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La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
N.,ur. of Corn smut.

publication OF the Illinois Expert
ment Station says: Smut as 1t is COM
monty called is plant; not. OF course.
ing plants. but one very low in the
scale of plant life, belonging with the
gram rusts. moulds. toadstools. etc. 20
class Of plants called fungi. The
smuts belong with those that get their
food directly from other living plants.
10 they are called parasites. or para
sitic fungi. Everyone is acquainted
with the sooty masses that break out
on corn. known as corn smut. These
smut balls are made up OF the spore.
or seed, stage OF the fungus. There
are millions OF these very minute
spores IN each of the smut-balls. The
earlier stage OF the smut. concerned
with obtaining food, etc.. is composed
OF very small threads that spread
through the tissues OF the corn plant.
and when the fungus is ready for
spore- formation they multiply rapidly
in certain places and change into these
smut-talls. AS a usual thing with the
smuts OF our cereals. the fungus be-
gins It's development with the penetra-
ton OF the terminating seed by its
germs. The fungous threads grow
within and with the plant and no signs
OF the fungus is shown to the naked
eye until it begins to'forn its spores
into the dusty masses that appear on
special parts OF the infected plant.
In this state besides corn smut there
are several others that occur on our
cereals. On wheat there Is the COM
mon loose smut that utterly destroys
the seed and its enveloping flower
parts: also one or two kinds OF stink
ing smuts that fill the seeds with a
dusty mass OF spores but do not
change their shape materially or de-
stroy the enveloping chan. On barley
so far only one kind has been found
here and that apparently is not very
common. The only species on oats is
the loose smut that destroys the grain
after the manner OF the loose smut OF
wheat. On broom-corn there is smut
that occurs in the inner flower parts
forming seed like bodies filled with
spores. There is also sometimes found
on our grasses (timothy. bluegrass
and red-toD smut that shows as
smutty lines breaking out on the
leaves.
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
EMPEROR OF CHINA
DEGRADES FOUR PRINCES.

Fekin. Oct Via Tien Txin. Oct. 9.
In an edict issued at Sinan Flu Sep
teinber y. the emperor blames himself
Tor causing = rupture with friendly
powers by encouraging Boxers and
outlaws. and 80 compelling his flight
from Pekin. BY the Emperors esiict
three Manchu princes were deprived OF
their rank and Offices. Prince Tuan.
father of the lately selected heir ap-
parent and the highest chief OF the
Boxers. Is dismissed from all his Of
hces. his government stipend Is stopped
and further severe punishment ia to be
decided by the court of the imperial
clan
His brother. Duke Ian, and the pres
ldent OF the censorate, both active
Boxer leaders, are TO be punished as
the proper tribunal may decide.
Grand Secretary Ynng vi and the
president OF the board of punishment,
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
CONFERENCE OF
STRIKE LEADERS

Hazeltcn, Pa. Oct IA conference
which Is believed to mark the begin
ming OF the end OF the anthracite coal
miners strike, which enters upon its
fourth week tomorrow, was held at the
headquarters of the United Niue
Workers here this afternoon. Those
present besides President Mitchell.
were Fred Dilcher of Ohio. n member
Of the executive board, and Presidents
I. ID. Nichols Of District No. /, Lack
awanna and Wyoming valleys; James
John Fahey, District No. 8, Schuyklll
valley.
Although no information was given
out, 1t Is known that the question of
issuing call for joint convention
vas the princir al matter discussed. The
coming convention will be held at
Scranton unless something unforeseen
should arise between now and the time
II the issuing Of the call. Besides TAX
ng up the matter of a convention, II
is understood that the question Of rep
resentation was also considered. The
three district presidents made full re-
ports as to the conditions as they now
exist in the respective districts.
President Mitchell. after the confer
ence. said he would have something to
say tO-mOrTOW IN reKaru 10 tne COuVeu-
ton. If the date has been fixed, only
Mr.. Mitchell and his colleagues know
II.
OF course. the principal matter to
come before the miners will he the ac-
ceptance or rejection of the ten per
cent. Increase offered by most of the
operators. President Mitchell said to-
day that not one official Of the mine
workers will take hand In any action
the convention might take, as the
men must themselves settle everything
that comes before them. The belief IL
general that the miners will accept the
increase.
Most of the mine owners who have
granted the wage concession do not
specify in their notices how long the
advance shall remain In force, and It
IL not unlikely that an attempt will be
made by the miners In convention to
open negotiations looking to q conces-
sion in the matter. President Mitchell
and the other leaders are strong advO-
Gates of an annual wage scheme. sim
liar to that In force In the bltumInous
coal fields. II this proposition and that
relating to the abolition of the slid
ing scale are brought before the con-
vention, and the negotiations with the
mine operators are opened. II might
considerably delay the settlement OF
The strike.
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
TERRIBLE TORNADO
IN MINNESOTA

