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WHOLE NUMBER 1,621.
VOLUME XXXJI.-NUMBER 9.
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CUBANS TOM DOWN
An teat iy lejecting Tfceir Amend.
ed Fern af Piatt 01mm.
fiOVUNMCNT CANNOT ACCCrl IT
Caaaat Caaaca taa Waralag- Accaat
Ota.r raoaU'a Caaagas 1
MaKlaley AbiUu ta Hala tha
' ts, Bat Fiats Xa Way ta Da aa.
WASHINGTON, Jane 1. After an
other long conference between the
. president and members of his cabinet
a message of rejection was sent to
General Wood, advising; the Cubans In
unqualifed language that there Is no
power resting in the United States
government to change the terns of
the Piatt amendment and that this
government insists on the acceptance
of the Piatt amendment, without
amendment or qualification. The Cu
ban convention is still in session and
the message of rejection will be de
livered to It immediately. The admin
istration is confident that the Cubans
will understand the exact attitude or
this government and make a satisfac
tory acceptance within a reasonable
period.
This action followed the decision of
the cabinet that the action of the
Cuban constitutional convention in ac
cepting the terms of the Piatt amend
ment with modifications and Interpre
tations of its own was not "substan
tial" compliance with our terms, with
in the meaning of the amendment
The three main points in which the
action of the convention is regarded
as unsatisfactory relate, it is said, to
coaling stations, sanitation and Inter
vention. The Cuban convention took
from the coaling station paragraph
of the Piatt amendment Its obligatory
character and merely authorised the
Cuban government, in Its judgment,
to allow the United States to possess
coaling or naval stations. The United
States will assist on an absolute agree
ment to grant these coaling stations.
With respect to sanitation, the Cubans
do not agree to carry out plans al
ready devised, and in accepting the
Piatt amendment modified Its provis
ions so as to change them considerably.
In the matter of Intervention the
objection is that the Cubans have so
changed this vitally Important part or
the Piatt amendment as to make the
right of the United States to Intervene
an ambiguous and doubtful matter,
whereas a straight and unequivocal ac
knowledgment of right to Intervene
when. In our Judgment, intervention is
necessary to assure Cuban independ
ence or a stable government. Is In
sisted on.
The cabinet meeting lasted an hour
and a half and had been preceded by
an hour's conference with the presi
dent and Senators Piatt of Connecti
cut and Lodge of Massachusetts. As
the author of the amendment, the pres
ident desired to learn the views of
Senator Piatt and also those of Sen
ator Lodge, who is one of the influen
tial members of the committee on for
eign relations.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root took the stand that the interpre
tation of the Piatt amendment contain
ed In the constitution adopted by the
convention and the whereases append
ed to it, went outside of a fair inter
pretation of Its meaning and was un
acceptable. In this view the cabinet
concurred.
When asked as to what would be the
next step of the government after the
Cuban convention had been notified of
the rejection of its action, one of the
members of the cabinet said that the
government could do nothing further
until the convention again acted, that
as long as the conditions of the Piatt
amendment were on the statute books
compliance wl'h them must precede
wur relinquishment of control over the
bland.
Caaalaa fa Far Faa4.
LINCOLN, Jun 1. S. C. Bassett or
Gibbon will come to Lincoln June 1
to open the office of the pure food de
partment. He is planning a vigorous
campaign against the illegal manufac
ture and sale of imitation dairy pro
ducts, but will take no active
steps toward enforcing the law until
he has the office opened and his de
partment well organised.
Arcaatehap Kcaae's Kecora.
DES MOINES, June 1. Archbishop
Keane of Dubuque has recently made
an extensive tour of the parishes In
eastern Iowa preparatory to his tak
ing a journey to Europe and to Rome.
Since he entered upon the work last
fall he has visited over 100 parishes
and has confirmed more than 10,500
persons In the church.
altaa Betwaaa Far
MT. AYR, June L Jacob & Miller
and R. W. Shaffer, farmers, engaged
in a quarrel over some cattle belong
ing to Shaffer which had been tres
passing on Miller's farm', and la the
not words that followed Miller picked
up a Winchester rifle lying near and
shot Shaffer in the right thigh. The
ball passed through his leg. costing oat
near the groin. Shaffer will recover
nniess blopd poisoning shoald fol
low. arrjrtan ta Mas.
