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The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Ma jor Daniels Explorations.

Denver, April Unique glory has
just come to Denver in the fact that
one of her foremost citizens has pene
trated into the heart of one of the is
lands of the Southern Pacific ocean.
New Guinea, or Papua, and brought
back into civilization a story of its
wonderful undeveloped resources.
A little over atyear ago Maj. William
Cooke Daniels hf Denver left London
at the head of Il scientific exploration
party, composed of members OF the
Royal Anthropological Society and the
fellows Of the Cambridge University.
The destination was New Guinea, the
largest island in the world, except Aus
tralie and Greenland, but the interior
OF which was absolutely unknown to
civilization.
In the party were DR.. Saligman of
the London Geographical Society, and
in his report to Cambridge University
he will give in detail the result of the
years exploration. 1t is expected that
this report will have great scientific
value.
The party has just returned to Lon
don. A letter received from Major Dan
iels by Edward Marsden Cooke of the
Daniels & Fisher Stores Company
states that he will return to New Gui.
nea in a short time and complete few
details of his work, and will then sail
for the United States.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Mrs, New a Social Leader,

Mrs. Harry S. New, wife OF the new
acting chairman of the republican
national committee, is ONE of the
social leaders of Indianapolis. Al,
though she does not open her home for
frequent entertainments, those she
gives are noted for elegance. She is
one of the best gowned women in the
city. Mrs. New has literary talent as
well as social accomplishments. She
is familiar with all the political work
OF her husband. In fact, she has been
his adviser in many important mat
ters, but she has always kept her own
personality in the background. Be
lore her marriage she spent year on
the stage as a singer, having previous.
" devoted several seasons to study in
New York. Her marriage cut short
career that would probably have
been artistically successful.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
New Moffat Road Manager.

Denver, April 4.-President David
H. Moffat of the Colorado-Ut Con
struction Company and the Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific Railway. Com
pany, yesterday announced the ap-
pointment of w. A. Deuel. as general
superintendent of those companies in
place Of A. c. Ridgway, who recently
resigned to take the position Of gen
eral manager of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway. Mr.. Deuel's appoint
ment is effective May 1st.
The appointment of Mr.. Deuel. as
general manager of the Moffat railroad
interests comes as a surprise to the
railroad world. Mr.. Deuel. has, since
he began his career as a railroad man,
with the exception of few years in
the service of the Denver & Rio
Grande, been connected with the Union
Pacific system. 1t was thought that
he was fixture with this road, and
that he would never again leave its en-
ploy. He was for many years resi-
dent of Denver and Pueblo, and is one
of the most widelyknown and popular
railroad men in the West.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Coal Mine Explosion.

Benton. ILL.,, April 4.-Some fifty
miners were entombed yesterday in
Joseph Letters mine at Zeigler by a
terrific explosion of gas, and it is
probable that thirty or more of the
buried men are dead. Thus far four
bodies have been found. The explo-
sion was due to thl, fact that the
Letter mines are not worked on Sun
day. thus allowing gas to accumulate
in the lower workings.
When between thirty-five and forty
five miners had descended into the
mine yesterday to resume work, a ter
rife explosion blew the timbers about
the mouth of the mine high into the
air. One of the steel cages was blown
to the surface from the bottom of a
5OO-foot shaft. The shock of the ex-
plosion was felt at Benton, twelve
miles distaEt
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Woman's Long Ride.

Denver, April Airs. A. H. Allen,
wife of Representative Allen of Wy
oming, arrived at st. Joseph's hospital
last evening at G:30 O'Clock after a des-
perate ride, to see her husband, who
recently was stricken with appendi-
citis. When she heard of her hus-
bands illness Mrs. Allen was at the
ranch, near Baggs. She was compelled
to drive team of horses through
snow storm to Rawlins, siXty-tive
miles, as the first stage of her journey
When Mrs. Allen arrived in Denver
and called at the hospital she found
her husband much improved. The hos
pital attendants reported last night
that Aliens chances of recovery were
good.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
New Canal Commission

