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REPORTED SCHEME TO COMBINE .
ALL THE GREAT RAILROADS
New York, April 6.--Reports that
huge railroad combinations are in pro~
eess of formation were widely circu-
lated here yesterday. Detailed state-
ments concerning the plan already
Published, looking to the combination
of all the great railway systems of the
United States under the control of one
COmpany were given, but as a general
th!ng prominent 1,~ilroad officials and
bankers declined to discuss the matter.
According to all accounts, the enter-
prise involved the greatest coinbina-
lion of capital known in the history of
finance. It was said the company
WOuld be formed under the laws of
New Jersey, for the purp(~se of con-
ducting a general freight and trans-
Portation busines~ throughout the
United States; that the corni any would
hold a controlling interest in all of the
great railway systems, and that tile
naanagement of the roads would be
veSted in the controlling company.
According to the proposition, each
road would preserve its identity and
COrporate existence, but the new com-
Pany would control the affairs of all.
l~y this policy, it was asserted, large
,Sums of money would be saved as a
• eSult of economies in management
and the stoppase of rate cutting. The
names of men like J. Pierpont Morgan,
William K Vanderbilt, James J. Hill,
~dward ~I. Itarriman, George J.
GOuld, John D Rockefeller, Jacob H.
Schiff and Jam~ Stillman were freely
lined.
One report stated that the first step
In the proposed plan would be the se-
curing of control of the stocks of the
Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Erie,
Great 5}orthern and Norttmrn Pacific,
and that provision would be made for
the acquisition of other properties in
the immediate future.
Discussing the reported amalgama-
tion of the railroad interests of the
i "All that is aimed at, according to
tile best authority obtain'tble, is a
'community of interests.' Tile close
aumlgamation on tt 'conununity of in-
terests' basis was first brought about
through the efforts of J. Pierpont Mor-
gan. As a result of this close union ot
interests ruinous rate w'ws 'ire already
at an end, not so many lfigh-l)riecd of-
lieials are needed as before and one
can bay a ticket on any trunk line in
ahnost any one of the large offices in
the city. I{owever, timt a single conl-
lmny will be formed under the New
Jersey laws to take over all the rail-
roads of the country, is not considered
seriously by well informed railway
men."
Dispatches received last night from
Cincinnati stated that a gig'mtic amal-
gamation of four r.dhvays under tile
guiding hand of J. l'ieri)ont Morgan
had already taken place. The roads
mentioned were the Southern Railway,
Cincinnati, Hamilton "~nd Dayton, Chi-
cago, Indian'uiolis and Louisville, and
Cincinnati Southern.
Relative to this particular report,
Samuel Thomas, president of the Chi-
cago, Indianapolis & Louisville Rail-
road, last night said:
"At the present time there is litt!e to
say about the deal. I believe the re-
port that comes from Cincinnati, how-
ever, is a little bit premature. I do
not believe the amalgamation has been
effected yet.
"It is true that steps are under con-
sideration looking toward a combina-
tion of the roads mentioned. I think it
will be effeeted, for all of the interests
are favorable to it.
"It can scarcely be called an amalga.
motion of tile roads under tile scheme
that is under consideration. It is mere-
ly a centralization of power looking to.
ward the best interests of the vaxious
roads."
country the New York Press will say The New York tlerMd denies the
tO-morrow: truth of all these reports.
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RUSSIAN EXPLANATION IN
REGARD TO MANCHURIA
Washington, April 6.--The United
States government has received a com-
munication from the government of
Russia of uimsual importance bearing
Upon conditions in China, and particu-
larly those relating to Manchuria. Tim
~locument is of such a character as to
have produced a profoundly favorable
inapression, and at the State Depart-
ment it is looked upon as the most
Salutary development that has oc-
CUrred for many months in the prob-
lems of the East.
t As to the exact terms of fine commu-
nication there ts no official statement
thus far, although later it doubtless
~ll be communicated to the public.
cretary Hay received it from the
Run, stall amb:assador, Count Cassini,
last night, and took speedy step,s to lay
it before the President. The latter
shared the secretary of state's gratifi-
cation that a way has been found to
~spose of the complications over the
anchurian question and to bring
l~u~sla into strong accord with the
Other powers At the Russian embas-
sy no information was obtainable as
to the communication, Count Cassini
asking to be excused from all inquiries.
