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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30

farm.
A series of samples of water from the
tailings dams of silver mills, and from
irrigating bitches receiving water con.
tanning some of the same, have been
analyized, for the purpose of obtaining
data for an investigation of the effects
of such waters upon vegetation. We
have now the composition of about two
dozen such waters. In number of
valleys Of the state the water used for
irrigation contains considerable of the
soluble matter resulting from the treat
ment Of silver ores by the chloridizing
pan amalgamation process, and there
have been numerous complaints and
many law suits, consequent upon be-
lief among the farmers that such waters
are injurious to stock and vegetation.
Our investigation, it is hoped, will
prove the justice Or the falsity of such
opinions.
An effort made in the early spring to
improve the character of milch COWS by
drawing attention to the varying grades
of milk given by different cows in the
same herd, has resulted in arousing a
considerable amount of interest on the
part of the farmers, and large num-
ber Of scmples Of milk have been ana
lyzed by US to aid them in their efforts
to discover the relative merits Of their
cows.
Twes7e Samples of clays, marls, soils
and liraestone< have been analysed.
A Eumber of horses in transit over
the Ntfhern Pacific railway died while
passing through the state and it is be-
lieved tlsst some food given them at
Missoula was the cause of the trouble.
A careful investigation, looking to the
real cause of the trouble ended in mega
tive results as far as the discovery Of
any pOisons is concerned
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

Three cases Of smallpox have been
discovered at Brinkley, Ark.
Whisky trust receivers have discov.
cred damaging evidence in the records
against President Greenhut.
Nine. Nordica has lost her French
poodle in Chicago and says she will not
sing again until it is found.
Plans have about been completed for
the colonization of $4,000 soldiers in
Georgia on lOO 900 acres of land.
Because negroes have been admitted
to the Federation of Women's Clubs the
Georgia Women's Press Club has with
drawn.
The engagement of Miss Julia Steven.
son. daughter of the vice president, and
Martin D. Hardin Of Kentucky has been
announced.
Walter l. Chaplin, aged 70, and Mary
A. Chaplin, aged IS, lovers who were
separated in youth, were married at
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Wreckage of the Chicora, which went
down during the winter with "a per.
sons on board, was washed ashore at
st. Joseph, Mich.
Mrs Sarah Lambert, poor widow
living near Crown Point, Ind, has re-
ceived notice that she and her children
have been left $1,000, 900 by lately de.
ceased relative.
A rich co. ection Of Central American
antiques has been obtained for the Col
umbian museum by A. " Armours
party, which has reached New Orleans
on the return trip.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30

Storage warehouse elevator of Hugh
Rogers & Co., of St. Louis, was burned,
with the contents The loss is 5000 900.
Holmes County, (O..) infirmary was
destroyed by lire, entailng a loss of
SEA, 900. All the inmates We're rescued
unhurt.
Bodies of three mon We're found in a
lumber camp near Ingram, Wis. They
are supposed TO have been accidentally
poisoned.
The Spanish cruiser Reina Regente
is believed to have sunk off Tangier,
all of the 42O persons on board being
drowned.
A false alarm Of fire was started in
persons We're trampled in the struggle
to escape.
While engaged in tearing down the
old Merchants and Mechanics bank
building at Pittsburg one man lost his
life and three others We're injured.
Three men We're killed, one fatally
and ten seriously injured, and property
worth 100000 destroyed by the burn.
ing of the Wabash roundhouse at To-
!edo, O.
Fire in the Norris building, large
brick structure at the foot of East
Water street, Milwaukee,, caused dam
age to building and contents estimated
at $50, 600
Careful estimates place the amount of
fish killed by the February freezing in
the shallow bays on the Texas coast
south Of the mouth Of the Brazos river
at 81, 600 tons.
A quantity of fresh wreckage, sup
posed TO be from the missing cruiser
Reina Regente, has come ashore at
Tarifa. All the searches for the vessel
have been fruitless
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
FOREIGN NEWS,

The Hawaiian government will push
cases against abettors of rebels who are
in America
The rebellion in Cuba has assumed
alarming proportions. Fully 5000 men
are already under arms.
A steamship which refused all in.
formation as to her destination was
seized at Gravesend by the British
government.
The Spanish ministry has resigned,
owing to trouble in the chamber Of dep
uties resulting from the wrecking Of FL
Globo's offices.
The American ship Meteor, from Mo-
bile, has been seized by Nicaraguan
authorities at Bluefields. She is sus-
pected Of carrying arms to insurgents.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS,

