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Your store Is not compet ing with others at all UN LESS ITS ADVERTISING IS AS GOOD—and some times better—than theirs. VOLUME XIII., No. 222. Wholesale Grocers’ Public Meeting v- Passed Condemnatory Resolutions Went on Record as Oppos ing Recent Editorial on Freight Rates Appearing In Augusta Chronicle— Resolution Asking Presi dent Loyless of Chamber of Commerce to Resign was not Passed. A determined body of men repre senting practically every wholesale grocery firm in Augusta and all the brokers met this morning at the of fices of the Chamber of Commerce and for two hours discussed the ques tion of freight rates and differentials with regards to Augusta's end of the situation. The organiaztion was per fected by the election of \V. B. Brig ham as chairman and T. D. Murphy and J. C. McAuliffe, secretaries. Forty men were present and Mr. J. Slidell Nixon read the object of the meeting and stated that he was of the opinion {hat the editorial ap pearance in the Chronicle of last Fri day was inspired, according to the way he viewed it. by Milton Smith and T. K. Scott, and that it was a good on e from the standpoint of Nash ville, but detrimental to Augusta. He declared that if the purpose of the editorial was to make a fight for the people why not fight from the start against the advance of two cents per hundred pound on the shipments af fected. The consumers, the people, he said, would have to bear the bur den in the end any way. GIVEN A STONE INSTEAD OF BREAD Mr. C. D. Carr then took the floor. He did not want to condemn Mr. Loy less for his opinion on the matter, but rather condemn the sentiment ex pressed. "Let us take the matter pragraph by paragraph and act with deliberation,'’ he said. “1 have asked ihe interstate commerce commission to furnish rates and differentials in other sections and will be in position to give it to this body withn a few days. This fight is an old one and it Wiil be contested now. I have heard it. but not officially, that the Louis ville and Nashville promised mills along its lines immunity from a change of rates so as to increase their tonnage. Nashville was the first city to get the 'milling in transit" right and now it enjoys the rebilling privi leges. Atlanta brokers now have to have warehouses in Nashville so they can do business in competition with that city. I think Mr. Loyless was untimely in his utterance. I do not think he understood the question, or the gravity of the situation. "It does seem hard that after we have refused to co-operate with other brokers and grocers in a fight for the maintenance of present rates, even went so far as to draft resolutions, memorialize the railroad commission, to the effect that we were willing for the roads to make the raise and in return for this we get instead of bread a stone. This question of retail and wholesale is as old as commerce it self. The claims arising from small .shipments constitute 80 per cent of the money roads have to pay out from this cause and consequently the wholesale dealer must pay that loss and pay for the additional cost in curred in transporting the goods in less than carload lots." Mr. Lowe moved the adoption of the first paragraph and Mr. Nixon seconded it. The question was put and carried unanimously without amendment. Mr. \V. A. Smith, of the firm of Smith Bros., introduced a statement covering the ground, which was read by the secretary, and will be em braced in a report to be made up to morrow by a special committee. Mr. P. G Burum declared tuat if the rail roads insisted on giving the same rates on small shipments that they be forced to give the same rates to small shipments out of Augusta as on large ones and make this rate as low as ra os into Angusta and Augusta terri tory when sent from outside points. Mr Nixon spoke in favor of doing business with railroads that showed a friendly disposition to co-operate, that some of them could do an inde pendent business if leverage was used to bring them across to the right point. Mr. Burum. favored taking the matter to the Georgia railroad com mission and Mr. Nixon again reiter