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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
CHAPTER XVIII.

"Pekinl' shouted Popof. 'All change
here"
1t was four o'clock in the afternoon.
For people fatigued with three hundred
and twelve hours of travelling, it was no
time for running about the town-what
do 1 say ?-the four towns, inclosed one
within the other. Besides 1 had plenty
of time. I was going to stop some weeks
in this capital
The important thing was to find no.
tel in which one could live passably.
From information received was led to
believe that the Hotel of Ten Thousand
Dreams near the railway station, might
be sufficiently in accord with western no
tons.
AS to Mademoiselle Klork, 1 will post
pone my visit till tomorrow. 1 will
call on her before the box arrives, and
even then 1 shall be too soon, for 1 shall
take her the news of Kinkos death.
Half an hour afterward we are in
stalled at the Hotel of Ten Thousand
Dreams. There we are served with a
dinner in Chinese style. The repast be-
ing over-toward the second watch-we
lay ourselves on beds that are too mar
row, in rooms with little comfort, and
sleep not the sleep of the just, but the
sleep of the exhausted-and that is just
as good.
1 did not wake before ten o'clock, and
l might have slept all the morning If
the thought had not occurred to me that
l had a duty to fulfill. And what a
duty. To call in the Avenue Cha-Coua
before the delivery of the unhappy case
to Mademoiselle Zinco Klork.
All! if Kinko had not succumbed, I
should have returned to the railway sta
toni should have assisted in the I'M
loading of the precious package. 1 would
have watched 1t on the cart, and would
have accompanied 1t to the Avenue Cha
Coua; l would even have helped in car
rying him up to Mademoiselle Zinca
Klork. And what double explosion of
joy there would have been, when Kinko
jumped through the panel to fall into
the arms of the fair Roumaniani But
no! When the box arrives 1t will be
empty-empty as heart from which all
| the blood has escaped.
(To be continued)
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Top Dressing Forage Crops.

At the New Jersey Experiment Sta
ton tests have been made of nitrate of
soda as top dressing on forage crops
in connection with the manures and
fertilizers generally used. In all cases
a very marked increase due to the ap-
p,ication Of nitrate occurred. ranging
from 34.1 per cent for corn to 96.6 per
cent for barley profitable return
from the use Of the nitrate ON all
crops except the barley, which, owing
to unfavorable weather conditions,
did not make large yield.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Pasturing and Selling.

A comparison was made at the Ne
braska Experiment Station Of the
amount Of feed produced and the eff
feet upon the yield of milk and butter
fat when certain crops were pastured
and when they were cut and fed.
The crops so tested were alfalfa, sor-
ghum and Indian corn. In the case of
each Of these from two to three times
as much feed was procured from a
given area Of land when the crop was
cut and fed as when 1t was pastured.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Va1uo of Heavy Sod.

While not for moment advocating
extravaganza 1t is safe to say that
most farmers ought to add one-half
more, at least, to the quantity Of grass
seed they use both in the FIRST seed
ing and the reseeding Of meadows.
Not only should this be done In order
to get better crops of hay and to have
a growth Of grass instead OF weeds
which find a place where the seeding
is light, but in order that when the
sod is to be turned under 1t Is of the
greatest possible value to the crops
which are to follow.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
The Special Correspondent
CHAPTER xXvI-fContinued.)

