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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02
BUYS SITE FOR q GARAGE.

- AcNickar Realty Trust Company has sold
- e4oses Taylor Pyne Nos isl and l55 East Thir-
-,sg.h-st- two four story buildings. a plot
rrs1-,.s ieet The buyer VIII build a garage on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02

hrarN VIII he on the third floor ad'oning The main
ass mpN room. and private theatre Del Go he built
on Sle loufih nouf. The two upper Moons tcnE util
l1yu lot living chambers Tor tho club members
Inc cost is estimated az SO,ooo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02
The BRONX BUILDING PLANS.

.oae-st, east side % feet north OF One-hundred-
Is - third-st.: one story brick storage shed.
to- q leet Richard Wohlberg. owner and arch'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02

San Francisco. March The official closing quo
tatiois for mining stocks to-day were as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02
Hotel Continental,

Most Injurious and comfortable hotel IN Paris Health
lest location and finest overlooking rufleries
Gardens. steam heat fhrOUS hout zoo private bath
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100000
1000
1900
1900
10000
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5000
The river press., 1904-12-07
AMERICA AS "A GREAT FARM.
How 1t Would Look With Principal Crops
Bunched In Separate Tracts.


The area of the United States, ex-
elusive of Alaska and our insular pos
sessions, is approximately 100000
square miles. Census returns give
about $50, 900 square miles of this as
improved farm land. An interest.
ing illustration lies in assuming a
segreg alton Of our principal farm
products within specific areas of
familiar boundary, for the purpose of
seeing our national farm under such
conditions. In the following arrange.
ment, the areas, if not absolutely ac-
curate in all cases, are sufficiently
close to give very good idea of VIII at
our farm would look like if it were
parceled out in such manner.
Thus planted, Maine and New
Hampshire would be our oat field.
Rhode Island, with about 300 square
miles from eastern Connecticut, would
be our tobacco phantom. The rest Of
Connecticut, with Long Island, would
W VIZ EoNuVo piVSu. NCtlllOuU, MAS
sachusetts, New York, New Jersey
and Delaware would form a vast
wheat field. Pennsylvania would be
our cotton field. Virginia and West
Virginia would be Il hay field. Mary
land would be planted in rye, barley
and buckwheat. North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia would be
covered with corn. We might then
take our choice between Texas or a
combination of Ohio, kentucky, Mich
igan, Indiana, Illinois and Wiscon-
sin as the pasture and grazing land
and for the cultivation of minor crops
and garden truck.
With this vast area thus occupied,
we should still be left with nearly
three quarters of our national domain
in the form Of unimproved land and
forest. We run the biggest farm in
the world, and we still have an empire
left for settlement and cultivation
The river press., 1904-12-07

cipal and other |'ur?o Is Iu':,g the
life OF the franrh' t M Il ~ "a r. 'rna
w ater Works con .."s. \ ;z.i@Yraln
was received 'OA;.y nv t,uv ard Hor-
sky, attnil.ey f''>' ':,t' city. affirming
the decision ui IN. ci;",ii. ;:s,tllt rf ap-
peals. which WAS it> f1"n" o. ~. city
and which nvt". =; Iut,g, !<.,v,@S,
MIssOUL.i, D.. 3 ~ -s,:A]a coun.
ty continues 10 s.u'. TO I!rr iaurpls and
still iOlus !ll,' 1-cnrC ul being the
champion n.:it ( 'l!.:N l.. he United
States, 81 OF 'hr ''varrint,' having
been killed duriuy the month OF No
vember Of ,hiS year. This number
were brought L. the different bounty
inspectors in tie cou .ly wuo issued
certificates calling for $2l7 upon the
same. AS the hides are now in their
prime they will probably be worth on
an averaEe $50 each, once they are
dressed and mounted, which will give
an aggregate va.ue OF 1927 for the
bear crop Of Niasoula county for No
vember.
HELENA, Dec. 3.-[u transferring
the celebrated 'white Gaping" cases
OF Henry Nictcht. against George Ar
mold and others aud Addair Des
Genaise against the same parties, to
the district court Of Cascade county
at Great Falls, Judge Clements, in
department.. Two OF the district court
this morning roundly scored the de-
fend ants in the action. Some days
ago Arnold filed atfiuuv for u trans
fer OF the case- alleging that Judge
Clements was biased and prejuuiced
against the def~uu ants. In Hisposing
Of the matter Judge CIeueD.s among
other things stated that thA offend ants
wanted the juG4,. who was on their
SIDE
The river press., 1904-12-07
Counting the Montana Vote.

