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The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
A Massachusetts Civil Enginecr Pre-
sents His Views.

Massachusetts Civil Engineer Pre-
sents His Views.
: Massachusetts is foremost in the
work of constructing better roads, her
example having already been followed
by six other states. The system which
the commissioners in this stnte have
adopted Of building one-milc sections
N different parts Of the state is that
they are all parts of one general plan,
simply links in the chain, and when
completed and Joined will make contin-
uous good roads through the state each
way, east, west, north and south-a
work that will contribute greatly to the
prosperity of this state. Ibelieve every
brunch Of industry, agricultural. man
ufacturing and commercial, will he
stimulated aud made more productive
by it. Good roads are a special benefit
TO the country districts, where the de-
mand is for better roads than the towns
can afford to build and maintain.
Prices of farm products are fixed at
the great cities, centsrs Of consump-
ti0n and distribution, and are largely
beyond the farmers control, and the
cost OF transportation is principal
factor In determining whether there
Is any profit for him or not The diff
ference between good and bad roads is
often the difference between profit and
loss. to farmers situated far from mar
ket.
1t hns been my privilege for the past
year to be in q position to see and know,
in practical way, the mlnner and
methods OF construction OF these state
roads, in different parts Of this state,
as now being built. am convinced
that to construct roads intelligent!y
requires good degree of professional
skill, but not that alone. Technical en-
gineering must yield to practical COM
mon sense methods in dealing with the
problems constantly being met with in
the varied conditions in road building,
such as variety of soi!--hilly, wet, clay
land that is necessary to thoroughly
drain, and i'll some sections Loose sand
and in others good gravel, and every
where is to be met the destructive ef-
feet OF the elements and the deep frost,
which work great injury to an I'm
properly built road. Economic con3i-
tions must also be considered. Nearly
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
NOTHING sAID AsoUr LUIGI
Oehess Besides shs Itsilan Prlsce Havt
'as 4 Mauntmyl- Bcnling DsAigus. s

Oehofu 0o9too8 tDo AteiMo rrtooC 0avt
vs. Mnuntsyu- scnliax lDsAtgns.
Pniiadelphias May l8--An expedition
loft here last evening that has for Its
object the exploration IL the country
round about Mount 81 Elias. Alaska,
and The possible ascent Of that mountain.
which for long time was considered
the highest in America its exploration
Is particularly Interesting because 1t lice
In the disputed territory between the
United States and the Hritish posses-
sions In North Americss All attempts
TO ascend Il nave hstherto Jailed.
The sxpedltion has the cotbtenance of
the government and ID ~ b under t1as
'leadership Of Henry @. Hxyans of Phiia-
delpala, who has had eonatdsrabie e.
pefience - asi expIoras The other
membsrp Of the party Ase 64muel J..
Icntrikin Of wSstchtstef, ~, Who was
second In constnind Of ~ f6s$y s1pe-
dItiod u f1St-SH and NJ B. raaltsin, II
the uniksd stAtes cce6t survey Ths
pxrtxs wttl ~ hrisvay nfi Cshtnaeo9 ana
~ R4pi u nsStt3p, vDsp i stessaer "a,
oikka mn ~ tl16on. X :S H I. a
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
unooMrAMank UrE LANDS
Feat - ~ Asrssasut ReseAsd D, -
y cosfss1sss Csasflessss.

q s's G0nfesvaee Cennf1teess.
Warrington. Nay To- The conference
Of the two houses of~ congress today
reached an agreement on the provision in
tho Indian appropriation bill ccncernins
the Uncompahgre Indian reservation In
Utah, the only Item remaining in dispute
between the two houses. Following is the
text Of the compromise provision:
'-The secretary Of the interior IL here
by directed to at orce allot agricultural
lands In severalty to the Uncompahgre
Tndiane now located upon or belonging to
the Uncompahgre Indian reservation in
Utah. said allotments to be made upon
the Uncompahgre and Uintah reserva-
ttons or elsewhere in said state; that all
the lands Of the said uncompahsre 1ndi-
an reservation not heretofore allotted in
severalty to aid Uncompahgre Utes
sha.i on srd aftef the nrst day of Aprii.
1898, be open for location and entry under
the allotment laws OF the United states.'
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
NoMINATEp ow oSAsIRM.p
Lsst Of the Fsrtusate Onts Iaciudss judi 2
sY Clnyton's Na1s.