ated his advice to do business with friendly railroads until the matter was settled. W. A. Smith, John K. Murphey, Slide!) Nixon and C. D. Carr were ap pointed as a committee to draft reso lutions of defense as outlined in pa ragraph two and they will do this to morrow. The meeting asked that they be published in some friendly newspaper. MODERATION NO LONGER A VIRTUE At this Juncture the' question of tho editorial was again injected Into the meeting and Mr. C. D. Carr declared that he was not prepared to say whether or not the editorial was writ >en at the Inspiration of the \torgla nW’road or T. K Scott and that If he . I \h- felt sure the position of the aetSoJiatlon would be clear on the matter. However, under the circum stances he advised going slowly. He said tha the meeting was called largely for the purpose of condemn ing ’he editorial and if its sentiments flu. sentiments of the Georgia rail- THE AUGUSTA HERALD RESOLUTIONS AS ADOPTED The following resolutions were passed by the wholesale grocers in their meeting today: » The subject of this meeting is: First. To condemn an editorial on freight differentials which ap peared in the Augusta Chronicle of last Friday. That editorial was un fair and unjust to the wholesale grocers of Augusta, and was an untrue appeal to the individual consumer on behalf of the railroads. It also tended to create discord between the merchant and consumer. Second. To construct a defense and have same published in any friendly newspaper, showing how a car-load rate will benefit the greatest majority of the people of Augusta and its territory. Third. We are not opposed ts railroads obtaining fair compensa tion for the hauling of freight, compensation enough to allow them to pay good interest on their investment and keep their rolling stock and road-beds in good condition, and pay fair wages. Fourth. To form an organization, and if necessary, raise funds to co-operate with wholesale grocers of other inland jobbing centers ot Georgia, who have already raised funds and secured competent attor neys to investigate legally the questions at issue, and also the rights of southern jobbing points to re-billing privileges such as Nashville, Tenn. now enjoys. And also to ask committees from other jobbing centers, which are already in action in this matter to agitate this question in all of the jobbing centers of the southeast which are affected by this change road and the Louisville and Nashville j but little co-operation could be ex : pected from that source, j At this point W. A. Smith, G. H. | Jackson and C. D. Carr we're on the floor. “Moderation has ceased to be i a virtue,” Mr. Carr declared. “We ! have gone along without accomplish |mg anything.” Mr. John E. Mur j phey and W. M. Allen also had some [ thing to say in approving drastic ac tion. The second, third ant) fourth reso lutions were passed unanimously, with but few amendments from the original copy. A fifth resolution was introduced thanking the editor of The Augusta Herald for hts editorial of Saturday afternoon, as it was a fair and just statement of the differential question as it really exists. This was voted down on the ground that it was the sense of the meeting that thanks enough had been extended through the action of the meeting in general RESIGNATION NOT CALLED FOR. The sixth amendment which did not create much discussion was one asking the president of the Chamber of Commerce to change his views publicly on the differential question, or resign from his position as presi dent, of the organization as it was created by voluntary subscriptions from commercial, industrial qnd pro fessional interests of Augusta to pro mote ihe interests Of the city. Mr. Carr thought {his was going too far and others thought that in view of the fact that Mr. Loyless was not present to defend'himself the matter should be dropped. Mr. W.’ A. Smith agreed to raise a fund to assist in the fight to obtain a fair hearing for Augusta in the mat ter and Murphey C &o. pledged SSO; C. D. Carr & Co. SSO; Nixon Grocery Co. SSO; Smith Bros. SSO, and J. B. Bracey sls. The subscription list was opened arter adjournment or more than SSOO would have been raised, according to a statement from Mr. Smith and he expects to have ail the money in hand tomorrow. The meeting concluded by perfect ing a permanent organization, elect ing Mr.J. Slidell Nixon, president, and H. C. Heed, secretary. The next meet ing will be held within a few days, the president to name the date. The following are wholesale groc cers and brokers of Augusta, nearly ah of whom were represented: Augusta Grocery Co., Allen and Baxley, Augusta Feed and Cominis sion Co., Arrington Bros and Co., Brigham, W. B. and Son, Bussey and Carswell, Burum Bros., Bracy and Jackson, Barksdale, J. L., Bisell, Kent, Boyce, Fred., Baron, J. B. and Co.; Carr, C. D. and Co., Cranston, Jack and Co., Cooney, W. J. and Co., Cof fin, F. W„ Cranston, and Co.; Did s and Holmes. Dicks, Lyon and Sample, Doris, T. P.; Eve, H. C. and Co.; Force and Uhl; Oehrken, Fred.; Hill and Merry; Haines, Geo.; Lamb and Hollingsworth, Lowe, Frank E„ Lun dy, Kobt.; Murphey and Co., Martin, E. C., Miller, L. J„ Murphey, Geo. and Co.; Marks and Powell., Matthews, J. C.; Nixon Grocery Co., Newman. J. R.; O'Connor, l). P. and Co.; Pund, C. T. and Co., Pollard. W. C.; ItPid, H. (’.; Smith Bros., Saxon Bros, A. B.; Wall. B. C., Walton and Taylor, Walton, Robt. ABOLITION OF POLL TAX, CAUSES BIG VOTE WILMINGTON, Del The registrs tion in this state this year will be the largest ever known This fact Is due primarily to the fact that the $1 poll tax has been abolished. The registration In this city alone may i reach 25.000. The same interest Is ! being taken In the registration all | over the state. This Indicates that | an unusually heavy vote will be cast ! at the November afate election. Times-Democrat Crop Report NEW ORLEANS.—The Times Democrat presents this morning if* correspondent's reports on the cotton crop for the month of July. Ths consensus of opinion is to the following effect: 1. Except in certain sections, which have been affected by special causes, distinct improvement has been the rule. 2. Louisiana has been greatly hurt by excessive rains, snd com plaints of serious damage by boll weevil are numerous. 3 It Is generally thought that the crop is now entering upon the critical phase and that the weather during August will tell heavily for, or against, life ultimate outcome. 4 Farmers seem Inclined to h «ld. as far as they eau, rather than accept 3 1-4 to it 12 cents at interior points. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST, 10, 1908. ns IRE SEEING IRE SIGHTS OF nan AUCKLAND, N. Z.—A stately line of battleships in double formation restea lightly at anchor this morning in the Auckland harbor when the day dawned and tft* fifty began to stir. Perfect weather with a light wind boded favorable conditions for today’s program. The town was early astir and the residents and strangers (locked to the Queen street quay to look upon Ilia inspiring picture. The crews made preparations for visits ashore und the harbor was soon alive with snmU craft gaily decorated with Hags of various colors. Although in an alien land, the scenes re-called to the American sail ors their visits along the Pacific coast, when the American people turn ed out and celebrated their entry with patriotic ardor. As soon as the or der for shore leave was given, boats armed with sailors shot out from'ev ery ship and made for the land. The sailors were anxious to explore the new town, -which seemed to offer many possibilities. As soon as they set foot upon land they began tc ramble through the streets, picking up many souvenirs and mementoes either to keep or to send home. These lit tle groups of men were orderly am.