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The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

The Republican Senators have not set
tied all the Porto Rioan questions and are
not likely to for some time to come. The
conference disclosed great difference Of
opinion In respect to the form Of govern
ment the island should have aad the
kind OF tariff. But 1t did sgrse that the
bill recently passed by the House. return
ing 20 Porto Rico the duties 10 far COL
lseted, should be pressed to passage Inn
msdiAtely In the SsnRts. This measure
will do much to relieve the imm ediats
necessities Of the Porto Rioans, but Of
course 1t is only palliative and must be
followed by permanent tariff legislation
to sffect permanent relief. 1t 10 useless
to predict what the precise form Of ths
Senats's tariff measure will be. There
are three or four factions, eAca with q
diffsrsns plan. An effort win be mads
by q committee appointed for THAT pur.
pess to prepare bill which all will ac-
ospt. Dut It is . ditiiouls task the eon-
mittee has in hand, and he would be q
sanguins man who would predict coE.
plsts success.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

How many geld Democrats win accept
Bryan time only can decide. But not ell
Of them will, for two hundred
prominent members Of the party In the
West have met and declared that they will
not take Bryan on the Chicago plstform.
They suggest an effort 10 neminsts Mr..
Olney or some other man ON whom the
Democratic party oan unite. II they
think the party can units on Mr.. olney
they are nee well acquainted with 10 The
great majority Of the party are enthusiss-
tic for Mr. Bryan, and hence could not
be enthusiastie or even tolerant OF Ar.
Olney, Q man who is ns rar from Mr..
Bryan In all his ideas Of public questions
az the East is from the West. Whstever
may BIS said OF the quality Of the Gold
Democrats, In numbers they constitute
but an insienificant fraction Of the De
mooracy. To ask the party to nominate
a man acceptable 10 them would be
equivalsnt to asking 10 to nomipate one
unacceptable, and positively hatsful TO
the great majority Of 1t. suoh . request
could not be expected 10 meet with favor
able respnnse We imagine that the gold
Democrats have not the slightest expsc-
tation that any one win be nominated
who is acceptable to them or for whom
they can vote without swallowing their
convictions. Sooner or later they will
have TO adopt one OF three courses: 60
back on their professions, a. some ol
them have already done. and support
Bryan; nominate an independent eandi-
date; or support the Republican oandi-
alta.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

shs outcome Of that would have bssn oivii
war. the legal rsspsnssbility Cor whiss
weuld have been upon them. Thers
can b no question but he he
puhlicaas have bssa cheated out Of frufes
Of the slsstion which fAiriy hslongsd %
thsn, and that the results Of . pepuias
vote have been overturned b. ehioanery
and fraud. But the Republicans viii b
In far better posision TO appeal 10 the
psopls with whom the redress Of such
wrongs ultimately rssts, II thsy submit
under protest. for the sake Of the psaes Of
the state than IL they undertake. forcibls
resistanos.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

The Kentucky contestants fesm to have
set together and arranged o plan which
Ii likely to settle the governorship quss-
tion without resort to force, and ensure
he preservation Of public order. Taylor
10 TO remain governor until the Circuit
Court Of Appeals pronouncss upon the
validity OF his title and that OF Beokham,
and then II the decision is rgainst him.
a. It probably will be. retire. The ar
rangslnsnt Ii undoubtedly . wise one for
ali partieA Doubklsss 10 means the loss
II the govsrneEship to the Rspubliosrs,
but there was no way they could keep 10,
with ths Legislature and courts Agsi nst
lAsm. exospt BY an appeal 20 force. and
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

The report emansting from diplomatic
orioles that the Hague Congress is Ike
" to lead to no tangible results VIII not
prove very startling. The general public
same to that conclusion when they saw
the South African war break out without
the sligbtsSt attempt on the part Of any
nation to invoke the rules ahd agree
msnts laid down at that confersnoe to
avert it.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

It.is fact Of considerable Importance
as regards the merits of the ship subsidy
bill that ME-. James J. Hill, President
Of the Great Northern railroad, favors 1t
In Its amended form. though he opposed
It as originally introduced.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

