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The times., 1901-03-24
TO REoRGANIzE THE ERIE.
Il. d. Underwood VIII Have Radical
Changes Made.

NEW YORK, March &.-lt is now GER
tain that F. d. Underwood, Second Vice
President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. is to be the new President of Erie.
and E B. Thomas will become Chairman
OF the Board Of Directors.
This change, which is made at the sug-
gestion Of James J. Hill, not only demon
strates Mr.. Hilrs dominant influence in
Erie Railroad affairs, but 1t means a
radical reorganization OF the operating
department Of that company. President
Thomas efficiency is not called into ques-
ton He viii not be shelyed. but, on the
other hand, will be put in position where
his administrative abilities will be
brought into more effective play.
James J. Hill is taking the same degree
OF interest in the Erie that he took In
the Baltimore and Ohio two years ago.
when at his suggestion General Manager
Underwood of the 500" Line was en-
and development. From a business point
of view Vice President Underwood's $ rec
ORD in the baltimore and Ohio service has
been cOnSDicuOuSly successful.
Alr Hill has relinquished the greater
part of his interest in the Baltimore and
ohio to the Pennsylvania Railroad With
the possible exception of j. Pierpont Nor
gan, Mir. Hill is now the dominant in
fiuence in Erie Railroad management As
President of the Erie Mr.. Underwood will
be expected TO perform the stern duty OF
excisiou and retrenchment that President
Galloway has performed as President of
the New York Central.
Ny Hnl's control Of the Erie Railroad.
il is believed will result in the establish
ment of through trans-continental line
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast
The Erie runs from sew York TO Chicago.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy will
form a connecting link between the Erie
and the Northern Pacific, and Great
Northern and the Great Northerns new
Steamship line to Oriental ports will fill
out the longest continuous transportation
SNgtprn on earth,
The times., 1901-03-24
MR.. HARRIsoN's POLICIES.
The Documents Are Found to Aggre-
gate Only $4,000.

INDIANAPOLIS, March Z}.-General
Harrison's box in the safety deposit vault
at Fletcher's Bank was opened this af-
telnoon, and it was found that the in
surance policies on his life aggregated
only $50, 900, instead of $4,000. as first re-
ported. Among the papers was an acci-
dent policy for $4,000, which had been re
newed from year to year, but, of course,
ii is without value.
a woman who is d friend Of Mrs. Har-
rison says that the widow will remain in
indianapolis, and that she viii not make
any attempt TO break the will in order
to secure third share of the estate. Mrs.
Harrison, indeed, is said to have eX-
pressed herself as thoroughly satisfied
with the will and with all the conditions
il impOsed.
The times., 1901-03-24
HEROES BURIED BY NIGHT.
Three of the Most Remarkable In
trrments Ever Recorded
From Woman's Home Companion.)

tiIom oman 5 Home companion
One of the most romantic burals in his
tory was that OF Arlas, the King of the
West GOths, who invaded Italy, captured
and sacked Rome August "A, 40 After
this success he was preparing to carry his
arms into Sicily when he died suddenly at
Cosentia, Italy. lis soldiers buried him
in the bed of the River Busento. after
turning the water into another channel.
With him was inferred great treasure and
the digging was done by prisoners who
afterward We're put To death that the eN-
act spot might remain unknown.
Another Roman conqueror. Attila the
Hun was buried in i53 A. -. in the midst
of a plain. His body was inciOsed in three
CofIins-the first of gold. the second OF
silver, the third and outer of iron. He.
like AlariC. was surrounded by great
treasure and buried 10y prisoners who
were afterward killed.
A third secret and romantic burial was
that of the Spanish explorer, Fernando de
Soto the diSCOVereT of the Mississippi
River Shortly after the finding of the
river he died of malarial fever. and to
keep his body from falling into the hands
of savages it was placed in a coffin. which
at midnight was taken to the middle OF
the great stream and sunk.
The times., 1901-03-24