- SEATTLE. Wash.. Jnne L It la aa
timated that 600 men are in the city
waiting transportation to Nome. "All
sold out." la the invariable aaewer
they receive at the transportation
omeea. The Senator, which will sail
today will have approxissately
era.
The secretary of the
bought UN.CM more of the short
S par cane beads at flMjafa.
m urn ias met nuns.
tytalaaara mAI
at
The past week, says the Nebraska
Crop Balletta. has been cool, with
heavy showers la western eoamties and
generally light shavers la eastern. The
daily aseaa tesaperatare has averaged
Ive degrees below normal in eastern
coaatles and three degrees in western.
Frosts occurred quite generally la the
last day of the week. Only sligjt
daasage has thus far been reported.
The rainfall was above normal in the
western counties, and ranged from
one to two aad one-half inches la most
of the northwestern counties. In
eastern counties it was generally less
than half an inch.
Winter 'wheat has generally growfi
well, although cinch bugs have done
some damage, aad in places snare rain
woald. have improved .the crop pros
pects. Oats have grown fairly well,
but continues thin on the ground and
in rather poor condition. Grass has
improved in western counties, aad gen
erally pastures aad meadows are in
good condition. Corn planting fs
nearly finished in northern counties,
and some replanting has been done in
southern The low temperature has
been unfavorable for the germination
and growth of corn, and it is coming
up slowly, but in most places the stand
Is good; cultivation or the earliest
planted corn has commenced. Gener
ally prospects for n good fruit crop
are reported, but some complaint has
been made that apples are not settling
well. Indicating that the apple crop
may be light
TIC lANrSMOIS CliSf I.
A Maalaa laaUCaUaa at Oataaaaarg la
Baagaaaa.
LINCOLN, June 1. Because of the
poor condition of its paper the Peo
ple's State bank of Gothenburg was
ordered closed by the state banking
board. Bank Examiner E. E. Emmett
will remain in charge of the institu
tion until a receiver is appointed.
The people's bank was organised in
1890. aad in 189 was consolidated
with the First 8tate bank. Several
days ago Secretary Royse of the bank
ing board suspected something wrong
In the management or the Institution
and an examination later showed it
to be in an unsafe condition. It was
Intimated by Mr. Royse that the poor
paper of the institution had been held
over from the panic period.
The deposits of the bank amount to
$60,000 and the loans and discounts to
172,000. The capital stock Is $25,000
and the liabilities SM.goo. its officers
are: L. D. Lloyd, president; Conrad
W. Lloyd, cashier; Clyde W. Lloyd,
assistant cashier.
Faaaa Daaa by a Taaaat.
GENEVA. Neb., June 1. Ben Shell,
a bachelor about 45 years of age. liv
ing alone on his farm three miles west
of town, was found dead In his bed
by one of the neighbors who is farm
ing his place. Not seeing Shell about
the premises during the day he went
to the house in the evening and found
the body in bed dressed in night
clothes. He had died from natural
causes.
Tea OatUa Raraaa ta Death.
FREMONT. Neb.. June L Ten cat
tle were burned to death In two freight
cars on an east bound Union Pacific
train. The fire started by a spark
from the engine alighting on some
straw in one of the cars, while the
train was west of North Bend. Be
fore the flames were discovered they
had caused the death of several cattle
and injured ethers so that they died
later on.
vaaa Attaataa UaMaa.
FAIRMONT. Neb.. June 1. Eric
Oleson. a young Swede who has been
living in this neighborhood for the
last year, procured a pistol and re
tiring to n nearby lot shot himself.
The bullet entered over the heart,
passed around the breast bone and
was extracted by the doctor back or
the shoulder. The doctor thinks if no
complications occur he will recover.
The Ballrtaa CaaearU.
The celebrated Bellstedt band or
Cincinnati is now giving n series of
concerts in a big tent at Omaha, which
will be continued all through the
month or June, afternoon and evening.
A more fnvorable opportunity for
hearing good music, instrumental aad
vocal, will not soon sgain occur.
Taaataa M eCarty Fatal.
LINCOLN, June L Thomas Mc
Carty. sentenced to fifteen years' im
prisonment for highway robbery in
Sarpy county, has been paroled. He
belonged to the renowned McCarty
sang.
