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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

me courts. II this happens the chill
cren will each be the possessor of a
comfortable fortune.
AntidOtes for Crime.
The work of such institutions as
this New York asylum is of particular
interest at this time when papers and
magazines are filed with accounts of
me increase of crime in the cities. Not
oIllS are the asylumS taking homeless
ana neglected children from the slums
9lu turning them into good citizens,
pul they are sending them cut into the
country TO take the places OF the young
people drawn from the farms by the
sialnor and glitter of city life More
IMAM ever before it is becoming the pol
icy OF the managers Of such establish
nlents to early implant in the minds of
thslr young charges the love of coun-
Try life. and the New York Juvenile
asylum, in carrying out this idea. is
now completing what will be perhaps
.ne most complete establishment of its
hind IN the world. Christmas will be
observed with greater lavishness
Ihan usual at the asylum this year in
recognition of the fact that this is the
last celebration of the holiday to be
held in the building which has been
the nome of the society for the last fif-
ty-three wears.
The Asylum "HOme."
Early in the spring the asylum will
move from New York to Dobbs Ferry
where its new cottage colony is being
quilt on a tract of 277 acres located on
nlgh land near the Hudson river. Arch
ltects have prepared plans which call
Ior the erection of seventy-five cot
tages, school buildings, club houses. a
gymnasium and an electric, heating
and power plant. Each of the cot
tages is arranged TO accommodate
twenty boys to be under the care of
a mouse mother and a house faith
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
Erennfed Einnnce.

The chapters that have gone before
OF "Frenzied Finance" by Thomas w
Lawson, have been printed I'm a PAM
phlet form, and will be sent, post
paid, on receipt OF price go cents.)
For sale at Estill's News Depot. No
IS Bull street, corner OF Bryan, No. 2
east, Savannah. Ga.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
81 aboard Air Line Railway. Best
Line 90 Jacksonville, Florida,
and smith.

The seaboard Air Line is the short
line. operates Pullman service on an
trains TO Jacksonville and Tampa, and
makes the quickest time. only four
hours. Sayannak. 10 Jacksonville. Tick
et Office. No. = Bull street; phone 2s.
I'D.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
William, Town Found Guilty.

Denver. March ia News special
from Fort Collins last night says:
The jury in the Town murder case
brought in verdict of guilty in the
first degree and fixed the punishment
at life Imprisonment. The verdict was
given at II O'Clock tonight. The con-
victed man. young William Town,
heard the verdict with emotion.
Curtis Town, the father of William
Town, who is charged with holding up
William Gardner at the point of re-
volver, while his son secured a Win
chester with which he shot Gardner,
will be tried as soon as jury can be
secured. Deputy Sheriff Richart was
sent this afternoon to the southern
part of Larimer county to summons
twenty-five men from among whom a
jury will ne selected.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
THE FARM AND RANGE
Bulletin on Water RIGHTS

The Office of experiment stations rl
the United States Department of Agg.-
culture has just issued bulletin On
the Requirement of Water Rights lg
the Arkansas Valley in Colorado" hy
hon. J. S Greene OF Pueblo. former. f.
state engineer of Colorado. prepared
under the direction of Elwood Mead.
chief of irrigation Investigations.
The bulletin is written especially COR
those who are contemplating settlius
in the Al kansas valley and is inteuG.
ed to give them such an UNDERSTAND
ing of water rights and the conditions
which affect their value, that they can
act intelligenuy in acquiring watpr
supply. Mr.. Greene has been for many
years a prominent irrigation engineer
OF Colorado. has administered the law
uf the state as the state engineer. and
is. landowner and irrigator undeg
some of the canals dealt with in the
bulletin. He has, therefore. had To
deal with the questions discussed from
the standpoints of the investor. the
public and the individual farmer.
Water rights are acquired from the
state, in the first instance, but the in
dIydual settler must usually secure 4
right from some individual or company
which has built canal for the purpose
of supplying water to farmers The
value of both classes of rights depends
very largely upon physical conditions
and upon other rights to the streams.
Mr.. Greene shows this connection and
points out the sources OF information
as to these conditions. Rights purchased
from canal owners are subject also to
the conditions of the contracts under
which the water is supplied. a large
number of these contracts are given
ard discussed in such way that an
intending settler can tell what points
he should look into before purchasing
a right.
The laws and contracts are discussed
also from the standpoints of the ca
nal owner and of the public welfare
The report is therefore of great value
to students of irrigation law and eco
Monies, since it gives much valuable
information and its Interpretation by
one who has studied it from every point
of view.
The conditions in the Arkansas val
icy in Colorado do not differ essentially
from those in other parts of the arid
West and the report is therefore of in
terest to any one wishing to under
stand the subject OF water rights in
the United States
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
DulIest Stock Market Known.

