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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
DENMAN THOMPSON FoRECLosEs.
Forced to Bid In Mount Vernon Property
He Held Mortgage On.

Denman Thompson and his wife. Maria Thomp-
son have foreclosed mortgage on Cedar Hill
Park in Mount Vernon. The proceeding brought
ont the fact that the property. on which Mrs.
Thompson held a $4,000 mortgage. owes nearly
so O0 10 the city i'm back taxes and assessments.
The assessments were piled up by the previous adj
ministration OF Mount Vernon. which used the To-
calty as q basis on which To construct an expensive
speedway and sewer system costing nearly &2pWO.
There Is not a single house on the line OF the
speedway and To- sewers have caved In and are
almost useless.
The actor compelled to bid IN the property,
which ia worth about the value or the mortgage. TO
protect his interests. and II Is now reported
that he will begin action in the Supreme Court
10 set aside the assessments on the grounds that
the improvements were unnecessary and fraudu-
lent Several other assessments in the same local
IN have been aside in the courts on similar
grounds. The property consists OF sixteen acres.
and was mort gagged by :. A. Townsend, OF New
york Harry Y Morgan and Charles W. Sinnott
were the referees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
COMPANIONS FOR FREDERICK STATUE.
Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon Also to
Stand in War College Grounds.

Washington Feb 27.-At the instance Of the Pres
ident Baron Won Sternburg. the German Ambassa-
dor. had a long conference to-day with Secretary
Taft and Major General Bliss respecting the IOca-
ton Of the statue Of Frederick the Great which is
to be dedicated October 70. 1t decided that
the statue should make Of a quartet Of
the worlds greatest soldiers. and it will stand
in line the beautiful terrace Of the War College
building with Alexander the Great. Cesar and
Napoleon. The German statue VIII differ from the
others in important respect. 1t Will be the only
che Of the four which is a gift TO the United
States The President has decided that 1t is better
that the United States government should itself
provide the other statues at its own expense. The
arrangements made highly satisfactory 70 the
German Ambassador. who will inform the Emperor
OF them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
sCHoLER ON GAS AsPHYXIATIoN.
Declares Irregular Pressure and Carelessness
of Employees Endanger Lives.

Coroner Scholer. in speaking Of the numerous
gas APPROPRIATIONS recently here. said yesterday:
There is alarming condition OF affairs existing
in New-YOrk at the present time. People are in
such danger that the slightest leak the
merest accident will cause the loss Of life This
condition IS largely due the irregular pressure
Of the gas manufactured now. The gas is often
frozen in the pipes. and then thawed out either by
heat from the basement or from atmospheric con-
ditions and should gas jet have been turned on
when the gas frozen escape Of gas would
naturally follow a thaw.
Not infreQuently when gas has been frozen and
the Jets left OpeE gas company employees when
sent for. have blown out the pipes with fatal re-
suits somebody. thus showing great negligence
From my experience as an ambulance surgeon Of
the old Chamber Street Hospital. twenty years
AGO / know that the gas manufactured then was
not so poisonous as that manufactured now. and
know that the ambulance surgeons were then in a
position 10 resuscftate those persons overcome by
gas II the patient had remained hours IN a
room where gas was escaping So poisonous Is she
oas OF to-day that sleeping persons breathing X
Tor half hour or hour are hardly ever saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
NOTHING DULL ABOUT MR.. SMART
Uses Wireless and Tug to Catch Steamer
Started for SOUTHAMPTON.

s NJ Smart Of the London and Southwestern
Railroad. showed himself smart enough to be 4
Yankee yesterday when he missed the Philadelphia
for Southampton. Five minutes after the boat had
sailed Mr. Smart arrived the pier in the breath
less haste always displayed by the man who just
misses his boat whether he is bound for Europe
or Hoboken He received message from his Lon
don Office Friday ordering him TO make all haste
to London. He at once booked passage on the
Philadelphia and arrived the pier early in the
morning long before the Philadelphia to sail
At S45 o'clock he remembered that he had some
business to transact in Murray-st. and hurried Oft
the steamer being scheduled to sail at $50 o'clock
Superintendent Wright is friend OF Mr.. Smart.
and he held the Philadelphia for nearly five min
utes waiting for him. Still ne did not show up. and
the gangplanks were cast loose and the big
steamer started.
Five minutes later Mr. Smart arrived. lie en-
listed the sympathy and services OF the officials
and Jumped aboard the fast tug Dalzel, lying
alongside the pier chase the liner. a wireless
telegraph instrument the pier sent order to
the Philadelphia to stop. In response to the
message she slowed up FOR the tug TO get along
side and Mr. Smart climbed on board smartly on
the rope ladder thrown 10 him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