While there is an entire absence of
authoritative information, yet it is
llnderstood that Russia now takes oc-
casion to give positive assurance of tile
disinterested sentiments which have
a~Imated her throughout the'consider-
. ation of Chinese questions. As to
Ma~churria, it is made Clear that Rus-
sia'
s course never has varied m the
nurpose to leave that ' province as an
tegral part of China and to retire
he Russian troops as rapidly as safe-
ty Would permit. This, moreover, it is
reade plain in the communication, has
been I~ussia's course throughout, not-
withstanding assertions to the con-
trary. But as a more signal evidence
of Russia's purpose, and in harmony
with the Czars aspirations for peace
and harmony between the nations, the
Russian sovernment now gives asmn'-
antes of the In(~st definite and satis-
factory character as to the execution
of this purpose. The extent of the as-
surance can be best judged by the im-
pression made in tile highest official
quarters here that the threatened
crisis over Manchuria has been com-
pletely averted.
The Russian communication is the
more significant, coming at a moment
when the press advices from Europe
asserted that Russia was collecting an
army of 300,000 men to hold Manchu-
ria, without reference to the desire of
the other powers. There is no doubt
that Russia has a large military force
in Manchuria, so that had she deter-
mined to hold the province she has the
military establishment on the ground
prepared to maintain her occupancy.
To the officials in Washington one of
the most gratifying features of Rus-
sia's action is that it is responsive to
Secretary Hay's note of March 1st,
last. This note had been previously
communicated to the Chinese minister
at Washington and advised him that
the United States viewed as inexpe-
dient and dangerous to the interest:
of China the conclusion of any private
territorial or financial agreement, k
copy of this communication was sent
to the United States ambassador at;
St. Petersburg, Charlemagne Towel',
and the Russian ambassador at Wash-
~algton also made aware of its contents.
While the note'was not addressed di-
rectly to Russia, yet by the foregoing
means it came fully to the attention of
the Russian authorities.
WEST POINT OFFICERS
JEALOUS OF FUNSTON
Wichita, Kans., April 6.--The Eagle
Publishes an extended interview with
(3ongressman Chester I. Long of Kan-
sas, relative to the appointment of
Frederick Funston to a'brigadier gen-
eralship in the regular army. Mr.
Long has verified tim interview for
the Associated Press.
_ "When I read of Fnnston's heroic
(Iced, said Mr. Long, "I went straight
to General Corbin's office and said:
" 'W'-
• en, general, you see what Funs-
ton has done?'
"'I have seen R,' replied Corbin,
~ot to pleasantly.
" 'Well,' I said, 'don't you think that
~ou ought to make Funston a briga-
dier general in the regulars?'
"'No,' said Corbin. 'lie has done
~aothing to warrant that.'
t "'But" I insisted, 'it seems to me
hat he has done a very daring thing;
that he has almost concluded the
War.,
"'Mr. Long,' said Corbin, 'I am mak-
ing lieutenants out of better stuff than
Funston every day. Funston is a boss
Scout--that's all.'
"'We want him made a brigadier
general,' I Insisted.
. " 'Mr. Long,' said Corbin, 'the army
has become a great school; we want
teachers for brigadier generals; we
~ant men who can teach, and not
th})se who can be taught.'
"'But the President may want to
appoint him,' I said.
"'The President can Jo so, of
Course,' said General Corbin, but It
Was plain to be seen," added Mr.
*~a)ng, "that the President would never
do it on the recommendation of Gen-
eral Corbln."
Frontier Day at Cheyenne.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 5.--At a meet-
IIlg of the Cheyenne Business Men's
association it was decided to hold the
annual celebration of Frontier Day
some time In August, and probably
about the middle of the month. Two
days will be given up to the big show
this year and efforts will be made to
make it even more interesting than in
the past.