L
1 will go back to Popof. Impossible.
l seem to be nailed to the toor OF the
van. My head swims.
1t Is true we are running toward the
abys? No; l am mad. Faruskiar and
his accomplices would be hurled over
as well. They would share our fate.
They would perish with us.
But there are shouts in front of the
train. The screams of people being kill
ed. There is no doubt now. The driver
and the stoker are being strangled. L
feel the speed of the train begin to
slacken.
1 understand. One of the rufflans
slowing it to enable them to jump off
and avoid the catastrophe.
l begin to master my torpor. Stagger-
ing like a drunken man, l crawl to
Kinkos case. There, in few words,
tell him what has passed, and l exclaim;
I'VE are lost"
"No-perhaps-"h he replies.
Before l can move, Kinko is out of
his box. He rushes toward the front
door; he climbs on the tender.
Come along! Come along" he shouts.
l do not know how l have done it, but
here 1 am at his side on the foot plate,
my feet in the blood of the driver and
stoker, who have been thrown off on to
the line.
Faruskiar and his companions are no
longer here. But before they went one
of them has taken off the brakes, damned
down the regulator to full speed, thrown
fresh Goals into the fire box, and the
train is running with frightful velocity.
In a few minutes we shall reach the
Jon viaduct.
Kinko, energetic and resolute, is as
cooi as a cucumber. But in vain he
tries to move the regulator, to shut off
the steam, to put on the brake. These
valves and levers, what shall we do with
them?
II must tell Popofv' 1 shout.
"And what can he do? No, there Is
only one way"
And what Is that?'
Grouse up the fire." says Kinko, calm
ly; shut down the safety valves, and
blow up the engine"
And was that the only way-a des-
perate way-of stopping the train be-
fore it reached the viaduct?
Kinko scattered the coal on to the fire
bars. He turned on the greatest posi-
BILE draught, the air roared across the
furnace, the pressure goes up, up, amid
the heaving of the motion, the believing
OF the boiler, the beating of the pistons.
We are going a hundred kilometers an
hour.
Get backw shouts Kinko, above the
roar. Sect back into the van!
And you, Kinko?"
Get back, l tell your
1 see him hang on to the valves and
put his whole weight on the levers.
Cor he shouts.
am off over the tender. 1 am through
the van. l awake Popof, shouting with
all my strength:
Get backl Get backv
A few passengers suddenly waking
from sleep begin to run from the front
car.
Suddenly there is an explosion and a
shock. The train at first jumps back.
Then it continues to move for about half
kilometer.
1t stops.
Popof, the major, Caterna, most of the
passengers are out on the line in an in
slant.
A network of scaffolding appears con
fusedly in the darkness above the piers
which were to carry the viaduct across
the Tjon valley.
Two hundred yards further the trair
would have been lost in the abyss.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Ill Luck Averted.

my dear" said Mrs. Spenders by
way OF preliminary, would you con-
slider an opal unlucky7"
81 would II 1 got a bill for one and
had to pay it." began her husband
sternly.
"Oh," she interrupted, I'm 80 glad
I ordered diamond DISQUALIFICATION
lie Standard and Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
The Brood Sows.

Give brood sows the freedom of the
pasture fields when with young pigs
and as soon as the pigs are old enough
to eat, feed a little shelled corn and
dry middlings with q mash OF wheat
middlings and milk. Sows with pigs
should always have access to a good
blue grass pasture and should not be
fed too much corn. The largest part
Of the ration should be made up of
oats and bran with a little oil meal.
Have plenty Of charcoal and ashes con-
stantly available. An occasional feed
of salt will be found profitable
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Costly Crop Pests.

The proceeds from the wheat crop,
the average annual farm value of
which may be roughly put at four
hundred million dollars, have in more
than one year been cut down as much
as fifty per cent. as a result of the
ravages of the chinch bug and the
Hessian fly. King Cotton alone was
damaged to the extent Of nearly fifty
million dollars by the so-called Mexi-
can boil weevil, in the single State of
Texas, in 1903, according to a care
fully compiled report issued by the
Census Bureau. The apple crop has
been reduced as much as twenty-five
per cent In many seasons through the
operati tons of the codling moth and
other insects. So one might go through
the entire list. The burden Is dis
tressingly heavy, but it is safe to as
sert that farmers themselves-who,
obviously, ought to know as much of
this phase of the matter as anybody
will agree that their losses, in practi-
cally every instance, would be far
greater were the scientific knowledge
of the Department of Agriculture's
staff not put to account. A careful
survey of the facts leads to the conclu-
sion that the total damage each year
would be from two to four times as
large were 1t not for the Department
of Agriculture's unremltting warfare
against the pests, and that a maxi
mum annual destruction of two billion
dollars, or nearly one-half the whole
yearly value of the country's crops, al
present, would be possible.-C. Arthur
williams In Success Magazine"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Water for Horses.

The amount of water required by
horses varies moro than for any other
animal. 1t Is greatly affected by
work and feed, being about twice as
great when the horse is at hard work
and much greater when fed on dry
roughage than when fed ON con-
centrated ration. In one experiment
horse while walking required 275
pounds Of water daily, while trotting
and performing he required 90 pounds.
Farm and Live Stock Journal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
No Speeding.