Biwabik, Minn.. Oct THE tornado
which ragged In this vicinity last even
Ing was most violent. The storm cut
4 pathway 80 feet in width through
.he northwestern corner of the town.
completely wrecking several buildings.
The property loss is estimated at from
$4,000 TO 100000. and the known fa-
.alities number nine. with a score or
more injured, some severely, others on
ty slightly.
The storm swept in northwesterly
direction after leaving here and struck
little Flemish settlement near Pike
lake. where a number of buildings
were wrecked. in one Of which an en-
tire family, consisting of husband, wife
and four children. were instantly killed.
So far their Games have not been OBJ
tained. 1t is believed when the more
remote districts are heard from. fur
ther casualties may he reported. The
list OF casualties so far learned Is:
"a Killed-Mr. and Mrs. Marowitz, Will
lam Hilstrom and family of six. near
Pike lake; names are not known.
The severely injured are:
Andrew Anderson, u locomotive fire.
man. severely scalded: will recover.
F. Murray. engineer. severely scald-
ed and otherwise injured: will recover.
Andrew Debbo. laborer, severe scalp
wounds; will recover.
John Morriston. foot badly crushed.
About twenty five others more or less
severely cut and bruised.
The house In which the Marowitz
family lives was completely wrecked,
and the body of Mrs. Marowitz was
found fully 400 feet away. every bone
in her body being broken and her clo-
thing completely stripped on. The
body of her husband was found amid
the debris OF their home. horribly mu-
tilated.
William Hilstrom was struck on the
aead by falling tree and his skull
crushed. He afterward died at the
hospital
The engine house OF the Duluth. Me-
saba & Northern railway was COM
pletely wrecked and number of loco
motives and cars were shifted from the
tracks and pounded Into scrap iron.
The engine on which Murray and An
derson were when the storm broke.
was blown from the track and the men
were pinned beneath It and horribly
burned by the escaping steam. Other
men Mt work near them had narrow
escapes. Several cars blown from the
tracks were found In the Duluth mine
Dit, hundreds Of feet away. Many OF
the buildings destroyed were owned by
the mining companies and tenanted by
their employees. The shaft house and
buildings of three mines were reduced
to kindling wood.
The tornado. which lasted less than
five minutes. was preceded by an unu-
sually severe thunder and rain storm.
The rain has flooded many of the open
pit mines and they cannot be operated
for some time.
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
boundary D,.p.s. settled.

Managua, Nicaragua. Oct THE
special commissioners appointed by
the government Of Nicaragua and Hon
duras to fix the boundary between the
two states have concluded their work
amIcAbly the result being satisfactory
to both governments.
President Zelsya, the cabinet and the
congress are about to return to Mana
xua, after q two weeks visit 10 the
city Of JoJa.
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
Bosr. SIN, on sh. R.tre.r

London, Oct. Silt is estimated. ac
cording to Pletermaritzburg corre-
spondent, that from 1000 to 6,0O6
Beers have retreated from Pilgrims
Rest, northeast Of Lydenbnrg. with
four Long Toms and twenty-five
other runs, The correspondent under.
stands that their ~I1ong Tom" ammu
milton 10 almost exhausted.
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13
dreaming po...o...