Secretary Root assured the cubans shat
the government means to keep every
promise 1t has MADE in regard to their
Island. That will not be pieasant as
surance for the annexationists.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

Parties will leave Boston In Special vestl-
buled Cars with Dining Cars for Magnin-
cent sightseeing Tours, as follows
No. I, April "a. A 65 Days, Trip through
Colorado, Utah, California the Pacific North
west Montana, and the Yellowstone National
Park.
No. ., April "A. A 10 Days Trip the same
as No 1. with an added tour through Alaska
No. q, April "a. A 81 Days Trip through
New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
and Colorado.
The Yosemite Valley may be visited In con-
nection with either OF these excursions.
Paris Ex ExpOsttion Tours April, May, June,
July, August and september.
Europeen Tour April IA.
kR-send for descriptive book. mentioning
the particular tour desired.
RAYMOND q wHITBOMB,
2s6 Washington St. Opp. School St., Boston.
mari5d3t
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-16

Portland q Yarmouth Electric Ry. Co.
OARS leave head OF Elm street for Underwood
" Spring and Yarmouth a. GAO .. M. hourly
until b.45 p. m. Then 6.ib, T.4o. 9l5 and fo.45s.
Extra for Yarmouth week days at 81 y. m.
leave Yarmouth for Portland at SEQ a. m,
hourly until 40 p. m then 5.io, $40. aio and
$40.
Leave Underwood Spring for Portland ut 10
q M. and hourly until $40 p m. thea $40, ITO.
$40 and 1910.
SUNDAYS.
Leave head Of Elm street for Underwood
Spring and Yarmouth at S45 q. m. hourly until
T45 d. M, then 9.l5.
For Underwood Spring only at LIS ass.
ass 500 and 6.i5 p. N.
Leave Yarmouth for Portland at 7.i0 a. m.
hourly until 20 then ai0.
Leave Underwood Spring for Portland AZ
g. 70 O. M. hourly uAtil lie p M. then LOO, 1lo
3ea 3.lo. 4ie. 4-9e. sic. h4a 6.t0. ESQ Tie
g. - and le1o.
'ica5 car leaves city al eloss Of thsarss.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Care in Milking.

How to keep milk sweet without pre-
servatives is a question that confronts
every dairyman. The question is only
half answered by some Of our best
dairymen, and not answered at all by
others. There is probably no better
food for the growth of bacteria than
milk, and once in it they will develop
with astonishing rapidity. In the I'D
der of the average COW there is no bac-
terra, and to get this milk into closed
cans without exposing it to a great
number of bacteria is the heart of the
problem. From the time the milk
leaves the udder till it gets into the
closed can it must run through the
midst of the bacteria that it is desir-
able shall not be incorporated with it
At the exit from the teat it encounters
thousands of these minute plants, un-
less they have been washed out. Other
bacteria drop from the outside of the
udder into the milk pail, unless the
outside of the udder has been washed.
From the hands of the mixer fall sew
eral different kinds Of bacteria, IN
less the hands have been washed. Fin
ally in the bottom and seams of the
pail are found still other bacteria un-
less the pail has been made more than
usually clean. By close attention to
all of these details the milk can be
made to pass trough air that is COM
paratively free from fermentive bac-
terra.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Syllabus in Railroad Court Case.

Topeka, May s.-The syllabus of the
supreme court in the case brought to
decide the status of the court of vista
ton is as follows:
Chapter % of the laws of the special
session of 1898, entitled, AN act crea-
ting a court of visitation, declaring it's
jurisdiction and powers, and providing
for proceedings and procedure therein;
is unconstitutional and void, for the
reason that in the powers conferred upon
that tribunal, legislative, judicial and
functions are com
mingled and interviewer together in a
manner violative of the constitutional
requirements that the three great de-
partments of government shall be kept
separate and the powers and duties of
leach exercised independently of the
others"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Millers In Session.

