THE U. S. SENATE.
ETALLIC LEAGUE IDBA3 BY
MR. FISK.
iclaratlon That Than l« No Neceeelty
r InnlB{ Bond*—Tha Remonetlma
n of Silver 13 1-S to 1, and tha Di
et hue of Money by the Government
the People Two of the Remedlee Su*
■ted to Ralae Up Industrial Deprea
Discussing
smsGTOX‘Aiij.18.—The necessity
edinte and thorough organiza
push bimetallism to the front
scussed at a special conference
American bimetallic league,
convened hero yesterday,
or forty members of the league
various states wero present,
al A. J. Warner, president of
ague, acted as chairman, and
g those present were Senator
art of Nevada, Congressmen
le and Bell of Colorado, Judge
on of Connecticut and C. S.
pson of Colorado.
’esident A. C. Fisk of the Pan
dean Bimetallic League, on bo
ot that organization, has sent a
ble statement to the special com
ee of the United States senate in
igating the industrial depression
the remedy. He says:
e or two more panics will find
country in the condition of Rome
other extinct republics when they
t down. There was no necessity
ssuing a government bond and
fy one issued, whatever the pur
might have been, results in the
ing of the people to the full ex
of the issue.
would seem that congress has al
v legislated in the interests of
creditor class far beyond the
ils of safety, and should take
ing lest the people, who are fast
tiling aroused as to the real cause
lie difficult}', may take matters
their own hands and elect both a
ress and a chief executive who
be their servants—not their mas
With that day will come real
sperity through the introduction
our statutes of justice to all
scs, which may be partially and
tly summarized as follows:
he remonetization of silver to 15V£
All money issues by the govern
jnt direct. Ail demonetized money
>e called in and full legal tender
ey issued in lieu thereof. One
ey for the bondholder, creditor,
itor, office-holder, importer and
ker. The establishing of postal
ngs banks. •
e adoption of the initiative and
referendum. That would prove
to that political evil—the lobby
ry would bo an unsafe invest,
when the people themselves in
of a corrupt legislative body
the decisive ballot,
e power to coin money and
late the value thereof to be taken
congress by a constitutional
endment. History has demon
gated that it is unsafe to entrust a
igislative body with the power to
luperizc and enslave the people,
i like manner the power to
jact tariff legislation will be
iken from congress, a com
issioner appointed free from all
fluences to draft internal revenue
ws, which,when finally adopted (by
e voice of the people) they cannot
modified, changed or repealed in
fiven period of time, and then only
a direct vote of the people, thus
owing the business interests of the
intry to adjust themselves to its
>visions. This will prevent syndi
cs from combining to elect presi
lts of the United States and a con
sss_ with the understanding that
tain tariff legislation will bo
teted.
FOB FREE LEAD ORE.
© Ways and Means Committee Decides
to Present a Fifth Tariff III1L
Washington, Aug. 18.—The ways
d means committee voted to-day to
esent a fifth tariff bill making silver
id ore free of duty. The Wilson
11 made these ores free, but the sen
s put a duty of three-fourths of a
nt a pound on them.
At the meeting to-day the Derao
sts voted for the free silver lead
11 and the Republicans against it.
10 motion to report was carried,
d Mr. Tarsney of Missouri will
ike report Monday.
During the meeting Mr. Payne,
spublican, of New York facetiously
ked the chairman if it would bj in
der to move that the president be
quested to return the original tariff
11 to congress for repairs. The
lairman ruled the motion out of
Ider. _
Home Rule In a Judgeship.
Washington, Aug. 18.—The senate
idiciary committee has made an ad
Srse report on the nomination of
Imes D. Porter to be United .States
idge of the eastern and middle dis
icts of Tennessee. It is understood
(at the opposition is based on the
round that Mr. Porter, while a resi
st of the state lives outside the dis
ict over which he was appointed to
reside.
tnina seevinf a Loan.
