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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-01-09
CASH NOW AVAILABLE
Tive Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars Ready For Uses
HOUSE TAKES ACTION
Secretary Of Agriculture to Cooper.
ate With Experiment Stations
and Cotton Growers For
Eradication Of WeexiI.

Washington. Jan. s.-The house
made available Friday the sum OF
S25o.oeo TO be used TO meet the emer-
geney caused by the ravages of the
cotton boil weevu and other insects
and diseases affecting cotton. The
measures were adopted without divis-
ion. meeting general support. The sum
is 10 be diverted from the $500 900 ap-
propriated last year to eradicate the
foot ard mouth disease among cat
tie.
MT Buriesou OF Texas. speaking for
the blu explained that the measure
simply diverted money heretofore ap-
pFopriated for another purpose. and
did not make new appropriation He
urged the importance OF the passage
OF the bin 10 the cotton growing sec
tions giving the history of the boil wee
~ and what u has done
Mr. Gillette OF Massachusetts called
attention TO another insect-~the gypsy
moth which has been brought 10 New
England and which, he said. was usu-
ally dangerous. and should receive at
tention with view 10 its exiermlna-
ton
nj Robinson OF Arkansas spoke for
the bli Nj. Slayden Of Texas. IN urg-
ing IFS passage said he hoped the bill
would not Be leopardiaed by amend
merit
Mr. Gardner ~ Michigan said he be-
ileved IL would be establishing = Rad
precedent lo pasa the bin
Nj Gillette % Massac husrtts offered
an amendment for su additional APP
prepFja iIon Of $3.50 600 for the eradlca-
'ion - Egyptian moth Nj. Wads-
worth made The point of order that
this ~Ba Hot gerwane as II was in
RES appropriation.
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ORDER E8Hnsr fhe amendment aH8 the
bul @ss psaaed without division ~
pres ass tbat lh~ auru ss#e se4sb.a
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GOLD EXCITEMENT
Jasper County People Are Enthusiastic
Over the Assay

Jasper. Tex. Jan Q Quite an ax-
element prevails IN this vicinity over
the discovery Of gold south OF Jasper
The find was made by ) r Felkins.
on the old James Dunn estate. eight
miles south OF the old Weiss Bluff
road.
An assay 81 The strike shows 50 per
cent gold and 20 per cent copper
Mr. Felix's being an old. experienced
prospector, having spent several years
In I've California GOLD fields leads the
800 ~ .~ii-..-c a., ;.,,., ,;,.-,..-
or he speaks He is very enthusiastic
over his discovery. Ground is being
leased in every direction
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LIVES AT Ell PAsO.
Or, Ball. the Rock island Hero. a Res.
dent Of That City.

III Paso Jan 81 row develsps
that Dr Bell who distinguished him
self after the Rock Island wreck at
willard Kan. By aiding the wounded
was none other than Frank Bel Of this
cil} ard inventor of automobile at
tachm"uts hen haS arrived and gave
vivid dgsse riptiou of the satastro-
ph" in addition to the dead already
'"porte5 he says That 1bout forty Ifs1-
ians persisted in the da> coach near
the engine
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men known to the science of medicine.
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Aeuls formerly superintendent BE- the
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ing the advice which was freely given
her by the Ladies Advisory Depart
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Wine of Cardui from her druggist and
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animation, treatment or advice is nee
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August -, 1900, Mrs. w. H. Jones.
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Faadau-sV-lss Race Milling company
received Is v4re order for 1000 bags ~
Cieaued rice from san Francisco. The
order ts Interesting In sIs.s ~ the Rus
so japanese question
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MISS ROSE OWENS.

Il yon are a suffering wo-
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that Wine of Cardui seldom
fails TO completely cure any
case Of female ills. We say
emphaticalIy, it never fails
10 benefit. Every day hun
dreds of sufferers are writing
to our Ladies' Advisory De-
partment. The letters are
opened by persons compe-
tent to give advice. Mrs.
Jones was cured by follow
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Nc. z2O SEVENTEENTH ST..

