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VOL,. XIVI.-NO. 14,458.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1907-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THAW CASE GOES
TO JURY TONIGHT
Delmas Closes with
Splendid Oration.
COMPARES THAW TO KNIGHTS
Rescued Evelyn Nesbit From
Clutch of White.
APPEAL TO UNWRITTEN LAW
Declares Thaw's Form ot Insanity
"Dementia Americana," Which
Seizes All Americans In De
fense of Their Homes.
NEW KIRK, April 9. In an eloquent
appeal both to the written and unwrit
ten law, Delphln M. Delmas this after
noon commended Harry K. Thaw's fate
to the jury. The California attorney
concluded hin five hours' summing up
speech, declaring his client was Justi
fies In killing Stanford White. Tomor
row morning at 11:3) District Attorney
Jeromo will make his appeal In behalf
of the prosecution. Justice Fitzgerald
probably will charge the Jury and by
tomorrow evening at the latest, the
famous case will pass to the delibera
tion ot the 12 men who have so care
fully attended Its uncertain course for
weeis past. Mr. Jerome expects to
speak for three or four hours. Justice
ntzgtralcl would not say today wheth
er he will or not charge the jury di
rectly after the District Attorney's re
marks, but the general impreplon Is
that he will do so.
Great Oratorical Effort.
With the exception of the moments
when he wns reading from testimony,
Mr. Delmas' speech today was one of
I sustained oratorical effort. He threw
about the form of Harry Thaw a cloak
of chivalrous knighthood.
"Why," l,e vhoutrd. "should wn. who
admire the chivalry of the knights of
the Middle Ages, who went about re
dressing wrongs and rescuing maidens
In distress, withhold our sympathy from
this brave man?" ,
Bitterly the attorney assailed Stan
ford White. Ho declared White sought
to play with Evelyn Neablt so long as
her beauty remained, and then would
have thrown her away "Ilk a dirty
rag to float down life's sewers to a
grave In the potter's field."
Mr. Delmas discussed but briefly the
testimony of the expert witnesses, de
claring that whatever weight might
attach to their utterances was on the
side of the defendant. Ho declared
the burden of proof as to Thaw's insan
ity at the time of the homicide rested
with the prosecution, which had failed
to make out its case.
Defines Thaw's Insanity.
Tn discussing Thaw s mental state,
MY. Delmas came at last to the "unwrit
ten law." He declared tho experts had
been at a loss to classify the form of
Insanity from which Thaw suffered.
"I will suggest Its name," he declared.
"I would ca.ll it 'dementia Americana.'
It Is a species of Insanity which has
been recognized In every state of this
Vnlon. It Is tnat species of Insan
ity which makes the American man be
lieve his home, his wife, his daughters,
are sacred, and that whosoever stains
the virtue of his threshold violates tho
highest of human laws."
Twice during his closing periods Mr.
Delmas was interrupted by Assistant
District Attorney Garvan, who sug
gested that the argument was taking
too wide a scope, and Justice Fitzgerald
railed Mr. Delmas' attention to tho
fact.
Thaw Believes He Has Won.
Thaw seemed to be in the best of
spirits and declared to his lawyers In
the Tombs that he felt his case was
won. He seemed to have no dread of
the assault of the District Attorney
tomorrow. There was a report today
that Mr. Jerome was ill, but he ap
peared at his office during the after
noon and said ho had been busy for
two days preparing his argument.
In view of the District Attorney's re
marks before the Lunacy Commission
that Thaw is today hopelessly Insane,
most Interval attaches to tho lino of ar
gument, he will pursue in asking- for
the man's conviction.
luny Women iu Court.
1 esplte the inclement weather a
now storm without the courtroom
was besieged an hour before the time
tor the opening, n large percentage of
the spectators being women. With
much difficulty the police succeeded In
keeping the crowd down to the actual
seating capacity, go that, although
every available bit of space was occu
pied, good order prevailed while Mr.
