THE ALASKA FEVER.
It Is Taking Hold of Congressmen
and Government Clerks.
Carried A way by Ti»le» of I lie Gold
Dincoverie* nt Cape Nome,
They Tliftnk of Km lie rat I uftt
(o the Frozen >orth.
[Special Washington Letter.]
Gobi), gold, gold: Its quest per
' vudes the minds of individuals,
corporations and nations. All
men are striving to lay up treasures
on earth, rather than in heaven; and
gold is the condensation and syncopa
tion of earthly treasure.
Mythology has perpetuated the story
or the golden fleece; and the history of
that iyage embodies the first great or
ganized expedition in search of the yel
low metal. The full story discloses the
fact that there were vast placer min
ings, and that the argonauis found the
precious stones in river beds, just as
the modern gold seekers find it in the
beds of the creeks and along the coasts
of Alaska.
The liible tells us that "Jehosliaphat
made ships of Tarshisli togo to Opliir
for gold;" also that "the navy of Hiram
that brought gold from Ophir, brought
in from Ophir great plenty of algum
trees and precious stones; ' also that
*'tliey came from hir and fetched
■from thence gold, four hundred and
twenty talents, and brought it to King
.Solomon;" also it records that King
David set apart for the palace and
house of (iod, for his son Solomon,
"three thousand talents of gold, of the
gold of Ophir, and seven thousand tal
ents of refined silver, to overlay the
walls of the houses;" also, "the weight
•of the gold that came to King Solomon
in one year was six hundred and three
score talents of gold, besides that
■which the chapmen and merchants
brought; and all of the governor? of
the country, and the kings of Arabia,
brought gold and silver to Solomon,
and Solomon made two hundred tar
gets of beaten gold, six hundred shekels
of gold went into one target. Moreover,
the king made a great throne of ivory
and overlaid it with pure gold, and all
of rhe drinking vessels of King Solomon
w ! of gold, and all the vessels of the
h<-ii •• of the fcrest of Lebanon were or
pure gold; none were of silver; it was
not anything accounted of in the days
■of Solomon."
Hut where was Ophir, whence canii
all of this supply of gold? Nobody
can tell. The fact that it was brought
by "the navy" indicates that it came
from afar, over the seas, l'cople have
•conjectured that it came from Califor
nia. although there is no record of the
■circumnavigation of the globe prior
to that of the adventurers of the six
teenth century. It has been con
jectured that it came from the rich
mines of South Africa, where thou
sands of lives have recently been sacri
ficed on account of gold. Hut, no mat
ter where it came from, the liible story
•shows that in the ancient times gold
was regarded as the basis of wealth,
the condensation of work and wages,
and that adventurous spirits sought
and delved for it.to please their kings,
their lords and masters, and to enrich
themselves.
For several weeks past the room of
•the house committee on public lands
has been thronged with gold seekers
from Alaska. They seek amendments
to the mining laws which will enable
them to lawfully carry on their search
for gold. They are particularly anxious
to have certain rights granted them
along the coast line, where it is claimed
that unlimited quant it ies of gold are to
be found in the sands. One of their
number, J. 11. Osgood, says:
"Forages ant' ages t he rain, snow, heat
-and cold have assailed the mountains
MINING AT CAPE NOME.
(Washing Gold from Sand by Throwing
Water Through Sluice Uoxes.l
and hills, readingtliem and washing the
heavy metal downwards. Gold seeks
the lowest levels when it is released
from the grip of the quartz. For prob
ably 50 miles along the coast of Cape
Xome the sands are enriched with pure
gold. We want the right to stake off
mines, not only along the coast, but
for a mile or more out into the ocean."
In reply to a question from the chair
man of the committee why they desire
protected rights out into the ocean.
