MAY GO 8COT FREE.
Chance
for
all
Condemned
Murderer» is
Washington.
bathe with doth ;
Bearing on Importation of Goods
Forces of Dixon and Delarey in
From Philippines.
a Hard Fight.
Seattle. May 30.—There is serious
danger that every condemned mur-
j derer in the state of Washington will
i soon be released from custody. Ac
DUTIES COLLECTED SEEM TO BE ILLEGAL
cording to Prosecuting Attorney
Walter S. Fulton, of King county,
An Extra Sesiion of Conjrns May Have to Be the last legislature, in passing a law
Called to Pa„ a New Philippine
providing that hereafter condemned
Tariff Law.
murderers shall be executed in the
penitentiary, instead of in the county
committed a serious blunder in
Cedar Rapids, la., May 29.—Dur ■ jails,
not including a clause providing for
ing their journey across Iowa, Presi the punishment of those condemned
dent McrKinley and the members of I at the time the law goes into effect.
his cabinet spent much time reading
the consequences will be the
and discussing the published reports That
most serious to the administration of
on the opinion of the supreme court justice is Mr. Fulton’s fear.
Briefly
in the insulrr cew:. They were much stated the construction placed upon
interest'd in the w yr the court divided the law by Mr. Fulton is as follows:
in the two cases.
The new law provides that, upon
The decision in the Delima case, the sentencing of the prisoner, he
if followed in the Philippines, as it is j shall be delivered forthwith to the
also assumed that it will be, might warden of the penitentiary and kept
result in the calling of an extra ses by him in “solitary confinement”
sion of congress. In the Delima case until the day of his execution. It is
the court decided that the duties said that the “solitary confinement"
collected on Porto Rican goods before clause contitutes an additional pun
congress enacted the Foraker law ishment than that provided for at the
was illeagal and must be refunded.
time of the commission of flic crimes
It is presumed that the court, fol of the men now in jail. Therefore,
lowing the same lines of reasoning, it is an ex post facto law, and can
will decide that duties collected on not be made applicable to the pris
goods from the Philippines were also oners now confined. Moreover, the
illegal, and that goods from the Phil new law, which is valid, insofar as
ippines are subject to free entry into it relates to criminals to be con
the United States until congress acts, demned in the future, contain a
as it has already done in the case of ■ clause repealing by implication the
Porto Rico.
j old law, under which criminals have
Such a decision would mean not J been hanged, and leaves apparently
only the refunding of duties hereto I no avenue of escape, from the fact
fore collected, but would open the that criminals now condemned must
ports of the United States to mer be given their liberty.
chandise and goods of every descrip
Mr. Fulton will try to induce Gov
tion from the Philippines until con ernor Rogers to call a special session
gress meets in December. It is plain of the legislature to remedy the al
that importers might take advantage leged radical defect in the law. He
of this to ship goods into the United says that a law can be drafted which
States through the Philippines, and will cover the points desired by the
thus defraud the government of its framers of the one passed at the last
revenues.
session, and at the same time make
Whether the danger from this provision for the legal execution ol
source is great enough to warrant the criminals, who, under existing
the calling of congress in extra ses conditions, must, perforce, be re
sion is one which will be decided leased.
only after full deliberation.
It is possible, however, that this
MACHINSTSARE CONFIDENT.
danger may be already obviated in
the enactment of the Spooner reso
lution, delegating temporarily to the Sin Frenciico Strikers Expect to Resutnt
president the power to govern the
Work Soon.
Philippines.
This may be consid
San
Francisco,
May 30.—The strik
ered an act of congress within the
meaning of the Downes case, affirm ing machinists report that 22 shops
ing the constitutionality of the Fora in this city have signed the union
ker law.
But it is a delecate ques agreement. Several of the strikers
tion and one which the president and have purchased small shops and be
his advisers will consider in all its gun business on their own account.
bearings before coming to a con The machinists generally express
clusion.
themselves as confident that an ad
justment
of the differences with theii
SETTLEMENT BY PERU.
former employers will soon be effect
ed.
Agrees to Pay the Claim of An American
The Amalgamated Society of Engin
Consular Agent
eers has declared its sympathy with
Washington, May 30.—The state the strike of the machinists, and
department has succeeded in settling levied an assessment on its member!
satisfactorily another claim of an for the strikers’ benefit.