Agaa Haa Ffraaa Ftra
FAIRBURT. Neb.. June L The
Hurlburt Packing- house in the west
era part of the city was discovered to
be on fire. When the fire department
arrived at the buildings flames were
bursting from nil sides of the large
structure and Mr. Carlyle, aged 92
years, who sleeps la the building, was
rescued just ia time to save his life,
as he was helpless by reason of the
smoke pouring into his room la great
TOll
OMAHA, Juae 1. Senator Dietrich
is considering aa iavitation to accoen
paay a congressional party oa a trip
around the world in a government
transport Congressman Mercer Is
goinc to be -one of the party, which
will leave New York Jane 20, going
by way of armada aad the Saea canal
to the Philippine islands and retain
ing by way of Saa Francisco. The
party will he absent about flow
CONFERENCE 1 CUBA
fianiaH and OaMaat Members Itf
TIY Tt KCetf AS Tt CWA
WASHINGTON. May SL An Impor
tant conference on Cuban relations
took puce nt the White Hoaee this
afternoon. There were present with
President McKinley. Secretary Root,
Senator O. H. Piatt, chairman of the
senate committee oa relatione with
Cuba, and Senator Spooner of Wis
consin. For more than an hoar aad a
half the situation in Cuba wna consid
ered and when the conference broke
up no determination had been reached.
It is expected that the whole matter
will be brought before .the cabinet to
morrow and possibly will be further
discussed with those who have had
much to do with shaping Cuban rela
tions thus far.
Secretary Root has been fully ad
vised by Governor General Wood re
garding the progress of events In Cuba
nnd has been informed of the actioa
of the convention In Its successive
Lstages, together with the final action
of the convention in , adopting the
Piatt amendment and the Interpreta
tion placed upon It by the convention,
as well as the interpretation of the
interviews between the Cuban commis
sioners nnd the president nnd secre
tary of war. He was thus able to in
form the president fully of the defi
nite results of the convention in adopt
ing the Piatt amendment as nmended
or Interpreted by the delegates. This
Information was the basis of the dis
cussion during the conference today.
The president and his advisers must
determine whether the Piatt amend
ment has been 'substantially" adopted
by the convention. This Is prelimi
nary to tho withdrawal of the United
States authority and forces from the
island. If it ahould be found that
the interpretation of the convention
Is not satisfactory to this government
quite n difficult problem arises, as it
seems to be the Intention of the Cu
bans to proceed to form n government,
and that government must be recog
nized or rejected by the president, as
he has full power to determine wheth
er the act of congress has been com
plied with by the convention.
Another problem which has been
discussed by those interested in Cu
ban relates to what would follow
should the new Cuban government be
recognized. The Cuban government.
It is asserted, will be for some time
without the machinery to execute Its
own laws and put In operation its own
edicts. It is held by some lawyers
that the moment the Cuban govern
ment Is recognised the authority of
the United States ceases, and there
is some question as to who would be
responsible for the preservation of law
and order, as the new government
would have no troops aad no police
force and would be practically power
less should there be any opposition
to its decrees and orders. The ques
tion whether United States forces
would be warranted in upholding the
government, In executing Its orders
has been raised; also whether the pres
ident of the United States would be
authorized, as commander-in-chief of
the army, to give orders to American
troops further than their recall from
foreign territory.
Harta Dakota Maauteatarlem.
WASHINGTON. D. C. May SL The
director of the census has completed
his preliminary report on the manu
facturing Interests of the etate of
North Dakota. The report shows that
the value of the manufacturing Inter
ests of the state of North Dakota was
$,183,114, against $5,028,107 for 1890.
The number of manufacturing estab
lishments was Increased durlag the
ten years from 382 to 1.130, nnd the
capital invested from 12,894,553 to S3,
956,490. Ma-aarial Day la Waahlagtaa.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 31. Me
morial day was observed in Washing
ton with the usual ceremonies. The
weather, which had been stormy for
n week, was delightful and the exer
cises nt the different cemeteries were
largely attended. President McKinley
Intended to visit the Arlington ceme
tery during the forenoon, but was de
layed by the visit to the White House
of Mrs. McKInley's physicians.
