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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
CANAL COMPANY HAS
POWER TO TRANSFER
Attorney General Knox Settled That
Question Year and a
Half Ago.

Statements that the new Panama
Canal Company has not the power TO
transfer title 10 the canal property are
not taken seriously at the Department
Of Justice. Attorney General Knox holds
there is no foundation for such state
-aents, and the department is giving no
attention 70 the theory that all the new
company can transfer is a contract with
the Iquidator or receiver Of the old com
pany, whereby the old Company WIS
to get 60 per cent Of the net earnings
Of the completed canal.
As a matter of fact this whole prob
lem was threshed over at length a year
and half ago. when the Attorney Gen
eral, in an opinion 10 the President. re-
ported on his examination Of the title
proposed to be given by the company.
This report was made after an eXhaus-
tive inquiry I'm Paris. by Assistant At
torney General Russell
In the report to the President, Attor-
ney General Knox held that the new
company could transfer absolute title
TO the canal property. He showed that
In 1894 the canal itself was sold TO IN.
new company, and that the receiver had
the power TO sell, dispose Cf or release
for a cash consideration the go per cent
Of expected earnings for which the old
company sold the canal TO the new com
pany In 1894.
There has been no change in the sit
uation since then 70 warrant the state
ment that the transfer of the title e
the property cannot be made by the
! new company The Department Of Jus
! tice is satisfied on that point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08

CLEVELAND, March S.--With 8 scroll
saw, plane, a hammer. and a common
pocket knife a one-armed cripple has
made the most remarkable clock in the
world
The maker is Marvin Shearer Of
Akron, Ohio. He IS. a scenic artist, but
his hobby is mechanics. His pet pro-
ject for the last fifteen years has been
to make a surprisingly wonderful time
piece, but IT was not until disabled for
daily work at MS profession that he
found the time.
The clock is twelve feet four inches
high, more than four feet wide. and al
most three feet deep. 1t contains 4.tj1
pieces Of wood of thirty-seven different
kinds. There are 1872 pictures I'm or on
the clock all of which Mr.. Shearer
painted. The motive power consists Of a
water pump having a capacity Of 200 gall
Ions per hour, a one-half horse power
electric motor, and several other electric
appliances.
The clock weighs $50 pounds. and is
constructed In three sections. On the
face of the top section are nine dials.
seven of which give the time in three
foreign cities and four American cities;
one the local standard time. the other.
the calendar dial, indicating all the
changes Of the moon. the month. the
day and date. The weather signals are
translated by signal flags on revolving
staff directly in front of the calendar
dial. Thermometers, barometers, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
FATHER P. ]. O'CONNELL
APPOINTED PASTOR
Will Succeed the Rev. John B. Manley
at St. Vincent de Paul's
Church.

The Rev. p. ]. O'Connell. assistant
pastor Of St. Stephens Church. Twen-
ty-fifth Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue., has been appointed pastor Of St.
Vincent de PauTs Church. South Capitol
and NJ Streets. to succeed the Rev John
b Marley.
St Vincent's Parish was organized in
1902. and covers much of the territory
formerly included in ST. Peters. Since
its beginning, the parish has succeeded
in a most gratifying sense. and has
given Catholic residents Of that portion
Of the city the opportunity TO attend
services where. in many Instances. they
were unable to do so because Of the
great distance to st. Peters and no car
facilities
Father O'COnnen has been selected by
the cardinal to succeed Father Manley.
in view Of his fine executive ability.
Since he went to St, Stephens. some
years ago. he has made legion Of
friends in that parish and in other parts
Of Washington His promotion TO a
pastorate VIII undoubtedly be most
gratifying TO these friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
ST. PAUL REPORTS
HORSES SCARCE
Dealers Find Difficulty in
Supplying Demand.
PREDICT RISE IN PRICES
Will Require Several Years for Supply
to Overtake Demand-Fine Market
for Good Animals