Washington. May 10-The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Justice-wixiam W. morrow of Cali
fcrnia. to be United stsfes clrcui, judg,
for the Ninth judicial District; George
Morgan Thomas Of Ke1rucky. to be So
licftor Of Internal revc4he.
Navy--Passed Assist1nf Engineer
Frank H. Eldridse. to schief engineer
In the navy.
Interior Samuel g. Mofss OF washing
ton. to be agent for TIL INDIANS Of the
Neah Bay agency in washington.
Washington. May 1s4s1Fhe senate to-
day confirmed the follow 5E nominations.
William H. Clayton q Afkansas. to be
Judge Of the United STD court Contra.
district, Indian Terrtta at ii. Merris-
am Of Minnesota, to ~ ietent paymas-
ter In the navy. III. n fs~
Pos.masier,: Ais1 u. Kinsolv-
mn. At Marshall; |, Y Bonn.
Terre.si4 x "a. -
Kansas--A. A. B. cavass. at Baldwin:
A Barron. at .KirWiT
Texas-Mrs. N. W. Morrow, at Abb.
lene.
South Dakota-J. Lewis, at Canton :
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
PooLiNo Hills C0NsIDERED
ssusta Intsratass Commsrcs COMMITTEES
Ipeainss 70 tho Pattersou Plan.

sspata Intsratass Commsrcs COMMITTEES
Ipcainss 20 tho Patterson Plan.
Washington, May 19.-The question of
the propriety OF the enactment OF law
permitting pooling by railroads was un-
der consideration today by the sub-com-
mittee OF the senate committee on inter-
state commerce appointed for this pur-
pose Mesers. Morrison and Knapp,
members of the interstate commerce
commission, sat with the subcommittee.
The Foraker bill was untilized as a
basis OF action. but the members Of the
commission seemed more favorably IN
clined towards the Patterson bill of the
last session. as originally introduced.
No final conclusion was reached and
other meetings Of the subcommittee
probably will be held before any recon-
mendation to the full is determined up
on. 1t seems altogether probable. how
ever, that the recommendations OF the
subcommittee win enbody the sugges-
tions OF the commissioners and they
hope to be prepared to report their con-
illusions at the next regular meeting of
the full committee, which will be held
next Thursday, unless present plans are
altered. z
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
COMPARATIVE JURIsPaUDENoE
hsv Coursss OF Leo turss to hs Introduced
In Cosumbian Unlvsrslty.

New CO0e108 OF L0O lures 20 NJ AutE0W0CeO
In Co,umbisn UnIvsrsity.
Washington. May 1a.-President Whit
man. OF the Columbia University here.
announces that an Important step In ad-
vance has just been taken by that insti-
tuition In the establishment Of courses In
politics and SOCIOLOGY. to be given In the
law school by DR.. Lee Davis Lodge. who
is the professor Of political science and
international law in the university. The
new course Of lectures will be devoted
to ethnology. anthropology, the theory
of the state, comparative politics and
sociology. The aim Will be to supply the
connective tissue, the adjacent anatomy
of law studied as an organic growth.
The work will move along the lines laid
down by such masters as freeman.
Maine, Pollock and Maitland These
lecture courses by DR.. Lodge will form
the Introductory work OF the university'r
new school Of comparative jurisprn-
dence.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
SENATOR" coKBErr HEARD FROM
aIs Attorney Pisad~ His Hight 10 be Seated
tfs In the Senate

Washington. May lp.-The senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections today
heard an argument by Attorney Woods
of Portland, Ore. in support of the
claim Of Hon H. W. Corbett to seat
in the senate to succeed Senator Mitchell.
under the appointment Of the governor
os Oregon. but the committee took no
action. Mr.. Woods contended that the
appointment was valid because there
had been no session of the Oregon legis-
lature, He held that failure to organize
the legislature was equivalent to hold
ing no session. and for this reason there
had been no interregnum. He also ar
gned that it was the Intention of the
trainers OF the federal constitution that
= state OF the union should be at all
times represented in; the senate-rhat,
as he expressed It. the sovereign states
should ever be represented by their am-
be ssadors in the senate. The commit
tee expect to pass finally upon MIR. Cor-
bette case at their next weeks meet
irg.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
To rrsat with Eng and and Russia About
s Fur Seals.