"Greening" potatoes is practical
among some OF the peasants OF Europe.
In this country we do not think q
greened potato is good for anything,
and SO we always keep them out of
the light. II they are allowed to re-
main in the light and become green.
they become too strong In flavor to be
eaten. But 1t Is said that such pota-
toes make good seed. The peasants put
them In sunny. place and they are
turned over every day till they become
fully green. after which they are
stored. 1t is said that potatoes so
treated do not sprout readily and 'xill
stand q greater degree OF cold. They
are also said to be less affected by rot.
In the spring their vitality ts goot
and they readily grow when planted.
However. the facts Of these assertions
have yet to be demonstrated on this
side of the water, and II may be foind
that there 10 no advantage at all IN
the greening.
La Junta tribune., 1900-10-13

The ranchmen Of Western Montana
are paying more attention to the ra.s-
ing Of horses than ever before. The
demand for horses In the Misscrr.
Valley states 10 good and the prices
average shout $iS per head now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
DEATH FOLLOWED INJURY
GEORGE MoRAsKY, SIXTEEN YEARS
OLD, KILLED BY A STREET CAR.
He Was Riding a wheel ON washing
tom Street with His Hand on
q Rapidly Moving Car.
George Morasky. sixteen years Of age.

George Morasky. sixteen years Of age.
living at 800 Jefferson avenue, died yester-
day afternoon at the City Hospital as the
result OF an accident caused by foolish
and dangerous practice which has recently
become quite common among bicycle rid
ers OF his age
Morasky. IN company with Fred Hoop
and William Hsrgt. were riding their BIZ
cycles westward on Washington street.
They rode alongside of a street car. No.
Us. mctorman. M. E. Stogsdell. conductor.
J. ]. George. Morasky was riding on the
inside with hold on the car near the
'front.' At Arsenal avenue he lost control
OF his mount and was thrown under the
wheels OF the street car. The car was run
ming quite fast. but was quickly stopped.
Aorasky had his left leg cut of above the
knee, his left hip was crushed, and the
right leg was cut and his left hand was
torn off, He also received other bruises
and g number OF scalp wounds
DR.. M. j. Spencer, Of the City Dispensary,
happened to be on the car following and
assisted In binding the lads injuries, when
ne was removed in the Dispensary ambu-
lance to the City Hospital Morasky was
conscious most of the time and protested
against being taken to the hospital n,
nved about two hours after being taken
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
@ A CHILD CoRNETIST
The Feature of the Students Musical
and Dramatic Club Concert.

The Students Musical and Dramatic
Club gave a pleasing concert last night
at Plymouth Church before a large and
appreciative audience. The participants on
the programme represented pupils of Max
Leckner, Mrs. Harriet Augusta Prunk.
Leslie E. Peck. Edward Nell and Christian
Oelschlagel. One of the most interesting
numbers on the programme was cornet
solo by Master Charles Moss. a lad Of
about six years, and pupil of Mr.. Peck.
He played a German air with remarkable
ability for young boy, as 1t Is seldom II
ever child under eight years old is given
lessons on the cornet. Master Moss has
taken lessons on the cornet for only six
weeks. The programme was as follows:
l. Selection-"Tom's Little Star.
...............Miss Helen Nell Lennon
3. Vocal, tenor-"All for You. ID Hardelot
Mr.. w. l.. Evans.
4. Piano-''Turtle Dove Polka" ......F. Behr
Miss Grace Idler.
5. Scene-"King Henry VIII, act III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. shakespeare
Dramatis Personae.
Cardinal Woisey Mr.. Carl Ellsworth Shaffer
Cromwell MIR. William Arthur Carson
6. Cornet-Polka. 'The Commodar"....
......................-..... Chambers
triple tongue.)
Mr.. Benz. Schreckengast.
z. Violin-"u Trovatore" ........H. Leonard
Paul Clements.
s. Piano-"Romanzero." Op; So No.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Scharwenka
Miss Flora Williams.
3. Recitation-"Willie and His Girl
............Mr. Clarence Leon Reid
10 Cornet-German ali. Mr.. Charles Moss
ii. Vocal, soprano-"Delight" ..Luckstone
Miss Georgia Calvin.
l. Piano-"Cachoucha Caprice" OPP. 20
........................... j. Ran
Mr.. David Levy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
May Send Her to Exno,,,,o,.