James Franklin. Mr.. Anthony Drexel, Mr.. Voor-
HES. Gerald Winthrop and Major Brevoort
The death Of Nine. Veuve Chartrsn. nee Pill
Ion. the mother Of Theobald Chartran and a
cousin of Georges Picot member of the Insti-
tute. has thrown a gloom over Partisan artistic
circles. Nine. Chartran seventy-four years
old. The funeral will be Monday.
An interesting feature to naval men was the
successful and rapid transportation by rail Of
the submarine vessels Protet and Lynx from
Cherbourg to Toulon. Railway trucks capable
Of carrying submarines of seventy tons effected
the transportation in three days. This develop
ment of naval transportation adds greatly TO
the efficiency OF the French submarine and tor
pedo iotillas Q. l. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
NETWORK BACK FROM SAN DOMINGO
Bullet Holes Show Marks of Insurgents
Shots-Jiminez's Son and Morales

The New-York of the clyde Line locked yester-
DAY afternoon the FOrty-second-st. pier. Brook
lvn and as already told reported that at San
Domingo City. February p she was fired on by
the insurgents No one hurt. There a
dozen bullet holes through several Of her cabins.
The New-York sailed from this port on January
% She was not allowed to stop at Monte Cristi.
At Puerta Plata her consignment of ammunition
for General Jimenez was seized BY the govern
rnent General Jimenez's board when
she was boarded by Morales at that port. Morales
called Young Jimenez a number Of vile names and
expressed a great wish to get him ashore desire
Jimenez took not gratihed
The voyage to this port without incident.
The only passenger board was brother OF ex-
President Vasquez Of San Domingo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
THE BRITISH ELECTIONS.
Parliament Expected To Be Dis
SOIUed ON Easter Tuesday.

London. Feb. 2T.-Confrming the statement
made by The Associated Press that it is in a
position to state there will be a dissolution of
Parliament within six weeks. THE Daily
Chronicle this morning says II hears that the
government does not intend to remain in office
longer than is necessary to get through the sup
ply vote, and that Parliament will be dissolved
on Easter Tuesday.
The Chronicle" adds that the government
did not originally intend to appeal to the coun-
try at such an early date but the recent divi-
sions believed TO have driven II to new
decision. The impossibility OF holding the party
together for any length OF time ii is said, is now
recognized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
DIR. DELAFIELD ILL.
The We'll Kno1cn Physician Suffer
inc from Pneumonia.

Or. Francis Delafeld. the well known physi-
clan Of this city. is critically i'll from pneumonia
at his home No. - West Thirty-secOnd-st. He
is being attended by DIR. James and two assist
ants. One Of DR.. James's assistants said last
night to a Tribune reporter:
"Dr. DeIafeld is suffering from pneumonia
with influenza. and has been ill since last
Wednesday. His condition Is very seri-
GUS AS this is only the third day, are not
able to say what his chances are for recovery.
We however. hope for the best. as the patient
seems 10 be doing as well as can be expected.
considering his sixty years"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
sEAMEN CARRIED OUT BY EBB TIDE
Both Were Nearly Overcome by Cold When
Rescued by Tug.

Perth Am6oy y. J.. Feb FIN attempting 20
reach the schooner General Tobert. two seamen.
Richard Burns and Edward smith. were last night
caught in ice foe and carried several miles down
the bay. They had come ashore IN yawl, and
when they tried to return strong ebb tide was
running and the ice was heavy.
The two for time did not realize that they
were being carried Of the sound and into the
bay Then they began To- shout for help. but no
one could reach them. Word was sent ashore and
the police told A Lehigh Valley Railroad
tug with a powerful searchlight. was obtained
and started out, but BY the time the tx got 10
them Burns and Smith had been carried into the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
EXPERT AMERICAN GUNNERS.
The Wisconsin's Crew Makes Worlds Rec
ord in Big Gun Practice.