ST. PAUL. Mimi. March S.-There is
great scarcity of horses, according TO
local dealers
During the past four years we have
felt the decrease in the supply OF
horses. said one "and now we have
great difficulty in obtaining enough 10
meet demands. a few years ago, when
the bicycles first became a rage. horses
could be had almost for the asking a
good team could be bought for SOD 70
$50 But then the farmers and stock
men from whom we get out supply
saw there was no profit in horse rails
ing, and the result is that now there is
a scarcity. A good team costs now az
much as $500.
LAS soon as the spring opens up the
price Of horses is going to the top notch
The reason is the same that prevailed
during the war times. There are few
horses on the market. They have beer
so cheap during the past few years
that everyone has gone on the bust
ness OF raising them. That is always
the way.
''AIl Quit at once and we are just be
ginning to feel the effects of the decis-
ion the farmers reached a few years
ago that there was no money IN raising
horses. A horse must be four years ole
before il is any good, and il Will takt
some time before the present scarcity
Is remedied Horses viii be high and
scarce for some time TO come
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
Akron Inventor Makes
Wonderful Tin1epiece
Clock Records Hours in Different Cities, Reg
listers Changes in Temperature and HUI
mildly, and Shows Historical Pictures.

hydrometers, each tells its tale, and
around the dials pieces of wood from
each state, Territory, and foreign pos
session in the Union are arranged, dec
Grated with the coat-Of-arms OF each
On either side Of the clock dial can be
seen every man-of-war in the United
States Navy, arranged according to their
class and speed, followed by the difrer =
ent -squadrons in their official order
Underneath the navy is shown a pas
sion history of Christ. All these pic
lures have their stated times of ap-
pearing passing from view behind a
screen
The middle section is by far the most
beautiful. In the extreme top is located
a miniature Niagara Falls. over which
100 gallons of water fall every hour.
/ Both the American and Horseshoe rails
are shown with Goat Island in the fore
ground. and the sparkling water is illu-
minated by colored and changing electric
/ lights, making a most effective water
display.
/ At each hour. as the clock strikes. the
! figures of Uncle Sam and the Goddess Of
Liberty appear from an elevator at the
right. walk in front of the American
Falls. pass through a gate that opens
automatically descend flight of step.
continue their walk around the front OF
the falls. where they turn and bow -
! the audience. Behind glass plates pass
/ tn review pictures OF all the Presidents
| cf the United States, and on each end
] d silhouette Of Washington shows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
ELIZABETH HARTERT
AGAIN IN THE TOLLS
Escaped From Prison, Where She Had
Been Sent for Engaging II Matri-
moniaI Bureau Swindle.

BERLIN. March S.-The woman Eliza
beth Hartert, who in 1898. after a SEN
satiOnal trial was convicted in Berlin
and sentenced TO thirteen months inn
prisonment fo5 matrimonial frauds. and
only served four months OF her SEN
tence has been arrested on the Belgian
frontier In her elegant rooms in Mag
deburg she ''plucked' numerous gentle
men In society. among them an army
officer. from whom she secured $500.
After serving part Of her sentence she
was transferred TO the prison hospital.
from which she escaped with the con-
nivance Of "a minor official a warrant
was issued for her arrest and now she
has been captured on the frontier while
trying to cross. She viii be returned to
prison TO serve the remainder Of her
term.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08

What it at the bottom of the peanut
boom?
Wholesale and retail dealers in pea
nuts VIII thank the man who solves
this problem. Three possible solutions
have already been offered, but there is
no way to tell which. if either. is cor
rect.
At first the advancS in price was as
cribed 10 an agreement among the
cleaners ana packers, who purchase the
raw product and prepare it for the
Wholesale dealer. Next it was believed
the prosperity of Southern farmers dur
ing the cotton boom had prompted theh
TO fix any price they desired for pea
nuts. while the opinion now prevails
generally that the advance has been due
10 smallness Of the last crop
Grades and Prices.
Three grades Of peanuts are in gen
eral use. ana are known as first, second,
and third grade One year ago the first
grade sold at cents a pound, the sec
ond grade at cents. and the third at
5la cents. Today the respective prices
are ~, 81, and :, an average increase
Of ~ cents a pound for the nut Ihls
advance in the price of the raw prOducI
has resulted IN an increase In the price
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
DICKS CREDENTIALS
PRESENTED IN SENATE

The credentials of Senator-slect
Charles Dick Of Ohio. to succeed the
late Marcus A Hanna, have been pre-
scented in the Senate by Senator Foraker.
The credentials cover both Nthe unex-
pired term and the full term Of six
years from March 4. 1893.
The document consists Of an embossed
leather case tied with four red ribbons
an inch wide
Inside are two large fOliOs Of four
TaEes each. one for each term to which
General Dick has been elec-ed. OppO-
site Governor Herrick's signature is
the seal OF Ohio impressed on Gilt. with
tie two ends of a purple ribbon fastened
underneath.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08

