Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-08-23
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A series Of experiments. unique even in
| the history Of the Agricultural Depart.
ment, has been approved by Secretary
! Wilson at the instance of what is known
as the Pathological Bureau of that dc.
partment. There were some misgivings
as to the legal aspect of the proposition.
but these have been disposed of by n fa-
| vorable decision of the Comptroller of the
| Treasury.
1t is proposed by the Agricultural De-
Dartment to go into partnership with q
number of merchants and exporters, the
terms Of the partnership being that the
United States shall stand all losses and
the exporters reap all the profits. Vet it
is claimed by the genealogical experts of
the department that the government will
reap profits enough in the form of scien-
tific knowledge to compensate for any
loss that may be sustained through the
otherwise unequal partnership. At the
lite session Congress made the following
provision for pomological Investigations:
ITO investigate in cooperation with
other divisions of the department and eN-
pertinent stations of the several States
the market conditions affecting the fruit
trade of the United States and foreign
countries and the methods of harvesting,
packing, storing, and shipping fruit and
vegetables, and for experimental ship
ments of fruits TO foreign countries fol-
the purpose of increasing the expectation
of American fruits, and for all necessary
expenses connected with the practical
work of the same"
The huge lottery that Uncle Sam has
conducted in Oklahoma for land taken
from the Indians has brought to light u
peculiar phase of the homestead law.
Judge Ryan, first assistant Secretary Of
the Interior, said that under the home.
stead law Il married woman could not
make an entry for a homestead because
she is not the head of a family. A sin
gle woman, however, can make an entry.
This ruling was given in answer as to
the correctness of the report from Eel
Reno that Miss Minerva McClintock of
Oklahoma City. the young woman who
drew ticket No. is, emitting her to make
an entry for n homestead near Ell Reno,
had forfeited her right because of her
marriage. In continuing, Judge Ryan
said: IF the young woman who lost her
Il lstliS " IN llullitSlcitu llstu OllN Mttll
ed until after she had made her entry
for the land before getting married it
would have been different. Had she per-
fccted her entry and waited sixty days
she could have relinluished her claim
and the land would then have become
public domain. The man she married
could have made an entry for the land
and thus have saved the homestead"
An official report OF the biting off Of
the leg of Qnartermaster s. McIlie, third
class, of the gunboar Annapolis, by n
shark or other sea monster at Iloilo June
81 has been forwarded to the Navy De
partment by Admiral Kempff. A party
was sent out from the vessel for rife
practice. Commander Rohrer, il COM
mand of the Annapolis, states that per-
mission was given to several of the men
to go swimming while others We're en-
gagged in firing. MclNie made a dive and
a moment later appeared on the surface
and shouted: SHARK! Shark" The wat
err was stained with blood. Mc1lie start.
ed to swim and. although crippled, reach-
ed the boat and was pulled in by his
companions. His leg was bitten off near
the knee. He was taken aboard the
Annapolis, where the surgeon found it
necessary to amputate the limb between
the knee and hip.
One of the greatest thoroughfares in
Palestine. according to Consul Merrill,
at Jerusalem, is that between Jerusalem
and Nablous, in ancient Shechem. For
centuries it has been only q camel path,
in many places rough and stony, and in
spite of the vast amount of traffic it was
not until 1900 that an effort was made
to connect the two cities by q carriage
road. Early in that year the route was
surveyed and specifications sent to Con-
stantinople, whence orders for the con-
struction of the roads must emanatc.
Work was begun the following autumn.
and in March Of the present year the first
carriage passed over the completed sec
ton between Jerusalem and Birch. Car
| riages go from Jericho to the Dead Sea
and the River Jordan, but there is no
road, the carriages driving across the
plains.
Only u few of the letter carriers of
the country have awaited themselves of
the privilege granted by the Postmaster
General, after several years of petition.
ing, to wear shirt waists during the sum.
mer season while on duty. A. w. Ma.
chen, general superintendent of free de-
livery, said the other day that the shirt
waist had not become popular among the
carriers and that in most cases when the
official permission had been taken advan-
tage Of the garment had not been a shirt
waist, but merely an ordinary shirt of
the color prescribed in the Postmaster
Generals order.
The second largest claim yet presented
with the Spanish treaty claims commits
sion was filed the other day on behalf Of
Francis Zeiglie of Havana. He was
owner of a sugar estate Of 1910 acres,
worth $1,O00,OOO, which was laid waste
by Spanish troops in May, 1896. For
this he wants $722,427. Indignities were
heaped upon him by Spanish soldiers and
he was compelled to flee for his life. For
his shattered health and the persecution
of his family he asks an additional $780,
600.