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The Washington times., 1903-06-01
NO RULING REGARDING
PRINTERS VACATIONS
Court of Claims Adjourns
Without Deciding Case.
ARGUMENT MADE LAST WEEK
Question of Pay to Per Diem En-
ployes for Sundays in
Leave Period.
ARGUMENT MADE LAST WEEK

The Court of Claims adjourned this
morning until October 10 without hand
Ing down a decision in the case brought
by W. w. Taylor. on behalf of employees
Of the Government Printing Office, tc
Rave an annual vacation of thirty days
with pay granted to all persons en-
ployed by the day in the Printing ONCE
This case was argued before the court
last week and a decision was expected
this. morning. All employees of the
Printing Office who are not paid a year
ly salary are interested in the result
Of the suit, which Is said to have been
brought at the request of the Book
tiLders' Union.
Printing Office employees are now al
lowed vacation of twenty-six days On
pay They are granted a vacation of
thirty days, but are not paid for the
Sundays in their vacation period. Clerks
in the Printing Office are given a thirty
day vacation with full pay.
1t has been held by the Public Printer
that the laws regulating the vaca tions
of persons employed by the day do not
intend that salary shall be paid for the
Sundays in the vacation period.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
FISHERMEN IN DANGER
FROM QUARRY BLASTS
Big Rocks Blown Into the River-Police
on the Watch.

Major Sylvester. Superintendent of Po-
lice, has issued an order requiring Capt.
]. f. Heffner to report to him cases In
which blasts from the Quarries on the
Virginia side OF the Potomac throw
stones into the river.
Appleton Cady of 1917 F Street north
west. invited the attention of the Com
missioners to the danger from this
source experienced by fishermen between
Edes Mills and the Chain Bridge. Sew
eral conferences were had with Charles
G. Smith, of Charles G. Smith & Sons,
owners of the quarries, and the Police
Department was informed that warning
was given before setting off the blasts
OF about fifteen minutes each time Mr..
Smith complained that many times the
persons warned did not heed the call.
and were thus placed in jeopardy by the
falling stones.
Major Sylvester in a report upon the
matter informed the Commissioners that
the Jurisdiction OF the District extended
10 the highwater mark on the Virginia
shore. The quS-rymel. he said. had no
right to make the waters dangerous at
any point,
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
PAYNE DENIES STORY
OF YORK STATE RENTS
SaysAlleged ExcessIsG Great
erThan Whole Allowance.
BUT INQUIRY IS NOT ENDED
Postmaster General Not Disturbed by
Latest Allegation as to Use of
Postofice Funds.

Postmaster General Payne took oc-
casion this morning to deny a story in
the Brooklyn Eagle to the effect that
If the Postoffice Department rented its
building at current rates. half a million
dollars would be saved in New York
State alone.
Mr. Payne said that in New York city
the rentals, with light and fuel IN
cluded. were 1921 .S4722 For the other
cities in the State the figures were
s145. .464.61. The total for the State was
thus s466,s1 The total for the coun-
try was $2,12s. .32s.74
An Impossible Saving.
The Postmaster General wanted 10
know how it would be possible to save
a sum in New York greater than the
total expenditure.
IF we could do that said he. people
would be paying premiums TO have the
Government use their property"
Beavers Report Involved.
The story indicated asserted further
that the figures given In the report OF
George ". Beavers, ex-superintendent
VI IiC Aifioioh VI odlcl lCc anu dllO"-
ances, were higher than those given in
the Auditor report. but Mr.. Payne said
thar he had not looked into the matter
deep enough to explain the apparent
discrepancy.
No news as TO the investigation was
obtained from Mr.. Payne, who said that
things were progressing rapidly and
smoothly without special incident.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01

