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THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.
AN order prohibiting a pension
elaimant, whose ¢laim has been adjudi
cated either favorably or unfavorably,
from filing papers for its reconsidera
tion if disallowed or for an increase if
pension has been issued until one year
from the date of the previous consider
ation of the case, is contemplated by
the commissioner of pensions and may
be issued soon.
Tae Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railway has practically won its fight
for the right to construct a ship canal
from Sabine pass to Port Arthur. Sec
retary Alger decided that while he
would issue noorder granting the com
pany the right to dig the canal above
the pass, he would interpose no objec
tion.
BuUuFraLo Jones, of Oklahoma, has
made the interior department a propo
sition to corral the remnant of the
mighty herd of American bison in the
Yellowstone national park. Mr. Jones
stated that the superintendent of the
park has abandoned all hope of pre
serving a single specimen.
HeNrY A. RoßiNsoN, of Michigan,
the statistician of the agricultural de
partment at Washington, has tendered
his resignation and Mr. John Hyde, of
Nebraska, has been appointed to sue
ceed him.
IxgrrucTioNs have been issued by
the commissioner of the general land
office to registers and receivers of the
various United States land offices that
homestead settlers on all ceded Indian
reservations are granted an extension
of one yedr in which to make the pay
ments provided by law.
PrESIDENT MCKINLEY has intimated
to the directors of the Nashville ex
position that he will aceept no invita
tions taking him from Washington
until after the disposal of the tariff
bill.
© Ixthe United States Supreme court
on the 10th the Bell Telephone Co. won
the case brought against it by the
United States to annul the last Ber
liner patent. This decision will have
the effect of continuing the control of
the telephone business by the Bell
company for 17 years from the date of
the last patent, which was granted in
1891.
e May returns of the department
of agriculture show a decline from the
April condition of wheat of 1.2 points.
The average in Missouri is 54; in Kan
sas, 78,
Tue United States supreme court has
denied the petition for a rehearing in
the Transmissouri Freight association
case.
ThE president has nominated Frank
D. Healey to be register of the land
office at Woodward, Ok.
CHAIRMAN DINGLEY is reported to
have said that if the tariff bill pro
duced any surplus revenue it could be
used to redeem the greenbacks.
UGENERAL NEWS.
Two boys, named Edward Nolen and
Harry Kistler, of Logansport, Ind.,
were seated at dinner at the farm of
their uncle when lightning struck the
place, splitting Nolen’s head open, so
that he cannot live, and injuring the
brain of Kistler so that he will proba
bly be a maniac for the rest of his life.
Mgrs. ErizAßetH BALrvniorr and her
two daughters were bound and terri
bly tortured by robbers at New Phil
adelphia, 0., to make them disclose the
hiding placeof their money. The rob
bers secured $75 and have not been
captured.
FIRE destroyed the Spring Mountain
coal breaker at Jeansville, Pa., and 500
men and boys were thrown out of work.
AX explosion occurred at the Snaefell
lead mine on the Isle of Man and 20
miners wera killed.
NorA BORNEMANN, aged 14, drowned
herself in the lake at Duluth, Minn.
BShe had complained to a neighbor that
she could donothing to please her step
mother and was whipped without
reason. Markson the body, which was
recovered, showed that she had been
whipped and an inquest was started.
PoilsoN was put in a spring near
Pikeville, Ky., and as a result five per
sons have died and five more were re
ported dying.
E. KELLOGG BEACH, a retired capital
ist at Chicago whose fortunc is esti
mated at over 81,500,000, committed
suicide by shooting in his bathroom.
Despondency over ill health was sup
posed to have been the cause.
Tue engine, tender and baggage car
of the limited express on the A., T. &
8. Fe railway just east of Lamar, Col.,
plunged into the stream that had be
come swollen from a cloudburst. The
engineer was buried under the engine
and two tramps were fatally hurt. No
passengers were injured.
A LETTER has been published from
Benator Cullom, of Illinois, to the sec
retary of the Tariff Reform league at
Newark, N. J., in which the senator
states that he favors a permanent
tariff commission and hopes an amend- !
ment of that nature will be incor
porated in the Dingley bill now before
< 7he senate. :
MxMBERS of w committee from Utah
‘have been sent to Washington to in
‘vite President MoKinley to attend the”
Utah jubilee on July 24, it being 50
years since the little pioneer party en-
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socelebrate )
DL RO S RE A VR S on o
A LETTER from Stuart to a business
associate was received in Dallas, Tex.,
the other day in which Stuart says the
pictures of the Carson City fight be
tween Corbett and Fitzsimmons taken
! by the verascope are perfect. They
will .be ready for exhibition in New
York city by June 10 or 15.
