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New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
CITIZENS COMMITTEES MAY UNITE.
CONFERENCE TO DECIDE ABOUT A MASS
MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT

Representatives OF the committee OF which An
drew h. Green is chairman. for organizing a mass
meeting 10 take action upon the situation brougbt
on by the continuance Of the coal strike r,e+ =
teFday afternoon IN Mr.. Green's study AZ No a,
Park-ave.. and conferred with members NJ the
city Club committee OF which the Rev Tbo,,as
X slicer is chairman. 1t vas decided tbst ,ba
two committees should meet 10 confer to-nieb, a.
O'Clock 70 make arrangements for barnnonto,,s
action An invitation was accepted from ,ho -
ayers or the Murray HIN Hotel to meet tbsra
me meeting was occupied with adjusting tb
arrangements already made or contemplated b,,
tne t"o committees Independently The Rev NJ
Shoor committee had arranged for a contar.,c.
L" which from three hundred 10 four hundred -
PIE OF responsible standing had accented 81,
s- IN the opinion Of Charles r. Stoyer ana
-, o'Neis such conference would be ike
si'a" mass meeting DR., Gustav Gottheu % ,,
Green's committee. objected 10 tba - =. y, 'ti '
Inaiii'esto drawn up by the Rev Mr. slicer.s com
10 which he had signed his name as =
f'N'''ih TOT mass meeting on the ero,,rl ,b,,
FoL.' 'sHAed such a Limitation OF their freadoD,
~ discussion II vas explained that tba s,a,
"e"' winch had been indorsed bv man, ~, -,
' ii'ehuea as a guarantee against sxn-a..,.'
.,., p'siuons. It being the desire OF both
a ma S meeting by taking side ~ ,oree OF such
Sea6ioek "Seh 10 sny Particular solution Of ny
"a AZ me meeting tonight the cor,r,,,,A -. 49,,
or NOT 20 absHaeer sHeer Is chairman will decide whsfha
ence OF thrsS b,,as me plan for invited confer
ai.tShssnents viii be made FOR ~ ana ~ so
as possibl teit should be for as early Ssss
III c;Te4o d Lle tIose present yesterday were Ansrss
Tor Wf Rabbi Gustav Gottheil the Rev TsiSb
stove '1,,Sns Ns the Rev. T. r. Sncer. Charles "a
Miss Patterson. W Boufks coekr;srJ w; - Mhite and
an enrsseraaE, nut LETT the meeting early 10 keen
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
NO DANGER. SAYS MONROE
COMMISSIONER NOW HAS AUTHORITY
TO BUY ALL THE FUEL HE NEEDS.

The Department OF Water Supply has just
enough coal TO run all the pumping stations
twenty-fOur days. All the higher parts of Man
haitian and The Bronx. several districts in
Queens and the entire Borough Of Brooklyn.
with a small part Of Richmond. depend on pump
ing stations. The rest os the city is served with
water by force OF gravitation.
Engineer Birdsall said last evening that the
supply Of coal now I'm the possession Of the de-
partment amounted to G.OO0 tons OF bituminous
II was necessary TO use 80 tons Of coal a day
TO keep the engines in the pumping stations at
work or this daily consumption. nifty tons
were used in Manhattan and The Bronx ff-
teen in Queens. and the rest. except for a small
amount in Richmond used in Brooklyn.
Mr. Birdsali asserted that a total failure OF the
coal supply would mean a water famine in
Brooklyn
With the present supply" he added. "the
department might be able to manage for
month. II the Commissioner had been able to
forego advertising for contracts a few weeks
ago he could have laid In a sufficient quantity
there should be a shortage Of fuel I'm the depart
ment. OF course Brooklyn would be the keenest
sufferer"
Colonel Monroe was seen at the University
Club. He denied the possibility OF the depart
ment being crippled by lack OF coal He said
there positively no danger. He added:
The Board Of Aldermen gave me the author
ity 10 spend SlU0|0 in the general market. I
obtained permission 10 spend 10000 in the same
way three weeks ago. That has been used up.
Yy means Of this authority am relieved OF the
necessity OF advertising for bids for thirty days.
With the amount of money Al my disposal now,
can purchase any quantity Of coal when / see
chance 10 get II. The pumping stations will
not close for lack OF coal you may be sure"
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08

for all miners who wanted 10 return 20 work
Whatever plans were matureo al the meeting
not divulged.
one coal operator, speaking guaroeoly, salo
yesterday: Governor Stone has now oone "hat
he should have done four months ago, ana what
would then have surely been effective.
David WILCOX. general counsel Tor the Deta-
ware and Hudson company. was asked ~ MN
ing operations would he tminediAtely resume,
now fhat Governor Stone had called out the
guards 20 AFFORD the protection requested by the
Opera ators Il don't care 10 say anything ABOUT
IL az all" he replied.
Among the dealers an early relief OF the coal
strinrency Is not generally expected.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
OIL AS NAVAL FUEL.
ITS SUPERIORITY To COAL DEMON
STRATED BY TESTS
IRf rrureRArH ID ~ rRInrvr. }