Fare, mt Omaha, ks
MILWAUKEE. May 3L The Uni
ted Switchmen of North America ad
journed sine die to meet nt Los An
geles, Cat, oa the third Monday ia
May, 1903. The following board of
directors was chosen: Daalel Smith of
Chicago, S. J. Scanlan of Jersey City,
J. T. McMillan of Ashtabula. O. The
board of directors will appoint Dr. M.
J. Ford of Omahn as grand medical
examiner. Mr. Ford m former editor
of the Switchmea's JoamaL
llaatada
NEW YORK. May 3L The countrv
home for coasumptlvea of the Monte
tore Home for Chronic Invalids was
dedicated yesterday at Bedford Sta
tion. N. T. After prelhnlnary exer
cises the keys were presented to Jacob
H. Schlff. president of the home, by
Isaac Eppinger. chairman of the
building committee, Mr. Schlff giving
a history of the home. Theodore
Roosevelt vice preateeat af the Ualted
the Utrodaced and
Balaaaan naaheSanalaF AeaapSaaea
Aiaaamaat Is ks aaairatata Be
spaaalwlty mw Caviraanat. If ea
atralaaa. Wttl SUU Urn laiaataat,
sKissTmsamisiYiu.
Watea Mm
WASHINGTON, May 31 Mrs. Mc
Kinley had a fairly comfortable day,
bat still feels the effect of the fatigue
incident to the long trip from Saa
Francisco to Washington. The physi
cians hope, now that she Is again safe
ly established la the white house, that
the slight improvement which has
manifested itself since leaving San
Fraaclao will be continued end that
noon she may be able to sit ap. She
ia still very seriously in and her every
symptom is being carefully watched
by those having charge of the distinguished-
patient Dr. P. M. Rlxey.
the physician in charge of her case,
spent some time ufthe bedside of the
patient today. Associated with him
In n consultating capacity are also
Surgeon General Steraberg of the army
and Dr. W. W. Johnson of this city.
The president spent most of the day
at the white house in the company of
his wife. Late In the afternoon, In
company with Secretary Root, he went
out for n short drive, taking a ride in
the suburbs, but he returned to the
white bouse in about an hour.
fAll MOiTON TELLS TIE TUN.
Twa atcaaicra a Moata ta Serve tha
Orfaatal Baslacas.
CHICAGO, May 31. Paul Morton,
second vice president of the Santa Fe,
who returned from New York after
having been in conference with the
Hamburg-American steamship officials
relative to the establishment of a new
line from San Francisco to the orient,
in discussing the project said:
"The Santa Fe is negotiating with
the Hamburg-American line, but the
terms of the contract are not all
agreed upon. Our contract with t&e
California and Oriental line does not
expire until next year, and until that
time a new line cannot be established.
It is the purpose or the Santa Fe to"
Inaugurate passenger as well as
freight service between San Francisco
nnd oriental points and we want the
Hamburg-American company because
It Is in n position to give n better
service than the company with which
we now have relations.
"At first we will not run more than
one or two steamers a month, but as
the trade and traffic Increases the ser
vice will keep pace with it"
TIE GREEN TEA LOUSE.
DepartaMat af Agrlcaltara Gives Wara
lag Agataat tha Iaaact.
WASHINGTON. May 31. The de
partment of agriculture has Issued' a
report oa the ravages of the green pea
louse, giving warning that the insect,
one of the most important of those
which ravaged the crops of the coun
try during the last two seasons, will
widen Its range geographically and In
crease the amount of destruction.
Since Its first appearance in May,
1899, at Bridges, Va., Its devastation
has steadily increased and It hasnow
become the cause of great loss In the
principal pea growing regions of the
United States. The estimated loss it
caused along the Atlantic coast states
In 1899 is estimated at $3,000,000. and
In 1900 this had reached $4,000,000 by
the middle of June. In some farms In
Maryland 80 per cent or more of the
crop was destroyed. Vigorous efforts
are making to control its spread and
the official bulletin gives a detailed
description and means of fighting it
Waarasha at WaaMlagtaa.
WASHINGTON, May 30. Mrs. Sarah
M. Atkinson of Winnebago, Neb., has
been appointed matron nt the Indian
school at that place.