The Fiji islands were swept by ter.
rible hurricane, much property being
destroyed.
Three persons were burned to death
and four others fatally hurt in a hotel
fire at Mackeysville, w. Va.
Building at Cleveland, O., occupied
by the World and the Kellogg company,
was burned. Loss. $3.50, 1000.
There is little doubt that the Spanish
man-of-war Reina Regente foundered
-Four hundred men were lost.
Two brothers fell while exhibiting a
fire escape in Duluth, one being killed
and the other fatally injured.
Mrs. Frank Summer and Miss Nellie
Closson were fatally burned by an OK.
plosion of gasoline at st. Paul.
Property valued at &c, 900. including q
Touring mill and q lumber yard, was
destroyed by fire at Litchfield, MINI.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
FARM AND BUILDINGS.

The experiment farm occupies quar-.
ter section, less than one mile from
Bozeman, and every foot can be culti-
waited with good results. The construc-
tion of building for the general pur-
poses of the station, such as offices, etc.,
is well under way, plain but substan-
tial, costing $3,516. A poultry house
and machine shed has been built, cost
ing 1924. The farm is enclosed by a
barbwire fence, on cedar posts, 20 inches
deep. and the general work of the insti-
tuition is well in hand and progressing
nicely. The station has received dona.
tions of good farm machinery from
leading manufacturers.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
CROP STATISTICS.

The station has gathered and com.
piled crop statistics of Gallatin county,
and will extend that line of work into
other counties of the state as rapidly as
time and means will permit. These
statistics have been, and will be, pub
ished in special bulletins and mailed
free on application.
The Gallatin valley farm averages in
size 1876 acres.
Two and one-ninth inches of water is
used per acre in irrigation: this lavish
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
WEEKLY NEWS SUMMARY
Important Events Far and
Near Briefly Reported.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

General Miles has arrived in Wash
ington, after inspecting army posts in
the South.
The United States has warned Spain
that REPETITION of the Allianca affair
would result in trouble.
The State of Massachusetts, has asked
the government to give her the famous
old frigate Constitution.
The Spanish government has assured
the American minister that there will
be no repetition of the Allianca outrage.
Minister Muraga says Spain will make
due reparation if the story of the firing
ON the Allianca is shown to be well
founded.
Secretary Carlisle has ordered the de-
portation of diamond cutters who We're
brought to New York from England
some time ago.
Secretary Smith has decided that
Buffalo Bill is the only Snowman who
can take party of Indians around the
country this year.
Captain L. G. Shepherd, chief of the
revenue cutter service, treasury depart
ment, is dying Of pneumonia at his
home in Washington.
Cheyenne and Ara ,,ahoe Indians are
in Washington to as. for part Of the
sum of money belon ying to them now
in the United States reasury.
Postmaster Gener;l Bissell's order
that postal clerks must live on the
lines Of railway over which they run
will be enforced by his successor, Mr.
Wilson.
Ambassador Fava Aas called the state
departments attention to the killing Of
Italian subjects at Walsenburg, Colo,
and requested prompt punishment Of
the murderers.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
LABOR NEWS.

-Four hundred thousand shoemakers
in London are locked out.
The supreme court of Illinois has de-
clared the eight-hour law unconstitu-
tional.
Judge Gaynor of Brooklyn refused to
testify before the legislative committee
investigating the street railway strike.
An Indiana judge has decided that
corporations are entitled under the law
to discharge employees who belong to
labor unions.
Frick and Southwestern coke com.
panies have notified their several thous-
and employees of an advance in wages
averaging Is per cent
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
sURRATT EVIDENCE DESTROYED.
Work Upon Which Colonel Clampitt Hat
Been Engaged for 80 Years Burned.

Work Upon Which Colonel Clampitt Had
Been Engaged for 30 Years Burned.
CHICAGO, March 25.-The Times
Herald says: Fire has just destroyed
the last shred of documentary evidence
that would, it is alleged, have removed
the stain of the charge of conspiracy to
assassinate Abraham Lincoln from the
name of Mary E. Surratt. This woman,
who suffered death on the charge pre-
ferred against her, had for her counsel
Colonel John w. Clampitt of Highland
Park, in whose possession was the evi.
dence that he thinks would have restored
her good name and shown that in the
passion of the time an innocent person
had been sacrificed. For thirty years
Colonel Clampitt has been collecting
data and evidence and had it so com.
plete, he believed, that none could
doubt it. 1t was ready for publication,
and then came the fire which destroyed
his residence and all the evidence ac-
cumulated since that day thirty years
ago, when he strove to save the woman
from the gallows. Colonel Clampitt
says that, although the task is heavy,
he will go to work and try to re-writs
the documents that had been DESTROYED.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
NEWS OF LEGIsLATURES.