Washington, April 4.-The person
mel of the new lsthmian Canal Com
mission is as follows:
Theodore =. Shonts, chairman;
Charles f. Magoon. governor of canal
zone; John F. Wallace. chief engineer;
Rear Admiral NJ. T. Endicott, L. S. N;
Brig. Gen. Peter {. Haines, U. S. A.
(retired); Col. Oswald NJ Ernst, en-
gineer corps. U. S. A; Benjamin NJ.
HarrOd.
The President has made an order
allowing a salary of $500, with trav-
cling expenses to each member of the
commission, and to the chairman of
the commission the additional compen-
sation of $22,5O0; to the chief engineer.
the additional compensation of $l7,-
500, and to the governor of the zone,
the additional compensation of $10,-
90. The head of each department is
allowed the use of a furnished house
on the isthmus, and his travelling eX-
penses when travelling on the business
of the commission.
The total is $102,5OO The salaries
and allowances under the former com
mission amounted to $4,000. The to-
tai compensation of the governor of
the zone and chief engineer are in eff
feet unchanged.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
College Men in the Cabinet.

There are more college men in the
present cabinet circle than ever be
fore in the history Of the country. Out
0f the nine men who form the board of
residential counselors, five hold de-
grees from well-known seats of learn
ing, while two others pass through the
preparatory courses in high grade aca-
denies and only accidents prevented
their obtaining the sheepskin. Only
two are absolutely without college
training and one Of these is entirely
self-taught and never attended any
school. When the late President Nc.
ksnley was inaugurated. only three
out Of his eight cabinet officials were
college men-Hay, Root and Griggs,
Gage, Long, Charles Emory Smith
Wilson and Hitchcock could write no
letters after their names.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
San Juan SnoWsIides.

Denver, April IA Republican spe
cial from Silverton last night says: A
snowslide came down near the Eureka
mine, nine miles north Of here, to-day
and carried away four of the massive
towers of the Sunnyside Mining Com
pany's tramway system, tearing them
from the cables and hurling them down
the mountain side like so many toys.
This will necessitate the closing of
the company's mill at Eureka until the
towers can be rebuilt, which will be
in about two weeks. The company's
loss will not be less than $4,000. Just
before dark tonight slide ran about
five miles below town and covered the
d. e. R. G. tracks with snow and debris
ten feet deep for a distance Of $50 feet.
The stage line between here and
Ouray has been closed for two days
on account of the drifts and snow.
Within the last twenty-four hours
many miners have come down from
the hills, fearing accidents from slides.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
On the Way to the West.

Harrisburg, Pa. April ii don't
exactly say that / need a rest, but l
am going to take one in the open, un-
der Gods blue heaven" said President
Roosevelt today, standing on the plat
form of his special train and convers-
ing with Congressman Olmstead and
federal officials, in the presence of a
great crowd that gathered at the sta
tion to meet him. 1t was suggested to
the President that things would go
along smoothly if he were absent.
ooh, things will be all right" he
said. II have left Taft sitting on the
lid, keeping down that San Domingo
matter"
Later he said: Il am going to have
an outing. l am going to get away
where l won't even think of a fourth
class postmaster
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Railroad for GoldfieId,

Denver, April 1.-The Republican
this morning says: 1t is believed that
the chances are more than even that
the Santa Fe will construct line from
1vanpah, San Bernardino county, Cali
fornia, to Goldfield, Nevada The dis
trict has been carefully surveyed and
a feasible route mapped out. Officials
of the road now have the question I'M
der consideration and it is generally
believed in railroad circles that the
proposed line will be constructed.
The great need Of the Goldfield dis
trict at the present time is railroad
communication with the outside world.
Particularly is this the case with Ida
and Bullfrog. newer mining camps
than either Tonopah or Goldfield, but
which are said to be no less important.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Seed Wheat.

The Minnesota Agricultural Expert
ment Station propounds the following
statements in regard to seed wheat:
l. Poor seed is not reliable.
2. Poor seed gives inferior quality
and quantity.
8, Rusted wheat may have good
termination and the plants may start
vigorously, but such a crop could not
withstand unfavorable conditions.
4. The better the seed as may be
seen or determined by weight, the bet
ter the crop in every way.
5. The better the seed is cleaned,
the better the crop, especially in
yield.
6. Rusted wheat, when we'll graded
and relieved of all shrunken kernels,
makes good seed.
Z. Rust resistent varieties are pos
sible.
s. 1t does not pay to change seed
grain.
8. Invariably test seed for germina-
ton before planting.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Bankers Want Peace
European Mon of Finance Uneasy Over Long Duration
of War.