London, Aug. 18.—The financiers of
II the capitals of Europe are discuss
>g the proposed Chinese loan. At
te office of Jardine, Matheson Jfc Co.,
ondon and China merchants, and of
le Hong Kong and Shanghai bank
>mpany it is declared that the loan
hich the great banking institutions
t Berlin are said to be floating for
hina amounts to $14,000,000.
Heavy Internal Henna. Receipts.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 18.—Yester
ty was a record breakea at Collector
shnson's office, on whisky taken out
t bond. Over $500,000 in taxes were
lid on Kentucky’s product. These
re believed to be the largest re
iipts in one day at any office on :
cord. _
Nominated for Congress.
Versailles, Mo., Aug. 18.—The
ipuiist convention of this, the
ghth congressional district, met
re yesterday and nominated VV. C.
Iredge of Moniteau county for con
rss by acclamation.
PULLMAN STRIXB HEARING
ItMmm Takas by tka National Board
of Arbltratloa at t'hlcagu.
Chicago, Ang. 13.—This morning'
Roy M. Goodwin, a director of the
American Railway union, after a long
examination regarding the strike, de
clared that such troubles could bo
avoided by nationalizing raiiroadsand
all other extensive corporate ons and
Industries. Ho declared that he was
a “Bellamyte” and believed that the
United States should be conducted
after the manner laid down by the
author of “Looking Backward.”
E. VV. Be mis. associate professor of
political economy in the Chicago uni
versity, advocated as a strike preven
tative a national and permanent
board of arbitration. He cited the
Massachusetts board of conciliation as
an evidence of the good effects of such
an organization would have, but said
that a national arbitration board
Bhould have a wider scope and be en
dowed with greater powers. He had
studied the great railroad strike and
its causes.
r. k. Dims, a iiaiumore ana umo
engineer of Garrett, Ind., testified
that he was discharged in July and
told that he was not to be employed
again. Since then he had sent a
letter to W. G. Brimson, president of
the Illinois Steel company, asking for
employment, and had received an
answer that because of Mills' promi
nence in the American railway union
ho could not bo employed.
James B. Connors, a switchman,
who had worked on the Grand Trunk
road, testified that he had made appli
cation for work to the Union Stock
Yards and Transit company and had
been refused. The official to whom
he applied told him that no man who
had ever se. ved on labor committees
woul be given work.
Charles Naylor of the American
Railway Union, was dismissed June
38 from the Pennsylvania lines and
knew that he was blacklisted because
a general superintendent had told a
friend of the witness that he could
not got work. Workingmen would
have no confidence in a permanent
board of arbitration, whether elected
or appointed. lie thought a new
board should be appointed for each
case. “These officials get too far
away from the people.” said he.
Vice President Howard of the Amer
can Railway union reappeared to call
the commission’s attention to two
matters—that the United States gov
ernment was now blacklisting or boy
cotting 3,000 ex-employes of the Union
Pacific railroad because of their con
nection with the American Railway
union, and that the railroads of the
country were threatening to boycott
the Missouri,Kansas & Texas road un
less it withdrew its present low rate to
Washington. “We think,” he said,
“that if the government can keep its
hand off the railways and let them
settle their differences by boycott or
any other way they please, it should
keep its hands off the employes as
well.” A burst of applause from the
audience greeted this statement.
The audience to-day was larger
than at any previous session. It is
brobable that the question of the ex
tent of the jurisdiction of the com
mission will come up before the end
of the investigation.
WAGES AT PULLMAN.
Employes Testify That They Have Been
Gradually Cut to the Starvation Point.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—Before the arbi
tration commission yesterday. Chair
man Heathcote of the Pullman strike
committe showed a table of the. Pull
man company's wages and claimed
that wages had been cut 60 per cent
in the last two years. Mr. Heathcote
also exhibited what he claimed was a
blacklist issued by the Pullman offi
cials requesting other institutions to
refuse to employ the men whose
names appeared thereon.
