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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
LACKED MONEY; FOUND DEATH.

EASTON, Pa. Aug. 16.-Pietro Tala-
rico. found unconscious at the Mount
Vernon Hotel from the effects Of inhaI-
ing gas. died in the hospital without re-
gaining consciousness. He had stated
TO friends that be- was contractor FOR
the Delaware Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad: that $500 was due him from
parties IN this city. and n he could get 40
he would be helped out Of financial trou-
lie
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
THIS DOG HAD BURIAL
LIKE HUMAN BEING

WOODBURY., y. J.. Aug lG.-'Dot-
tie" the pet dog Of Mrs. Simmerman.
vice president Of the 5. p. c. a, died
yesterday and was given a burial far
different from that which the average
canine receives.
A solid walnut coffin was procured,
and IL was trimmed by Mrs. Simmermau
herself. NeighbOrs furnished handsome
flowers The dog was an especial pet
iu the community.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
STANDARD OIL MEN
CHURCH PROVIDERS

FRANKLIN. Pa. aug 16.-Gen.
Charles Miller and Representative Jo-
seph g. Sibley have each signed an
agreement with the First Baptist
Church. OF this city. providing that s25.-
600 shall be taken from his estate at his
death.
The amount IS 10 be deposited with
trust company for investment the pro-
Ceeds going toward the maintenance Of
the church property.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH
IN THE EASTERN BRANCH

Thousands Of dead fish were found I'm
the Eastern Branch Of the Potomac
River yesterday afternoon
A policeman Of Anacos;ia station dis
covered them.
The matter was reported to Major Syl-
vester, who has ordered an investigation.
The cause Of the dead fish is not
known
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
More Garbage Now.

In his letter Mr.. Parker said that the
company had moved 973 tons OF garbage
during the first week of August. while
the tons removed for the corresponding
period Of last year were only I63- He
also alluded to the beef strike. saying
II had caused much more vegetable mat
ter TO be used by the hOusehOldeTs.
Z his fact and the increase OF matter
handled were the grCCrsds on which i'm
munity from fining was requested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
c. & o. Worlds Fair Special.

High-class. vcstibuIe. electric-Iighted
train leaves Washington 2:5o pm. and
runs solid to st. Louis Only one night
out Magnificent scenery Dining car
service a Ia carte. r +. V leaving
Washington l:l0 p. m. has through
sleeper to St. Louis. Low rates and
stop-over privileges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
$40 Niagara Falls Excursion, B. & o.

r. r. Special train standard coaches
and parlOr ears, from Washington :
a. m, August IS. Route via Philadel-
phia and picturesque Lehigh Valley.
Tickets good for ten days. StOpOvers re-
turning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
AWAITING TRIAL
FOR THE MURDERS
Mexicans May Be Hanged
for Killing Americans.
ACCUSED OFFICERS OF TOWN
Alcalde and Subordinates in Cells-Fed-
eTal Government Not
Interfering.

MEXICO CITY. Mex. Cvia Galveston.
Tex. Aug. l6.-Reports sent out from
FL Paso, Tex. that the police officers
accused Of Killing two Americans named
Way and Lattimer had been condemned
TO death. and execution of the sentence
had been suspended under pressure OF
strong political influence. are at variance
with the facts.
Alcalde Torres and two subordinate
police officials have simply been declared
'bien presses, meaning that the evidence
points TO their responsibility for the
killing.
Hurrying Action.
Their trial has not yet been held, but
Will be proceeded with under due process
Of Mexican law
The Sinaloa authorities are pushing
the matter as much as possible. The
Federal Government has recommended
prompt ard Jealous action, and expects
that fun justice will be done.
Alcalde Torres is a nephew Of Gen.
Luis Torres. a famous Yaqui fighter,
and probably the future minister of
war. He is not related to Gen. Lorenzo
Torres.
Other Cases.
No representations have been made 20
the Mexican government from Wash
ingtOn relative to the case. nor has the
Federal Government interfered with the
action OF the Sinaioa state government
I'm prosecuting the matter.
The Mexican government has pending
before the United States authorities
three cases almost identical with the
Way and Lattimer affair IN which II is
asserted that Mexican citizens We're
killed by American border officers with
out justification.
In another pending case a Mexican
was killed by a. Texas ranger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
Complaints Decreasing.