Larry-Yez same to be takin' yer
tonne wild thin hammer avn malls.
Denny-Yis, Ohm workin' by tn
day. Orll not be loike a chauffeur.
Larry-Yez won't?
Denny-No, Oi'H niver be arristed
for fast droivin'"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Up In the Air.

why don't you turn your pen to
higher themes?" asked the well-mean-
ing friend.
"I'd like to-" replied the funny man,
but there doesn't seem to be any de-
mand for skyscraper Jokes at present"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
Not So ENJOYABLE.

Friend-Yourwedding breakfast was
a delightful affair. Mr.. Honeymoon
with a sigh)-Yes, but we've had 9TH
ers since.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09

can be kept going. Fig. l shows the
hooks on the wire. Fig shows the
device in action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
NEW PERSIAN MINISTER
ON WAY To WASHINGTON
Legation Will Be Provided With Mag
nifcent Furnishings by Bachelor
Diplomat, Morteza Khan.

Great preparations are being made at
the lcgat ation of Persia for the arrival
of the now Persian minister, Gen. Nor
teZa Khan. who is expected TO reach
here early next week.
The new minister is a rich bachelor,
and lavish in his tastes. The legation
Will be gOrgecusIy fitted up to suit him.
4 large quantity of rich draperies. car
pets and expensive ornaments, the psr-
sonaI possessions of Gen. Morteza Khan.
have already reached the Washington
home. II is said that the new minister
has many examples cf Persian art If ex-
tTaOrdiIaTy value.
Originally General Morteza was a page
in the royal palace at Teheran. He is Of
a noble line.
His father was the first man 10 in
trpduce European ideas into the Persian
court, published the first newspaper
there and introduced the fashion in
Persia of drinking tea from a samovar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
Stern Justice Clutches
MacI,en and The Grons
Given Into Custody by Their Bondsmen.
Brought in Court on Demands. A.
Croft Critically III.

Court Of Appeals, which affirmed the
judgment of the trial court, be sent to
the Supreme Court of the District
Chief Justice Shepard aI the Court OF
Appeals directed the mandate to issue.
Within ten minutes after tie order was
made the mandate was IN the hands
Of Frank w Smith, clerk of Criminal
Division No. 1 of the District Supreme
Court. where the defendants had been
convicted.
Machen Arrives.
Five minutes later August W. Machen,
accompanied by his bondsmen, O. @.
Staples and David L. Moore, entered
the marshars office. just across the cor
ridor from Criminal Court No. I.
II was not, however, until 1850 a. m.
that DilIer B Croft put IN his appear
ance. For an hour or more, however,
he had been writing at the Office of his
counsel, Samuel Maddox.
DilIer B. Croft Joined Mr. Machen in
the marshaFs office and there they re-
mained until about u:i0 o'clock. when.
being finally and formally delivered up
by their bondsmen, they were giVen IN
custody to Deputy United States Mar
shall James Springman and locked in
the prison cell in the basement of the
The counsel of the two unfortunate
men accompanied them TO the door Of
the cell and then took leave of them,
While all this was taking place .
crowd of spectators which kept con-
stantIy increasing, waited the arrival or
Samuel A Croft who though reported
| III. was momentarily expected to put IN
| his appearance.
Samuel a. Grof Ill.
| Al 1880 a m. Samuel Maddox. counsel
| for the Groffs, met District Attorney
Beach in the nlarshars Office and in-
| formed him that Samuel A. Croft was ia
| Il critical condition and his removal
would endanger his life:
,-i. tod f=aE no hS
| rendered by his bondsmen, otherwise
! he would ask that an attachment be la-
/ sued to take him into custody
! Mr. Maddox then exhibited ceruncatss
of DrS. Z. H. Steltz as1d L. D. " ilS0fa
! to the effect that Samuel y Grof5
| physical cor d:tiCn is such as TO maze
! it unadvisable to remove him from his
H. W. Beach insisted that tIse de-
! fendant must be surrendered fortnwltn
| or ne would issue an attachment fog
Court Is Invoked.
Mr. Maddox decided TO call the mat
! ter to the attention OF the court, ans
at II o'clock stated TO Justice Wright. IN
! Criminal Court No. /, that his client.
/ Samuel A Croft was i'll and unable TO
( leave his home. In support. ne oleTeo
| the certificates of two physicians
| He then explained Mr.. Beach had IN.
| sisted on the defendant being produced
/ i'm court. no matter what happens.
Mr. Nadtlox continued. he might as
well take q sun ard SO to his homs
and do so IT once
! Mr. Beach said counsel for Croft was
cooaiz9nt fer some time of the pro-
| cceIinss. = arranged for TODAY. Even yea
tertay. AR. Beach said. {. A Grofs.s
son h2G asked him what clothes his
father could take with him.
ut seems to me. said Mr.. Beach. '.is
is very sudden attack of illness. I Ia
sist that the defendant be surrendered =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
JOSEPH NANLEY
IS FOUND DEAD
Veteran Maine Republican
Expires at Home.
HEAD OF STATE COMMITTEE
Occupied This Position for Twenty
YeaTs-Attended Many National
Conventions.