KENTUCKY'S KING LEAR
WARS WITH A SHERIFF
Lexington, Ky., April 6.--With ?he
cry, "The vend~ta, tile vendetta," on
his lips, General Cassius Marcellus
Clay, the famous abolitionist and deul-
ist and former United States minister
to Russia~ yesterday morning led his
little bodygu'lrd to battle against a
sheriff's posse who had gone to White-
hall, his palatial mansion in Madison
county, to serve papers upon the gen-
eral in a civil suit instituted against
him by his daughter, Mrs. Mary B.
Clay.
Many shots were fired on both sides,
and the posse finally departed without
accomplishing the purpose of its visit.
It is reported that General Clay was
wounded in the affray. Fleeing from
his supposed enemies, he barricaded
himself in his "den" In the mansion
and there he remained, guarded by his
faithful servants. No surgeon has
been summoned to the house, and
none dare approach except on invita-
tion.
To-day's conflict was directly con-
nected with the domestic woes of
General Clay, which have darkened
the closing years of his life.
Topeka Elects Repubnean Mayor.
Topeka, Ken., April 6.--As a result
of the canvass of the city election re-
turns made by the council tomight,
Colonel J. F. Hughes, Republican can-
didate for mayor, Is elected by nine
votes. A. W. Parker, the Democratic
;candidate, will file contest proceedings.
English View of Steel Trust.
London, April 6.--The Daily Mail, in
the eonrse of an extended article on
the American steel trust, says it can
see no escape for the United States
from the oppression of trusts except
in free trade, and declares that J. Pier-
pont Morgan has appropriated $200,-
000,000 to crush American independent
concerns.
"The operations of the trust," says
the Daily Mail, "may induce general
tariff legislation by Europe, and will
certainly consolidate the British steel
and iron trades, which will give the
American trust a hard fight here."
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIE~.
Olga Nethersole is reported to be
dying of cancer tn London.
Three hundred metal polishers at Say
Francisco struck for aborter bourn
April 1st.
Five hundred factory girls went out
on a strike at St. Joseph, Missouri
April 1st.
M. Waldeek-Rosseau, French pre-
mier, is suffering from an abcess of
the throat.
The bubonic plague continues its
ravages at Capetown and gives the of-
ficials much concern.
Oxford won tile great annual beat
race between Oxford and Cambridge
universities March 30th.
The entire wh(mt and oat crop of
northern Texqs is threatened with de-
struction by the fly pest.
The United States Rubber Company
has reduced its prices twenty-eight
per cent from those of 1900.
The trial of James Callahan for com-
plicity in the abduction of young Cud-
any wilt begin April 22d at Omaha.
The published statement that Lord
Salisbury lms symptonm of Bright's
disease is denied by his private secre-
tary.
Five hundred and fifty journeymen
painters and decorators at Cincinnati
struck for an eight-hour day on the 1st
of April. -.
The Jefferson hotel at Richmond, ¥ir-
ginia, burned on tile night of March,
2,otl~. Its cost was $1,000,000 and it
was insured for $650,000.
Medical Director William T. Herd
died at Washington April 1st at the
age of seventy. Ite had been in the
naval service for forty years.
The capital of the United States Steel
Corporation has been increased to $1,-
100,000,000. The state of New Jersey
received a fee of $220,000 for the filing
of the papers.
Sir Thomas Lipton feels confident of
winning the All America's cup this
summer with his new yacht Sham-
rock II. He expects to sail for Ameri-
ca about June 12th.
Governor Dietrich of Nebraska, ex-
pects to resign at an early date to ac-
cept the office of United States senator
for the short term, to which he was re-
cently elected.
Three expert geologists from the Un-
ited States survey have been detailed
to make geological and mineral recon.
noissance of the island of Cuba, whose
government will pay the expense.
Petroleum in large quantities is re-
ported to have been discovered at
Greenville, Clay county, Iowa, and
people are gatbering in gz}eat num-
bers. This is the first oil discovered
in Iowa.
It is believed at the Indian office in
Washington that the recent reported
trouble with Navajos in southern Utah
and northern Arizona was due to the
encroachnlent of white miners on the
reservation.