Delmas was making his appeal to the
jury.
Members of the Thaw family, as
usual, were among the early arrivals.
Evelyn Thaw was a trifle late, but ar
rived In time to hear the opening sen
tences. A new figure appeared In the
Thaw group today. It was that of
Mrs. Kdward Thaw, who accompanied
her husband and sister-in-law, trie
Countess or Yarmoutn, Mr. and Mrs.
Csrnegle also wero present.
When Mr. Delmas arose to resume his
argument he told the jury he would en
deavor to be as brief as possible. In or--dor
not to tax their patience, and to re
lieve them of their onerous duty as speed
ily as consistent with the responsibilities
resting upon him.
"When I am done," said Mr. Delmas, "I
shall give the fate of my client Into your
hands with every confidence."
Mr. Delmas said It would be necessary
to cast a rapid glance over his remarks
of yesterday in order to connect the
threads of his argument.
The state, Mr. Delmas said, had at
tempted to set the scene for the last act
in the tragedy upon the flimsy basis of
en affidavit dictated by "a felon a man
convicted of perjury."
Mr. Delmas quoted briefly from the
speech of Mr. Jerome when Abraham
Hummel was up for sentence. At
that time Mr. Jerome urged the max
imum penalty of the law upon the ground
that Hummel had been a menace to the
community for 20 years. Of the story of
Evelyn Nesbit, told upon the witness
stand, Mr. Delmaa said:
"You know, gentlemen of tho jury, that
no human Imagination ever Invented such
a story. You know that no actor could
havo stood as she did, unflinchingly, all
tho tests known to skilled lawyers to
elicit the truth, unless she was telling
absolute truth.
"I shall now proceed In an effort to de-
l
:
jLevi Ankrny, United States Senator,
of Walla Walla.
pict to you the effect of this story upon
the mind of Harry Thaw. I shall prove
this to you without using any language
of my own. I shall tell you the story in
Evelyn's words, the words you heard her
use upon the stand.'
Mr. Delmas then read dramatically the
young woman's story of Thaw's actions
when, in Paris In 1908, she told him the
story, how ne walked the floor, blttng
his nails and sobbing. He also read that
portion of her testimony In which she
said she had refused Thaw's offer of mar
riage because she loved him so much
that she would not drag him down. He
proceeded :
Sublime renune jitlon, saTs the sneering
District Attorney, in an effort to make you
believe that this story Is not true; that It Is
Impossible. But I shall prove to you that It
la true; I shall prove to you beyond the
slightest doubt tbat she did refuse him. and
refused him for that reasou alone. Man, It
may be, has not that great power of renun
ciation, but In the gentler breast of woman
do we find that great gift of God. and In
the breast of this little girl existed this
great strength that enabled her to put aside
her one love, when she knew it was for tha
good nf the one she loved.
Arguing along this line to further
demonstrate Evelyn Thaw's "sublime re
nunciation." Mr. Delmas referred to and
read extracts from the letter which Thaw
wrote to Attorney Longfellow in Septem
ber, 1303. In the letter Thaw wrote that
h had proposed marriage to Evelyn, but
sne had. refused because "she said it
would shut me out from my relatives."
Mr. Delmas continued:
Letters Confirm Kvidence.
Th genuineness of this letter cannot be
denied. What then did It mean when Thaw
wrote to Mr. Longfellow that Evelyn would
not - marry him ?
Is it not true that she bad refused him?
Thaw- wrote that Mho thought first and then
rejected hie offer? Yes, sh- thought. She
looked upon the man she loved, she looked
upon her own pat, and she did not want to
bring reproach- upon the man who would
have married, her.
Down in her noble heart she said. Harry.
I love you and because I love you, I do not
want to tie. my unfortunate existence to
yours, so that people would point the finger
of scorn at yon. I want to leave you free,
and the moment you think It is best for
you. I will go my way. 1 will go back and
earn my own living and you shall be free
and honored. Go back to your noble mother
and dear testers and I shall go down, where
eo many others have gone before me and
disappear from the world.
