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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25

without herders and were scattered on
the hills. resulting in further loss. Rifle
men surround hocks and kill every
sheep. driving off the herders. A flock
of 5000 Angora goats was killed i'll
Western Colorado in August. The pa
pers of Oregon describe the terrible de-
vaStation produced by dynamite thrown
among the huddled bands of sheep the
explosion ending the existence of whole
flocks, and sometimes killing the shep-
herds as we'll. The cattIemen throw
these deadly explosives from some
hight, or charge on horseback into the
frightenedn flocks for their scheme of
wrath. F1ocks have been driven into
narrow canyons and dubbed to death:
they have been hurried over precipices
and destroyed. One man fought the
battle for years, finally, after losing
$4,000 sheep, giving up the range for
which he contended.
THE settler who 'homesteads' a
claim in the edge of the free range has
one great terror-what if the f1ocks or
herds should come! He knows that
the crops so carefully tended would
go, the garden would be made desolate.
He has recourse through the law. to
be sure, but in the wilder portion of the
West 1T is sometimes a slow process.
Recently the government has issued
an order that the sheep must be kept
OlL Tie IOreSL reserves, the last reIug6
of the wandering flocks and their wor-
ried owners. These were the only lands
on which the cattle were not generally
grazed, so the sheep were turned in.
But they destroyed the shrubbery in
their efforts to gain sustenance, and so
the order went out to stop such prac-
tice. There seemed to be no choice
but to try conclusions with the cattle
men again, and hostilities opened with
renewed vigor. The miners and camp
ers and hunters try to keep stock out
of the mountain parks, and the boun-
daries constantly grow less for the
wanderings of the f1ocks and herds.
The range is becoming thin, too. The
grass is overpastured, and, in the
opinion of expert stockmen, does not
to-day give more than half the susie
nance that it did a decade ago. Various
plans are proposed to renew 1t, but
they are as yet in embryo, and do not
help the man with huge fiocks of sheep
that must be fed. In the end there
must be more extensive leasing or
ownership of the grazing lands, AMI
the rights of possession must be obey
ed. Until that time comes the con-
fiict for the free feeding grounds will
rage"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25

devotees of the sport in Savannah and
by the students at the university, who
are very anxious to have the team
make the trip. 1t is believed that the
request, eminating as it does from the
official organ of the university in Sa-
vannah, will have weight with the
chancellor, who is at present undecided
on the course to pursue.
Mr.. Frank P. McIntire, an alumnus
of the university, and one of the play
ers on last years team, recently made
trip to the university, for the purpose
of comforting with Mr.. Hill on the
question. Mr.. Hill was much inter-
ested in the matter, and listened atten-
lively to the argument advanced by
him, but gave no assurance further,
than to say he would bring the matter
to the attention of the faculty and the
athletic advisor. The chancellor asked
particular about the sentiment of the
university men in Savannah, and for
this reason it is thought that the ac-
ton of the University Club will result
in favorable action on his mart
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
DYNAMITING SHEEP.
Cowboys Throw Explosives Among
the Huddled Animals They Hate.

the huudled Animals They Hate.
The great secret of the fortunes
made in the stock industry in the last
few years has been free range" says
Charles Moreau Harger in the The Out
look. over a vast territory, extend
ing from the open plain of Texas up
through Oklahoma, Kansas, Eastern
Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming to
the states along the northern border,
reached unehding leagues of grass.
Most of it even went to waste because
there were none to take it. On this the
nerds and hocks fed, and there was
plenty for ALL But the settlers push
ed further into the West; Oklahoma
added other areas of Indian land: ir-
rlgation took from the land at the base
OF the foothills-the stockman found
that he was deing limited in his free
pasture. He tried to drive out the set
tiers, but in vain; prosecutions and the
destruction of crops were met by laws
like the 'two-mile limit statute. keep
ing the agriculturist safe. The sheep
man went on with his flock and took
the range as he came to 1.-THE sattle-
man could not follow, for the cattle
would not eat after the sheep. So the
cowboys declared war on the shep-
herds, and sought to limit their range.
To some extent this has been done;
but the conflict is bitter, resulting in
bloodshed and deeds of intolerable
cruelty-nor is it yet ended 1t is
tempting for the sheepman to move to
new pastures at the risk of attack,
even though he knows that cattle
man has long been in possession and
will fight to maintain his place; for it
is well understood that the range is
open to all.
"A Western authority says that in tn =
last ten, years 100000 sheep have been
wantonly killed by cowboys, at a loss
to the owners of 100000. 1t is also
estimated-no one can tell surely, for
all the tragedies of the range do not
come to light-that five hundred man
Killings have annually accompanied the
sheep killings. Sometimes the settlers,
whose homes are threatened. make
common cause with the cattlemen and
join in the slaughter. Only last July
band of masked men. mounted, killed
the herders of several thousand sheep
in Central Wyoming and killed thou
sands of the sheep. In addition, 65 900
sheep. which were nearby. were left
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
Turner Ordered Excluded.