Two tons of American flags have
been contracted for in' Chicago to be
taken to Porto Rico a~d erected on the
school buildings. It is proposed to
erect a flag over every school house on
the island before July 4th.
The official Gazette of the City of
Mexico has published a denial of the
announcement made in various Mexi-
can newspapers that President Diaz
has asked permission to go to Europe
for the benefit of his health.
The secretary of agriculture has sent
dairy experts to Japan and China for
the purpose of introducing American
dairy products in the markets of the
China sea. and another to the Carib-
bean sea for the same ,purpose.
Tom L. Johnson, the noted single-tax
advocate, who has Just been elected
mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, says that he
shall fight, "without giving or accept-
ing quarter," for municipal ownership
of street railways and a 3-cent fare.
Alfred T. Patrick is again on trial
in New York elmrged With causing the
death of Millionaire Rice last Septem-
ber. Patrick is also alleged to have
forged a will and other documents pur-
porting to have been signed by Rico.
Harry Adamson Lurid, whose
strange disappearance from the steam-
,hip Eddy in New York two years ago
created a sensation, has turned up in
Nanaimo, British Columbia, where he
has been working in the mines for
some time.
Colonel A. K. McClure has an-
nounced his retirement from the edi-
torial direction of the Philadelphia
Times. Colonel McClure began his
Jourmdistic work over ~ty-five years
ago, as the editor of a weekly paper
in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
R. L. Pease, vice president of the
Exchange National Bank at Atchison,
.Kansas, died March 29th. He was one
of the operators of the Holliday stage
llne between Atchison and Salt Lake
In tile early days, and later was an
extensive star route contractor.
In North Carolina the attempt to im-
peach Chief Justice Fuchs of the Su-
preme Court and Associate Judge
Douglas failed through inability to se-
cure a two-thirds vote for impeach-
ment. 'J~lel'e were twenty-seven votes
for conviction and twenty-three for ac-
quittal.
A fire in the main building of the
Jacob Dodd Packing Company's plant
at Kansas City, March 30th, destroyed
$200.000 wordl of property. The
building was burned in 1899 and im-
mediately rebuilt, and has since been
used for the nlanufaeture of butterine,
employing seventy-five men.
The United Mine Workers of the
eastern anthracite region have decided
to attempt to restrict employment en-
tirely to union men. This policy of the
miners, if successful, will give the un-
ion the power the operators declare
they desire it to have--absolute control
of all the workers, preventing frequent
strikes. It Is the i)roviso upon which
the promise of future rj~*cognition of the
union is based.
The Navy Department has sent or-
ders to Admiral Remey, colnmander-ln-
chief of the naval forces on the Asiatic
station, to proceed aboard his flagship,
the Brooklyn, to Melbourne, Australia.
in time to take part in the exercises
commemorative of the opening of the
first federal Parliament, from May 6th
to May 9th next. It is possible that
the New York or the Oregon, ell route
to and from the Asiatic station, also
may be authorized to stop and take
part.
FAR~IING MATTERS
Brolne Grass.
An account of exI)erinlents at differ-
eat stations with "Brmnus inernlis," or
Brolue grass, is given in Bulletin (;1 of
tile Agrieultur'll Exl)erinmntal Station
Fort Collins. The following is a sum-
nlary of the couclusions reached by the
experiments at the three stations.
Frank L. VVatrous, assistant agricul-
turalist at Fort Collins, says:
In Colorado Bromus iuermis is'spe-
cifically a lmsture grass, and it may
be truly said it is the only tame grass
yet discovered that eau, with any de-
gree of success, take the place of the
departfng pasture grasses (if the plains.
The closest pasturing and sewwe
tramping have no effect in destroying
the sod. After having 1)een gnawed
tight to tile ground by sheep, it shows
growth within 't week after the stoek
is removed, even in the l'tte fall wheu
nights arc frosty. In llm sI)ring Bronn~
grass affords pasture fl't}ln't'~vo tO tllree
weeks earlier thau any other kind of
gr'tss kllo~Vll to tiffs locality.
