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The Washington times., 1902-01-15
OPPOSED 10 NEW SIDEWALK.
Twelfth Street Property Owner Sat.
isfcd With Old One.

Commissioner Macfarland recently for
warded to his associates complaint rel
atve TO the bad condition of the sidewalk
on Twelfth Street northwest, between C
and d Streets.
The computing engineer has reported
upon the matter that he has ordered cer-
tain minor repairs made to this walk which
he thinks viii messurably improve its
condition. Mr.. Hunt states chat the owner
of large block of the property on said
square has advised HIM that ne will
strenuously oppose any attempt to lay a
new walk
Mr.. Hunt suggests that the matter be
taken uD aud official examination made
10 determine whether a new walk should
be laid in the interests of the public well
fare.
Captain Newcomer, assistant to the
Engineer Commissioner, in forwarding
the report to his superiors, itates that
the sidewalk in question is al old brick
walk, much worn and ought to be re-
placed bat he says that in view of the
attitude of the abutting property holders
IL would be best not TO take any action
at present as the conditions are, since the
repairs, tolerable. the walk being in no
worse condition than many other old brick
walks in different parts Of the city. Cap
tain Newcomer states that the locality
is not one where pedestrian traffic is
heavy.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New Willard-Nr Wicker, New York;
J. Birmingham, San Francisco; Shelton
Weed. Buffalo; John u. Campbell, Phila-
delphia; ". r. Sorsby, Clinton, Miss; G.
NJ Weeks, Chicago; Boardman Hall, Ms.
S. G. Murphy. Boston; J. Il. harris, Kan
sss City; L. c. Plsse, Columbus, Ohio; j.
Z. Windham, Baltimore; z. P. Holly, New
York; Capt. O. e. EulyinkslIy; John G.
Hass, lancaster, Pa; Beverly B. Myles,
New Orleans; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur S. Al
len, Boston; Baron and Baroness de
Boulemcnt. France; II. D. Barr, J. Ge-
rome Otis, .Ve- York.
Ebbitt House,. C. Pritchard, North
Carolina; Mrs. j. c. Pritchard, North
Carolina: j. L. Mann, West Virginia; Miss
Bacon, England; Miss May, Columbia. Pa;
A. H. Jones. Illinois; Charles Lynn, Chi
cago, Ill. James F. Bell, Scranton, Pa;
George /. Wellington, Maryland; A. \.
Young, Indianapolis; C. NJ. Ray, Ohio;
Ed. ]. 7. Gchaeider. New York; James c.
Breckinridge Marine Corpg, and John NJ.
HencheF, Philadelphia.
Riggs House-W. T. Newman, jr., At
Ianta; J. $. Polak, Atlanta; II. c. Brooks,
District OF Columbia C. {. Davis, Boston;
and J. W. Vandevocrt, West Virginia.
The Fairfox-C. r NJ Mullen, Phila-
delphia, and G. C. Richards, Philadelphia.
The shorebam-fienry c. Chase, Grand
Rapids; John Mullen, Connecticut. T.
Mullen, Connecticut; John ". Mcmahon,
Boston; c. i. Rand, New York: F. B.
Thurber, New York; J. X. Wood, Winslow,
A. t.; Mrs. W. H. Patterson, Philadel-
phla; Miss Percy j. Patterson, Philadel-
phia; Prescott f. Hall, Boston; Charles
Warren, Boston: Chr. Hauge, Secre
tary OF German legation; L. ". Bart
lett, Omaha; Miss VI. Terry, Miss r.
Dotter. Miss NJ. j. Dotter. and Theo f.
Nixon, New York.
The Arlington--James II. Wilson, Della
ware; Gr. and Mrs. Edwin Atkins, Louis
v. PIace Havana; G. L. SheDley. Massa-
chusetts; J. s. Henly, New York; William
H. Jackson. Maryland; Miss Lamont, New
York: Norman Lamont, Scotland; Mrs.
Daniel Lamont. Mr. and Mrs Edison Brad
ley, G. B. Manchester and wife, Miss Prem
tice. lar. and Mrs. John W Dodsworth.
Carl Miller, Marshall Baldwin. New YORK.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15