Miss Jennie Curtis, president of the
Girls’ union at Pullman testified in the
afternoon. Her father had been in the
employ of the Pullman company for
fifteen years until shortly before his
death last year. He was delinquent
in his rent to the amount of 860. The
company compelled her to assume the
debt and sign a contract to pay it out
of her wages at the rate of 83 a week.
Some weeks she had so little left
from her wages that she could not pay
board. In 1803 the company was pay
ing its girls 33y, cents an hour and
the poorest seamstresses earned 81.50
a day. Before the strike fhe best of
them hod got down to 70 or 80 cents a
day, while the poorer needle women
could make only 40 to 50 cents.
R. W. Coombes of the freight car
shops had been in the employ for ten
years. Where men in that depart
ment were able to earn 83.35 a day,
piece work, they were not able to
make more than sixty-eight cents a
day in March of this year. Between
1888 and 1801 there had been no re
ductions, but in November of 1803
came a cut that made a difference of
$8 in a freight car to the men who
built It, and 86 of this fell on the car
carpenters. The witness said he had
83.50 left from his February wages
after he had paid his rent, and with
the 83.50 he was expected to support
a wife and two children. After hear
ing the evidence of Coombes the Com
mission adjourned for the day.
Incomes of This Tear Taxable.
Washington, Aug. 18.—It is the be
lief of members of the house that the
income tax clause of the tariff bill
will become operative January 1 next,
and that incomes earned this year
will be the first to be assessed. The
clause provides that after January 1
next the tax shall be assessed and
collected on the gains, profits and in
comes of over £4,000 for the year pre
ceding. This would seem to clearly
subject the incomes of 1804 to the tax.
A. P. A. Books Stolon.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 18.—Between 6
a. m. and 4 p. m. yesterday, A. D.
Patrick's house was entered during
the absence of the family, and the
books of council No. 9, A. P. A.,
stolen. Patrick’s son Albert is secre
tary of the conncil and the purloined
books were in his custody.
Smith ». siau to n’lKtit Corbetts
Dexveb, Aug. 18.—Ed. Smith has
sent instructions to J. J. Quinn, his
backer, to try to arrange a match
with either Corbett or Jackson. Smith
expresses a willingness to put up
£10,000 on the match as a side bet.
PULL OP MISTAKES.
Tlw Tariff BUI ffaU at Error* at Osale* -
■Ian and Commlulon.
Wabritotot, Aug. 18.— Th* (lot
that eopios of th« tariff bill are b*ing
sent to officers of tho treasury depart*
ment in all parts of the country is
generally accepted as indicating th*
presidential purpose to sign the bill.
Inasmuch as the measure, if signed,
will become immediately effective,
copies of it must necessarily be at the
time on the desk of each customs and
internal revenue collector, that he
intelligently execute it
Secretary Carlisle is going over the
bill to-day and finds it full of flaws.
Errors of ommission and commission'
are embarrassingly abdndant and in
more than one instance officials will
find themselves lost between two op
posing interpretations. Many of these
defects were known to exist in the
bill when it wont to conference, but
it was then proposed to cure , them
there. So well was this understood
that Mr. Vilas was thereby induced
to permit its return to the conference.
THE PRESIDENT AT HOME.
Mr. Cleveland Arrives al Gray Gables
and Is Met by His Family.
Buzzard’s Bay,Mass., Aug. 18.—The
lighthouse tender John Rogers, with
President Cleveland aboard, anohored
off Gray Gables at 0:13 o’clock this
morning. The president with Dr.
O’Reilly went ashore immediately
and reached Gray Gables, at 0:36. He
was warmly greeted by Mrs. Clove*
land and the children.
Ex-Governor Robinson Dead.
. Lawrence, Kan., Aug. 18.—Ex-Gov
ernor Charles Robinson died at Ills
home, four miles from this city, at 3:10
this morning. His death was caused
by paralysis of the bladder, from
which he had been suffering for the
past ten days. He had long been ill,
but death was somewhat unexpected,
as he was feeling better last evunlng.
Mr. Robinson was conscious to the
last and died peacefully without pain.
Mrs. Robinson had stepped from the
room a moment and when she re
turned he had ceased breathing.