bluff toward the west. and the only way
1t can be reached is by horse over the
hills south of WestDort and thence
through the rough country to the top of
these same bluffs. whence the site of
the former city can be seen.
The top of the Santa Fe roundhouse
is all that indicates where six thousand
persons lived ten days ago. Every
bridge has been swept away in the Kaw
River between here and Kansas City.
Kas., and no communication by wire.
telephone. or in any other way can be
had With that place.
Armourdale Succumbs.
Armourdale is of the map entirely.
the three-story buildings which havs
heretofore marked the site, went down
IN the flood yesterday and the river has
cut a new channel where the town was,
carrying on its turbulent bosom all that
was once a city.
The great packing houses of Schwarz-
schild & Sulzberger. Swift. cudahy. II.
N Straight, the Morris Rendering
Works and all the rest are showing the
tops OF their upper stories as islands in
the food. and the immense structures
are crumbling at their bases and may
go soon Tens of thousands of tons OF
meat are ruined
The entire west bottoms OF Kansas
C:ty, Mo-, are flooded The water is up
tc the second-story windows beyond the
union depot, and is zen feet high in he
waiting rooms of that structure. which
yet withstands the food. Not a train
as gone into or out of it since early
Sunday.
Only the second stories OF the huge
empty warehouses are accessible. and
then only by boat. The live stock ex-
change Is flooded to the second story.
the main and basement office being full
CT water Armour's and Fowler's packing
houses are afioat TO the second floor. and
not a fire is going in the entire valley
All manufacturing plants are ordered
shut down by the authorities for fear OF
fire.
Three Miles Outside Banks.
The Kaw River Is three miles wide
eu7sIde of its banks. Sunday afternoon
a lag was raised al half-mast over the
big Schwarchild & Srlzberger packing
plant, where fifty men were imprisoned.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
ELECTRIC CARS TO
RUN TO BAL T|MORE
Many Miles Of Trolley Poles
Already Erected.
SYSTEM OF SIXTY MILES
Likely That Road Will Be in Work
ing Order in the Early
Spring.

Unless there is a mistake somewhere,
people will be riding to Baltimore and
Annapolis on electric cars early next
spring
Reports received this morning by the
officers of the Washington. Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Railway Com
pany covering the month ending June
show that the work of grading is
about so per cent completed. Many
miles of poles have also been erected
and work on the powerhouse at Hyatts-
vile is we'll under way.
Hard at Work.
1t was announced this morning that
extra gangs of laborers are at work
grading, and that the operations are
going on at twenty five different places.
AS yet. however, no new tracks have
been laid except on the Washington.
Berwyn and Laurel line, which has been
improved to meet the demands the
through travel will make upon 1t when
the whole system has been completed
1t was announced also that the COM
pany would come into the city. instead
of stopping at the District line. as at
first contemplated. The company ex-
poets to spend $2,0o0,o 900 on its tracks,
wires and similar equipment.
The company is also at work chang
irg the Washington. Baltimore and An
Eapolis steam railroad, which ii bought
into an electric line. This work is near
ly done.
The whole system will be about sixty
miles in length. and it has private rights
of way through the whole territory. 1t
PASSES through no towns between the
main points. but Judging from reports
il is only a matter of time before vii
lagos will begin to spring up.
To Run in the Spring.
The officers of the company are ". H.
president, and Otto Miller, secretary and
treasurer.
Vice President Christy said this morn
Ing
We will have the road running in the
early spring There is no doubt about
that. We have kept quiet so far because
we did not want to make any statement
until we were positive, and until all the
needed ground for the right of way had
been obtained.
Now we have got this and have paid
for II. The contracts for cars and all
of the other needful rolling stock have
been made, and the cars are now being
constructed so they will be ready when
the tracks are. The wire has been
delivered and is ready to go on to the
poles as they go up.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
ENGINEER KILLED I'M
REAR-END COLLISION

HAGERSTOWN. Md. June 1.--As the
result of a rear-end collision between
two Philadelphia and Reading freight
trains near Shippensburg yesterday, one
man was killed and another was re-
riously injured. an engine and fourteen
freight cars were broken UP, and traffic
was blocked for several hours.
Engineer McKissick. whose home was
in Harrisburg. was instantly killed,
being buried under the mass OF debris.
Conductor Dallas Wolf, of Shippensburg
sustained a broken leg and is believed
to be injured internally. Failure on the
part of the crew OF the forward train
TO flag the train following is said to
tavc been the cause of the wreck.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
SWORN IN AS ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
lanes c. McReynolds Takes Oath of
Office This Morning.