George s Stone, secretary Of the Board
of Trade:
"Sir: Please request the members of
the Board of Trade to close all open
trades with me.
GEORGE II. PHILLIPS
When the notice was posted the grain
pits went wild with excitement. Rye,
which proved the downfall OF Phillips,
opened at 60G61c. 1t stayed there only
a moment, steadily advancing TO 65c. 1t
was rumored that Armour had taken on
tho entire line of the broken dealer.
Although Armour bought largely OF rye.
he did not assume the line.
Will be Able to Settle.
Phillips official statement. made at
noon. is as follows:
THE amount involved in my trouble
of today is about $50. 900. mostly all
earned in commission since October l. My
customers had their trades reasonably
well margined, and if my trades were
closed out today at fair average of the
prices that ruled the first half hour
will have no difficulty in meeting all my
obligations to my customers and to men,
bers of the Board of Trade. 1t was re-
ported in one of the morning papers that
1. personally, as confirmed speculator
had attempted to run deal in May rye.
This is not true"
Expected n Shortage,
Mr.. Phillips then relates how, last May,
he employed travelling man. who
brought him customers who had discov-
cred a large profit on mixing rye with
oats for the Southern trade. They found
they could put in a mixture of 20 per
cent. The news spread over the country
and dealers mixed the two grains.
Continuing, Mr.. Phillips says:
knowing this and feeling that before
new crop of rye was harvested, a short
age in rye would be felt. I advocated the
purchase of rye. and, as the price of oats
advanced to 4s cents the price of rye
advanced to 20, and I did not consi1er
rye too high compared with the price
OF wheat. owing to the fact that mixed
with As cent oats the rye would net 81
cents a bushel.
''The result was that I bought con-
siderable quantity of rye for people in diff
ferent parts OF the country
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
CORN KING
FAILS AGAIN.
Rye Proves Phillips Down
fall This Time.
WILL BIZ ABLE TO SETTLE.
Notice Causes Intense Excitement in
q Personal Speculation in May De-
livery, as Reported - Reasons
Given in an Official Statement.

CHICAGO, Jan. H.-George H. Phillips,
the former corn king for the second time
was forced to the wall this morning on
the Chicago Board Of Trade Inability
to cover margins on long line of rye
caused the failure
Story on the Tape.
The story is told on few inches of
ticker tape reeled off late yesterday. Rye
opened at 60 cents yesterday, then there
was slump to 6s, 81, 661s, ard sc.
Phillips was called upon to put up mar
gins on line OF 1000. 900 bushels of rye
which had fallen off points. 1t was too
much. and in a formal letter the an
nouncement Of failure was made early
today.
A Notice Posted.
After celebrating all night in the pri-
vate offices Of the George H. Phillips
Company. the officials sent, shortly be-
fore Change opened. the following note
to the secretary of the Board Of Trade:
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
LEGALITY OF
CODE JURIES.
Argument in Test Case Post
pOned for a Week.
COURT TO HAVE BUT TWO DAYS.
Necessity of Handing Down Decision
Prior to Date Fixed for Drawing
New Panel. on January 25-Ad-
verse Finding VIII Leave LegisIa-
lion ns the Only Relief.

Argument on the question of the le-
gality of the grand and petit juries serv-
ing in the Supreme Court Of the District
will be heard by the Court of Appeals
for the District next Tuesday. This was
decided upon yesterday, after confer
ence between the members of the bench
and counsel on either side in the case
The postponement of the hearing to
the date mentioned leaves the court but
very short time-omly two days-in
which to consider the question submitted,
before the time for the drawing of fietit
juries for service in the criminal and
circuit branches of the Supreme Court
of the District
Drawn Ten Days in Advance.
These juries. according to the code,
must be drawn at least ten days before
the beginning of the term OF court at
which they will serve. This must be
done before January %.
Allowing two days for argument on the
question CT the legality of the juries
which wcrc drawn in December last only
two days viii remain TO the Court of
Appeals in which TO consider the ques-
lion, if it is desired to announce a de-
cision prior to January 25.
Special Legislation Necessary.
Because Of the urgency of the matter
the court may put everything else aside
and devote the two days intervening to
the consideration of this one matter
In the event of the decision being un-
favorable to the present law, only spe-
cial legislation will relieve The embar-
rassment. so far as the grand jury and
the juries serving in the Police Court are
concerned
The grand jury is drawn for service
for period of three months, and in case
the Court of Appeals for the District
decides that it was not legally drawn
without special legislation another panel
could not be summoned until April next
Another Important Case.
When the Court of Appeals convened
yesterday morning Attorney D. W. Baker,
who, with Mr. r. Ross Perry, represents
William Clark, indicted for larceny,
called attention t. the necessity of hav-
ing the appeal heard at as early a date
as practicable.
MIR. Chief Justice Alvey speaking for
the court, said that the question TO be
considered is very important one, and
stated that the court would like to have
it presented by both sides as fully as
possible. At the suggestion of Mr.. Perry
next Tuesday was then fixed as the day
upon which the arguments would be
heard.
District Attorney Gould was present,
and made no objection to the date agreed
upon.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
NINTH STREET CAR LINE.
Extension to Columbia Heights md
Hoimcad Manor Urged.