The citizens OF Marion, Ind, are endeav-
ering to raise a fund to send Miss Jennie
Creek to the Paris exposition. upon an
invitation recently received by her from
President Loubet to be guest of the
nation. She is the adopted daughter of
a farmer, and eight years ago found a gan
In the Big Four track and tagged the
White City special. saving about 300 pas
seneers from injury or death. Frenchmen
on the train reported the act at home and
she was made a member of the Legion of
Honor OF France. c. III. Bundy, of the
Marion Morning News. was in the city
yesterday TO arrange for collecting SUBJ
State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
TIMOTHY NJ. BosART DEAD.
He Was Business Manager of the Jen
ny Electric Company.

He Was Business Manager of the Jen-
ny Electric Company.
Timothy NJ. Bosart, vice president and
business manager of the Jenney Electric
Manufacturing Company, died suddenly or
heart disease about 1880 o'clock yester-
day afternoon at Washington street ana
the Belt Railroad while waiting for street
car. He had been at the factory all morning
and was on his way home for luncheon
While standing beside the track with Har-
vey Coonse he sank unconscious to the
ground. 1t was seen that he was seriously
Ill and he was carried into the Office of the
couch where he died about five minutes
later. DR.. NJ. j. Spencer was called. but
did not reach him before he died The body
was taken to his home just west OF the
corporate line of Irvington.
Mr.. BoSart was born in Springfield, o.,
April II, 1914, and was son of Timothy NJ
Bosart, ST. He came to Indianapolis in
1866. and was engaged in the retail grocery
business, and afterward, for twenty years,
he was with George W. Stout, the whole
sale grocer. He then became identified
with the Yaryan Fifth-wheel Company, and
in 1898 was made vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Jenney Electric Com
pany. He was a successful financier, and
by his own efforts accumulated consider
able property. He was married in Illinois
in 1876. and lived for eighteen years in the
home east of Irvington. He was an active
member of the Central Christian Church.
and was a member of the board Of deacons
and also of the board of elders.
He leaves a widow and five children, Os-
car, twenty years of age, now student
at Purdue University: Bertha. Ruth, Dora
and a small son. The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been made.
and a small son.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
i LOOKING FORWARD. ea
what a Lot OF Old Fogies We of To-
Day Will Seem n Century Hence.

One Of the hardest things for man to
ever comprehend is that, though living I'm
IN era OF progress and invention, all that
now seems SO advanced and remarkable to
him will In time be looked back upon as
crude and unsatisfactory. In another hun
dred years. or even less. those then living
VIII retrospectively note us OF to-day and
wonder how we could ever have found life
endurable in such an imperfect and incon-
venient state OF things as existed at the
end OF the nineteenth century. Rough but
good old days is the most fiattering view
Human complacency may resent this idea
but 10 doubt the fact would be to assert
the end of progress
Few are the inventions, few the condi-
lions of to-day that will not be bettered be-
yond all imagining a century hence II is
but little over hundred years since WASH
1ngton lived; less than that since Napoleon
passed away. Yet those mighty men. who
tr dying could almost have been pardoned
for thinking they had known every posi-
bility OF finite achievement. never saw a
locomotive or steamship, never dreamed
OF the marvels OF electricity, never knew
the glories OF a worlds exposition. Won
ders just as great await those who are 10
people the earth at the dawn OF the twen-
ty-first century.
Some OF the developments OF our time
may. however, be expected to show COM
paratlvely little change. The present sys-
TEN OF banking, though IL may be enlarged
and. OF course. improved in detail. Is hardly
likely TO undergo material change. Life in
surance also Is certain TO have enlarged
even over its present immensely. and while
notifications and changes in method are
probable the grand principle of protection
10 the family and aid TO the individual in
his later years Is sure TO not only hold its
own. but 10 vastly amplify in its scope and
benefaction. Principles are things that en-
cure, and the principle OF life insurance, as
embodied In the system followed by the
standard organizations OF this country. Is
certain TO be as essential In the future as
now II will develop and doubtless i'm
prove-fhat much may be granted 10 the
broader vision OF the twenty-first century
Insurance exponent-but IL viii in essence
still be the grand system as IL hourishes to-
day. one OF the few things now IN existence
that II good enough for all coming time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05