The New York Congressional delega-
ton, or, rather, it's Republican members,
seem to be backing Mr.. Allen, of Auburn,
very strongly for the Patent Commission
ership. He is Senator Platt's man, and
the alleged price of that statesman's
willingness to allow Colonel Sanger 20 re-
main in the War Department after the
next executive session of the Senate So
the outcome is awaited with considerable
In
The times., 1901-03-24
The smoIdering spark in Europe.
From The Indianapolis Press. }

The tension between England and Russia has
been increasing ever since the Crimean war, and
the tension between Japan and Russia has been
extreme since the latter Power robbed Japan Of
the fruits OF victory in 1884, 1t would take
very little to snap either of these sets OF inter
national relations and precipitate a war. And
with the o-Russian alliance on the one side
and the Anglo German pact and triple alliance
on the other il would be the easiest thing ia
the world for the whole of Europe to burst into
flame from a spark struck in China. And what
a fine ending that would be for the adventure
of the Christian Powers in the land OF the
Aeatheni
The times., 1901-03-24
Lord KeIvin's Experience.
(From the Pan NAH Gazette

Lord Kelvin is credited with the statement that
he has not read book for thirty years. To an
interviewer he said: II read nothing hat the
daily papers Well, perhaps that is an over
statement: it may not be thirty years, but it is
a long time. Of course ! am continually refer
ring TO books but have not the time for steady
reading except the daily papers, and / feel
especially bound in crises OF history to study
The course OF eYents'
The times., 1901-03-24
Hussia's Peril.

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.)
For Russia next great war the Car will need
two armies to fight the enemy, TO keep
down the revolutionists. A serious disaster in
the field is likely to be the signal for upris-
ING Of the people and the crurnbling into dust
Of the great fabric OF desnotisfn
The times., 1901-03-24
The American Sentiment.

(From the St Louis Globe-Democrat.)
The next time Secretary Hay opens negotiations
with Great Britain on the canal question he
should do it with a spade.
The times., 1901-03-24
Waste All Around.

(From the Chicago News)
81 am writing some verses that ] shall call
Wasted Love " sighed the girl who had been
fitted by the dashing student.
The stern parent frowned and said:
s'Yes. and don't you forget to mention the
wasted ras and the wasted coal.''
The times., 1901-03-24
AIarNInnn.

Prom the indianapolis NeSs)
The Republicans say that the Democrats have
disfrsnohised the iriterate voters Of Maryland
lust to make that State solidly Democraticl
Evidently the Indignation of the Republicans has
got away with their pride.
The times., 1901-03-24

Has the policy of the viceregal gov
erument at Manila changed in regard to
the question of catching Aguinaldo? The
other day a private report from the Phil
ippines stated that, some time age, one
of our officers arranged to go out and
receive the surrender of the willy little
Tagal, but was advised not to do so, as
Aguinaldo was not wanted. Now it is
stated that Brigadier General Funston
has started on an expedition to the noun
tains hoping to surprise and capture him
We trust that the pIucky Kansan soldier
may succeed in his undertaking. Aguin-
aldo would be an invaluable witness in
those smuggling cases.
The times., 1901-03-24

of the worlds greatest and richest ma
tions is not worth that small effort to
the individual he is not and never could
be it to enjoy il.
The times., 1901-03-24
OBITUARY,