New York, March 13.-The stagna-
ton in the stock market has been al
most complete. Thursdays transac-
tions fell to the lowest level in many
years. 1t is far cry from the 1902
100 shares of stock sold on the New
York Exchange April 80, 1901, to the
1880 shares sold Thursday of last
week. 1t is striking showing of the
vicisstudes in the world of speculation
and might serve by the rule of three
to measure the conditions in stock eX-
change circles then and now.
The market is absolutely unrespor.
sive to news developments whether
favorable or unfavorable. and lies inert
to the despair of all who look to bust
ness in stocks and bonds for their
profit At the full commission of one
eighth of one point allowed by the
rules of the Stock Exchange, Thurs
Gays sales Of $1,000 shares would yield
about 81 ,S25. allowing the commission
both 10 the buyer and the seller. The
membership of the exchange numbers
! 100.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
Introducing New Cereals.

The Department of Agriculture has
done great work in searching for
and introducing into this country Varie-
ties of grains especially adapted to
growth in parts of the United States
where the varieties commonly cult
waited in other sections of the Union
do not thrive. But the department is
not the only agency that has been en-
gagged in this laudable work. Some
of the state experiment stations have
been similarly occupied. For the most
part, however the work of the latter
has been supplemental to that OF the
Department of Agriculture.
A bulletin recently issued by the eX-
pertinent station in connection with
the University of Nebraska contains
interesting information concerning n
variety of oats brought few years
ago from southern Russia which seems
to be exceptionally well adapted to
the climatic and soil conditions OF cen
tral and western Nebraska. 1t was OBJ
tained in the district or government
of Kherson. On which account the
name of kherson has been applied
to it.
The Kherson district or government
lies Ill tHe SoulHell pdi ~ VI ISuHSiu'
and it's climate and soil are similar
to those of our great plains. The an
nual rainfall is only sixteen inches,
but one.third of it occurs in May, June
and July. which are the wettest three
months. This condition is similar to
that of central and western Nebraska,
except that the annual precipitation is
greater than in Kkerson. At North
| Platte. for instance, the annual pre-
cipitation is nearly twenty inches.
Tests were made with this variety
at the experiment station near Lincoln,
Nebraska, and subsequently in many
different counties in that state. The
results demonstrate that it is espe-
cially drouth resistant, and that its
yield per acre exceeds that of any 9th
er variety The straw is short and the
berry small. but numerous. 1t would
seem, therefore. that a distinct gain
fol the agriculture of western Nebras-
ka has been made through the intro
! duction of this variety.-Denver Re
publican.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
CONNECTING LINE
PAN-AMERIcAN RAILWAY REPORT
vor.-Four Thousand Eight Hun
dred Miles Still Lacking.

Washington, March 1i-Charles Nj.
Pepper, appointed by President Roose-
Welt as commissioner to carry out the
recommendations of the second interna-
tonal American conference held in
Mexico two years ago with regard to
the Pan-American railway. has sub
mltted his report to the State Depart
ment. by which it will be transmitted
to Congress. The second conference
created permanent commission with
headquarters at Washington, of which
II. ID. Davis is chairman and Andrew
Carnegie a member. The other MEM
bers are the ambassador from Mexico
ard the ministers of Peru and Guate-
mala
Commissioner Pepper spent year in
visiting various countries and was aid
ed in his work by the United States
ministers. His inquiries covered the
general subject of trade opportunities
that would result from railroad build
ing.
The report says that the general pro-
ject of an inter-continental line which
ultimately will place New York and
BuenOs Ayres in communication is re-
ceiving much encouragement. At the
present time about 4,S00 miles are lack
ing and the estimated cost OF
construction is placed at $780,
100000. This is based on an
average of 80 cents gold as a daily
wage for labor. with an efficiency OF
seventy-tive per cent. as compared with
similar labor in the United States.
In reviewing in detail the republics
visited. Commissioner Pepper discusses
the great progress in Mexico and the
actual railway work that is still going
on. Only 172 miles are lacking to
reach the border of Guatemala. Refer
ence also is made to the inter-commerce
line from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pa
cific and it is stated that within two
years two through trunk line systems
will have been completed. President
BiaZ is praised for the results which
have been lad from his railway policy.
Regarding the Central American re-
publics. the commissioner says that
most of them have national policies for
building lines to bring their Atlantic
and Pacific ports into communication
and these as feeders for the Pan-Amer-
lean route He states that the demand
for supplies which will result from the
Panama canal construction will en-
courage railroad enterprises through
Central America, and he suggests the
probability of further facilities for
meeting the needs of international
traffic.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
DENVER BOULDER LINE.
An Electric Road Planned Between the
Two Cities.