More than 1,000 employes of the
American citizen against, the govern
ment of Peru.
Minister Dudley, a Risdon Iron Works, who are now out
Lima, has cabled the departmen on strike, were paid off yesterday aftei
that the claimant in the case is wil returning their tools. The men who
ling to accept the sum of 8,000 silver worked at the Union Iron Works will
soles tendered by that government. receive their pay today. The metal
The department has authorized the polishers say there are five union
acceptance of the tender and the case shops in the city. The marine paint
is closed. The settled claim was that ers, who went out tyi strike last Satur
of a United States consular agent in day, are all at work, their demand for
Peru in 1885, and his claim was based $3 a day having been granted.
In response to a demand that only
on the destruction of his horses and
union
sailors be shipped on vessels
the pillaging of his property by
armed and uniformed men of the belonging to the Ship Owners’ Asso
party of General Caceras in July of ciation, the latter organization has
demanded that members of the Sail
that year.
ors' Union go to sea only on associa
tion ships.
Coal for Army Treniporti.
Seattle, May 30.— Quartermaster
Miy Be Ramagnoll’i Body.
Ruhlin was today authorized by the
Berlin, May 30.—The Lokal Anzei-
quartermaster general to award the
contract to supply coal for all army ger reports on the authority of the
tranports loading on Puget Sound for Buda Pest correspondent that there
the Philippines and for Alaskan ports has just been taken from the river
during the fiscal year beginning July Danube, near that city, a dead body,
1 next and ending June 30, 1902. heavily loaded with chains, which the
The contract will amount to nearly Hunagrian police firmly believe to b<
$100,000, figuring on the basis of the that of Ramagnoli, the anarchist re
quartermater's business at this port ported to have been sent from Amer-
and Tacoma during the past year. It ■ ica to murder the 'German emperor.
is believed that at least 30,000 tons The police of every country in Europe
will be required. The quartermaster and America have been notified of the
general authorized Mr. Ruhlin to | discovery.
award the contracts for the purchase
of coal according to his recommenda
Bear May Have to Give Up Trip.
tions at the time the bids were
Seattle, May 30.—It is possible that
opened several weeks ago.
on account of the machinists strike
the repairs on the revenue cutter Bear
will not be completed in time to per
Chicago, May 29.—Albert Dow, pro mit her to proceed on her journey
prietor of the Fertile Valley Creamery- north.
This will necessitate the
Company, was today fined $10,000 abandonment of the voyage to
and sentenced to six months in the , Sil>eria, and the distribution of the
county jail.
Dow is said to have herd of 300 reindeer now awaiting the
cheated the government out of $40,- I arrival of the Bear.
In this event
000 in revenue payment, which he Lieutenant Berthiolf will be com
evaded. This is the heaviest fine ever pelled to spend the winter on the
imposed in a federal court.
I Siberian coast.
Fined for Cheating the Government
Will Visit Windsor.
Withdrawal of Garmin».
London, May 30. — The visiting
Berlin, May 30.—A dispatch to the
■members of the New York chaml>er Cologne Gazette says the withdrawal
of commerce will visit Windsor castle of the German marines to Sing Tau
June 1, and will be received by the
king. A conference between the has begun and that the German quar
New York chamber of commerce and ter of Pekin has been handed over to
the London chamber of commerce has the Chinese authorities experiment-
I ally for a fortnight.
been arranged for June 3.
BOERS ATTACKED. BUT WERE REPULSED
British Loit 174 Killed and Wounded and the
Boers Left 35 Dead on the Field—
Latter Still Undaunted.
London, June 3.—The war office
today gave out the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener, from Pretoria:
“General Dixon’s force at Vlad-
fontein wes attacked yesterday by
Delarey’s forces and there was sevree
fighting. The enemy was eventually
driven off with heavy loss, leaving 35
dead.
I regret that our casualties
also were severe.
The killed and
wounded numbered 174. Four offi
cers were killed. ”
On the anniversary of Lord Rob
erts’ entry into Johannesburg the
country has been startled by the news
of desperate fighting and heavy Brit
ish losses within 40 miles of the gold
reef city. The battle at Vladfontein,
on the Durban-Johannesburg rail
road, is the most serious engagement
since General Clement’s reverse at
Nagaliesburg. It shows General De
larey is in no way daunted by the
capture of 11 of his guns by General
Babington six weeks ago. The gar
rison of Vladfontein was apparenlty
laregly composed of yoemanry. That
their assailants came to close quar
ters and suffered heavy loss is shown
by the number of dead left on the
field.