At the request of a stakeholder. who has
filed the proper bond with Auditor of State
Hart, an investigation is being made of
the Big Four Building and Loan Associa-
ton of this city. 1t is charged that the
expenses of conducting the association are
too high and the cost to the stockholders
too great. The statement of the condition
of business on Jan. / showed the assets
of the association to be $S566475. or the
monthly payments, leaving SO, S49.04 held
by the association. According TO the an
nual report for the year ending June 80
last, the salary OF the secretary Is 1000:
salary OF president and attorney $500: sal
airy of treasurer S4s salary of vice presi-
dent $50. The report shows that il costs
the stockholders in salaries alone more
than SIPS month. The examination is
being made by George u. Bingham, the
expert of the auditors office, and IL will
take several days to complete II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
GEN. FITZHUGH LEE TAKEN IN.
A Meeting of the Frank s. Clark Camp
Held.

The regular meeting OF the Frank s..
Clark Camp of Veterans Of the Spanish
American War at their hall, 32S East Mar
ket street, last night was interesting, and
when the application Of General Fitzhugh
Lee was presented before the members as
a candidate for membership the suggestion
was met with loud and prolonged cheers.
and he was unanimously elected an hon.
orary member. Five young men who served
in the late war were voted upon favorably.
The members decided to participate in the
Decoration day exercises, and will wear the
same uniforms during the parade they wore
in service either IN the Philippines or In
Porto Rico. They will decorate the graves
OF soldiers buried at Crown Hill who were
In the Spanish-American war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
STATES VITAL STATISTICS.
Quarterly Report Showing Number of
Births, Marriages and Deaths.

The report OF births. marriages and
deaths. as prepared by the State Board Of
health for the quarter ending March 81.
is as follows: Total number of deaths in
the State, ss07; of these 2.0S9 or 23.7 per
cent. were under five years of age. The
number OF deaths of those over sixty-ive
years of age was 2.3l6. Consumption was
the cause of 1913 deaths and typhoid fever
OF 179 deaths.
The number OF births for the quarter
was 10.6Sl, OF which 5.464 were white males
and 5,e46 white females. There were 10
coiored births, pa twins and 240 illegiti-
mates. There were 5.525 marriages during
the quarter. The annual death rate from
the quarters data is 1873 per cent. to every
1000 inhabitants, and the birth rate is Is 1
per cent. on the same basis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
A WEDDING ADVERTISED.


The friends of F. z. Torres, manager OF
the Ubero Plantation Company, who was
recently married to Miss Grace Nebeker.
of Covington, have been having great
deal of fun with him and his bride. Mr..
and Mrs. Torres started from this city on
their bridal trip nearly month ago. They
travelled through the West, and wherever
they went their coming was announced by
great postal cards forwarded from this city
These cards were about 10x15 inches in size
and bore the following, in big. red type:
From Ubero Plantation Company, Indian
apolis. Ind, U. s. A, to f. l.. Torres and
Bride:
indianapolis, Ind, April IL, 1soo.-We con-
graduate you on your marriage. Yours,
"F. Z. b.
ITO the Public-These are sweet things
Pass the good word on"
Mr.. Torres's friends here took this unique
method of informing the Western public
that he was but recently married.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
ELIZABETH FOX'S FALL.
A workhouse Prisoner Suffered In
ternal Injuries.

A woman sent to the workhouse several
days ago under the name of Elizabeth Fox,
fell yesterday morning from the second
range of the woman's department to the
stone floor below, distance Of about
twenty feet, suffering internal injuries and
a dislocated hip. She was transferred to the
City Hospital. Though she claimed to have
become dizzy the guards were of opinion
that she attempted suicide. She Is said 70
be addicted to the use of morphine which
she has been unable to obtain since going
TO the workhouse, and Superintendent Ess-
man believes the attempt at suicide was
caused by her craving for the drug. The
woman was arrested for lettering and was
sentenced for thirty days.