If Japan has found reader buyers
for her new war bonds than Russia has
in the pending negotiations in Paris, it
is still forced to pay very stiff price.
In order to obtain loan Of $780,
100000 at AZ per cent. Japan has to
make the price Of 80 and pledge the
net receipts of the government tobac-
CO monopoly as security. The GUS
toms revenue has already been
I,edged for two foreign loans last
year.
So far the French bankers have
balked at furnishing Russia more
money even on their own, rigorous
terms. They not only exact a low
price OF issue for the bonds, but addi-
tonal profits for themselves that in
the shape of commissions and assur-
ances that large part of the proceeds
nf the loan shall be expended in
French shipyards. This was precisely
Germany's conditions when it took
$50 100000 of Russia's previous loan.
Germany was to have preference in
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07

for 10 miles and that without dis
mounting. He lives now as mail
carrier for the postofiice.
One November day in the Goose
River country of Dakota a cowboy
named Iverson was called to a ranch
house and told a doctor must be Sc
cured for his employers daughter,
who had been taken suddenly i'll with
Group.
The nearest doctor was thirty-eight
miles away, the temperature was Is
degrees below, the wind was scurrying
the snow in the prairies in every direc-
ton. On the trail there were only two
stopping places where fresh horses
might be secured.
lverson made the round trip in ten
hours, killing two horses, and during
the last five miles homeward bound
carrying the doctor on his own weary
beast. The child's life was saved by
his promptness.
In the last Custer campaign in Vir-
ginia just before the surrender of Lee
a courier of the Union forces carrying
information as to where Custer might
earliest strike the confederate wagon
supplies made a complete circuit Of
Lees army and reached his superior
officer in time to have the information
prove of value. With two horses he
rode 165 miles in eleven hours. This
is a fair average to place against the
Cossack's journey from the Orient to
St. Petersburg.
1t is said in French dispatches that
the courier who carried from Port Ar
thur the final news of coming surren-
der to General Kuropatkin at Mukden,
walked crept, swan and rode in the
saddle $50 miles in sixty hours. This
is not impossible.
When it comes to riding almost
everything depends upon the horse; a
little on the man, if he be man.-H.
l. c., in Chicago Post.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Planting Field Peas.

Every farmer in the San Luis valley
will devote most of his acreage this
coming season to the raising of field
peas. This announcement was made
yesterday by F. B. Sylvester, president
of the State Board of Stock Inspectors,
who was in Denver for a short visit.
"rhe crop will be feed for more than
100000 lambs in the valley next win
ter" explained Mr.. Sylvester. This
pea craze" he went on. has even eX-
tended into Utah and Idaho the Won
derful success of the farmers of the
San Juan valley with peas for stock
feeding has started a general BOOM"
Mr.. Sylvester himself is putting in
100 acres Of peas, and as he is one of
the largest lamb feeders in the valley
he has given the matter much atten-
tion.-Denver News.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07

furnishing Russia war supplies. But
the Paris bankers have gone so far as
TO interfere in Russia's policy by in.
sistiEg upon peace negotiations. while
Japan has been left free to follow her
own counsels.
1t has been said that war is the har-
vest time of the financier and investor.
what with its forced loans and i'm
mense contracts. Nothing is more
certain than that the great financial
interests could stop the war if thev
would. So far they have kept their
moral scruples under control and Weld,
ed to the influence of big bonuses, No
doubt their consciences will grow
more active as their financial risks in,
crease
The statement that Russia has al
ready lost 100000 of the IT'S 900 men
sent to Manchuria, without scoring q
slngle victory, is enough to cause ir
the most daring money-lender a Ger
tain uneasiness of conscience owe,
Russia's financial integrity.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Noble Missionary Stricken.