Washington, oct THE superiority ~ OF
over coal as fuel has been demonstrated by tests
conducted by tho navy on the river front IN this
city. IL has been shown that oil produces more
heat than coal in the ratio Of IL 10 10 but II Is
more expensive, when the cost Of the burner is
taken into consideration Further experiments
10 he made will result IN the production ~
burner which will make oil cheaper fuel than
coal Facts indicsting these conclusions are con
tained in the preliminary report Of the board Of
naval officers. of which Lieutenant COM
msnder John r. Edwards is president which
has been conducting the tests. Fourteen patent
burners have been tried. none of which have
got the full heat out Of the oil and applied II.
All varieties OF oil have been used. but gallon
FOR gallon like results have not been obtained as
one kind is heavier than another. with the nat
ural difference IN results. Pound for pound.
however, the heat producing qualities OF the
oils are about the same.
Prom a military point OF view the great ad-
vantage Of oil arises from the rapidity with
which n can produce heat and thus generate
steam. In the battle Of Santiago. for instance,
a was some time before the Brooklyn and the
New-York got up 10 a comparatively high speed
the delay being due 10 the use of coal With oil,
however, suficient heat would he developed at
once TO convert the water INTO steam. The cost
OF oil may he greater hut. as IN the case OF
armor every nation must have the best no
matter what the expense may he. The United
States could not afford to be behind another ma
tion. although oil is more expensive than coal
There at present two Disadvantages in the
use OF oil by the navy-the absence of a salts
factory burner and the inability 20 find wells
throughout the world The board believes that
u viii he able 10 develop the former, and that
Il VIII be simple and satisfactory. Coal can
generally he had AT any point OF trade routes
Not so with OIL II is obtained in few coun-
tries only, and i'm time Of a ship propelled
by this fuel would find difficulty in replenishing
her tanks, The board viii also study this
aspect OF the question
Without regard TO it's for naval purposes
n ravsl officer said to-day that ne saw no rea-
son why central plant should not be estab-
Usher In each city, which should lay pipes, such
Tor Instance are used for water, and these,
with proper air pipes TO furnish the atmospheric
pressure could be led into houses and furnish
fuel al every hearth. The board believes there
Is a great future for oil house fuel when
satisfactory and cheap burner can be obtained.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
MEMORIAL IN BAPTIST CHURCH.

A memorial window for Mrs. Z. II. Conkhn VII
be unveiled next Sunday morning at the CaVa"y
Baptist Church. In Fifty-seventh-st' net"ee"
S,rtb and Seventh aves Mrs. COnklin was the vie
OF Colonel E. H. Conklin president Of the ooaru
OF trustees Of the church.
In the evening DR.. Robert s MacArthur VIII 'aAe
the coal strike as the subject OF his sermon speaA
ing on It's relation to the rights or the @Ah0ii0a
citizen and its effect upon his future.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
scoIcHMEN RAISING PRICES

London. oct. THE Scotch coal masters are
IN receipt OF numerous urgent inquiries for the
prompt shipment OF coal 20 New-York and
fHhaoelphia, and they are arranging freightage
ior so'ooo tons The most urgent demand is for
aii'ii'aeite. Tor which American buyers now have
- pss - IL a Ton. against So IL. which they re-
. .seo 10 pay month ago. The demands fo-
s'eam coal are also SC numerous that Some ~
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
GOVERNOR STONE ORDERS EQUIPMENT.
SHOES AND BLANKETS FOR TROOPS FROM
THE WAR DEPARTMENT

Washington. Oct THE War Department to-
day received an order from Governor stone OF
PENNSYLVANIA for ten thousand pairs or shoes
and twenty-five hundred blankets. 10 De de-
livered Immediately. The blankets ana shoes
are now available at Philadelphia ana New
York The State Of Pennsylvania mas eNnaust-
-. t,s Quota ~ tho appropriation allowed by
Congress for militia supplies. so that Governor
stone though getting the goods at cost price,
will have 10 pay 81 a pair Tor shoeS ana 20 'o
a nair for blankets.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
THE PRESIDENTS OFFER.


