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THETGWCULTO REPORT [!
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Yield in 1904 Was Nearly Five
Billion Dollars.
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THE ENORMOUS CORN CROP
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flChe Cotton Yield TTas Talaed at S600,000,000?Potatoes.
Rice, Barley, !Oat?
and Other Products Beacbod Their ^
'.highest Point of Prodnctlon?l.lv? 1
Stock and Poultry QIake Becords.
of the entire world, siuce Columbus
discovered America. This year's pro- t,
duct as more than six times the |j
amount of the capital stock of all national
banks, it lacks but three-fourths [
of a billion dollars of the value of the |j
manufacturers of 1900, less the cost of g
the materials used; it is three times D
the gross earnings from the opera- 0
tions of the railways, and four times v
the value of all minerals produced iu 3
this country.
The year 1904 keeps well up to the j ^
average of exports of farm products I \
during the five years 1899-190i>. j
11 mounting to more than $S50,000,000, I ?
while the average for -the five years I g
was nearly $865,000,000. During the ?
last fifteen years the balance of trade A
in favor of this country, all articles a
considered, exceeded $4,3S4,000,000, t,
but taking farm products alone these ^
showed a balance in our favor of more c
than $5,300,000,000. t
Reviewing the increase in farm cap- f
ital, the Secretary estimates it conservatively
at $2,000,000,000 within j r
four years?this without recognizing 0
the marked increase in the value of j
laud during the last two years. The f
most startling figures shown as illus- j
trating the farmers' prosperity are c
those presented by deposits in banks s
in typical agricultural States. The E
Secretary selects for this illustration s
Iowa. Kansas and Mississippi. Tak- 1
e H 1- f.. Ji - * 1 1.,. CH.~ i.~ 1
> jug iui kujus oi uauiis?imiuuuui, oiuwr, ^
private and savings?the deposits in- ^
creased from June -30, 1806. to October ^
.. HI. 1904, in Iowa, 1G4 per cent.; in v
Kansas, 219 per cent.; in Mississippi,
.>01 per cent., and in the United States, i
1)1 per cent.
For Russian Autocracy.
Prince Mestchersky *aid that "with- |
out autocracy Russia would ceasie to s
be Russia."
Stockyard Strike Over.
Tbe strike of the cattle butchers at ^
the stockyards in Chicago, 111., col- t
lapsed.
Must Issue Transfers.
A decision of the New York State j
Court of Appeals says street railways I j
must provide transfers between lines. I (
I'bis upholds the protest of the public ,
paying double fare to Coney i j
Island. ,
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i Prouzitelny at Brest. \ i
k The Russian destroyer Prouzitelny i
^ a itiveil with a hole in her hull at i
Brest. M. Pe'.letan, the French Minis- |
lor of Marine, gave permission to make j |
repairs:. I |
Killed by Trolley.
One man was killed and fourteen, j
persons were injured a I St. Louis. Mo., ?
by a trolley car jumpius; the track and ,
being overturned. ' \
Claiuis Xot Yet Paid.
Information received at Washington,
0. C.,"-iPthat American claims against .
'euej^ela jvili not bv paid for ten or j
etetfyears.
Mme. Janausehek Dead.
Jibe. Janausehek. the actress, died
|i Hi".- Brunswick Home," Amityville, ,
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Washington, D. C.?The annual re* ! ^
port of the Secretary of Agriculture ^
3ust transmitted to tbe President j f
enumerates some of the more import- T
ant features of tbe year's work, a
'Among them are extensiveco-operation ?
With agricultural stations: the taking .
of preliminary steps to conduct feed- f
ing and breeding experiments; the war r
Waged against tbe cotton boll weevil v
and against cattle mange; plans for ^
education of engineers in road build* J,
ing: the production of a hardy orange, v
a hybrid of the Florida orange and the
Japanese trifoliata; valuable research r
in successful shipping of fruit abroad; o
tbe value of nitrogen-fixing bacteria; t
successful introduction of plants t
suited to light rainfall areas; estab- d
lishmr?nt of pure food standards; the t
extension of agricultural education in a
primary and secondary schools; the o
extension of instruction to our island o
possessions to enable them to supply
the country with $200,000,000 worth of o
domestic products, now imported from i
abroad. e
Tbe report then discusses the place t
of agriculture in the country's Indus- b
trial life. The corn crop of 1904 yields t
a farm value greater than ever before.