Mr. mcfarland said this morning he
did not see how the company could ex-
pect under the terms " its contract, to
be relieved from fines icr bad service.
He added. however Lhat the company
is now giving a better service than IT
did last week, when the complaints Of
nOn-removal Of garbage came in at the
rate OF sixty a day Today the COM
plants numbered only eighteen. He also
said he would congratulate the company
on the Improvement and urge il TO keep
uD the good service
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-16
ASKS IMMUNITY
FROM PENALTIES
Fertilizer Company Claims
Garbage Service Is Good.
Declares More Vegetable Matter Is Used
by Rouseholders on Account
of Beef Strike.

Myron NJ. Parker, president of the
Washington Fertilizer Company which
organization holds the contract for the
removal OF garbage from the houses Of
the city, has written 20 District Commits
sioner mcfarland. claiming that the
garbage service is as good as could be
expected. and that the company ought
not to be fined for neglecting 10 remove
garbage when the total of failures in a
month is comparatively low
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
A Scientific Farmer.

Rev j. d. Dietrich. of Flourtown.
Pa, has supported herd of twenty
COWS on fifteen acres of land. He is
an exponent of intensive farming and
has certainly demonstrated his ability
to teach the science of dairy farming.
In an address at a recent meeting of
the Pennsylvania Dairy Union Mr..
Dietrich defined scientific knowledge as
the foundation of agriculture. Tho
science consisted In a study of laws
which govern the action of nature in
plant and animal life and function. The
art consists In learning how to do the
work of agriculture Science lies at
the bottom. art at the top. He stated
that the east wind has very depress-
ing effect on milk secretion even under
the best conditions or food and shelter.
The cold northwest wind has brac-
ing, exhilarating effect; south and west
winds show but little II any effect All
these things prove the Importance of
thorough ventilation of stables.
His fifteen years experience has
taught him that continuous stabling OF
COWS in pure air does not weaken the
constitution. The temperature OF a
barn is important. He hauls hts ma
nure onto the fields every day. and as
rroof of the wisdom of this method he
stated that recent bacterial exami-
i.ation of his soil showed five millions
n bacteria to one-thirtieth of a cubic
inch, or four times as rich soil as any
ever examined by the chemist. No
wonder that he can raise thirty tons
of ensilage corn to the acre.
The temperature of his stable is
kept at fifty-five. He feeds thirty Ave
pounds of ensilage as a daily ration;
fed three times and mixed with other
feed. To dry off COW he feeds timo-
thy hay, strips teats in milking. and
sives the COW daily exercise by lead
ing. In this way he states he can dry
= COW In six days. OF course the pro-
ess should take. place before the COW
commences to spring udder with the
coming calf.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02

Tor then 1t Will remain permanently;
but IL not build Of thick boards. u
you dig out foot of soil. AL In litter.
or any coarse stuff, for a sort of bot
tom drainage; on this pack two or
three feet of the manure you have pre-
pared, treading it down in layers. On
top of this spread an inch or two OF
leaf mould, and on top of that four or
Ave inches Of garden soil-just as fine
as you can get 1t. Some people prefer
to build on the top OF the ground. as
that saves digging, and insures good
drainage. The frame. when done,
should slope towards the south or
southeast about six to eight inches
higher at the back than at the front.
The glass in the sash should be SO
laid as TO shed rain. When the soil in
the hotbed is warm enough you can
tell by feeling Of 1t. Look out to open
your hotbed in the sunshine. or it Will
be very quickly burned. The sash
should lie within four or five inches
Of the dirt. Another point to look out
for is sowing seed too thiekly, and IN
rows too close together. Better get
your earlier plants transplanted. and
then All in the spaces with other sorts
Thin sowing gives stout plants; others
will not be worth setting out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
Shade Trees and Road Tax.