James C. McReynolds. of Nashville
Tenn. appointed to succeed James NJ
Beck as Assistant Attorney General. ar
rived in Washington this morning and
assumed his duties at the Department
of Justice.
The oath of office was administered to
Mr.. McReynolds by Orin J. Field. the ap-
pointment clerk for the Department OF
Justice.
After taking the oath the new Assist
ant Attorney General visited the Su-
IRENE Court.
J. H. Graves, of Virginia, has been ap-
pointed confidential clerk to Assistant
Attorney General William A. Day. He
took the oath of cfflce this morning. Mr..
Graves has been employed in the Treas
ury Department for two years.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
PANAMA COMPANY At
ODDS WITH COLONBIANS
Canal Concession Said to
Be Forfeited.
AVARICE AND ANNOYANCE
Charges and Counteycharges Made.
Influence of Paris on
the Situation.
AVARICE AND ANNOYANCE

Dispatches from Paris indicate that
perhaps that city may continue to exert
an important influence on the Panama
Canal situation. Until the regulation of
certain points of difference between The
officers of the new canal company aud
avaricious members OF the Colombian
congress 1t is extremely doubtful
whether the treaty will be ratified. In
the meantime the hands of this Govern
ment are tied. Paris reports say tha4
work on the canal is practically at
standstili
According to Paris reports the feeling
between Colombians and officers of the
new company is day after day becoming
more strained. Representatives Of the
South American republic say that the
arrogance of the canal company's officers
and employees is responsible for the bad
blood. colombian diplomats in Paris as
sert that their country is treated as one
conquered and the people as savages.
Concession Forfeited.
The effect of the misunderstanding is
that many officials of the Colombian
government assert that the canal con-
cession is forfeited This is point Oh
which the terms of the old French
treaty are not clear. but with good feel
Colombian government it would not have
been raised.
Charges that bribery has been resorted
10 as a means of bringing the members
of the congress to the belief that the
treaty should be ratified are now made
against the officers of the canal com
pany. The charges are doing much 70
stir up the old canal scandal in Paris.
and IL is believed that this may have
political effect on Colombia
There are many people in France
whole canal scheme fail. not because
OF any wish to Illustrate the plans of
the United States, but because of the
thorough hatred of the old country.
Misconceptions Fostered.
Leaders of the Colombians who are op-
posing the canal are attempting to con-
vince others that the United States has
already made a payment TO the French
and that this Government now has such
financial interests at stake that 1t would
pay large sum to Colombia rather than
take chances on the treaty not being
ratified.
The Paris edition of the Herald" in
an interview with NJ. Sautereau. a
French engineer, quotes him. to sup
port the argument that the concession
is forfeited. as follows:
Among the conditions imposed on
the new company was one stipulating
that it must show that it had capital
enough to complete the works. Now
the company was never In a position 20
do So Another clause imposed on the
company the conditions that every year
ne-tenth of the unfinished works SHOULD
be completed. Well! Look at the plan
of the length of the canal. You will
see what the first company did, and also
what remains to be done. But you will
have some difficulty in finding the works
of the new company. II has only work
ed one point-Culebra- there they
have only made a rabbit hole. In nine
years they have only cut away four mil
lion cubic meters out of the forty mil
lions that have to be removed. Nothing
whatever has been done TO the rest OF
the canal
The Washington times., 1903-06-01

KANSAS CITY. Mo, June 1.-The Mis-
souri, River stood at thirtyfive feet this
morning. having risen four feet and five
inches in the night. Rain fell Throughout
the night and cold drizzle continues.
The known dead at O'Clock this morn
ing remained at four, while twenty-five
others are thought to have been drowned
The only railroad line open is to the
south, through the valley of the Little
Blue River. The tracks are flooded.
Fires Are Out.
No fire broke out in the night in the
uptown portion of the city, despite the
fact that thousands and thousands of
fires had been started by people shiver-
ing from the unreasonable cold. The
fires in the flooded sections are out
Business here is paralyzed today. We
men cannot come down town to the
shops: merchants can neither ship nor
be reached by boat.
Thousands of industrial establish
ments are out of business, either owing
to flood or lacl- of water for boilers The
newspapers issued their usual editions,
but are facing serious propositions in
the shortage of paper and water.
Meat and vegetables are growing
scarce. Market gardeners cannot come
out, and butchers will soon exhaust their
short supplies.
Kansas City an Island.
Kansas City. Kan. except for a stretch
of land to the south, is al island this
morning. and its main wholesale and
manufacturing centers are several feet
under a raging sea of water. which is
increasing with every passing hour.
The city is surrounded by food. it's
water supply is cut of, its lights are
out, and its street car lines are dead 1t
has practically no communication with
the outside world by rail
Wiped Of Map.
No communication In any way is pos
sible with Kansas City, Kan, Armour
dale. Argentine or Harlem. The last
three are wiped off the map. The Kaw
River has made itself new channel.
and is running twelve miles an hour and
twenty-five feet. where Armourdale was
last Friday.
All that is left of Argentine. where
the great smelters were. Is the high
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
WEATHER REPORT.