Tbe farmers' could from the proceeds ii
of this single crop pay the national j c
debt, the interest thereon for one year, : b
aud still have enough left to pay a t;
considerable portion of the Govern- hi
incut's yearly expenses. The cotton r
Trolnarl fnrMint- finrl sppfl nt SfiOO.- c
000,000, comes second, while hay and f
wheat contend for the third place, t
Combined, these two crops will about p
equal in value the corn crop. t
Notwithstanding that tiie wheat crop f
shows a lower production than any ii
year since 1900. the farm value is t
the higkest since 1S81. Potatoes and c
barley reached their highest productitn
in 1904. Gave in 1902 the oat crop e
was never so large by 60,000,000 t
bushels. The present crop of rice a
promises a yield of 900,000.000 pounds, p
300.000,000 more than ever before. [
Horses and mules reach the highest ,(]
point this year, with an aggregate a
value exceeding ?1,354.000,000. On a
the other hand, cattle, sheep and hogs
all show a slight decline. j
The steady advance in poultry leads tl
to some astounding figures. The far- 5
niers' hens now produce one and two- p
thirds billions of dozen of eggs and at j,
the high average price of the year the a
hens during their busy season lay u
euougb eggs in a single month to pay 5
the year's interest on. the national a
debt. (
After a careful estimate of the value j
' of the products of the farm during y
1904, made withia the census scope, tl
it is safe to place the amount at $4,900,000,000,
after excluding the value (
of farm crops fed.to live stock in order f,
to avoid duplication of values. This jj
i* 9.65 per cent, above the product of 5
1903, and 31.28 per cent, above that e
of the census year 1899. b
Some comparisons are necessary to
the realization of such an unthinkable ^
.value, aggregating nearly $5,000,000,000.
The farmers of this country have j,
in two years produced wealth exceed- tj
in? the output of all the gold mines ^
SECRETARY TAFT REPORTS
'he Annual Message of the Department
Made Public.
'he Preneat SUradinjr of Oar Regular
A rmy anil Its Future Outlook?Statistics
of the Financial End of the Service.
Washington, D. C.?Secretary of
iVar William H. Tafr. in his annual
eport jiist made public, says that the
etual strength of the regular army
n October 15 was 3744 officers and
4.439 enlisted men. In 1003 it "was
iCSl officers and 05.300 men. Of the
iresent army 770 officers and 11.583
nen are stationed in. the Philippines
nd the remainder are at various!
loints in the United States. Porto Rio,
Hawaii, Alaska and China. The
orce in Porto Rico consists of five oficers
and five men. The Secretary
ecommends that Congress make proision
for additional officers of the line.
The enlistments for the year ending
une 30. exclusive of hospital corps
nd Philippine scouts, were 27,380, of
i-hicb 6372 were re-enlistments.
During the past year tue troops have
lot been in action except for a few
ncounters with the savage Moros in
he Philippines, rendered necessary
iy "their defiance of the law in Minlanao
and Jolo.'*. In one of these acions
a detachment of infantry was
mbushed. resulting In the loss of two
fficers and thirteen enlisted men out
f thirty-nine men engaged.
The army death rate last year was
nly 9.30 per 1000. as compared with
5.94 for the previous year. "It is no
xaggeration," the report adds, "that
he-troops of the United States are the
>est fed. best clothed and best shelered
troops in the world."
The present system of coast defenses
? now considerably more than half
ompleted. Thirtj*-one localities have
een partially protected, and tweny-five
of the principal harbors now
ave mounted in fortifications and
eady for use heavy guns and mortars
ufficient to furnish an effective deense
against any possible naval atack*.
Since the inauguration of the
resent system of coast defenses the
otal appropriations made by Congress
or the work have been, approximater,
$110,000,000. and is it estimated
hat it will take $65,000,000 more to
omplete the work.
Trovision has already been made foi
mplacing 334 heavy guns, including
wenty-six temporary emplacements,
nd 587 rapid fire guns, one being temorary,
and 376 twelve inch mortars.
)uring the fiscal year one twelvetich
gun, four ten-inch, seven rapid
re and twenty-two mortars have been
lounted.
Owing to the lessons of the Russo*
apanese war. it is stated in the report,
lie value of torpedo defenses has been
rcatly emphasized. The cost of cornIeting
the torpedo defenses now proected
will be $3,819,420, but this will
lean that the system will be valueless
uless there is a trained personnel of
139 officers and men created to operte
the system. This will cost about
5,000,000 more. Additional appropritions
of $5,000,000 will, of course,
he report says, be required annually
hereafter for pay of the personnel.
It is pointed out that Congress, at its
?l31SQ9n
at'JOiWU, ap?/iU(/iiavvu
or beginning the work of fortifying
isular possessions, and that much has
een done in the way of fortifying the
'hilippines. Porto Rico and Hawaii,
ut'that Congress will be asked at its
ey.t session for 52,011,056 more for
ontinuing the work.
Secretary Taft deprecates any atempt
to abolish the General Staff. He
tanks that the War College also is doag
a good work.
He points out that it cost $86,314.43
3 prevent deposits in New York Haror
last fiscal year.
Secretary Taft favors an appropriaion
of $2,000,000 to promote the efciency
of the militia. "The*Military
lecretary," the report adds, "estfjates
that about seventy-five per cent
f the full strength of the militia
rould respond to a call for servicc uner
the Federal Government."
The army estimate for the fiscal
ear ending June 30, 1906, is $72,705,
Concerning the tariff in Philippine
roducts imported into the United
Itates, Secretary Taft urges that a bill
>e passed allowing free admission of
II Philippine products except tobaccc
nd sugar, and that there be imposed
ipon all importations of sugar and to*
acco a duty equal to twenty-five per
ent. of the rates now imposed undei
lie Dingley law upon the importations
rom foreign countries.
