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CANE CULTURE.

After the immense circuits Of experimental.
ton DR.. Stubbs has taken, as slown by my
letters orange culture AMI the grasses, the pub
bile IS very naturally expectant that his work
IN his more immediate Inns. 1oInane TO cane
culture and sugar making, should be of the
most advanced character. And this it is. He
is in this line the Immediate leader on this
continent. DR.. SStubbs has had sent to him 100
varieties of cane from various quarters Of the
globe-even some from the heart of the dark
continent, if my memory does not deceive ms.
For years be has been busy &C collecting and
trying species of sugar cane. OF the $50 s1e
cles sent, be has now living on the grounds at
the station at Audubon park seventy-Six sps-
cles. low many countries, what varieties
OF climate these seventy-siX species represent
l don't know; but a great many. Anyhow. it is so
much larger than any experiment in kind upon
this continent (and most likely in the world
that nothing is worth Mentioning as a compa-
rlson much less than competitor Of it. DR..
Stubs has had the United States consuls Of
all countries where there is q sugar cane grow
ing OF which he has no specimen to send him
that specimen. So that it is no hyperblle. bat
plain uavarnished fact, that the globe has
be N ransacked. the whole earth (|oivilized and
unclvlllzed) laid under contribution to swell
the "ap1lia opim1' Of his experiments 1t Al
dubon park"
These canes haze been growing at the sta
tons from thre % five years, aud yet no de
termination has been arrived at 80 far as
showing what are the best for US. There is a
sort otunrullness or lntractibility in the cane
that does not adjust itself to environ
ment or adopt itself to surroundings readily.
II there be a botanical phrase that could be
used for 1t, as we can use the phrase hard-to,
tame, as applied to animals, that is what [
would use. A dozen or more varieties are
very promising.
About thirty varieties of cane are growing
IN the hot house of the horticultural building
Ia order to get them to seed here. This is a
very important matter, and the effort has been
conducted for three years. The first year the
canes grew away up through the tall glass
roof OF the horticultural hail, twenty feet. or
more, and weighed, in one or more instances,
twenty pounds each. Since that DR.. Stubs
has been trying to dwarf them in the effort to
mske them seed.
DIR. Stubbs' aims and experiments should be
classified in order to give the reader a better
conception of the scop3 Of his work. Theirs
= first, thu design of experimenting with
every variety of sugar cine known to the
world, and thus select, for our practical pur-
poses of sugar making, that cane or those va
rleties which, all things considered, are the
best. AS has besn seen, the collection is a
grel5 step in this direction. A dozen or
more varieties of these ars very promising.
but there are no determinations as vet az to
the best.
The second step is a physiological expert
ment and divided into several heals. There
is, first, the experiment to ascertain the best
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other experiment i TO ,saart,in yybo4 n,r+ g
the cane il i best 70 nI.nr n.batba. 20
mid lies or butt. Ami avn ,rin MA, -
physiological linz II n as,or+o; ,vbat an
Of canes to nlant bAtbor nna +n4 49, 49,
four and wbethar - c1t i, ,,,,a,
whole Sill another avn,rIp,nt !, -
raction Is +, ascertain ,vbo+bar =
use the cane far nIant;nc fron, ,I,nt - -
from frs. sae,nd ~ ana -, )"
These last named four n,ints or r..N"n,
cover the nhvsiolonic,I t.s+o W..
searching enoIoh to oxLanst I'll -, .-.;I9iutt
ties of exneriment in tbair I;oa
There i J rb;rd gr,nb 1,,;s:,n.
mental work in ap3a,v,n-a $40 :, 49,. o. III
bast fartiEzsrs o3,nt,I - - ''"" " .
what Quantities ,,5 c,,,Ir, :. !"
tests for all n)antinn ,L,S oaaa 80 -
sw.r these o~nestiona Dr. StnLL. ~ ~ 81
FIRST. Where an form, il mr., ~ ~ 49,
quantities. are used win md w;ta,,. NJ,
other INGREDIENTS. II tE'a n..x, M, ..,
Of rrounI pbosDbori, mn i, an P'.,e
combinations With ana Nm III tb.,I -
2relient. Sin another inca of ,rr,rnJ !. ~
voted to potash uoja, tba sa,oa i ,na =
experiment Tbasa evnprn,ant y
terastinr to the ma,nfartorars of ~ =
f~etilizers. as containing n~ractir,l Iesooa. 49,
a. fba snr1rn I,1tars 9op =. =. ~ !
USING oommerciaI f~artilizar. t5han 5aio''"l
gestions a. to what n IN ~ ' =
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spectators th October