Thomas f. Wilson, for nearly forty
years wel-known figure in Newspaper
Row. died suddenly at his home in New
York at o'clock yesterday morning. For
thirty-hve years he was employed on the
World" He had worked in almost every
capacity on the paper from reporter to
manag ging editor. Latterly he was libra
rian and book reviewer. He was born in
Sag HarbOr in 1874 and served in the
Union navy.
Mr Wilson was at his work and ap-
parently in his usual health and good
spirits up to midnight on Friday. when
he started for his home in the Bronx. He
was found dead in his bed at o clock in
the morning and apparently had just eX-
pired. He had long had heart trouble.
John W Doane, of Chicago the head Of
the tea and coffee house of J. w. Doaue
< Co., which has Offices at % Wabash
Avenue Chicago, and 50 Front Street,
New York, died from heart disease last
night at the Holland House. New York,
where he had been living since the Wind
sor Hotel was burned. He had been i'll
only two days.
Mr. DOane was born in Thompson,
Conn. sixty-seven years ago. and yes
terday was his birthday anniversary. He
went to Chicago in 1855. and started in
the tea and coffee business. In this he
made large fortune.
He was President of the Merchants
Loan and Trust Association. of Chicago.
and a director of the Pullman Company
lie leaves a widow, two sons, and three
daughters.
Mrs. Sarah Cochrane Sanford. wife of
Stephen Sanford. the carpet manufact'T-
er. of Amsterdam, n. Y, died suddenly
last night from heart disease at Aiken.
s. c.. where she was passing the winter
with her son, eN-Representatve John
Sanford She WAS seventy-two years old
and sister of William Cochrane. of Y Nonk-
eTs. She was prominent III society of the
Mohawk Valley and was connected with
the charitable and relief societies of AM
sterdain. A year ago last December, Mr..
and Mrs Sanford celebrated their golden
wedding.
DR.. George Wren. the house physician
at St. Vincents Hospital New York, died
there yesterday from typhoid fever. He
was born in Bridgeport twenty-seTen
years ago
Dr. Wren was a graduate of FoTdham
College. and in 1899 was graduated from
the Bellevue Medical College. Going at
once to St Vincent \ Hospital, he was
appointed house physician in January.
His father Peter W. Wren. is President
of the Board of Health in Bridgeport. Or.
Wren was a member the Catholic |
Club.
Thomas f. Noonan. sr., seVenty-three |
years old. died from paralysis early yes
terday morning at 43 Van Wrinkle Avenue, |
Jersey City, where he has lived for forty |
eight years. He was one of the founders |
of st. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, !
and was a member of the board of trus-
tees of that church and of st. Johns RO |
man Catholic Church. He leaves Il widow. |
three daughters, and five sons. Two of |
his sons are John +. Noonan. clerk of |
the Hudson County Board OF Freeholders, |
and ex-District Court Judge James Il.
Noonan, of Bayonne.
The times., 1901-03-24

If the stories we hear from st. Peters
burg be true. and it is actually a fact
that the Car has to sleep in boiler
iron room, in boiler iron bedstead COW
cred with boiler iron pajamas and bed
clothes, to keep him from the Nihilists
we entertain sentiments of deep and ar
dent sympathy for that illustrious young
man. How frequently Shakespeares ap-
posite remark about heads and crowns
must recall itself to his mind, one would
think that he might. in such circum-
stances. wish himself poor and simple
citizen of Republic like ]. p. Morgan
or ]. D. Rockefeller. or Andrew Carnegie
rather than to be rich and great, and au-
tocrat of all the Russias, with dynamite
bombs hidden all the time under the
throne.
The times., 1901-03-24

While the Administration may regret
its failure to receive from Congress the
full authority to ALLEVIATE or donate every
thing worth grabbing in the Philippines;
because of the disappointment accruing
in consequence to political financial, and
other friends who We're counting upon
il to enable them to secure and mo
nopolize the resources and public utiii-
ties of our Far Eastern empire, it should
not overlook the splendor of what it did
get For example the patronage placed
at the Presidents disposal is that of ar
irresponsible autocrat Proconsuls. gov
ernors. commissioners, customs collectors.
treasurers, and an endless array Of Of
ficials are to be appointed at the good
will and pleasure of MIR. Mckinley and
maintained at the expense of the sub
iect population. Then, there are the pc
culiar and goluen trading opportunities
of which many enterprising Americans
with friends either at the viceregal or
the imperial court have already taken
such shrewd advantage. Openings for
this kind of commercial business ought
still to be available by the right people,
who should certainly be Republicans, and
preferably from ohio. in fact, the scope
of the executive power is boundless and
fun of meat-only in the one matter OF
the lootinG franchises.
The President has the sultanic dominion
he desired. What will he do with it?
This is something the country would
greatly like to have him announce. His
purposes and plans are envelOped in
mystery. Perhaps in single respect the
Philippine policy of his Administration is
made intellgible by events and indica-
tions Senator Hoar and others who as
sert that we should treat the Filipinos
exactly as We are going to treat the Gu
bans possibly might take comfort to
themselves in the thought that something
NerY like that may probably happen.
The times., 1901-03-24