FEAR AN
Nicaragua
INVASION.
Preparing
to
Keep
Seattle, May 30.— A washout on
the Great Northern main line, two
miles west of Wenatchee, has been
reported here. The track was washed
out for a distance of 150
and as
a result all passengers on east and
west bound trains were transferred
at the acene of the trouble.
There
was no delay in the arrival and de
parture of trains, however, the trans
fer being made with little trouble.
Havana, May 30. — The Platt
amendment has been accpeted by the
Cuban constituitonal convention by a
vote of 15 to 14. The actual report
was on accepting the majority report
of the committee on relations which
embodied the amendment, with ex-
planaitona or certain clauses. The
Radicals made a hard fight at the last
moment, and on several occasion*
personal encounters seemed immi
nent.
the
San Francisco, June 3. — The
steamer City of Sydney, which just
arrived here from Panama and other
Central American ports, brings the
following budget of news:
When the City of Sydney was at
Corinto the people were expecting
an invasion from Colombia.
The
government of Nicaragua, in order
to make sure that it would not be
caught napping, has stationed 500
men at Corinto.
General Bruise, who fled from Nic
aragua some years ago, returned to
his home on one of the Centra)
American steamships last month.
As soon as he set foot on Nicaragua
soil he was arrested on a criminal
charge.
President Zeleya, of Nicaragua,
will probably visit the Pan-Ameri
can exposition at Buffalo.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany’s coal yards, situated on Noasis
island, in Panama Bay, recently suf
fered severely from fire, which was
said to be still burning, but under
control, when the Sydney sailed,
having then burned for 15 days.
San Salvador is to have a man ol
war. The government has purchased
from her British owners the steam
ship Soy, and will transfer her into
a cruiser, renaming her Salvador.
The new cruisfer is now at Acajutla,
and will go into commission at once.
MRS.
MCKINLEY’S
Doctor» Say She 1»
Grave
CONDITION.
Not Out
of
Danger—
Feature» of the Ca»e.
United State» Legal*0" Guard in Pekin—Pca
tion Sharper» Catch Returning Soldier*.
Instruction sent to our representa
tive at Pekin, governing the conduct
of American troops which remain at
the United States legation as guard
in that city, have been acknowledged
by General Chaffee. The force of 160
men will be quartered in the Temple
of Agriculture and at the south gate
of the forbidden city.
The force,
which comprises company B of the
Ninth infantry, will be under the
command of Major Edgar B. Rolierts,
Ninth infantry, and the force will In
stocked with supplies to last until
December 31, by which time requisi
tions will l>e made on Manila for sup
plies for the following six months.
The reserve ammunition furnished
the force includes 100,000 rounds of
rifle cartridges and 100 rounds of re
volver shot for each authorized
weapon.
The instruction sent to
Roberts cautioned him against any re
laxation of military discipline and ad
vised him that he should consult fre
quently with our diplomatic represen-
tatisea and act when necessary in con
junction with the other foreign com
mand. He was also informed that he
might use force, if necessary, against
the Chinese in the protection of
American interests.
There is considerable speculation
about the effect of Mrs. McKinley's
¡lines on society in Washington after
her recovery and return. It is report
ed that two years ago Mr. McKinley
was advised to let it be known that his
wife was an invalid and could not dis
charge the duties of the “first lady of
the land.” It is said that the presi
dent favored the idea and suggested it
to Mrs. McKinley, but that she re
fused to entertain it for a moment,
and that she has since rigidly per
formed the duties of mistress of the
White Houe, at considerable personal
sacrifice and injury to her health.
An investigation of the practices of
pension sharjters in San Francisco and
their methods of annoying soldiers
returning from the Far East, has been
started by the pension bureau, and
prosecutions may be expected in the
near future, according to the officials
of the law division of the bureau.
The sharpers are not all representa
tives of the large Washington pension
law firms, but many of them are, and
their methods are characterized as
illegal and outrageous. They meet
returning soldiers at the docks and
often persuade them to file applica
tions for pensions, even before they
have been discharged.