Tur Chicago board of trade has
voted to discontinue the use of No. 3
spring wheat as a contract grade, thus
leaving only two contract grades of
wheat for future delivery, No. 1 north
ern spring and No. 2 red winter.
Tue 20-round bout between Joe
Choynski, of California, and *‘Denver”
Ed Smith at New York on the 10th wu'
cut short by the referee, who stopped‘
the bout in the fourth round, owing ta
the foul tactics of Smith. The fight
was awarded to Choynski.
Fraxx Barz, his two sons and a
brother met their death by asphyxia
tion while digging a wellon their farm
at Redfield, S. D.
Tug Dutch steamer Firdene and the
Norwegian bark Roedvar collided and
foundered near the island of Heligo
land and only 13 of the two crews were
saved, the drowned being largely in
excess of that number.
A DpisPATcH of the 9th said that
Greece had made a written application
to the powers, through their repre
sentatives at Athens, with a view of
obtaining mediation. ]
MRs. JosEPH GREEN, an aged woman
in Waukegan, 111.. fell asleep in a chair
while smoking her pipe and a spark
l set her clothing on fire and she was
burned to death.
1 OgcArß WiLwLiaws, a negro Baptist
preacher living near Elba, Ala., took
his young son, Isaac, into the woods.
Some people hearing screams, rushed
into the thicket and they found the
boy strapped to a log and his father
standing over him with a bloody knife.
The boy died soon after, the old man
haying cut the child’s throat. Wil
liams said the Lord had commanded
the sacrifice.
FREEMAN C. GARDNER, a carpenter,
shot Ida Miller at a hotel in Chicago
and then shot himself. Both will die.
Jealousy was the cause of the tragedy.
ANumBEROf girlsat Wellesley (Mass.)
college have been expelled by the au
thorities for alcoholie and narcotic in
dulgences. The names were keptquiet.
THE cabin of Lauren Tucker at Lau
rens, 8. C., was burned and four chi]-|
dren were cremated. The father and|
mother had gone fishing.
A STATUE to Gen. John A. Logan
will be unveiled at the lake front at
Chicago on July 26.
INFORMATION reached Key West, Fla.,
from Cuba that Gomez will soon be in
Havana province, when a hard blow
was expected to be struck by the in.
surgent forces. The commander-in:
chief had passed into Matanzas proy
ince and was marching toward the
capital.
Bor# houses of the lowa legislature
defeated the anti-Sunday baseball bill
on the 7th and the Western association
is safe for another year.
Tue national festival of the North
American Gymnastic union opened at
St. Louis on the 6th. X
THE interior of the large cold storage
warehouse of the Merchants® Refriger
ator Co. at New York was completely
destroyed by fire on the 6th. The loss
will probably amount to more than
$500,000. Thirty or more firemen whe
entered the basement where the fire
started were overcome by smoke and
one died in an ambulance on the way
to a hospital.
STIMULATED by the success which at
tended last season’s experiments with
sugar beets in the Pecos valley the
farmers of New Mexico have gone ex
tensively into beet culture this spring,
thousands of acres of irrigated land
being seeded.
Tue Seminole council at Wéwoka, L
T., passed two important bills. One
was a townsite law incorporating the
town of Wewoka, and another a resol
lution appointing a commission to treat
with the Dawes commission.
HENRY JoNES, a colored conviet in!
the state prison at Michigan City, Ind.,
wus hanged shortly after midnight of
the Gth for the murder of a fellow-con
vict who had testified against him in a
trial.
IN a thunderstorm at San Antonio,
Tex., Robert Dannenberger and wife
were killed while working in a field
and Wesley Dairs, a negro, was struck
dead under.a tree.
A FIERCE battle occurred between
the Greeks and Turks at Aivali, be
tween Velestino and Pharsalos, on the
sth, in which the Turks were defeated,
both sides suffering heavy loss. The
Greek princes received an ovation from
the army when the fighting was over,
It was reported at London that Russia
had begun to take action in the direc
tion of mediation, but the difficulty
was that Greece would not accept the
Russian terms.
A CORRESPONDENT at Constantinople
learns from a cirenlar addressed by the
Sheikh-ul-Islam to the imans that a
sacred edict is being prepared for a
holy war.
A. G. FOXTANI, who opened an Italian
savings bank in Pittsburgh, Pa., six
months ago, has disappeared and the
bank has been dismantled. The bank
was said to have done a good business,
besides the depositors four societies
keeping their funds in the bank.
Twelve warrants have been sworn out
for Fontani's arrest.