New York. Oct 24--John Turner. the
Englishman who was arrested here
last night, while delivering an adj
dress, BIZ officers of the immigration
bureau, the arrest being made under
that section of the immigration law
empowering the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor to apprehend and de-
port aharehists,was given a hearing be-
iore board of special inquiry at Ell
lis sland to-day. He was ordered ex-
Guided and will be deported next
Wednesday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
BY TONS. OF ROCK
ITALIAN LABoRERS WE'RE CRUSH.
ED IN THE SUBWAY.
LooSENED BY THE BLASTS
THE ROCKS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
UPON THEM.

Two Dead Bodies Taken Out, and
the Work of Relief Had Not
Censed-Others Were Terribly In
5ured-StOry of the Accident-Men
in Charge May BE Arrested ms Re-
spOnsibIe for 1t.
New York, Oct. 24-The total of lives
lost in the gigantic undertaking to
provide New Workers with rapid tram
sit, known as the Subway" was ma
terially added to tonight when a Sc
ries of blasts at One Hundred and
Ninety-ffth street and Broadway
loosened many tons of rock. which fell
on gang of men engaged in work on
the tunnel. At midnight two dead had
been taken out, two others were ly
ing in view, with huge rocks on them,
dead. four severely injured had been
taken out, and it was estimated there
were perhaps ten other men buried be-
meath the mass of stone.
The section of the tunnel where the
fatality occurred is one of the most
difficult in the whole line, being built
through solid rock. All through the
working there and progress is slow.
Tonight gang of men went on duty
at 6 o'clock and preparations were
made for blasts. According to the
story of a colored man employed on
the work, an electrician went into the
mouth of the tunnel to string wires.
He was followed by about seventeen or
eighteen Italians. The men had scarcely
entered the tunnel when three blasts
were heard, followed by a rumbling
sound, and down on top of the men
fell tons upon tons of rocks which had
been loosened.
Some of the men who were in the
rear had time to escape, but the great
er number were caught and buried be-
fore they had time to stir in their
tracks.
Two of the men pinned down were
so badly crushed that it was evident
they could not live. To relieve their
agony the hospital physicians admin
istered morphine.
Another pathetic incident was the
amputation of leg of an imprisoned
workman. Across his lower limb rest
ed huge rock which was so heavy
that it could not be removed. In an
effort TO save his life it was decided
to amputate the leg that was badly
crushed.
The work was in the immediate
charge Of General Superintendent
Hunt and General Foreman Richard
Baers, with Contractors L. B. McCabe
& Bro. Police Captain Halpin said
they would be arrested when the work
of rescue had proceeded far enough
to permit of their being taken away
without hindering the work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
POLE NOT YET REACHED.
Pcnry Takes Issue With the State
ment of the Englishman.

ment of the Englishman.
Washington, Oct. 24.-Lieut. Robert
E. PoGAy, L. S. N, the Arctic explorer,
in an address tonight before the Ma
tional Geographic Society of this city
discussed plans for his next expedi-
ton toward the north pole.
In disagreeing with the opinion of
the president of the Royal Geograph-
ical Society of London, after Nansen's
voyage, that I'VE have practically
reached the north pole and know all
that it is necessary to know about it,"
Lieut.. Peary said: Two hundred
and sixty miles from the pole is long
way from actual attainment Of the pole,
and to assert that the secret of the pole
has been penetrated and the veil lifted
at that range and that the economics
Of the polar basin have been revealed,
when 100000 square miles of it have
not been trodden by human foot or
seen by human eye, is an enthusiastic
view"
Lieut.. Peary pleaded for immediate
financing of the expedition from pri-
vate sources.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
IN A VAST VOLUME
BRISToW REPORTS UPON THE
POSTOFFICE GRATING.
PAYNE PRESENTS REPORT
TO THE PRESIDENT, But 1T WAS
NOT CONSIDERED.