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popular. About a year ago
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tired feeling with iassitade,
pains Ia the back and head
which kept increasing every
month. ] felt that ! needed
something, bot to get the
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The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12

Port Arthur. Feb. Japanese tor
pedo boats attacked the Russian fleet
here during the night and three of the
Russian ships were badly damaged.
The Japanese. who thus scored the
first success Of the war. escaped un-
damaged.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 9.-Admiral AL
exieff's official report Of the attack by
the Japanese is as follows:
Il most respectfully inform your
Majesty that at or about midnight Of
February SO, japanese torpedo boats
made sudden attack by means of
mines upon the Russian squadron in
the outer roads It the fortress of Port
Arthur, in which the battleships Re-
vitzan and Cesarevitch and the cruiser
Palada were damaged. An inspection
is being made to ascertain the charac-
ter of the damage Details are follow
ing for your majesty"
London. Feb. 9.-In dispatch dated
Nagasaki Saturday, February 9Th. and
which was delayed by the censor, cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
asserts that Russia deliberately preCip-
itated the crisis by secretly dispatching
a few days ago from Port Arthur trans
ports loaded with a full division of
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12

The risksha in use in Shanghai and
HcngkOng is unknown in Canton, as
the streets are paved with uneven and
irregular stone flags, and are scarcely
seven feet wide. In the widest parts
two chairs can barely pass.
Down these narrow lanes one passes
under brilliant signs in gold and Grim
son and between shops crowding into
every available space. Many are open
to the street. but those with valuable
stocks are closed with heavy gratings
guarded by servant. When there are
many soldiers in town who might be
expected to indulge in their favorite
| pastime of looting, even the small
shops are hastily barricaded until the
imperial troops pass on. No shop.
keeper will open his doors to Chinese
soldier or sailor in uniform.
AS the city fades into the sunset
horizon astern one feels that he is
not much nearer an understanding Of
Chinese life and character. Here are
people who venerate their ancestors
and mourn their dead for decades. but
are absolutely Indifferent to the death
of their neighbors; people who have
maintained great empire since the
dawn of history, but are ignorant of
the road to the next province. Here
are people honorable and upright in
business. yet savagely corrupt in every
branch of government. II is not pos
sibe to grasp the reality of life under
such anomalous conditions without
such an intimate residence as no for
eigner has had. Much of the inside
information given to the world by
| teachers. missionaries and consular Of
ticers has been gained from the willy
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12
COLORADO RUBBER
COnPANY FORMED

Colorado Springs, Colo, Feb. o.
Denver. Colorado Springs and eastern
capitalists are interested in the forma-
tiOn of rubber company, for the pur-
pose Of utilizing the newly discovered
Colorado rubber plant" the name
given to the commodity by the United
States bureau in charge of such af-
fairs.
The American Crude Rubber Com
pany was organized to-day in the Of
fees of the Portland Gold Mining Com
pany. The capital stock, is fixed at
81 ,OOO, 900, divided into 10000 shares of
a par value of 800 each. The incor.
porators are Frank G. Peck of this
city and F. r. Marsh and NJ. G. Brown
ell of Denver. who will also serve as
directors for the first year, together
with c. V. Turner and WI. Chinn. both
of Colorado Springs. These gentlemen
together with eastern capitalists, are
financing. the project. Messrs. Peck
the Portland company. the former be,
ing secretary and treasurer of the or
ganization. He is also brother-in
law of J. F. Burns. president and prac
.tical owner of the company. Mr.. Chinn
is a member of the local law firm OF
Gunnell Chinn & Miller.
Large plants will be erected in Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver soon. Spe
cia machinery will be made for the
purpose of manufacturing commercial
rubber out of the plant.
The rubber plant is found to be pc
culiarly adapted to high attitudes. Ac
cording to tests made in the labOratO
ries of Colorado College. where the
plant was first taken for examination
it was found to contain 11.5 per cent
pure rubber. this proportion including
the entire plant, roots and flower. Lat
er tests at Denver proved that even
inferior plants run ten per cent. rub
Der.
The quality is good. ranking with the
average grades, and bearing the pro,
portion of 10 to- 100 to the finest qual.
ity of imported rubber. The demand
is practically unlimited.
The plant resembles sagebrush, and
is commonly known as rabbit brush
1t grows about sixteen inches high and
has an equal proportion of root and
top. The root contains the greater
percentage of pure rubber. The plant
bears a small yellow blossom grows
from the seed, and dies after two
years.
The company has obtained patents
from the United States and other gov.
ernmentS.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12
TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
BAL LTIMORE BUILDINGS BURNED Z