Tue trial in'the case of George Harris
against the Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica for 810,000 damages for an alleged
injury while being initizted into the
order ended abruptly in the United
States court at Dubuque, la., by Judge
Woolson ordering the jury to return a
verdict for the defendant.
IN & freight collision at the east end
of the Clinton (la.) bridge the other
morning two locomotives and several
cars of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway were badly damaged snd Con
ductor Thomas Scott wuiemed
: A DISASTROUS fire visited Kewanee,
111, recently, half of one of the busi
ness districts being burned out. No
human lives werc lost, but seven valu
‘wble horses in a livery stable were cre
mated. y 1A
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 7th were
288, according to Bradstreet’s report,
l'fl‘flfl“ 207 in the corresponding weels
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HOLLY, COLORADO, FRIDAY,MAY 14, 1897.
Two masked robbers at one o'clock
on the morning of the 10th entered the
home of Father Joseph Flache, the
Catholic priest at Dyer, Ind., and
struck-the cook on the head, inflicting
dangerous wounds. The priest at
tempted to shoot, but his revolver
failed to work, and he was roughly
|handled. The house was ransacked.
| Turee children, Eduardo, Gabriel
|and Manuel Padilla, were recently
|burned to death at Fairbank. Ariz.
| The parents had gone to a dunce near
by, locking the door on the sleeping
[children. It is believed a lighted lamp
| exploded.
.| HENRY SMITH, & member of the Mary-
I‘lnnd Century Cycling club, finished a
1 24-hour road race against time on the
1 10th at Baltimore, Md., during which
he established a new set of American
| road records. At the end of 12 hours
.| he covered 170 miles and when he quit
jat the end of the 24 hours he had
reeled off 14 miles. The figures have
| been submitted to the Century Cyeling
Club of America for ratification.
.| WHILE boating on the lake at Chi
| eago Matthew Roche and his little
| nephew, Harry Flynn, attempted to
exchange seats and the boat capsized
jand the boy was drowned. Albert
| Mattarl, who was in the crowd at the
| water's edge, suddenly pitched for
|| ward dead, owing to excitement in
| watching the drowning boy's strug
| gles.
| FIRE destroyed the post office, hotel,
| telephone office and several other
| buildings in the little village of Marsh
land, Wis.
; A SENSATIONAL shooting affray, in
| which a woman shot and seriously
| wounded four men, occurred at Lowell,
|| Ark., on the 9th. The shooting was
| done by Mrs. Duerling and was the re
| sult of religious excitement, caused by
| a series of “‘holiness meetings’ in the
| neighborhood. The men wanted to
.| run the women holding the meetings
| out of the county.
AN order of the district court to open
| a street in Auburn, Neb., was appealed
| and the mayor ordered the town mar
| shal and street commissioner to remove
| the wire fences inclosing the street
| and the property owners had the three
| city officers arrested for destroying
| private property. The officers refused
| to give bond and said they would re
main in jail until the court convened
| inJune. 4
|| A FREIGHT train was wrecked near
Mount Vernon, 111., and 18 cars ditched.
| Most of them were broken into kind
| ling wood. Three cars were loaded
with whisky and one with poultry.
The whisky escaped and filled the gul
| lies and the poultryimbibed freely and
| all got intoxicated.
‘ AT the second day of the national
| turnfest at St. Louis on the 7th the
| forenoon was taken up with class com
| petition . of the ‘‘actives,” fully 3,000
turners being on the ficld at one time.
| In the afternoon mass exercises by the
| St. Louis juniors and by ladies’ classes
| in swinging clubs took place. In the
evening speeches and musical num
| bers were given at the exposition hall.
: A BERLIN dispatch of the 7th said
that the king of Greece had formally
| asked for the mediation of the emperor
| of Russia in the war between Greece
| and Turkey.
| Wit a box containing 200 pounds of
| dynamite on fire ten feet away from
| him, John Thomas, the boy who runs
| the compressed air hoisting engine in
| the Tamarack mine, near Houghton,
| Mich., stuck to his post and saved the
lives of the men at work in the mine
| by his bravery. Ten seconds after he
| had hoisted the men to the level the
| dynamite exploded.
Tue first case of prostration from
| the heat this season occurred at Chi
| cago on the 6th. Charles Wilson, a
milk wagon driver, fell into the street
| unconscious. The weather burean
| thermometer registered 80 degrees
| during the day. On the streets it was
three to five degrees warmer.
| MeMBERS of the Chicago and Milwau
| kee Beer Brewers’ associations will
combine to fight the proposed increased
| tax on beer in the tariff bill.