Mr.. Frank G. Carpenter of 1918 YER
mont Avenue northwest, has written to
the District Commissioners urging the
extension OF the Ninth Street car lines
out Eleventh Street through Columbia
Heights and Holmead Manor.
Mr. Carpenter is of the opinion that the
territory named cannot be properly de-
veloped until the car line is in operation
to give the people residing there the nee
essary facilities Of travel.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
ASSESSMENT IS PROPER.
s. w. Rittcnhousc Must Pay for Re.
moving Dirt From Alley.

Mr.. S. ". Rittenhouse has written to
the District Commissioners relative to an
assessment against his property for re-
moving dirt from the alley which had
fallen over the retaining wall. Mr.. Rit
tenhouse complains against the payment
of the assessment on the ground that
the conditions existing in the rear of his
property are the fault of operations of the
District.
Mr.. C. B. Hunt. the computing engineer.
in reporting upon the matter, states that
the assessment is proper, as the present
practice of the Department is for the
District not to take cognizance of the con-
dition of property through which streets
or alleys are cut.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
CANNOT USE THE MAILS.
Order Issued Against Lexington
Real Estatc-Sayings Concern.

Orders were issued yesterday by the
Postmaster General denying the use Of
the mails to the Lexington Real Estate
and Savings Company. of Lexington. KY.
its officers and agents as such. and branch
Offices at Lebanon. Paris, Bowling Green,
Richmond Louisville, Georgetown, Gov
ington, Ashland, and Frankfort.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
BANK DIRECTORS CHOSEN.
Annual Election and Banauct of a
Georgetown Institution.

The annual banquet and election of d-
rectors of the Farmers and Mechanics
National Bank of Georgetown was held
yesterday in the hall over that institu-
ton.
The majority of the stockholders and
patrons of the bank were present, and at
the close of the election partook of the
excellent menu which had been prepared.
The old board of directors was re-
elected. 1t consists of the following:
Messrs NJ. J. Adler. G. W. Cissel J. Ed
ward Libbey. s. Thomas Brown, A. B.
Jackson, Samuel c. Palmer, Charles H.
Cragin, William King. and Louis ID. Wine.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15

s'siystic Cure" for IheumatisIn and neuralgia
radically cures in ! TO days. It's action upon the
system Is remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the disease imIne-
distely disappears The first dose greatly benefits
IS cents and 81. Sold by Stevens Pharmacy.
pcnnsylyanis Avenue and Ninth Street.
The Washington times., 1902-01-15
CHALLENGE FOR DEBATE.
University of Virginia Accepts One
From Columbian Society.

The challenge issued Sy the Columbian
Debating Society to the University of Vir-
ginia Debating Society for an argument in
April has been accepted. The question for
debate has not as yet been decided upon
and will be announced later.
The following is the committee in
charge of arrangements: Perry S. Pear
son. president of the society; Stanton C.
Peelle, and o. Clyde Cullen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14
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THE FARMERS BARN.
why Its Construction should BE More
Carefully Planned Than Usually
IL the Case.