Manila Feb. 2T.-The battleship Wisconsin
has beaten the worlds record with 13-inch guns
it's expert gunners having made nine buiiseyes
out Of ten shots fred within ten minutes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
PROPHECY PROMPTLY COMPUTED.

The following. written on n postal card was
received I'm The Tribune Office late Friday night
II bore the stamp OF the New-York City Postofice
Of receipt at p. m. February IS and had been
mailed In North Carolina February . at 81
p. m:
The United States OF america will be covered
with gross darkness on Friday, February ~. 1904
commencing at u o'clock m, and Will continue
for the space Of three hours.
BENJAMIN HARPER. AZ Durham. n Q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
TWO SQUADRONs OFF LA GUAYRA.
Six British Battleships and Six Cruisers
Anchored in the Harbor.

Caracas, Feb. 25.-TwO British squadrons,
commanded by two admrals and composed OF
six battleships and six cruisers. manned by
GOO men. have anchored off La Guayra. The
officers visited Caracas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
SEND CONDOLENCES TO PRINCE HENRY.

Washington, Feb. 27-Ambassador Tower, at Ber
lin. mas informed the State Department by cable
Of the death Of Prince Henry. youngest son OF
Prince Henry OF Prussia. Secretary Hay will send
expression OF coincidence and regret on the part
OF the President and himself to Prince Henry. for
whom the President conceived a strong regard
during his visit TO Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
oRINoco coMPANY's AWARD.

Caracas. Feb 25.-Dr. Charles Barge. umpire in
the arbitration between the United States and
Venezuela OF American claims. has awarded SIS. 200
to the Orinoco Steamship Company in the claim
for q. 90 made by the company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
MINE ON FIRE; 1900 OUT OF WORK.
Colliery May Have To Be Flooded to Put
Out the Flames

ShamoSin. Perm. Feb. 2s.-FirC broke out today
iu the Cameron coIiiery. operated by the Mineral
Railroad and Mining Company. causing the PLANE
To suspend operations, and throwing fourteen hun
dred aud BOYS out ~ work. The mine may
have to be flooded 60 put out the flames.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
OLD CURIOSITY SHOPS.

There several Of them in New-HOrk. any Of
which Is well worth visit. Look for them In the
Little Ads Of the People"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

clear water They were 50 overcome by the cold
that they could not make any Roadway ag0inse
the tide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
SUCCESS

often consists purchasing at bargain prices That's
hy people consult those Little Ads Of the People"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS -..
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported 10
the Navy Department;
ARRIVED.
February 26-The MayfOwer at Guantanamo the M1c1as
at AIgiers; the Topeka at Porto Plata.
SAILED.
February eS-Thc Nashville the Atlanta and the Ban
croft from Guantanamo.
February 27-The Solace from Guam for Honolulu en-
route Island. the Texas the Florida and the
Wurden Key West for Pensacola, the Prairie
from Guantanamo for Colon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
GOOD SOIL FOR CORN.
In Certain Conditions Ii Is Far Better
to Prepare Land in Spring
Than in Fail.

Good tillable soil has always as
much to do in growing a crop of corr
as the seed. The ground may be plowed
either in the fall or in the spring with
success. This, however, must be de
cided by the farmer himself in plan.
ming his work. Fall blowing on the
average will produce a somewhat
larger yield of both fodder and corn
but the ground must be given extra
cultivation in the spring to prevent the
weeds from starting. If the farmer
does not have the time to do the nee
essary cultivation, it is better for him
to pillow the ground in the spring The
extra cultivation, however, puts the
soil into a more tillable condition and
retards the loss of moisture by evapo-
ration more than spring blowing will
do. If corn land is TO be spring piOwed
it is a good plan to wait until nearly
planting time so as to give the weeds
a good start before turning them UNI
der After blowing. pack the ground
thoroughly with harrow or a sub
surface packer TO get the bottom of the
furrow slice compact before the seed
is put in it. Plant three to five kernals
in a hill so as 10 allow some plants to
be destroyed by narrowing without
making the stand too thin. Harrow
ing can be carried on successfully I'M
til the corn has reached a height of
four or five inches.-E. G. Schollander.
in Farmers Review
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
IN PRAIRIE LAND.
Editorial Correspondence
MOOSE JAW. Assfnibt