Many COml)laints are heard fr,~m va-
rious localities concerning the worth-
lessness of seed, .'dl of which, thus far
has been iml)orted fronl Europe. The
Kansas l,~xl)erilnent Station reporls
that about ninety per cent. of this seed
fails to grow. Experience at. this sta-
tion last season seemed to verify this
statenlent, though it is too early yet to
speak with l)rccision in the nmtter
from the fact Brome grass comes up
very much thicker tim spring after
sowing than would have been expected
from its appearance in the fall. Wheth-
er this is due to some of the seed lying
dormant, or to an extension of the root
system at some time l)etw(~m fall and
spring, has not been ascertained. The
fact has been noted elsewhere, and
thoroughly proven here, that it is best
not to be discouraged over a seeming-
ly light stand the first season, but wait
until tile grass has a chauce to show
np the following spring 1)efore 9tow-
ing it up or adopting any radical races-
ares,
For spring sowina Brome grass
should be sown early in this country if
it is to be grown without irrigation.
With irrigation it may be handh~l suc-
cessfully by sowing at any time daring
the growing season. It requires a
clean, well pulverized seed bed, such
as wheat would thrive, and should be
covered from one to two inches in
depth. Owing to the light, chaffy na-
ture of the set,l, we have "is yet been
nnable to sow it evenly in ,'in ordinary
drill, though this wouhl be the ideal
way. It has been sown broadcast by
hand and harrowed in. The condition
of tile soil is of more importance than
the manner of sowing.
It would not be safe to recommend
tlfis grass for indiscriminate sowing.
Farmers having portions of land above
irrigation, or desiring permanent pas-
ture on almost any kind of land tlmt
is not positively wet or boggy, would
l~ justified In trying an acre or two.
Sow fifteen or twenty ponnds per acre.
If successful, it produces a good
quantity of seed the second year, after
which the sowing may b~ extended
with small expense.
The grass has done well and is very
useful here. There seems no reason
why it should not do well elsewhere.
Professor Griffin, superintendent of
the Arkansas valley sub-station at
Rocky Ford, says:
"'Its behavior here tends to show that
it is better adapted to a region of
lower mean temperature and ,greater
suminer precipitation, and that'the soil~
shonhl contain much more clay--what
would be terln~l a stronger soil. It be-
conies sod bound under irrigated condi-
tions, and soon fails to produce growth
of any value. The grass is coarse and
very low in nutritive qualities. I see
but one place where it may profitably
be employed, and that is as a soil re-
tainer on tim banks of ditches that are
liable to wash. The fact that it thrives
where water is applied In this way,
and that i:t forms such a dense sod,
would warrant its use in cases such as
above mentioued."
Professor Payne, superintendent of
the Plains sub-station at Cheyenne
Wells, gives an account of six years of
trial of this grass and concludes with
the following comments:
"In common with all so-called drouth-
resistant plants, the testing of Bromus
lnermis has proved to be very unsat-
isfactory here. The failure to get a
stand of plants is the greatest difficulty
experienced. If rain does not fall at
the right time after seeding, we are al-
most sure to fail to get a stand which
will be fair to the plant under consid-
eration. If a stand ~s obtained, con-
tinued drouth before the young plants
are strong enough to resist it, may de-
stroy all hope of successful termination
of the trial.
"While we feel that the grass. (Bro-
mus ine/'mis) is a failure under the
conditions exist~g here, we realize
that it might succeed where conditions
are not quite so unfavorable. A dif-
ference in the distribution of the rain-
fall might bring success where we
have to record faihlre.
"Our experience and observationcom-
pels us to recommend to those who
think of trying Bromus inermis on un-
irrigated land in eastern Colorado, that
they test it on a small scale for a few
years before plowing up buffalo grass
to make room for it."
Noted Cattle King Retires.
Jolm Sparks of Reno, Nevada, one
of the best known cattlemen in the
country, has sold l)is ranch and herd
for a consideration aggregating over
a million dollars, and has retired from
lhe stGck business. He still retains his
famous herd of prize Herefords, but
keeps them largely to furnish him re-
creation.
