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PRESIDENT ASKS SENATE
TP REINSTATE TROOPS
Anticipates Action on Brownsville
Bill in Special Message.
ONE NEGRO LEADER CONFESSES
Two Petty Officers and All of Company
B Implicated?Senator Foraker
Characterizes the Investigators'
Work as "Atrocious."
Washington, D. C.?The ghost ol
the '"snooting up" 01 arownsvuie i
bobbed up again in the Senate, -with
President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker
as manipulators of the dark
mystery.
The President sent in a special message
embodying the reports of detectives
engaged in seeking out the members
of the dismissed battalion of the
regiment and endeavoring, by secret
methods, to obtain from them confessions,
admissions or important information
bearing upon the famous night
at the Tesas army post town.
The chief investigator or detective
' is Herbert J. 'Browne, a former Washington
newspaper man, assisted by
Captain W. F. Baldwin, of Roanoke,
Va., chief detective for the Norfolk
and Western Railroad, and several
negro detectives. They reported to
the Secretary of War, who handed
their findings to the President for review.
The detectives assert that they
have discovered the identity of eleven
active participants in the raid on the
town, and give their names. They
also give what purports to be a true
account of the alleged conspiracy,
which they say originated wUh Company
B of the negro regiment?the
Twenty-fifth Infantry. Two petty officers
are implicated as having guilty
knowledge of the proposed raid, one J
of them giving aid to the venture j
both before ana alter it wa3 carried
ont.
An interesting feature of the President's
message is the suggestion that
the innocent and the less criminally
Implicated of the negro soldiers be
reinstated, provided that they now,
In the face of what purports to be the
absolute facts, tell all they know of
J the matter. The investigation is to
be continued.
The chief source of the detectives'
Information is Boyd Conyers, of Monroe,
Ga., a former private in Company
B, first "tapped" by a negro detective,
and later questioned until he is said
to have told the essentials. Another
Informant is Elmer Brown, also of
Company B. Conyers is said to have
tried to commit suicide when he discovered
that he had been talking to
detectives, fearing the vengeance
of the men Informed on. While in
this state of unrest he appealed to
"Senator Foraker, from whom he received
several letters. Investigator
Browne presents one of these letters,
which he refers to as "extremely ob*
s atructive," asserting that Conyers
'seemed to regard it as a mandate to!
adhere to the false story told by him
before the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, and as absolving him
from any and all obligations to aid
in uncoverine the truth."
Browne writes that similar influences
were encountered at many
points, adding largely to the difficulties
of obtaining admissions of even
the most obvious facts relative to the
raid. , . |
Senator Foraker anticipated the
special message when he obtained the ,
floor early in the day and read extracts
from letters from1 former aoldiers
of the Twenty-flfth Regiment, j
telling of the procedure of Govern- |
ment detectives in attempts to get <
confessions from them. He intro- ]
duced an amendment to his original
bill for the re-enlistment of these (
soldiers, providing that a commission
of three retired army officers be created
to determine whether the dls- |
charged soldiers are innocent of com- .
plicity in the shooting up of Browns- ,
ville, as a prerequisite for their re- ,
enlistment, instead of leaving that
duty with the President, as provided
in the Warner bill.
Immediately following the read- |
ing of the message Senator Foraker
again took the floor, protesting ,
.. .< against the methods of the Government
detectives and speaking for hi3 ,
amendment.
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TO PROBE ATALL STREET.
Committee of Bankers, Lawyers and J
Xivunuiiiisis lu liivcsiigiut:.
Albany, N. Y.?Governor Hughes
announced the appointment of a committee
of nine, consisting of bankers,
business men and economists, to inquire
Into the facts surrounding the
business of Exchanges in New York,
and to suggest "what changes, if
any, are advisable in the laws of/the
State bearing upon speculation in securities
and commodities, or relating
to the protection of investors, or with
regard to the Instrumentalities and
organizations used in dealing in securities
and commodities which are the
subject of speculation."
The commission is to serve without
compensation, and it is understood
that all have signified their willingaess
to act. The commission has been
asked by the Governor to report as
early as practicable.
Four Babes Burn to Death.
Near Hawthorne, eight miles from.
Ottawa, Canada, four infant children
of William J. Scharff, a farmer, were
burned to death in their beds.
Divorcc For John L. Sullivan.
John L. Sullivan, once champion
' pugilist of the world, got a decree of
divorce after ho had told of his inability
to induce his wife to return to
him in the Superior Court, Chicago.
Mrs. Sullivan is living at Centreville,
R. I., a small town ugar Providence.
Bullfighter Fatally Gored.
Rodolfo Gaona, a famous Mexican
ftullfighter, was fatally injured In a
fight in Pueblo. He was caught by
ihe fifth bull, the horns of the animal
oenstrating the abdomen.
Predict Failure at Panama.
Since the accident at the Gatun
Dam, part of which is said recently to
iiave sunk, the French critics who disagree
with the American plan for the
construction of the Panama Canal
have been actively predicting its complete
failure.
Report Miss Mills Engeged.