gree at least espoused the cause of the strikers
and was appealing to them to return 10 work
with the expectation that their wrongs would
be Tighted in the near future as the result or the
proposed investigation. Any such construction
of the Presidents action is wrong He is not
assuming 10 pass Judgment on the merits or the
controversy in any way. and if commission is
appointed a result of his action Ii will be
Instructed 10 deal impartially between the Oper
ators and the strikers. The President submitted
his proposition to the strikers because he desires
results. He wants the mining of coal TO be re-
sumed with the least possible delay. and the
strikers have il In their power to bring about
immediate resumption OF mining.
News from the coal fields was read with much
interest I'm Washington to-day because OF the
effect which events i'm that region might have
ON the attitude of Mr. Mitchell toward the Presi-
dents proposition Even il the contention OF the
operators that many men want to return 10 the
mines is correct. IL was not to be expected that
they would go back in any numbers until the
troops had actually arrived at the scene of Op-
erations and had made preparations fo~ guard
ing the mines and preventing lawlessness. Mr..
Mitchell had received the Presidents proposition
some hours before he issued his exhortation 10
the strikers to stand firm in the face of the ac-
tion OF Governor Stone, and that document
contains no intimation that he had any idea of
sending them back to work. II has been sug-
gested here that he wishes TO hold his men firm
for a few days I'm order to show that no
siderable numbers Of them wish to abandon the
issues for which they are contending. and that
he viii then accept the Presidents proposition
especially IL he is satisfied in the mean time
that some of the operators favor submitting the
controversy TO commission to be named by the
President.
CONFERENCES AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The President was I'm conference to-day almost
two hours with members OF the Cabinet relative
10 the coal strike situation He also discussed
the situation with DR. Albert Shaw and Dr.
Lyman Abbott About II 80 o'clock Frank F.
Sargent. Commissioner General Of Immigration
and for many years Chief of the brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen, arrived at the White
House from his trip to Philadelphia. where he
went the emssary of the President to convey
20 Mr.. Mitchell the proposition that the miners
resume work. Mr. Sargent did not succeed I'm
seeing Mr. Mitchell The President. however
had heard from Commissioner Wright. who saw
Mr. Mitchell on the same errand last night i'm
Philadelphia, and the latters report was that
Mr. Mitchell desired time to consider the propo-
sitiOn and Law il before his associates. After a
conference Of hour between the President
Attorney General Knox. Postmaster General
Payne. Mr.. Sargent and James s Clarkson il
was decided to make the proposition public
and statement was prepared and issued by
Secretary Cortelyou.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
BURNETT TO INvEsr1GArI

United States District Attorney Burnett vester-
Cay admitted that he had been instructed bv the
attorney General In Washington 10 investigate the
working OF the Coal Trust in his district tbs, -,
TIE southern half OF New-York State General
Burnett declined, however, 20 state the nature %
the Investigation 10 be made by him or v,he- 4,
would be begun. '" u
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
RHODE ISLANDS PLAN OF RELIEF

Providence. II. l.. Oct. L-Governor Kimoall will
send tomorrow each member OF the General As
semby circular letter and blank. proposing. as a
means OF averting suffering in this State in the win
ter. by OF lack of COAL a guarantees fund by
the State of amount not to exceed N25Oo0 10 re-
imburse coal dealers against loss in importing coal
tOr use in Rhode Island.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
DECIDE TO CONTINUE STRIKE.

Scranton. Penn. oct. : (SpeciaD.-Loeals Nos.
213 and $50 OF the United Mine workers met
tonight and decided to remain on strike until
their cause Is won.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08
HANNA DID NOT CHALLENGE JOHNS
-ur SENATOR SAYS THAT HE ONLY DECLARED
HE WOULD DISCUSS CERTAIN ISSUES

Wheeling. W. Va, Oct. L-Senator Hanna u1
cIared to-day that he never challenged Mayor JO.i-
son 10 debate economic questions with him on tns
same pIatform II did say" continued the sensto.'
"that Il would discuss certain issues with nm 70
ferring OF course. to our respective campaigns
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08

the masters have withdrawn their current price
list.
The steel trade fears that there will be pretu-
dicial effects on business from the higher prices
created by Americas wants.
New-York tribune., 1902-10-08