The purchaser of the vast Sparks in-
terest is A. J. Harrel of Visalia, Call
~ornia, partner of Mr. Sparks. The pa-
)ers were signed at Salt Lake March
2th, by which Mr. Harrell gives $500,-
000 In cash and $600,000 in Texas cot-
ton land for Mr. Sparks' undivided
half interest, 40,000 head of cattle,
~00,000 acres of laml In Nevada owned
in fee simple, and 70,000 acres, all in
Nevada except about 25,000 in Idaho,
leased from the government.
"I have been on the range all my
life." said Mr. Sparks in explanation
of the sale, "and I have grown tired
of it. I am fifty-seven years oh1 now,
' and I want to enjoy life. I shall take
iny family on a Jaunt wherever we de-
cide to go. If I get tired of traveling,
I can go down to Texas and raise a
little cotton, or out to Nevada and look
utter my Herefords. I don't know as
I shall sell them, except as I get a
chance to 1)art with a few from time
to time. My principal business from
this time on will be enjoyment."
Mr. Itarrell said he expected the
business would go on about as it had
ill tile lmst. "I have been in the stock
business ,'ill my life," he ~lid, "and I
guess I can get along."
Johu Sparks was born in Texas on a
ranch, tie ires fougiit hnlians and
r'dscd cattle in Texas, New Mexico
and Nevada, 'Hid has gained a reputa-
tion all over the United tSates.
Grazing on Forest Reserves.
Secretary lIitehcoek has provided
rules and regulations for the grazing
of sheep on forest reserves through-
out tile country. He has also fixed
the mnnl)er of sheep that are to be
allowed upon the reserves, to be dis-
tributed pro rapt amoug the stock-
nlen who apply for permission to put
their flocks in the government forest.
In the Big lh/rn reserve in Wyom-
ing. 125.00o sheep will be allowed
within the limits of the rese~we south
of the thirteenth standard parallel,
and 25,(X)0 north of that line.
Permission was rcftrsed stockmen
to graze their ~heep in the Lewis and
Clarke reservatiea~ iu Idaho, because
it was overcrowded last year and the
sheep injured the fol-~t growth.
The rules governing the admission
of stock are tim same ~s last year,
with slight modifications suggested
by experience. Sheep will go on the
reserves July 1st and will be allowed
to remain until late in September.
Hard Question for Fruit Ba|ser~.
The Horticultural Board prepared
several blanks for the horticultural in-
specters who were to answer a series
of questions designed to furnish in-
formation regarding the condition of
the fruit crop of Colorado and tile
methods employed by the v,u'ious or-
chardists. In the list of questions one
read :
".What precautions have been adopt-
ed against frost?"
And tim next one in order was:
"l)o rely of the orchardists in your
neighborhood have objections ~o pray-
ins. and if so what are they?"
What the secretary of the board
mean~ was "spraying," but the omis-
sion of the "s" by the printer has left
sonic room for unccrtahlty as ¢o the
light which the returns will show on
the n:oral standing of Colorado horti-
culturists.
Archuleta County Oil Boom,
The Denver News' correspondent at
Pagos't Springs writes as follows :. The
oil excitement has reached Archuleta
county and "t test well will be put
down near Chromo, in the southeastern
portion of the county, as soon as ma-
chinery can be got on the ground. A
comp'my of Denver vapitalists are be-
hind the sehe~le, and O. L. Merrill is
ill charge here. Mr. 5ierrill has been
working on the proposition the past
year, securing options on land, etc.,
and last week the company had about
$10,000 worth of land recorded on the
LittleNavajo river. On the Big' Nava-
jo there are also many indications of
off, there being a large Spring coming
out of a sandstone vein tn sufficient
quantities that the farmers get it for
orang their machinery. Five gallons
have been saved from this spring in a
single day. There are various other
places that the oil oozes out also. Eight
miles above the springs is a natural
gas hole that will burn on touching a
match to it. Mr. Robinson of Florence,
who was here last fall looking over the
oil lands, said there was sufficient gas
coming from it to run three stoves.
Sweet potatoes are raised from
sprouts taken from the parent potato;
About Apri~lst the potatoes should be
placed in a' moderate hotbed, quite
thick, and covered about an inch deep.