Baltimore, Feb. 9-When darkness
fell last night the people of this strick-
en- city knew the worst was over.
The flames which for more than
twenty-four hours had swept resistless-
ly through the heart of the city were
checked. An army OF firemen from
many cities. working unweariedly, and
aided by muddy little stream, finally
conquered.
Worn by night and day OF terror.
the great crowds that watched the ruin
of their city turned homeward and at
midnight the streets were deserted save
for the police and military who guard
ed the burned area
To the south a red glow rose and
fell, marking 14v acres of devastation
-seventy-fve squares of property that
only the day before represented values
to the extent of from $75.OOO,O00 to
$125 100000. Not even a close approx
imation can be made of the loss. No
guess can be made of the insurance.
An expert, city building inspector.
estimates the loss in buildings alone at
$150000,O0O, there being nearly $500
burned.
On the other hand, it is said that in
surance estimates do not place the loss
at SO great a figure. So far there has
been no systematic attempt to fix the
values that were Represented in the
district, in that which is to-day a de-
vastated waste.
The burned area is a scene of COM
plete devastation. Numberless build
ings that were destroyed. only smolder-
ing debris or walls or remnants of walls
remaining to mark the sites. The Bal
timore-American building one of the
finest, is now but a ruin. Across South
street where stood the Baltimore Sun
building. only the pillars that marked
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12
JAPANESE BEGIN WAR BY AN
ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN FLEET

troops and escorted by fleet and land
ing them near the Yalu river, thus oc-
cupying northern Corea.
Japanese patience became exhausted
and to-day Japan moved her ships and
took unresisted possession Of certain
merchant vessels. including the Shilka
and Manchuria and one ship which had
been chartered by the Russian govern
ment and was engaged in loading up
with . cargo Of coal and stores for
Port Arthur. The Japanese encoun-
tered no resistance and the steamers
have now been placed under guard
1t is reported that two other Russian
vessels have been taken outside and
escorted to Saseho. The Telegraph
says it supposes the foregoing seizures
occurred at Masampho. but that the
censor suppressed the location.
The Che Foo correspondent of the
Mail cables that six Japanese trans
ports are landing troops at various
ports in Corea, from Masampho and
Fusan on the south of Kunsan. Mok-
pho and Chemulpo on the west. Seoul
is to be occupied and the landing is be-
ing covered by torpedo division.
The main body of the Japanese feet
the correspondent concludes. will sail
in the direction of Port Arthur.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12

the front remains. Entire blocks 5ust
below there are wiped out
From Fayette street. down Holiday
street as far as German street. there is
no building left save the Corn and
Flour Exchange, at the corner of Ger
man street That building whose walls
tower above the ecrumblng debris Of what
were adjoining structures, was Quilted
and the standing walls formed a caul-
dron. the flames of which burst at
times through the windows. but caused
no further damage IN numerous 9th
er wrecked buildings the flames played
about the debris and threatened to
weaken the foundations of the few
walls that were left.
Like grim tower in the ruins stand
the walls Of the fifteen-story Continent
al Trust Company building. The walls OF
the Baltimore & Ohio building are also
standing. but the Pennsylvania rail-
road building. directly across Calvert
street. is raZed. Only remnants OF one
wall are left at what was the National
hotel at Holiday and Fayette streets.
No buildings are left standing as far
as the eye can see down Baltimore
street from this point. All along South
Gay street there is the same picture OF
destruction. A broken sign and tot
tering front wall show where the Mary
land w. C. T. U. building once stood.
Adjoining this was the building oc-
cuped by the Iron Ship Company and
by the British consulate. whose build
ing is complete loss. The building
used by the German consulate, on this
square, is also in ruins. The costly
United States custom house. in course
of construction, and occupying the tri-
angular block between Lombard and
Water streets and Exchange place, is
said to be ruined. The marble blocks
are badly damaged, the cornices on the
north side are destroyed, and the mar
BILE is cracked in a number of places.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12
T0HQQlIEQQQNI
TIC DRGAM CITY OF CHINA
M1S zz2G@sENsz
(1ptCLAL COpQl 5DONDENCD

they entrap. In the courtyard are
many fortune tellers.
The city court and prison Is OF
grewsome interest Before the gates
are cages and stocks in which are cul-
prits set out as warning to the peo-
pie. Inside. in stone.paved court, is
the judicial chamber in which score
of soldiers and coolies lie sprawled in
the shade On the floor before the
bench are bloodstains and the hideous
iaiIor will show you how they came
there. Along his cell are heavy rat
tans. warranted to bring the flesh
away at every blow. clubs to break
bones and cords to strangle. 1t is not
difficult to extract confessions by such
persuasion. Not far away is the execu-
ton ground where the executioner
makes much money" being paid by
the head.
1t is a relief to go from this sicken-
ing place back to the streets of shops.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12
WILL NOT TRY
ALLIANCE MEN