It is officially announced in London
that a marriage has been arranged
between Bernard Arthur Forbes, Earl
nf Granard, and Miss Beatrice Mills,
daughter of Ogden Mills, of New
York.
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EXPLOSION KILLS 14
1 OH PANAMA CH
Caused by Premature Firing (
Giant Dynamite Blast
FIFTY WORKMEN WERE INJURE
Others Missing and May Be Burie
Under Tons of Debris at Bj
Obispo?-Three Americans Amor
Those Blown to Pieces.
Colon, Panama.?A giant blast <
dynamite-, already prepared for firini
was prematurely exploded in tl
workings on the Panama Canal i
Bas Obispo. Fourteen men wei
tilled and fifty injured.
It may be that others have bee
killed, for the debris is piled up in a
directions.
Ba3 Obispo is about thirty mile
!rom Colon, and the shocks of the e:
plosion was distinctly felt here.
Numerous reports are current as 1
'he cause of the accident, but the ofl
:ial version from Clebra states thj
luring the loading of the last hole (
:he blast the dynamite in this cuttin
was discharged, and the remainin
:wenty-two tons were exploded I
joncussion. The holes had not bee
connected electrically, as the dii
iharge of the blast was set for
j'clock in the afternoon. The lai
lole was being loaded under the si
jervision of one of the most efflciei
>owder men In the employ of the con
nission.
Thirteen bodies have been take
!rom the wreckage caused by the e:
plosion. It is believed that a score c
more are still under the masses <
rocks and earth that were rent an
lurled about over a space 800 fe<
ong by 400 wide. The death lii
vould have been appalling had a trai
jonveying 500 laborers passed a feninutes
later. This train steame
;hrough the cut and was barely oi
it view when the explosion occurre<
&.11 the tracks were first torn up an
:hen buried deep under sod and fra{
nents of rocks.
The whole hillside in the cut hs
>een wrecked, the dynamite scattei
jig the earth and tossing huge boult
srs in all directions.
A ninety - ton steam shovel wt
jrushed to bits under the weight <
tailing rocks. Every one of the ere
vas killed.
The clearing away the wreckag
:ontinued throughout the night, bi
i much longer time will be necessar
Co clear away the great heaps <
iarth and rocks in the search for ,t!
ouried dead. Hundreds of m?n wei
working heroically to find the bodle
Here and there pieces of human flea
and bone are turned over with pic
md shovel.
The blast consisted of fifty-on
aoles sixty feet deep and spread oi
)ver a large section of territory. Tfc
iast^ hole was being charged by Joh
J. Keiay, an experienced puwuenuai
when it exploded. The athers wei
jxploded by the concussion. Held
wai3 blown to pieces.
The other Americans dead Includ
John J. Korp, steam shovel enginee
and J. T. Hummer, steam shovi
:raneman. Two Spaniards were als
killed and eight West Indian negroe
The badly injured include B. I
Cole, powderman, and Arthur Ba;
sett, drill foreman, both American
The officials at the Ancon Hospita
where many of the Injured wer
taken, report .that they are doin
well, some of the men not beiD
seriously hurt.
A thorough investigation, with
riew to fixing the responsibility, In
been ordered, and already officals ai
takihg evidence and endeavoring 1
ascertain the cause of the prematui
discharge of the blast.
Washington, D. C.?The followic
iispatch was received from Chief Ei
gineer Goethals:
"The premature explosion of twei
ty-one tons of dynamite at Bas Oblsi
at 11.10 this morning resulted in ti
death of fourteen men and the lnjui
of fifty. Three or four of the injure
will probably die.
"Following Americans killed:
"James T. Hummer, cranema:
steam shovel, Dunnellen, N. J. j
"John J. Korp, steam shovel ei
gineer, Phillipsburg, N. J.
"John J. Reidy, powderman, Ii
dianapolis.
"Seriously wounded: Benjamin I
Cole, foreman, Rochester, N. Y.
"Slightly wounded: Arthur 1
Bassett, foreman, Philadelphia, Pa
W. G. Bell, foreman, New York Cit:
C. W. Hayden, steam shovel enginee
Sandusky, Ohio."
VENEZUELA'S NAVY A PRIZE
Guardship AJix is Captured Withoi
Firing a Shot.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao.The
Dutch cruiser, the Gelderlan
steamed proudly into this port wil
the Venezuelan coast guardship, tl
Alix, a prize, on the end of a to^
line. The Alix was captured withoi
as much as a shot being fired, and tl
capture meant the practical seizure <
the entire Venezualan navy. A
officer and six men from the cruisi
boarded the Alix from a launch, ai
the members of the crew were gat'
ered out of hiding places in tl
bunkers and hold. All the prisone
were run close to shore in the laun<
+nrnod 1 nnco tr? rcrario +n lar
auu Is 14* UVU iuuuv w >
through the surf. Then the towlii
was made fast to the guardshlp ai
the Gelderland headed for this poi
The seizure marks the first pra
tical act of hostility toward Venezue
by the Dutch Government.
BONAPARTE NOT ASKED.