* offered no offense to the laws of the town. Native fblk gazed after them and many favorable comments were made. Admiral Sperry today reiterated his satisfaction at the successful manner in which Ihe cruise had been made* He said that it would result In much good, Ihe long distance cruises being pratical texperlence for both men and officers. The social program of the short stay at Auckland has not been neg lected und today many of ihe offi cers took luncheon at the Northern or Auckland clubs, and Invitations to dinner are many. mrs. m. v. McDonald DIED IN BROOKLYN Mother of Miss Myrtis and Mr. Harry McDonald, Formerly of Augusta. The death is announced in Brook lyn, N. Y., of Mrs. Myrtis Virginia McDonald in the 70th year of her age. Mrs. McDonald is well-known in Au gusta, which was her home fur many years. Hhe has been making her home with her son and daughter In Brooklyn for the past, four years. Mrs. McDonald was a noble Chris tian and upright lady and she enjoy < d the friendship of ail who knew' hei during her long and useful life. Mrs. McDonald was the sister of the late Pro!. Henry Peck Her surviving children are: Miss Byrtit P. McDonald and Mr. P. 14. McDonald, Mrs. McDonald had a large family donnectlon In Augusta. Mr John McDonald is her brother-in-law. Mrs Patrick Walsh, Miss Georgia McDonald, Miss .1. K. McDonald and Mrs. K. C. Smith are her sister-in law The funeral 'announcement* will hit made later. TAFT GOES TO HOT SPRINGS. WHITE SULPHUR, W .a—Judge Taft and his party left today for Hot Springs, Va, Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair Tonight and Tuesday HASSIN PISSES THIRD DEGREE SAFELY CHICAGO.—“I am Innocent! I am innocent! Mohammed never permit ted the law to slay an innocent man. “But give me a rope and I will hang myself. Give me a knife and I will can my head off, and you may place It beside that of the boy they say I slew. La-Blah, ilia, allah!” The sudden outbreak yesterday af ternoon from Hasßln Nemmer, known as "Hassin the Turk," arrested In con nection with the murder oi Tuff a Shishem, a Syrian bootblack, had caused the police to take precautions j against possible attempts he might i make to commit suicide. The prison j it was put through a most thorough "sweating" from one to seven o’clock p. m., and while he Was on the vergo of making damaging admissions at | least a dozen times, he got through the ordeal without seriously impll u-ating himself In the crime. He has hardly slept at all during the last two nights and cats scarcely enough to sustain life. He Is plainly worried but no more than that can the police get out of him. Inspector Dorman has not the slight est doubt that the prisoner is tho only person who can explain the dis appearance of the boy and the ills membertng ot Ills body, but ifc not ac cusing the Turk in formal police fash ion. The inspector is playing entire iy new taotlcs, and goes on the the ory that every man is Innocent until proven guilty. It Is said the police of by-gone days would have forced some sort of confession from the pris oner before this. After u long siege in Inspector Dorman's office I lie pris oner pleaded Illness and was allow ed to gaze out of a window undis turbed. Then suddenly he seemed to take a fancy to Sergeant J. J. O'Don. tiell and offered to pay him SIOO if lie finds the hoy's body intact and the slayer. Spreading out his prayer cloth, he knelt and kissed O'DonneH's hand and proclaimed him innocent From prayer he changed to profnn i ity whereupon an officer entered the room and roughly accused him of be ing with the boy last. Inspector Dorman has detailed spe clal officers to watch the prisoner day and night. . The worst Is yet to esme when the prisoner will be taken to the morgue to review the remains. AUTO ACCIDENT BRINGS DEATH TO IMPORTER AND PRIEST TOLEDO, O. —When an automobile plunged over a steep embankment on the Mltchaw road two and a half miles west of Suivnnla yesterday as ternoon Charles W. / Pohlmann, a wealthy Cleveland importer and mer chant tailor, anil Father George Va beg, pastor of St. Columbklll's perl h Cleveland, were Instantly killed be neath the ear Mrs Charles Pohl trann. tier daughter, Florence, and F. C. Dletzel, a Cleveland dentist, were In the touring car, but were saved Irom Injury by the high hack of the tonneau. The auto landrd at the bottom of the "pibankmerd bottomsld" up. The priest’s bead was crushed betwoeit- the edge of the ear and a huge stone Mr I’ohlman’ , who was driving the ma chine. was entangled in the steering gear, the wheel crushing into Ills chest. Death came to Father Vuhey Instantly and Mr. Pohlmann lived less