Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06
AsIxTYTHoUsAND ACRE RANCE
inc Brutal Murder of DIR. Hugh j. Glenn.
the Great Wheat Grower of California
The COlusa Ranch and How 1T was
Managed
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DIR. Hugh j. Glenn, the largest wbea
raiser in California, and the Democrati,
candidate for Governor of that State in
iS.9, discharged his bOOkkeeper, Henry
Miller, on Friday last, because he did moi
90 his work satisfactorily. On Saturday
Miller revenged himself by shooting DR.
Glenn, who died from the effects of the
wound. Miller refused to surrender, after
| shootlng Dr. Glenn, until he was shot in
the leg by r. NJ. Cochrane, the superin-
| tendent of the farm.
Dr' Oienn was Nirginian by birth, a
! MlsS0urian by education, and originally a
| horse dealer by occupation. Nominated
Tor Governor by the California Democrats
IN lo'9, he was styled the Honorable
Bin" by Denis kearney, the Sand Lot
! orator of San Francisco. becausa no nar-
sisted in being an ostensible workin0man;s
| candidate after the Kearney wing of that
party had placed w. f. White in the field.
| George c. Perkins, the Republican candi-
! date, was elected by 10000 plurality. the
| opposition vote being divided nearly
| equally between Glenn and White.
Dr. Glenn, as already stated, was the
largest wheat raiser in California. His
great wheat ranch was in COlusa county.
! and embraced about $4,000 acres of land
and the number of acres in wheat each
year ranges between 10000 and so 600
reckoning an average of from twenty to
twenty-five bushels TO the acre, the aogre-
gate crop each year amounts to something
more fthan 100000 bushels. This enor.
nous amount of grain requires vast appli-
ahces lOf planting and bringing it to the
market, and the capital invested in ma
chinery alone sums up a considerable for
tune. During the harvest time there are
employed on the entire ranch some 800
men,. DR.. Glenn was general-in-chief of
his force, and the ranch was divided. for
convenience of operations, into nine small
Ter ranches, each with dwelling houses.
barns, blacksmith shop and other neces-
sarv buildings. In charge of these are
seven fOremen, under whom are sixteen
blacksmiths, fourteen carpenters, six en-
glneers, six machinists, five cOmmissaries,
and numerous cooks and servants
Inc common wOrkmen are divided into
gangs and detailed where they are needed.
Inere are 40 gang plOws, 60 herders, TO
Wnlch belong $50 wagons, six cleaners,
lOO harrOWs, Is Seeders, six thresherS. six
engines. Besides there are many smaller
instruments and vehicles which cannot be
ciasslhed. Cooperating with their human
brethren IN the great labor are 1000 work
horses and mules, with kinship of /. 900
brood mares, and younger stock which has
not yet achieved the dignity of labor
There are - dwelling houses, q barns, IA
blacksmith shops, and other structures
The machinery could not be replaced for
$l29,OOO; the work horses and mules are
worth $4,000: the brood mares and Young
stock, $4,000, and the buildings on the
place 100000
The village of JacintO, which is on the
ranch, and part of it includes a hotel,
store, ferry, shop, warehouse and several
dwellings,, furnishing everything that is
needed Tor comfort and convenience in liv-
ing, without the luXuries. The country
Is new, and none Of the villages large.
COlusa, tWenty-seyen miles distant, is an
old settlement, and an exception. The
Central Pacific, in extending its Davis
vile branch north to meet the line on the
east side of the valley at Red Bluff, created
towns as it advanced. The gravelly roads
are good on the Glenn ranch but the Uav
of him who inspects it is long and weari-
some. A whole day will not suffice to see
all the farm houses, to inspect all the ma
chlnefy, to ride from end to end through
the long lanes in the unending wheat. or
to see all the small armies of men engaged
Ill their diversified labor. DIR. Glenn him
self, though all the time on wheels. was
unable to complete the circuit i'm a single
day. Though an early riser, twice week
was as often as he could cover all his vast
territory and inspect personally the opera
tlOns OF his employees. There are required
during the harvest season about 800. Three
hundred are required the wear round,
Some OF these are permanent; but most are
OF fi0ating class, who work a month. a
week or day, as suits them, and then
seek fresh pastures and other wheat fields.