The funeral will be held at the Con
gregational church in this city on
Sunday at 3:30 o’clock. The Rev. Dr.
Howland of the Unitarian church will
officiate.
A PART OF KANSAS HISTORY.
Mr. Goodenow in his Introduction
to Mr. Robinson’s book, “The Kansas
Conflict,” truly remarks: “Any his
tory of Kansas without Governor Rob
inson as a prominent figure would be
like the play of ‘Hamlet’ with Hamlet
left out.”
Mr. Robinson was born at Hard
wick, Mass., July 31, 1818—the eighth
of a family of ten children. When
31 years of age he graduated from a
medical college at Pittsfield, Mass.
In 1848 he joined a party of forty
which left Boston for California.
On his arrival in California, after a
short time spent in prospecting and
raining, Mr. Robinson settled in Sac
ramento, and there opened an eating
house, being of the opinion that there’
was as much money in qjeals of meat
ana bread at seventy-five cents to
$1.50 as in placer mining on a small
scale. Trouble soon broke out be
tween squatters and the speculators
who coveted their claims. Mr. Rob
inson became the acknowledged lead
er of the squatters, and during one of
the several riots that occurred was
badly wounded. The mayor of Sac
ramento, who was in opposition to Mr.
Robinson’s party in this same
riot was killed. While still suffer
ing severely from his wound
he was indicted for the murder
of the mayor, assault with intent
to kill and conspiracy and held a pris
oner pending his trial, for ten weeks
aboard a prison ship. His trial before
the district court at Sacramento re
sulted in acquittal. During his im
prisonment he was elected to the Cal
ifornia legislature from the Sacra
mento district. He took a leading
part in the legislative proceedings of
his term and was one of the promi
nent supporters of “Pathfinder” John
C. Fremont, who was elected a United
States senator during the session.
After his return to Sacramento from
the capital he published a free so i.'
paper for a short time.
RUNNING AT FULL CAPACITY.
DUtllllnK Plants All Over the Country
Unusually Active.
Washington, Aug. 18.—Telegrams
received at the internal revenue bu
reau show very unusual activity
among owners of whisky in bond, and
large quantities are being withdrawn
at all of the distillery centers.
In addition to fhe withdrawals, dis
tilleries are now running their plants
to their full capacity with a view of
getting the benefits of the new rates.
One firm in Cincinnati yesterday in
creased its output of mash of grain
from son to 1,800. As spirits are now
distilled, only one week is needed to
effect the change from rye and corn
to spirits, and it is expected that
many thousands of barrels will have
been distilled and the tax paid before
the new bill becomes a law.
The Senate Agaloit bankets.
Washington, A US'. 18.—The senate
has taken a decided stand against
junketing committees during the ap
proaching recess. The committee on
contingent expenses luu made adverse
reports upon the resolution to permit
the committee on commerce to visit
the Pacific coast and the committee
on patents to investigate irregulari
ties in the patent system by visiting
various parts of the country and in
viting complaints
Killed at a Revival Meeting.
Sikestox, Mo., Aug. 18. — News
reached here of the killing of one
man and fatally wounding of another
at a revival meeting near Grant's
Mill. The participants were the
three Albright brothers and the three
Pardue brothers. One o£ the Al
brights was killed and one of the Par
dues fatally wounded.
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 18.—The Dem
ocratic congressional convention at
Maryville yesterday nominated Wil
liam Ellison of Nodaway county. .
LEAVES WASHINGTON
CLEVELAND SUDDENLY TAKES
HIS DEPARTURU. ,
Goa* to Cray OtblM for • Short Rest—
So Ordered by Hit Physician—Coplos
of tlic Tariff and Hirer and Uarhor
Mills Taken Al»n(—Free List lllll* Re
ferred to the Senate Finance Commit
tee— Republican Steering Committee
Gont toGrajr QtbUi.