MOOSE JAW. Assmiboia-
Farmers Review. Chicago. July Y. 1873.
Most of the prairies in the United
States have ceased To exist Man has
broken them up with orchards. forests
and farm buildings. But in Western
Canada the prairies still stretch grand
ly from horizon 10 horizon as yet I'M
married by the hand of man, save
where the iron road has been laid To
a city man there is something de-
liciously restful about the vast grassy
solitudes.
Numerous elumps of trees mark the
course of the Assiniboine River. which
keeps in sight of the railroad for some
distance
Grass is one of the notable things
about all the landscape of Western
Canada. 1t is a remarkable fact that
the entire length of the Canadian Pa
cific railway from its eastern terminus
TO the Rocky mountains is over plains
where grass grows. The sage brush
appears at some points, but never to
the exclusion of grass. There is thus
not mile of this country that cannot
be used for some agricultural purpose
either for tilling or ranching.
Moose Jaw is town of over 1000
Inhabitants and one of the most i'm
portant places in Assiniboia. being the
center of very good farming coun-
try and a great grain and stock ship
ping point
Near MoOse law aoric,,Itura and
ranchirg go hand in hand; for near
the town was seen a herd of beef cat
tie several hundred in number. On
another side was seen a good sized
herd of dairy cows, the property of the
citizens in the town.
I'm riding over the prairies we saw
many good fields of alfalfa. The great
need of the country is timber, which
grows readily where planted, as was
demonstrated by the shelter belts on
some of the farms, and the trees on
the residence lots in the town.
Stories were told the writer of men
who last year cleared from their wheat
crop more than the land on which it
was grown originally cost them. This
is easy to believe in view of the large
crop and high price for wheat last
year.-Henry F. Thurston."
By sending your address to any
agent of the Canadian Government
you will have mailed to you a copy of
an Atlas. railway rates, etc. giving
fullest information regarding Western
Canada
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
CONTROLS THE ANIMAL.

treatment without some show of re.
sistance as it is improbable to sup.
pose they understand the benefits of
the shoe in preventing rapid wearing
away of the hoof. Once in awhile the
blacksmith in his labors comes in con.
tact with horse which refuses to
yield to his command, showing mul.
ish disposition and occasioning no
small amount of trouble. Then the
sheer uses ingenuity, persuasion and
finally strength to accomplish his pur-
pose. 1t is an animal of t1is kind
which the artist has drawn in the il.
lustration, and the horse seems to be
at a slight disadvantage; in fact, to
have met his Waterloo-that's where
the inventor lives. by the way. Here
after when steed shows contrariness
the blacksmith will simply put his feet
in the stocks. How will he get them
there? Well, possibly by the same re.
cipe as the circus man trains his tiger
The first rule runs something like
this: First catch your tiger" So,
you first catch a leg. possibly with a
rope moose. and. after making it fast,
proceed in the same manner with the
other leg. Then hoist the tackle until
a large portion of the weight is re-
moved from the hind EGGS and the ami
NAL is ready TO be shod.-Louisville
Courier-J Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
Good Remedy for Rom.

Roup remedies are of but little avail
as too much work is necessary in hand
ling birds and administering the cures.
which are not always efficacious. A rem
edy often recommended, and which is
simple and inexpensive, is to give the
bird pill of assafetida as large as bean
twice a day, and to inject at the same
time two drops (using a sewing machine
oil cam of the following mixture in each
nostrl, and four drops down the throat:
Camphorated oil. one dram; water one
dram; carbolic acid, ten drops. Keep
the bird in dry, warm place. Roup
may be known by foul odor, discharge
from the nostrils. hoarse breathing. and
sometimes swelled head and closed eyes.
Farm and Fireside
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
POSSIBILITIES IN CORN.
the Preparation and CuItiva-
tion of the Soil.