Fees have
been, in many cases, collected with
out any service rendered, and the
sharper often threatens to take up his
case in Washington and make trouble
for the soldier unless he paid the fee.
According to present plans the 10,-
C00 regulars who are to be brought
back from the Philippines in the plan
of diminishing the military force
under General MacArthur will not
begin their homeward trips until after
July 1. The first of the regulars to
return will be the Fourteenth, Eigh
teenth and Twenty third regiments of
infantry, and the Fourth regiment of
cavalry.
There is no law or constitutional
provision to prevent President Mc
Kinley visiting Mexico or Canada dur
ing his term of office if he so desires,
although the precedents are against
it. Never has the president of the
United States gone over the boun
daries of the country except on two
occasions. Andrew Johnson and Sec
retary Seward once crossed the suspen
sion bridge to view the Niagara falls
from the Canadian side. General
Grant did the same several years later.
Gov. Charles H. Allen, of Porto
Rico, has presented to the president
through the state department his
first annual report. The governor ex
presses the opinion that a scheme of
colonial administration such as is
found in the Danish, French and
English West Indies might l>e safely
instituted with variations dependent
upon the future policy of the home
government.
Surgeon General Sternberg of the
army reports with gratification a de
cided improvement in the health of
the soldiers in the Philippines. The
death rate has been rapidly decreas
ing. The death rate from disease is
much lower than in any other army.
Washington, June 3.—Mrs. Mc
Kinley passed a very comfortable
night, and sat up for a while this
morning. The three physicians who
are in attendance, after a consulta
tion this forenoon, issued the follow
ing statement of her condition :
"Mrs. McKinley is recovering
from the fatigue of the trip. The
illness from which she was suffering
in San Francisco still continues,
though in less intense form. She is
still feeble, and cannot be considered
out of danger. Her progress will no
doubt be slow, but improvement is
looked for. ”
Mrs. McKinley failed to show any
improvement during the day, and
tonight her condition is reported as
unchanged from the status given in
the bulletin issued this morning.
FOREIGN TROOPS GOING.
One of the grave features of the case
is the fact that she continues ex
tremely weak and fails to gain in Withdrawal of the Allied Force» From Chine»*
strength. She is very seriously ill,
Territory.
but has had severe attacks of illness
Tien Tsin, May 31.—Two British
heretofore, and this gives rise for hope
that she will yet show improvement. transports have arrived at Tong Ku
to take troops direct to India. An
other transport will arrive today to
Rite War at an End.
Seattle, June 3—The Alaska steam take the Beluch regiment to Wei Hai
ship rate war is at an end, temporar Wei.
General Voyron, the French com
ily at least.
An agreement was
entered into by managers of the re mander, expects, now that the evacu
cently warring companies restoring ation has been decided upon, that
the former passenger rates of $25 first France will countermand the order
class and $16 second class. The holding her troops temporarily in
He anticipates the early ar
agreement is to be in force for 60 China.
days, and it is thought will then l>e rival of French transports.
General Ixirne Campla-ll, the Brit
extended.
The
rate
war was
forced by Canadian lines, which in ish commander here, says the inter
sisted on American steamers keeping national situation at Tien Tsin is bet
away from Vancouver on north bound ter than at any time since the arrival
of the troops.
tripe.
Amendment Accepted.
Washout on the Great Northern.
Out
Colombians.
WASHINGTON GOSolP.
Ex Con^rttiman Pries.
Freight Treia* Smeihed Together.
Everett, Wash., May 31.—An extra
Washington, June 3. — Hiram
Price, whe served many years in con J south bound freight train was cut in
gress as a Republican representative two today at the top of a two mile
from Iowa, and who was commission grade at Edgecomb, intending to dou
er of Indian affairs from 1881 to the ble back for the second section cut.
The half train left standing starter!
beginning of the first Cleveland ad down the grade and dashed into an
ministration, died here of heart other freight train at Edgecomb,
trouble.
Mr. Price, who was 87 smashing two cabooses and three
years of age, was president of the freight cars into kindling wood. The
debris was burned. No one was hurt.
State Bank of Iowa for many years.
8 as of : ee<i Potatoes.