1t transpires that the South Dakota
legislature abolished the grand jury
system.
A bill appropriating money to buy
seed for INDECENT farmers passed the
Nebraska senate.
By vote of 70 to II the Illinois SEN
ate passed the bill putting the police
under civil service rules.
Investigation by a legislative commit
tee into official corruption in Chicago
will be postponed until after the city
election.
Governor Allin of North Dakota will
practically veto the appropriation bills
for all the educational institutions in
state, there being insufficient funds.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
THE DEATH RECORD.

Chairman Thorn Of the Wisconsin
Republican state central committee is
dead.
Andrew J. Wright, president of the
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance
company, is dead.
Arthur P. Peterson. attorney general
OF Hawaii under the monarchy, died in
exile in San Francisco.
General Henry E. McColloch, San
Jacinto veteran, is dead. For half a
century General McCulloch has been a
prominent figure in Texas affairs
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30

use is owing to the habit of flooding
hay meadows, both previously and sub
sequently to hay harvest
Cereals average per acre as follows:
Oats, "a 80 bu.; wheat, hard spring,
321s bu.; wheat, winter, 80 bu; barley,
4411s bu.
The general average for hay per acre,
1 80 tons, peas, 2311a bu., and for pota-
toes, 1868 SO bu. per acre.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30

Bob Rogers, leader of Il gang of In-
dian Territory desperadoes, was killed
by posse which was trying to arrest
him.
Fire in all Omaha building was fol.
lowed by the arrest of fur dealer and
his manager on a charge of starting the
blaze.
Pietro Giabanco, one of the Italians
missing after the lynching at Walsen.
burg, Colo. has been found and placed
i'll Jail.
Attorney General Crawford of South
Dakota has not heard directly of Tay.
lor's arrest, but believes that he will be
captured.
Erasaus Wiman, the New York finan.
cler convicted of forgery and sentenced
to the penitentary, has been granted a
new trial
The attorney general of South Dakota
has started for Washington to secure
the eXtradition from Mexico of ex- Treas
urer Taylor.
Indictments have been found at Des
Moines, Ia, against building and loan
men, charging embezzlement, conspi.
racy and libel.
Three saloonkeepers at Crystal Falls,
Mich, savagely beat Rev. Mr. Smits,
Presbyterian minister, for peering in
their windows.
Henry Thompson and Frank l..
Owens, American railway contractors,
Were attacked by bandits in Mexico.
The former was killed.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
SCAvE BRIEFS,

Governor Richards has appointed
Samuel A. Swigget register of the
state land office.
Helena Populists have nominated
Chas. O. Reed for mayor.
Joe Wenrich, populisher of the Sun
day Mercury of Butte, a paper which
is the organ of the demi monde, has
been sentenced to 30 days in Jail and
fined 500 and costs for transmitting
obscene literature through the mails.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Nine Of the WalseHburg Colo, lynch.
ers have been arrested
Benjamin Jennetta and his wife were
shot to death by two fe low Italians in
a trivial quarrel at McGregor, MINI.
Alois Foidl, an Austrian, committed
suicide on street in Denver by explod-
ing dynamite cartridge in his body.
Leroy Fernald, awaiting trial at Al
fred, Me-, for numbering his mother at
East Lebanon, starved himself to death,
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
MONTANA'S FARM.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE
EXPERIMENT STATION.

Large Amount of Good Work Done in the
Different Departments During the Year
Valuable Data From Comparative Lists.
Laboratory and Analytical Work.
The first annual report of the Mon
tana agricultural experiment station
contains large amount of valuable in
formation that should be studied by
Montana farmers, stockmen and land
owners. Copies of the report and regu-
lar bulletins prepared by the experiment
station will be mailed free to any citi.
zen of Montana who asks for them and
sends his name and address to 8, NJ.
Emery, director, at Bozeman.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
AGRICULTURE AND BOTANY.