Alarming epidemics of measles, mumps,
and grip are reported as having broken
out among the Republican State leaders
hidden by Senator Platt to attend him in
New York today. The impression last
night was that the meeting would be
neither large nor enthusiastic. In that
event it would be hard to escape the con-
cluson that the ancient boss had sus-
tained a staggering defeat at the hands
of Governor Odell, who appears to be the
coming Hanna man in the Empire State
The times., 1901-03-24

THE TINES. in all its editions. Morning Even
ing. and Sunday. will be sent to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often desired.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
CrOwding Poultry.

Poultrymen differ in regard to the
number of fowls to keep in a poultry
house or on a farm, as the conditions,
such as land, capital, size of poultry
house, ETC., must be considered The
maximum number allowed for a flock
is fifty fowls, but unless the poultry
house is very large a flock of twenty
five hens will lay more eggs than fifty,
as they will be better cared for and
have superior accommodations. Double
runs will be found an advantage, as
such a system avoids filth to a certain
extent, and also permits of green food
in one yard while the hens occupy the
other. When large numbers of fowls
are kept they will thrive better if in
f1ocks of twenty-five, and will give
good results if we'll cared for. If each
hen in the flock gives profit of 81 a
year it will be more than the average.
Do not forget that in a flock of 800
there will be some that will give no
profit at all. There are also labor and
food. The ground required for twenty
five hens should not be less than so
by 200 feet, which may be divided into
two yards so by 100 feet, with a house
10 by 20 feet. The number will be
about equal to 100 hens on one acre,
and if they give only a profit of fifty
cents hen in a year, or $50 from fifty
hens on one acre, it will be more profit
than can be made on one acre from
some crOpS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
Grading and Packing Peaches for
Market.

1t is surprising how few fruit grow
ers make necessary preparations in adj
vance for handling their crops in the
best possible way, says Prof. Johnson
in American Agriculturalist. Last
June, when visiting the peach or
chards of the Blue Ridge and Allie
ghany mountains, 1 estimated that a
certain company would have between
so 900 and 20 1000 blu peaches. So far as
could be seen no special preparations
were being made to take care of this
crop, which was an unusually large
one. When the same orchard was
visited again the latter part of August,
the packers were at work. There was
no special organization. Some of the
packers were sitting on the floor while
others were more comfortably seated
on basket or box. Several thousands
bushels of as fine peaches as l ever
saw were lost in this orchard owing
to lack of systematic organization.
In striking contrast with this sys-
tenn, 1 saw some well-organized pack
ing sheds in the same neighborhood
where evrey bushel of fruit was saved.
In Georgia and Michigan, the same
careless indifference was seen in many
orchards. On the other hand. in some
orchards the fruit was handled in che
most careful manner. In the orchards
of ]. H. Hale, the fruit is sorted into
three grades and placed in long cam
vas trays arranged in compartments in
front of the worker. about one foot
above the center of the table, with the
packers on the opposite side. The
peaches are classified into three grades
and then packed into carriers of six
baskets each. About 100 peaches of ex-
ira large size are packed in a carrier.
The No. / size usually requires from
800 to $50, while No. takes from 1870
to 210. Peaches below this size are as
a rule not placed in carriers.
The fruit is carefully graded by ex-
perts. many of them being orange pack
ers from Florida. Every peach must
be up to standard size, without blemish
and in perfect stage of ripeness before
being placed in a basket. The general
foreman of the packing shed keeps
very careful watch over all the fruit
packed, and before the lid is nailed on
crate an expert makes a final in
spection, being sure that every peach is
up to standard. If a single peach is
found containing a bruise or blemish
of any kind. the entire crate is return
ed to the packer and as a penalty must
be repacked The fruit is handled
mostly by white men and women, and
expert packers can put up from so to
100 carriers per day, the number de-
pending largely upon the variety and
amount of fruit being packed. Some
experts pack from It's to 200 carriers a
day. each person handling from 10000
to 10000 pieces of fruit, in addition TO
removing the baskets and middle tray
of each carrier. Some fruit growers,
throughout the North. particularly, say
It is impossible to thoroughly round up
a basket especially where several diff
ferent sizes are handled. The filling
of a basket will depend largely upon
the man or woman doing the packing
There are several standards which
must be followed in order to ill a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
About Pecans.