The) treasury department has
awarded contracts for supplies for pub
lic buildings at Lincoln, Neb., as fol
lows: Coal, Union Fuel company; Ice,
the Cooper Manufacturing Ice and
Cold Storage company; miscellaneous,
H. Herpolscheimer.
ham Frlea Daa.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 31. Hi
ram Price, who served many years
In congress as a republican repre
sentative from Iowa, and who was
commissioner or Indian affairs from
1881 to the beginning of the first
Cleveland administration, died here of
heart trouble. Mr. Price, who was 81
years old, was president of the State
Bank of Iowa for many years.
'atlaa far LleataaaaU.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. Sec
retary Root has decided that all or the
second lieutenants or cavalry who
were such on February 2 laBt, and all
of the second lieutenants of infantry
who were such at the date or the or
ganization or the volunteer army in
1890, shall be at once promoted to the
rank or first lieutenants.
FhlHaataaa Hat Affected.
WASHINGTON, May 31. The treas
ury officials discussed with much in
terest the decisions or the supreme
court in the insular cases and the con
clusion has been reached that nothing
In these decisions Is conclusive upon
the government to change its adminis
tration of the custom laws as to the
Philippine Islands, nnd therefore du
ties will continue to be collected on
imports from these islands as here
tofore. acara tha FaUca.
CHICAGO. May 31. A fully armed
party of forty-six Sioux Indians pass
ed through Chicago en route to Glea
Island. N. T.. where they are to take
part la aa Iadlan village exhibit dur
ing the summer. The advent of the
-visitors caused commotion at police
headquarters, slace Jbv police have
been expecting nn Invasion of the Pot
tawattamlee, who have threatened to
setae tha lake front under govera
aeat greats made aaay years ago.
TAKES TO AMENDMENT
Otnaa Oeaetititieasl OaaTentien Finally
Appreves Piatt Olai
WE IS fOlilTUN TO TIMTEEN.
aalaaH Fight Bar at the Flalaa aa
Caastf waUvas Baor Taaiaya
Daslgaatea aa Tialtara All Who Tata to
af tha AaMa
HAVANA, May 29. Tha Piatt
amendment was accepted by the Cuban
constitutional convention by a vote of
15 to 14. The actual vote was on ac
cepting the majority report of the
committee on relations, which embod-
J&4he amendment, with explanations
of certain clauses.
The radicals made a hard fight at
the last moment and Senors Portuondo,
Gomez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned
the conservatives. Senor Tamayo was
particularly vindictive and declared
that everybody who voted in favor of
the Piatt amendment was a traitor to
his country. The convention com
pelled him to retract this statement
On several occasions personal encoun
ters seemed imminent
Senor Gomez spoke for more than
an hour nnd his speech undoubtedly
won over Senors Castro, Robau and
Manduley. He appealed to the pa
triotism or the delegates and rehearsed
the long fight for Independence, de
nouncing as perjurers all who favored
the Piatt amendment on the ground
that they had sworn to draw up a
constitution for nn independent re
public. Several conservatives arose and re
quested Senor Gomez to retract, but he
refused.
The following delegates voted against
the majority report: Gomez, Gener,
Portuondo, Lacret, Manduley, Cisneros,
Ferrer, Fortun, Robau, E. Tamayo.
Silva, Castro, Zayas and Aleman.
Senors Rivera and Bravo were ab
sent The convention will convene its ses
sions, which will be devoted to draw
ing up the election law.
La Discussion in an extra this even
ing exclaims: "Now will come im
mediate independence."
By a decree to be issued in Havana
the terms for paying mortgages will
be extended four years, the debtors
paying each year respectively 10, 15,
35 and 40 per cent or the principal and
accrued interest It is understood that
both sides are satisfied with this ar
rangement The sewer bids will be opened to
day. There are twelve in all. The
bidders are required to deposit $500,
000. CANNON TO AID TIE FARMERS.
French Cm Them ta Fight Hall, Frost
aad Graaihaaaars.
WASHINGTON, May 30. The
French agriculturalists intend to fight
frost and grasshoppers as well as hail
storms with cannon and smoke, ac
cording to nn Interesting report re
ceived nt the state department from
Consul Covert Lyons. It has just
been determined to hold an interna
tional cannon congress nt Lyons in
November next and Consul Covert was
authorized to extend an Invitation to
Americans to take part The success
that has attended the experiment of
firing nt approaching hailstorms to
prevent their ravages upon French
vineyards, has prompted steps for a
still further extension of the usage or
cannon in agricultural society circles.