"The Philippine Government," the
eport adds, "is the result of an effort
n the part of this nation to assist the
'hilippine people to stand upon theit
eet. It is a national experiment. The
axation by States, counties and muni,
ipalities of this country of bonds is
ued in the furtherance of that experi<
nent is a burden upon it and an obtruction
to its success. Therefore,
he National Government, through
Congress, may very well declare such
tonds to be exempt from State, couny
and municipal taxation and keep
veil within its constitutional powers."
Escape From Prison.
Two soldiers who escaped from Govrnor's
Island. New York Harbor, got
iway after changing their clothes od
he ferryboat which took them from a
ikiff.
Taft at Panama.
Secretary Taft reached Panama and
?/?! 4-Virv fifafac Y\ 1\ a TU1
LCUIU1GU IUUI IUC \J IUUtU uiuivc uug
>ther design upon tlie Isthmus than to
juild a canal.
Democrat Wins in Rhode Island.
Congressman Daniel L. D. Granger
he Democratic candidate in the Firsl
Congressional District of Rhode Islind.
after a fortnight's recounting oi
jallots by the State Returning Board
ivas declared re-elected to his seat it
Congress by 133 votes. The Board
:hre\v out 3093 defective ballots.
.Taps Are Outnumbered.
Russians defending Mukden are be
lieved to outnumber the Japanese
there two tr> on?.
Against Guessing Contests.
The Gabiuet considered a sweepiuj
pinion of the Attorney-General agains!
so-called guessing contests arrangci
[>y newspapers and magazines.
. Killed by Derrick Block.
One steerage passenger was killed
md two were injured by the fall of a
lerrrck block on the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm II. . .'
To Sign Peace Treaty.
itajy 'turabuneed' her willingness to
sign an arbitration treaty with this
couatrj.
| FIGHTING HI FORI ARTHUI
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Japs Begin Assault on the
Lines of the Fortress,
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TAKE TRENCHES AT DAWI
Battleships Disabled by Shell Fire?Ger
eral Kuroki Report* a Three-Mil
Advance ? General Oku in ActionDamage
Done to the Russian Fort,
fications.
j Tokio, Japan.?Dispatches filed at
a. m. from the third armr leadquai
i ters oeiore Jt'ort Armur auuouua' iuu
a general engagement on the caster:
j side of the intrenchmenls began a
I dawn. The Russian forces, strongl
! reinforced, made a desperate effort t
j retain the remaining ridgea connec
i ing Port Arthur proper with the ol
I forts south of the fortress leading t
Golden Hill. On this side of the cit
it is estimated that one-half the Kus
sian forces, probably 4000 in all, wer
i fightiDg, and, as they were in wei
! fortified positions, protected by gu
! fire from Golden Hill, it was the opir
| ion here that tJie engagement, as ar
| jiounced from General Nogi's head
i quarters, might take the form of
J continuous battle until the Russian
! were forced into the extreme come
of the promontory south of the fori
| ress.
In the two bulletins from Genera
i Nogi's headquarters is the announct
i ment that all the centre ditches sout
| of the Kelcwan Mountains and runnin
j along the ridges to Rulin Mountai
I were taken after an hour's fightin
j one hour after sunrise. There is th
i further announcement that the Jaj
I anese column in the Etsze hills ac
1 x'o n no/1 +/\ itia a f fmnnliA
?UUV.CU IV UiC UliH lillv VL llCUl>Ut
facing White Wolf Hill, ancl that be
fore dawn naval guns were posted o
the ridges directly across the bay fror
Tiger's Tail. The Japanese gun
shelled the parapets and inflicto
heavy damage.
A bulletin reported that the battle
ship Poltava was hit three times b
shells, once below the water line, an<
was towed at nightfall to the nortfc
westerly side of Tiger's Tail, beyon
the Chingtau fort. The cruiser Gilia!
was set on fire by the shells from th
naval guns on Etsze Mountain, i
cruiser of the Amur type was towe<
in a sinking condition to the oute
i harbor. The battleships Peresviet ani
Retzivan have been, repeatedly hit b;
shells from the westerly forts capturei
by the Japanese.
Dispatches were received and postei
*rom General Kuroki's headquarters
place not stated, announcing that th
Japanese recent advance had bee;
three miles. The resistance of th
Russian forces in front was only of
general character. Small detachment
of Russians have invariably attackei
the Japanese outposts before dawr
always retiring to intrenched posi
tions. Thf? rtiri nnt- iiirtlmt
I where General Kuroki's army was
but that it was closely in touch wit!
! the central army under General Nodzi
j is shown by the fact that the bulletii
J says Russian artillery for three day
i has shelled the trenches of the centra
| army, but without serious effect. Th
! 6tory from the field closes with the ail
i nouncement that few casualties hav
I resulted from the daily rifle fire.
| COLLISION* IN* BURNING FORES1
i Engineers Blinded and Trains Hit o:
Iron Mountain Road.
Hoxie, Ark.?In the dense smok
from forest fires that obscured object
twenty feet ahead the Hot Spring
Special, on the Iron Mountain Railroai
ran into a freight train as the freigh
was taking a siding at Swifton, twee
ty miles south of here.