Washington, Aug. 17.— President
Cleveland left Washington via the
Pennsylvania railroad at 7:30 o’clock
for Gray Gables. In explanation of
his sudden departure the following
statement was furnished by Private
Secretary Thurber: “The president
left this morning for a few days* ab
sence under the advice of his physi
cians, in the hope of shaking off a
malarial attaok from which he
has been suffering for sev
eral daya Yesterday the attaok
culminated in a fever, hut which was
under control thts morning. Dr.
O’Reilly, his physician, expresses no
doubt but that a few days of salt air
and rest will recuperate the president
sufficiently to renew his official duties
and he will return to Washington
by the middle of next weok. He has
gone to Gray Gables accompanied by
Dr. O’Reilly. Captain Dobloy also
accompanied the president, but it la
believed that he will stop at New
York, whero he will take the com
mand of his ship in a day or two."
Senator Herry and Representatives
Outhwaite and Turner and several
congressmen called at the White
house soon after 9 o'clock, and wero
surprised to find that the president
had departed.
The president took with him nn
ordinary printed copy of the tariff
bill and also the river and harbor ap
propriation bill. The ton days with
in which tho president has to sot on
the rivet and harbor bill will expire
Saturday night, but ho hus until Mon
day, August 37, on which to act on
tho tariff bill. Tho president, it is be
lieved, will return on the 34th or 25th
instnnt and probably on tho 21th.
Tho enrolled copy of the tariff bill
was taken from the White house
about noon to the treasury depart
ment in the usual eourso oil routine.
It is not at all likely that this en
rolled copy will bo sent to Gray
Gables later, and the probabilities,
therefore, are all in favor of presi
dential action being delayed until
the president’s return.
DIAMONDS ON THE FREE LIST.
A Semicolon In tlie Enrolled 11111 Stay
Make' Slack Trouble.
Washington, Aug. 17.-—The copy of
the tariff bill in the possession of the
chairman of the house enrolling com
mittee by which the bill sent to the
president was compared and verified,
and which was regarded as unques
tionably the same as the president's
copy, contains the following para
graph in the free list:
Free list 487—Diamonds; miners,
glaziers and engravers diamonds not
set, and diamond dust bort to bo used
in the manufacture of watches and
clocks.
It is tho semicolon after tho word
diamonds, at the beginning of the
paragraph, that is considered of such
importance. Senator Jones of Arkan
sas Insists that it will not be construed
so as to admit all diamonds free of
duty. The intention, he said, was to
have the word diamonds mado a sub
head, and the mistake of a semicolon
instead of a colon will not be allowed to
admit diamonds free, especially when
construed with the jewelry schedule,
which especially provides “uncut
precious gems of all kinds, 10 per
cent ad valorem.” He says the words
quoted, taken in connection with tho
intention to make the word “dia
monds" in the free list a sub-head,
will be construed to make diamonds
subject to the duty on precious stones.
The statements of customs officers,
however, differ from the view of
Senator Jones. They assert that the
strict letter and punctuation of tariff
bills and not congressional intentions
are followed by the courts. It is
thought quite probable that the mat
ter eventually may have to be settled
by judicial construction provided, of
course, that a curative act be not
passed by congress before the now
tariff becomes a law.
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.
All Hone Free Lilt Measure* Similarly
Treated—Prompt Action Promised.
Washington, Aug. 17.—Tho motion
to refer the free sugar bill to the com
mittee on finance was carried in tho
senate to-day by a vote of 32 to 18.
The free coal bill was also referred
to the committee on- finance by the
vote of 33 to 16.
The free iron bill was referred by a
vote of 37 to 17 and the free barbed
wire bill was sent to the committee
without division.
Mr. Harris, acting chairman of the
finance committee, at once informed
the members that a meeting.would be
held for the consideration of tho bills
at 3:30 o'clock to-day. He hopes to be
able to report them to-morrow.
Irutnry Notes Mmj B« Tana.
Washington, Aug. 17. — President
Cleveland has signed the bill author*
izing the taxation of the treasury
notes by states and municipalities on
the same terms that other money is
taxed. The bill goes into effect at
once, but does not necessarily make
any change in the standing of the
greenbacks. It gives authority for
their taxation merely, and it remains
for the state to take advantage of
their terms.