The farmers barn, on the farm fer
tilizer factory, as / call it, is some
thing that should demand more att
tention than is generally given it.
For years the colored water that ran
across the public road into the Jun
iata river from my barnyard worried
me almost sick, and it was seven
yeals before / could fix it the way
wanted it.
realize that there is about $S3
worth of fertility running away from
every farmer, every year, through
the open barnyard, and four years
ago began getting logs sawed into
boards, buying and laying away Sec
ond hand window sash and glass, and
other things needful to turn my barn
into fertilizer factory, and now /
think / have not one of the finest but
one of the most convenient, most
comfortable for stock, and best barns
for protecting and saving the manure
in central Pennsylvania. The cattle in
the barnyard are as comfortable as
the horses in the horse stable. There
is running water in four different
apartments, horseyard, .barnyard,
steer stable and sheep stable.
One object in fixing my barn was
to take care of the animals. keep
them from getting thirsty and not
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14
TOLD OF PUBLIC MEN.


Former Speaker Thomas b. Reed
takes precedence as an after-dinner
speaker.
Secretary of the Treasury shaw
nsver cats meal away from home
If he can help it.
Senator Hanna now has in his pos
session the pen with which Speaker
Thomas ,. Reed signed the famous
Mckinley tariff act.
It is interesting to note that John
b. Milburn, Of Buffalo, in whose
house President Mckinley was
tenderly cared for after being NOR
tahy wounded by the assassin Col
gosz, is democrat Of sufficient
prominence to be thought Of BY the
New York democracy as candidate
for governor Of that state.
Representative Frederick o. Mac
Cartney, Of Rockland, Mass, So
cialist was elected to the house orig
inally on the Sunday fishing issue.
and, although a clergyman. for three
years he has stood upon the floor of
the house il advocacy Of his bill to-
permit fishing on the Lords day
The bill has met its third defeat
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14

too hungry, and warmer than they
would be in corn stalk field on the
warm side of a barb wire fence. I'M
der these conditions / think man
ought to be able to raise three
year-old steer in "a months. Another
object was to get straw shed and
get the barnyard covered and board
ed in and made warm. Another was
to save me from Notwithstanding
and roofing the silo and getting my
silo where l could fill it off tie hay
ladders from barn floor if / wished
to do so. And last but not least to
be in shape to take care of the
manure. My stables are puddled
with stiff clay and barnyard BOTTOM
is made like the bottom of kettle
and puddled with clay also, here the
COW and horse manures are mixed,
and / have had no trouble, nor do I
expect to have any, with manure fire.
fanging as long as I can get the
liquid with the solids into the barn
yard.
We will soon bring As head of cat
tie into the barn and 1 do not expect
any of them standing around with
backs bumped up should it be cold.
OF manure made and protected in
this barn, one load is worth two or
three loads often hauled out of the
open barnyard, and / am sure that it
is not only the cattle that are
pleased with this barn, but the men
who have to work in it on cold days.
---R. S. Seeds, in National Stockman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14
MORE SCIENCE NEEDED.
70 Make wheat-Growing success
Cultural Methods Must BE stud
led Carefully.

The question of wheat growing
must ever remain a large one in Amer
lean agriculture. There are many To-
calities where other crops can be
grown more proftably than wheat,
and in such localities it is evident that
wheat growing should be abandoned
except as an incidental crop. But we
have, especially in the west, vast
stretches of land that can be used only
in the growing OF wheat. Wheat is a
money grain. 1t always has a value
that may be determined by little fig
uring. 1t can always be disposed of at
once.
In the great semi-arid region of the
west the attempts to grow wheat have
been marked by both signal successes
and signal failures. We cite the wheat
crop Of Kansas this year. It lis certain
ly a money maker. When we consider
that wheat was grown much Of it
on low-priced land, we can see what it
means to the farmers there. A man
has perhaps purchased land at five
dollars per acre. He has failed with
1AtOSb3 VI Ups Ou Ulstb ldilu. DuJ now
comes a crop that in single year en-
ables him to wipe out the mortgage.
This phase of the situation will always
induce men in those regions to try
wheat growing.
It only requires the application of
science to make wheat growing a sue
cess nearly every year in what we call
the semi-arid region. This is shown
by the fact that some Russian farm
ers that settled in Mcpherson, Ellis,
Graham, Harvey and other counties of
Kansas have had good crops Of wheat
every year, even when their neighbors
have failed signally. These Russian
farmers came from regions where
wheat growing is carried on under
harder conditions than those that ex-
ist generally in the lands under discus
sion. Cultural methods and varieties
of seed must be more Systematically
studied.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14
SOIL NEEDS FEEDING.
Farm Land Must BE Regularly SUPP
piled with Humus or It's Fertil-
ity WIN Cease.