Yes, she thought. The sneer of the Dis
trict Attorney Is unjustified. The little girl
did sacrifice herself d4d rise to the
heights of sublime renunciation.
Mr. Delmas read from Mrs. William
Thaw's testimony and went on:
Did that venerable gray-haired mother
come here to perjure herself? Did she invent
this story which she says her son told her?
Did he tell an untruth when he confided to
his loved mother and told her that he loved,
this girl and wanted to devote his lite to
her and ail this time that little girl was
going along using the talents God had given
her to make a living for herself, refusing to
marry the wealthy man who loved her and
whom she loved, because she thought It
was best for him? Oh, sublime self abnega
tion. Mr. Delmas read from Evelyn Thaws
testimony, recalling the portions of her
(Concluded on lage
F-de-tr-iati Stunt With the
Pmident.
IS CLOSED
T
Mrs. VonClaussen Gets
No Hearing.
LOEB PROTECTS ROOSEVELT
But Exposes Reporters to As
sault of Her Charms.
WHICH FASCINATED OSCAR
Her Gorgeous Turn-Out I' reduces
'o Impression at White House
and She Must Tell Root
of Graves' Sins.
WASHINGTON, April 9. (Special.)
Mrs?. Ida M. von Clatissen, who came
all the way from Stockholm prepared
to upset Uncle Sam's diplomatic corps
because Minister Graves would not
present her at King Oscar's court, even
when Oscar, whom she had "jollied"
at Wiesbaden, was just crazy to see
her, got as far as the waiting-room at
the White House with her complaint
today. She couldn't even get as far
as Secretary Loeb, who sent an assist
ant out to meet her and direct her
suavely to the State Department
Thereupon Mrs. Ida M. von Claussen
retired from the White House, after
leaving a communication requesting
that the President appoint a commis
sion to Inquire into her sanity before
she proceeds further.
Makes Hearts Flutter.
In previous interviews Mrs. von
Claussen has modestly set forth that
the connoisseurs of beauty across the
water simply went into a trance when
they saw her, and there was consider
able fluttering of hearts around the
White House when she hove in sight.
She was certainly up to advertise
rs . three fct '. posters. colored
lithographs and small bills for particu
lars. Her appearance at tho White House
created a sensation among the policemen,
messengers and assembled multitude.
Impressionable young men "who cover"
the White House for the newspapers de
scribe her ecstatically and variously as
a "ravishing beauty." of "stunning ap
pearance" and the like. She arrived in
a gorgeous turnout as gorgeous as the
public liveries afford and as she tripped
into the White House anteroom, she
swept the air with several hundreds of
dollars worth of brown ostrich plumes
that surmounted her picture hat. Her
"stunning" costume defied the descriptive
powers of the masculine pen.
Who Could Blume Oscar?
"Could you blame King Oscar," asked
several as they gasped In admiration.
4"Oh my friends the reporters," said
Mrs. Von Claussen, as she espied the
group around the pressroom door, and
with outstretched arms she swept toward
them. A policeman, who was nearly
bumped over in her impetuous rush, was
almost afraid to go to the bosom of
his family tonight because of the "per
fumery smell" that clung to his clothes.
Fr some time 'the visitor unfolded her
talc of woe to all who would listen.
The White House authorities have as
yet done nothing in the matter of a
sanity Commission. There is no prospect
that Mrs. Von Claussen will see President
Roosevelt. She expects no consideration
from the State Department.
WORLD'S GREATEST RULER
Governor of North Carolina Voices
Opinion of Roosevelt.
PINEHURST, bt C-. April 9. Better
educational facilities, more school
houses and continued war against illit
eracy was the slogan of the speakers
at the conference for education in the
South which convened here today in
the tenth annual session. The speakers
at tonight's session included President
Judson of the University of Chicago.