Another Father Damien has risen
IL the leper island of Molokai, where
that missionary died sixteen years
ago The victim is a young Belgian
Rev. Brother Serapion,
whose family name is Van Koop. He
became leper some time ago and
took up his abode in the lazaretto, a
stones throw from the hut where
Father Damien died. This is the first
missionary to be attacked by the dread
disease since Father Damien's time
Like Father Damien, Brother Sera.
rion will be segregated from the out
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
THE FARM AND RANGE
kherson Oats for Arid Lands.

A bulletin of the Nebraska expert
ment station gives the results OBJ
tanned in that state from experiments
with new kind of oats imported from
the arid region of kherson in Russia.
The kherson oat is described as a
vigorous, but not rank grower. The
straw is short, and on the same land
1t stands shorter than any other oat
tested at this station. although the
Sixty Day." another Russian variety,
lately imported by the United States
Department of Agriculture, is nearly
as short. The leaves are very broad.
and expose large surface. The pani-
cles are spreading; i. G.. it is not
side oat. The berries are light yellow
in color. small but numerous. and have
a very thin hull. They usually weigh
well per bushel, and in this respect, as
well as in yield per acre, they have
led all other varieties at this station.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Made Husband Bid Up,

Mrs Knox. wife Of the ex-attorney
general, is telling story at the ex
rerse of herself and husband While
they were in New York on visit last
winter Mr.. Knox made a casual re-
mark regarding sale Of pictures and
ergravings, in which art works he
takes great delight. Thinking to give
Lin pleasant surprise, Mrs. Knox at
tended the sale herself. and in deter
mined fashion ran up the price on sew
eral choice lots. She was unable to
secure them, however, but on going
rome learned from Mr.. Knox that he
vas the purchaser, his representative
having attended the sale. For time
she clung to the secret, but the story
was too good to keep permanently.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
The experimental farm at Lincoln

The experimental farm at Lincoln
reports:
In 1902:
Kherson matured in 1O1 days, yields
per acre, All bushels.
Texas Red, matured in 112 days,
yields per acre, $50 bushels.
Silver Mine, matured in 104 days
(rOt ascertained).
Early White Russian, matured in
106 days mot ascertained).
In 1903:
Kherson. matured in 9S days, yields
per acre, $50 bushels.
Texas Red, matured in 105 days.
yields per acre, SIS bushels.
American Banner, matured in 1O5
days. yields per acre. 45.6 bushels.
White Queen, matured in 1O5 days,
yields per acre, 40.3 bushels.
The bulletin says that the Kherson
oat is peculiarly suited to central and
western Nebraska, on account of it's
habits of growth. Although it usually
yields well in eastern Nebraska, there
are other varieties that in the river
counties at least compare favorably
with it. West OF that, the tests that
have been made of it during the three
years, 1901, 1902. and 1908, indicate
that it is earlier, yields better, and
weighs heavier than any other variety.
with the possible exception of the
Texas Red oat on the Station farm.
In the dry season of 1901 it showed
remarkable drough-resisting qualities.
This is an indication that it ought
to do well in Colorado
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
ROGERS STATEMENT
IN DEFENSE OF STANDARD OIL


Interstate Commerce Law-Sinee
Then Freight Determinations Have
Ceased.
New York. April III. II. Rogers,
vice president and director of the
Standard Oil Company, yesterday
made statement as TO the conduct
of the Standard OH Company which
was evidently prompted by the criti-
cism of the prudential committee OF
The American Board of Foreign Mis-
sions for accepting gift of $loo,ooO
from John d. Rockefeller. Mr.. Rogers
said:
Ministers say queer things. Here
Washington GLADDEN. says that every
body knows that John d. Rockefeller
has obtained his money dishonesty.
With as much reason | could say that
everybody knows that DIR. GLADDEN.
would not trust the Ten Command
ments for ten days with the deasons
of his church, because they would
surely break some of them and bend
the rest. Slavery in certain sections
of the United States was legal until
President Lincoln's emancipation proc
lamation. Rebates were just as legal
until the passage of the interstate COM
merce law. After an exhaustive exam
inatiOn by the industrial commission
authorized by Congress June is, 1898,
in review of evidence, the commits
sion reported as follows:
1T has been charged as matter
of general belief on the part Of almost
all the opponents of the Standard OIL
Company that these determinations in
various forms have been continually
received even up to date. On the other
hand these charges have been denied
most emphatically by every representa-
tive of the Standard Oil Company with
reference to all cases excepting one,
which they claim was mistake, the
amount Of freight being promptly paid
on discovery of the error. The Stand
ard Oil Company not merely challenged
the opponents to bring forth proof OF
any case, but produced many letters
from leading officials of railroads to
show that the company had in no case
received any favOrS or asked for
them.'"
1t became known to-day that prior
to the final action of the prudential
committee of the American board OF
commissioners in accepting the $lu0.-
600 gift rendered by John d. Rockefel-
ler number of prominent members of
the board, at meeting hell in New
York, considered the matter at length.
AS result the parties to the confer
ence issued statement in which they
declared that they did not feel that the
acceptance of the gift would comprO-
mise the board in any way.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
The one-Eyed in Convention.