In this dry climate a muslin cover will
do. In about six weeks' time, if all
goes well, the bed will be a mass of
living green and the plants ready to
set. To prepare land throw it up into
ridges with two furrows together;
then throw other furrows on top of the
first. These ridges should be at least
four feet apart. Set the plants on these
ridges eighteen inches apart and let
the irrigation water follow with a good
soaking. In a few days hoe the plants.
Keep clean by horse cultivation and
hoeing all season. Lift the vines with
a garden rake from the sround several
times In the course of the season. Ir-
rigate every week or ten days, unless
there are timely rains.
Occasionally some one writes enthu-
siastically in favor of artichokes for
swine, but the great majority of swine
breeders and feeders do not seem to
be fascinated with this valuable tuber.
The fear of difficulty in getting rid of
them, after they are once in the
ground, is one cause of this indiffer-
ence. As a matter of fact there is
little danger of artichokes remaining
in the ground if hogs have free access
to the field. They will not leave very
many. It is not probable that arti-
chokes are all that some writers would
have us believe, but, nevertheless, if a
swine feeder once tries them he will
not be apt to give thenl up. They seem
to be just suited to the hog's taste and
system, are conducive to the health of
the animal, and in food value, as a
part of the ration, are worthy of high
esteem.--Field and Farm.
ft. S. Chenoweth of Prowers county
is fully convinced that raising hogs on
alfalfa is a success and will pay any
one who will manage properly. He
says this is the best country in the
world for hogs, on account of the dry
climate, which keeps them free from
disease, and in feeding them there is
no waste, as occurs when pigs are run-
ning in mud. Mr. Chenoweth has en-
gaged in the business on a large scale
during the past two years, and is satis.
fled it is profltalfle.--Field and Farm.
Reports from the grazing sectlom~
state that generally stock on the ranges
have wintered well, with the possible
exception of old cows. These in many
instances are weak and thin and a
rough sp~-ing nmy go hard with them
by bogging down. Ranchmen have
had but little feeding to do and young
stock are generally in good condition.
To Restrict the Output.
Spokane, Wash, April 8.--It was an-
nounced that the output of lead and
silver of the Coeur d'Alene district of
northern Idaho is to be restricted to
sustain the market. The smelters have
50,000 tons of reserve, t~vice as large
a surplus as is nevessary.
CHICAGO'S NEW
SCIENTIST CHURCH
Chicago, April 8.--Probably 10,000
persons particiimted yesterday in the
dedication of the Second Church of
ChrisL scientist, at Wrightwood and
Pine Grove avenues. So great was the
assemblage that a quadruple service
was held. After the first service the
sid~ doors were opened and the amli-
enc~ passed out while another group of
worshipers entered through the front
doors and particpated in a i~epetition
of the service. Twice more the cere-
monial was repeated to audiences sim-
ilarly admitted ancl still crowds lin-
gered about the church eager to get in.
The salutatory address was delivered
by Reader Bieknell Young, after
whieil the following greeting from
l~h~s. Mary Baker G. Eddy was read:
"My Beloved Brethren-Your card of
invitation to this feast of soul was
duly received--accept my thanks.
"Ye sit no*: in the idol's temple; ye
build not to an unknown God. Ye wor-
shlp him whom ye serve. Boast not
thyself, thou ransomed of divine love,
but press on unto the posses,~ion of un-
burdened blL~s, raise the living dead,
cast out fashionable hulacy.
"The ideal robe of Christ is seamless.
Thou hast touched its hem and art be-
*~lg healed. The risen Christ is thine.
haunting mystery and gloom of
,~s glory rule not this century. Thine M
the upspringing hope,the conquest over
sin and nmrtality that lights the liv-
ing way to life, not death.
I "May the God of our fathers, the
nfinite Person whom we worsidp, be
and abide with you; may the blessings
of divine love rest with you. My
heart hovers around your churcims in
I Chicago, for tne dove of peace sits
:smilingly on these branches and sings
i of our Redeemer."