than a minute, Pohlmarm’s neck was probably broken and his chest crushed F C. Dletzel struggled from under th'- tonneau, assisted the women out and then examined the bodies of the two men In the front, of the car Re adzing the men were dead, the den tist scaled the women on the haek and ran half a mil,, to the home of Stephen Kley, where he found four or five men, who went willingly with him to the wreck. In the meantime Miss Pohlmann had fainted and she was carried to ■ the Ele> farm house and doctors sum moned from Sul van la Mrs. Pohlmann refused to leave the scene until the dead body of her husband was re leased from the wreck Tlie Itev. George ,j Vahoy was one of the best known priests In the State, a ts n days’ auto trip through Canada had been planned by Mr. Pohlmann. FUND FOR ZEPPELIN’S NEW SHIP REACHES $625,000 BERLIN The Hind which Is bat! ; subscribed to aid Count Zeppelin, whose hugi airship wan destroyed by fir - mail ing from an explosion a fe* dajs ago, now amounts In $125,0u0. Among those who subscribed are the Kaiser, who gave $2,590; the King of Wurtemberg (5,(00, and tbs Krupps, $25,000. SIX MED IN DREE OVER NETT! GIRL ONE DEAD AND TWO ARE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. TURN PISTOLS ON MARSHAL $ , Principals Started Fight and Their Friends Took Sides—No Arrests NEW YORK.—In a duel over a girl six men fought with revolvers in the streets ot Inwood, Nassau county, Far Itockaway. One was shot dead, an other is dying In St. Joseph's hospi tul, Far Itockaway and a third was hill managed to lice'with IBs compan ions when Constable William Belcher and several citizens, armed with re volvers, commanded them to surren der. Instead of surrendering, the duel lists turned their attention lo the con stable and hall a dozen shots were firi d at him. Two bullets passed through Ills coal. As soon as lhey fired Ihe men ran and escaped. The dead man, Joseffe Monteleono, who, according to Constable Belcher, is a desperate character, had a bullet through lilh heart. He lay stretched upon the ground. Near him lay Fer dinand Mazzoo. Hi, was unable to talk although he was still conscious. A physician hastily summoned front St. Joseph’s hospital, found that a bul let bad passed through bis lungs. He cannot survive, the doctors say. The girl over whom the duel took place, is an American of great beau ly. She lives with her parents oa Henry Street, Inwood. One of the men had been seen with her, and, ac cording to Information received by Constable llelchor, lie told a rival that the girl had promised lo ntarry him. This declaration was the signal lor a drawing of pistols, and friends of Hie iJvals took sides. The shots wort fired tit not more than a dozen yards. Fully thirty shots were fired, resi dents of Henry street suy. Several doors and windows ware perforated by the bullets. An effort was made early today to get the nanii-s of the men who participated In the fight from Mazzoo, but lie was unable lo talk intelligently. There is i.o clue to The murderer and unless the pi-’ice find the wounded men who escap-d, It Is probable that ill ere will be no arri-His. MADE 810 BARGAIN; KILLED JIIUSEIF NEW OKI,BANS, l.u Because Ins wife upbraided him Inr milking a bad bargain, Joseph Itlzzo hlh.i and killed himself ibis morning. Itlzzo was a fruit dealer. FARMAN CAN'T FLY HIGH WITH OUT COIN French Aviator lias Trou ble Collecting; Hia Money —Calls a Halt. NEW YORK. HPiiry Fru-man who has been aviating at Brighton Beach, announced after I,ls tllglu yesterday that there would be no morn (lying until tie got Ills pay. The (200 a Hklrn has not been forth coming, he declares, nor limh his su! ary been paid Furman’s contract outside the bonus lor flights, called for $24,000. The wing flier says that he had a hard time collecting the original s<!,- non guarantee to come to this country, snd I hat after that lie had goi an ad vance of only $l,O-40. Anybody ought, to know that a man cannot it-, very high on that amount, especially if he is stopping at the Hotel Aslor, with otlu r things In proportion. LABOR SECRETARY WINS PRETTY BJtIDE Miss Alice Bot.hwell, Chief Book-keeper