Many belong to the class of yagrants
styled tramps, whose needs are simple in
land like California, flowing with milk
and honey, Some of this class have been
known to work half day, then demand
ana receive payment, 4 very few men on
the ranch are married and maintain
homes. More men are always wanted for
steady labor than can be had, DIR. Glenn
would have been glad to employ ali. or
nearly all, of his men by the year, if they
were willing to settle down, work steadily
and be thrifty. But they prefer their row
ing, purpOseless existence, There is no
regular pay day, each man being allowed
his wages as fast as they accumulate.
The day labOrers are of all natiOnalities.
and have the motley character of men so
gathered and so loosely held together.
The Extradition of Kane i'm 1851.
Correspondence Waterbury Americaa.
You will pardon me for undertaking to |
correct statement which appeared i'm
the telegraphic news of the american of |
Tuesday, February q, in regard to the |
kane eXtraditiOn case, 1t states that |
"ThOmas Kane was taken before various |
courts, and it was decided against the |
accused, He was surrendered and taken |
back to Ireland, although the only evil
dence adduced against him was a cODy of |
the Irish Magistrates warrant for his
arrest" Now here are the facts of the case;
In 1891 IhOs. Kane was charged with firing
at "care-taker' on 4 farm, from which
the former tenant had been eYicted. Kane
escaped to America, and was at work
in brickyard near Haverstraw, when
he was arrested by New York police
man, at the instance of some British de-
tectives, who had come provided with in
formation sworn before an Irish Magis-
trate, and attested by that official, charg-
ing said Kane with what was feIOnions
act, according to British law, 1t may be
considered rather risky job to arrest an
lrishman under such circumstances, sur
rounded as he was by hundreds of his fell
low cOuntrymen. But the detectives were
equal to the emergency. When inqUiring
for the refugee, they stated that they had
a warrant against him ''for the murder of
his own father" And, in consequence of
the lie, Kane narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands OF his fellow wOrkmen. 1t
was only after he was taken to New
York that his young wife explained the
real Otfense with which he was charged.
mass meeting of the liberty-loying citi-
zens of New York, without distinction of
race or party, was convened for the sspur-
pose or protesting against the British as
in daring to attempt such an
outrage on the right of asylum accorded
TO all victims of oppression in this free
land, and to take such steps as to them
seemed best for maintaining the dignity of
the Republic" The meeting was held. and
that consistent friend of human freedom.
Horace Greeley, was called to the chair.
Without discussing the 'technicalities of
tne case, he took the broad ground that
the land question in Ireland was essen
tally a political one, that, consequently.
all agrarlan oftenses were political, and
were not amenable to the extradition
treaty between this country and Great
Britain, The Hons. John McKeOWn and
Jas. L. Brady volunteered their legal SER
vices in behalf of Kane. The ablest legal
talent available was secured by the British
The case came up before
the United States court in New York, and
continued there for months before final
decision was rendered. At length Judge
Nelson decided the case, refusing to grant
eXtraditlOn papers for three reasons:
First. Because the requisite application.
nad not been made to the President of the
United States. Second. Because the pris-
Dner was not confronted with the wit
nesses on whose sworn testimony before
an Irish Justice of Peace, the requisitiOn |
for his eXtradItiOn had been made. Third.
That the Otfense with which he was |
was not recognized as felony by ,
Dur laws, and therefore was not within !
the category Of those TO which the sextfa-
dftion treaty. applied. 50 Kane was dis !
charged free man. As the British GOV,
has now made q demand Tor the {
extradition of z, j, Sheridan the above I
may be lnseresting at this particular lime,