Congratulatory telegrams from Ed-
ward A. Kimball of Boston and other
Christian Scientists of prominence in
all parts of the world were also read
from the chancel at each service.
The church, including ~he ground
upon which it stands, cost the society.
about $120,000.
Ouray Editor's Runaway Accident.
Denver, Colo., April 8.--A fashion-
able trap drive by E. J. Hulaniski,
publisher of the Plain De'der of Ouray,
Colorado, collid(~,l with a Welton street
car at the corner of Eighteenth aml
Welton streets yesterd'~y aficrnoon.
The horse ran away, carrying the trap
at a terrific speed up Welton to Twen-
tieth street, where a second collision
occurred, and where Mrs. ttulaniskt
and her three daughters were thrown
out and badly bruis¢~l. Mr. Hulaniski
made a desperate effort to stop the
team and W.lS dragged half a block.
Tile team was caught in a narrow
space between the cm-s nnd a fence
and the car crowded the carriage
~nainst the fence, throwiug Mr. Hu-
lski out, though he clung to the
team despe~ ately.
The runaway struck the telegraph
pole at Twentieth and Welton streets
with great forct~ and the screaming wo-
man and girls tumblcd into the gutter.
Opal, eighteen years of age, the eld-
est girl, sustained a cut in the head,
wldch, however, was not regarded as
serious by Police Surgeon Miller, who
was ealled. Hulaniski was badly"
shaken up up by his fall, but was able
to run to 'l"wentieth street, where he aa-
sisted his wife and children to their
feet.
Blowing Up Merrlmac Wreck.
Santiago, Cuba, April 7.--Fifteen
hundred pounds of dynamite were used
Saturday afternoon in blowing up the
forward superstructure of the sunken
United States collier Merrimac, which
i has long tmpeded tile entrance to the
harbor. The explosion was heard
plainly in the city, five miles away.
Divers immediately descended and
found forty feet of clear water over
the forward portion of the wreck.
Port Captain Irvin will begin to-day
to place mines aft, which he expects to
explode in a week, thus completely
clearing the harbor entrance.
Saturday's incident was highly spec-
tacular. Residents on Smith Key, ad-
Jacent to the wreck, left the island,
fearing that their houses would be de-
molished. The overlooking hills were
lined with people and large numbers of
pleasure vessels encircled tbe wreck at
a safe distance. When the electric
button was touched a pyramid of wa-
ter rose forty feet and the surface wan
immediately covered with wreckage
and tons of dead fish. The launches
and yachts returne~l to the city laden
with souvenirs of the wreck.
•[oro Mileage !kIlowance.
~'ashington, April 6:--The secretary
of war has amended the army regula-
tions so as to provide that:
"A civilian not in government em-
ploy, duly summoned to appear as a
witness before a military court, will
receive $1.50 per day for each day ac-
tually in attendance upon the court
and five cents a mile for going from
'his place of residence to the place of
trial or hearing, and five cents a mile
for returning; but in Wyoming, Mon-
tana, Washington, Oregon, California,
Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and PoIgo
Rico he will be paid fifteen cents for
each mile necessary to travel over any
stage line or private conveyance, and
in Porto Rico ten cents for each mile
over any railway in such travel."
Grain Elevator Burned.
St. Louis, Me., April 8.--Sparks from
a switch engine yesterday set fire to
the big elevator owned by the St.
Louis Elevator and Storage C,61hpany,
and within less than two hours the
building was reduced to ashes, entail-
Ing a loss of $650,000. The building
and contents, which consisted of about
800,000 bushels of wheat and corn,
were fully insured.
Oil Strikes in Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April S.--(Denver
Republican Special.)--There is great
excitement throughout this section as
a result of tbe fact 1)econdng known
that the oil recently discovered at Pi-
oneer ttollow, near Evanston, by the
~Unlon Pacific railroad, is tile highest
i grade of illuminating oil ever discov-
~ered anywhere in the world.
When the railroad workmen struck a
strong flow of oil a little over a month
ago there was considerable excitement
' and thousands of acres of l'mds In the
vicinity were filed uImn by Salt Lake,
Nebraska a~a4 Wyoming men.