Several days ago there were gath
cred before the county court house
several small bands of men discuss
ing the topics of the day. One of
these small conventions contained five
men who were earnestly arguing over
case which had been decided in
court the preceding morning.
Suddenly one of them exclaimed,
My goodness, boys, all of us are one
eyed" And so it was, five who had
been SO unfortunate as to lose an eye
had by chance collected in one group.
Columbia State.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Japanese Movements.

Gunshu Pass, April A renewal of
fighting is expected shortly. The con
centration of the Russian army is COM
plete with its advance lines south of
the station at Sipinghai, seventy-four
miles north of Tie pass. The Japanese
are screening their movements by
means of cavalry. and it is difficult to
locate the bulk of their army. A heavy
movement seems to be in progress on
the Russian flanks.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07

side world until relieved by death. He
by a system which is believed to pre-
vent the disease from spreading. He
is thirty years old. and, it is said,
comes from one of the Oldest and
roblest families in Belgium.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Sign Painter Now a Duk.

EDWARD Uckels, for years a cicn
painter at II Spring street, Waterbury,
Conn. has been notified by bankers at
The Hague that he is heir to tbo t;.Io
ana estate OF the Van Salwick family
or Holland, his brother, the duke Of
Van Zelden, having died, leaying no
children. Ockels says his real nane is
Edward Charles Antonio Ocke,s Van
salwlck and that his grandparents nos
sessed one of the finest properties in
Holland. The duke is still naintin .
Signs and will continue to do SO uutu
lie gets his possessions, he SAYS
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Kansas Oil Bonds,

Topeka. Kan, April 1.-The validity
of the state oil refinery bonds will be
tested. This was decided to-day at a
conference of state officials with Gov
ernor Hoch. Seven bidc have been re-
ceived for the entire issue, all Of them
being conditioned upon favorable
opinion by the attorneys of the bid
ders. or decision from the Supreme
Court
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Has No Hands, But Threads Needles.

Has No Hands, But Threads Needles.
During her babyhood Emma Lou
lawson, now IA, lost both hands by
amputation, made necessary by necro-
sis Of the wrist bones. The little miss
is an exceedingly bright child, an Or
nhan. and notwithstanding her physi-
cal disability, can write a beautiful
hand and work examples in arithme-
tic. She can thread needle almost
as quickly as anyone, and sews well.
All this, coupled with her cheerful dis
nosition, makes her favorite with
all who know her.-Pulaski CORE
epondeuce Nashville Banner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-01-06
PHONETIC
SPELLING.
Universal Alphabet Plant for
Dictionary Publishers Of
Every Country is Be-
ing Proposed.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-A universal al
phabet, to be adopted by the diction-
airy publishers Of every country, is the
object of the central division OF the
Modern Language Association of Amer
lea. those members have discussed the
subject at their ninth annual meeting
here.
After hearing the report OF the com.
mittee on the subject OF phonetic En-
glish alphabet, the members, led by
Prof. Francis A. Blackburn, of the
University of Chicago, engaged in a
discussion. The proposed changes will
neces eitate number of additions to
the Eng ish alphabet. The syetem. if
once introduced by the dictionary max
ers, it was said. would 10 tin lead TO
the employment Of the phonetic spelling
in all literature. According to the plan
advanced, all foreign words retaining
their original pronunciation when in
corporated into the English language
will be represented by phonetic spell
ing. Attempts will he made to interest
other societies. especially those in for
eign lands.