F1N"O yC"O 0~OON'
The cholera fingers in Hamburg Paris, and
St. Petersburg, and has broken out in a severe
form in Buda- Pesth but it is on the whole,
declining fast with the increasing GOODNESS of
the weather. The panic is over nearly
everywhere, and the more responsible officials
are growing somewhat ashamed O. it. The Inn
perial Chancellor Of Germany, for instance, has
addressed letter to all the Federal Govern
ments, urging them not to exaggerate the
dIsinfectlng. precautions taken against goods
from Hamburg. The citizens Of Hamburg
are now suffering more from their neigh
bours' unreasOn than from disease. They
cannot go anywhere, they cannot sell
anything, their shiI ping trade is almost sus-
pended and there are no departures of immi-
grants from their ports. Thousands are near
starvation, and Germany sends little help
the Germans, in fact, regarding Hamburg as
a pestilence centre which has brought mis-
fortune on the country, and deserves no help.
They have not quite embraced the sanitary
theory maintained by the crows and storks
that a sick bird should be pecked to death at,
once but if the bird is of Hamburg, and is
i'll, they ale not sorry to be at the expense of
interment.
The Times of Tuesday gives an interesting
account Of the Bulga ian Exhibition at Phil
lippopolis, which was lately opened by Prince
ferdinand. An old Turkish cemetery has
been turned into a sort Of public park, and
here are exhibited in pref y chaiets the
various products of Bulgaria and of the
Foreign countries represented. The show is
of course, on a small scale but the marvel is
that a people who fifteen years ago were .serfs,
crushed by a dominant Oriental Power,
should have been able to organise anything
so CT vilised as an Exhibition. 1t is inter
esting TO note that the Bulgarian Government
brin gs up batcnes of peasants, a hundred or so
at a time, and has them carefully taken over
the Exhibition, thus ensuring its educational
effect. The emergence of this new Switzer-
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opened by Mr.. Bedding withdrawing the
claims of Snohomish, on condition that
she have the preference over all future
candidates, and shall be chosen a member
OF the league in case an opening occurs.
West Seattle was then unanimously elected
to membership.
The president was authorized to instruct
each club member to send to the secretary
OF the League during the coming week the
bond of 500 to guarantee its playing
through the season.
The secretary was instructed to make
out schedule of games, to be submitted
Tor approval to each club before adop-
ton. The number of games and the
arrangement of certain dates were
determined upon. Each club will have
thirty games, fifteen at home and fifteen
abroad. Each club will have SIX games
with each of the other five, and each town
VIII have each of the visiting clubs for
three games. All of the games except
three. on Decoration day. Fourth
OF July and Labor day, will
be played on Sundays. The
season will therefore last twenty-seven
weeks. beginning April 10 and ending
October 9. Seattle and West Seattle will
open at West Seattle. Puyallup and Gen.
tralia at Centralia and Tacoma and Olym-
pia at Olympia on April 10. Olympia,
Centralia and Puyallup are to have the
Fourth of July games.
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'rlsi TINS season. OF these Seattle furnished
NV pi'cners, Fitzgerald and Camp: Spokane
"alu, ana Tacoma, Earle OF the four Fitzzer-
aid IS tne only one who has really thus far stood
, ,ne YES. ward dropped out after few games
r.,,, asaaou win fittshurg, and Earle and Camp
VIZ ''art IN with the same club this year
me National Founders Association OF Great
Britain has decided to give nm the old time
game OF FOUNDERS for baseball meeting has
- .eiIeo ior the purpose of consolidating the
louuoefs ana baseball associations and If its
OBJECT Is accomplished Great Britain will have
rom seVenty-hve to 100 amateur baseball clubs.
.. wiz Lysons, formerly of the Port Townsend
Leaaer ano one of the warmest supporters of
Tue fort Townsend Colts who furnished Willie
A1oHso 70 the profession, is now the official
scorer OF the Los Angeles Club He i, also in
.eies'e IN The Fan, publication which com.
pines IN one an official score card and weekly
baseball paper with several columns of live news
OF the national game.
Dan Brouthers and Hardie Richardson are to
De separated after playing together for eleven
Years. In 1881 they began their engagements
Win BUFFALO. in 1856 they made up part of
we celebrated "Big Four purchased by Detroit
rom Bunalo. When Detroit dropped out of the
League IN 1889, they went to Boston, where
'ue! nave been Tor the past three seasons, one
year each in the Natianal League, the Players
league and the American Association. This
ia. oIou'ners goes to brooklyn and hlcnsrO-
con to Washington City.
Gienalvin is the man whom "Kid" Camp has
10 thank for his contract with the Pittsburg
cluo While Glen was East last winter he met
Buckenberger and in response to the lat
ters inquiry about pitching talent on the Coast
recommended Seattle's crack twirler. Glenal-
WIN did not intend, however, that a steal should
be perpesrated, thinking the "Kid's" release
would be bought. Both he and Vanderbeck,
the Los Angeles maghate are in sympathy with
the Pacific Northwest League in its fight to re-
cover the money it paid last season for pro-
lection to no purpose.
The injurious habit of some baseball writers
OF belittling baseball men and affairs without
reason ought to be frowned down. A scribbler
who signs himself +The Fan" at the end OF his
s1reed in Every Sunday, Tacoma publication,
makes the sage remark that sit looks if
this city should have started in earlier to
secure players instead of waiting till
after the other clubs got through, and then
taking what was left" Go slow, young fellow;
get acquainted with the inside facts and take q
tumble. Tacoma got to work soon she
could, and then was Unexpectedly handicapped
by the loss OF her two crack pitchers whom she
thought she had reserved Don't cry down
Works men until you see them perform. The
Tacoma team is not necessarily a tailender
because it isn't winning the peunans ON paper.
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BOYCOTT ON kARLUk COMPANY.
Chinese Want Pay That Was Embez zle cd
by Monaghan Contractor