Governor Glenn discussed the attitude
DOOR
HAN
BEAUTY
SENATOR BOURNE'S BUSY DAY AT
Remind the Quarterinaster-tieneraJ
That Portland Is on the Map.
of the South toward the so-called edu
cational movement and, in referring to
the loyalty of the South to the Union,
remarked that the Southern people to
day consider President Roosevelt the
greatest ruler the world has ever
known.
BOTH GUILTY OF MURDER
Nicholas and Leopold Convicted of
Killing Mrs. Leslie.
CHICAGO, April 8. Howar4 Nicholas
and Leonard Leopold were today con
victed of the murder of Mrs. Margaret
Leslie, an actress. Nicholas was sen
tenced to Ufa imprisonment and Leo
pold was given a 14-year term in the
penitentiary.
On the morning ot October 19, last
year, the dead body of Mrs. Leslie
was found in her room at the Palace
Hotel, with an undergarment tied
around her neck. The room was filled
with gas from an open Jet, A verdict of
suicide by gas poisoning was rendered
by a Coroner's Jury. This finding did
not meet the approval of the woman's
father, Marvin P. "Woody, of South
Bend, Ind., and he demanded that the
case be reopened.
Nicholas, who had been connected
with Mrs. Leslie in several theatrical
ventures and who also lived at the
Palace Hotel, was arrested as a sus
pect. Under what lie alleged later to
have been sweatbox methods, he made
a confession to the police. Implicating
Leopold. He admitted having killed
Mrs. Leslie in order to rob her of her
diamonds. In the confession he laid
the burden of the crime on Leopold.
Some of the diamonds which had be
longed to Mrs. Leslie were found on
Nicholas and Leopold.
Six-Story Brick Gutted.
CHICAGO, April 9. -A six-story brick
building at 256-250 Market street, oc
cupied by several business concerns,
was destroyed by fire tonight, loss
1150,000. The losers are Hollister
Bros., printers and engravers; A. J.
Carlson & Co., manufacturers of lad
der supplies, and E. R. Lovett & Son,
dealers in printers' supplies.
Texas to Close Bucket-Shops.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 9. Both
branches of the Texas Legislature to
day passed a bill prohibiting the oper
ation of bucketshops, cotton exchanges
or any dealings in futures in Texas.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 57
degrees; minimum, 51.
TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds.
National.
Mrs. von Claussen gfts cold reception at
White House. Page L
Secretary Taft discusses date for restoration
of Cuban Independence. Page 4.
Interstate Commission movM to compel Har
rlman to answer questions. Pte V
Politics.
Ronsev nit -Harrlman row means Roosevelt's
renoml nation or choice of reactionary.
Page 4.
Foraker to open Ohio fight tonight. Page 2.
Domestic.
Delmas closes argument for Thaw; case
goes to jury tonight. Page L
Haskin on poultry Industry. Page 1.
New labor dispute at Goldfield. Page 8.
Hermann gets badly tangled under cross
examination. Page 1.
Far-reaching effect of decision on Ixs An
geles land-fraud case, page 5.
Army officer to ride Davenport's Arab horse
from Portland to New York- Page 4.
Peary wilt start for North Pole in June.
Page 3.
President of oil company accused of fraud.
Page 3.
Ten Denver mining men accused of wlld
cattlng. Pago 3. . . . ...
Sport.
Boxing may be made legal In Illinois. Page
Pacific Coast.
Senator Ankeny denies he will not. enter
Senatorial race for re-election. Page 3.
Boise Lumber Company manager sent to
Jail, by Judge. Seattle for contempt of
court. Page 0.
Mrs. Mary E. Cason, a survivor of the
Whitman massacre, dies at her Eastern
Oregon home. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
First pool sale of mohair this year. Page IT,
Grain operators await Government report.
Page 17. ,
New York stocks dull and weak. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
F. I. McKenna and other advocates of $1000
license will try to defeat Gray's $800 li
cense bill at polls. Page 12.
