New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-23
SONIC MEETINGS.

arguing the case OF the Farmers Loan ana trust
Company OF New-York against the Chicago
Portage and Superior Railway Company He mas
not been we'll for several days and the stra-n I'M
posed By the exerion OF speaking was too great.
Remedies applied. and in a short time ne was
so FAR recovered that. accompanied by MIS- LIVING
he was taken his hotel in carriage Beyond
slight delay occasoned by the removal Of the
speaker to the marshals room. there was no inter-
ruptlon OF the proceedings OF the court. the arsu-
meat for the trust company being taken up anu
finished by Miller !. Southland, associate counsel
1t was noted a singular coincidence by justice
Field and some o, the oder attaches OF the court
that General Ewing should have been overcome al
most In the spot and under the same cir
cumstances his father. the venerable Thomas
Ewing sr.. on october Y. 1888.
Work at the Washington ordnance foundry Is to
be expedited IN order that the Big guns for the
battie-ship Oregon may be finished with the least
possible delay. Gangs OF men VIII work day and
night until the task is completed. Work on the
Oregon. which is being constructed at the Jn.on
Iron Works. san Francisco will be delayed unless
the guns are ready and the contractors are
obliged TO pay q penalty for every days hardness
the Ordnance Bureau will make every effort to
them from embarra ssment II the delay IL
allies will be RENTED. but 1t is thought best TO
take measures so that the armament may be ready
soon as the snip
An important experimental test made at the
Naval Proving Grounds. Indian Head. Nd. yester
day by the Ordnance Bureau to determine the rela-
tive value OF surface hardened protective deck
plates and the soft )r annealed plates now in use.
velocity Of l.75o feet second at angle OF ten
degrees The test established the superaio5,ity. OF
forged plate was penetrated and cracked badly.
while the sof; plate was only indented and It de-
The War Department to-day gave out abstract
OF the report OF the Paymaster General OF the
Army for the fiscal year 1895. II shows that the
officers OF the pay department were charged with
public funds aggregating sl55sa.oA and that there
vas expended on account OF the pay o, the regular
and other disbursements. left an apparent balance
OF N0ls.3e No mention is made OF the deficiency
some time ago by New-York bank, sustained by
Secretary Lannon'S personal guarantee nor as TO
pay OF priva;es.
The President. before starting for Atlanta last
night made the following appointments: Jared g.
Dixon OF Louisiana: to be receiver OF public moneys
a. Natchoches Ia AI9er d. "a nsm n RI OF
las Wyo.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Crage in his
annual report shows the bulk Of second-class
mail matter transmitted and the comparatively small
compensation received. lie says that The weight OF
second-cass matter sent in the mails In the year
county Of publication was 2S5si4ss2 pounds, and
the amount OF postage collected g SoS l43 s. TINS
increase In weight or lO02i,Uib pounds ana IN
postage collected OF slo5.2io &C. or i.l5 per cent; az
compared w!;b the preceding year. one OF the i'm
portanr recommendations In the report ia that
limited indemnity for ios, registered letters be pro-
! vided for by legislation.
| The Spanish Legation will be moved week
more fashionable location. senor Dupuy lie
Lone has taken tire Tiffany house. No. Los con
| nectcut-ave. just beyond Dupont circle right in
the centre OF the diplomatic set. and win con-
yenlent detached offices.
The somewha. famous Greer County Crex) case
will be argued in the Supreme Court Of the United
States tomorrow. This case grows out OF con-
troversy between the United states and the State
! OF Texas % to the right OF Jurisdiction what
is known Greer County both claiming possession
The area >avolve is about 100000 The ques
ton at issue IS construction OF the treaty or
whether not the dividing line between Texas and
| the United States shall be the tooth merdien OF
published In 1918 end adopted in the treaty.
Il really Is shown by later and corrected surveys
be- made by General Edgar Allen. OF Richmond
VINO has had Gasrse 81 me sun sics II was instituted
tablisning the Territory o. oklahoma. Attorney
General Harmon. who did not accompany the Pres-
dent to Atlanta In order that he might take part
in the argument, will make his first speech in
court since entering the Cabinet. For Texas the
case will be presented by Acknowledgement Crane
and George Clark. Governor Cuberson a. Attor-
for submission and his name appears in the record
and on the papers as COUNSEL
The wenknown fact that damp earth is a better
conductor OF electricity than dry earth is the basic
idea Of apparatus invented by Professor Milton
whitney chief OF the Division OF Soils in the Agri
cultural Department, which he thinks WI be
valuable aid I'm producing the best results from the
cultivation OF soil The plates, constructed OF the
material which forms the carbon points in arc
OF electricity is then passed from one
the other and an instrument measures in ohms the
resistance which the soil between the plates makes
| to the passage OF the current. n table prepared
from the results of many experiments shows ut
| e -
apparatus Will be especially valuable in house
the conditions the best Tor regulating the
portions OF moisture, but the amount OF moisture IN
the fields can be regulated great degree BY cu-
tvtion This is particularly true In sections OF the
country where rrlsation Is Practised By the use
inexpensive. the farmer can accurately determine
and thus make his labor and investment count for
the NEST IN results. From series OF experiments
conducted last summer Professor Whitney has prac-
tcaliy demonstrated that when pasture land shows
es than u per cent OF molsture II mas rsached the
Minister William l. Buchanan. representing the
United States I'm the Argentine Republic reports
that the probabilities OF the wheat and harvest
OF the province OF Buenos Ayres indicate a reduc-
tion OF about Il per cent in the wheat acreage Tor
next year as compared with last year. This Is partly
due to the fact that the cultivation OF corn inter
ered with the planting and partly from the ravages
| OF locusts The indications that the amount OF
wheat for export next Will be moderate. and not
in excess OF the exports for this year The corn
crop which being shipped abroad was large,
but the quantity suitable for export was greatly
below the quantity expected. IL viii be Impossible
TO cur. the large amount remaining. and II VIII be
used in fattening cattle. This industry promises 10
! increase
! The excursion OF the New England cotton manu-
| facurers numbering rs persons was over TWO
| hours late in reaching Washington. where IT was
intended to spend the afternoon IN seeing the capl-
! "a; The party which includes many wealthy mill
owners started for Atlanta tonight by special
| train.
Commissioner-(ieneral stump has reported TO Sec
1 hat, he ~ -nad that he
| made that large numbers OF Japanese are entering
| the United States contract laborers or paupe.s
il rnsounded. The OF 1897 shows 2.os9 japan
| ese I'm the lnssel States. a3d he does not believe
! 49, number has INCREASED materla-N. In the