San Francisco. March 20-The Wah
Zip Hon Society has declared boycott
against the Karluk Packing Company
and is using strenuous efforts to
prevent Chinese from entering into any
contract with that company. About
40 Chinese in Chinatown aver that they
have been unjustly deprived of their last
seasons wages by the Karluk Company
and are preparing to institute suit for re-
covery of money which they claim is due.
At the close of last seasons packing,
Wong All Yuen, Chinese contractor,
drew $1,000 from the Karluk Company and
decamped to Victoria, B. c., without
paying his countrymen he had en-
ployed. The Karluk Company sent
lawyer to Victoria. and used all pos
sible means to bring him back to Ameri-
can soil, but without avail. Every one of
the unpaid laborers held the company re-
sponsible for the contractors doings, and
when few days ago it was
learned that HON Wah and Chung Ling,
two contractors. were endeavoring to pro-
cure laborers to go to Alaska for an
Alaska packing company, Chinese
circles were greatly excited, because
it was claimed that the company was
the Karluk Company under another
name. Those out OF pocket applied to the
Wah Zip Hong Society, of which most
were members, for redress, and a special
meeting was called. The result was
circular has been posted on
the bill boards of Chinatown
declaring in effect that the company must
pay up before any Chinese will be allowed
to work for it. The friends of Chung
Ling and HON Wah attempted
to tear down the posters, but o
Ratchet gang of highbinders was employed
to thwart them, and the posters are still
in place AT the present time. The Chinese
believe that an engagement to go to Alaska
would be at the cost of their lives.
Representatives of the Karluk company
today stated that the company did not
hold itself responsible for the acts of Wing
All Yuen, as he had engaged laborers and
had been paid wages due them and was
dealing direct with his countrymen.
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CHAMPION WITH DUMB BELLS
Wonderful Record of the Brother of .
Seattle Athlete.

The members of the Courthouse Athletic
Club have taken good deal of interest in
dumb bell exercise of late. A short time
since dispatch from Trenton, n. j., was
published in the Coast papers concerning
the feat of champion who lifted an eight
pound dumb bell lily times in 20l9 min
utes, and since then some of the members
of the club have been endeavoring to equal
the record, but without success.
One of the most enthusiastic members
of the club is z. 2. Kendall. He is
brother of George Kendall, now living in
Boise City, Idaho, who has wide reputa-
ton as sprinter and all-round athlete.
f. P. Kendall wrote to his brother ten
days ago requesting him to see how many
times he could lift an eight-pound dumb
bell in 201a minutes. Yesterday the fol-
lowing reply came by mail;
Immediately upon receipt of your letter got
an ST. pound dumb bell and started in to train
and Saturday evening made the test lifted
the weight 2,l72 times in twenty and one-kalf
minutes. lifted it fair every time and did not
bend my knees. Another person kept tally for
me and here it is: One minute, l06 times; two
minutes, 2li: three minutes, SIS; four minutes.
~: i've minutes. $50; six minutes, CSC; seven
minutes, 40; eight minutes, SIS; nine minutes,
gjl ten minutes, 1857; eleven minutes, 1852;
twelve minutes, l,270: thirteen minutes, 1875;
fourteen minutes, l,iS0; fifteen minutes. 1880;
sixteen minutes, 1895; seventeen minutes,
1850; eighteen minutes, 500; nineteen minutes,
2OlS: twenty minutes, 2,lo; twenty and one.
half minutes, 2l72-
Ii that New Jersey man beat this he must be a
dandy. don't believe l could do any better
were TO try again.
E. P Kendall says that his brother is
not afraid to challenge anyone in dumb
bell lifting and is also of the opinion that
his present record cannot be beaten in
this country.
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PROF. SEWARD'S WORK.
The Great New York Expert 0ptician
at the Grand Hotel.