HELENA, Dec. o.-The count of the
November vote in Montana, under the
direction of the state board of can.
vassers is proceeding very slowly.
Only one county was completed today,
this work requiring an hour of the
board S time. As there are 26 coun-
ties IN the state, it may easily be fig
ured that at the same rate of progress s
the count will consume the greater
part Of the week.
1t is probable, however, that all
preliminaries having been disposed
OF, the remainder of the count will
progress much more rapidly. The
board decided from the start that it
would check up the additions made bv
the county clerks in making up the re-
turns, taking the vote by precincts. to
see that no errors had been made in
the 1ootlngs. So far no errors have
been found.
The river press., 1904-12-07
THE INDEPENDENT VOTER.

The result OF the recent election in
various parts of the country shows
that independent voters went to the
polls in large numbers. They regis
tered their political convictions in
matters that were of a strictly politi-
cal nature, but in voting for candi-
dates for offices in which political con-
siderations were not involved, they
exercised their independence in Il way
that astonished old time and hide
bound partisans.
One Of these examples of political
independence is found in the election
returns Of Massachusetts, Il state
which Roosevelt carried by a plurality
OF about $4,000, but which elected a
democratic governor by a handsome
plurality. In Minnesota, which went
republican by something like l25, ,OO0
democratic governor was also elect
ed, and in several other states similar
instances of political independence
appear. The voters marched under
their party banner when fighting a
political battle, but in matters which
they considered We're non.partisan.
they were influenced by the personality
or supposed qualiic ations of the can
didates.
The presence of independent voters
in several counties in Montana was
also felt on election day. Oae of the
evidences to that effect is seen in the
election returns of Fergus county, in
which the Roosevelt electors received
a plurality of about S35. That repre-
sented the sentiment of Fergus county
voters in matters political, but when
they marked their ballots for county
officials, majority of them favored
the democratic candidates for sheriff
county clerk, county attorney, clerk
of the district court and assessor.
The independent voter believes tha,
the candidate for a non.political Office
should represent something more thar
his belief in the political principles O.
his party.
The river press., 1904-12-07
REFORM IN MISSOURI

Among the election surprises in
Missouri was the defeat of several
proposed amendments to the constitu.
tion, which their promoters believed
would give the people of that state
better government. Five proposed
amendments were submitted to popu-
lar vote in Missouri at the recent elec.
tion, but all of them failed to carry
by majorities ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The most important of these pro-
posed amendments, and the measure
of most interest to the general public
in other states, was one which pro-
vided for the initiative and referen-
dun, and this met the fate of the
other propositions. 1t was defeated
by vote of 169,2S1 against, and 49, :
74l in its favor, an adverse majority
of 50 $40. This defeat was very dis
appointing and discouraging for those
who had worked earnestly on behalf
of this proposed reform.
No explain alton is offered in regard
to the evident aversion of majority
of Missouri voters toward this pro-
posed initiative and referendum
amendment. Possibly its provisions
were not entirely satisfactory to the
people, and were SO constructed as to
be of little use or benefit in the direc-
tion contemplated. There is also
possibility that the people of Mis-
souri, are not yet educated up to the
idea that they can legislate for them
they possess the capacity
to make good laws, and can be en-
trusted with the power to repeal
bad or unwise laws that have been
enacted by their legislative assembly.
1t was supposed that the people of
Missouri would be overwhelmingly in
favor of a reform measure which
would protect them from legislation
dictated by boodlers and grafters.
The exposure of corruption in the
affairs Of several Missouri
cities, and the revelations of bood-
ling in their state legislature, were
object lessons which should have sug-
gested to the people Of Missouri the
desirability of protecting themselves
against these evils by adopting the
initiative and referendum. Their
failure to DO so is not a reflection
upon the merits of the proposed re.
form, but it raises question as to
the intelligence of the moral element
in Missouri, which is supposed to be
in the majority in that state, but which
failed to recognize good thing when
it was presented for their considera-
ton.
The river press., 1904-12-07
WEDNESDAY, DEC. Z, 1904.
WORLDS FAIR HAS CLOSED.