H. Wells, fireman of the passenge
train, was burned to death; A. Degire
engineer of the special, and four pa*
; sengers were seriously injured,, and fil
teen others were slightly hurt. Th
pasStnger locomotive was demolished
and three coaches and ten freight car
..were burned.
U CZAR SEES PETITIONERS.
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St. Petersburg Surprised at His Re
cciving Zemstvos* Representatives.
St. Petersburg. Russia.?It becami
known here that the Czar had receive!
in audience four prominent represen
tatives of the Zemstvos. who have ap
pealed for reform, including practical
ly a constitutional assembly.
The news created surprise, but so
ber minded men point out that it doe:
not mean that the Czar .will yield 01
any point. _
Germany is Pleased.
The State Department receired fron
Germany a cordial acceptance of Pres
ident Roosevelt's suggestion of a see
ond Peace Conference at The Hague.
Mrs. Noble Exonerated.
j The Coroner's jury at Long: Islanr
City returned a verdict that Mr. Patoi
Noble killed her husband accidentally.
North Sea Inquiry Signed. j
The North Sea inquiry treaty wm
i signed at St. Petersburg. J
Fleet at Port Said. 1 /
A division of the Russian second I
j citic squaftron arrived at Port Saidl
Annual Message Completed. I
i The President has completed hiJi*
! nual message to Congress. I
Attacked Football. I
Dr. Andrew S. Draper, before afctj
lug of the Massachusetts Tears'
j Association, at Boston, Masslatj
tacked football as the game is Eyed
i ut present, aud suggested refom for
j Having the game. ?
| Saved Fellow Passenge^
Cabin passengers on the- Bj[Jb con-)
tributed $325 to Mrs. King, a immigrant
who had lost her mcJy, an<T
saved her and her uine chil?n
deportation.
Coilege Notes, ' I
! The plans for the YoMsnmmeJj\
|. ?cbool have b?en amp? almosu
threefold. 3 I
I The statistics of New^^. t'Diver'i
Sty show the total nun# 0l- alumnf
t be 17.000., M J]
Resides its nnnna! r1#te with t'iy" j
}>pla. the University ^^Pennsylvania
fcill hold debates witF?rneH an(* ^r*
Aimbia.. "W-'hM- '
" Prof. Alfred G. C<#ton> of tbe Q'|
lege of the City of#w York- hasarJanged
a speci*! class ig-asvnome.
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^ GREAT LAKE NAVAL DEPOT
New Training" Station Established
>t at Lake Bluff. IIL
After Lone Discussion Consress approves
^ of Plan to Tr??in Raw Recruits on th?
Great Lakes?Treaty With England.
Washington, D. C.?Lake Biuff, IK.,
le
"will be the site of a new naval training
station for which Congress lias appropriated
$250,000. A board consisting of
Captain W. H. Reeder, "William M.
D r?-? tt ic rrr? : 1 _ .ei.. t. ? _: ? ~
joiauitrj auu a.. iu. want:, unei uau ug
r* toured the great lakes, hearing the
t claims as to the qualifications of a dozJ
n en cities and towns, decided that fronj
it the standpoint of accessibility. healtlJ
y fulness and topography. Lake Bluf
is the most desirable location. Thelj
. so reported to President Roosevelt. H,
approved the report. I
d Nothing now remains except for tfo
citizens of Chicago. 111., to carry cI
y their intention to transfer the neci
sary ground, valued at $173,000. to L
'* Navy Department, which will proc/j
e to dredge the harbor and erect
11 buildings necessary for the honing
11 and training of from 2000 to 3000 nfral
l" recruits. I
l* Secretary Morton has no furthef an! "
nouncement to make regarding the
a navy's policy in this direction. 7 . is
s probable, however, that steps wil;oon
r be taken toward an agreement ^itli
Great Britain whereby fairly! irge
training ships may cruise thJ3reat
L* lakes with the naval recruits frl(this
station. I
11 The Rush-Bagot treaty. c?>luded
o in 1816, now limits the navj^repren
sentation of the United Stata^n the
o Great Lakes to one man-of-\W'. The
b old Michigan is that ship. I is not
>* expected that much difficulty .vill be
l* met in seeking: a more libera/ iterpres
tation of the treaty. J
The first suggestion of thai ijtablishn
ment of a naval training f ition on
Q the Great Lakes came fr?,a naval
s recruiting officer at Chicaf^-who ob^
served the large number of /?ung men
recruited for the service 7_m States
h in the Middle West. Witl?ake Michy
igan so close at hand, he warded Chi^
cago as an idea! point t concentral"
tion for training. /
^ Although the recruits pined at this
k station may find themilves dubbed
e "fresh water jackies'' Juen they report
aboard the fleets aa real ocean,
d they will get every bit! practical exr
perience sailing thelraters of the
Great Lakes that thefwould if they
y were sent to the navalraining statiou
^ at Newport, R. I., or /San Francisco,
CaI- ' I
^ Soon after Congresjjook up the quea5>
tion. Rear Admiral lylor, Command*
e er C. McR. Winsloyand Civil Engi11
neer H. H. Rosseau/ere constituted a
e board to recommenm.vsite for the staa
tion. They though/a location on the
s southern half of Lao Michigan would
^ be most conveniel to the territory
f? from which it wasiesired to draw re
l" cruits. Lake Blufwas recommended
e as the point mos|uited for the loca|?
tion of the statiof
k Great interest ys manifested in the
a matter. Sandusl/ Oq.o: Racine. Wis..