Kansas City, Mo-, May lot has
been stated that the millers had met
here to raise the price of flour some 90
cents On the hundred weight. The
millers fatty deny this and state fur
ther that if the action which they con-
template is carried out, the price of
flour will be lowered instead of being
raised.
The chief trouble in the ranks of the
millers in this district is the alleged
unjust discrimination made against
them in the matter of freight rates
As it is at present, wheat can be shipped
at cheaper rate than flour out of the
confines of the district covered by the
the members of the convention. This
makes it impossible for the millers in
Oklahoma, Kansas City and Kansas to
compete in the market with others in
whose favor this discrimination is
made
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17

Topeka, May s.-Tornadoes are re-
ported from several places, some eff
them doing damage and one causing
loss of life. The house and barn of
William Helfrich, north of Ellinwood,
were destroyed, fatally wounding his
mother and father and seriously injur-
ing his wife and child. Six tornados
were seen from Ellinwood. A storm
was reported at Frederick and some
damage was done at Minneapolis.
Five tornados were seen from Els
worth. In Ellsworth the stables at
the fair grounds We're torn down, also
several private barns. Two were seen
from Kanopois: one of them is known
to have destroyed buildings on the
Waite farm.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Feeding Value of Alfalfa.

The feeding value of alfalfa depends
cut. Tests at the Utah station gave
the following result:
1. The first crop gave the largest
yield in each of the five tests and in
fourteen out of the fifteen cuttings,
while the third crop gave the lowest
for every test and in every cutting but
one. The average acre-yields for the
five years, including all cuttings, stand
in the following relation: First crop,
100; second, IS; and third, 80. For the
early cuttings alone, first crop, 100;
second, SO; third, &c.
2. In the average composition of all
cuttings for three years, the nutrients
of the three crops vary but little. The
second has slightly the highest per
cent of protein and fiber; and the third
the most fat and nitrogen-free extract.
3. The third crop has the largest
proportion of leaves to stems; but the
per cent of protein in the leaves is
highest in the second crop, and next
highest in the first. The leaves of the
first crop contain the most fat and Of
the second the least.
4. The third crop produced higher
average rate of gain in the feeding
tests than the first or second and also
higher than any of the separate cut
tings. The amount eaten daily was
also highest of all, but the dry matter
ard digestible matter for a pound of
gain were the lowest. In a pound per
pound comparison the gains stand as
follows: First crop, 100; second, 81;
third crop, 126. Dry matter for a
pound of gain, first crop, 100; second,
lis; and third, 60.
8. The beef product per acre, TAX
ing the average result of all cuttings
for the five years, was very much the
highest for the first crop and decidedly
the lowest for the third, standing as
follows: First crop, 100; second, 81,
and third, As. But taking the early
cuttings alone they stand, first crop,
100; second, so, and third, 60.
6. Pound per pound, taken as a
whole, the results show the highest
feeding value fer the third crop and
the lowest for the second.
Z. The average annual beef product
from early cut alfalfa was 705.61
pounds per acre; it required 9,575
pounds of timothy to produce an equal
weight; 1867 pounds of red clover,
and 1O,OS3 pounds of shredded corn
fodder.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
St. LOUIS TAKES ITS TURN.
Ninety Per Cent of $500 Street
Railway Employees Strike.
BULLETS, STONES, BRICKS.

st. Louis, May 10.-The employees of
the st. Louis Transit company, num-
:bering 5000 men have tied up the
street railway traffic of the city.
Riotous proceedings began almost
Immediately. When the company
tried to take cars out from the various
barns of the system, the non-union
men who had undertaken the task
were Immediately surrounded and
urged not to make the attempt. If
they persisted the cars were surround
ed by a bowling mob, and as if by
magic, sticks and stones filed the air,
forcing the men in charge to desert
their posts. During the fisilade win
dows in the cars would be broken,
while their sides would be SCARED and
denied by the missiles.
Serious personal injuries were sus-
tanned by both parties in the wide
spread conflict. An excited passenger
fred two shots, both doing injury. A
new motorman fred a shot at boy
who was active in preventing car
from being moved. The greater mum
Der of injuries were received by men
who were trying to move the cars.
Many of these were bruised and
bleeding from missiles, stones, clubs
and bricks-thrown by the bowling
mob
The police were powerless in the
face of the mob, which was augmented
at noon by thousands of clerks from
business houses and workmen from
the factories. Many women also
gathered with the crowds Boys and
young men, most of whom had no con-
nection with the strikers whatever,
furnished most of the noise and did a
large amount of the mischief down
town. There were comparatively few
of the strikers in the mob any many of
those who appeared most Jealous in
the cause of the street railway men
were animated by no more ferocious
feeling than the love of excitement.
Chairman w. Lee, of the national
executive board, the man who is con-
Quoting this strike, said that the union
was satisfied with the results of the
strike. 1--WE struck to tie up the sys-
tenn" said he, and we have succeed
ed"
The union claims that about 3.4O0
men are out and that they represent
about 80 per cent of the transit com
pany's employees.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Proposed Methodist Reforms.