Washington. May 19-General John
w. Foster. the special agent OF the de-
partment Of state, charged with the me-
go.iations concerning the seal fisheries.
left Washington tonight for New York.
whence he will sail Thursday on the
Paris for England. It Is the purpose of
General Foster to expedite the negoiia-
tion win the British government 4 pos
sible by getting as near as possible to
Downing street. and In the game line he
win extend his journey to st. Peters,
burg TO deal directly with the Russian
government in the effort to secure joint
arrangements looking to the adoption Of
additional protective measures TO save
seal life from discrimination.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
CREAMERY SITES.
Some Thi.gs without whieh rAe,.
IL No Chance of suceess.

Some Thfngs Without which Thess
II No Chance of success.
The large number Of creameries
which are now building makes 1t worth
while to give a word OF caution in re-
gard to the selection Of sites. A great
many creameries prove unsuccessful
because the expense account is too
large. This account may be materially
affected In the choice OF site. In the
first place there must be roads con-
yeniently leading to it, and they must
be good roads. II there is trouble in
this respect the most distant patrons
will drop off during the season OF bad
ipnds and the output will be reduced,
while the expenses do not diminish.
In the next place, it must be well
drained. We do not say that good but
Ter cannot be produced in a creamery
situated on low, undrained ground, but
we do not believe that owners suf.
fciently upwise to locate creamery in
such place viii usually be wise enough
10 overcome the difficulties which they
thereby create. And II they do, It wiA
cost a lost of money and Incrraie III
expense account.
There must be never-fniling and
abundantsuPply Of pure water. With.
out this there can be no chance Of sue
cess. Fortunately, the requirements in
this direction. are not too large to be gen
orally attninable, but sufficient sun
ply is essential. Finally, the factory
should be 80 situated that the milk
should flow by gravity wherever 1t is to
50. A side hill presents obvious ad,
vantages in this respect. but when that
is not possible II will usually pay, to
construct plank Incline. When the
milk is loaded on the wagon til
cheapest way to elevate It IL BY horss
power. A milk pump il MOT an easy
thing to keep clean, to say nothing "a
the cost OF hand or steam power 70 run
1t. si584l
A factory thus located wil1 at6Sxe(
patrons, and the more milk II feceivsi
the more profit for AL csncerned. sal
francisco Chronicle.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
AMONG THE xUBBER COMPANIES
nscsivsr for the Eastern and Directors for
the United sta tss. SfJs

Trenton, N. j., May 19.-vice Chan
cellor Read this morning made an order
appointing Charles Case permanent re-
celver VI the Eastern Rubber company.
New York. May 1S.-At the annual
meeting OF the United States Rubber
company at New Brunswick. N. j.. TO-
day. the old directors were reelected
and John d. vermule and George E.
Weed were elected new directors. Will
lam H. Hin retired as director.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
GENERAI NEWa