Temperatures are below the seasonal
average throughout the entire country
from the Rocky Mountains eastward. de-
cidedly so in the Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys and the Southwest
Freezing temperature was reported at
Cheyenne. and light frost in extreme
northwest upper Michigan and the
northwest portions of New York and
Vermont.
There will be showers tonight in the
Ohio Valley and South Atlantic States,
followed by fair wea ther tomorrow; else
where in the East and South the weather
will be fair tonight and tomorrow.
II will be cooler tonight in the Ohio
Valley and South Atlantic States, ex-
cept Virginia and the Carolinas-
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY.

CHICAGO, June Frank ]. Tullidge.
of Cincinnati registered al the Saratoga
last night and locked up at the central
police station charged with stealing a
diamond brooch. valued at $3.50. from
his mother.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
RAILROADS BLOCKED.
BUREAU HOLDS OUT NO HOPE.

The Weather morning
situation
the
two feet of the high June
The Missouri City, Mississippi from Keokuk to
below Hannibal of a
The southwest disturbance still Missouri
slight rainfall
Middle also
nd the plateau.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
THE BULGARIA SAFE

BALTIMORE. Nd. June 1.-The Ham
burg American Line steamship Bulgaria,
Captain Russ, concerning which some
anxiety was recently cause by report
that she was at sea with :. . machinery
disabled. arrived yesterdat from Ham
burg via Boulogne ans Es fax.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
GEN. M'COOK SUFFERS A
STROKE OF APOPLEXY

Friends of Gen Alexander Med. Nc
Cook at the War Department have been
advised that he suffered from a stroke
of apoplexy on Saturday at Dayton
Chic. and that his condition is regarded
as serious.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
DRILLERs POST WARNING.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. June 1.-The
drillers who quit work at the ship yard
have posted warnings to drillers in
other cities not TO come TO Newport
News on account of the strike. They
say they will fight until the last against
the order that compels them 10 start
their machines and change their clothes
in their own time.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
Great Strike in Philadelphia
Begins Quietly, the Idle
Hands Renaaining Aquay
From SNilf District.
Dyers. Except in One Fac
tory, Out to a Man, and
Their Action Brings Entire
Trade to a StandstfH.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 1.-The
started this morning, when it was esti-
mated that between $4,000 and $1,000
workers were idle.
This is the pivotal day in the struggle.
In the northeastern section of the city,
where some OF the largest textile mills
in the country are located, everything
was quiet this morning, the idle hands
remaining away from the mills and OBJ
serving order at their headquarters. On
None of the employers made any attempt
to start work.
Tie-up General.
From labor standpoint, the tie-up
this morning was general. All the IN
grain carpet mills. sixty-three in num-
ber, are now idle. In these mills are
5000 weavers. and they directly affect
more than 10000 operatives. The de-
mands of the ingram carpet men are for
IO per cent increase IN wages, and
fifty fve-hour week.
The dyers. with the single exception
of those in the Berkshire mills, at
Frankfort, who surrendered, are out to
a man, and their stopping work will
compel the entire textile trade to come
to a standstill. The demands of the
a minimum wage of s13.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
6NORE THAN 5000
TEXTILE WORKERS
QUIT WORK TODAY Y
Situation in Philadelphia.

Number who will be idle. $4,000
Establishments affected 500
Trades affected . 80
Textile workers demands
SO hours week
All trades organized ... 90, 600
Mills granting demands Al
Hands who receive con-
cesslons -.---......-. lo,00O
Capital invested in mills
affected ................S10 800, ,000, ,00o
Loss in wages per day -. s125.o0o
The Washington times., 1903-06-01

High tide today. 1928 p. IN.
Low tide tomorrow. - Nj a. H., 8:15 p. m.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
TEMPERATURES.
THE SUN
TIDE TABLE.

Sun sets today y................1:29 p. m.
sun rises tomorrow a. m.
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
All.Houses in Argentine, Armours-
dale, and Harlem, Former Pros
porous Sections, Have Been
Swept Into the KaW River.
RESIDENTS THREATENED
BY FAMINE AND THIEVES
PRINCIPAL STATES AFFECTED.
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.