Mr. Osgood said: "Whoever finds a
good strong clay or rock bottom to
the ocean along that coast will be able
to scoop up gold by the buckets full,
it there, as sure as you live It has
sunken down into the sands along the
coast, and it has sunken down into flic
sands far out into the ocean. There
is no doubt of it in the minds of those
of us who have been there and investi
gated the conditions. The mountain
fissures have been contracted by the
extreme cold, and they have been ex
panded by the summer heat. The rain,
snow and winds have liberated the
gold, and it has been ages and ages
seeping down to its lowest attainable
level. That level is along the coast and
beyond the water line. We want lawj
to protect us from each other, iu order
that the rights of each man may be
safely defined. We all know that the
gold is there, but we do not want to
lie so far from civilization without per
fect understanding of what we may
do and what we may not do. There is
a highway (10 feet wide, and we want
the privilege of mining across or under
that highway, for it is full of gold.
The metal is there, in fabulous quanti
ties. We must have it, and we want all
of our individual and collective rights
well defined by law."
Another one of thesn gold seekers,
Albert Dal/.ell, said: "The annular the
ory of the earth's development is sure
ly right. As the molten world whirled
in space it bulged at the center; what
we now call the equator. The molten
mass, gradually cooling, permitted the
heavier parts of the circumference to
sink towards the poles. That is the
reason such immense quantities of gold
found lodgment in Alaska. In my opin
ion, it can be found also in Iceland, in
Greenland, in Norway, Sweden, Siberia
and all about the arctic circle. The
same theory leads me to believe that
NOME^
(Separating Gold from Sand l>y Hocktra
and Cradles.)
gold in vast quantities will also be
found about the antarctic circle. That
condition of the earth caused the great
deposits in South Africa, and also pro
duced the deposits of I'cru which
caused the greedy and bloodthirsty
Spaniards to slaughter the Incas and
devastate Peru. But the natives there
still guard their secret, and the world
has never yet secured possession of the
real wealth of that country. Vast
quantities of gold must have been held
in solution iflong the line of the
equator and suddenly become imbedded
in the quart/, before it could escape to
the poles. Hut the real home of pure
gold it? in the frozen regions of the far
nor!i), and the far south."
This is an interesting theory, and
apparently a new one. It has attract
ed the attention of those who heard
the statement so earnestly made.
Several scientific rctv In the Xational
museum and Smithsonian institution
seem inclined to give the annular the
ory sufficient credence to warrant sci
entific investigation.
From these remarks the reader will
at once observe that these Alaskan
gold-seekers are not ignorant, hap
hazard searchers of gold. They are
intelligent, educated, skilled in geol
ogy as well as mineralogy, and are
going about their work systematical
ly, as well as earnestly and enthusi
astically.
Keverting to the fact that as yet
very little is definitely known con
cerning Alaska, one of the gentlemen
produced a manual published in 1849,
concerning the situation in California.
At that time the publisher of this
manual wrote: "I must confess that
1 have no confidence either in the
profitableness of the mines in Cali
fornia. or in their permanency. If
California slacks a little in its gold
productions, or the iron market im
proves a little, the balance will turn
in favor of iron, as to the value of
yearly production."
Think of that. A well-educated
writer and publisher, in 1849, assumed
that the production of iron in Cali
fornia would be more valuable than
the output of gold. The miner who
produced fhis publication said: "Very
little is known of Alaska to-day, and
there are many intelligent people who
think that the gold supply has been
overestimated or exaggerated. liut
the contrary is true. There is enough
gold within the arctic circle to sup
ply tin- world for millions of years."
To show how little was known in
1849, and what progress lias been
made, the gentleman referred to an
other page of the book, containing
the words: "The population of upper
California consists of about (>.OOO
whites and 20,000 Indians. The chief
places are San Diego, with good but
not deep harbor; Monterey, on a
large bay having a good anchorage,
and San Francisco, on a bay of that
name, which is very spacious, extend
ing upwards of liO miles from north
east to southwest, and with an aver
age breadth of about 20 miles. The
latter is likely to be by far the most
i m port an t set t lenient."
The gold hunters from Alaska spent
several weeks here, and their state
ments concerning the gold fields, par
ticularly about Cape Nome, where
thousands of miles of coast sand
seem to be enfolding untold millions
of gold, have aroused the gold-seeking
desire in the minds of many. Com
mittee clerks and congressmen are
talking of going there, but the con
gressional elections this year will
probably keep them at home. Hesides
the congress will not adjourn until
the summer is almost gone. Hut the
congress will adjourn on March 4.