The theory in some quarters prevails
that It Is not the frost Itself which
blasts the budding fruit, but the sun's
rays following n night of frost, which
find the grape, already sensitive to the
cold, an easy victim to the heat Can
non" fired horizontally over vineyards
nt Asti at sunrise produced interesting
results. A strip of vineyard 500 feet
wide, over which the smoke from the
two cannon had been spread, was en
tirely protected from the effects of the
frost, while the vines on either side
ware badly Injured.
An invasion or grasshoppers Is an
nounced to occur this summer in
southern Algeria and the cannon
mouths are to be turned against them
also.
Xaaraaka Exhibit far BriTalo.
LINCOLN. May 30. The Nebraska
exhibit for the Pan-American exposi
tion will be shipped to Buffalo at once
and soon after Assistant Commission
ers R. R. Randall or Lincoln, T. E.
HIbbert or Adams and Miss Leona
Butterfield or Omaha will go east to
direct the work or installing it In the
agricultural building.
Xagra Shaata Two Other.
SIOUX CITY, la., May 29. Because
he was called a "cheap skate" at a
colored church sociable, Harry Baker
walked a mile, procured a revolver, re
turned to the church and shot three
other negroes, one of whom, Jim
Askew, will die. The others, Charles
Watkins and Louis Cloyd, are not dan
gerously wounded. Rivalry for the at
tentions of a colored girl and statement
that he could not buy ice cream roused
Baker's anger.
Baar May Hot Oat ta Go.
SEATTLE, Mny 29. It is possible
that oa account of the machinists'
strike the repairs on the revenue cut
ter Bear will not be completed in time
to permit It to proceed on the journey
north. This will necessitate the
abandonment of the voyage to Siberia
and the distribution of the herd of
300 reindeer now awaiting the arrival
of the Bear." Ia this event Lieutenant
Bertholf will be compelled to spend
the winter oa the Siberian coast
uiiiiinnimnmii
IttF TOKIAMS.
HiiimiitimiiiiiiiiT
Tea fresh cases o tha bubonic
plague aad four deaths from the dis
ease were omcially reported at Cape
town.
Statistics just published by the Ia
teraatioasl Sugar association show
that Germany's beet sugar acreage
this year Is 1,165.170 acres, or an in
crease of 9,957.
Dr. R. F. Humboldt, known In Amer
ica and Europe for his contributions
to medical literature and researches la
nasal surgery, died nt hia home at St
Louis, Mo., aged 71.
Louis Gallott n United Statea pris
oner In the Ohio penitentiary, was
released by pardon from President Mc
Kinley. Gallott was sent from New
Orleans for embezzlement.
As the result or n displaced cover at
the National Steel company's plant nt
Youngstown, O., thirteen tons of molt
en metal flowed over the mill, cremat
ing two Hungarian workmen.
Governor Yates offers $200 reward
for the apprehension nnd conviction or
the unknown parties supposed to have
been Implicated in the murder or Jas.
L. Barnes, a Monticello dentist
The Anchor line steamer California
arrived at New York from Naples and
was detained at quarantine because
smallpox had broken out among the
passengers, of whom there were 1,166.
Percy Johnson, an attorney, pleaded
guilty to the supreme court at Bridge
port, Conn., to the embezzlement of
$50,000 from the trust funds nnd was
sentenced to six years' Imprisonment
A parliamentary paper just Issued
shows the total of British troops in
South Africa May 1 to be 249.416. The
total deaths were 14,978 and wounded
17,200. In hospital April 25 there were
13,797.
Leading stockholders of the steel
trust have been given to understand
that President Schwab's salary does
not come out of the treasury of the
corporation, but is paid by Mr. Car
negie. Celebrating the centennary or the
imperial council at St Petersburg, the
czar in an autograph letter promised
to recognize the council on modern
lines, so as to facilitate the transaction
o! business.
James Sargent Smith, a well known
professor of music and son of the late
George B. Smith, attorney general of
Wisconsin from 1854 to 1856, died sud
denly from n stroke or apoplexy at
Madison, Wis.