De Frees Street northwest. between
First and North Capitol Streets-David
Moore and Enoch 7. white. trustees, TO
Carl II. and r. Henrietta OcllershauseE,
lot Il. square 623. S1.7O0.
Eleventh Street northwest. between Z
and Y Streets-William II. Kaiser ct Tx.
to John George Kaiser, part lots I and 5.
square 332 SO
Tenth Street northwest. between o
and = Streets-Mary z. Eastman et al
10 Daisy Z. Won Briesen, lot "A, square
366 $40.
Moore & Barbours second addition to
Washiugtou-Anuie al. Barbour 70
Alexander Miller, lot 16. block Z. SO.
Columbia Heights Elizabeth c. Ross
Il vir. David NJ. 20 Charles W. Pence,
lots 70. q. %. %, 80, 30, 80, and 81, block
q. $40.
Pleasant Plains-same 70 same. lot s.,
block Is.
pos Arthur Place northwest-Charles
A. sickel et ux. TO Angelo Maggie and
francesca Antonio Pucci lot IS. square
GS3 800.
Eighth Street northwest, between \ and
O Streets-Wnliam H. Moore 10 Henry
r. Halliday. part lot p. square 599, Elo
Estate OF William HoImead-Zacha-
riah r. Sewers ct al. trustees, TO Char
lotte NJ Daley. lot -. SO. Charlotte
NJ. DALEY 20 John Mithcen, lot u. SIC
90 II Street northwesJ-Bartholom
Murphy ct al 10 John Murphy, lot II.
square 67G. $40.
20 De Frees Street nOrthwest-David
Moore ct al, trustees, 20 George Wick,
lot 68, square 623, $500.
Sixth Street northeast, between East
Capitol and A Streets-Willianl M. Deck
et ux TO Martha NJ. McKehna. part
/ original lot II, square $40. 1880.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
OF CAVE
FOR HIDDEN GOLD
Expedition Formed to Hunt
Big Treasure.
STORY OF A BANDIT CAPTAIN
Partially Revealed His Secret 1
Friends in illinois Town-Gold
on Mexican Border.

RED BUD, Ill. March s.-A party will
be organized here TO make a search OF a
cave for the treasure tradition says is
hurled there.
The story has its beginning IN 1870.
when a band of outlaws and smugglers,
under the guidance of Captain Martinez,
were hOurishing near the Mexican Dor
der line. One night the captain over
heard three of his men planning TO put
him out of the way and make one Of
their number captain in his stead.
Fearing 10 punish these men, the mos,
desperate of his band, the captain slip
ped away in the night, taking with him
a great amount in gold bullion and coins.
Making his way 10 the Mississippi Riv-
err he started toward its source. OppO-
site the town of Fort Charters he es-
picd a cave in the bluffs some distance
above the base
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
Permit IL Apartment House.

Bates Warren has obtained a permit
for the erection OF his apartment house
al tho southwest corner Of Massachu-
sets Avenue and Thirteenth Street
southwest. the construction Of which he
has had under contemplation for some
time. AIr. Warren originally intended
q have a seven-st0ry structure. but a
change IN the building regulations with
reference TO the width OF streets made il
Necessary FOR him 10 change his plan.
2 a. permit just issued Is for a five
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
Hot, Roasted Peanuts"
May Soon Be a Luxury
Advance in Price of Raw Product Has Caused
Decline in SaIeS---ExpOrts to Foreign
Countries Also Fall Off.

Of the roasted nut of about % cents a
bushel. AT this rate the peanut VIII
soon become a luxury.
The peanut business. from both a
wholesale and retail point of view, has
been decidedly poor this year The
quality of the nut has not been up to the
standard, the sales have fallen greatly
AS compared 10 those of previous years,
and the prices are higher than they have
been for thirty years or more. ENpOI Is
to foreign countries have also fallen
off at an enormous rate, and III france,
where peanuts are used to make pure
olive oil, the pressers have been com
PEELED to use the African product.
Dealers Apathetic.
The cold weather has also had 4 tend
ency 10 cause d general apathy of bust
ness among wholesale and retail dealers.
Street vendors depend entirely upon the
weather for disposing of their stock,
and as these merchants handle large
portion of peanut business. the loss
generally has been more or less severe
In Washington the average consump-
ton Of peanuts during the summer IS
about Is 900 bushels. The business IS in
creased during the warm weather by the
heavy sales at places of amusement
such as the geological gardens and
Fiver resorts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
Stranger in Town