Tue south and west grain and trade
| congress got through with its business
on the 6th at Kansas City, Mo.. and ad
| journed to meet in Tampa, Fla., in
| 1898. The resolutions demanded equit
| able rates of transportation between
| carrier and shipper, the improvement
of the Mississippiriver and other water
| courses, indorsed the Nicaragua canal,
favored the Torrey bankruptey bill, the
| promotion of the consumption of our
food products abroad and aid rendered
to the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
| railroad.
THE London afternoon papers were
| bitter at the rejection of the arbitra
tion treaty by the United States sen
ate.
| Cor. GuSTAVE G. PABsT, first vice
president of the Pabst Brewing Co., ot
| Milwaukec, is authority for the state
ment that he is to marry Miss Hulda
Lemp, daughter of William J. Lemp,
the millionaire brewer of St. Louis.
Four years ago Col. Pabst married
Margaret Mather, the actress, who
publicly horsewhipped him, and the
conple were divoreed. J
A DOUBLE, and what may yet prove
a quadruple murder occurred at the
farm home of Alexander Harris, who
resided in the township of Waukesha,
Wis. The victims were Mr. Harris, his
wife, hired girl and hired man. The
crime was committed, it was supposed,
by a farm hand named William Pouch,
who had been sheltered by the farmer
over night.
Botm houses of the lowa legislature
passed a resolution making the wild
rose the official flower of the state.
LITTLE GUY STEPHENS, the two-year
old son of W. H. Stephens, a farmer re
siding near Farmingdale, 111., fell into
a cornstalk fire on the farm aad was
burned to death.
Tue Mallory-line steamer Leona left
her pier at New York, bound for Gal
veston, took fire at sea and put back,
arriving with 16 corpses on board, 13
steerage passengers and three of the
erew, who had succumbed to the flames.
. WoRD has been received at Guthrie,
Ok., from Washington that the Wichita
reservation will be opened to settle
ment by September 1. There will be
homes for 8,000 or 4,000 people, in addi
‘tion to the towns that will spring up.
Va 2 RAN LR SO R R SR
PO ol TVI B b b e R R et LN |
THEY DEBATE
l(lJleveln.ud's Forest Ruerva.uon‘
’ Order the Subject. '
HOUSE WONT CONCUR IN SENATE BILL
Western Members Occapy the Time Al-,
most Exclusively —Amendments
nre Offered but With
duswn—Notes-
- —_—
‘Washington, May 12.—Consderation !
nf the senate amendments to the sundry i
civil appropriation bill was finished byl
the house today, and the il sent to con- |
ference. President Cizveiand's forest |
réservation order was the subfect of |
much debate, and the house votad not to !
concur 1n the senate amendment to an
nul the order, with the understanding
that the conferees should arrange an !
amendment which would thave the same !
effect. !
The debate on this subject folluwcd;
closely the lines of yesterddy. It was |
participated In almost exclusively by |
westesn members, who pointed out the
mjury to present settlers that would re- I
sult if President Cleveland's order |
shouid become operative. Several !
amendments were offered but with- |
drawn. l
Short speeches criticizing ex-Presi- |
dent Cleveland’'s order were made by |
Meassrs, Underwood (Dem., (Ala), Ellis |
(Rep., Ore.), Knowles (Pop, S. D)), 1
Lacey (Rep., Towa), Brucker (Dem., |
Mich), Devries (Dem., Cal), Balley
(Dem., Texas) and Hartman (S. R, |
Mont). |
Mr. Lacay remarked that Mr. Har:- |
man assumed that President McKinley |
would repeat the mistakes of President
Cleveland.
PRETTY HARD TO DO THAT.
“I don’t think there is any man on the
fice of the earth such a blunderhead
that he could make one-thousandth part 1
of the mistakes made by President |
Cleveland,” retorted Mr. Hartman. “T
did not support President McKinley, but,
thank God, he 18 an Amenican president,
and the first one we have had !n four
years."”
Mr. Lacey withdrew the ameniment
proposed by him yesterday, oilher pend
ing amendments were withdrawn, and‘
the house voted, 100 to 29, to non-concur .
in the senatee amendment, with the un-.
derstanding that instructions be made to ;
the conferees later. ‘
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM,
The senate amendment providing that
the mineral commissioners be appointed
hy the president “with the adyice and
consent of the senate’”:was opposed by
Mr. Dockery (Dem., Mo,) wino, assarted
that its only effect was®to take the of
ficiala out of the classified service. He
used this as a text to taunt the Repub
licans on their clvil service record.
It was contended by Mr. Lacey that
‘the twelve commissioners were Demo
ctats appointed by Mr. Cleveland, who
endeavorad by his order to continue
them in office.
Mr. Mcßae (Dem. ArK) replied that
one member of each of the four boards
was a Republican.
The house concurred In the amend
meant. '
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUNDS.