Senator Martin’s Daughter a Nan.
Leavenworth, Kan., Aug 17.—Miss
Helen Martin, daughter of United
States Senator John Martin of Kansas
has entered the novitiate at St.
Mary’s academy at this place, to be
come a nun. Miss Martin recently
became a convert to the faith.
Over Twelve Handrail Ballots Cast,
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug. 17.—
The first district Republican congress
ional convention after being in session
two nights and two days, to-day nom
inated Jesse 11. Strode of Lincoln on
the 1360th ballot
KINO OF SIAM DEAD.
IauE 'Of ikf tnilto Ktophnl Loom Vto
Haler.
Victoria, British Columbia, Aug. IT.
—Dispatches by tho steamer Tacoma
announce the doath of the kin? qj
Slain, 'fho ltritlah war ship Rattler
has been dlspatohod to the Siamese
waters to anticipate possible trouble
over the succession.
Though not a power ful monarch the
kin? of Slam was an Interesting per
sonality and the recent Imbroglio be
tween France anil Siam served to
bring forth much Information regard
ing him and his domain. The de
ceased was tho eldest of eighty-four
children and ascendod the throne at
the age of IS years on the death of his
father in October, 1903. His full name
was Phrabnt Sombeth Phra Para
mindr Maha Chuialongkorn Phra
Chula Chom Klao Phra Chow Yuhma,
or for short, King Chuialongkorn. In
his death Siam loses the most pro
gressive and Intelligent monarch It
ever had.
When the king1 assumed the chief
office of 81am at the age of IS he was
then the father of three children.
Ho w many he had at his death Is not
known, but the children by the queen,
who was his half sister, numbered
four sons and three daughters. Just
how many wives he had Is also un
known. lly law ho was only allowed
one wife, but he was permitted as
many concubines as ho enose, and it
is said that by 300 he had seventy-five
children.
He was a man of considerable Intel
ligence and spoke several languages,
English almost perfectly, lie was ed
ucated by an English governess and
then entered the priesthood. After
he came out he was again placed
under English tutors and then trav
eled considerable, after which ho took
upon himself tho burdensome euros of
state. And yet, in Siam, these affairs
could not have been very burdensome,
The ministers, although 81am is an
absolute monarchy, had ubsolute free
dom in so far as tho conduct of their
own departments was concerned. Oc
casionally the king would offer sug
gestions or approve or disapprove of
some policy or quostion.
The king had a personal fortune
estimated at about 930,000,000, was
tho ubsolute owner of all tho timber
and other resources of the domain
nnd drew annually a salary of 810,
000,000, Tho area of tho United States
is about twelve times as large as that
of Siam, which is estimated at about
300,000 square miles, and yet the
president of the United States draws
only one-half of ono per cent as much
salary as tho ruler of the land of the
White Elephant.
The king followed in the footsteps
of his fathor in tho matter of progres
siveness and spent immense sums in
carrying out pit projects. He brought
to Slam tho telegraph, railroad and
the street car, established a mint and
a custom house and introduced other
essentially modern inventions and in
novations. He also organized a royal
school with English teachers, lie was
beloved by his people and none
thought of questioning his right to
rule or of overthrowing the dynasty.
In person the king was a handsome
man, about five feet and a half high,
with a cream colored face, half al
mond eyes and downy mustache
showing out under a semi-flat nose
over rather full lips, lie took great
Interest in all things American,
TARIFF FIGHT NOT ENDED.
Republican Senators Froposs to Renew
the Contest on tbs Free List Hills.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The Repub
lican steering committee met previous
to the session of the senate to-day and
resolved to support the motion to
refer the free list tariff bills to the fi
nance committee and to seek to amend
them In various ways, the principal
amendment to be offered for the
repeal of the tariff bill just passed.