HOl, and then a number of our good
people will rush to the golden coast,
like those adventurers of the long
ago, in search of the golden fleece.
SMITH D. PP.Y.
j An electric trolley will be laid be-
I tween Milan and Varese, Italy.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1900
BY EIGHT MAJORITY.
The House of llepreoentatlves
the Porto Idea nTu rill" 111 11, Jimt ax
It fame Iriim tile Senate.
Washington, April 12.—-The long
and bitter struggle over the Porto
Kican tariff bill ended Wednesday
when the house by a vote of 161 to
153 concurred in all the senate
amendments. The bill now requires
only the signature of the speaker and
the president of the senate before
going to the president for his approv
al. l'lie signatures will be attached
to-day and before nightfall the bill
will be a law.
As the bUI passed it was a simple
one imposing IS per cent, of the
Dingley rates on goods going into
I'orto Kieo from the United States.
As amended by the senate and agreed
to by the house all restrictions on
goods coining into the United States
from Porto Kieo are eliminated and
certain foodstuffs and other articles
which heretofore have gone into
I'orfo Kieo free by executive order
are excluded from ilie operation of
the 15 per cent, duty imposed on
goods entering the islands from the
United States. A complete scheme of
civil government for the island is aUo
attached to the measure.
On the final vote nine republicans
voted against the bHI. Two demo
crats, Messrs. Davey and Meyer, of
Louisiana, were paired with demo
crats in favor of the bill and one
democrat, Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylva
nia, voted for it outright. Mr. Stal
lings (dem., Ala.) was the only mem
ber on either side absent and unpair
ed. The vote came at 5 o'clock after
n very interesting and exciting de
bate of five hours which covered not
only the bill, but the special order
under which the house acted.
One of the most dramatic features
or the day was the reading by Mr.
Kichardson. the minority leader, of
the original opinion of Charles E.
Magoon, the legal advisor of the war
department, in favor of the view that
the constitution extended over Porto
ltico. Mr. Dolliver, or lowa, in reply
called Mr. Magoon a clerk who tried
to overrule the great lawyer at the
head of the war department.
STOLEN BEER STAMPS.
A Government Oilierr Arrest* a Man
Willi £IO,OOO Worth 111 llin Posses
slon.
New York, April 12.—Within the
past two months two mysterious rob
beries of beer stamps, by which the
government lost $16,000, have oc
curred. One of these thefts occurred
while the stamps were in transit be
tween the treasury department and
the post office in Washington, and
the other between the post office an 1
the internal revenue office in Chicago.
The stamps stolen in Washington
were worth SIO,OOO and those in Chi
cago $6,000.
Revenue Agent Thompson, of the
New York district, recently suspected
that the stolen beer stamps were
hidden in Hrooklyn and that tho
thieves made P. McCauley's saloo»i
their headquarters. Agent Thomp
son learned thai the stamp thieves
had made arrangement for the sale
of a large quantity of the stamps to
a brewer's agent at the Astor house.
Late yesterday Thomas Hlaney, a
bartender employed in McCauley's
saloon, was seen to enter the hotel
with a big bundle under his arm. He
seemingly failed to meet the pros
pective purchasers and afterwards
was arrested by Mr. Thompson. The
bundle which Hlaney carried was
found to contain about SIO,OOO worth
of beer stamps. The prisoner was
unable to satisfactorily account for
these stamps. Hlaney was taken be
fore a United States commissioner,
who held him in $5,000 bail for ex
amination on Friday.
INDIA'S FAMINE.
A Consular Iteport Dcwrlbfi the Ap
palling Distress that Prevail*.
Washington, April 12.—The urate
department has made public one of
the reports on which it based its
statement to the navy department
reative to the famine in India. This
report is from United States Consul
Fee, at Horn bay, and presents start
ling figures to illustrate the extent
of the visitation. Mr. Fee says that,
notwithstanding the season of acute
distress has liardv commenced, the
returns far exceed those recorded
during the initial stages of the fam
ine three years ago. It then affected
only 1,000,000 persons; now the figure
is 3,500,000 and the daily expenditure
is placed at $84,000.