Retail grocers indorse Dan Kellaher for
Mayor. Page 7. . . .
United Push Clubs indorse Board of Trade's
high-bridge plan. Page 11.
Lawyer Schlussel abused by stablemen for
failing to buy drinks. Page 11.
Federal grand jury will probe violations of
ant 1-trust law. Page 18.
Peter Garritz appears insane before commis
sion. Page 12.
Convlvial forger passes checks on saloons.
Page 10.
New St. Johns officials take office. Page 10.
Vancouver will have street railway system.
Page EL
Admen's League replies to McMlnnvllle
Mayor. Page 10.
Commercial Club discusses street improve-
ment. PageJ3.
Tells
His Brother Senators of Beauties
of Statement No. 1.
GOES TO PIECES
UNDER HOT FIRE
Hermann Trapped in
Cross Examination.
CONFOUNDED BY TELEGRAM
Gave Mays Tip About the Blue
Mountain Reserve.
IGNORED HIS OWN ORDERS
Violated Law by Buying Land liile
in Office Letters From Mays Put
Him in Confusion and His
Memory 1'ail- Him.
ORBGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 9. -Binger Hermann literally
went to pfecee this afternoon when sub
jected to cross-examination by District
Attorney Baker. "Where previously he had
been calm and 3uave, though sometimes
evasive, he today frequently exhibited
temper, when pressed with embarrassing
questions, and repeatedly avoided giving
direct anawers to questions put to him by
the prosecuting officer. When pinned
down he made several reluctant admis
sions that reflected anything but credit
upon him. At other times, though con
fronted with documentary evidence, show
lgn what the District Attorney styled vio
lations of the law upon his part, Her
mann repeatedly denied all guilt and un
dertook to explain away transactions
which involved him in various land deals.
The most pitiable feature of Hermann's
explanations was that they did not ex
plain. Altogether Hermann showed up in an
extremely bad light. Unless he Improves
tomorrow, when the bulk of the cross
examination will he conducted, it is evi
dent he will have done his cause more in
Jury than good by going upon the stand.
Records Refresh His Memory.
At the outset of his cross-examination
Hermann was asked if any member of his
family had taken up public land while he
was Iand Commissioner.
"Not that I recall.' 'he answered.
When certain Land Office records were
introduced in evidence, and submitted to
Hermann, his memory was refreshed and
he recalled that his son Schiller had made
a homestead entry. When his memory
was further refreshed Hermann admitted
that Schiller also acquired three other 160
acre tracts from settlers In the Roseburg
land district and conveyed all three to his
father for $3000 in gold, while he was yet
Commissioner, to relieve Schiller's finan
cial embarrassment. Hermann had writ
ten a memorandum directing the patents
to be mailed to his son.
Hermann insisted that his son did not
acquire title from the Government, but
from settlers, which he had a perfect
right to do, but the record was produced
to show that at least one patent was
issued by the Land Office in the name of
Schiller Hermann, and not to the original
settler.
Violated His Own Order.
The District Attorney further enlivened
the proceedings by reading a circular is
sued by Hermann as Commissioner, call
ing the attention of all Land Office em
ployes to the fact that they and their
families were forbidden by law to acquire
public lands. On top -of this Hermann ad
mitted that 37 years ago, when he was
Receiver of the Roseburg Land Office, he
acquired title to "several thousand" acres
of public land in Oregon, the amount
shown to be slightly in excess of 3000
acres, which cost him an average of 50
cents an acre, he having obtained title
mostly through scrip locations.
"Did you know you were violating the
law in acquiring that land?" asked the
District Attorney.
"I did not," replied the witness.
"Were you not a lawyer?"
"I was." But in spite of all comments
Hermann persisted that he acquired the
land without the slightest knowledge that
he was proceeding unlawfully. The rec
ord of the original transfer, which was
introduced in evidence, showed that Her
mann -acquired this land in the name of
WASHINGTON
Glree a Banquet .