And Really He Wouldn't Be in Taft
Cabinet if He Could.
Baltimore, Md.?Attorney-Gener
Bonaparte will retire from public li
next March. When asked if there w;
any prospect of his becoming a mer
ber of President Taft's Cabinet M
Bonaparte smilingly said:
"I have, not been asked, and ev<
if I were I would not accept the pos
tion. After March 4 I positively w;
retire from public life."
Women in the Day's News.
Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied 1
her children, returned to Princeton
time for school opening.
The value of the estate left by Mi
Astor is given as "as much as $ 15 C
000." There is a conjecture that it
even more.
Mrs. Cornwallis West, who recent
sharply criticised New York aociet
is about to visit that city.
Margaret Illington, wife of Dani
Frohman, retired permanently fro
the stage. A short time ago Miss ]
lington broke down In a performan
of "The Thief."
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1 PUSSES ILL RECORDS
They Produced] $7,778,000,000
in 1908.
? FABULOUS RETURNS IN 10 YEARS
is The Value oi corn Aione was q>i,ig
615,000,000, Enough to Pay the
Interest Bearing Debt and Build
the Canal.
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Washington, D. C. ? Billions of
is bushels of farm products, valued at
it extraordinary total of $7,778,000, e
000, were produced in the United
States in the fiscal year 1908, accordu
ing to the annual reportof the Secrelj
tary of Agriculture. The value of
farm products in 1907, Secretary Wilson
declares, was four times the
?. value of the products of the mines,
including mineral oils and precious
:0 metals.
i- "The farmer," he said, "contrlbit
utes eighty-seven per cent, of the raw
>1 material used in those manufacturing
g industries which depend mostly or
g considerably upon agricultural mate13!
rials, and those industries use fortyn
two per cent, of all materials used in
s? all industries."
5 John D. Rockefeller may be the
3t richest man in the world, and his in1
come may run up into the millions,
it but as a mathematician he can hardly
i- be placed in the same class with Secretary
Wilson, who deals with biln
lions and scarcely mentions millions
g> in discussing the farm productions in
ir this country.'
)f "The value of farm products in
d 1908," says Secretary Wilson, "is $1,?t
033,000,000 over that of 1906, $1,it
469,000,000 above that of 1905, $1,n
619,000,000 above that of 1904, $1,w
861,000,000 above that of 1903 and
d $3,061,000,000 above the census
it amount of 1900."
i. Then Secretary Wilson makes this
d statement:
;? "During the last ten years the
wealth production of the farms of
is this country has exceeded the fabur
lous amount of $60,000,000,000. A
1- simple series of tadex numbers shows
the progressive movement of wealth
is production by the farmer in another
>f form. The value of farm products in
w 1899; the census year, being taken at
ten the value for 1903 stands at 125,
^ for 1904 at 131, for 1905 at 134. for
it 1906 at 143, for 1907 at 159 and for
y 1908 at 165."
)f "The value of the corn crop almost
le surpasses belief," to quote Secretary
a Wtleon. Corn to the enormous quan
s. tity of 2,643,000,000 bushels, valued
;h at $1,616,000,000, was produced in
k .the United States in 1908. Secretary
Wilson observes that this wealth has
e grown out of the soil in four months
it of rain and sunshine and some
te drought too, and that it Is enough to
n cancel the interest bearing debt of the
a, country and to pay. for the Panama
e Canal and fifty battleships,
[y While the figures are not all at
hand, Secretary Wilson says that the
le indications are that the value of the
r, cotton crop for the first time will
si probably exceed the value of the hay
io crop. Sixty-eight million tons of hay,
s. valued at $621,000,000, were raised
I. during the year. The wheat, amounts'
Ing to 660,000,000 bushels, was vals.
ued at $321,000,000. Seven hundred
1, and eighty-nine million bushels of
e oats, yalued at $321,000,000, were
g raised,1 The quantity and value of
ig other crops are given as follows:
Barley, 167,000,000 bushels, worth
a $88,000,000; rye, 30,000,000 bushis
els, worth $22,000,000; rice, 23,000, e
000 bushels, worth $18,000,000; poto
tatoes, 275,000,000 bushels, worth
a $19,000,000. The total quantity of
cereals produced was 4,329,000,000
ig bushels, valued at $2,694,000,000.
a- "To the farmer, who has averaged
hardly twenty cents a pound for the
a. butter he has sold, between three ^nd
>o <**>ur cents a quart for his milk and
ie about one and one-half cents for each
-y egg, and even to the consumer, who
id has paid prices much above these,1,
says Mr. Wilson, "it is a striking fact
that the value of the farm products
q, of the dairy cow are getting closei
and clbser to $800,000,000 and that
a- the eggs and poultry produced on the
farm are worth as much as the cotton
a- crop, seed included, or the hay crop
or the wheat crop.','
I. Secretary Wilson asserts that in the
aggregate the value of farm animals
I. sold and slaughtered and of animal
products at the farm amounts to
r, about three-eighths of the value of all
r, farm products, estimated upon the
census basis. This value is getting
closer and closer to the three billion
dollar mark, he adds.