Denver. Feb. "a Republican spe-
cial from Georgetown last night says:
On motion of District Attorney Thur
man, Judge De France. presiding in the
District Court. to-day entered an order
of nolle prosequi in the cases against
the eighty citizens of Idaho Springs,
members of the Citizens Alliance,
charged with riot in connection with
deporting fifteen members of the Min
ers' Union out of that city July 29th
last. as the result of the blowing up
of the transformer house at the Sun
and Moon mine. There were five in
dictments against each Of the defend
ants.
A dramatic scene followed the mo-
ton of the district attorney. when At
torney p. J. Carney. one of the cOun-
sci for the Miners Union in the recent
trial. who had been appointed the spe-
cial prosecutor to supersede the district
attorney by Judge Overs. sitting for
Judge De France at the October term.
entered an impassioned protest againstl
the entry of the order proposed by the
district attorney. He was followed in
a vehement speech by Attorney Rich
ardson, chief counsel for the Miners
Union, who characterized the motion
as the most damnable outrage against
humanity and the laws of the land ever
perpetrated in any cosrt'
Judge De France sustained the mo-
ton for nole proseQui. holding that
the district attorney has full power in
the matter under the law IN such func-
tions
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12

lands, is the foreign settlement. a
small area containing consulates,
banks, foreign hotel and few resi-
dences Its streets are broad and well
shaded and its gardens attractive. On
the river side lie gunboats of the pow
ers, and all around the Shameen flows
a broad canal. whose two bridges are
guarded by Chinese soldiers and block
ed at night by massive gates.
Over the bridge our procession
passes and in a moment is lost in the
iabyrinthian depths of the native city.
This is a city of blood and dark mys-
teries, city from which even China
men fee to escape the robbery and
murder which follows in the train Of
the mob and the private edcts of the
mandarins. This is the city Of starv.
ing poverty and plundered wealth, the
city from which 81 per cent of the
emigrated.
Our chair-Dearers shout to other
coolies, burden-bearers. peddlers and
merchants to clear the way. and as the
poles of our chairs advance, the
crowds give way and stand scowling
or merely curious to see the occu-
pants of the chairs. There is much
good nature. however. for this is fam.
inc time in the crowded provinces of
the upper river and the American con-
sui has given away stores of rice. and
so the people say America is their
very good friend. Some laugh at our
clothes, or our fair skins, but there is
no shouting or insult. Tomorrow
some rumor may set fire TO the city
and make the streets impossible to
foreigners.
On through the babel of shops we
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12

There is one city in the Orient that
disappoints no one and that is Can
ton. A day or week in Canton is the
food of dreams for lifetime. The
blaze and splendor of her shops and
the babel of her narrow streets, the
horrors of her prisons and the delights
OF her graveyard linger on in memory
with the unreality of some dream city.
Shanghai and Hongkong. with their
English shops and broad streets, give
no idea of the real China. but in
Canton one finds himself in the heart
OF the ancient kingdom.
Comfortable river steamers, with
English officers. ply between Hong
kong Canton, tcn-hour run up the
Chukiang river. Along the way one
passes remains of ancient and modern
forts, French. English and Chinese;
river towns and fertile areas of rice
and tea.
The Shameen, near which our boat
The Grit-advocate., 1904-02-12
FARMING MATTERS.
Stock Feeding Experiment.

II is stated that Professor W. L. Car
lyle. who has been in Washington for
the purpose of endeavoriEg TO secure an
appropriation for the Colorado Agri-
cultural College. to enable it to carry
on stock feeding experiments. has al
ready secured enough money to defray
the expense of the experiment now be-
ing carried on at Loveland by Coop
GRAFTON between the Agricultural Col
lege and the Denver Union Stock
Yards. He is also assured that the
committee on agriculture will report
more favorably Tor at least $4,000 per
year more.
The Loveland experiment is pro-
crossing finely. The three lots. $50
head OF steers. are all showing up well.
This test is expected to give such re
suits as will enable those in charge of
it to intellgently plan future work
along the line of producing superior
grade of meat without the use Of the
oldtime favorite. corn. The gains
made by the three lots in the test and
the ration fed is as follows:
Lot No. l-Consisting of fifty range
steers, made to date an average gain
of &c. pounds per head on a ration OF
Lot No. AN equal number of
steers, did tritie better on the same
ration. except very small quantity of
ground corn was substituted for the
oats and barley, the average gain being
70.5 pounds.
Lot No. 3-Has probably excited the
most interest. This bunch was fed a
straight bil-of-fare in shape of beet
pulp and alfalfa. The steers are not
quite as prosperous looking as the corn
fed animals, but in weight they com
pare very favorably, the average being
G7.7 pounds per head.
This test will be carried on for sew
eral weeks yet. and when it is complet-
ed and the results analyzed. Professor
Carlyle will publish his determinations
in bulletin form and they will be sent
free to every farmer or stockman in the
state who desires them.