11 and Erie, Pa., fere actively iu the
? lists. / ,... j
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* DOG SAVES llRL FROM BULL-.
e Foi Terrier Mcks Big Animal anc!
Young Lpman Escapes. 4
\ Eagle PoinfPav.?There is a diminutive
fox twier with snappy brown
a eyes, a shormil and a pair of nicely
trimmed ea| at the home of Mis.?
Annie Steinl?venteen years old, that
e is the objecff much consideration.
s Miss Steimas one arm bound in a
3 sling, but "ill the other she pets the
4 terrier. F/the little dog saved hei
t Jife. I
1 There ia bull on the Stein farmbig,
cross Id always looking for trour
ble. Seel; Miss Stein walking
> through laeld. wearing a red coat,
the bull ??e charging down upon her,
He causi the girl on his horns and
e tossed ifl 4*?h in the air. She fell,
L hrao,Hn? r loft* firm
s The fvier was trotting quietly I
along ,tmx his mistress wheu the bull
chargef He leaped at the bull and
his teefclosed tight over the animal's
right Jr. Every ounce of terrief
- strew* and persistency was in that
grip Mi the bull became so disconcer^'Mifit
he forgot the prostrate girl
e anuW;d to break the dog's hold.
1 M*fwhile Miss Stein managed to
" seal I fence. When she was safe the
" terr/ let go and cleared the feneg
* aftcier. i
/ Hawaiian Queen Here.
s rmer Queen Liliuokalani arrired j ;
1 inJan Francisco. Cal.. from Hawaii i
olier way to .Washington fo:* the I
1 I Fire at the Fair. i
. L slight fire in the New York State 1
liiding at the St. Louis Exposition '
fused a hurried exit from the place 1
I twenty persons.
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xr ' More Foreign Treaties. '
I An arbitration treaty with Switzer- ]
land was signed by Secretary Hay,
land one with Germany. . ]
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Attemnts tn Dvn.im!f<? I
Attempts were made to dynamite j
foundries in Cincinnati and Newport, ?
Ky., where strikes are in progress. :
Improvements in Macedonia. '
Austrian official reports show t
much improvement in Macedonia dur- j
ing the year.
Home Capital in Canada.
Mr. E. S. Christon. general manager n
of -tie Bank of Montreal, who has
just been re-elected president of the
Canadian Bankers' Association at the
anniul meeting in Toronto, in an in- j
terviev stated that money was never t
j better qan at present. , I
t
Deals Yellow Fever Report. I
Tfie chi$ 0f the Cuban Department
s>: Health \nd Sanitation denied that t
there were^uy cases of yellow fever j
i"Cub:1- V
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I"bor World. :C'j:
Los Angeles, fal., is to build a $73,- D
000 labor temple.
The Art Glass 'Workers have not yet 6
settled their differences with the pm
pioyers. tl
The Cigarmakers' Union "was the
first labor organization to advocate an fl
eight-hour day. \ E
Local No. 320 of Machinists has 8
committee making arrangements for h
an entertainment. V b
The bricklayers and ma&ons? international
convention will be held at SaH a
Fraooisco Janiuuv 8 uext. ~ j*
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" m er gas explosion
(fererator House of New York Citj
I Gas Company Destroyed.
FfJR OTHERS 8ADLY 1NJUREC
jgj^iiShakea^ For 3iScica "iiuTYeopW
I Terrlticd" by the Concussion ? FoUci
I Experienced Great DlfflcnltT 111 Keepi
I ins tbe Crotrds Back From the Refflot
B of Dancer.
I New York City.?One workman was
/killed and four others were badly inI
jured in an explosion in the generating
house of the Consolidated Gas Company's
plant in West Forty-fourth
street between Eleventh and Twelfth
avenues. Great sheets of flame slhot
out from the windows on Forty-fourth
street and from those on Eleventh avevrna
fryrri f r-?r?or nn cfcrvrc-hv monr rvf
aut, iwmjiug vjj v>
.whom -were thrown from their feet.
The explosion shook the houses for
two blocks, waking late sleepers and
6ending others into the streets to find
out what had happened. Sergeant McCann,
hearing the report in the West
Forty-seventh street police station, hur.
ried the reserves to the scene of the accident.
They had censiderable difficulty
in keeping the crowd away until
they said that any one of thte great
tanks in the neighborhood was likel/
to explode. This cleared the streets.
James T. Kane, seventeen years old.
of 676 Eleventh avenue, died in the
Roosevelt Hospital two hours aftei the
explosion. His skull was fractured.