"B. Hermann," while in passing upon his
himself "Binger Hermann."
"As a matter of fact." asked Mr. Baker,
"were you not removed from the Rose
burg Land Office because you had fraud
ulently acquired this land?"
"I was not," declared Hermann, show
ing considerable heat. "I was removed,
as I previously testified, because of my
opposition to Senator Mitchell. I was
not removed on account of charges of
misconduct in office."
Telegram Contradicts Him.
"The greatest surprise of the day was
a telegram dated July 25, 1902, sent by
Commissioner Hermann to F. P. Mays
informing him of the Strawberry Moun
tain, or Blue Mountain, forest reserve
withdrawal. It read:
Fifteen patents to timber land entries for
warded to Roseburg Land Office. Land Of
fice has recommended withdrawal original
Strawberry Mountain and all additions to
Secretary, who ha. approved the same.
BINGER HERMANN.
On his direct examination Hermann
E. TC. Harrlman, Whom the Inter
state Commerce Commission Will
!Ask the United States Court to
Compel to Give Information About
Mock Deals.
had testified that he had never had any
business relations with Mays, had never
written him communications nor had
interviews with him; that Mays had no
Interest in the Blue Mountain reserve
that Hermann knew of and that he
wished the jury and court to understand
this statement to be as strong as the
English language could make it. Mr.
Baiter read thla statement from the rec
ord and asked the defendant if when he
made it he did not think all traces of
this telegram had been destroyed in the
destruction of his letter-books. Hermann
would not admit this. He said he now
remembered the telegram and explained
that it must have been sent either in
answer to a telegraphic request from
Mays or. more likely, because Hermann
knew Mays as a leading public man of
Oregon and simply wished him informed
of the action taken.
Will Xot Make Admission.
Hermann at this point emphasized tho
public service of Mays, saying he had
served as United States District Attorney,'
in the State Legislature and was the
leader of the bar of the state, and had
signed a petition for the creation of the
reserve. Under the circumstances, he
said. It was likely he had given him the
information. Hermann said he did not
remember having sent the same informa
tion to anyone elso In Oregon, although
he said he gave it to the public press.
The District Attorney tried by various
means to get Hermann to admit that
this telegram was meant as a tip to
Mays to enable him to get land in the
reserve before it was actually created,
but Hermann stoutly denied any such
motive in writing Mays. The telegram
antedated the actual creation of the
reserve by three days and would have
enabled Mays to protect his "interests"
before the bars were put up.
Considerable time was consumed in an
effort to get from Hermann some intel
ligent explanation of his reason for
sending this suspicious telegram (which
by the way only came into the posses
sion of the Government within the past
few days), but all efforts failed. Hermann
said Mays, as a public-spirited citizen,
would be interested to know what had
been done, but he had no recollection,
that Mays had asked for information,
either oraily or by correspondence. He
admitted that Mays was the only person
in Oregon whom he had advised o( the
withdrawal, but he utterly failed to
make it clear why he had sent the tele
gram to Mays.
His Letters Against Him.
Two letters from Mays to Hermann
urging the creation of the Blue Mountain
reserve were introduced to "discredit the
witness" said the District Attorney. He
alluded to Hermann's statement on the
(Concluded on Page 4.)
Is Interviewed on Five-Million-Dollar
Conspiracy
TURKEYS ARRIVE
BY THE T
Great Business During
Holiday Season.
FATTENING THEM FOR MARKET
Special Cars Pay by Making
Birds Gain Weight.
TURKEY FOR WHITE HOUSE
Grower Whose Gifts to President
Made Him Famous How Kgg
Production Is Increased
by Careful Breeding.
RAiNLOAD
BV FREDERIC J. HASKIX.
WASHINGTON, April 4. (Special Cor
respondencesThe Middle West Is the
zone of production for that great Amer
ican bird, the turkey. Chicago In the
strategic point in this trade, and during
the last holiday rush nearly 700.000
turkeys, valued at upwards of 1, 400,000,
were handled in that market. The num
ber of cars required to handle the turkeys
shipped to Chicago for the Thanksgiving.