An idea of the success already accom-.
plished in Seattle by Prof. Seward, one Of
the most skillful opticians in America,
may be judged from reading the following
letters received with the permission of pup.
LEGATION:
Prof. +. d. Seward-Dear Sir: take this
method of expressing 10 you nv gratitude
tor and appreciation of your services. For
years / have been troubled with defective
sight, in fact from child; 10 read was to
undertake great task, and / could not
recognize friends three feet away. My
parents took me to the best occulist in
London, and in after years | consulted
some of the best occulists and opticians in
this city. San Francisco and Chicago, bus
without satisfaction.
The glasses you gave me exactly meet
my case. l find l can read and can see ut
q distance without any effort. Words can
not express the great JOY to myself and
family that my defective sight has at Lass
been remedied. Wishing you success in
your work and again expressing my graft
tude am yours sincerely,
MRS. If. NJ. WRIGHT,
2,1l4 Hilbert street, Seattle.
The above letter was written by my wife
eighteen months ago. The glasses are still
being used with comfort and satisfaction.
Prof. Seward told my wife in fifteen
minutes exactly what was needed and had
the lenses made accordingly.
HUGH NJ. WRIGHT.
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ALLEGATION OF BRIBERY.
Millions Paid to Get Through the Read
ing Combine Bill.

ing COMBINE
NEW YORK, March 2o-Last Fridays
Herald charged the use of corruption fund
to be at least So, 100000, raised by the in
terested capitalists and stock jobbers, to
bunko the passage of the bill legalizing
the coal combination of the Reading road
Today the Herald returns to the subject
and states that not more than
half of the hideous secret has been
laid bare. There was bribery"
it adds, land enormous bribery at that.
Proof is furnished on the word of State
Senator Maurice Alexander Rogers, of
Camden county, and his word will be ac-
cepted unquestionably from one end Of the
state to the other"
Senator Rogers. of New Jersey, in an in
terview at Camden, is quoted as saying at
1910 a. m. on the day that the bill was
passed, he was offered and refused $4,000
for his vote for the bill. The agent re-
turned and offered more than $4,000.
though Rogers does not state the
exact figures. Rogers was asked to
expose the man who tried to
bride him. He replied: People may
blame me for Withholding the name, but l
would be causing greater pain to my feel
ings if told it than any public praise
could assuage. sat there in the Senate
and saw the bill pass. knowing
that many of the votes were
bought. | suspected bribery before, but
then l knew. I was almost stunned and
did not know what to do. The bill came
up, and Senator Gardeners speech showed
clearly that it was most outrageous
piece of legislation, forcing on the people a
monopoly of necessary of life, and
providing for the arbitrary confiscation
of stock of the shareholders who objected {;
not word was said on the other side.
They simply voted it through and that
was the end of it,"
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ing well; fruit in bloom; some danger
from late frosts
Walla Walla county (Walla Walla, Pres
cott}-Little rain; weather favorable.
Good stand of wheat, looking well. Fruit
promising.
Asotin county-No reports.
Yakima county tKiona)-Very little
rain; average temperature about g.
Grains and grasses growing finely; general
weather conditions entirely favorable.
Kbckitat county (Centerville)-Con-
dition of crop up to date good; prospects
for this year are good owing to greater
amount of moisture in ground than last
year at this time. Seeding is going on
without any delay.
kittitas county (Ellensburg)-No rain;
temperature above the average; light frosts
nearly every night; sunny days. All land
below Ellensburg ditch will be in crop this
year.
Okanogan county-No reports.
Z. B. OLNEY,
Observer Weather Bureau.
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Coast Shipping News.

SAN FRANcIsco, March 2o.-Arrived-
Barkentine Portland, from Gray's harbor.
Sailed-Bark Il. X. Ham, for Port
Blakeley.
TAToosH, March 20.-5 D. m.-Cloudy,
fresh southeast wind.
Passed out-Bark Wilma in tow of
Pioneer, 10 a. m. steamer Costa Rica, 10
a. M; whaleback Wetmore and two
schooners, HIS a. m. steamer San Mateo,
2:l5 p. m. Passed in-Two-masted schooner
in tow Sea Lion, IL :15 a. m.
CLALLAM BAY, March 20.-Light rain,
light southeast wind.
PoRr CRESCENT, March 20.-Light rain,
light southwest wind; tug passing in
with two-mast schooner.
PoRr ANGELES, March 20.-Cloudy, light
west wind.
PoRr BLAKELEY, March 20 Sailed,
Columbia.
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Y. NJ. C. A. BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Four Clubs Form a City League-Ths
Schedule.