Denver, March ia Boulder special
to the Republican yesterday says:
Henry V. Johnson. former mayor of
Denver; Charles F. Porter, also OF
Denver and John II. Simpson of
Cleveland were before the county COM
missioners to-day and asked for the
right to build an electric car line along
the wagon road from Boulder via
BroOmfield.
They asked for franchise in the
names of l.. l.. Aitken, John H. Simp-
son and Charles F. Potter. The con-
sent of about ninetenths of the prop
erty holders along the proposed route
has been secured, and the promoters
feel that if the county commissioners
will consent all of the farmers will
join in.
Many of the farmers along the pro-
posed route were present at the meet
ing and asked the commissioners to
grant the franchise. In fact. the farm
ers seemed more anxious than the pro-
moters County Commissioner Andrew
moved that the franchise be granted.
but Commissioners Gordon and Heri-
vel wanted until the first Monday in
April to consider the matter, and it
went over until that day.
The promoters intend, if they get
this franchise, to run an electric car
lire along the county roads, along one
side of the roads so as not to interfere
with the middle of the road, and to
avoid using any farm land. This will
save them much money for right Of
way.
The road is to be built via Louisville
to Denver. At Louisville. near the coal
mines. an immense power plant is to
he erected This will give them coal
cheap.
Connection is to be made in Boulder
with the street car system at Twelfth
stlee on University hill, and with the
Denver Tramway company somewhere
near the Jesuit College.
A few Denver capitalists are inter-
esIed. but the main capital is to be
furnished by Cleveland. Ohio. men. The
promoters claim they are in no way
connected with the Denver Tramway
Company except so far as making con-
nections with the companys lines in
Denver is concerned. The franchise
asks for the use of the line for passen-
ger and freight purposes.
The company will be stocked at about
81 COO 900. If the franchise is granted
next month work is to be begun imme-
diately III 10 case is the track to run
ac,oss private grounds, but along the
public and .lDst Travelled highway.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
Potat Is Advance in Price.

Denver March ia dispatch from
Greeley last night saws: From Sl.4O
to 80 per bushel. the highest market
price Of the season. was paid by local
dealers FOR Greeley potatoes today.
Within the last week potatoes have
advanced 10 cents per hundred and the
conditions are such that prices may go
to 81 and $2.25 per hundred pounds in
a short time. From the Greeley dis
trict. which includes Ault. Eaton and
Greeley, forty cars OF potatoes ale
leaving daily. Orders for sixty TO sew
enty carloads are received daily, but
even if cars could be obtained the or
ders could not be filed. as the farmer
takes his time hauling the potatoes to
market He realizes the scarcity of
potatoes and the steady demand as
sures a rising market. By the first of
May the bulk of the crop will be dis
posed of. and what remains will be
marketed in the state.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
Bulls used in Korea.

The pride of Korea is in the splen-
did bulls, which stand from thirteen
to fourteen and half hands high, and
are patient and glossy beyond com
pare. They are shoi as carefully as
horses and carry their heavy loads
safely though slowly. The streets of
seoul and other cities are blockaded
by these fine animals, and over all the
winding roads of the peninsula they
are plodding with the produce and the
few manufactures Of the nation.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
CATTLE CONVENTION NOTES.
Highly Optimistic Reports by the
President and Secretary.