Murries Mr. Frank Morrison. WASHINGTON, D C A romance which hud its Inception months ago while the two principals pored to gether over desks In business hours an acquaintance that turned to friend shiv and then ripen’d into love, will culminate tomorrow ntglii when Frank Morrison, secretary of ’he Am eritan F< deration of Labor, leads to the altar Miss Alice Hkllirnan Boa well, for eight years chief book keep, r 111 the office of lr r future husband. Mr Morrison, next to I'resldont Bainuel Gompei's, bolds tin most Im portant executive position In the or ganlxailon which controls more than two millions of the nation’s citizens He has been Identified with the labor movement lor years. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. SIX LIVES LOST IN FIRE OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN ETHEL ROOSEVELT IS SEVENTEEN TODAY . „ -aMNRgi vsjrti'Wji- ' ) ‘ •*> V' “y £ 0 ~ j I'' ' ' ' '*'* f ! | : * ' -T .-•• W ■> j fi; -, .- j.-v- . • 1 ’Vf- - .f.V.-v j Will bo the Season’s Most Important Debutante— Three Birthdays This Year Says Leob. OYBTBR BAY, N. Y.- Miss Ethel Kootovelt M celebrating her seven teonth birthday today. It 1h her real birthday, although thn*o times before «he has, according to Mr. Loot), cede*- brated the event this year HealdoH placing her in the young womanhood class, It marks the coming of the year when she will enter the world of so ciety uk the season's most Important debutante. FORMERTIPLOMAT im IN ‘JAIL Son of the * Vice-President of Pern, H .A Wordy Row With His Beautiful Wife and Failed to Pay Board LOS ANGELES. Cal Honor Alio* Janeiro Garland, son of the vice presi dent of Peru and former secretary of the Peruvian legation at Wushing spont last night In tho city Jail on n charge of disturbing the peace. Ills wife, Louise Garland, who whs Miss Louise Scott and who Is a cousin of Mrs, Uhiirloß J. Rnnaparto, wife of Ihe attorney general, Is a bountiful woman, well known at the national capital. She was arrestee! on the) RBino chargee but oNeape*el imprison merit by eleposltlng S6O eash ball to Insure her appe*aranei* in tho court this (Monday) tuejrning. The* arre*sts gre w out of a puarrel beiween the twe> whbh began Thurs day over Garland's objection to hts wife* carrying on a correspondence! with a number of officials and poll tlelans in Washington. Among those* Garland specifically mentioned Uol Charles A Kdwards, with whom he had an Aocounfer last year in the* fashionable apartments occupied by the* them Miss Hoot I In addition fe> the- epinrrel Mrs One*, land refused tei pay $4 which Garland owed for the rent of their room, 'Phis eiccHHloned a wordy war between th‘* twee and finally le el to their being a Joe ted from the house- and then; thn.wn Into the stie*e»t with their bee* longings. | BARTHOLDT LEAVES FOR CONFERENCE Missouri Representative to Attend Conference of lu ter-Parliam entry Union. WASHINGTON Representative Itlchaid llartholdt, of Ht Louis, ur rived In Washington yesterday on his way to tin- conference of the Inter parliament Union, which meets In Merlin September 17. Mr llartholdt will confer with of flclais of the state department having charge of arbitration matters, In re gaid to the Aim r' an proposals to lie submitted to tin conference thin year. Mr. Bartholdi b.i been’keeping In touch with III* colleague:, on th" Attier lean delegation, all of whom are mein ben; of congress and la-t night an nottneed that more than u score of those designated to act us delegates h: vi- signified their Intention of going to Berlin The nnturi and scope of the Amer ican proposals on arbitration can not be outlined, Mr llartholdt savs, In advance of his conference at the stale departiuhfit. Notice how many of to day’s Want Ads. are hunting buyers for things. Perhaps a few of them may be hunt ing for YOU 1 Thirty Carried Down Lnd dex- by Firemen—Ten Seriously Injured NEW YORK. Four are dead, two others are dying, and six are in a se rious condition from burns in a fire, started by a firebug, which early to day burned tin* four-story tenement house at No. 1132 East 112th street. I hirty persons were carried down ladders by firemen