The balance of trade in agricultural
it products is very largely in .favor of
the United States, according to Secre?
tary Wilson, who says:
- 1 " rn\. ^p A pry t* if<
Qf lilt? CAyUi LJj Ul uuuicoub lat.uo au
;h 1908 being worth $1,177,000,000, the
10 exports of foreign products being ovei
v- $10,000,000 and the imports of farm
lit products being $540,000,000, a balie
ance of international trade in favoi
3f of the farm products of this country
tn results in the enormous value of
2r $488,000,000."
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b- Church Costing $75,000 Burned,
ie A fire which started in the cellar
rs of St. James' M. E. Church, New
:h Brunswick, N. J., destroyed that
id structure. The church cost $75,u00.
ie and was insured for but $15,000. It
id was the most beautiful church in the
't. city, having fine stained glass winc
dows and being of Gothic brick dela
sign, with a steeple 160 feet high,
upon which stood a golden cross.
ROOSEVELT DECLINES.
;'9 Would Not Accept the Presidency of
the University of Minnesota.
al "Washington, D. C. ? President
te Roosevelt shook his head emphatias
cally, saying that he could not think
n* of accepting an invitation to become
r- president of the University of Minnesota
after his term of office expired.
in The invitation was conveyed to him
>i- by Governor Johnson, of Minnesota-,
ill who called at the "White House for
the purpose.
Among the Workers.
>y Cloth' hat and cap makers at St.
in Louis recently organized.
The Iron Molders* Union of North
s. America has determined to celebrate
its fiftieth anniversary In 1909.
is The Trades Unionist, of Washington,
D. C., devoted to union interly
ests,' has been taken out of the rey.
ceiver's hands.
The Executive Committee of the
el Central Federated Union recommendm
ed that unions disregard the nrintprs'
tl- union label, because non-union fireco
men and engineers were employed in
some nrintinc shoos.
POM VOTE II
HHHH SOMPILEO
Principal Nominees Gain Over Totals
Received by Predecessors.
MR. TAFFS FIGURE IS 7,637,676
Reports From All States Give to
Bryan 6,393,182 ? Full Count
For Debs 447,051?Republican
Total Exceeds Roosevelt's.
Washington, D. C.?The total popular
vote of the various Presidential
candidates at the last national election
was made known in ah official
form by the filing of the last of the
official vote, that of Michigan. The
totals are:
Taft (Republican) 7.637,676
Bryan.. (Democrat) 6,393,182
Deba (Socialist) 447,651
Chafin (Prohibitionist) 241,252
I ? ? -i\ DO ion
ttisgen (independence; , w,u?
Wataon (Populist j '33,871
Gilhaus (Socialist Labor) 15,421
Total for all candidates 14,852,239
This grand total exceeds by 1,341,631
the total number of votes cast in
the Presidential election of 1904,
when the grand total was 13,510,708.
Compared with that election, the
candidates of the Republican, Democratic
and Socialist parties increased
their votes this year. The reverse is
true of the candidates of the Prohibition,
Populist and Socialist Labor
parties, i The Independence party did
not figure in the Presidential election
of four years ago.
The greatest difference in a party
vote is shown in an increase for
Bryan of l,315,2rt over the total
vote cast in 1904 for Alton B. Parker.
Judge Taft received 14,190 votes
more than were polled for President
Roosevelt in 1904, and Debs ran 45,368
ahead of his predecessor on the
Socialist ticket.
The heaviest loss is shown by the
Populists, who, with the same candidate,
registered 83,312 votes less this
year than in 1904, when their total
was 117,183. The Prohibitionist candidate,
Chafin, ran 17,284 votes behind
the 1904 mark of his party, and
Gilhaus, the Socialist Labor candidate,
received only about fifty per
cent, of the vote given to Corrigan,
which waB 31,249 in the previous
Presidential race.
New York (870,070), Pennsylvania
(745,779) and Illinois (629,932)
gave Taft the greatest number of
votes among the States, while as to
Bryan the order was New York (667,468),
Ohio (502,721) and Illinois
(450,810). ,
The votes cast for Taft and Bryan
were almost Identical in number In
Maryland and Nevada. In the first
Taft received 111,253 and Bryan
111,117, and in the other 10,214 and
10,655, respectively.
Debs received his largest vote in
Pennsylvania, 39,913; Illinois, 39,711,
and New York, 38,451. Vermont
was the only State in which not
a single vote was cast for the Socialist
candidate. Delaware gave him
only seventy-five votes.
Hisgen's vote in New York (35,817)
and in his own State of Massachusetts
(19,237) together formed
nearly two-thirds of all the votes he
received in the whole country. In six
States not a vote was cast for him.
Nine States registered not a single
vote for the Prohibitionist candidate.
The Socialist Labor candidate received
votes, in only thirteen States,
and in only nineteen States were
votes cast for Watson, of the Populist
party.
The vote by States was:
Taft, Bryan, Debs,
State. Rep. Dem. Soc.