The famine area covers 300,000
Square miles with a population of 40,-
000,000 and there is a further area
of about. 145,000 square miles, with a
population of 21,000,000, in which
more or less distress prevails, and
where relief already has been or will
be given. The consul says thai the
applications for relief are overtaxing
the state authorities and are in
creasing at an appalling rate.
The number of applicants at the
relief works during the last week In
January averaged 3,500.000, with the
most trying period still two months
distant. In conclusion, the consul
expresses Ilie fear that the South
African war will so divert 'he atten
tion and contributions of Knglish
men as to oblige India to fig'.it the
plague and famine alone.
Leaned lor 9Oil Years.
New York, April 12.—At a joint
meeting of the Third Avenue and Met
ropolitan Street railway directors
yesterday the lease of the Third ave
nue for U'.Ht years to the latter cor
poration was effected.
Skyscraper to be .tlade a Fortress.
Chicago, April 12.—Contractors
working on the Merchants' Loan and
Trust building, Clark and Adams
Streets, are planning to convert the
new skyscraper into a huge fortress.
All the union men employed on the
building have either struck or been
discharged in the last two days and
efforts of the contractors to finish
the building inside the stipulated
time, May 1, with non-union men
nave, it is considered, practically
made the work a test of the strength
of the contractors and labor unions
in the present labor crisis in Chicago
GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO.
rrmidriit TleKinley Selot I* < 'liarh-at .tl,
Allen, of tlac Navy Department, loi
an Important Position.
Washington, April 13. —Charles* H.
Allen, at present assistant secretary
of the navy, will be Uie first civil gov
ernor of Porto Kieo, under the provi
sions of the bill passed by congress.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Allen was
summoned to the White House by the
president and the formal tender of
the post was made. Mr. Allen return
ed a practical acceptance.
Then the president and the next
governor of Porto Kieo spent an hoi'f
in close conference respecting the
matters to be arranged in the imme
diate future. Owing to the fact that
little more than two weeks' time in
tervenes before the civil government
mu>-t go into operation, it was decid
ed that it would not be practicable
to complete the cabinet of the gover
nor in that time. therefore Mr. Al
len will go alone to San Juan at the
earliest, possible moment after Secre
tary Long returns to Washington,
whii li should be on Saturday next.
Mr. Allen will put himself in touch
with tien. Davis, now military gover
nor of the island, and spend a short
time in acquainting himself with the
insular affairs and in studying the
character of the men who present
themselves to his notice as proper
material for members of the new cab
inet.
As soon as he gains the knowledge
he seeks, Gov. Allen will return to
the United States. He may leave Gen.
Davis in charge during nis absence,
but in case it shall have been found
possible to complete the formation of
the cabinet, or even if only one mem
ber shall have been appointed, then
that person will act as temporary
governor.
As to his intentions respecting Hhe
administration of the island's affairs,
Mr. Allen disclosed these during a
short interview in which he said:
"It is true the president has asked
me togo to Porto Kieo as the civil
governor. I regard this tender in the
spirit in which it is made, as a great
compliment, although its acceptance
means undertaking grave responsibil
ities.
"My effort will be to administer the
government provided by congress in
such manner as to command and hold
the confidence of the people, to help
them so far as I may, to realize the
best there is in them, and to assist
them in the development of the island
along the lines which have made us
such a prosperous nation."
A POOR PLACE FOR DOCTORS.
Porto ICleans nre I liable to Pay tor
I'lij slelans* Service*.
Sail Juan, Porto Kieo, April 13.—-
The startling fact was recently made
public that in many districts of Porto
Kieo, where the population reaches
thousands, there is no resident physi
cian. For instance, Wayuya, a town
of 1,500, must depend on the simplest
remedies in the ease of illness, as
there is no physician within call. At
Utuado the oeath rate is 8 per cent,
annually, and this town is a day's
ride from i'onee through the moun
tains.