Christmas and New Year's trade last
year, If put together in a string, would
have made a train seven miles long. As
many as 26.000 of these proud birds
were handled In the market there In a
single day.
Twenty years ago a whole carload of
live poultry received from one shipper
was such an unusual transaction as to
call for special mention In the news
papers, but now a single dealer may
receive a dozen carloads In one consign
ment and no attention will be paid to
it. One firm recently had an order for
four carloads of geese, seven carloads of
live turkeys and two carloads of pigeons.
The special car for live birds lg a great
saving to the shipper. A' consignment
was recently forwarded from San Fran
cisco to New York, a distance of 3245
miles. The tariff for the use of the car
for this distance was $70. a trifle more
than one cent a bird. The owner found
that his fowls not only gained enough in
weight during the trip across the con
tinent to pay for the cost of the car,
but netted him an additional profit of $87.
The carload lots of geese come mostly
from Wisconsin and Southern Illinois,
the big shipments of turkeys from Mis
souri and Kentucky, and the chickens
from the states which comprise the "corn
belt."'
Armour's Trade in Poultry.
Armour A Co. either own or control a
dozen large poultry-fattening establish
ments near their packing plants In the
Middle West. The chickens fattened at
these stations are bought when six
weeks old and sold when from 9 weeks
to 2 months old. The Armours an
nually dispose of about 25,000 chirk
ens In this way, and the most of them
are sold for export. The total annual
valuation of the poultry transactions
of this firm is said to bo 4,400,000.
There is an enormous consumption
of live poultry and eggs in Greater
New York. The annual receipts show
that about 2000 carloads of poultry
are received and eonsxnned In Man
hattan, and that nearly 9000 carloads
of eggs are received there every year.
The Jewish population probably con
sume 90 per cent of the whore. On''
an average New York will receive
about 40 cars a week, but during the
Jewish holidays the consumption fre
quently runs as high as 75 or 100 cars
of live poultry a week.
The professional poultryman has to
make a constant study of peculiarities of
the different markets. The people of Bos
ton and New York prefer dry-picked
poultry and will only take the scalded
product at a discount. Philadephia and
San Francisco also prefer the dry-picked,
while Washington, Baltimore, Chicago
and St. Louis prefer the scalded kind,
unless it is wanted for storage purposes.
The New York, Washington and San
Francisco markets show a preference for
white-shelled eggs, while Boston and
Philadelphia will pay more for eggs hav
ing dark brown shells.
Grower of WJilte House Turkeys.
The best known grower of turkeys In
the United States is Horace Vose, of
Westerly. Long- Island. He has becoma
famous on account of the custom of send
ing a prize turkey to the White House
every Thanksgiving. He prescntr'd Gen
eral Grant with a turkey during his first
term, and lias not missed a year since
that time. He has received autograph
letters of thanks from all the Presidents
since Grant, and has become a National
character from the publicity given him
every year by the newspapers and maga
zines. Mr. Vose goes to considerable,
trouble In selecting a prime fowl for tha
White House table. He not only inspects
his own flock a month or so after the
season's chicks have been hatched, but
makes a tour of the farms for miles
around in order to secure options on any
promising specimens he may see. By
taking this precaution he makes it certain
that the fowl which eventually goes to
adorn the first table In the land will be
the finest of Its kind.
Mother Hen the Best Asset.
Few people know that old Mother Hen
Is the American farmer's greatest asset.
Her extraordinary wealth-producing ac
complishments were surprisingly demon
strated in a recent compilation of the
statistics in Missouri, one of the lead
ing poultry states In the Union. Mis
souri has rich soil which the farmer,
aided by improved machinery and a
hired man, has worked for all it is
worth. As he passed on his way to
work each morning, he let out the
old hen to scratch for her living. As
a wealth producer this Industrious au-
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