My, Cannon offered an amendment to
maka avallable $2,563,323 for improve
ment of the Mississippl river in the
fiscal year 1897-8, of which $500,000
should be deducted from the appropria
tion for 1898-9. The effect of the amend
ment was to expend half a milllon a
y=ar before it would otherw!se be availa
ble, and it was agreed to.
HOUSE NON-CONCURS.
The house voted not to concur in the
amendments appropriating $50,000 for
the continuation by the secretary of ag
riculture of an investigation of the beat
gagar indusiry and another requiring
the secretary of war to appoint a super
iniendent of the traffic through the locks
of the Monoghela river as soon as the
government comes into possession of the
works of the Mononaghela Navigation
company.
Mr. Lewis (Dem., Wash)) made a plea
for the scnate amendment for SIO,OOO for
a survey of the improvements proposed
from Salmon Bay to Smith's Cove, ex
plaining that warships might be an- ‘
chored in Lakes Union and Washington
when the project was completed. The
house voted to non-concur. ‘
PEARL HARBOR. ]
The most interesting debate was on
the appropriation of $50,000 to improve
Pearl Harbor, in th: Hawailan Islands,
which was rejecied by a vote of 85 to 53.
Mr. Hitt of Illinois, past and present
chalirman of the committee on foreign
affairs, earnestly urged the Imponrtince
of taking steps to confirm the title of
this government to the harbor, In view |
of the senate proposal to abrogete the
Hawalan treaty. ‘
Mr. Hitt #ald in part: ‘
“The senate has now before it a bill
which will abrogate the reciprocity
treaty. There 12 a contgntion on the]
pant of the Hawallan government—and
that contention would be supported with ]
the utmost support that could be given
by the governments of Great Brlmfnl
and Japan—that the grant supplemental
to the convention would fall witah the
or:ginal treaty, and thus we would lose
Pearl Harbor.
‘“The treaty, in which is expressed the
consideration granted to ‘the United
States for the favor of reciprocity, says
expressly that it shall continue wh:le
that treaty is in force. That considera
tioin was the absolute exclusion of all
other governments in the world from
any right to lease or hold any part of
the ierritory. of the Hawadan Islands,
“I do not wish to discuss the question
of annexation, for I think t hae noth
ing whatever to do with this quest:on.
12 the Hawallan Islands were annexed
tomorrow the necess!ty for the adoption
of this amendment would rema:n as
urgent as ever. i
““We have tried for thirly years to se
cure naval stations in many parts of the
world, and not one have we today. The
navy of Great Britain, wkich is #0 pow
erful, can be placed ‘. ady part of the
¥lote and be w:thin reach of supplles as
well as faocilities for repik, . Mr,‘nuo‘n.
in case of war, would be e .as soon
as its coal an out. In'th m@e ocean,
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| the gicat powers of the world—England,
France, Germany, Spain—all possess
one, iwo, ten, twenty spots from which
to fit out-sh:ps that would devastate our
coasts.
“How important does England deem
this advantage, when she has poured
out such millions upon these little reefs
{ and pzaks and hills of the Bermudas?
| For what has all that been expendud.
!Nm to fight with France—not upon the
poszibility of a struggle with Russia, ner
great rival. It is because those ships
carry guus that may come into our
ports; i: !s because they will be the most
terrible weapon against us in the con
i tingancy of war.
{ "Now, if that treaty falls—if it is
labrogated—Grvm Britain will Instanily
{ press for new relatons with Hawali.
ilns;antly Japan will .be pressing, and |
i flercely pressing. In the télegrams of
“ this morning I read that the cruiser
| Niznevah has already arrived at Hawail
to pres: threaten:ng claims upon that
feebie government.
“We will only hold it with our gurs in
! position, and this very treaty, in diplo
! matic discussion, has been construed to
| give us authority to construct fortifica.
¢ tions there,’
E Mr. McMillan—Then the gentleman's
| first purpose is to improve the harbor
! and then fortify it?
l Mr. Hitt—All that belorgs to the gen
tléman who will follow us on this floor.
| I ¢peak of the policy and of the wisdom
! of a government like ours, of a great re
| public. of a great nation, looking to the
lract that the sea power s the test of
{ rank and success of the nationg in the fu
{ ture. We kFave here a moment in which,
| by this small experditure, we can put
| our foot down and do more than have
| a anypothetical right to have something
; mcre than a contention in a diplomatic
! discussion, to plant our flag at the en
| ‘rance to that river, and it will not come
| dewr In a thousand years.” (Loud ap
i 1-lausze),
CANNON DISAGREES.