The residents OF the little town awOke
one morning and found the stranger in
their midst Martinez made friends with
no one. but one winter he slipped N
the ice and broke his leg After that he
became sociable with those who attend
I'll him.
After becoming acquainted with his
ueighbors he began in indulge in intoXi-
cants. and when in his cups he would
tell bits Of his life. Finally, falling III
and being told that death was near, he
told the story of his life, and said that
ms treasure could be found in secret
recess in the cave.
Soon after his death and burial the
Ctuzens made a thorough search Of the
cave. but 10 no avail. Since then search
ing parties have gone there at intervals,
bat have failed to find the gold bars,
said TO be worth $4,000 each
The new searching party has some adj
CitionaI Information which may disclose
Che hiding place of the fortune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
CAPTAIN BRETT DEAD
IN OKLAHOMA CITY

Capt. James E Brett. L S. A. retired.
who has been serving as professor Of
military science and tactics at the Okla
nome State Military Institute for several
months, died at Oklahoma City on
March ..
Captain Brett was a native of North
Carolina, who entered the service as a
private in 1870 He attained the grade
OF captain in 1898. and was retired a
year later for disability incurred in line
OF duty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
OFFTCEPS RE-ELECTED.

At the annual meeting of the Pros
pect Hnl Cemetery Association, the fol-
lowing officers and directors We're elect
I'd. President, William Stiebling: secre-
tary, William Martin: treasurer. J. A
Crriesbauer; directors, Theodore Pitt,
George Brickwedde. J. J. Appaig, George
c. Rick, and William Eldrich.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
EX-GOVERNOR CRANE
GUEST OF PRESIDEhT

Ex-Governor Winthrop Murray Crane,
OF Massachusetts, was guest Of the
President at luncheon yesterday. 4 gen
eraI discussion of national politics was
held While II is settled that Mr.. Crane
will not take the national Craftsmanship,
he will be actively identified with the
campaign No choice Of national
chairman is looked for until the time
for the convention draws near.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
AT HIS BROTHERS FUNERAL.

Justice Job Barnard of the Supreme
Court Of the District. left Washington
last night for Porter county. Ind. 20
attend the funeral Of his brother, Mel
son. which is to be held there tomorrow.
Circuit Court No. l. over which Justice
Barnard presides. has been adjourned
until Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
BANK NOTES REDEEMED.

National bank notes received yester-
day for redemption amounted TO $73S. 59l.
Government receipts and expenditures
were: Internal Revenue, 81 .265. 06e; Gus
toms, 81 012. 737: miscellaneous, $50. $50;
expenditures, 81, 950, 600.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
Real Estate Transfers.

story building, 10 be constructed Of
brick and stone and TO cost about SIS, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-08
GROSS NEGLECT"
AT EMERGENCY
Substance Of Report Upon
the 0ffutt Case.
PHYSICIANS WERE CARELESS
The Patient Was Unattended fol
twenty-five Hours With a Frac-
ture of the Skull.
PHYSICIANS WERE CARELESS