AUGUSTA, Me, Feb 7.-Hon Joseph
Il Manley. leading Republican OF this
State, and well known throughout the
country, was found dead in bed at his
home here this morning. Hr was sixty
three years of age,
Joseph Homan Manley was born in
Bangor. Me, on October .. 1872 He re-
eeived his education in The Little Blue
Abbott Academy. of Pennington, Me,
and was graduated from that 1nsiitu-
ton in 1858 Four years later he received
his diploma from the Albany Law
School.
State Senator Manley was for twenty
years chairman Of the Republican State
committee. He was treasurer of the
Augusta Water Works Company. was
president of the Augusta Savings Bank,
and was Il director of the First Nj
tionaI Bank the Kennebec Light and
Heat Company, the Edwards Manufac-
turing Company, the Maine Central
railroad, the Knox and Lincoln railroad, /,
and the Portland, Mt Desert and Ma
chias Steamboat Company.
He was d delegate to the Republican
national conventions of 1876. 1880, 1884.
1888. and 1900 and was always d conspic-
uous figure at these gatherings. He
was a member of the Republican ma
tional committee and of the executive
committee He served in the Maine
legislature in 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890. 1859. 1900
and 1901. when he became speaker Of
the house He was elected to the State
senate in 1903
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The Atlantic coast storm of Monday
morning has passed northeastward TO
Nova Scotia and increased somewhat in
intensity. It has been attended by
high shifting winds along the New Eng
land coast and snow over the eastern
portion of the middle Atlantic States,
the lower lake region, and New England.
The western area og high pressure and
cold weather is drifting slowly east
ward, its crest this morning being over
Lake Michigan.
Pressure continues low IN the extreme
Southwest. also In the British North
west.
Rain has fallen in the Gulf States and
snow or rain in the southern Rocky
mountain region and the southern slope.
1t is considerably colder in the lake
region and middle Mississippi valley.
and decidedly warmer in the Missouri
valley and over the eastern slope of the
Rocky mountains.
Fair weather is indicated for all por-
tions of the Washington forecast dis
trict, except the south Atlantic and east
Gulf States. where rain Is probable.
II will be somewhat colder tonight In
the middle Atlantic States. Warm ar
weather is indicated for Wednesday in
the Ohio valley and lower lake region.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
Stella Yates and Theodore Fisher Found
in Each Others Embrace, Each Hav-
ing Mortal Wounds.
DETAILS OF DOUBLE TRAGEDY
ARE ENSHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Coroner Nevitt Withholds His Certificate I'm
til After Thorough Police lnvesti-
gation---SeveraI Theories.