The closing exercises at the World s
Fair in St. Louis were an occasion for
regret tn at the greatest exposition in
history was to become an incident OF
the past. The work OF years, upon
which many millions of dollars were
expended, has been turned over to
wrecking crews, and in few months
there will be only a large assortment
of second hand building material to
recall the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition of 1904.
The dispatches state that officials OF
the Exposition company are unable to
give accurate information as to the
finances of the fair, but from the facts
already made public it appears to have
been losing proposition as an in
vestmeut. 1t was advertised as a fifty.
million-dollar show, and probably
represented expenditures of that
amount by the various interests that
we're represented at St. Louis. The
secretary of the exposition announces
that sufficient funds have been re-
allied to pay the debts of the concern,
but that very little will remain to re-
coup the stockholders for money in
vested.
In the matter Of attendance at the
great exposition, its promoters were
disappointed. Considering the i'm
mense proportions of the exhibits, the
enormous expenditures of money, and
the years of preparation devoted to
the enterprise, it was hoped the atten-
dance during the seven months the
fair was open would break all former
records. 1t appears, however, that
the admissions since the fair opened
seven months ago did not quite reach
100000. This was considerably
below the attendance at the Colum.
bian Exposition at Chicago in 1898,
which entertained some q ,539, 900 Wis.
itors. The record as to attend ance is
held by the Paris exposition of 1889,
which had a total attenda ance of over
$4,000, 900 persons.
The failure of the St. Louis expo.
sition to draw as large a crowd as the
Chicago enterprise attracted clever
years ago, is probably due to the fac
that the public has become tired O.
world fairs. Although the St. Louis
exposition was much larger than any
of it's predecessors, and boasted fea
lures that had never before been or
exhibition, many of its attractions
were similar to those of exposltions
OF former years, and had lost the
charm of novelty. 1t was great fair
just the same, and celebrated in
most praiseworthy manner the cen
tenary Of an important historical
event, and it is to be regretted that i
was not success as a financial pro
position.
The river press., 1904-12-07
BENTON HARDWARE co.
WE CAN DELIVER
THE G00DS.....

AS Fall and Winter approaches you sure to
need some Of the following items, and when the
time comes remember we can deliver the goods.
In Underwear we carry complete lines in the
celebrated Giastenberry, Wright's Health the
original fleece lined of highest grade.
In Mems Fine Shirts sell the Summit, Mon
arch and Gold Medal.
We have 600 pairs OF Gold Seal Overshoes, an
article that never disapponts.
Our Fall lines of Capp per cent. Wool Suits
and Overcoats here. Come and look them over
We have and complete line Of Gordon &
Ferguson Fur Coats. We have them in Coon,
Wombat, Russia, Calf, Kangaroo Muskrat, and
Broadcloth rat lined. Beside these we carry the
sheep lined goods in endless variety.
We have swell line of fall and winter Caps, and
in Gloves and Mittens carry the best that money
will buy We have the Busby in heavy, medium
and light weight buckskin. Reindeer. drab and
yellow horse hide lined and unlined.
LET US OUTFIT YOU FOR THE WINTER.
The river press., 1904-12-07

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-for sale at the RIVER
PRESS Office.
The river press., 1904-12-07
HEATING STOVES.

Vulcan and Appollo Jewel
in three sizes, for soft coal,
slack, and hard coal.
A perfectly operating Hot
Blast Stove, of absolutely
airtight construction.
These stoves are excellent
fire keepers and fuel savers.
Heavy cast fire pot with
draw center and shaking
CRATE.
Stove pipe, stove boards,
coal hods, etc.
BENTON HARDWARE co.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11

inspiring. They made forced marches
night and day, wading streams in
marching in attack without hesitation
and enduring all hardships and pri-
vations without complaint. 1t is to
be regretted that a few days could
not be devoted to preliminary inStruc-
ton and that the maneuvers were
rushed to completion from beginning
to end without any time for rest,
making them very strenuous and ex-
acting, even for the thoroughly train
ed troops. cannot speak in too
high terms of the work of all the
troops in the brigade in the maneI-
vers proper and the cordial relations
that existed between the regulars and
national guard. The third battalion,
Ninth United States infantry, COM
manded by Major Frank B. Jones,
were models of soldierly efficiency in
all respects and did much to comply
fully with all orders and instructions.
The Georgia regiments were we'll dis
ciplined, and made every endeavor to
comply fully with all orders and in
structions. The Georgia regiment was
not up to the standard Of the others.
Then follows the above quotation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
TREATY WITH GERMANY.