Enough, they claim, was developed
before the senate bill was accepted by
the house to indicate that If the bill
could have been brought back to the
senate in any way it would have been
defeated and they assert a belief that
the same votes on the Democratic side
which would then have been cast
against it would now be cast for its re
peal. They count on the votes of
Messrs. Hill, Caffrey,Blanchard, Allen
and Kyle. If they should fail on the re
peal amendment they will substitute
the bounty provision for the pending
bill for free sugar and would expect to
secure the votes of the fivo senators
mentioned above, except Hill. They
will also offer certain other amend
ments in certain contingencies includ
ing one for a duty on wool. They
admit that if the sugar bill should
pass with an amendment cither for a
bounty or repeal of the main bill the
house probably would refuse to ac
cept it and it most likely would fail
in conference, but they claim the
senate and especially the Republican
senators, would not be responsible
for that result
Assassinated as Ilia Father Was,
Hvanjhs, Neb., Aug. 17.—Jason
Cole, an influential farmer, was as
sassinated yesterday by unknown
parties, his body being found sitting
on his own mower with a bullet in
his brain. His father met a similar
fate two years ago.
woman suffrage lost.
Th« New York Conititatlonal Convention
Adopts the Adverse Report.
Ai.bany, N. Y., Aug. 17.—The ad
verse report of the suffragist commit
tee of the constitutional convention
on the proposition to allow the ques
tion of woman suffrage to go to the
people was agreed to last night by a
vote of 9.1 to 59. This killsthe appeal
for female suffra^v_
NEWS NOTES.
Delegates representing Ohio labor
unions met at Columbus and formed
an independent political party.
D. Grant Armstrong, dying at Cov
ington, Ky., confessed to forging hia
brother's name to notes aggregating
$15,000.
George Fisher stabbed, probably fa
tally, Philip Wild of Spickards, Mo.,
because Wild asked him to pay a little
bill.
C. F. Drake has sued the Chicago
and Alton railway for $50,000 damages
for injuries received while acting as
an engineer.
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EQUAL TO IRRIQATION.
now to Proton • Haro Crop-lob-M '
Flotrlni.
A number of experiment* in tub-soil
plowing by Younger liras., the weil* '
known horticulturists of Geneva, Ne
braska, have abown such astonishing
remit* a* to practically demonstrate
two things; First, that in seasons Of.
normal rain fall the increased yield on
land that hue been sub-soil plowed, as
compured with that which bus received
ordinary plowing, will of itself pay for
the increased labor or cost many times
over and leave a larger margin of profit
besides, and second, that in years of
extreme drouth a bountiful crop is as
sured, that would be considered large
for a season of normal rain fall, so that
in very dry seasons the difference be
tween sub-soil plowing and ordinary
plowing may be expressed as the differ
ence between a good crop and none at
all. The Younger lira*., believing that
the results obtained by them were re
markable enough' in the light of their i
importance to the farmers of Nebraska
made a special report to tho secretary
of agriculture at Washington from
which we quote:
iinviuy pinvviLvu nuu'iua (jtunIU|>
extensively on our nursery grounds
near (Joneva in growing fruit and orna
mental trees with gratifying results,
we conoimlod to experiment with fruit
and vegetables. After preparing the
ground by subsoil plowing in the fall
of 1893, the crop in 1893 consisted of
corn and potatoes.' Corn that year
being only a very moderate crop in this
vicinity (maximum 40 bushels per acre,
and the average not to exceed 30 bush
els per acre)- we harvested a crop of 73
busliols per acre from a strip of ground
that had been sub-soiled. The potato"
crop was practically a failure in this;
vicinity; the result of our experiment ,
was a very good crop—about 139 bush- ‘
els per acre.
“This season (1894) the crop consists
of corn, oats, rye and potatoes. .Bye',:
harvested indicates a yield of 35 bushels^
per acre, while rye in an adjoining field'
—the same seed, planting and harvest
—will yield 10 bushels per acre.