Payne Said That the President, the
Attorney General and Himself
Would Take I'D the Report Later.
1t Consists, Besides Lengthy Ex-
hibits, of 10000 WOrds-ROOse-
welt Is Likely to Add Comm nts
of His own in This Mass.
Washington, Oct. "a. - Postmaster
General Payne delivered to President
| Roosevelt to-day the report of Fourth
! Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
on the postal investigation.
Postmaster General Payne remained
with the President only few min
utes. AS he left the executive offices
in response to inquiries, he said;
Yes; the Bristow report at last has
been placed in the hands of the Pr5si-
dent OF course, we did not consider
it at this meeting, but probably later
we shall take it up in part. Attorney
General Knox will be present when We
consider it,"
The report is very long. 1t contains
10000 words, about eighty columns in
an ordinary newspaper. In addition to
the report proper there are 500 exhib-
its, all OF which are referred to in the
report. The average length of the ex-
hibits is five typewriter pages, or 1000
words. The exhibits contain, therefore,
about 100000 words. Published in the
form of the ordinary government docu-
ment, the exhibits alone would make
1000 pages.
No time has been fixed yet for the
publication of the report, but it will be
given to the public as soon as prac-
ticable. President Roosevelt will go
over it very carefully, and when he
makes it public is likely to supplement
it with some comments of his own.
AS indicated by Postmaster General
Payne, the President will consider 1t
together with the Postmaster General
and Attorney General Knox. They will
begin that work Immediately.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
HOW HORSES ARE TAPPED.
Methods of Obtaining Serum at the
Lille Pasture Institute.
INrnr,, AdnGtl,,rn,r. NInnrn ui,,n


Lille Pasture Institute.
From McClure's Magazine.
Juno is a big white mare of Boulog-
naise stock and for four years now her
unique business in life has been to give
from twenty to twenty-five quarts of
her blood every month-some $50 gal
Ions in all-enough to save the lives of
$4,000 children stricken with diphthe-
ria. Mr.. Guerin says she hasn't her
equal in the stables for a steady yield
of high-class serum. In this respect,
it appears, there is a great difference
in horses some will give good serum
for only a few months and some none
at all l asked Mr.. Guerin how much
time elapses between the first inocu-
lation and the first yield of serum.
1T varies with the kind of serum
he said. IF l should take a fresh
horse to-day and begin inoculating
him with diphtheria poison l ought to
get good serum from him in about five
months. But he would not yield lock-
jaw serum before seven months nor
serpent serum before seventeen
months"
How often?" was asked, ARE the
horses inoculated during these months
of preparation? ?"
Twice a week, with increasing
doses, until they can finally take
without harm in each dose enough of
the poison to kill scores of horses not
inoculated. A fully immunized diph-
iberia horse, for instance, will take
enough diphtheria poison every month
to kill 1,400 ordinary horses, and full
immunized lockiaw horse will take
enough lockjaw poison every month
the thing seems incredible-to kill 10000
ordinary horses, and he finds it merely
matter of pleasant routine. We could
push the immunity even further than
that if there were need of it,
And when this high immunity is
once established"
Then the horse is ready to yield
anti-toXine serum, but to keep him so
we must continue to inoculate the poi
SON. Seven times a month he must
receive the maximum dose in order
that three times a month he may
yield seven or eight quarts of good Sc
rum producing blood. If we should
stop inoculating Juno her serum would
soon lose its value"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
S10,OOO,O0O OF SCHWAB'S
MAY BE CALLED VOID.
II Is Said the Receivers Report viii
So Recommend.

Ii Is Said the Receivers Report viii
So Recommend.
New York, Oct. 24-The World to-
morrow will say the report of ex-Sen-
ator James Smith, Jr, receiver of the
United States Shipbuilding Company,
to Judge fitzpatrick will be filed
Monday in the United States Circuit
Court at Trenton, n ].
1t will recommend, says the World,
that a suit be brought to nullify and
have declared void and illegal the $1O,-
100000 bond issue held by Charles NJ.
Schwab and through which he con-
trolls the company.
1t will recommend that a receiver
be appointed for the Bethlehem Steel
Company, the corporation which
Schwab and ]. P. Morgan & Co. sold
to the United States Shipbuilding
Company.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
TO USE ITS OFFICES
UNIVERSITY CLUB OF SAVANNAH
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
TO BRING GEORGIA TEAM
TO THIS CITY FOR CONTEST ON
GRIDIRON NEXT MONTH.