The second chamber or the Swedish
parliament, by 121 to 98 votes, adopted
the army bill an amended In committee
May 6 Increasing the expenditures by
22,500,000 kroner, making n total or
45,000,000 kroner.
Kansas will be allowed to file its
suit in the United States supreme
court to enjoin the state or Colorado
from deflecting for irrigation purposes
the water or the Arkansas river to the
injury or the former state.
The Prussian railways have been In
formed that there will be a large em
igration this spring or Ruthenian far
irers to the United States and that
6,000 will pass to Hamburg In the
course of the next few days.
The London correspondent of the
New York Tribune says the agricul
tural returns of Great Britain for
1100, which have just been issued,
show that the decline or British agri
culture pursues Its steady course.
David Reynolds, n farmer living two
miles from Schenectady, N. Y., has
been found murdered In his barn.
Mary Elizabeth Lease, the lecturer,
filed a petition In bankruptcy in the
United Statea district court at New
York.
Rt Rev. P. Maurier, one or the most
prominent Catholics In Kansas and for
twenty years priest or the church in
Salina, Kan., died or heart disease at
Wilson, Kan., while waiting for a
train.
The following minor officers were
elected by the railway conductors at
St Paul: Grand junior conductor, L.
E. Sheppard, Camden, N. J.; inside
sentinel, F. C. Smith Detroit; outside
sentinel, U. G. Ferguson, Ogden, Utah.
The next meeting will be held nt Pitta
burg in 1903.
The New York Journal or Commerce
says: "It is currently reported that
the Universal Tobacco company, which
increased Its authorized capital last
week from $100,000 to $10,000,000, Is
to be an active competitor or both the
American and the "Continental."
The secretary of the treasury has
bought $15,000 more 5 per cent bonds
of 1904 at $108.87.
William Reece, who owns an apple
orchard of 250 acres near Bean Lake,
Kansas, says the canker worms will
reduce his crop one-hair.
The loan agents or Kansas report a
Urge amount or money offered them
by farmers to place on real estate.
Milwaukee has been selected as the
place or holding the next biennial
convention or the Woodmen or the
World.
Pittsburg was chosen for the place
of meeting by the railway conductors
for 1903.
The population of Ireland is 4,456,
546, n decrease of 5.3 per cent since the
previous census. Scotland's population
is 4,471.957.
Vice President Paul Morton or the
Santa Fe Is said to have refused a
flattering offer from E. H. Harriman
to become traffic manager, or rather
traffic adviser, for the combination of
roads in which Mr. Harriman is Inter
ested. The Creek treaty passed the house
of warriors by a vote of 73 to 16. It
will now go to the house of kings
Officials of the lake and railway
linen at St Paul, Minn., have adopted
a rate of 19 cents on tour, both ex
port aad domestic.
T
tha Farmers' Review: la tha
mind of thoughtful. lateUgont farm
era very Utertathsg problem are ena
tinaally iianattai themeelvea for aa
laticm. Tha amount of general knowl
edge aeanaasi by them w not usually
eufficlent far their guidance fa seek
ing answers ta the questions arising.
For tale reason they are apt to as
cribe Incorrect causes for effects which
they observe. Aa illustration of this
ia found la tha popular theory that tha
season, more than the time of cutting
the first crop of clover, affects the
yield of seed aa tha secoad crop. To
understand this problem we mast draw
upon a knowledge of agricultural
chemistry aad plant feeding aad the
elaboration of elementary food la the
plant Heeding Is the effort of the
plant to reproduce itself when It has
reached a certain period of growth.
Aa the elaboration of need depends up
on the presence aad actioa of phos
phoric acid in tha plaat. the movement
of phosphorus la it famJehes tha key
to the solutloa of the problem.