It appears that physicians have
been sent to these districts; but they
refuse to remain, largely because no
town is able to support one. As a
result of this condition of things the
order providing a physician for every
500 people is now very difficult of en
forcement, because the towns reply
that there is no fund to pay for such
service.
This island is one vast poorhouse,
and there are opportunities for char
ity at every step. Were SIO,OOO 1o be
expended immediately for medicine
and medical aid, it would possibly
save the lives of 3.000 people. At one
time the government considered the
feasibility of assigning a physician to
each town, at an aggregate cost of
SBO,OOO per yaar, but the funds for
such an outlay are not available.
Three Railroaders Killed.
Hellefonte, Pa., April 13. —An aecT
dent occurred Thursday on one of the
mine sidings of the Hellefonte
Snowshoe railroad, three miles east
of Snowshoe, by which three men
were killed and one injured. One of
the mountain shifting engines was
returning empty from the Holt mines
to the main line at Snowshoe, when
the rails spread and the engine and a
dozen cars were thrown over the em
bankment. The engineer, A1 Kovvan,
jumped and escaped with his life,
though badly injured, while Harry
leniple, fireman; Calvin Temple,
brakeman, and AI Heamer, hostler,
were caught under the wreck and
killed.
TCmlorned the <»oid Standard.
Portland, Orii., April 13.—The re
publican state convention met Thurs
day and nominated one justice of the
supreme court, food and dairy com
missioner, four presidential electors
and elected four deleg.ates-at-large to
the national convention at Philadel
phia. The convention endorsed the
gold standard legislation of congress
and I lie course of President McKin
ley's administration in the Philip
pines. The delegates to the national
contention were not instructed.
Itelused to Hurry ilie rase.
Frankfort, l\y., April 13.—The at
torneys for the republican officials
yesterday •' fined to sign the agree
ment to lit. u the litigation for the
possession of minor state offices
through the state courts so that the
supreme court can hear it with that
for governor. No reason is assigned.
Want* Scribe* lor Sleuths.
Chicago, April 13. —Chicago newspa
per reporters may be enlisted in the
city police service. ( tiief of Police
lvipley advises their appointment to
places in the detective department
The recent robberies on the Lake
Shore drive, including Hie Potter resi- j
deuce, from which nearly $20,000 j
worth of jewels were stolen, and the j
apparent inability of the detective j
l'orce to lind a clew lias, it is said,
brought Chief Uipley to the eonclu-j
sion that the employment of newspa
per nun would result in a vast iin-|
provement in the force.
CHICAGO'S LABOR WAR.
!N'OII>I'IIIOIIIMM ARO ANNULLED Junt at
the Cloitc of Working Hour*.
Chicago, April 13.—A riot between
union and non-union men in front of
the Merchants' Loan & Trust build
ing, Adams and Clark streets, would
lia\e assumed grave proportions but
for the arrival of three patrol wagons
tilled with police officers who had
j been summoned to the scene by riot
; calls. The trouble was incited by
strikers who attacked a number of
non-union men as the latter were
leaving the building last evening lor
their homes.
(Superintendent Tinsley, who had
charge of the architectural work in
the building, was assaulted by two of
the strikers and sustained light in
juries about the head. .John Keeley,
a laborer, was taken into custody and
locked up.
Trouble had been brewing at the
new structure all day and for this
reason six extra policemen were sent
to guard the non-union men as they
left work for their homes. The offi
cers had arrived at the structure and
were on patrol. They had not been
made aware of the fact that the men
had quit work, and the first intima
tion they had of trouble was when a
crowd of strikers surrounded a num
ber of non-union men who had left
the building and severa' lights had
begun. Officers dashed up to the
throng, but the strikers had increased
in numbers to nearly JO and, fearing
greater trouble, riot calls were sent
into several police stations. The ar
rival of these otlicers dispersed the
crowds.
Strike sympathizers eluded the
guards at the Marshall Field building
yesterday and assaulted two men. A
foreman, who was asked by two men,
upon replying that no union men
would be taken on, was struck by
both men, who then made their es
cape. Tne second assault was made
upon a non-union man who with his
companions was on his way to the
building. He was singled out and se
verely beaten by three men who also
escaped.
