The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-10

contention for some time. The owners
~ the vessel gave bond that the ship
sho,,Id land the arms purchased mt
sIngapore. hut she did not do 80. The
bond was demanded by the Chinese nu-
thorities Mr.. Goodnow holds that II
must he paid. The Importance OF the
decision is pointed out by the Snhne-
hal Mercury. which says: hitnerto
the American forces at Manila have
had to fight against FilIpinos we'll
armed with modern rifles and guns.
and IL is no secret that the majority of
these arms have been landed in the
Philippines from Chinese ports. II has
been decided on the motion OF the Gus
toms that China is liable for any 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 ifl the Drew versus sylvester
case will he the means OF checking the
chief source of supply OF arms and
warllke material that the Fllipinos
have possessed"
A horrible murder was committed
Sunday in the northeastern part of the
city. The murderer was Benjamin H.
| Smell, a special examiner In the pension
office, man about 40 years of age.
| His victim was Liza Weissenberger, n
girl 13 years OF age, who had been EN-
Dloyed in his household until few
| months ago, when she was taken home
| by her parents, who became suspicious
| OF SHELLS conduct toward her. Smell
seemed to be infatuated with the child
and paid her great deal of attention,
| which, however. she resented. Smell
went to his victims house, and. enter
Ing at 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 and Smell started to go, pass
| 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 one hand In the girls
hair and throwing back her head. Smell
drew razor from his pocket and
swept 1t across her throat Twice he
siashed her throat and once he missed.
cutting a 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
| frenzy she grappled with the murderer
| and was badly slashed on the arm with
| the razor. The murderer attempted to
| escape. but was soon captured by the
police and locked up In the Ninth pre-
| cinct station. He refuses TO give any
| explanation of his act and says he re-
members nothing about 1t. The mur-
derer is a native of Vermont and was
at one time employed in bank in
| Montgomery, Alabama. He has a wife
and two children.
DIR. r.. w. Allen. assistant director of
| experimental stations in the Agrlcul-
| 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 the
country. He states that one of the
most interesting lines of investigation
which is being pursued In these sta
| tions Is that with regard to cheese
making. The station In Wisconsin Is
taking the lead In this especial work
and 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 ferment
which is contained In the milk itself,
and not bacteria. Ir is believed that
| this discovery will have an important
bearing upon cheese manufacture In
the future. In the stations througout
the semi-arid regions much attention Is
being given to the investigation of ex-
ccssive alkali in the soil. Many sec.
tions. notably In California and Utah.
there are large areas of irrigated land
which are practically non-productive
on account of the presence of alkali.
Investigation makes II plain that this
Is due to irrigation and In many In
stances to excessive irrigation. The
water applied to the soil brings the
salts to the surface when 1t rises. In
some instances 1t has been found that
the lower portion of the streams has
been rendered alkaline by the return of
these salts in the water from the irri-
gated fields. The work of the expert
ment stations in connection with this
problem is to find remedy fer the evil
and this they are seeking to do by
demonstrating that in many instances
crops do not require nearly SO much
water as is applied to them. They are
working along practical lines in the So
luton of the problem and in some cases
the more progressive farmers are co
operating with them. Eventually they
hope to he able to show just what
given crop in 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 irrigable area by demon
strating that more land can he sup
piled with water from the available
supply than now is. Montana Ida
ho, and other semi-arid states there Is
much work looking to securing forage
plants adapted TO the altitude and
climate. In these states the most sat
isfactory results have been secured
from cow pea, which is generally plant
ed with oats. Red clover Is also fount
to flourish in that section even better
than in the eastern states. In Other
regions much attention is given to tn,
rotation of crops. DR. Allen reports I
: growing friendship toward the exper
: mental stations on the part of til,
: farmers. When the stations were frs
established they We're regarded MS M
innovation. but in many instances til,
farmers have come now to depend ND
, on them. and most of them regard til,