Resolution introduced by j. w. Nc
Intire, Jr.. at Meeting of Club Last
NlEht-Adopted by Close Vote.
President MeIdrim VIII Address
Communication to Chancellor
Hills Believed 1t Will Have
Much Weight - Club Enjoyed
Spread-Speeches by Judge Adams,
Davis Freeman, w. w. Gordon,
Jr., and r. j. Travis.
The University Club of Savannah
adopted resolutions last night direct
ing the president of the organization
to address a communication to Chan
cellor Hill. requesting him to give the
football team of the University of
Georgia permission to come to Savan-
nah for a game with the team repre-
senting this city, on Nov. IA, or at some
other early date
The resolution was introduced by Mr..
James w. McIntire, Jr., and brought
on a lengthy discussion, in which the
members of the club were about equal
ly divided. All present expressed them
selves as desirous of having the uni
versity team come to Savannah, but
there was a division on the question
of the advsability of the club taking
any action. 1t was suggested that the
request be made by the individual
members and not by the club as body.
The question was put, and by mar
gin of one vote it was decided to make
the request.
Letter to Chancellor Hill.
President Meldrim being out of the
city, Vice President Davis Freeman
presided. BY the terms OF the resolu-
ton the president will be directed to
address the communication to the chan
cellor. In this letter the chancellor
will be asked to grant the request, pro-
vided of course. it is not in conflict
with any rule of the university.
The meeting was held in the break
fast room of the De Soto, there being
present a large number of the clubs
members. Matters of routine nature
were taken up and disposed of, and a
number of new members We're elected
After the business meeting a spread
was enjoyed, during which a number
of impromptu speeches were made
Among the most enjoyed were those
by Vice President Davis Freeman.
Judge Samuel B. Adams. Capt. W. w.
Gordon, Jr., and Mr.. Robert ]. Travis.
A Popular Move.
The action of the members Of the
club in adopting the resolution relative
to the game with their Alma Mater.
will be received with delight among the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
PEOPLE OPPOSE THEM.
Sentiment Is with the Striking Ex-
pressmen.

Dallas, Tex. oct. 24-Yesterday Supt.
Russ of the Pacific Express Company
opened the Office at Long View and
installed three men. He supplied them
with provisions, as the people of Long
View will not feed or house nom
to withdraw the men. as the people
will not even give them drinking
water.
AS a result the company has been
forced to close the Long View office.
The company also turned down en-
phatically propositions of Texarkana
and Little Rock Boards of Trade to
submit the strike to arbitration.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
Moose Calling.
From Field and Stream.

From Field and Stream.
In the Ottawa district moose calling,
while practiced. is not apt to be s'lc-
cessful and in the western mountains
it is practically unknown, although a
substitute is found by making any I'M
usual noise. such as produced by rap
ping a tree twice with an AK in imita-
tion of the double cough or short call
of the bull or by beating alders with
a stick to initiate the antlers threshing
in the bushes. These contrivances
sometimes attract the attention of
bull who is close at hand, and bring
him out into the open. Calling i'll
Maine, however, will always be a pop
Ular but unsportsmanslike means or
hunting the moose; unsportsmanDke'
because everything depends upon the
guide and nothing on the hunter. the
only skill required Of the hunter be-
ing the ability to sit still on a very wet
log or on very cold ground. Whatever
shooting is done is at close range ana
in the dusk.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
PouIan New. No,e.

Poulan, Ga, Oct. ga heavy wind
ana rain storm passed three miles
south of Poulan last night doing con-
siderable damage. The sawmill shed
OF Mr.. ]. w. Willis was blown down.
doing considerable damage to the ma
chinery.
The sawmill of Messrs. Jordan &
Slmerly VIII begin operation next week.
This will be one of the largest nIsnts
in the county. Already they have sly
miles of tram road and will build as
much more. The output of this plant
will be about $4,000 feet rough lumber
per day. In addition to the sawmill
they are now erecting dry kilns and
planning mills. which will be in opera
ton within the next month.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
ELECTRICITY IN WARFARE.
Widely Used in the FOrtihcationr
Along the Coast.