We only raise a little more than half
a good ear of corn to the hill in the
United States, assuming that a good
ear should weigh pound. In some OF
the hest corn sections the crop equals
an ear to the hill, but there are many
states where it is exceptional TO find
an ear weighing over half pound, and
it is good corn field where there are as
many stalks bearing ears of half pound
or over as there are of stalks that bear
only nubbins or nothing at all. To any
one who has never investigated the mat
ter closely it will be surprise to count
the number of barren stalks in row. If
We select good seed corn from an average
field, taking only ears that weigh one
pound or over, about so per cent Of the
kernels planted will produce ears as
good as or better than the original. From
10 or 20 per cent. will grow barr
stalks, and the balance will produce all
sizes from nubbins to fair ears.
1t is customary to plant at least three
kernels to the hill, and if we could grow
three good ears on each hill we would
G
Here is a problem for the implement
manufacturer to consider carefully
Next to the selective breeding of seed,
the most important thing in the produce
ton of good corn crop is the work of
the implements and machines used in
preparing the ground and cutiyating the
growing crop. There has been a great
improvement in the past 20 years in the
construction of planters, cultivators
and other implements used in the corn
field, and there is room for equally great
progress in the coming generation, espe-
cially in the direction of thoroughness
in cultivation. The corn crop is the
most valuable product of the American
continent, and it would be almost twice
as great if we could only raise the
equivalent of one good ear to the hill
If we could average two ears to the hin
our corn crop would exceed the worlds
crop OF all other cereals.-Implemen
Age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10

had good appetite but my food did
not nourish my system. l had come
down from 40 to about IS pounds in
weight. l now feel that ! am well of
all my troubles. Mrs. A. Snedelxer.
Send forfre book on catarrh, entitled
winter 'Catarrh," by DR.. Hartman.
" Health and Beauty" sent free to
women only.
If You do not derive prompt and salts
factory results FROM the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your ease and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
KEEP BIBLE FOR LUCK.


At Sycamore, ILL.,, a well-known
business firm makes it a practice to
keep a Bible in the safe. This Gus
tom was commenced a long time ago
and the big steel box is never locked
up unless it contains the book. 1t is
kept in the money drawer of the safe.
1T is found necessary to remove it
occasionally, but it is always careful
~ replaced.
The men who adopted this queer
practice when they commenced bust
ness years ago have little to say in
explanation. In all their business life
their safe or store has never been
robbed or entered. They have had
continuous good business, and are
among the most successful business
houses of the town. All of the mem
bers of the firm attend the churches
of the town, but all are liberal In
their religious views, and the pre-
vailing belief in the town is that holy
writ is kept in the safe principally
for good luck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
'THE season Of catching cold is upon

THE season of catching cold is upon
i us. The cough and the Sneeze and
nasal twang are l.. be heard on
every hand. The origin of chronic
catarrh, the most common and readful
of diseases, is cold.
This is the way the chronic catarrh
generally begins. A person catches cold. ,
which hangs on longer than usual. The
cold generally starts in the head and
throat. Thenfollows sensitivcnc IS of the
air passages which incline one to catch
cold very easily. At last the person has
a cold all the while seemingly. more or
less discharge from the nose. hawking,
splitting, frequent clearing of the throat,
nostrils stopped up, full feeling in the
head and sore, infamed throat.
The best time to treat catarrh is at
the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna
properly used never fails to cure com
mon cold, thus preventing chronic
catarrh.
While many people have been cured
of chronic catarrh by single bottle of
Peruna, yet. as rule, when the cataIrh
becomes thoroughly fixed, more than
one bottle is necessary to complete a
cure. PeIuna has cured eases innumer-
able of catarrh of twenty years stand
ing. 1t is the best, if not the only
internal remedy for chronic catarrh in
existence.
Butprevention is far better than cure
Every person subject to catching cold
should take Peruna at once at the
slightest symptom of cold or sore
throat at this season of the year and
thus prevent what is almost certain to
end in chronic catarrh.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
HORSE-SHOEING STAND.
Oregon Inventors Device for Making
the Most JSractiOuS Animal
Genue as Lamb.

preached already On the wonderful in
telligence and obedience of the horse
that there is 40 need of another one
in this column, but we may mention
one proof of that obedience in the at
titude the animal maintains toward
the blacksmith while the later tears
off an old shoe, trims the horny hoof
holds hot iron shoe against the foot
to ascertain if its shape is correct,
and finally nails the shoe fast to the
foot with many blows of the hammer
1t is surprising to think that so spir