WILD negro, ADOut oO years 0lQ, was
captured ten miles north of Brewton,
Ala, by some farmers. He was bare
headed, bsrefooted and wore NO other
garment than . short pair of panta-
looms II was believed he escaped from
bondage before the war and had since
lived in the swAmps like wild ami
NAL.
WHILE two prisoners, arrested for =
burglary at Cowles, Neb., were being
conveyed to Red Cloud by officers. they
slipped their handcu11s and escaped.
Bloodhounds were afterwards put on
the trail Of the faeitives
The board 'sf n18nsgers Of the West
ern Baseball league held . business
session 1t Chicago on the nth. Catcher
Lake, of the Kansas City team, was
aned 500 fer striking Unpire Graves >
few days ago, expulsion from the
league to follow = repetition of the of
Tense
SPOTTED fever has broken out in Nc
Cracken county, KY The appearance
Of the fever has created great excite
ment-
REPRESENTATIVES, riders from New
York and Chicago began . six-day re-
lay bicycle race at Chicago ON the 18th,
the riders competing II hours in the "a
WILD dogs have been creating havoc
for some time with sheep, swine and
young cattle in Holt, Boyd and adjoin-
ing Nebraska counties
A MOB of .. 900 men congregated about
the Jail at Deadwood, s. D., during the
night of the 18th with the avowed in
tention OF lynching Brown, the negro
murderer of Mrs. Emma Stone.
SECRETARY JOHN BLooR. of the Mon
tana senate, was sentenced to . years
imprisonment for having secreted the
s'salary bill' to prevent its passage on
the last night of the session.
THE Sidney QllD grange passed reso-
lntions declaring that the United
States should stop the inhumsn war
faro raging in Cuba and appealing TO
all farmers organizations to pass sim
liar resolutions n.
THE baseball game between the Mil
wsukee and Kansas City clubs, Of the
Western league, on the 14th at Kansas
City, Mo-. ended In small riot, and
had It not been for the police Umpire
Graves would have been roughly
handled. The game was won by the
Milwaukee club at the last minute and
= close decision by tho umpire in Mil
waukees favor was the cause Of the
trouble. The umpire,s decision was
acknowledged to be right afterwards
by the Ksnsaa City club.
OrFrcEBs 1T Metropolis, Ill, arrested
five colored boys, ranging in age from
10 to II years, and colored man,
charged with three attempts to wreck
Illinois Central trainA The boys
claimed they were put up to It by the
man, who persuaded them that II
would be fun-
A NoRrHBoUxD cattle train jumped
the track : mile north Of EuAaula, ].
T., on the 18th, The engine turning bot
tom mp and ten cars Of cattle boing de-
raiicd -Four meh were Injured and >
eclored boy killed. There were prob
ably 30 head NJ cattle killed and others
- bedly hurt that they bad TO Be
killed. ~
TIM westbound Southern Paei6c pasr
Asnger tsstn was held up BY fnskleed
men 9sO milss west Of San Antonio,
Tex. "a the t4th snd the two ahfes In
ths exrptsss car wsrs dynsssits4 md
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The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
APhlL,s lNrERNAL kEvENUs
Dscrenss fes April Nat ~ Increases for shs
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Washington, May le-The monthly
abatement of the collections Of internal
revenue shown. that the total receipts
for the month OF April were n1,3s4.4ss.
: decfsase Of sss.7os ns compared with
April 1seA For me hst ten months shs
rscsipts asEfe6atsd u71sSo, ~, an I'M
Grease. ~ comparsd with the same per-
iod Df last year. Of eeeo.0ea.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
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The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
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Ate todsx ~ bin prohiblslns ps1hlic ~
hibihops Of photosraphic rsproductions
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The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
THE WORLD AT LARGE
Summary Of u. p.ny Nsva
WASHINGTON NOTES.

IL response to the urgent request OF
the director-general of the Nashville
exposition, the secretary of the treas
ury has decided to admit for exposi-
tion purposes the e61 Cinnamon recent
IL arrived at San Francisco and tho o.
at Tacoma, but under no circumstances
will snv additional permits to enter be
granted.
The movement to secure the adop-
tion of = universal postage stamp by
the postal congress a Warrington has
collapsed There were too many difH-
cultiea (the chief being that Of cur
reDcy fluctuations, In the way OF adopt
ing such stamp, and the general COM
mittee, after eonbidering the subject.
abandoned Il As impraeticable.
THE supreme council of the American
Protective association elected at WASH
ington on the 18th the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: President,
: John w. Echols, of Atlanta, Ga; secre-
tary of state, Harry C. Sawyer, Penn
sylvania; supreme secretary. William
]. Palmer, Colorado; supreme treasurer,
c. j. Stockman. Maryland.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has under car
nest consideration the advisabiIity of
sending q message to congress on tho
Cuban question, but has not yet come
to n decision ia the matter. The mes
sage, il it goes in, will be entirely pa
cifc ia terms, and it can be stated On
good authority will not be of war
like or sensational tenor.
The returns received by the-immi-
gratieu bareau during the last few
months show = marked falling on in
the number of immigrant arrivals in
this country General
Stump estimates that the decrease for
the entire country during the fiscal
year ending June 80 next will not be
less than %, 600, of which New York
will show 20, eco
THE FIRST report of Judge Calhoun,
who was sent to Cuba by President
Mckinley, has been given out and he
says that the reports about affairs on
the island being in deplorable state
and that many American citizens were
dying Of starvation were by no means
exaggerated.
The agricultural department ut
of beet sugar seed, about 1O, 600 pounds
having oeen sent OUT TO farmers In
four-Hfths of the states.
THE president on the 17th nominated
Brig. Gen. Zenas K. Bliss to be major
general and Frank A. Vanderlip, of
Illinois, to be assistant secretary Of
the treasury. ssf
THE president sent a special message
to congress on the nth asking for an
appropriation of not less than $4,000
for the relief of destitute American
citizens In Cuba
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
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The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
PaEssulsE on rH1 YREsrpExr
70 lsdues Hin e Set Aboss R4fermsns
Civil Hsrvioe Rsfosn,