Fifteen hod carriers and three plas
terers were brought into the building
early without being molested and
were put to work. The guards have
been doubled.
COLLAPSED.
A I'onr-Story Kiilldlns la It*. Killing
Three People ami Clint Ij Injuring
Six.
Pittsburg, April 13.—Without warn
ing the four-story brick bu,tiling at
the corner of Second avenue and
Wood street collapsed yesterday,
burying in its ruins a number of peo
ple, three of whom were taken out
dead. Six were badly hurt and sev
eral others slightly injured. The dead
are Mrs. Martha Jones, aged 01; En
gene Bernhardt, aged 2<J, salesman
for Armstrong <fc McKelvy; Oscar Big
ler, carpenter, home supposed to be
near ilarrixburg.
The building was occupied by the
Armstrong-McKelvy Lead and Oil Co.
It was being remodeled by Contract
ors MeOovern and Lytle, who were
converting the lower Moor of the cor
ner store and that next door into one
large room, which was to have been
occupied by the lead company. About
48 feet of the middle party wall had
been removed and steel girders sup
ported by heavy iron posts were in
place, and the finishing touches were
being put on the remodelling work.
The lirrn had begun the transfer of
their stock from one room to the
other and apparently centralized the
heavy weight of the lead and oils
about the middle of the structure.
This is the only solution advanced for
the collapse, which began by the sec
ond Door breaking through, carrying
with it the two floors above, making
a breach from top to bottom through
the center of the building.
A Hronze Statue of \% uKlilngton.
New York, April 13. — I The equestrian
statue of Washington which is to be
unveiled at Paris, July 3, was put on
exhibition Thursday at the bronze
foundry where it was cast. The
statue weighs 8,200 pounds and is 22
feet in height from the pedestal to
the point of the sword which the fig
ure of Washington holds upright. It
is Ihe first bronze statue east in the
l.'nited States and sent to Europe.
Washington is represented in a heroic
attitude. The left hand holds the
reins, with the chapeau resting in the
crook of the elbow. 'I he sword is in
the right hand. The statue is the gilt
of the women of America and every
thing connected with it is American.
Eloublc Sulfide.
New York, April 13. —Carl E. Wal
strom, 55 years old, and his wife, 54
years old. were found asphyxiated by
gas in their rooms at 325 East Thirty
third street last night. Walstrom had
at one time been a prosperous tailor.
Gradually his business dwindled away
and he was forced to utilize one of
the living rooms for a repair tailor
shop. With the couple lived their 16-
vear-old soil, who worked as an eleva
tor boy. The couple depended largely
on the boy's wages for their living.
An Eventful KxeurMon.
Boston, April 13. —Information con
tained in letters received in this city
the past few days, to the effect that
many members of an excursion party
to the Orient, had been left at Naples
through the unexpected departure of
the steamship New England, which
carried them from this port, is sup
plemented bv a cablegram from Liv
erpool to the (ilobe, stating that
smallpox had broken out among these
excursionists, who had been stranded,
as it were, in Italy.
A Strike of Telegrapher*.
Atlanta, (la., April 13.—The threat
ening trouble of tjie telegraphers and
other station employes of the South
ern BaiHvay Co., which has been pend
ing for several months, came to a
head Thursday when President Pow
ell. of the Order of Kailway Teleg
raphers, called on the telegraphers to
quit work. In the Atlanta office of
the Southern, seven of the nine teleg
raphers employed there quit work.
Bail road officials, however, say the
strike has caused them no inconveni
ence and has not interfered with traf
fic.
FARMKTRDST.
Another "Hold Your Wheat"
Combine Proposed.
WORLD-WIDE IN EXTENT
The Plan Is to Restrict Produe*
tion and Raise Prices.
A CONFERENCE AT PARIS.