Others who were taken to Roosevelt
Hospital were:
Patrick Barry, thirty-nine years old,
of 540 West Fifty-second street, who
had lacerations of the right hand and
left leg.
James Burns, twenty years old, of
554 West Forty-eighth' street, who waa
severely burued about the face and
hands.
John Noonan, twenty-one years old.
of 440 West Forty-ninth street, who
iwas badly burned about the face and
LUUliU3. ^
David MeMahon, forty-one years Old.
of 60S We it Forty-third street, whoso
arms were lacerated and who suffered
many bruises.
Two other workmen refused to go to
the hospital, although they were painfully
hurt. William J. Hawthorne, the
superintendent in charge at the time of
the explosion, was painfully bruised
and burned, but refused to leave the
wrecked building until the damage to
the generating machinery had been repaired.
He then went home to nurse
his injuries.
According to the people in the neighborhood
the explosion which caused all
these injuries was preceded, at 7
o'clock, by a lighter one. They say
that after the first explosion carriages
were summoned and three men were
taken to their homes. A policeman
who was near tells the same story, but
it was denied at the offices of the company.
Because of recent troubles and conse1*
quent repairs workmen had put wooden
caps instead of steel caps in the big
main inac carries tne iresmy muae gaa
from the generators. One of these
caps is at the end of the main nearest
Eleventh avenv.e. Another is near
Forty-fourth street. Whea the exploeion
occurred Kane, who was killed,
was working over that cap. The covet
blew off, crushing his skull, and the
explosion hurt several who were near
him.
Some of the forty workmen in the
place were hurled yards away by thS
explosion.
The building lost all of its windows?
and its big skylight. The generators
and the main were repaired in a few
hours. There was an abundance of
gas in the tanks, and the supply to the
neighborhood was not even slackened.
Superintendent Hawthorne said that
he didn't know what had caused the
explosion. One workman said he
thought a spark from a gas engine had
caused all the trouble.
Superintendent Hawthorne was arrested
on a technical charge of homicide.
Coronet Scholer accepted $500
bail for him.
IN PERIL ON' PIKE'S PEAK.
Three New Yorkers Lost, Then Receive
Burns at Campflre in Forest.
, Colorado Springs, Colo.?Lost in the
snowclad forest on Pike's Peak at
night, three young New Yorkers, one
a girl, faced a second peril in the shape
of burning. They were Miss Maude
Arnold, daughter of B. J. Arnold, consulting
engineer of the New York subway;
her brother Stanley, fifteen years
old, and Harold Mauver, nineteen.
The three started to climb Pike's
Peak, intending to go to the half way
liouse only. At 2 o'clock the next
morning they had not returned, and
heir parents asked the police to aid
In a search for them. Four hours lat?r,
when Mr. Arnold and a dozen volunteers
were ascending the mountain
svith Ian terns, the missing trio appeared
at the temporary home of the
Arnolds, much the worse for their
light on the mountainside.
They had reached the halfway
iouse at 5 p. m.. and started for home
in hour later. They became lost. The
>oys had matches and made a campire.
When warming herself beside
t Miss Arnold's hair caught fire. Her
lands and those of the boys were
jurned severely in beating out the
)laze. They finally found a wood
:eam's trail, and by a circuitous route
eached home at G o'clock in the morans
, ..y
SOCIALIST RIOT IN VIENNA'.
ren Thousand Persons Try to Invade j
the Town Hall?Several Injured. j
Vienna?Socialists to the number of |
0,000 made a demonstration against j
ho Government before the residence of
'remier von Korber and other Minis- ,
ers, and: then tried to invade the Town j
rail.
A stron? fore? of gendarms dispersed
ho crow i. Several persons were inured,
including five policemen.
Many arrests, were made.
From the Seat of War.
Field Marshal Oyama reported a few
ainor actions.
Admiral Voelkersam's squadron
ailed from Canea for Port Said.
The Japanese have double-tracked
he railroad from Dalny to Liao-Yang.
The second division of the Baltic
eet sailed from Libau> for tlie ifar
Jast.
Representatives of the zemstvoa
eld another session at St. Petersurg.
The landing of 30,000 additional Japnese
troops at New-Chwang was r?orted
from Mukden*
I AGAINST EIGHT HOUR LAW
| r%
1 Mew York Court of Appeals Declares
It Unconstitutional.
) DECISION AFTER YEARSOF DEBATE
' The Eight Hoar "Labor Lavr," as It Has
' Been Known, and That Has Been in
1 ' Courts For Lone Time, Decided by
1 Final Test Case of Contractor's Suit?
Judce Haiglit Dissent*.
> 'Albany, N. Y.?By a decision in the
' action of the People ex rel. Cossey,
appellant, vs. Controller Grout, of New
i'ork, the Court of Appeals declared
unconstitutional chapter 415 of the
l Laws of 180T (the labor law), -which
a uv/unavivi uuui cuiyiu/iu^
his men more than eight hours a day;
on city, county, or State work.
Since its enactment in 1897 thi3
statute has been almost continually,
before the courts. Other phases have
been passed upon, but this is the first
time that the Court of Appeals has expressed
its views flatly on the eighthour
provision.