Tai. -" tnre n Cold N One Day
r@frIns - bromO ouinine Tablets All srugv,.ru
N-'-is S On each ho1- &c. " S'''e'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17

A series of three games is on between
the Aberdeen and Webster ball teams
on the diamond at the driving park in
this city, the first game was played yes
terday, the second is being played today
and the third occurs tomorrow. Right
here we want 10 register a kick. Our
ball boys have spent considerable time
and money in getting into form, and
have had several visiting clubs here
and have played good games. With the
exception Of one occasion the boys have
gone in the hole" for the visiting
teams expenses. When the practice
games are played the crowds are large
and enthusiastic. Is it not about time TO
give the boys a benefit and a crowd at q
paid game that will help ont their worse
than broke" treasury? The game yes
terday was spirited from start to finish.
Both clubs played good ball and the
game was anybody's until the third
man was ont in the last half of the
ninth. Score 4 to 3 in Aberdeen's favor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Our neht to our Mothers.

Ian Maclaren in The Christian En-.
deavor World paid the following beau.
tiful tribute to mothers:
"The person TO whom you owe more
than you can ever pay OF even imagine
Is your mother. She endured more To-.
You, served you more patiently, loved
you more fondly, thought of you more
bravely, than any other person you
have known on earth or viii ever know
save your wife Or your husband. If in.
deed they can always be excepted. II
your mother be spared to you. then are
you bound 70 make her a first charge
on your life. as you desire a peaceful
conscience and as you shall answer be.
fore the judgment seat OF God. She
must be encompassed with every OBJ
aervance OF comfort and honor and
geptleness and love. with sacrifices
also. ii SO be 1t will please her. OF
tastes and occupations and time and
even friendship, and after you have
done all that you can think OF and any
one can suggest you will still remain q
hopeless bankrupt for the love where
with she loved YOU"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Butler Bubbles.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, of Huron, are
visiting their sister, Mrs. Goodell.
Miss Candice Ash, of Willow Lakes,
is visiting at the old homestead.
Master Willie Moser met with quite q
serious accident yesterday, a Wagon
running over him.
s. L. Potter has sold his elevator al
this place to Messrs. Stoddard and
Ketchum, of Watertown. Considera
ton, $4,000.
Crops of all kinds are looking nicely
Farmers are feeling good and making
hay while the sun shines.
Mr.. Hilda has a new section boss
It's a BOSS Of the male persuasion and
weighs eight pounds.
Uncle John.
Butler, S. D., July 10, 1902.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
STORIES MADE WITH FEET.
Animal Tracks I'm the Wood which
Rstray Identity.

Animal Trn<k I'm the Wood Which
nstray Identity.
Each animal makes its own kind of
track in the mud, snow or dust. No
two make exactly the same. The track
of a coon is never like that cf q fox,
and the track Of a fox Is readily dis
~tinguished from that Of a rabbit or
small dog. And, more than that, the
track of one coon may differ from that
OF his own brother, SO that n can
sometimes distinguish the track of a
given individual and by seeing 1t on
different occasions get something like
an insight into its life. Thus a famous
grizzly In the west was known by his
track. One OF his toes had been cut
of by a trap, and the difference that
made In his track was easy to see.
To come nearer home, our common
animals sometimes have unpleasant
experiences with steel traps. The
marks of these on their feet often add
a popularity that Identifies the animal
In other cases the track is extra large
or small or IL crooked. but 1t always
keeps the main features of IT'S kind.
The track of ono sort of animal rarely
need be mistaken for that Of another,
and the A b 9 OF tracking Is to learn
the chief kinds of footmarks that are
to be found in your region. The way to
learn tracks is to draw those that you
find, always sketching them right from
nature, never from memory, and it IS
always best to make them exactly life
5iZe.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Fritts. Wolff.

"Wednesday evening, at the home of
the groom's mother, Miss Augusta
Wolff and Mr.. Harry Fritts were united
in marriage by Rev. i. L. Layne of the
NJ. Il. church.
"The wedding was a very quiet affair,
only relatives being present. The
rooms were decorated with cut flowers.
The bride was gowned in light blue
wool cha.lie and carried brides roses,
while the groom wore the conventional
black.
"The contracting parties are well and
fayorably known in Waubay and vicin-
ity, having passed the greater part of
their lives here, aud enjoy the respect
and esteem of all with whom they have
come in contact during their lives
among Us, and we voice the sentiment
of the community in wishing them
prosperity and peace N life's journey.
They expect to go to housekeeping
in a short time. "-Waubay Clipper.
The bride is a daughter of August
Wolff, of Racine township.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