Alabama 25,308 74,374
Arkansas 56,947 87,043 5,000
California 182,064 107,770 18,736
Colorado " 123,700 126,644 7,974
Connecticut .... 112,815 68,255 5,113
Delaware 25,200 22,134 75
Florida 10,654 . 31,104 3,747
Georgia 41,692 72,350 584
1 rJ-u- 91091 34.609 6.305
Illinois 629.932 450,810 39,711
Indiana 348,993 338,262 13,476
Iowa 275,21Q 200,771 8,287
Kansas 197,166 161 209 12,420
Kentucky 233 711 244,092 4.06C
Louisiana 9,958 63,568 2,538
Maine 66,987 3?>,464 1,758
Marj-land 111,253 111,117 ?^0C
Massachusetts . 265,966
Michigan 333,313 174,313 11,527
Minnesota, 195,786 109.433 14,469
Mississippi ?!.... 4,463 64,250 1^38
SSom . ... 346 915 345,884 15,398
Montana 32,333 ,29,326 5W
Nebraska 126,608 130,/81 3,524
Nevada 10,214 10,655 2,02f
New Hampshire. 53,144 ,3^,655 1>29?
New Jersey.... 265,298 182,o22 10,24?
New York 870,070 667.468 38,451
North Carolina. 114,887 136,928 34?
North Dakota.. 57,771 32,909 2,40c
Ohio 572,312 . 502,721 33,79i
Oklahoma 110,550 123,907 21,755
Oregon 62,350 38,049 7,43(
Pennsylvania .. 745,779 448,785 39,91c
Rhode Island... 43,942 24,706 1,36*
South Carolina. 3,847 62,289 101
South Dakota... 67.460 40,206 2,84<
Tennessee 118.287 135,630 1,8/8
Texas 69,229 227,264 8,52^
Utah 61,023 42,601 , 4,89?
Vermont 39,552 ' 11.496 80i
52.573 82.946 25?
Washington ... 108,062 58,383 14,77"
West Virginia.. 137.869 111,418 3,67(
Wisconsin 248,673 166,707 28,14*
Wyoming 17,708 12,772 1,39<
Totals 7,637,676 0,393,182 447,651
Third Marriage at 68.
At Norristown, Pa., Joseph Monro?
and Josephine Hoff, both' of Philadelphia,
attracted attention at the
Court House when they applied foi
a marriage license. The brldegrooir
gave his age as sixty years and the
bride as sixty-eight. The bride admitted
that it was htr third matrimonial
venture.
Jewels in Goose's Gizard.
"This is the goose that laid the
golden egg," said Mrs. Durward Cornelius,
of No. 852 Highland avenue
Beloit, Wis, to her little daughtei
Thor-ooa as ahp was nrenarine a eoost
for dinner. "Mamma, let me tak(
the gizzard to look for the gold,'
pleaded the little girl. She dissectec
the portion which her mother gave
her, and to everyone's astonishmenl
found two diamonds worth about $12
I each and a piece of gold, evidentlj
from a setting.
The Field of Labor.
There are about 330,000 laun^
dresses in this country, according tc
the last census.
There are fifty-seven active laboi
unions in Santa Clara County, C;<1
fornia, of which forty-one are In the
city of San Jose. *
In 1828 the Workinmen's party, s
local political organization, appeared
in New York, Boston, PhiladelphiE
and other large cities.
The Chinese Government has eS'
tablished a school at Shanghai to in
Btruct the sons of fishermen in mod'
ern methods of fish culture.
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Latest Nevs
BY WIRE*
General Worthiiigton Stricke.
Washington, D. C.?Genera]Henry
G. Worthington, a former meibec of
Congress from Nevada, the Qly living
pallbearer at the funeral C Abra- i
ham Lincoln, was stricken wih apoplexy
and fell heavily on the oor of
the House. He was taken to hla c
home in this city in a criticalcondi- s
tion. t
Poison in Priest's Cup.
Younestown. Ohio.?It is dw be- _
lieved .that an effort was madcto kill ?
the I^ev. Louis Lops, of St. Rcchus' 1
Catholic Church, by placing jtrych- E
nine in his communion cup. During
the afternoon the priest hoveed between
life and death.
Bill He Spoke For Passed. c
Washington, D. C.?Represatative *
Bates, of Pennsylvania, askd the f
House to pass a bill transferrin 6000 a
books from the Treasury Depatment s
to the Life Saving Corps. Ip had a
started an impassioned speech br the 0
poor life savers when ha wasinter- b
rupted by the Speaker. "The clerk
informs me .that the bill to wh)h the 3
gentleman from Pennsylvania is ad- c
dressing himself was passed V the ?
House on April 30," said Unc} Joe.
The House roared and Mr. Bateigrew
very red.
James J. Storrow For Harvard.
Boston.?James J. Storrow has P
been elected head of Harvard Uni- h
versity, to succeed Dr. Eliot. Mr. a
Storrow is chairman of the Bston t
School Board and a close petonal v
friend of Dr. Eliot.
New Cotton Mill For Lawrence. o
'Boston.?At a special meetig of 1
the Everett Cotton Mills, of Law- o
rence, Mass., held here, the tock- t
holders voted to double the cpital
stock of $700,000 for the contruevtion
of a new mill.