Fertility depends upon a number OF
conditions. Before the roots can
take the needed substances, there
must be sufficient moisture in the
soil This moisture must circulate
to bring it in contact with the roots,
and the physical character of the
soil has much to do with this. 1t
must not be too open nor too COM
pact. III too open water cannot rise;
if too compact, it evaporates too rap
idly from the surface. A soil that
settles down like brick dust after q
heavy rain cannot for several rea-
sons produce well. Nature has a
remedy for these conditions, and to
succeed we must at least initiate her.
Nature, by the decomposition of or
ganic materials in the soil, produces
what is known as humus, which
tends to correct the above evils. 1t
makes the soil light and fiatulent,
prevents packing from hard rains
and facilitates circulation Of both
water and air in the soil as is best
suited to the needs of vegetation,
No soil can be highly fertile with
out humus. Barnyard manure owes
much of its value to the humus pro-
duced by the rotting Of organic mat
ter. Green manuring is common
method of producing humus. The
farmer should at proper seasons turn
under all the vegetable material at
hand, provided it has no great mar
ket value. In this way he returns
the contained nitrogen to the soil
which otherwise Is lost, and enlivens
his soil by increasing the humus. Do
not, however, turn under valuable
crops. Sell them and plow under
something cheaper. When conditions
are favorable, the most profitable
method of utilizing such crop is
by pasturing or feeding and return
ing the excrements to the land. In
this way you get the value OF your
crop and yet return almost all the
plant food to the soil. Barnum's
Midland Farmer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

Salt put on manure heaps will tend
to prevent firefranging.
Look over the implements to see if
repairs are needed. Then repair them,
and not wait until they come into use.
There is a difference of men as well
as in animals. Some will get more
profit from a given animal and a given
amount of food than will another. Is
not that your experience?
Is your cellar properly ventilated?
Most cellars are damp and the air inn
pure and are not healthy. The family
lives over the cellar usually and should
not be required 10 breathe impurities.
A farmer who kept 40 head Of cattle
and 40 horses used well-cured corn
fodder chaffed and fed with grain
ground and mixed with it and claimed
1t was worth as much as the corn it.
self.
Wheat bran is valuable not alone for
its nutrition. tits an excellent alterna-
tive for stock fed on meadow hay. For
milch cows it should be made into a
mash. Agricola, in N. u Tribune.
Farmer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.


A hat that might be called May and
December" is made entirely of err
mine, it's sole trimming consists of a
spray of apple blossoms trailing across
the brim.
Pale gray chiffon and lace precisely
the same shade make most charm
ing combination, especially for the
alter gown, but the design should al.
ways be simple and not too much
trimmed.
Do add another stein to your coli
lection. One can't have too many and
there are such attractive ones on
which old cities are shown. Nurem-
burg is particularly attractive. There
are also lovely Wedgwood effects in
stems that, while exquisite, seem
quite out of keeping with the heavy
German stein.
The new challis are beautiful in de-
sign and texture, many at short dis
tance resembling silk. The satin
stripe is still found among them, but
small, dainty designs are specially
pretty. These come in white and deli
cate-tinted grounds and in several
shades of red. Black and white COM
binations Of this material are abund-
ant and pretty.
1t sort of looks as if we were hav-
ing another attack Of "Gibsonitis. !"
Everybody's talking about making
"Gibson" shirt waists and now the
shops are literally THROWING ssGihson
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-03-14

round. The notches in the end of the
inside ladder should rest firmly in
the second round Of the wider or out.
side ladder, and the notches in the
end Of that one on the projecting
ends of the round Of the narrow one.
The sides are made of 1Mxs1s inches,
bass wood or poplar. When put to-
gether as long ladder it is nearly
as strong as if made of one piece.
1t takes but a moment to pull it
apart enough to shut it up for step
ladder; is handy FOR picking fruit
from trees, etc.-J. L. Vestal, in
Epitomist