A strange coincidence happened in
Webster today. K. w. Taylor is here
from Kankakee, H., on real estate bus
mess and his signature and that of
our states attorney, E. w. Taylor, are
so exactly alike that when presented to
the gentlemen themselves neither could
pick out his own.
r. @. Efnor and family arrived from
Newton. Iowa, Tuesday and will make
their home hereafter in the First ward.
Mr.. Efnor is the senior member of the
the firm of Efnor g. Foltz, who have
large stock interests at old Fort Sisseton
and the new residents will receive a
warm welcome from q people.
G. E. Goodwin, manager of the North
western Stone Sidewalk Co., was in the
city between trains Wednesday. He was
after the contract to put in the cement
crossing for the city but wal a little late
as the work had already bee1 let to Il.
l.. Newell. the gentleman who has put
in the cement walks on Main street.
A. B. Trefethren brought to this Office
Tuesday some of the finest potatoes we
have seen this year. They were of the
early rose variety and look larger and
better and have finer flavor than the
potatoes which have been shipped in.
Mr. Trefethren has twenty acres of these
potatoes and a promise of a bumper
crop.
An exchange describes a situation
which is known in every newspaper
office when it says that a man does not
think of the feelings OF his mother
when he gets into a disgraceful scrape
of depravity, but he expects the editor
to have the most tender regard for that
mothers feelings and omit the mention
of the name in telling the shameful
story.
Last Sunday a very pleasant reunion
of the old settlers of Independence
township occurred at the Home Farm
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Wickre. About
twenty couples of the first residents of
the township were present and talk
about your times, well they certainly
bad d royal one. They went back aud
settled over again, related all the cxrer-
fences of the early eighties, told stories,
recalled pleasant memories of former
settlers and had o day that will always
be to those present a most pleasant
memory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
SEED CORN.
Improving Ii by the Selection OF
Kernels with Large Germs.

AkMVkUtAnG w t"S 5GACSahS4 ~
Kernels with Large Germs.
1t appears that much better seed corn
could be selected If in any way ears
Of high nitrogen content could be
chosen and that 1t would be better
still If the best kernels could be taken
from such ears.
Analyses Of the several parts Of the
corn kernel made at the New Jersey
station having shown that the germ of
the grain is much richer in fat and in
portein than the other parts Of the
kernel, the thought was but natural
that by selecting corn with a large
germ for seed the quality of the seed
must necessarily be improved.
Examination of different ears show
ed that difference in the size of the
germs was very readily observed and
that there was not the slightest diff
Guilty In distinguishing between those
high in nitrogen and those low in nj
trogen by Naking sections Of a number
VI htIueIo 1IOLu edcG year.
To ascertain more fully the bearing
Of the size OF the germ upon the COM
position Of corn, as to its amount of
nitrogen, a number Of analyses were
made at the Kansas station In which
the germs were separated from the ker-
neis and the germs and the remainders
analysed separately. The results show
that in every case the germs are much
richer In nitrogen than the remainder
Of the kernels from which they were
taken and that selecting corn with
large germs cannot fail to secure corn
richer in nitrogen than corn of the
same variety with smaller germs. other
things being equal.
To make a practical test Of examina-
ton of corn with reference to the size
Of the germs selections were made from
two lots grown by farmers near Man
haitian. One Of these was q white dent
corn; the other was a yellow dent.
In the case of the white corn thir.
teen ears were chosen as having larger
germs than the average and fourteen
as having smaller. The former were
found TO contain 1.94 per cent of nj
trogen In the dry corn. the latter to
have but 1.76 per cent. making a very
~appreciable difference In their feeding
value.
OF the yellow corn twelve ears were
selected with the larger germs and
thirteen with the smaller. The fcrmer
contained Isl per cent OF nitrogen; the
latter, 1.6S per cent-not as great a diff
ference as I'm the other case.
There are undoubtedly great differ
ences In the nitrogen content Of the
part Of the kernel exclusive of the
germ, and 1t is conceivable and not
improbable that a large germ, though
in itself tending TO produce high nitro
gen content, might be overcome by the
low nitrogen of the remainder Of the
kernel. Nevertheless the selection of
seed corn with large germs is the most
practical means available for securing
an increase in the protein.
1t is worthy OF note, too, that the
germs are very rich In oil-in fact,
contain most Of the Oil Of the grain.
By increasing the germ we increase