Itcpresentati ves ol" Various Agrlcultn*
ral are Kipeclrd l«
Attend a <i>u«dillan There ill July
and lCndorse tile Project.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 14.—The
Journal says: "All the farmers of
the world in a sort of international
trust to restrict the production of
wheat and raise prices" is the plan
which it is hoped to carry into effect,
at the international agricultural con
ference in Paris, July 9-16. It is pro
posed to ask the farmers of the world
to reduce their wheat out put. by 20
per cent, and not to sell a bushel for
less than sl.
J. C. Hanley, of St. Paul, active
agent for the Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial union, the, National Cotton
Growers' association, the Farmers*'
Federation erf the Mississippi Valley
and the National Grain (Srowers' as
sociation, is the chief promoter of the
international agricultural trust in
America.
Prof. ('. G. Ruliland, of the Univer
sity of Fribourg, Switzerland, is the
chief promoter of the plan in Europe.
The idea was conceived by these two
men independently.
Mr. Hanley has been interested in
many "hold your wheat" schemes
and is prominently associated with
the Farmers' elevator and various
other co-operative undertakings. He
has lontf believed that if the farmers
would only come to an understanding
as to limiting production and agree
to sell only when their price could be
obtained, they could easily master the
situation.
As a professor of economics. Prof.
I'uhland has come lo the same conclu
sion. His study of the agrarian prob
lems of different countries led him to
believe lhat the only cure for the
widespread troubles of farmers, which
are much more severe in the old than
in the new world, is to restrict pro
duction.
Hoth were hard at work getting the
idea into practice when they encoun
tered each other through correspond
ence. Since then they have been work
ing with a common idea, viz: To
persuade the international agricul
tural congress to indorse the plan
and recommend it to the various na
tional associations present, for appli
cation next year.
While 20 per cent, reduction in acre
age is desired, Mr. Hanley points out
that if only 5 per cent, can be secured
the world's wheat, corp will be reduc
ed about 125,000,000 bushels, which is,
he says, enough to bring the price at
Liverpool up *° s'• To help out the
effect of a restricted production the
farmers are to hold their wheat for Of)
days, and are to market it at not less
than $1 a bushel.
"Almost everything the farmer
buys," Mr. Hanley said, "is regulated
in price.by some trust. On the other
hand, all that the farmer sells has its
price determined by the competition
of all the rest of the farmers of the
world. The farmers propose to unite,
stop ruinous competition among
themselves and make the world pay a
fair price for their product."
Following ttie Paris conference it is
hoped to have established a perma
nent International Grain Growers'
association.
Ordered the Company to Dissolve.
Columbus, 0., April 14.—The su
preme court last evening issued an
order dissolving the Capital City
Dairy Co., which was held to have
forfeited its right to do business tin
der its charter in Ohio, by violating
the law prohibiting the coloring of
oleomargarine in imitation of butter.
Harry I*. .I link and Charles i). Beards
ley were appointed trustees by the
court to wind up the company's af
fairs. Such drastic measures by the
court were not anticipated by the at
torney general, though the court, was
asked to oust the company from its
charter.
©eivey and IJryan Will Attend.
Chicago, April 14.—Admiral Dewey
and W. J. Bryan will meet Tuesday
evening. May 1, for the iirst time
since Dewey announced he was a pres
idential candidate. All doubt as to
Mr. Hryan's presence was dispelled
Friday when the Lakeside club re
ceived a telegram from him saying
that he would be present at that or
ganization's celebration, which is a
part of the programme, lloth the
distinguished guests are aware of the
prospective meeting.
Killed ller Traducer.
Little Hock, Ark., Apru 14.—At Al
exander yesterday Mrs. T. X. Holland
shot and tilled William Cook, a mem
ber of a prominent family. Mrs. Hol
land claims Cook defamed her char
acter.
Ktruek lor .Hore Pay.
Philadelphia, April 14.—The 800 mi
ners employed by the Temple Coal
Co. at their Forty Fort collieries
made a demand on Thursday for an
increase of wages, which was refused.
The men resolved not togo to work
until the*! - demands were acceded to
and the mines were idle Friday.
Six Hryan Delegates < litisen.
Albuquerque, X. M., April 14.—The
territorial democratic convention
elected six delegates to the national
convention and instructed theiri to
vote for William J. Bryuu for presi
dent.
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