At a meeting of delegates from the
bankers, university, clerks and lawyers
baseball clubs, held at the Y. NJ. C. A,
Saturday evening, the Y. NJ. C. A. Base
ball League was formed and schedule for
the present year adopted.
The league will consist of four clubs,
and the players of each will be chosen
from the enrolled members of the associa-
ton. The playing season will commence
April and last until August 13. All
postponed games will be played off in the
latter part of August or the early part
of September. Twenty games will be
played, each club playing three games with
two clubs and four with the third. The
candidates for positions number about
sixty, and as there are positions for only
thirty-six regular players and sixteen sub
stitutes, Professor Lippy, who has general
charge of the league, expects some lively
competition during the wedding out
period.
The following delegates were present at
the meeting: Bankers, Fred Calhoun;
clerks, A. S. Nickerson; lawyers, q. b.
Rawson; university, Frank Atkins.
A meeting will be held next Tuesday
evening to apportion the association play
ers to the clubs. Following 10 the playing
schedule as adopted:
April bankers vs. Clerks
April 9-Lawyers VS.. University.
April l6-Clerks VS.. Lawyers.
April 23-Bankers VS.. University.
April 3o--Bankers VS.. Lawyers.
May Clerks VS.. University.
May 14-Lawyers VS.. Clerks.
May 2l-Lawyers vs. University.
May 2s-Bankers VS.. University.
June 4-Bankers VS.. Clerks.
June 1l-Lawyers VS.. Clerks.
June 1S-Bankers VS.. Lawyers.
June 25-Clerks VS.. University.
July 2-Bankers VS.. University.
July 9-Bankers VS.. Clerks.
July 16-University VS. Lawyers.
July 23-Clerks VS.. University.
July 30-Bankers VS.. Lawyers.
August 6-Lawyers vs. Clerks
August l3-Bankers VS.. University.
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Contestants Getting Into Form for q
Lively Game.

The handball tournament which will be
plaved at the Y. VI. c. A. gymnasium, be-
ginning on Friday, April Is, is creating
great interest among the members. The
courts are in constant use. and although
there are twenty-six days before the strug-
gle many of the practice games have been
hotly contested.
It has not been decided whether two out
of three or three out of five games will con-
stitute the matches. In drawing the
Bagnal-Wild system, the same as is used
in lawn tennis tournaments, will be used.
The entries in singles TO date are: z. b.
Ragson, c. II. Noble. E. C. Sharpe, A. F.
Tourville, J. L. Waller. F. T. Atkias, Ii.
Darlington
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A sIX-CLUB CIRCUIT.
Scramble for Membership in the Puget
Sound Amateur League.

Sound Amateur League.
The Puget Sound Amateur League held
a meeting Yesterday at Tacoma and en-
larged its circuit to six clubs by admitting
Centralia and West Seattle. The meeting
was called to order by President c, l..
Stewart. of Puyallup, the four clubs hold
ing membership being represented As fol-
lows. Seattle, George Mantor; Puyaliup,
Ii. 5. GROCER; Tacoma, B. Cory; Olympia,
[. l.. Stewart.
Written applications for membership
were received from Centralia, West Seat
lie and Snohomish. The last one of these
was unexpected, but the club had an ac-
tive representative present in E. c. Beld-
ing, who made a vigorous fight for admis-
sion. K. /. Herd was present TO advance
the claims of Ceutralia, and C.
G. Vaughan those of West Seat
tie. The three candidates were
placed before the meeting to be bal
loted for, TWO of the three to be chosen by
receiving the greatest number of votes.
snohomish received three votes, CentraIia
three and West Seattle two.
The result created a fury of excitement,
as West Seattle had confidently counted
on being elected 10 membership without
opposition. The management of the club
had secured team, bought uniforms and
made all necessary arrangements 10
open the season, and was certain
that il should have the preference
over other candidates. \ lively discussion
followed the balloting and led to mutual
explanations, which brought out the fact
that tile financial inducements offered by
West Seattle were not thoroughly under
stood. When then were made clear there
was an evident desire among the delegates
10 reconsider their action. The sugges-
ton of adding still another town and
making an eight-club circuit was ad-
Fanced, but dismissed as impracticable.
way out of the difficulty was finally