For fourteen hours the treatment Of
the man was marked by gross neglect.
is the finding of the committee appoint
ed by the Board of Charities at the in
stigation of the District Commissioners
70 investigate the treatment given
Henry T. Ohutt, while patient at the
Emergency Hospital during the first
week of last January.
The investigation was ordered in view
of the Coroner's jury on the case find
ing that Offutt, while suffering at the
institution with fracture of the skull,
did not receive the proper care for his
injuries.
The report of the committee. consisting
of John JOY Edison and Charles p. NeilL
submitted TO the District Commission
ers this morning, sets forth a surprising
disclosure * the treatment really given
the man IN the first fourteen hours OF
his stay at the hospital.
After describing how he was carried
TO the Emergency Hospital as the re-
suit Of a fan from a street car at
the corner of Seventeenth and II Streets
on the evening of January 8, the course
pursued by the resident and chief resi-
dent physicians of the institution is de-
scribed in part as follows:
Suspected a Fracture.
THE presence Of a fracture was, ac-
cording to their testimony. suspected
by each. but they were unable to de-
termine il with certainty, as specific
symptoms. for which they looked. were
absent. Enormously assuming it. to be
a case Of conclusion only, and that
/ the effects might wear off during the
night. and the man be able to leave
Z % in 10 n nh IL,
charge Of the case had the man placed
( in a bed IN the emergency room. with
out having been undressed, where he re-
/ manned until late in the morning.
/ The emergency room is on the
/ ground floor OF the building and is no
I under the supervision of the night uurs,
/ on duty al the hospital From o'ciOcl
/ at night, therefore. until S o'clock in thj
/ morning no nurse came near the man
/ me physician IN charge Of the case ac
/ cOrding to his testimony did 90 int
/ the room at intervals of @ half hour, ul
! 10 O clock but during the rest Of IN,
/ night he was left without the attention
/ OF either doctor or nurse"
Treated by Dr. Carr.
About o'clock the following morn
/ ing the patient was undressed, bathee
and put to bed, and at II o'clock Or
1 Carr, a member Of the visiting STAFF o
The hospital, saw the case, and imme
/ ctateiy pronounced the injury in tn,
mems head TO be fracture of the skull
From that time OH Onutt was treareS
Us DR.. Carr. The committee explains
that it was not deemed necessary to in
CURE into the case after he obtained
I charge of it, as his standing in tn,
/ profession is sufficient proof that every
thing suitable was done for Quits re
lief.
Commissioner mcfarland. TO WHOM
the report was submitted today. Will re
fer il 10 the Board Of Commissioners.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-07-28

ed that the salary of county SUPER
intendent of education be increased
to $1,000, In accordance with the
provisions of the amended school
laws. This Is an Office that re-
quires better qualifications than any
other Office in the county, and the
labors are as arduous, where the
county schools are conducted on the
graded system, as those of any 9TH
er, and the Reveille heartily favors
the increase in salary At present,
this official is the most poorly-paid
salaried servant In the county, yet
more Is expected of him than is ex-
pected of the others who "spend
their lives In the service of their
country" and great Is the abuse
that Is heaped upon his head.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-07-28

It Is a mistake and misfortune
that so little interest is manifested
In the farmers Institute" by the
subjects of that calling. The pro-
ducers of any country are its
strength and pride, and they ought
not to allow themselves to be too
busy to keep up with the progress
of the times. Good roads, a rural
postal delivery system, fine water,
orchards, gardens, pastures, cattle,
fowls, a neighborhood telephone
and compress, a factory In every
village, in which the farmers are
interested, are possible improve
ments and civilizers within the
reach of the determined arm of the
farmer. The idle spectators who
loaf about watching for chance to
prey upon the producers ought to
be relegated to the penitentiary and
the poor houses. =.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-07-28
FoR CONGRESS
We arc authorized 10 announce
HON. 2. A. MeLAIN
THE PAST. PRESENT AND FUTURE.

Twenty years ago there were,
probably, not more than ten fac
tories In Mississippi. Now, there
are some counties with that num-
Der, and charters for new factories
are being recorded every day.
There are few, If any, counties
without at least one factory.
What will be the status of the
state ten years hence, even if II
progresses no faster than at pres
ent There Is one thing almost
certain: every county will have It's
oil mill, Its canning factory and Its
hardwood factory. Many will have
cotton factories, darning mills and
similar institutions. Almost every
small town will have a bank and
merchants will be doing largely g
cash business.
Our farmers will have adopted
entirely new methods of farming
every neighborhood will have it
hay press fruit and vegetables
will be among the principal prod
ucts Of the soil, and stock-raisinl
will be one of our principal indus
tries.
Even the most confirmed pessi
mist finds 1t a difficult task to bring
himself to believe that this Is exag
geration.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-07-28
To Organize rIonday.

All persons interested in the pro.
posed canning factory are asked to
be at the court house next Monday
Directly after the meeting of the
farmers, it is expected to organize
the canning factory, listen to talks
on the subject, appoint committees,
and take subscriptions. 1t would
be we'll for everybody, whether
contemplating taking stock or not,
to be present at the meeting. Farm
ers and truck-growers are especial
ly urged to be present, for this IS a
matter that vitality interests them.
After selling the early vegetables
and fruits, all growers have large
portion of the crop left on their
hands, and it is this that the fac
tory can utilize.