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State Grange For Prohibition. c
Columbus, Ohio.?Resolution call- y
lng for State prohibition were dopt- t
ed amid a storm of applause .t the g
meeting of the Ohio State Grage.
Professor Wolcott Gibbs Dead. a
Newport, R. I.?Professor "Volcott 1
Gibbs, the senior member of tb Har- S
vard University faculty, died it hi3 a
home here after a lingfering illess. c
M !
J Proposed to Tills Millionaire.
Minneapolis, Minn.?Levi Harriet
Stewart, a millionaire bachelo; celebrating
his eighty-first blrthdy, became
reminiscent. "Many pjople,"
he said, "think It an achieverent to
have lived eighty-one years. Ho not
consider it so. Many people tink it
strange that I have lived all thi time
and never married. I do notthlnk
that is strange, either. I ha^ had
more than a hundred propoals of
marriage, but I have never feltealled
upon to accept any of them."
Military Funeral For Kear-Adriral.
Washington, D. C.?With fu.' military
ceremonies the body ofRearAdmlral
Joseph B. Coghlan w3 burled
In the Arlington National Cemetery.
Norfolk and Southern Foreclosd.
Norfolk, Va.?Default havig oc- ]
curred in the Interest on bonds if the ]
Norfolk and Southern Railwa, the .
Trust Company of America, tastee>
which brought the original reciver- '
Iship suit, filed a bill of foreclsure, *
and Judge Waddill reappointedrhos. <
Fitzgerald, H. M. Kerr and I. K. i
Wolcott as receivers for the projrty. ,
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World's Fair to Open Canal.
Panama.?Steps are being tal?n to
celebate the opening of the Paama 1
! Canal in 1915. It is proposed tchold 1
i a world's fair here. Many prorrnent ]
t men on the Isthmus have indrsed
l the idea.
I
i Postoffice Opens Wireless.
London.?The first postoffice wire^
I less statiou in England was oened
I by Postmaster-General Buxton. It ia
t situated at Bolthead, on the Dvoni
shire coast, and i3 intended, pimarily,
for communication with shos at
| sea. Mr. Buxton, in a speech i the
j opening, intimated that series ofiimilar
offices would be scattered thrugh;
out the United Kingdom.
; England Revokes Patent.
! I London.?The first revocationof a
J foreign patent in Great Britain mder
! the recent law occurred when one |
t held by a Belgian for makingtile9 I
5 was cancelled on the groundthat
} there was no valid reason foi the
\ manufacture of the tile not feing
> prosecuted in Great Britain inlead
: of Belgium.
! Won't Have Women Voting.
| London.?The House of Lord: dej
cided that women graduates of the
. Scottish universities are not enttled
L to vote for the university Membr of
Parliament. This decision foiows
representations made to the iord
, Chancellor in November by diss
! Chrystal MacMillan and Miss Fraicea
, Simpson, graduates of St. Andr.ws'
i and Edinburgh universities resjectt
ively. The two ladies are masteB of
. arts, and they argued that wouen
[ who had gone through a univesity
course and taken the qualifyingde
gree are entitled to vote.
Italian General Ousted.
Rome, Italy. ? Lieutenant-Gen ral
Mangiagalli, Inspector-General.ofArf
tillery, has been relieved of his emmand
for making public confidenial
letters from the Under Secretarj. of
War, General Spato, who has resigned
J as a consequence.
[ Earth Shock at Mont Albano.
; Messina, Sicily. ? Several earth
[ shocks at Mont Albano createc" a
I panic among the people. The clinch
r i and a number of public buildiigs
ftere badly damaged.
Soldiers Settle Strike.
Valparaiso, Cfiile.?The strike tiat
' broke out at the Collahuaso oal
mines a week ago came to an end ind
work has been resumed. The mcvement
was put down by troops, Tho
overawed the rioters and arrested
5 their leaders.
l Banknote Fraud in Russia.
1 St. Petersburg, Russia.?Immoaa
i . nf Vioiilrnnf-oa nnrl Mlin?T19
quauuuco w*. u?w^w ? ?
belonging to the State, which \?re I
- taken from circulation and ordered I
- to be destroyed have again been )ut
. in circulation. One ot the ofBcala
I has made a confession.
Give the Farm Due Credit. tha
The farmer seldom keeps a square str<
iccount. House rent and luxuries he Its
eldom Itemizes on the credit side of *00
he ledger. The enjoyment of rural 1)08
Ife in health and happiness/to three- an<^
icore years and ten he does not pro
eckon in the sum total of benefits, P^e
tut he charges all the aches and M
tains.?-Weekly Witness. 'ee<
feel
Constant Supply of Salt. In 1
sati
The precise benefit of salt for dairy
attle is hardly known, but experence
shows that it is worth while to
eed It quite freely in such, quantities t (
s the cows will take. Cows having ^
alt kept before them all the time will Thc
iot eat too much, but they may be h|
.^U 1# iU?.f Cull
'TCI1CU WHU oau X jl tucj uavc uub
een given any for a long time. The floc
alt stimulates the appetite and in- ngr
reases the flow of body fluids.?
imerican Cultivator, ^
* witl
Handy Treatment For Wonnds.