Chicago, May 9.-Proposed reforms
before the NJ. E. general conference
are: The admission of layman to the
annual conferences; a constitutional re-
quirement for a majority vote for the
two orders separately on all constitu-
tional changes; the seating of lay dele
gates to the general conference in a
body, separate from the ministerial
delegates; the election of stewards and
trustees of churches by the church
members in their quarterly confer
ences, instead of appointment of them
by the pastor.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
A Union Picket Shot.

Chicago, May 7.-Seven non-union
coal beavers were attacked by five
union piekets on street car. The
inon-union men were under the pro-
lection of a special officer and two city
policemen. The non-union men re-
manned in the yards until the car came
hoping that the pickets would not fol-
low them. But the pickets boarded
the car and attacked the non-union
men. Special Officer Mulaney, to pro-
ltect the men, fred at the pichets,
Wounding one in the left groin
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
No Indians are Starving.

Washington, May s.-The Indian
bureau gives out dispatch from the
agent at Anadarko, o. T., who says
that there are no Indians under his
jurisdiction that are starving or suf-
fering for food. The officials here say
that these Indians have no annuity
money to their credit in the treasury,
but during the three years ended 1899,
they received 100000 per annum as a
gratuity from the government; $142, 600
will be disbursed to them as soon as
practicable.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Oil Trust Raises yVae

New York, May Twenty-Five
thousand men employed by the Stand
ard Oil Company all over the country
have had their wages raised 10 per cent.
Mutterings of possible labor storm
preceded this action. Benefits of this
increase are scattered over the country
wherever plant of the Standard Oil
Company is situated. In New Jersey
1900 men will come under the 10 per
cent increase, with the exception of
mechanics, who will work nine hours
stead of ten.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Kansas zinc and Lead.

Topeka, May according to the
report of State Labor Commissioner
johnson there was an increase in the
value of the zinc mined in the Galena-
Empire, Kas., district for 1899, COM
pared with 1898, amounting to s744,
2OO.4 As. The lead output for 1899 shows
an increase in value compared with
1898 of S22,754.95. There was de-
crease in the output of 1,549, 300
pounds. The total increase in the
value of the two products for 1899 is
S766, 965.4O.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
sheldon Gives $1,000 for Hospital.

Topeka, May 9.-The Rev. Chas. NJ.
Sheldon has offered to give the city
81 900 on condition that the council
appropriate like sum, for the pur-
pose of erecting a detention hospital
to be operated in connection with the
city Jail. The city has accepted his
offer and work on the hospital will be
commenced at once. The hospital Will
be for the exclusive benefit of the
prisoners of the city Jail. DIR. Shell
don's donation is from his share of the
profits resulting from the Sheldon
edition of the Capital.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
flushing Toward Pretoria.

Warrenton, May s.-The Vaal river
has been successfully crossed at Wind
sorten by Barton's brigade, with whom
is General Hunter, commanding the
division. The Beers have evacuated
Windsorton and Klipdam- They are
treking northward and are fighting for
all they are worth. Barton is hanging
on to their rear and Smelling them Wig
orously.
Judging from the clouds of dust the
retreating Beers must be in very large
numbers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
MAY REQUIRE EXPLANATION.
What II Foreign Ambassadors should
Call For 1t.