M. Cannon replied to Mr. Hitt, say
ing that this government was in no great
danger if congress did not make the ap
propriation at this session. The harbor
!hn-i been granted to the Urited States,
| for ail time, he said, and was as much
g aur property as any harbor on the Pa
| cific coast. He believed the government
should improve Pearl harbor as it would
auy other harbor it owned when it need
ed improvemert. It was within five miles
! of Honolulu harbor, where the vessels of
the United Sluies had a'ways been able
; to coal and always would be while they
had the money to pay for the coal. The
appropriation would not suffice to dredge
the sand in the harbor. The inhabitants
| would raise the price of their corner lots
| 48 soon as improvements were commenc
i ed o the harbor. The appropriation was
| not sufficient to buy a foot of land or
| begin a naval station, Mr. Cannon did
| aot telieve In magnifying the importance
~ of these anterrational-matters and. be
'[comlnx frightened at this or that na
: ! tion.
MILLIONS TO FORTIFY.
Tha itemt was opposed by Mr. Sayers
because, he said, as soon as Pearl har
: bor had been improved the government
{ wouid be called on to expend several
millions to fortify it. Instead of looking
abroad for objects of legislation, congress
3 should look to the rellef of ils own peo.
ple.
! M:z. Cummings (Dem., N. Y.) spoke
carnestly in favor of the appropriation.
l “I have faith enough in the patriotism
7 of President Mcf{lnlf—}." he said, “‘to be
lieve that before he leaves the White
l House the Hawallan Islands will be an
‘ | integral part of this republic.”” (Repub.
| Llean appause).
WATER BUT NO LAND.
Mr. Hilborr (Rep., Cal) said:
“The United States has bougnt a sheet
of waier at Pearl harbor but not a foot
‘-7! land. -All the land at Pearl harbor
| has been bought by speculators who hold
| It in expectation that the United States
| raust buy "
When the United States wa= g 0 badly
| off for navai stations at home I was folly
' to build them abroad, he said. In case
N of war al’ the power of the navy would
‘ I be requiteC to hold Pearl harbor, and in
| case of annexation the harbor would be
| Unnecessary.
I Mr. Simpson (Pop., Kan.) advocated
| the nroject. This harbor, ‘he said, was
i more needed than one at home, since the
United States had adopted the policy of
l mantalnicg a great navy,
{ Mr. Henry (Rep., Conn.) and Mr. Walk
| er (Rep., Mass.) spoke In favor of the
{ amendment.
Mr. Sayers warned congress that the
next step in line witah the proposed policy
would he anrexation. He warned them
| not to be frightened by the report that
| ©ngland would take possgesion of the
| islands,
| “Next to a conflict with my own breth
-1 ren,” he said, *I would deplore a war
;wlth England. ' I don’t believe England
| warts a war with us any more than we
! want a war with her.”
AMENDMENT FAILS.
The voie was taken on Mr. Hitt's mo
tion to concur in the senate amendment,
which falled by a vote of 53 to 8.
Comparatively few Republicans were
present and the vote was nearly a party
| one. Half a dozen Democrais ard Pop
lullsm. Including Messre. Cummings of
lN(-w York, Tate of Georgia, King of
Utah and Populists Simpson and Ridge
ly of Kansas, voted to concur. About a
dozen Republicans, among them Messrs,
Canron, Hilborn, Parker of Massachu
setts, Broderick of Kansas, Bromwsell of
Ohio and Linney of North Carolina, vot
ed not to concur.
The Pearl harbor amendment was sent
10 conference.
The amendment for four additioral
commiesioners for Alaska and the same
number of deputy marshals was accept
ed. ‘
The house ratified the action of the
committee of the whole on the various
amendments, except that for conlluulngi
the Inveatigation of the seal fisheries, on
‘which the house, at the suggestior. of Mr.
Sayers, reversed the actlon and accepted
the amendment. .
Mesesrs. Cannon, Sayers and W. A.
Stone of Penneylvania were appointed
conferees, and ther, at 6:30 p. m,, the
house adjourned unti: Thursday.
; L
Washington, May 11.—Today's state
/ment of the conditlon of the treasury
‘shows: Avallable cash balance $229,008,-
| 743 go\d reserve 3147,066,867.
ERVABE AN S Lo eS A g A e
B~ O MO LA R SRR B Sy bl G
THE FARMING WORLD.
' GOOV CORN MARKER.
it Has Given Satisfaction to Al Who
Hanve Used It
1 made a corn marker like the dia
gram herewith, about eight years ago. |
It bas done faithful service annually
for myself and neighbors ever since, |’
but now 1 find it worn and disjointed
almost beyond repair. In planning to’
make another, because of its admirable |
adaptation to its speciul use, the great
satisfaction it gives to those who use
it and the ease with which any farmer
bandy with tools can make it, | an:
prompted to send a description and
drawing for the beuetit of other read
lers.