Take the plaat In four stages of
growth. As a young punt In full
health about 6 to 8 laches tall, from
22 per cent to 25 per cent of the total
phosphoric acid necessary for full de
velopment of the matured crop has
beea takea up from the root, aad about
50 per cent of this amount Is found In
the upper leaven. After It has ob
tained about one-third more growth,
over 49 per cent of the phosphoric
acid has been brought up, of which
from ft per cent to 5 per cent ia
fouad ia the heada aad stems aad
leaves close ap to tha heada. When
the plaat has grown still larger and
reached full bloom. 79 per cent to 71
per cent of the required phosphoric
add has beea received from beneath
the ground, and 89 per cent of this has
found its way Into the head aad blos
soms. Finally, when the need has
beea perfected, fully 90 per cent af the
total phosphoric acid token by the
plant has passed from the structure ta
the seed. If the crop is cut when 49
per cent nnd upwards of the phospho
rus needed for full development nnd re
production has beea takea up nnd
from CO per cent to 80 per cent of this
reached the upper parts of the plaata
It will require a very rich feedlag of
phosphate to enable It to repair dam
age, and. besides bulldlag a new plaat
provide nourishment for need. Few
soils are equal to auch a strata, but
as farmers like to get as auch maturi
ty as possible la the hay crop so as ta
provide a good article of fodder, they
must be careful to look weU to the
phosphatle feedlag of clover fields.
This will be more fully appreciated It
we bear in mind that two tons of clo
ver hay oa a meadow calls for 49 per
cent more phosphorus than thirty
bushels of wheat, sixty-five bushels of
corn or fifty bushels of oats.
Any effect of the season oa the aeed
development of the second crop must
generally be ascribed to the rapid
growth or the first crop deceiving the
farmer into the belief that the large
growth had attained corresponding
maturity. In such cases n chemical ex
amination of the hay of the first crop
would show it to be lacking in feed
ing value In full proportion to its
bulk and weight.
While on this question It Is Inter
esting to observe that the researches
of Dr. Wagner emphasise most de
cidedly the necessity of the phosphate
and potash manures for clovers grown
for manurlal purposes. Ordinarily
eighty pounds of nitrogen supplied to
the soil from aa acre of two toaa of
clover Is good work, but It Is fouad
that over 250 pounds of nitrogen can
be obtained on an acre from the at
mosphere by supplying abundant phos
phoric ncld In nddltion to potash. On
heavy soils the potash has not gen
erally to be supplied aa manure, but
on said soil deficient In potash we are
called upon to supply it as well as the
phosphate. Thomas Wallace.
gcBa Oraaga-Grawlan laeal!Uee
It is stated on good authority that
the orange orchard area at Riverside,
California, covers thirty square miles,
or 19,200 acres, on which are growing
1,586,000 orange trees. The money
value ot the crop approximates $6,
000.000 annually, or about $670 for
each man, woman, nnd child In the
district
It has been calculated that there are
in Italy 5,490.000 orange trees which
yield on an average 1,600.000,099 or
anges per year, or 300 oranges per
tree. In the province of Seville, in
Spain, where the largest quantity of
oranges Is grown In Europe, the aver
age annual yield per tree Is estimated
at 609 oranges. The Island of St
Michael, la the Azores, produces on
nn area of 265 acres 350,000,000 or
aages, which are almost entirely ship
ped to England. In 1899 the total ex
port or oranges from Spain exceeded
1,000,000,000. Greece exported In 1899
some 50,000,000 oranges.
Bacae a WJad H
blind horse wandered Into the
mill pond at Mountain Grove, nnd get
ting beyond his depth, swam around
in a circle trying to find a way out
His distress attracted n home which
belonged to Postmaster Charles Z.
Hevener to the water's edge, which
tried to direct the blind horse to the
shore by neighing repeatedly. Fail
ing In this he plunged Into the water
ot Back Creek, swam out to the na
fortuaate animal, seized Its foretop
aad towed the quadruped to terra
Anna, amid the cheers of upward of
one hundred persons who had become
spectators. The circus people have
made Mr. Hevener some fabulous of
fers for his horse, bat he refuses to
sell. Independent State.
Some years ago the mantis, aa la-sect-eating
Insect, was brought to New
York state from abroad, presumably
in n shipment or nursery stock. It
has become a popular ally of farmers
aad horticulturists, as it kills all klade
of insects except ants. It Is found
commonly In France nnd Germany,
where It Is prized as the foe of de
structive pests.
The common practice of plowing up,
or digging up nt random, the young
plaata from a strawberry bed la aot
conducive to improvement of the va
rieties. The most successful growers
are learning that It pays to select from
the heat ladlvlduals each generation.
Ia fact It Is advisable to keep a patch
oa purpose for breedlag.
London la said to he richer ia trees
than aay other urepeaa city.
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