To lsdsss Hin e Set Aboas Rsfermsns
Civil ssrvios ksfosn.
Washington, May 10 Great pressure
has been brought to bear on the presi-
dent for Z reform in certain branches Of
the civil service. especially since the
meetings OF the senate committee In
vessigating the workings OF the civi,
service. The main proposltions In the
reforms demanded are briefly as fol-
lows:
FIrst-The abolition Of the rule allow
ing reinstatements Of government EN-.
psoyes without examination only within
one year from the time Of their removal
from the service.
Second-The exception frem examina-
tion of all chiefs Of divisions, superin-
tendents and foremen and all officials
whose duties are Of an executive char
acter.
Third-The issuing Of a general order
resembling all extensions of the ciassi-
fled Aervice made since President HarrI.
sens administration.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
NEW PENSION OFFICE METHODS
Desssnsd 70 DO Away With the Cheese
Pnriug Of Recent Y~ars.

0SotRWS0 - DO away ~ III SOe 6uIos~-
PAIRING Of Rscsnt Y~ars.
Warrington. May 9.-CommissloneI
of Pensions Evans is making an EFFORT
to reduce what he regards as unneces-
ssry work in his Office He has already
inaugurated new methods which have
saved the services of many employees
for. more important work than various
details held to be Of no benefit to PEN
s.oners and detriment to business.
Another plan that viii probably be
adopted ID to discontinue the practice
of making detailed receipts Of papsrs
Allied by attorneys and requiring them
to fill out the receipts, leaving to the
bureau only the task Of verifying the
receipt card and stamping and mailing
1t. The practice OF keeping a separat.
record Of increase claims has been abol-
ished: that Of 3acketlng claims under the
act Of June n. 1890. when prior claims
under the same law has been fled. has
been discontinued as useless duplication;
and the adjudicating divisions have been
asked for reports as to the number and
class of JUNE q" claims which have
been re-opened by the ftling OF new de-
clafatiOns.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-05-21
FVrA
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

From American Gardening
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-10
Hudcsty intelruptcd him,
Our Denr english Cousins.

Somebody has been informing the
London Times that American children
are trained Ill their higher schools to
exercise the ritual of 'saluting the flag
III military style, and that their mar
tlal ardor is by this and other means SO
blown into flame that when these young
persons leave their schools they form
themselves into societies and take "A
vow to avengc with their blood amy i'll
suit to their country's flag" This
somewhat vivid description has excited
the horror OF another reader OF the
Thundcrcr, and he leaps to !, conclusion
III the following amusing and highly
characteristic style: Apparently youl
correspondent uses the expression Young
person i'll the technical sense of "A fc-
male creature somewhere between a girl
and awoman. Docs he really desire that
young females of this kind should in
England form themselves into societies
to aycnge with their blood any insult
to the union jack III Venezuela or else
where? Seriously, I think that the
American example in this us i'll some
other things, Is to be avoided as degcn-
crate rather than followed Surely our
ancestors managed to conquer at Crcssy
and Poicticrs and Agincourt, at Blcn-
helm and Trafalgar and Waterloo, with
out all this absurd civilian ritual on the
part of schoolgirls, this religious wor-
thip, or rather idolntry, Of the person.
fled country under the symbol OF flag,
and these silly vows by young Hanni-
balls i'll petticoats. If the people of the
United States is really beginning to
worship itself as an abstract unity, it is
sure sign that it is beginning to aban-
don the only true worship, and to retro
grade to mere civic paganiSm -