edy in the little frame house which is
one of a row in an isolated portion OF
the extreme southeast section of tbs
city. Since last Thursday neither Fisher
nor the woman, who have for more
than year lived as husband and wife,
had been seen by the neighbors.
Dr. hewitt, however, is not Of the
opinion that they died on that day.
Time Of Death Uncertain
From the appearance OF the bodies he
is inclined TO believe that the lives OF
the two persons had been extinct about
forty-efght hours prior to the time
they were found by Miss Blanche jack
son, sister Of the dead woman
Coroner hewitt said that the extreme
been instrumental in keeping the bodies
in their present state of preservation.
This fact makes it dogbly difficult to
determine when they came to their
death.
Will Remain at MoTgue.
Pending the issuance of the certificate
by the coroner the bodies will remain
in the morgue, where they were re-
moved from the Twelfth street house
about 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Police of the Fifth precinct, in whose
jurisdiction the tragedy occurred, as
certained that the dead woman had
mother and tive sisters living IN the
same neighborhood and her husband.
Robert Yates. with whom she had not
lived for two years. is a blacksmith with
d shop at Thirty-second and X streets,
Georgetown.
Fisher. VINO was employed at Reagan's 5
saloon, Tenth and B streets northwest.
has mother ard several brothers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07

August w. Machen. Diller B. Gren,
and Samuel A. Croft, convicted of con-
spiracy to defraUd the Government, We're
today surrendered to the United States
Marshal of the District. and very prob
ably will be sent 10 the Moundsvliie
penitentiary this afternoon
Machen and DiIIer B. Croft were at
1890 o clock given into the custody CT
James Springmann, a deputy marshal
who turned the key on them in them IN
the basement of the City Hall.
A Lunch Party.
Machen's two brothers and Groff's
two sons ate lunch with them in the
cell and remained with them until they
were removed TO the District Jail
DIIier B. Croft declined to discuss the
situation or the circumstances which
led to his incarceration
Machen. however. while refusing to
discuss particulars. said:
II have made the best nght that
could. but now that l have to face the
inevitable ! viii do so bTayely.
He said he had nothing against news
papers or neWs9aEer, -; men, t,5 :, s'it ,1e oe
published IN q local afternoon paper
Yesterday that he had endeavored to
of his relatives and friends with him to
make Jolly his trip to the penitentiary.
Machen in Good Spirits.
He seemed in good spirits under the
| circumstances. and said that he be-
llevcd that he would survive the SEN
tenCe
When asked how much his trial had
/ cost him, he said he wouldn't like to say
other than TO state that 1t left him
nearly uenniieSS
Croft should be surrendered by his
bondsmen, whatever his physical ctndi-
tion may be. two or three of his friends
| went to his home At Cos North Carolina
avenue southeast, placed him in car
| rage and took him TO the City Halt
| The party arrived there at LIT O'Clock
District Attorney Beach was notlfled;
! After a brief conference ii was decided
! that the jail physician, Dr ShuJe
should be sent for, and also Mr- Groff S
phySician, and they wCuld dcteTmine
! whether or not he should be removed
| from the District.
Hangs on Decision.
| Their decision will determine whether
or not Mr. Croft will be turned over
/ to the custody of the warden of the
! Because of an operation which DIR
Shute is performing at the lall. II Is
noon before he will have an opportunity
| to consult with MIR. Croft $. physician
| George F.. Lorcnz, who was convicted
| with MachGn and the Gf0HS, Is reported
ii. at his home in Toledo, Ohio
His brother. who is in Washington
| ton to be removed from his home.
He says his brother is suffering from
an absce - in his middle car
| When the Court OF Appeals Convenet
| at 10 a m, District Attorney BeacI
stated he had Il copy of the order of tn,
| United States Supreme Court denYinE
the petition of Machen. Lorenz, Grof
for Il writ OF certiorari. Mr.. Beacl
then moved that the mandate Of th'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
Government Controls Wires.
War in Far East Began
One Year Ago Sunday

TOKYO, Feb. Sunday, according to
the japanese view, began the second
year of the war.
1t was on February 5, 1904. that the
Japanese government decided to break
off negotiations with Russia, and in
structed Minister Kurino at st. Peters
burg 10 inform the Russian government
that that had been done.
At a meeting of the council of minis
ters, the Mikado presiding, Admiral To-
go's plans for the naval defense Of ia
pan against the forthcoming attack of
Continued on Second Page}
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07
SECRETARY OF NAVY WANTS
CHIEF TO REMAIN

Paymaster General II. T. b. Harris.
chief OF the Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts. has been paid the unusual com
pIinent of being asked to remain in
office by the Secretary of the Navy de-
spite the fact that his statutory retire
lnent viii! occur ON March 10 next.
Tt is the departments wish that he re-
main at the head OF the bureau for at
least a year after that date in recoEni-
ton of his excellent administration