In New York any person planting
shade trees under approval of the
highway commissioner shall be allow
ed at the end of the first year after
setting the trees % cents for each liv-
ing tree. or 81 for every four living
trees, the total amount to be deducted
from his annual tax. Then, to quote
the statute: Such abatement Of
highway taxes to any person shall
not exceed one-quarter OF his annual
highway taxes in any one year, but
such abatement shall be allowed by
the overseArs of highways or other
officers having charge of the highway.
annually, until 1t shall have equaled
the whole number Of trees set at the
rate herein specified"
The above is an abstract of the law
Of 1890 Further statements say that
elms shall not be planted closer that
seventy feet apart. and other trees, in
GLIDING fruit, shall not be set closer
than fifty feet: also that they shall not
be set nearer than eight feet to the
outside line Of a highway three rods
wide. That means that they will
stand on the owners land eight feet
from the highway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
A Handy Way to Salt Stock.

a great many farmers have no reg
ular place for giving their cattle salt.
Some throw 1t on the ground or in
some other out of the way place. where
the stock cannot get at 1t ALL This is
loose and wasteful way of doing 1T. If
one have "a basement barn with a shed
under which the cattle run, there Will
always be ground sill that is exposed.
under the shed part. Take a strip of
board, say six inches wide, and an inch
thick, and nail it along the inside
edge of the sill, in such way that the
upper edge Of the board will come up
above the top of the sill at least two
inches. This will make a trough into
which the salt may be put without
loss. The cattle will not only stand
there and lick the salt whenever they
have d craving for 1t, but they will
often come down from the pasture to
get q lick of It along in the afternoon
when 1t is almost milking time. SAT-
should always be kept In this narrow
trough. This will also serve very
good purpose when 1t comes to feeding
the sheep grain in the winter and
spring time. They cannot get into u
with their feet and losses are reduced
to minimum.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
the BABY ON THE DOORSTEP.

The United States Is much in the
kindly disposed householder who finds
a crying baby left on his doorstep. The
case of the United States, however. is
an aggravated one. The front porch is
| full OF crying babies and resonant with
their lamentations. Cuba and Porto
Rico were barely soothed and quieted
| before Panama walled at the thresh-
hold and now San Domingo lies naked
and asprawl on the doorstep. An ag-
gravated feature of the case is that
most of these foundiings are Niger
| babies"
| sponsible government and become the
prey of succession of anarehistic and
| ignorant fractional relationships. Rev.
ouaions have been plenty as pdckannin-
les ia san Domingo since the time of
Toussail. Its people are incapable of
lpvope. self government. Their rulers
have ns.ther responsibility nor sense
of responsibility.
Il she United States assumes control
fof Hayti it borrows trouble If 1t refuses
ito take over the island it leaves an ever
present danger undefended. Hayti
stands near the gateway of the gulf and
close to the terminal OF the great canal
which this country Is preparing TO
build. The interference of a European
power in Haytian affairs or an attempt
by any other power to establish a pro-
tectcrate or in any way control the is
land would force the United States to
defend its integrity as certainly as II it
were part OF its own autonomy. Still
every annual revolution of the Haytians
aggravates this danger of interference.
The San Dominicans would fire on
French or German steamers as readily
as they have done upon United States
vessels. The killing OF an American
sailor, the invasion of an American
consulate and the attacks Upon Amer
lean vessels which have necessitated
the prompt punitive action OF our own
government might as easily have given
the same offense and ELECTED the same or
more pronounced action from other ma
tons.
1t may be that the United States will
be obliged in self protection to take
over to itself the government Of San
Domingo. The world is growing toe.
narrow for conditions like those ir
Hayti to long exist. 1t is purely @,
question OF the baby on the doorstep
and the duty of the strong toward the
weak. But 1t Is natural to wish for
better bred foundlings.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
TOPICS OF THE.
TIMES = = g

Uncle George Perkins has got along
to tariff rippers" in his acquisition OF
a new language.
The 1000 sets of his works which
have been contributed by Count Toll
stoi to the Russian war fund should
be Incorporated into the outer de-
fences OF Port Arthur. Judging the
Japs by the Americans only a few
would ever be able to struggle thru,
them.
Farmers wives who have reared a
flock Of chickens or turkeys only to
wake tsIp some fall morning to find
tina. poultry thieves had benefited at
the expense of their labor and care,
will approve the Buchanan bill, making
chicken stealing grand larceny. Any
thief mean enough to rob a woman of
her chickens, certainly deserves q
penitcntiary sentence. Chicken steal
ing, which in Iowa has become prof
table form OF theft IS likely to get a
setback X made a state offense.
A London correspondent doubtless
states the case accurately when he
says that for the present the Japanese
army available for action in Korea
ana Manchu1ia, is much larger than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02