Negotiations Initiated by President
Roosevelt and Ambassador sternberg.
A Washington dispatch says: Nego
tiations have been initiated for treaty
of arbitration between Germany and
the United States. Several days ago
President Roosevelt suggested to Bar
on Sternberg, the German ambassador
that treaty of arbitration between
the United States and Germany would
in his opinion be very desirable
Ambassador Sternberg conceded
with this view.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
HIGHWAYMEN ROB BANK.
Cashier Killed After Putting Up q
Game FIsht-"5uffaIo Bill" Goes
on Trail Of Bandits.

-Four heavily armed outlaws from
the Hole in the Wall country held up
and robbed the First National bank of
Cody, Wyoming, Tuesday, and after
shooting and killing Cashier Frank
Middaugh of the bank, had a running
fight with cowboys and hunters and
escaped into the Rattlesnake noun
tains pursued by half a dozen differ
ent posses.
The Hole in the Wall gang are noted
as the most desperate outlaws in the
west, and the Cody posses are deter
mined to wipe the bandits out of ex-
istence.
Buffalo Bill" himself started at
once from Omaha, Neb., in special
car, having with him a party of titled
Englishmen and two of his Sioux
Indian scouts, and telegraphed orders
to Cody for horses to be waiting for
his party at the depot. He will take
the trail in person.
Just before the close Of the bank
Tuesday afternoon party Of four
roughly dressed men rode up to the
First National bank, which Is imme-
diately across the street from the lF-
ma Buffalo Bill's" hotel. Three men
dismounted and entered the building,
the fourth remaining outside to guard
the horses.
AS soon as the outlaws entered the
bank, one of them covered Cashier
Middaugh, who was the only occu-
pant of the room, and demanded the
cash from the vault.
Instead Of complying Middaugh
grabbed revolver and made a game
fight for life and money, firing sever
al shots even before the outlaw leader
could fire at the banker, but Middaugh
was excited and his bullets went wild,
while the single shot sent from the
outlaws gun passed through the
bankers brain and he died instantly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11

hue, OF Toledo, who Unanswered the
California Arrow" at will high above
the western portion of the exposition
grounds and descended in the stadium
amid hire cheering of thousands after
flight of thirty-six minutes. Kna.
benshue went up to an altitude Of
about 1000 feet, and after directing
the course of his aerial vessel at wis.
descended on the exact spot upon
which he had decided to land.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
WIRE KILLS BANK RoBBER.

Attempted to Cut Connection of Arc
Light and Fell Dead.
The dead body Of James Hendrick,
prominent young man of the city,
was found on shed adjacent to the
American National bank, in Montgom-
cry, Ala, Tuesday morning. He had
on a uniform Of the Montgomery
Greys. A stick of dynamite, revolv.
er and other tools were found on him.
A kit Of new tools were found also.
All indications are that it was the i'm
tention to blow open the safes of the
bank.
He was evidently killed in attempt
ing to cut the wires leading to series
Of arc lights containing about 1000
volts.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
Scores Georgia Troops in His
Official Report,
''CAMP. WAS A DISGRACE"
Criticism Rifles Anderson, obea',
Grayson and Others Who Declare
Georgians are Done Grave
Injustice.