“Outs on land sub-soli plowed in fall
of 1893 will yield 40 to 45 bushels per
ucro; oats on land adjoining, under or
dinary cultivation, will yield 10 to 15. <
busliols per acre (the average crop
under the adverse conditions that pre
vailed), in each instance the seed, soil
and planting being identically the same,.
“The superiority of sub-soil plowing
is especially conspicuous in the length'
of straw and stand on the ground.
“The results of experiments with
corn and potatoes cannot, at this time, ;
be determined. With a continuation
of the present favorable conditions we
will have the largest yield of corn ,vye
have ever had. Even under these fa
vorable conditions the corn on sub-soil
plowed ground seems to possess an ele
ment of strength, that will in all prob
ability, exert its influence in demon
strating the value of sub-soil cultiva
tion.” |
The plan followed by Younger Bros,
lias been to first turn over a furrow to
the depth of eight inches, in the ordi
nary way, and then run the sub-soil
plow in that furrow gaged to a depth
of six or eight inches; thus stirring up
tiie soil to a depth of fourteen to six
teen inches Inspection shows that
even after our recent remarkable
drouth the nursery stock, as well as
the field crop of Younger Bros, bears
every appearance of a healthy and
more than ordinary yield.
The results achieved by sub-soil
plowing require but one such plowing
in about three years, so that the in
creased cost of labor ns compared with
results is merely nominal.
Interviewing an Actress.
Maybe the reporter didn't know how
to interview an octrees, and maybe
that’s why he had so much trouble.
Having sent np his card and been ad
mitted to ber presence, he stated his
business, and she said, languidly; “ I'm
sorry you’ve come; I don’t fancy yon
newspaper men, and hate being inter
viewed. Maybe he knew this was
just said for effect, and that she wouldn’t
miss the interview for a heap, bnt he
replied, “Oh, well, then, I won’t trouble
you. Sorry I intruded. Good day.”
However, she got to the door first, aad
said, “Oh, now you’re here, I’ll oblige
you." And he answered, “Oh, no; I
wouldn’t trouble yon for the world.”
“ But it won’t be very much trouble.”
“Well, never mind; I don’t care partic
ularly about it." “ Bnt—but—in—fact
—it will be a pleasure. I only object
because reporters always ask the same
questions, and then don’t print just
what yon say.” “Well, I’ll try rad do
better than that,” and they seated
themselves. Then he asked:
“How did you celebrate your 84th
birthday?” “ Eh? jumping up—
“what d’ye mean, sir! You’re a mean
wretch to ask such a question.” Steps
on her lapdog—addresses dog, " Drat
your pelt, get out!” Then she observed
him writing, and asked what he was -
doing. He replied, “ I promised to
print exactly what you said, and I have
taken down your very words.” “About -
the dog?” “Yes.” “Goodness gracious.
You won’t print that?” “ I wifi." “But
that wasn’t meant to print.” ” Can’t
help it” “ Oh, bnt it wont do. You
mustn’t. Let’s begin the interriewv
now." “ Very weD. Which do you '
prefer as an advertisement — being
robbed of diamonds, run away with by
a hack, or having a divorce suit? ” “Sir,
I—I—dontdo such things I I never
heard sneh questions I” “ I promised
to try to vary the list you said had be
come so monotonous. How many hus
bands have yon living?” “See here, if
you don’t stop this I’U send for one of
'em. That is—p’ease state ihet I’m not
married.” “Just so. Do yen shave
your head?” “Sir; of course not!
Are vou craayf”
uook nere, ma un, i vu to print
just what yon said.’'
“ But I don’t want you to."
“ But it must be done."
“ Well, then, if you don’t ask me if
the audienoes everywhere are as enthusi
astic aa they are here, and what I do
with all my bouquets, and if I don’t al
most feel that I ought to be in a board
ing school instead of on the stage, as
I’m so young, and if I don’t find it very
embarrassing to have all the men so
madly in love with me, and several bank
directors committing suicide because I
won’t marry them—if you don’t ask me
those questions I won’t say another
blessed word 1 Bo, there! And if you
print what I’ve said Til sue you foe
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