The action was brought by Harry
Cossey to compel payment by the City
of New York of $28,215 for six scows
manufactured for the Street Clearing
Department. Payment was refused
on the ground that he had violated the
terms of his contract in employing his
men over eight hours a day. Cossey
did not deny this, but contended that
the law was unconstitutional. The
Court of Appeals reverses the lower
courts and grants the appellant's application,
though not entirely on the
j arguments advanced by his eouusel.
With Judge Haight alone dissenting,
the court arrives at this conclusion,
but by different routes. Judges
O'Brien. Martin and Vann hold that
the law is unconstitutional in that it
deprives an individual of property
without due process of iaw. Chief
juage uuuen. witn judge Werner concurring.
bases bis opinion as to the
law's unconstitutionality on the result
in the Rogers case, making their decision
one of precedent.
Chfef Judge Cullen takes the ground :
that the principle involved is precisely
similar to that in the action of the
People ex rel. Rogers vs. Coler. The
latter was the earliest case that arose
under the labor law. and in deciding
the courts held that the statute was
unconstitutional in so far as it involved
the "prevailing rate of wages." Judge
Cullen says, comparing the two cases?
"This difference in circumstances
would not justify a distinction in principle.
and therefore the decision in the
Rogers case must control the disposition
of the present case unless the Rogers
case has been overthrown by subsequent
cases in this court or in the
Supreme Court of the United States."
The rest of his opinion is devoted to
a discussion of the other cases under
the labor law, from which he decides
that the conclusion in the'Rogers case
stands and applies in the action under
discussion. .
In his conclusion the Chief Judge
says:
"I fear that the many outrages of labor
organizations or of some of their
members have not only excited just
I indignation, but at times have frightened
courts into plain legal inconsistencies
and into the enunciation of doctrines
which. if asserted in litigations
arising under any other subject than
I labor legislation, would meet scant
courtesy or consideration. * * * .
"The decision about to be made can
therefore stand only on one ground,
the unconstitutional interference of
the Legislature with the right of the
municipality. That proposition having
been explicitly decided in the Rogers
case. T feel it my duty to follow it,
regardlei. 0 my own opinion on the
question." ?.
Judge O'Brien say?:
".One of the grounds upon which the
Rogers case rests is that the statute
there considered and now before us
deprived the contractor of his property
without due process of law. and the
lenrne'd Chief Judge, as I understand
the opinion, asserts that this ground
has been entirely swept away by the?
case of Atkins vs. Kansas, in which
the United States Supreme Court affirmed
the conviction of a contractor
for violating the eight-hour law of that
State.
"I do not concur in that view. In my
opinion, the Kansas case does not decide
or sweep away what we held in
the Rogers case and shouid hold in
this case, namely, that the statue in
question violates the Constitution of
ttfo I-a in fltof /lanrlvot; tha ro.
IUC kJUUV. 1U luub iv vw iuv- 4.V
Iator ia this case, as it did in the
Rogers case, of his property without
due process of law.'*
In his dissenting opinion .Judge I
Haight holds that the constitutionality
of the law can he sustained by the fact '
that it is n police regulation iu the interest
of public health and morality.
MANY MUTINEERS KILLED. j
. J
Outbreak in the Odess:.' Naval Bar* 2
racks Results ia Many Deaths.
London, Eug.?The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Morning Post 1
say* that the recent mutiny among the '
seamen in tlie naval barracks at Odes- 1
sa was due to local causes and was not ]
connected with the general unrest in 1
Russia. Twenty-fir&jof the mutineers ']
were killed and many were woundetf
when the pickets fired on them.
To Resume Smoot Inquiry. i
It was decided to resume the Senator 1
Smoot inquiry od. December 12.
_ t
Awarded $40,000 For Life.
Tlr* widow of Dr. Francis L. Morhard,
of Richmond. S. I., was awarded
$40,000 damages against the Richmond
Lijjht and Power Company for his
death, due to imperfect iusulatiou of !
lighting wires in his home. j
? I
France's Deputy Appointed. !
Admiral Fournier has been appointed
by France to serve on the interna- '
.lAmmisiunn whiMi i? f/v itf in
the North Sea cas?: the members aiv
expected to begin sessions soon.
Persor-.l Mention.
Roosevelt Is Dutch, and means horsefield.
Copenhagen has lost its ir.cst prolific ,
hv Mi? ilpnrii <if T,ntii.^ \5oit. I
lin.
The oldest orator in Germany is Dep ?
utj' Schneider, in Eberswalde, uow 102 e
years of age. >
One of the most extreme vegetarians *
is tlie well-known Russian sculptor, <
Prince Troubetzkoi. I
The German Emperor once designedi \
a pack of playing cards, the faeea tea
leaeatinir various notabioa.
_ I
A Tax on Theatre Tlcke^KgGffiEQI
Victoria will probably be^HSSBmj
British community to levy^HS&SH
amusements for the suppojfl^SS^B
charitable institutions.