Pecans belong to the hickory nut
family and are always in demand on
the city markets. The trees are forest
plants growing to the hight of IS to $50
feet, having wide spreading branches
and oval top that make them orna-
mental as we'll as profitable. Nuts are
borne much the same as the hickory,
and are oblong in general appearance.
They vary in size so that the weight
ranges from 25 to 100 a pound. The
shells are very thin making the nuts
easily cracked. The trees are native to
the country South parallel 40 in the
United States, and are rapidly coming
to the front as commercial productions.
Texas, Kentucky and Missouri are not
ed for wild pecan growth, but the COM
mercial world is supplied almost en-
tirely from Texas, Louisiana and Cali
fcrnia.
The soil best adapted to pecan cul-
ture is probably the sandy loan of riv-
er and creed beds where there is plenty
of leaf mold and the plant food neceS-
sary for hardwood trees. Experienced
men report sandy loan with clay sub
soil the best, while the black lands of
swamps comes next in Importance. The
clay soils give earlier crops, but the
nuts are small and unstable.
This tree, like all hardwood varieties,
needs liberal supplies of potash, and
it is well to make annual dressings if
not only potash but phosphoric acid
and nitrogen as well. One pound each
of muriate of potash and acid phos-
plate and half pound of nitrate of soda
per tree would suffice. The best way
though in fertilizing any orchard is to
fertilize the entire area and for this
plan about two hundred pounds mu-
riate of potash and three hundred
pounds acid phosphate and one hun
dred and fifty pounds of nitrate of soda
per acre would be good application.
The potash and phosphoric acid can be
broadcasted and worked we'll into the
soil and the nitrate of soda used as a
top dressing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
Growing Tmrnins.

Many turnip patches" are partial or
entire failures because we disregarded
the laws governing the action of wa
ter in the soil. There is a quite COM
mon inclination to sow turnip seed
Just before it rains" If this rain
comes and continues for days the seed
ing may be all right. otherwise 1t is
quite apt to be a failure, except IN
moist garden soil. The shower forms
a crust that enables the water to es-
cape rapidly, and within three days al
ter the rain the terminating SEED IS
incased in dry and compact earth. Inc
time to sow small seeds. in hot weather
is after rain. The seed-bed should
have been made fine and solid, so that
it will permit the rise of moisture from
the subsoil and then a rain solldlhes
and fills it with water. Just as soon
as a weeder or light harrow can De
used after the rain the surface shouiu
be stirred. to fine it and to check eVap-
grafton. If the seed is then soWn anu
slightly narrowed in it will rest on the
moist soil just below the blanket OIL
seeding it is preferable to use llghC
plank drag to a harrow for COVERING,
as it pulverizes the particles of SOIL
that are forming into tiny clods as
moisture leaves them. Under these
conditions the seed will get moisture
for terminating much more surely thdn
when put into the ground just before
a rain.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-05
A Hawk Tram.

1t consists of an ordinary steel trap,
not too large, mounted on the top of a
common fence rail or a long pole, set
firmly in the ground. 1t is best located
on some moderately high point in the
middle of q wide field, where there are
no trees or other objects upon which a
bird may light. No bait is needed. The
trap is simply opened on top of the
pole, where the bird sets it off and is
caught in the act of alighting. OF
course the trap must be firmly secured
to the pole. The device is based on
the principle that birds of prey habit
ually light on prominent objects in
large open spaces, where they will have
Il good outlook for game. A trap we'll
placed will, during one season, catch
all the hawks within a radius of sew
eral miles. Owls and other large birds
are also frequently found in the trap.
The longer and more substantial the
pole, the better it is.-Orange Judd
Farmer.