We have always obtained better re
sults from the use of seed potatoes
"about the size of a heli's egg” or as
near that as we could judge by the
shape of the potato, and cut In halves,
as from any seed we had and we have
tested them against larger ones cut In
halves and in quarters, against smuller
oues used whole and against pieces
cut to two eyes each. Yet the pieces
of two eyes were so nearly equal that
we would use that method If the seed
cost a high price, by which we do not
mean the early price of the Early Rose
at a dollar a pound, but if they cost $3
a bushel. But the potato of that size,
scarcely marketable, unless there was
a season of scarcity, is as well matured
as the potato that weighs a pound, and
we think throws as strong a shoot and
produces as much. We never made a
test by comparing the use of pieces of
large potatoes against pieces of about
equal weight of the smaller ones, and
to learn anything from such a test one
would need to continue it for a term of
years, using the largest from the larg
est seed each time. It might lie well
after selecting as we would, for some
years, to change to pieces from the
large ones for a season, but we are not
sure of It.—Massachusetts Ploughman.
To Keep Milk Cool.
A correspondent of Hoard’s Dairy
man gives a plan for a combined Ice
house and cooling chamber. The cool
ing chamber Is partitioned off In such
a manner that It has lee on top and
ICKHOUSK AND COOI.INO CHAMBKK.
ou three sides. The dimensions are 12
feet wide, 14 feet long aud 12 feet
high, with a cooling chamber parti
tioned off 8 feet long by (J feet wide.
The floor of a cooling chamber should
be placed about three feet l>elow the
surface of the ground so as to take ad
vantage of the coolness of the earth.
Growing onions.
The use of good seed for the onion
crop is most Important, as the labor of
preparing the laud, weeding the rows
and other care necessary is as great for
the part of a crop as for a full one.
while the cost of fertilizer is not lessen
ed, nor are the onions better or In as
good demand If they grow too large.
The onion seed deteriorates very rapid
ly In germinating properties If it Is
kept until more than one year old, ex
cepting that In very small quantities
It may be kept In something practical
ly airtight, as In a tin l>ox with snugly
fitting cover. We would not sow onion
seed without having It tested, and mak
ing sure that not less than 80 per cent
would germinate. Those who sow
under glass and transplant have at
least the advantage of not having to
care for any rows that are not filled,
and If a part of the seed Is too old to
sprout the only loss Is the price paid
for the seed. This practice Is growing
In favor, and fast taking the place of
the old method of setting out the dry
seta in the spring to grow the early
onions for bunching, as It requires but
little more labor to tit the land for one
than the other, and the new plants
seem to grow as rapidly as the dry
sets.—American Cultivator.
rank stalks, which will be hard to
handle and stock will not eat so well.
We aim to feed It out before Christmas
or before It freezes too much. Of
course. If it Is fine, say like millet. It
will keep Just as gotxl as any hay. We
usually cut It with a mowing machine,
rake it. put It in big shocks and feed
from the shocks just as needed, as it
will keep Just as well as If stacked,
for If It Is coarse and rank the stalks
will have lots of Juice In them and will
not keep if stacked. Sorghum fodder
Is splendid for all kinds of stock. Hogs
will eat It with a relish; cattle and
horses like it also.
Fowlnar Clover Reed.
The Department of Agriculture say«
there are 17,856,000 clover seed In a
bushel, which would lie 297,600 In a
pound. There are 43,560 square feet In
an acre, so that one pound would fur
nish about 6% seeds to the square foot.
And yet we are afraid to advise a far
mer to use less than eight or ten pounds
per acre, giving fifty-four seed to the
square foot, aud yet if every seed grew,
the small numlier would place the
plants close enough together to produce
a good crop. The extra seed, or seven
eighths of the seed cost, is the price we
pay for not having well-cleaned, plump
seed, and the land In such condition
that each one will have a fair chance to
germinate and grow.
Parsnip* for Milch Cowa.
The parsnip is probably one of the
best roots ever grown for milch cowa.
and it has a great advantage In that It
may remain in the field until spring
when other roots are all gone, and then
be used until grass has grown. It Is
as easily grown as the carrot, and like
that root it wants a deep, rich and mel
low soli. Many object to growing it
even In the garden, because the weeds
are apt to get such a growth before
the parsnips come up that the labor of
weeding is greatly Increased, but this
may lie remedied by mixing a few rad
ish seed with the parsnip seed, which
will come up so that the rows can be
seen and hoed out long before the par
snips are up. They can be pulled when
the parsnips are thinned.