laborers, household servants and Japs
made to look like Cinnamon We're his
agents.
That was a good school for Japan
csc spies. They learned their lesson
well and now they are lettering in the
instruction.
The matter OF disguise presents no
difficulties. Even the false queue that
it requires does not jeopardize its sue
cess. for false queues are as common
among Cinnamon as false hair is
among their paleface sisters. If a
Chinaman's hair is thinner or shorter
ments II with switch. which is some
times made of hair and sometimes of
silk.
The rest is easy for a Jap. Chinese
garments become him as If he were TO
the manner born. He must speak
Chinese, of course. and if he speaks IL
with an accent, nobody is going to
know it but his Chinese neighbors and
they. in the present state of their feel
ings toward the invading Russians. are
not going to say anything about 1t.
80 1t happens that Japanese eyes see
and Japanese ears hear all that Russia
conceals from the rest Of the world.
The Russian vicerov may give news
paper correspondents their walking
papers as he has done before now,
but all his repression and his censor
ship will not keep his every move from
being reported in Toxic as promptly as
news can travel.
a story told by prominent Phiia-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
OUR PACIFIC SUPREMACY.

Today Is but the fulfillment Of yes
shores. its islands and the vast regions
beyond" have become, as William II.
Seward said they would, 1.-The chief
theater OF events In the worlds great
hereafter Asia and .Oceanica COM
prise more than 21,000000 square miles,
or over one-third the total land area
Of the earth. The population is nearly
S50,000,000. or more than half OF that
of the world. China and its depend
encies, Japan. Asiatic Russia and Ko-
Tea have over 435,0O0,000 inhabitants,
or five times the total lpopulat ton Of the
Asia and the islands Of the Pacific an
nually buy and sell goods valued at
$500, 900. 600, a larger amount by $780,
100000 than the total imports and ex-
rorts at San Francisco in the forty
seven years between July 1, 1865. and
June 80. 1902. II the United States
should buy from Asia and Oceanlca all
fl imports. and sell to Asia and ocean,
ca ill it exports it would exhaust the
sum total Of its foreign commerce. and
Asia and Oceanica, to meet their re-
aairernents. would have to go into the
other markets of the world with over
eoo.ooo.ooo worth Of commodities
yeas.
These statistics would seem to Jus
tify the popular sentiment that the
oriental field offers the United States
the surast road TO permanent suprema-
cy in the commercial world. TO this
end is planned tho worlds fair of the
west or centennial exposition to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
German Cattle FEEDING.

Some splendid cattle are raised in
Germany, says the Chicago Drovers'
Journal but they are fed in half-dozen
cts and on ground that is worth $3.50
IN acre. If our stockmen had to raise
pattle under such conditions, they
would think there was very little in 1T.
However, the German cattle raiser.
Without corn and with but little grain
feed, succeeds In producing good
attic and sells them at some profit.
Most of the feeding is done in summer,
when there is plenty of grass and for
,ee, and very few cattle are fed In
winter because of the expense OF the
eeed. AS a matter OF fact, German
.armers will welcome the day when
he tariff walls are leveled and Ger
lpanv is on an absolutely free trade
t,asis, when they can secure American
erain cheaply enough to permit them
10 feed the entire year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02

hold in I,art1o,, Orr in 1905. COM
,ne,,;e.ati,,r the Daring iourney of
Atorriye,her Lewis md ,vill;a;a Clark.
thru nep miles of s2ypee wilderness,
to plant III, -An,erican 51ae. on the brink
Of ~ almost pnkpo,yn OCEAN. The cen
tenn;al wi,, IN uationa, in scope. and
its promoters fo.,,ly hope that in that
day when w, SHAH control one-thi,,si OF
the trad. ~ lsia and Oeeanica. due
recognition will be given To the impa-
tus to American cuersy received at
porija.od +, 1goJ.
AS illussratin.s the Importance to this
nation of tho Lewis aud Clark expedi-
ton. careful students of ou, national
history state their belief that il it had
not been for Jeferson's far sighted
policy in sending out Lewis and Clark
to blaze trail to the Pacific, today all
the country west of the Rocky mount
aims would belong to the British, in
which case Alaska, Hawaii and the
Philippines would be lost to us, and we
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
JAPANESE SECRET SERVICE.
How the Nipponese Spy Out tho Rus
sian Secrets.