Premier, proposes a tax ofl I
every shilling spent in t^JKBSgHg
of theatre tickets. Th^B^SBHfl
theatrical managers are 1 B
this proposal, which the3^^Sg|H9E8
levy of eight per cent%^E9fiH^nHB
takings. Ther have hal B
ference with the PremitflBgHMsH^B
succeed in converting bitHRnBSBn
of thiaking.?London GLiB B
of
So many housekeeper^^^^^^^^H
mistake of having rogidflfiHKgSflBB
which they follow for
too much importance cBS|u8fiBKfl|
upon constant change. WMBHmH
Mutton Mondays.
and so on, coming regul^BjM^H^HB
ter week, certainly isn'tflHHHfiHfM
I appetite, especially if
It's bad enough for th^H^H989M9
to know every one of thBH^flHQBs
meais a wees" in aavaj^nsransoHHB
less it's absolutely necesi^^^PpHBv
sequences of meals shonlW^avolded.
Boarding bouses nearly always have
regular meats regular nights?a mistake
that is got into by the efforts for
a system. But system isn't in havimh^
the same things over and over again
in the same way. There's system in j
constant change, especially in coa- \
stant change in menu.
Another mistake, on the same lines,
is made usually by the very young
housekeeper?and that is in dishing up
the "left-overs" at the very next meal,
instead of giving the palate time to
forget.
Change, change, change. Doctor^
and taste agree in preaching that, fofr,
health and strength have their foundav
tions in appetite, and appetite depends
largely upon change.?Philadelphia \
Record. * '
The Baboon's Xlne'Livea.
When baboons once take to a mealitf
Aeld they will not leave it until they,
have eaten every cob. When they depart
every evening for their home
they have filled their stomachs, their
cheek pouche3 and their arms! Yob
cannot poison these pests, for fifteen
grains of pure strychnine in a banana
lias failed to Wll one. Only shooting
witli a rifle will do, and no hum^u i
army was ever cleverer in setting sen- \
tries. Even at night-time a large force
of hunters has often been defied In its
attempts to surround the rock stronghold
of Cynacephalus,porcarius. Even.
flogs sent against the baboon? fall before
creatures which have hands with
which to seize their enemies before
biting them. Let the stay-at-home
'farmer congratulate himself on possessing
merely rooks, pigeons, rats and
sparrows.?Country Gentleman.
A Prndent I.ad.
A Monroe Couuty boy was discos
ered by the owcef of an orchard in th?
act of stealing apples. The boy happened
to see the owner in time to
make a get-away. "Here, boy,'- calffcd
the owner to the boy, who wad-hitting
the gravel down tbe pike, "come back M
and you can have all the apples you B
can eat and all the apples you can I
carry away." Instead of going back, -I
however, the boy kept right on going,
Meeting another man in the road, who B
bad heard the owner of I
call, the man asked him
not go back. "Well," said^BM|H9gm
did think for a minute
back, and then I lookcdfl^SBHKHj
saw that the fellow had
hind his back, and it sor^^^BflHSlgS
through my mind that me^PV^jwRn
I blamed liar<J'?Kansas City Jouraai^^W
Henrique Lohr, of Montevideo, has
been granted a concession for the erec- I
tion on the first watch factorj^^fcu^Mfl
guay. wgmmgm
FITS permanently,cured. No fits or nervous- 1
neaflafter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great a
NerveRestorer,$2trialbottleand treatise fre?
Dr. B. H. KuME.Ltd., 931 Arch St>, PhlTn., Pa. 3]
Icebergs are the product of Green- g
liind glaciers aod are formed by the P
thousand in the far northern fiords. Jg
As the glaciers sweep into the sea they ' 8
"calve" or throw off mighty, blocks, E
auu luese are wuui we uiujw as ice
bergs. *
How'* TUi#?
Wa offer On-1 Hundred Dollars Reward fot
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hail's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chkkey A Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 yearfl, and believe hi en
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and flnuuciiilly able to earn- out any
obligations made by their firm.
VYest A Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
0,
waldiho, k:xn"i:r A Mxarix, wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, aot Lag
directly upon the blood and mucoussurlaces
of the system, restlmouials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Hold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family rills for constipation. (
The carcass of au el.*phant in the
Ghent Zoological Gardens, which had
been killed, was bought .by a' local pork
butcher, who transformed it into
Frankfurter sausages. He was abla
to manufacture no fewer than 3S(W
pounds tff sausages, whicb sold lika *
Uot cukes.
Plao's Cure for Consumption L? an infallibly
nedicine for cougUs aud colds.?S. W,
jamdel, Oc?an OrovB, N. J., Feb. 17, 190:).
It is suggested that boes be used as car*
iers of military dispatches.
BAD BREATH
' Forinnnthi T had crnattronbl^'rith a>7str>asjh
?n<l u.soit all kinds of tnediclni'8. 5Jv tontnio has
been actually :u uro?n an gras*. my breath having
a bad odor. Two weolca agf> a friend recommendol
Cu8carot? and after uhick thrm I can willingly au4
:h?orfully nay that they have entirely cureame. I
iherefore let you know that I shall reeommen'l
ihern to any one suffering from such troubles."
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