NCIPAL RIVERS TN FLOOD.
Missouri, Mississippi, Des Mones, Kaw and Big Blue
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-09-19
Cost of Feeding.

Investigations have shown that it Il
often best to modify ration. for in
stance, by substituting corn, wholly
or in part, for oats, so that the horses
remain in good condition, while at
the same time the cost of the ration
is diminished. When large numbers OF
horses are fed, this is often matter
of considerable Importance. The cost
of ration made up of the ordinary
grains and coarse folders has been in
vestigated by at least two experiment
stations. The Massachusetts station
recorded the kinds and amounts of
foods consumed by three farm horses
for five years, with view of learn
ing the average cost of the daily feed.
In the different years the cost of the
ration, which consisted of hay, corn,
oats and other common feeding stuffs,
varied from 1876 to 24.s cents per
head daily. Using mixed grain ra-
tions, according to the New Hamp-
shire station, the average cost of feed
per horse per year was $74.32. The
average cost for feed per hours work
performed during the two years COW
cred by the test was "a cents.-Mid.
land Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-09-19

Farmers will find that it will pay to
give more attention to the preserva-
ton of barnyard manure; first, by
guarding it from the sources of loss
which occur in the ordinary open
barnyard, and, second, by treating it
with materials calculated to reduce
the losses from escaping ammonia on
the one hand, and to increase it's con-
tent of phosphoric acid on the other.
To accomplish this purpose, acid
phosphate appears to be the material
producing the largest and most prof
liable immediate increase in effective
ness of the manure; but experiments
strongly suggest the possibility that
Underground phosphate rock, from
which acid phosphate is made, may
be found an economical substitute for
the latter, by using it as an absorb
ent in the stables, and thus securing
an intimate mixture with the manure
in its fresh condition. The yields will
be found larger and the increase due
to the addition of the preservatives
smaller in case of the stall manure
than in case of the open-yard manurey
thus showing that either with or with
out the addition of preservatives, stall
manure suffers less loss and is richer
in fertilizing constitents than open
yard Midland Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-09-19
PROPER CARVING OF FOWLS.
BY . Monk for His
~ Hostess.

A scripturai method Of carving fowls
when In secular company was claimed
BY . witty monk, who. having been asked
to carve one day, said: 'Inasmuch as
you demand 1t. will carve the fowl ac-
cording to biblical principles. "Yes,"
exclaimed the hostess, ''act according to
the scriptures.
The theologian therefore began the
carving. relates the Chicago Daily News.
The baron was rendered the head of the
fowl, the baroness the neck, the two
daughters q wing apiece, and the two
sons q first joint. the monk retaining
the remainder According to what in
terpretation do you make such a Ill
yisfony inquired the host of his confess
or. - he regarded the monks heaping
plate and the scant portions doled cut to
the family. From an Interpretation OF
my own" replied the monk. ''As the
master OF your house the head belongs
10 you by right; the baroness. being
most near to you should receive the
neck. which Is the nearest to the head:
in the wings the young girls will recog-
nixe symbol of their mobile thoughts.
that ny from one desire to another: as
to the young barons. the drumsticks
they have received will remind them
that they are responsible for supporting
your house, as the legs of the capon sup
port the bird ITSELF"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1903-09-19
HERE AND THERE.

The acreage of tobacco is greater
than that of last year by about 1000
acres, or OF per cent, and the condi-
ton is $751;.
Exports of corn from the United
States for the twelve months ended
June 30, 1908, amounted to 1880, $40
bushels, against 26,324,26s for the cor
responding period OF the year pre-
yious.
The worlds visible supply of cot
ton on July 10, as, reported by the
New York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle, was 2,065.475 bales, as COM
pared with 2,199,S49 bales at a CORE
spending date last year.
There were exported from the
United States in the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1903, 2Oo,e47,637 bushels of
wheat Including -four as wheat)
against 81, 6s4, APO bushels for the like
period of the year before.
-Thirty-cent butter is not made
from milk churned whole, nor from
stripper cows, nor from butter sold
with its butter milk easily seen. The
gilt-edged article must be as free
from these flaws as from flies and
dirt. .
They say that the cows olfacto
ries ara about ten times as acute as
those of man. If this is true, the nee
essity of keeping the Preceding trough.
the drinking vessel and all the sur
ropndings of the cow clean becomcs
very apparent