Along the Coast.
From the Scientific American.
An interesting instance of the rapid
extension of the use of electricity is
furnished by the Notifications distrib-
uted along our coast. A few years ago
the electric light was introduced to add
to the comfort Of the garrisons and to
provide better Illumination of the
works. Once a generating plant had
been installed there was at hand a
supply of power in a convenient and
easily comfortable form, and this led
to its use for purposes which were not
contemplated at the time the plant
was installed. Electric fans have been
put in to make the living quarters
more comfortable in hot weather, and
electric motors have been adopted for
training the guns, a class of work for
which they are particularly well adapt
ed Motors are used to drive ammuni-
ton hoists and to do other work which
before had either been done by hand
or some less satisfactory power
Search1ights have been installed. en-
abling a fertilization to sweep the sea
at night. The various posts of the fort
ress are connected together by tele-
IiAOiiCs ~ llldA the COMMUNICATE. is in
touch at all times with the entire gar
rison, and can instantly transmit or
ders to any point. The various forth
fications along the coast are tied to-
gether by telephone and telegraph. so
that on the appearance of the enemy
at any point all the fortihcations would
be informed of it. Submarine mines are
controlled electrically and even the
guns may be fired by this means by
an officer at some distant point. Bv
means of wireless telegra ply a FORTH
cation can be kept in touch with the
scouting vessels, and would be inform
ed of the approach of the enemy long
before he is visible from the coast. The
telautoSraph may be brought into serv-
ice for transmitting orders, and electric
signaling lights are replacing the older
types. Electric lights are used for
rangefinder crosshairs, for lighting the
rangefinder stations; and electric clock
circuits furnish accurate time to all
rarts of the fertilization. To insure
the continuity of these manifold serv-
ices accumulators are now installed, so
there will at all times be a constant
and reliable supply of power. Thus,
from being at first a small auxiliary.
the electrical equipment has extended
until 1t is now probably the most i'm
portant part of the entire equipment OF
the fortress,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
CAPTURED MEN WHO
ARE SAID TO BE ROBBERS
They Were Taken on an Island Aft
err n Bloody Battle.

CIR n Bloody Battle.
Burton Kan, Oct. 24.-After de-
termned chase and a bloody battle,
the men who are alleged to have loot
ed the bank at this point have been
captured on an island in the Arkansas
river.
The men give their names as James
Bell, George Olson, E. H. Johnson,
Thomas White and Frank Harwood.
Johnson is badly wounded, being shot
in the head. breast, arms and legs.
They declare they were never in Bur
ton, but w. L. Daily. a merchant of
Burton. Identifies them as the men who
came into his store Thursday even
ing.
The alleged bandits had only SIS in
their possession when searched. The
stolen money was recovered this after
noon, together with the robbers safe
cracking tools, in the brush on the
island where the men were captured.
The find was turned over to the bank
officials, who refused to disclose the
amount of money
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
Plant Life ana Temperatures.

Plant life is much more tolerant
than animal life of extremes of tenn
perature. growth having been observ-
ed in some instances as low as zero.
and in other instances as high as 70
degrees centigrade. 1t is perfectly
true that a freezing process does not
destroy life. A fish or frog will be
frozen solid and on rethawing will be-
come quite lively again. The seeds of
plants can actually undergo for hours
a temperature of liquid hydrogen, the
coolest temperature known. and yet re-
tain their germinative power.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
DECISIONS IN BEAVERS CASE.
One Was Adverse and the other
Was Favorable to Him.

New York, Oct. 24.-Two decisions
in the case of George w. Beavers, the
indicted postal official, were handed
down to-day by Judge Holt in the
United States District Court. In one
the application of Beavers to have
United States District Attorney
Youngs of Brooklyn and Miss Amy
Wren, his stenogra pher, punished for
disobeyng a subpoena of Commissioner
Hitchcock, is denied.
The application for a writ of ha-
beas corpus and certiorari asked in be-
half of Beavers on the second charge
against him based on the Washing
ton indictment, is granted, and the ar
rest is vacated. The judge holds that
a second arrest made on the Washing
ton indictment, when Beavers was al
ready in court. on the Brooklyn in
dictment was illegal.