Call For 1t.
Washington, May 1O.-"We can whip
any nation in the would, and England
is our best friend. "-A6cniral Dewey as
reporte1 at the University club, Chica
go.
"All persons belonging to the navy
department are forbidden to publish or
cause or permit to be published,
directly or indirectly or to communi
cate by interviews, printed letters or
otherwise, except as required by their
official duties, any information in re-
gard to the foreign policy of the
United States. from the
regulations of the United States Navy.
One of the State department officials
said: 1.-THE speech, if correctly repre-
senting what Admiral Dewey said, was
injudicious from an international
point of view. We are on good terms,
of course, with Great Britain, but we
are also on good terms with Germany,
France, Austria, Italy and Russia. 1t
was an invidious thing to say, because
it excludes the other nations.
1.-The incident will not be considered
originally by this department-that is
to say, the initiative will not be taken
here. 1t would be quite another mat
ter, however, if the German, French,
Russian and Italian ambassadors and
the Austrian ministers We're to call on
the State department and ask for an
explanation. In that case it would be
necessary to ask the admiral to furnish
II
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Convention Han at "A standstiu.

Philadelphia, May s.-All efforts to
compromise the dispute between the
Allied Trades council and the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners have so
far failed. Unless an amicable agree
ment is reported it is possible that
work on the national Republican con-
vention hall will come to a standstill.
Work is advanced to a stage where
painters and plumbers are necessary.
All journeymen in these trades refuse
to go to work unless the Brotherhood
carpenters are withdrawn from the lob.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Three Thousand Men Locked ONT

Kansas City, Mo-, May THE Build
ers' club has voted to order lockout
of all mechanics affiliated with the
Building Trades Council. The lockout
will throw 1000 union carpenters,
chanics out of employment. A major
ity of 1000 timers, bod carriers an l
quarrymen who struck on May day ar .
still out. Thus total of nearly 1900
men will be affected. The strike will
not interfere with work on convention
hall
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Ratlroad Court Quits Business.

Topeka, May 1O.-The court of visi-
tation is out of business. The former
judges of the court went home. The
secretary of the state took an inven-
tory of the Office and locked the doors.
Miss La Barr, the court stenographer,
has been temporarily employed in the
state auditors Office.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17

isfied that the bir65 are doing well.
When a man complains that his flock
is not paying him, ask him how much
he has invested. Sometimes a man
will invest S25 in a hen house and
yards and s25 more in 100 hens. That
makes a $50 investment. He figures
that he should make at least 81 per
hen per year, which would be 200 per
cent on his investment. Now is it
not unreasonable to expect that? True,
it is sometimes done, but it Is not the
rule. Nearly all of our focks of poul-
try, no matter how badly handled, pay
for their care and legal rate of in
terest besides.
The reason why farmers do not ap-
preciate what the flock does for them
is because no records are kept. A man
will tell you that chickens do not pay
to bother with. Ask him how he
knows and in most cases he will an
swer that he has that impression. He
has never counted the eggs he has re-
ceived or the meat, nor has he taken
any account of the rich fertilizer.
If in-breeding is followed care
should be taken to eliminate all the
weak birds as breeders on either side.
Out-breeding tends to correct this, and
when out-breeding is followed it is
less necessary to eliminate the weak
ones, or, rather, there will be fewer
weak ones. In-breeding is not to be
entirely discouraged, but it should be
done with judgment.
One reason why blooded birds some
times do not do as well as common
stock is because they are kept con-
fined, while the common stock have
the run of the farm. The exercise and
variety of food they obtain go long
way to giving good results. The man
that has birds that he wants to use for
breeders should arrange to give them
all the space they need.
Temperature of Eggs.-When the
thermometer is laid on the eggs, if it
is kept in that position, it should have
the bulb resting on fertile egg in
stead of on an unfertile one. The
fertile eggs are warmer than the in
fertile ones by one or two degrees,
and if the thermometer is laid on the
infertile eggs it will register too low.
This in turn will result in keeping the
temperature too high.
The man that wants to make a sue
cess of poultry raising must first give
attention to the health of his fowls.
This is the first thing to be looked
after. It should not only receive the
first attention, but it should receive
the bulk of attention ever after.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Poultry Notes.

Let no man expect phenomenal re-
turns from his poultry. He has no
more right to expect such things from
his hens than from his wheat field, his
hog pen or his orchard. If his poultry
pays expenses and fair interest on
TIA money invested he should be sat
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-17
Are You Using Alleu.. Foot-rs...

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.