Keeping Country Boys at Home.
The drift of rural population to
cities has long been a characteristic of
recent time*. Every census In recent
years both In this country and In Eu
rope has shown the vastly greater
growth of cities as compared with, ru
ral regions. If there were wider In
telligence among farmers in feeding the
ambition of the young. If they were to
give their children something that they
might Improve by Industry, something
that would stimulate ambition and
awaken pride, there would In all like
lihood be lees discontent with country
life and less of longing for the untried
and unknown life of the city.—Indian
apolis News.
Cutt nu Axparsans.
The question of the propriety of cut
ting all or certain asparagus shoots aa
rapidly as they appear and for a con
tinued time often arises, for it is well
known that the continued cutting away
of all a plant's growth has a weaken
ing tendency at least. As recently
stated, most gardeners cut all growth
during the first half of the season. But
n correspondent recommends leaving
nil the very light growth, th^t It may
strengthen the plants for the following
season, and only cutting that which la
strong.—Meehan’s Monthly.
Time tn Row Tobacco Weed.
There seems to be a general rule for
sowing tobacco seed In each State with
reference to the frosts which are likely
to occur In the spring. Seed beds
should be planted from six weeks to
two months, according to the variety
of the seed, before the latest date at
which killing frost has occurred In the
locality. This Is for domestic seed.
Weed Seeds.
Imported Cuban seed should lie plant
If the farmer desires to know how to ed a month later and Imported Sumatra
select good clover seed he should learn six weeks later than acclimated seed.
to know weed seed as soon ns he looks
at It.
Then If his eyesight is not
Don’t Spray Fruit Trrra in Hloom.
good enough to distinguish It when It is
Professor Beach recently discussed
among the clover seed, let hint spend before a beekeepers’ convention the
from fifty cents upward for a good spraying of fruit trees when In full
magnifying glass, and let him buy no bloom.
Generally speaking, his con
clover and not much other seed until clusion seemed to be that spraying dur
he lias examined It, and found it rea ing blooming time was not only waste
sonably dear of the weed seeds. It ful. but decidedly hnrmful ns well, cut
may la1 hard to find ft perfectly pure, ting down the supply of fruit to an ex
but there 1« no use in buying such need tent that. If generally practiced, would
as a sample sold In Vermont last year, amount to thousands of dollars to th*
which had 59,311) weed seeds In a fruit men all over the state.
pound.
Just think of sowing ten,
twenty or more pounds of such seed on
Farm Notea.
an acre. The seeds of plantain, sor
The market for American apples la
rel, pigweed, smartweed, curled dock now worldwide.
nnd the foxtail grass were the most
Interest In farming Is undoubtedly
abundant in this lot, and each of them reviving In New England.
might pass for clover seed at first
Don't sow alfalfa seed on unprepared
glance, but can be detected under a
magnifying glass. It would be a good soil as you do clover. If It falls with
lesson for the boys to collect samples you, manure the land and try again.
The family horse should be raised
of each of these and some other needs
In little vials, and label each, that they and trained on the farm. Then you
mighty study them until they knew thoroughly understand Ills disposition
them too well to buy them as clover and know bow far he can lie trusted.
The application of sulphur to soils
seed.
for the prevention of potato scab re
Forahum as Folder.
We plow the ground In the spring gardless of the character of the soil la
after corn planting, says a Kansan cor liable to occasionally cause much In
renpondent In Prairie Farmer. The lat jury.
Bordeaux mixture hns been found of
ter part of June is soon enough, be
cause If you sow too early It will get value In stimulating tomato plants to
ripe and you will have to cut It In the more rapid growth. Increasing their
warm weather of August. It Is better vigor and of particular merit In keep
to plant so you can cut It just before ing down the attacks of flea beetles.
Twenty thousand mutton sheep are
frost. It will keep better and la not lia
ble to sour, as It might do If cut In the being fattened at Kooky Ford. CoL,
warm weather. We sow It broadcast, on beet pulp, with a little corn added.
about two bushels to the acre. Re sure There Is another "waste product” bu-
and sow It thick or It will grow big Ing utilized - turned Into UMittoa.