For a barbed wire cut or other sim- ajr
lar open wound one of the best apilications
Is the medical preparation an<]
mown as antophlogistine. It reduces wea
nd prevents inflammation and may was
e used, freely on the wounds. Some ope
eterinarians use peroxide of hydro- d00
;en applied once or twice a day. An- hav
ither good wash is a five pel* cent, soution
of carbolic acid which may be Co<i
ibtained at the drug store.?Ameri- wis<
an Cultivator. ' icai
Keeping Sweet Potatoes. <
You have published one man's way ^
if keeping sweet potatoes. I will tell u8e
ou min?. We dig in October and *or
he same day we take them out of the
ground we put them on the garret *n?
loor, where a large canvas has been tlie
pread. The garret is over the din- ma:
ng room, where at this time of the cos
ear (October) there Is a fire night aau
md morning and the drying process 7163
ommences immediately. Later there fl^a
3 a fire all the time. We pile them <*ra
o the depth of(three feet, and ff the ^
weather is very severe In winter we 8?'?
:over them with one or two thick- Frc
lesses of old carpet, and we have usu
ilenty of potatoes all winter, and
lome to sell when prices are good, *
tnd we have plenty of seed for our- *ve
(elves and neighbors In the spring.
iVe have at this writing at least thirty no1
mshels on the floor. We have been
lollowing this plan for fifteen years, Dro
ind In spring can carry all the de- *ur
:ayed potatoes out In a half-bushel 'or
lasket. 000
It Is riot nearly so hard for us to Qui
teep sweet potatoes as our apples.? tlia
3avid Truell, In the Indiana Farmer.
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City Conveniences For the Farmer.
Farmers are coming more and on<
nore to require for their country
lomes the conveniences to be found
n the cities, and the Department of *
Agriculture has prepared a publica:ion
to show them how they can me
;quip their homes with many of the *or
:onvenience.s now largely confined to
:ity homes. Among the subjects eal
treated are the water supply, plumbing,
bath rooms and closets, sewage
lisposal arid heating. The farmer is be
3hown how, at a comparatively small 1111
expense, he can supply his home with
water by means of an elevated? tank IaI
filled by a hydraulic ram, a windmill bl
or a small engine. The best methods *01
of disposing of the sewage are ex- tei
plained and illustrated. Suggestions am
are made regarding the laying out of
home grounds, the location of buildings
and the remodeling of homes already
built. The publication is known
as Farmers' Bulletin No. 270, "Mod- s"(
em Conveniences For the Farm '^e
Home," and is for free distribution
by the department and by Senators I att
. - llni
*nd Representatives in congress.
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Paralysis in Horses.
This disease, which comes on suddenly,
is due to an acid in the blood. q6
It sometimes affects the front parts pr,
as well as the hind parts, and the ani- 0f
mal may come out of the barn feeling ?0
fine, ambitious, willing to go, and of- se(
ten goes faster than usual, but before. Df
it has gone very far it begins to lose m(
its speed, hangs back, sweats profuse- on
ly, breathes # hard and begins to pr
knuckle over behind, gets lame in one ini
or both hind limbs, and in a short
time is unable to go any further, and
often falls helpless on the road in a tu
paralyzed condition. sb
The proper thing to do is to place an
him on a stone boat and haul him into re
the nearest barn, place him in a large, p0
well bedded box stall or a barn floor, ex
where he can be turned over often pr
until he is able to get up. Medicines
should be given of a laxative nature co
and that will allay pain and countcr- ci,
act the acid condition of the blood, th
An injection of warm water should Us
be given to unload the rectum of its U1
faeces, so that the animal can if pos- m
sible urinate. If unable to do so the pg
urine should be drawn. A stiraulat- da
Ant rvr o miicfarH nlnatpr if
4I1& HUlUitUl, w* V. ? ^ x 1W
should be placed over the hips and fe
the body should be kept comfortably th
warm. The animal should be given m
plenty of drinking water with the
chill taken from it, a very little, if m
any, feed should be given before he n(
gets up dnd he should be fed on bran Sc
mashes and a very little hay after he he
is up until a full recovery has been te
hmnerht about.?Dr. David Roberts, ol
Wisconsin State Veterinarian. Ir
tii
Koosting Coops. sa
Some of our grandfathers (and ?
grandmothers, too) furnished no accommodations
for the chickeus after
they were too big to crowd in the
brood coop, but let them roost in the M]
wagon sheds or in the branches of
nearby trees. This method produced h;
strong, vigorous chicks, because it
made it impossible for them to overheat
by crowding into a stuffy coop at w
.night and assured them plenty of h
fresh air to breathe at all times.
