or blowing
from the cocoon, produce an Intolerable
Irritation, the "brown tall Itch."
Caterpillars of both Hpecles, says Mr.
Felt, may be destroyed by spraying
with an arsenical poisoning, preferably
Ore pounds of arsenate of lead to fifty
gallons of wnter.though tbe gypsy moth
caterpillars, especially when nearly
full grown, are quite resistant to pois
on. Egg of the gypsy moth may be de
stroyed by treating the egg masses with
a preparation composed of CO per cent
creosote oil, 'M per cent carbolic acid.
20 per cent spirits of turjxMitluo and 10
Ier cent of coal tar.
To Slake Coo J Corn time.
Any farmer band with the ordinary
tools on a farm cun make a corn drag
attachment for hU cultivator that will
pay for Itself many times In one sou
sou. If properly used, wiys an enwrl
enred agriculturist. The common farm
harrow Is too heavy and unwieldy for
Imrronlng corn after It Is up, except
under the mont favorable conditions of
soil and weather. To make, get oak
one aud one-half Inches by three. Make
In two sections of t!i.t-t bars each. Let
each section be long enough to cover
nil of space between two rows. Brace
same as othor harrows. No. CO wltv
spikes make very Kol teeth. Set teeth
a little slnutliig and as cUwo us will
work lu your oll without clogging. At
tach to beams of corn plow. Arrange
so that the drag will cover all the
ground when you wish by connecting
the two parts. You can, with this ar
rangement, adjust the drag to suit.
Affricullurnl Atom.
Try feeding the work horses light at
noon and heavier at night.
It Is most exasperating to attempt
to tlx a pump when tho stock Is stand
ing around waiting aud making thlugs
unploasant.
An early piece of ground sown to tar-
ley makes tho pigs smile.
Tho brood sow cannot successfully
suckle her litter on a corn ratlou.
One farmer with a small bunch of
sheep reports that from nineteen sheep
lust year ho realized $l'Jt).:t0 lu lambs
and wool $0.84 a head which Is a
good record.
Tho cut worm, like tho "x" of nl-
gebra, Is always the unknown quantity,
ami It Is as hard to find him oomotlmes
as It Is to And what "x" In algebra
equals. Let tho scientists tell us how
l-&vm?E
V' W&&-
BESTS or THE UOTIIS.
tojgot rid of this pest.
Tho man who breeds a breed of ho-
because ho likes them Is suro to suc
ceed. More depend on tbo man than
on tho breed.
All fence rows ahould bo set to grass
so as to keep down n denso growth of
weeds. If weeds nro allowed to grow
It means that they will have to be
mowed.
If your family has not had all tho
strawberries and garden truck their
hides will hold, what lias been the rea
son? These things ore so easily ob
tained that one ought to be ashamed If
they are not supplied.
Ono of the best Scotch shepherds
ssyn that when a sheep reached tbo ago
of six years, It Is well to get her off
one's hands. Then -me begin to go
down, and a sheep on tbe shady side
of llfo In poor property.
Stale In fltron-r neraaaa1.
As Indicating the steady growth In
public favor which tbe mulo Is enjoy
ing, we are glad to note that the pro
, prletor of a Mis
souri Jack farm baa
Just sold some fln
animals at high
prices $3,000, $2.
000, $1,500, Sl-V),
tiro for $1,000 each.
$000, $800, $700.
three Jacks and one
Jennet, $3,000, A
letter from Austin,
WELL I.REO JACK TeX" My tbCre '?
a great siiortage or
mules In that State. They are In strong;
demand by farmer and ranchers, and
the supply Is Inadequate. As a result,
the prices of good mules have gone up
to tbe highest figures ever known In
the Htate. It will be but a few year
until this mule shortage, which Is said
to exist throughout the country, will
be relieved, as much attention is now
being given to breeding the animals.
Country Gentleman.
Sprarlnrr to Dcatror Ilarra.
The recognized formula for bordeaux
mixture for use on potatoes Is six
pounds of copper sulphate, blue vitriol,
four pounds unslacked quicklime and
flfty gallons of water. The copper sul
phate Is dissolved In one barrel and tha
lime In another. Add to each twenty
Are gallons of water and then mix
thoroughly. When to be used strain
through a wire strainer, preferably
one of brass.
Spraying should be started wben tbe
potato plants are six Inches high and
be repeated every ten days or two
weeks, according to tho weather,
throughout the growing season. If bugs
are to be destroyed, add one pound of
parts green to each tlfty gallons of
bordeaux mixture, but the bordeaux
mixture should be used alone until the
bugt aro noticed.
Wbeu It Is figured that tbe cost of
upraylng does not exceed $7 on acre,
and It Is often less, while experiments
have proved that the value of the crop
was Increased three or four times the
cost for spraying, It certainly pays and
pays welL
File and tho 31111c Yield.
The effect on milk production by the
use of dy repellauts has been tested at
the Missouri Station. Various mixtures
were found which would keep off tbe
tiles all day If put ou In tbo morning;
but a measurement of tbe milk and test
of the butter fat for a period of two
weeks Indicated that keeping off the
dies did not affect the milk yield. As
somewhat similar results were obtained
by experiments at the Connecticut Sta
tion, It seems fair to concede that tha
Injurious effects of the fly pest have
Iki'H exaggerated. During tbe fly tlmo
the feed In most pastures Is growing
Korer every day aud tho cows natu
rally shrink then, but It Is probably a
mlHtuko to blame tho tiles for much of
tho shrinkage. For all that. It la
worth while to use the mixtures to
keep off the tiles for the H?ace and
quiet obtained In the Ptable for both
tho cows and for tho milkmen.
Good Crop for Old Jr Itnd.
The question of what to do with grasa
land after haying, where the laud Is
run out and poorIs a rather puzzllns
one, but If we should get rain enough
to soften the surface and permit easy
plowing. It may be broken up, enriched
with manure or fertilizer and Immedi
ately seeded with Hungarian. In case,
the weather ahould provo too dry for
this, barley may be sown either alone,
or with rye In August for full feeding.
Off good, strong land, well enriched, n,
crop of late cabbage plants may be set
as lute iid July 15; the turnip seed
may Ih sown even as Into as Aug. 1.
though July -!0 Is a better time.
Outura Kovrl Keep Awsy Hnwka.
A Massachusetts poultrynian declares)
that ho has lost no chicks by hawks
and crows since ho kept a small flock oC
guineas, though losing mnny before.
Their strident voices seem to discon
cert tho feathered marauders. Tho
guineas aro also good watchdogs, and
no prying thief or sneaking "varmint"
can escape their nocturnal vigilance,
and shrill alarm. The young mako fine,
eating, too, and there Is a growing de
maud for them In tho markets. It
would nay on many a farm to add a fnr
guineas to tho feathered atoclc
-VSpkBBTafJsSBk.