Denver, March 15.-The convention
of the Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers Association was called to or
der at the Chamber of Commerce yes
terday by President Conrad Shaefer
and welcomed to Denver by Manager
Geo. w. Ballantine of the stockyards.
In his address President Schaefer
urged the necessity of railroad legis-
lation.
In regard to the market for cattle
President Schaefer said:
81 believe that it is a perfectly feas-
ible and practical proposition to build
our own market here in Denver. Cat
tlemen west of Denver can easily ship
this way, and if they made a regular
practice of this they will find less and
less occasion to go any further to find
buyer We can well afford to sell
at lower price than at the river
when we figure in the freight. the
shrinkage, the return fare for ship
pers. and the other expenses that are
incident to the journey of 900 miles
| further. l believe that if the dele
gates to this convention would adopt
strong resolutions expressing the be-
! lief that it is the part of wisdom to es-
tablish and build up our home market,
that the moral effect of this action
would be to advance the growth Of
| this market. We will all agree, |
think, that home market for our
stock at Denver is a thing greatly to
be desired by all of us, a thing that
we can afford to labor for"
Secretary Fred p. Johnson's report
| showed that the association has
brought about extremely good results,
for the money expended. The legisla-
ton secured has been greatly needed,
and other laws, equally salutary, the
report ventured. would be secured at
the next general assembly. An i'm
| portant matter set forth in the report
was the fact that the agricultural col
| lege has finally become of great use
| to the cattlemen. 1t stated that since
| the appointment of E. H. Grubb as a
| member of the board of regents of the
| institution. many kinds of reforms OF
interest to cattlemen have taken place
The report of Treasurer T. S. Har
| per showed that the receipts for the
year have been S1.G2206, and the dis
bursements $l.392.G7, leaving bal
| ance on hand of S22l 80
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
Eisnt-Hcur Discussion.

WASHINGTON, March 1G,-The Senate
committee on education and labor yes
terday began n series Of Opan hearings
on the eight-hOur bill. which was re
ported favorably in the F'iIty-Seyonth
Congress and which also is pending
before the House committee on labor.
Daniel Davenport. representing the
American Anti-Boycott Association.
was heard to-day. aud Judge Joseph
*. McCammir. representing steel in
dustries. presented resolutions calling
upon the secretary of commerce and
labor for information concerning the
number Of hours now eXacted on gov.
ernment work
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18

Bulletin No. 50 of the Colorado Ag-
ricultural College experiment station
urges the Importance to melon grow
ers of using good cantaloupc seed.
Much of that used is from small and
late melons. the tendency of which
is to deteriorate the quality of the
crop. The conclusion is that the
difference in value between seed saved
early from perfect melons, Of high
market worth, and that saved six
weeks later, from immature, frost
bitten melons which can not be mar.
keted. is not often appreciated: yet.
if the higher priced seed should yield
only one or more crates per acre Of
early melons. or increase the total
yield by several crates, which the ex-
ira vitality and superior points of per
fection can easily do the higher nriced
seed is cheaper at any price and its
value to the melon industry can not
be estimated
A preparation which "is good for
bugs" has been discovered by Prof. S
Arthur Johnson of the State A-ricul-
tural College and will likely b, adopt
ed by the State Board Of Hor Ilturr
in destroying insects, which infest
trees, principally the "cottony maple
scale" Successful experiments in de
stloying the plague were made recent
ly by the college. The pFopara on is
kerosene emulsion in tho strength
of one gallon of the Kerosene tu seven
gallons Of water and applied as a
spray. The emulsion may De made by
dissolving one-half pound of harf soap
in a gallon Of boiling water, avn, from
the fire, and putting into the water
| while it is still hot one gallon uf kero-
scne; churn this mixture by Dsmping
it back into itself until it assumes a
creamy appearance and no irpc oil
rises to the surface. This emulsion
is diluted to eight gallons by the addi-
tion of six gallous of cold water.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
MERGER ILLEGAL
DECISION OF SUPREME COURT.
Northern Securities Company Over
tnrown-Dissent of Four Out Of
Nine Justices-Opinion BY Harlan.

