, 1899-08-10

American warShipS to preserve h in
teresI of the American company, and
as a civil wal would seriously reduce
the revenues the administration may
feel warranted to extend Its protection
to the extent of exerting force to main
tain peace.
Hon. John Goodnow. consul-general
of the United States at Shanghai, has
rendered a decision as referee in the
Consular Court which will be of far
reaching Importance during the contin-
uance of the war in the Philippines.
The Ease was in relation to the steam
er Abbey, charged with taking arms
from Canton to Luzon. 1t has been in
contention for some time. The owners
of the vessel "A n bond that the ship
should land the arms purchased at
Singapore, but she did not de so. The
bond was demanded by the Chinese au-
thorities. Mr.. Goodnow holds that it
must ~ paid. The Importance of the
decision is pointed out by the Shang-
hal Mercury, which says: Hitherto
the American forces at Manila have
"A to fight against Filipinos we'll
aimed with modern rifles and guns
II II Is no secret hat the majority of
these arms have been landed in the
Philippines from Chinese ports. 1t has
been decided on the motion of the Gus
toIlS nat NIllih II lliblt " amy SHIP
ments of arms which get to the Phil
ippines through lack of diligence or
honesty on the part of the customs or
the Chinese officials. Therefore. the
judgment in the Drew versus Sylvester
case will be the means of checking the
chief source of supply of arms and
warlike material that the Filipinos
have possessed"
a horrible murder was committed
Sunday in the northeastern part of the
city. The murderer was Benjamin II.
Smell, n special examiner i'm the pension
office. a man about A years of age.
His victim was Liza Wcissenberger. Il
girl IL years of age, who had been en-
! ployed in his household until n few
months ago, when she was taken home
by Ter parents, who became suspicious
of Smells conduct toward her. Smell
seemed to he INFATUATED with the child
IL paid her n great deal of attention.
which, however, she resented. Smell
went to his victims house, and, enter
ing Mt the front door, passed on
through the middle room, where the
girl was sleeping, to the dining room
door. The mother ordered him from
the house II Smell started to 20, piss
ing again through the room where the
child was. He bent over the sleeping
child and drew her from the bed.
Awakened suddenly, she screamed in
terror. Twisting II hand in The girls
hair and throwing back her head. Smell
drew n razor from his pocket and
swept it across her throat. Twice he
slashed her throat and once he missed.
cutting n great piece of flesh from her
cheek. The head was almost severed
from the body and both the murderer
and his victim We're drenched with
blood. Attracted by the child's screams
the mother ran to the rescue. In n
frenzy she grappled with the murderer
II was badly slashed on the arm with
the razor. The murderer attempted to
escape, but was soon captured by ihe
police and locked up in the Ninth ore
cinct station. He refuses to give any
explanation of his act and says he re.
members nothing about it. The muir.
derer Is n native of Vermont and was
at one time employed in II bank in
Montgomery. Alabama. He has n wife
and two children.
DR.. Il. w. Allen, assistant director OF
experimental stations in the Agricul.
tural Department. has just returned
from n prolonged tour in the West
made for the purpose of inspecting the
various stations In that section OF tho
country. He states that one of til,
most interesting lines of Investigation
which is being pursued in these sta
tons is that with regard to cheese
making. The station in Wisconsin is
taking the lead in this especial work
ana discoveries have been made there
which revolutloniZe the European idea
that the ripening of cheese is due to
bacteria. The American experiments
demonstrate beyond doubt that the
principal change in the albuminoids
which takes place in the ripening pro
cess Is dependent upon Il fermrut
which is contained in the milk itself
and not bacteria. 1t is believed thai
this discovery will have nm important
hearing upOn cheese manufacture in
the future. In the stations throughout
the semi-arid regions much attention is
being given to the Investigation of OK.
cessive alkali in the soil. Many sec.
tons, notably in California and Utah
there are large areas of irrigated land
which are practically non%-productive
on account of the presence of nlkali
Investigation makes ii plain that this
is due TO irrigation and i'm many i'm.
stances to excessive irrigation. The
water applied to the soil brings the
salts to the surface when il rises. In
some instances II has been found that
the lower portion of the streams has
peell FellueTeu ulk'illnt ny tlc return OF
these salts in the water from the irri
gated fields. The work of the cNperi-
ment stations in connection with this
problem is to find n remedy for the evil
and this they are seeking To do by
demonstrating that in many instances
crops do not require nearly so much
water rs is applied TO them. They arc
working along practical lines in the so
luton of the problem and in some eases
the more progressive farmers are go.
operating with them. Eventually they
hope to lie able to show just what
quantity of water Is required for n
given crop in Il given locality. and
count, when able to do this, not only
upon saving from destruction much
land already under ditch, but also upon
extending the irrignhlc area by demon
strnting that more land can be sup
piled with water from the available
supply than now is. Montana, Ida
no. aud other scmi-arid states there is
much work looking to securing forage