During the spring, field experiments
were begun in the following lines and
are now in progress, but a citation of
results must be deferred until another
year.
In the comparative variety tests there
are 1O8 varieties of spring wheat, 40 of
oats, 20 of barley, of spring rye, 8 of
buckwheat, of corn, Of millet, 5 of
peas, IL Of other forage plants and 26 of
potatoes.
The results of these experiments will
not only give valuable data in compare
tive yields and qualities of varieties.
but also in manner of seeding and the
benefits of cultivation
Experiments were also made in the
treatment of seed wheat and oats for
the prevention Of smut in the crop. in
the treatment of seed potatoes for the
prevention of scab and in methods of
destroying the potato bug.
Two bulletins were issued by the de.
partment during the year. The first,
on smuts Of wheat, oats and barley, dis.
cusses the extent of damage, cause and
nature of the disease, and details fully
the most approved methods of treating
the seed to secure crop free from smut.
The second bulletin, ON pig feeding,
is preliminary to the feeding expert.
ments to be undertaken by the station.
1t discusses briefly the general princi-
pies of feeding and explains the meth
ods of making food analyses. It con.
tains tables of the average composition
of nearly all American feeding stuffs
and of the German feeding standards
with explanations of both and directions
for their use in compounding rations.
1t also contains a summary of the re-
suits of pig feeding experiments at
other stations that are likely to be of
most value to the Montana farmers.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

freIlmlnary work has occupied con-
siderable time in this department., as in
all other departments of the farm. Suf
hclent instruments for field work, and
other equipments, are under way from
New York. Farmers institutes have
been attended freely, also meetings of
stock owners, for the purpose of laying
the foundation for a good acquaintance
with the people Of the state most di-
rectly interested in the veterinary de-
partment.
! Several contagious or epizootic dis
eases OF domestic animals have been in
vestigated and some interesting facts
learned, but not sufficient to lead to
important conclusions. A few cases of
kidney disease, commonly called "joke
easy" have been found, and one of
them was quickly cured under treat
ment Of this department.. A case of
pork worm, or trichinosis, was investi-
gated and stamped out.
Recently arrangements have been
made with the board Of stock commits
sioners by which the farm veterinary
has been regularly commissioned as a
deputy state veterinary surgeon for the
entire state. This arrangement affords
good opportunity for seeing much of
the diseases Of live stock, while so long
as this work partakes of sanitary or
police character it costs the station
nothing, and more outbreaks of diseases
are brought to notice than would other
wise be done.
So far work Of the veterinary depart.
ment has been mainly with glanders,
and it has examined and condemned for
CHAMBERS, two horses in the city of Boze.
man, six in the Gallatin valley, ten in
the Madison valley, eight on the divide
between the Callatin and Madison val.
leys, two at Big Timber, one at Rapids
and six near Billings, or total of thirty
five cases, nearly, if not all, Of which
have been destroyed.
These cases have furnished consider.
able material in the way of observation
and some excellent specimens, which
have been made use of in q bulletin
upon this affection.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. G. s.
Hopping of Logan this department was
permitted to try the effect of the poison
Gus product of CHAMBERS, known as
mallein, on three glandered and two
apparently sound horses, and I have
the promise of further opportunity in
the same line with several farmers near
the city. These have been fully reported
in the CHAMBERS bulletin.
The veterinary department desire to
take up such diseases in the future as
may offer the best and most convenient
material for study, there being so many
diseases peculiar to this region, the ex-
act nature of which is unknown, that
there is little choice between them.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
Harsh Punishment,

OMAHA, March 2o "A special to The
Bee from Lincoln says: The testimony
taken by the joint committee appointed
by the house and senate to investigate
the condition of the state penitentiary
was submitted Friday. The fact seems
to have been pretty clearly established
that some forms of punishment in vogue
at the penitentiary are unnecessarily
harsh.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT..

A laboratory for analytical work is a
valuable feature of the experimest.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
OFFICERS OF THE STATION.

Director and Horticulturist-S. M.
Emery.
Agriculturist and Botanist-Luther
Foster.
Chemist-F. w. Traphagen.
Veterinarlan-W. L. Williams.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30

year are given below:
Salaries. $3, ,499 "a
Labor. 1,4S1 1S
Publication. 247 Is
Postage and stationery. ...... 295 70
Freight and express ... 491 26
Heat, light and water. ........... 800 78
Chemical supplies and scientific
apparatus .................. -. 1850 SO
Seeds, plants and sundry sup
plies. ................ 1855 II
Feeding stuffs. observation-disclosures. 800 O6
Tools, implements and ma
chinery. S36 81
Furniture and fixtures. ........ 655 SO
Live strck.... ................... TIC 80
travelling expenses. ses............... 100 "a
Contingent expenses. s............. 227 25
Fence. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 66l 20
Building and repairs. rs.......... 5000 20
Total. ......,..............Sl5 $4,000 90
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-30
TREASURER'S REPORT.

The official existence of the station
began July l, 1898. For the first fiscal
year, ending June 80, 1894, the station
received $15, 900 from the treasurer Of
the United States, as provided by act Of
congress in 1887. Expenditures for the
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