Under such conditions the chick n
i
'
Z:r S
i . <T
-
t came into the world with % ^
)ng constitution, inherited from
parents, could eat any kind of *
d, digest it, and turn the greatest
sible per cent of it into bone, flesh
[ sinew. In an attempt to better.
vide for the young stock some peonowadays
build what are known
roosting coops, usually about six
k long, lour ieet wiae ?ua tuur. '
: high in. front, .with a shed roof.
iome cases these have proved very, . |
sfactory, while in others they have
ved decidedly- undesirable. , The
8 which are well ventilated, that v
constructed so that it is possible
apen them very thoroughly when
weather is warm, are successful.
>30 that confine the air with the
:ks bring on all sorts of diseases,
often cause all the trouble in the
k, while the owner tries all manor
feeding in an effort to cut down
mortality and remove the cause.
.'he ideal roosting coop is nuilfc t .
ti the front entirely of slats or
e, and with some way of letting in
at the hack on extremely warm
Ms. A coop open at the front >
. back would not do in very cold
ither, or 'indeed when the weather
i moderately cool. Therefore, the
n space at the* rear must have a ?$?
r to cover It, and the front should
a n hnrlftn. enrtaln. to let down
m the wind blows cold into the '
p or when the rain would otherebeat
in.?GL IL Nason, In Ameri
Cultivator. "
' Silage and Live Stock. v'./i5
lilage For Gows?Silage Is more
d In rations for dairy cows than
any other class of animals. In
: it has been prominent in bring*
about the present development <oI ,
dairy industry; and enabling the ^
clmum production at the minimum , \j,
t. Silage is well liked by cows,
I they thrive on ft, make.liberal
Ida and maintain good health. Sine*
is relatively rieh ffr earbohy .j:
tes and low in protein, clover hay;
rpea bay and alfalfa hay are all '-.wj
id as a supplementary roughage,
>m thirty to fifty pounds is th? ' 4
,al daily allowance of silage Tor a :'
r. I
Ti? I rm no.
)II8gO JP ur |/i vgt tfcw v.j?
feeder of beef cattle wilf and that I
ige is j ust as important to the eco* I
nical production of fleah and fat aa I
dairyman does in the economical I
duction of milk. Corn silage will I
nish a cheap succulent winter'feed
cattle that will keep the system
il and the appetite vigorous. The
ility of silage fed beet is better in
that on dry roughage, in the .t'
ly. stages of feeding a 10 00-ponnd
er can be fed forty to fifty pounds ?
silage and then reduced to about
i-half that amount when on a full
iln ration and toward the end of
i feeding period. '
Silage For Sheep?Silage is looked
sn with great favor among sheep
- - - A # L
n. Succulent,xooa is imperative
successful sheep raising^ and th^a *
particularly true In raising fine :
ly lambs. Silage on most farma
1 furnish this succulencycheapen
m root crops. Silage is Inclined to I
fattening, and should be fed la
lited quantities to breeding ewes.
age fed ewes give strong, vigorous
nbs, and drop them .withowt trouEwes
should be fed front two to
lr pounds per day per head. Fatling
sheep may be fed double these *
iounts.?Bulletin of the Maryland
perlment Station.
Science Aids Dairying. .) : .!>
How science aids dairying was
awn by Director J. L. Hills, of the
rmont station, in a meeting of the
nnsylvania Dairy Union. He called )
;ention to the importance of keep- *
? an open mind in regard to new
[ngs. The matters which are po6hohed
in one generation are> the
its of the nejt.
Late developments show that the
rman standard, which requires ap?rimotoiv
*nm and one-half oounds
protein per cow per day is subject ji
considerable modification. He had
?n good results from cows capable ym
producing 250 pounds of butter or
jre a year on a ration containing"
e and one-half pounds of digestible ?
otein. Protein occupies too promant
a place In the German standard.
He has found that very heavy feedg
does not give good financial rerns.
A cow with all the clover hay,
e will eat, a good ration of silage
d six pounds of grain gives better
turns than one with eight to twelve
iunds of grain. The grain fed in
cess of eight pounds does not return ^
oportionate results.
Concerning the milking machine he
nsiders It a labor saver, easily
aaned, a close milker, better than
e average milker. It has been In
;e for over three years, but the manacturers
refuse to put it on the
arket, believing that it is not yet
irfect. He believes that for the
liryman having thirty cows or more
will be a good investment. He
ars, however, that it will discourage
e testing of individual cows, as it
ilks two cows into the same can.
His experiments had shown that
anipulation of the cow's udder does
)t pay-except after a poor milker.
>me other ways in which science ha3
*1 J o rfl Kv t\o o_
;ip^U LiiC uaii j inau ai w \jj i.uv |/no"
urization of milk, the improvement
! salt and the study of ventilation.
t regard to this do not use metal in
ie ventilators, as it causes a conden- ^ I
tion of air and consequent moisture, I
-Weekly Witness. I
He Couldn't Pnt It Out Farther. ^J
Doctor (to Gilbert, aged four)?4
Put your tongue out, dear."
Little Gilbert protruded the tip o|
is tongue.
Doctor?"No, no; put it right out."
The little fellow shook his head^fl^M
eakly, and the tears gathered
"I can't, doctor; it's fastened
ie."?Home Chat.