amid v lid scenes of panic. More than 100 escaped from the burning building in their night cloth ing. Pistol shots fired by persons, who sought thus to summon aid, add 'd to the confusion, and thousands rushed to the scene. Ihe fire Is declared by the police ;uul the lire marshal to have been of incendiary origin, and is one of sev eral fatal fires in tin* neighborhood Vincenzo Sausto, four of whoso children were hurra'd lo death, bared his head and in a loud voice took an oath of vengeance against those re sponsible for the fire. Ills oath in* eluded a declaration that he would do vote bln life to the task. The dead: I’tOSINA SAUSTO, 10 years old, burned to a crisp. LOUIS SAUSTO, 8 years old, smothered by smoko. TONY SAUSTO, 4 years old, smoth ered |>y smoke. ItOTUUUO SAUSTO, I year old, dropped by mother in flight; body burned beyond recognition. The dying are Ffnnk Sausto, 12 years old, both legs broken, body burned and Internal Injuries. Halva lure Logitonl, 22 years old, right hip dislocated, contusions of the face ami Internal Injuries. Hurt in Jump from third story window to street. The Injured are Plolro Pottino, 26 years old, badly burned about tho hands and face. Hernardo Volparano, 22 years old, burns of the arms and face. Pasquale Augturln, 36 years old, severe burns of the left hand and face, Harlem hospital. Vincenzo Satis to, 37 years old, hands and face and upper part of body badly burned. All taken to Harlem hospital. Fireman James Currey, of Engine Company No. 36, burns or the right arm and right side of faeo. Attend* ed by ambulance surgeon, remained on duty. It was declared by Assistant Fire Marshal David Kelly that tho fire was of undoubted incendiary* origin. The fire is one of a number of fa tal tires that have recently terrorized the neighborhood. Two mouths ago 13 persons were burned to death in a tire in the tenement house in One llumlre dan Ninth street near-by. WHIN GETS A AAEXICAN LINE American Magnate Ob tains an Eastern Outlet to the United States MEXICO CITY. -It. Ih reported that application will bo made soon to the Mexican government for a transfer Of III" concession now held by Col. W. C. Greene for building an axten slon of the Rio Grande, Sierra Mnilre and Baclllc railroad, lo 10. 11. Ilurrl iiiuii and associates. It It Nickerson, president of the road, wlio has been In New York for some time as thp representative of Col Greene, Is said to have effected a financial iimiiigcment for the early building of the extension. It Is auld that Mr. Ilarrliruin and his assort ate: have become financially Interest ed In the project and that the read will lie used lo obtain an eastern out let to the United Htntes by way of 101 I'aso fur lie fanunea, Yaqua and Baclllc system, widen the Harrlmaa Interests are building In western Mux Ico. HAWAII WANTS SMYRNA FIGS. HONOLULU, T 11. Th" Division or Entomology or the Board of Agri cull iii" and Forestry of the territory is making experiments looking to wards 'ii- growing ol imyrna figs in the Islands. The tig grown well here but tie- inn. mu v.'ricly cannot be pro duc'd without the benellelent Inter- I uaitlon of a tiny insect known as the In-, wasp il ii opiiaga ikii/ssoriini) which Inn, m i been successfully Ifiiroduei il Into tin territory. Lass than ti n ii 11,(0 California succeed ed in introducing ibis Insect from .i mrn Europe since which lime i| ' raising of Smyrna figs lias grown in In an Important Industry tn ’ho l-’r'-. iio district and other section* of Hi" s tate. A number of efforts have b"' ii made to Introduce the llg wasp Into Hawaii but. In each Instance 'he Insects were received In bad condi tion snd It Is not believed that any lived o propogale, Imt renewed ef foil are to be made, which It is con- I i|i idly expected will be successful. The hlastophaga 'ir eds In the him sums of the figs, and performs 10-r beneficient ulssum by carrying 'I " polen flow the main Mowers, which grow on e separate p.ant, to (lie female flowers by which they are fertilised and made capable of pro ducing perfect fruit. In UaJlfornla Hu- smyrna tigs now grown exceed In quality theio of southeru Europe an Asia Minor.