The runners sire preferably made of
hard wood sawed 2 by 10 inches; the
outside ones 2!; feet long on top and
the two middle ones 4 feet long. For
my use they are fixed 31, feet apart.
The ‘transverse strips which secure
them may be of 114 by 2-inch stuff, ex
cepting front piece in center to which
tongue is attached, which should be
2 by 4 for greater strength. The cross
strips connecting the two longer run
ners should be two feet apart. to which
the tongue should be attached in the
center with cne-half-inch bolts, and
forward of the front strip 15 inches
should be bored a hole for attaching
| doubletree and one 9 feet forward of
that for the neck-yoke spud. A deep
slot should be cut in rear end of tongue
where attached and a shallow one in
front, so as to raise front end the right
height for neck-yoke on team, so that
| the runners may stand level, thereby
preventing unnatural wear on rear end
of runners by being tilted upin front.
The bourds marked S are 1 by 6 and |
firmly nailed in place as shown, giving |
great strength to implement.
The outer runners or wings are bolt- |
cd near the central ones with one-half- |
| inch bolts, 5o as to move up and down
| freely. After cutting shallow slots near
| the ends of the transverse connections,
| fit them in deeper slots cut in runners
| as seen at M, then nail the lath firmly
| across them.
' Modus Operandi.—Run the rows by
; rtakes, Use but three and cut them
, | 2V, times as long as your rows are wide,
.| 1. e, for a 315-foot marker make the |
| stakes 8 feet 9 inches iong and sharpen
. | large end. In commencing a field set
, | stakes right distance from one side for
, | first through (you can guess at this)
; | four or five rods from end set the first,
. | the second in the middle, and the thir:d
s | four or five rods from opposite end,
- | get your team with marker in rnuge!
1 | with the stakes (which of course were
» | set in line) and the driver standing on
- marker with one.foot neir.inside of
: l GOOD CORN MARKER. |
| each ceuter runner advances to first
. | stuke, stop, and removing stake, bumps
» | the top end against outside of outside
| runner and raising same forces it into
. | the ground as a guide for the next
through; he then remounts and pro
ceeds likewise with the middle stake,
but upon reaching the end stake drives
| over same and stopping at the end
L| throws up both outside wings, turns
"| and drives up until in range with the
| two stakes now standing, drops the
' | wings and advances until opposite the
stuke just driven over when he stops
'| and sets the same as before, and thus
| continues until the field is completed.
! By exercising a little care a skillful
! man can run “air lines” just as far as
.| the stakes are visible.—L. M. Kraner,
in Ohio Farmer.
Irrigation on the Farm.
! In laying out a system of ditches for
| irrigation purposes good care and time
| should be observed. Ditch lines should
be run as much as possible cn the high
; purts of the farm, and the grade should
| be light, about four feet to the mile be
.| ing about what ordinary soils will best
.| stund, The ditch should always be
, | larger than is apparently neccessary.
{ Both ditch and Lank should be built
. | broad, and particular care given to
| prevent the liability of a little stream
.| of water starting out from the side
-| somewhere and cutting away both
| ditch and bank and inundating the
, | field.—Dakota Field and Farm.
The City and the Farm.
: The city and the farm ure dependent
, | one upon the other. The people of the
city look to the farm for the necessities
. |of life, and the farmer looks to them
' | for a market for his produce, for his
- | clothes, and the implements 'with
! | which to carry on his work. In their
' | dependency they are equal, with no
- | shade or sign of antagonism between
| them. KEach fulfills its special mission
. |in the industrinL life of the country;
- | therefore, respect your calling, and
" | cast no envious eyes upon the cther. Do
~| that which lieth before you, and do it
L ‘well.—liurnl World.
Corn in Place of Wheat.
'] The difference between the prices of
'|ecrn and wheat during the past year
"1 has led to a larger use of vorn in place
of wheat as bread. Not only has its use
' | been increased directly in the familiar
'|form of cornmeal, but indirectly by
| blending the corn product with wheat
' |flour. This blended flour is made both
i for the home market and for export. To
what extent the blending practice has
Leen carried is not known nccurltely. it
i being in some sense a trade secret! A
{reliuble trade journal estimates a re
duction of eight per cent. in the con
s®mption of wheat flour in this coun
try. : '
Be sure that all of the sheep are
‘ Eopuly tagged before they are turned;
g e oS eSR
m
NUMBER 15,
STRONG CORN CRIB.