Washington, March 15.-ln the
| United States Supreme Court yester'
| day an opinion was delivered in the
| merger case of the Northern Securi
| ties company against the United
| States, in favor of the government
| contention that the merger was illegal
The opinion of the court was handed
down by Justice Harlan. and it upheld
| the decree of the Circuit Court for the
| district OF Minnesota in every particu.
| lar.
| Four of the justices dissented from
the five constituting the majority. The
| division in the court was due to a
| difference of opinion as to the right OF
federal control of state corporations.
The majority opinion proceeded on
the theory that congress has a right
under the Constitution to control inter-
state commerce, no matter by whom
conducted while the minority or dis
senting opinion, was based on the
theory that in the present case the ef-
| fort is to regulate the ownership and
| not interstate traffic.
Soon after Justice Harlan had con-
cluded his presentation of the case it
| became evident that the court had di-
vided on the questions at issue and as
other opinions were announced 1t de-
veloped that there not only had been
very close shave for the govern
ment but that one of the members OF
the court who cast his vote with the
majority entertained opinions Of his
own which fact rendered the division
all the more marked and interesting.
This was Justice Brewer who, while
hn in
in an independent opinion of his own
that he held the view that previous
antitrust decisions had been more
sweeping than was justified.
Four of the nine justices dissented
outright. There We're Chief Justice
Fuller and Justices White, Peckham
tices Harlan and White were long,
while those of Justices Brewer and
Holmes were comparatively brief.
All told the court consumed two
hours and three-quarters in disposing
of the case. The fact was noted by
several persons that the argument in
the case was begun December Ia, just
three months previous to the decision
For so important case this is con-
sidered a very brief interim between
the arguments and the decision.
The case decided yesterday was
brought by the United States against
the Northern Securities Company, a
corporation of New Jersey, the Great
Northern railway. corporation of
Minnesota; the Northern Pacific Rail
way, a corporation of Wisconsin;
James J. Hill. a citizen Of Minnesota,
and w. p Clough, d. Willis James,
John S. Kennedy. J. Perpont Morgan,
Robert Bacon, George F. Baker and
Daniel Lamont. citizens of New York.
Its general object was to enforce, as
against the defendants. the provisions
of the statute of July 2, 1890, COM
monty known as the antitrust act, and
entitled AN act to protect trade and
commerce against unlawful restraint
and mOnOpOlies."
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
Sheep.
GRAIN.

Wheat. choice millings, per 10(
lbs, $1.45; rye Colorado. bulk, per 100
| lbs, soc; oats, bulk, Nebraska new
white, $1.40; mixed. 1885, in sack,
Colorado white, $1.45; corn in bulk,
91c; corn chop, sacked, Csc; Colorado
corn and oat chops, sacked, $l.25;
braa, Colorado, per 100 lbs, S5c.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18

Upland, per ton, sl2.OO@12.5O; sec.
ond bottom, choice to fancy, $S.00@
500; good to choice. $6.50@7.5O; tim.
othy. $1,000; timothy and clover.
s11.O0; alfalfa, prime, $3.50; straw,
s4.00@5.00; South Park wire grass,
$14.00.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-18
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs, fresh, loss off, case.
Eggs, fresh, case cnt.. case
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-11
Delicate Question on coalinu.

PARIS, March 10.-Diplomats are
discussing a nice question of neutrality
which will arise when the Russian
Baltic fleet starts for the far East,
which is expected to occur early in
the summer. The fleet will be accom-
panied by golfers and it is understood
that the French government will raise
no objection to the fleet coaling at
French ports from it's own ships. Aft
er the fleet passes Jibulti (French
Somaliland) there are no French ports
until the fleet reaches Saigon, French
Indo- China, and it will undoubtedly
put in at an Indian or Ceylonsee port
for more coal.
: Then will develop the questions: Can
belligerant ships be allowed to receive
coal when their purpose is to attack
the Japanese fleet and will not such
action be a violation of neutrality?
A diplomat pointed out that belIiger-
ent ships could properly demand at a
neutral port enough coal to enable
them to reach the nearest home port
and that in this case the nearest home
port was Port Arthur. It is quite pos
sible that Great Britain would decline
to permit the Russians TO take coal
except from their own Golfers, and
even then probably not in British
waters.
This would Immediately tend to place
Great Britain even more firmly along
side Japan and might cause renewed
hard feelings on the part of Russia
which Count Benckendorf, the Russian
ambassador to Great Britain, has at
tempted to allay. There is little doubt
that France will solve the problem
more literally than Great, Britain and
grant Russian request to coal.