"The Georgia regiment was not
up to the standard of the others. AL
though it did no more marching or
work than other egiments Of the brig
ade it failed to turn out to the re-
view. The sanitation Of its camp was
disgracefuI and showed marked mat
tention on the part of all concerned,
especially it's officers. 1t is provfs-
ional regiment-all the officers and
men were never together before and
never expected to be again. 1t has
neither permanency, tradition nor his
tory connected with it, and such or
CARNATIONS should never be sent to
the maneuvers."
This statement from the official re-
port to the war department of Gen
eral Thomas G. H. Barry, of Atlanta,
commanding the Department of the
Gulf, who commanded the brigade at
Thoroughfare, Va, in which the Sec
ond Provisional Georgia was assign
ed. has TIRED up the Atlanta officers
and men who were with the regiment
and Col. Clifford Anderson, Col. w. q.
Obear and Major 3. 3. Pomeroy are
back at the general in no uncertain
terms.
The officers are not at all pleased
with the report of General Barry,
which was made to the war depart
ment, and Colonel Anderson has made
a warm reply to the statements of the
general, in which he intimates pretty
strongly that General Barry got mad
because the Second Georgia did not
participate in the review. Inspector
General w. G. Obear, of the Georgia
state troops, also takes issue with
General Barry, saying that the GeoC-
gla soldiers are all right, General Bar
ry to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Lieutenant Colonel w. l.. Grayson,
who commanded the Savannah troops
in the camp, goes SO far as to say
that the conduct of General Barry
was not above criticism, and that the
general was continually cursing in
camp with the slightest apparent
provocation.
Late dispatches from Savannah in
dictated that it was thought in mill
tary circles that Colonel Grayson, by
his criticism of General Barry has laid
himself liable to court martial as
General Barry was Colonel Graysons
superior officer at Manassas. DeveI-
opment along this line will be watch
ed with interest.
General Barry's Report.
The report of General Barry was
printed in The Army and Navy Jour
nal and in part read as follows:
"The work of the volunteer troops
of this brigade in these maneuvers
have exceeded all expectations. They
entered into the work and prosecuted
it with a willingness and spirit very
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
TIP TOO MUCH FOR PORTER.

Took $1,000 Check of Farmer stroms-
KY and LeVanted.
A Pullman sleeping car porter, with
a run on the Chicago and Alton road,
between st. Louis and Chicago, is
said to have disappeared from Chica-
go and Alton train with check for
$4,000 belonging to Theophil Stromks.
ky, a wealthy farmer, whose home is
near st. Louis.
stromsky says that he presented his
ticket to the porter, who demanded an
additional 49, Having no cash,
Stromsky declared he gave the check
to the porter to have it cashed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
s2t5,soo,ooo in IncorpOratIons.

New interpretations during October
in the eastern states reached a grand
total of $215,5O0,OO for companies cap
italized at 100000 or more. OF this
sum the new tobacco consolidation fur.
nished $l80,000,000
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
ONLY ONE LIFE LOST.

Negro Taken from Cellar of Memphis
Bank Building.
Only one life, that of Winters Par
ker, a negro saloon porter, was lost
by the wrecking of the four-story
building in Memphis, Tenn. The bGIy
of the negro was found crushed in the
cellar. First reports sent out stated
that twenty people had been killed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
ENGINEER HELD TO ACCOUNT.
Gets Four Years for Wreck on the
Mexican Central Railroad.

Timothy I. Lee the American loco
motive engineer who was held respon-
sible for the railroad wreck on the
Central railroad, near Zacatecas, Next
co, about nine months ago. which re-
suited in the loss of about twenty
lives, has been sentenced to four years
Imprisonment at hard labor in the
mines In the state Of Coahuila.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
Must Go BACK to China.

United States Commissioner Bah
bltt has decided that Yang su Tang, a
Chinese servant, employed by DR..
Hugo Hardy, OF Berlin, one Of the
German worlds fair commissioners.
shall be deported to his native coun-
try.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS TITLE.

Probable Suit for Possession Of Nu-
merous Rice Plantations.
AS the result of an investigation
made by Colonel James B. Quinn, in
charge Of the river and narbor i'm
provement Of the Savannah district, it
is probable that the United States will
proceed in the courts to establish it's
title to numerous rice plantations
along the Savannah river which are
now held by parties to whom damages,
equal to the value of the land, has
been paid by the government.
NAV SETTIE MILL STRIKE
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
ILLINOIS MINERS QUIT WORK.
Hoistlng Engineers Strike and $4,000

Eolstlng Engineers Strike and $4,000
Diggers are Idle.
Specials TO the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch from Illinois points indicate that
less than 100 Of the 300 coal mines in
that state are hosting coal as a result
OF the strike of engineers which went
into effect at midnight Monday night.
The total number of operators who
deserted their posts of duty, Is about
800, and nearly $4,000 miners are
thrown out Of work as result.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-11-11
MAY SETTLE MILL STRIKE.
Fall River Operators May Agree to
Submit to Arbitration.

A dispatch from Fall River, Mass,
says: 1t is understood that steps have
been taken to bring about another con-
ference between representatives Of the
striking cotton mill operatives and
the manufacturers to discuss a propo-
sition to submit strike issues to arbi
tratiOn.