If vou should take a Japanese, shave
off his little mustache, let his hair
grow and braid a false queue into II
and then dress him in Chinese gar
ments how many Americans do you
suppose could tell him from the orlgl-
nal. simon-pure John Cinnamon?
More pertinent to the matter In
hand, how many Russians do you sup
pose could find him out?
The experiment has been made, not
once or twice. but hundreds and thou
sands of times. and the result is known
to a certainty--the white man can't
detect the counterfeit.
That Is one of the most important
facts in the crisis that exists in the
far east. 1t makes 1t possible for the
Japanese to know all that the Rus
slams are doing in Manchuria-how
many troops are there, what their con-
dillon is. how well they are equipped
and provisioned, where they are now
and what are their facilities for rapid
concentration.
Never probably. has one country or
the verge of war been more thoroughly
Informed as to the circumstances and
purposes of its potential enemy than
is Japan with regard to Russia Her
intelligence department is superb and
in this case it is working under pc
culiar advantage due TO the similarity
between the racial characteristics OF
her people and the people among whom
the Russians are quartered.
The efficacy of this spying system
has been proved. When the war be
tween China and japan, which came
on in 1894. was imminent, it was
worked successfully against the Chi
nese themselves, VINO, of course. are
very much more capable, than the Rus
slams of detecting Japanese wolf in
Chinese sleeps clothing.
At that time there was japanese
physician practicing his profession III
shanghai who, as has since been dis
closed, was the head of Japan's secret
service in the Flowery Kingdom. TIC
him came daily reports by under
ground railroad, grapevine telegraph
and all sorts OF ways that We're as dark
and tricks that We're a's vain as those
Of the heather Chinee himself.
He had under his direction an or
eanization that extended to every
source Of military and political infor-
nation Merchants, professional men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
A Simple Hotbed.

A simple hotbed can be made by TAX
ing horse manure with the straw or
litter that is used for bedding, half
and half, or two-thirds manure, and
piling In a heap. four or five feet high,
with the top level. This Will ferment
probably without applying water-pos-
sibly not. Now. turn this heap three
or four times, mixing II very thorough
ly. each time. When it is we'll fer
nented. make your bed. This can be
IN the ground or on the ground. as you
please. It is well to build it Of brick.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02

1.-TWO cents a mile for railroad trans
portation will mean cheap mileage and
it will probably mean cheap accommo-
dations," says the. Ida Grove Pioneer.
What the people of northwestern Iowa
would like is a S-cenr mileage that will
be worth cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02

delphian sheds an interesting light on
the marvellous foresight and precau-
ton that characterized the prepara-
tions of the Japanese for the present
war and the ramitications of their Sc
cret service. Some years ago Jap
anese agent came to Philadelphia with
a letter of Introduction to the man who
tells the story and who had Travelled in
Japan. The letter was written by a
Japanese official who knew the Phila-
delphian, and it stated that if he
would help the bearer in what he de-
sired that the favor would be greatly
appreciated. The favor was for the
philadelphian to simply introduce the
agent to a first-class firm of detectives.
This was done and the agent described
as Il responsible person. He had pler-
ty OF money. and a bargain was made
with the firm. the latter to receive
large sum of money.
The detectives were required to dress
in the clothes of laborers ana secure
work in Cramps ship yard and then to
gather full information about the Rus
sian battleship Variag, then in early
course of construction. This they did.
and the japanese government was
supplied with every detail in the con-
struction and armament of the Variag.
The officials at Cramps do not yet
know exactly how the Japs obtained 1t.
La grippe coughs yield quickly to the
wonderful curative qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. There is nothing else
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
IOWA OPINIONS ANO NOTES.

The Odebolt Chronicle insists that
the tax ferret is a necessity under our
present system of taxation and until
some better system is devised the
people don't want to get rid of him.