It Contn Abon.. 40 and Helds 000
Bustels. Shelled, = f'*
1 will give my method of building s
crib that is cheap and strong. Set two
parallel rows of stone blocks 215 feet
apart in the row, the rows as far apars .
as the width of crib. Then make the
frame in sections ag shown in the cut. .
The posts are 2x6 inch, one 11 feet long
| und the other 14, The sill is 2xlo and 7
| feet long. The cross piece near. eave is
an inch boarl 6 inches wide. The rafter
lis 2x4 inches. Make as muny of these
| sections us necessury for the size of the
| crib, and set them on the stone blocks.
Nail them securely at corners and tie
across with IxG-inch boards, . Floor of .. .
ipeh lumber. Skeup horizontally with-...
Ix4-inch lumber. .
' I built a crib 7 feet 4 inches wide, 11
T At
OUTLINE OF CORN CRIB.
|
! feet high ac rear, 14 feet at front, and 60
| feet long, using good lumber, oak frame,
| pine roof, for S4O. It will hold 2,000
| bushels of shelled corn, In &iding up,
{ leave as many openings as desired for
filling in; cut the siding at the opening
with a miter and the slats can be re
moved one at a time, making cheap
'npcumgs.-—l\lnlcolm Crockett, in Ohio
i Farmer, i
NATIVE PASTURES.
\Afler Having Been Grazed Closely
They Should Be Manured. -
| There is quite a diversity of opinion
| among farmers and stock raigsers on'the
question of mupuring native pasture
lands. Somce have obtained excellent
results by mavuring, while others
seem to have had quite the opposite ex:
perience.
The soil of the western prairies is
| very rich and under ordinary circum
| stances will give fair returns without
| the application of fertilizers of any
kind, Nevertheless, it is certain that
‘better returns mhy be hod'if morenvhil
able food is placed within reach of the
grasses. Anyone who has observed a
piece of grass land so situated as to re
ceive the wash from a barnyard, will
have found that near the yard where the
supply of fertilizer has been great the
grasses have become thinned out to a
few species, while where the supply has
keen moderate the grasses are much
more eveunly developed and the yield
decidedly plain. A too plenteous ap
plication of fertilizer will thin out the
grasses and reduce the yield of forage
| at least for the first season or two, since
many species will not stand such treat
|ment. On the other hand, a proper
amount of fertilizer will increase the
yield. It is quite possible to use too
much fertiliver for any crop, and the
native grasses seem to be more sensi
tive in this respect than the ordinury
cultivated species.
Any pasture which has been grazed
closely for somie time will be benefited
by an application of a thin top-dress
ing of well-rotted stable manure, fol
lowed by a.thorough harrowing. It
is doubtful if much is gnined by putting
coarse unrotted manure on the pasture;
it can be used to better advantage on
cuitivated land. Ashes usually hove a
beneficial effect upon grasses on soils
not too plentifully suppiied with alkaii,
—Dakota Field and Farm. A
LIVE STOCK POINTERS.
If the sheep on the farm must be sol’l,
sell them fat.
Do not make the slops from the
Kitchen answer for water.
There is always more or icss loss
when an inferior sire is used.
It will help maintain health if the
hogs have puie, fresh water cvery day.
The putting in and culture of the
crops has much to do with their pro«
ductiveness
The farmner ought to be a good judge
ot live stock and kuow how to buy and
sell to the best advantage.
When the sheep mre sheared is one
of the best tuies o determine what
sheep should be kept and what sold.
It is the steady, quiet horse that can
usually be depended upon to do the
biggest day's work during hot weather,
With all clusses of stock it is betten
to wait until the grass in the pustures
has made a good growth befure turn
ing in.
In the end nothing pays so well as
thoroughness in all of the details of
farin management and in the care of
the stock. :
The calf that is to make a good beef
animal should be made to grow rapid
ly from the start, and good feeding is" *
of course necessary.—-Farmer’s Union,
Charcoal in the Heog Pen.
Charcoal for hogs is one of the es
sentials in every feed lot, and one of the'
things most neglected. Hogs are off ¢
their feed, not dong well, are rooting
in the ground up to their shouldersin. .
search of roots or gravel, orwinfih‘ 53
to supply this that they must have.'§
know some farmers that bave 'mever
supplied Ihis one essential in'tep yearsy" '
and they 'are invariably the ey
where: you first hear of cholera. Hoge '
become cloyed with green corn, withowl:
some grit of some kind. They W@. b
to eat or gain sadare having thileayes. i
temd mks_. by a careless owes '%;*L“*,;‘A
jathe chulera .&m perpi, ~Rosk
E ,rlt vet \;‘ fi_{ ?i t%’“', ‘fl_. :‘ .;’/