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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
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deposited. This stirring OF the sofl not only
destroys many egg but ais exposes the
remainder to the sun or tho birds and para
sites. It is also a good thing for the alfalfa
crop. Cross disking generally ends the
grasshopper. but II ID necessary to 90 not
only over cultivated land. but also along
irrigating bitches. old roads and deserted
~breakings.
The various remedies have been tried. but
still the ~grasshopper fourishes and threat
ems the crops. And 20 the grand hunt -
to take place. There will be no firearms. no
clubs. It viii be a mi BY machinery.
The machine Il called the hoppsr-dossf
and can be operated by hand o. hossaI n
is made OF s~tovepips iron b. turning up the
sides and ends Of the sheet about four
inches in depth. This b mounted q run
ners varying IN height according % rsQulrs-
ments. On a frame hack Of TIE pan -
stretched q piece Of cloth to prevent the IN
sects from jumping over the pan.
When ready for work the pan - partly
filled with water and thsn some csal Oh n
added. II the ground - level NO cross
pieces are necessary, but II the pan - to b
used on sloping ground Il should b .
with little partitions svefy six o. eight
inches to prevent the oil and water running
10 one emu. Inc HcABub VI INC UunSt
varies from : to 10 inches. depending upon
the crop to be protected q the ags Of the
insects to be captured.
The results are surprising. The hopperB
are simply moved down.. They conn leap
Ing toward the strange-smelling liquid: then
they want to leap cut again. but the oil
kills them. When the dozer gets fun the
dead insects are shoveled Out. . little more
oil added and the machine b started again.
Bushels Of hoppers can be destroyed IN .
single day. It Is with these pans that the
hunt IS to be conducted.
The grasshopper has an seasons for
Matching. but most Of the eggs are laid In
the fall. Some live over winter IN the form
Of larvae, others hibernate - full-OroWn In
sects. but most kinds pass the winter
months in the egg state. The young work
their way from the eggs in the sod to the
surface Of the ground by q twisting or
writhing motion. Almost Immediately after
attaining the surface the little hoppefs shed
q covering envelope and set free the IN.
tennae. mouth parts and limbs In . short
time they become somewhat hardened md
begin to hop about in quest Of food. When
first Matched they are nearly WhttA hut
soon become dark colored.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
MISS MILDRED
MYSTERIOUS TRICK OF AN INDIAN FAKER.


could follow 1t no farther. as II vanished
seemingly into thin air. The faker then re-
leased the free end. and. to our amusement
the string remained vertically suspended in
the air as far as the eye could follow 1t.
THE old man then began to tug violently
at the string. as II to recover the vanished
ball. but It refused to yield m inch: and
in affected rage he spoke a few words to
the boy. who rose from the ground and.
siezing the twfne with both hands. began to
climb up II.
UP and up he climbed, growing gradual
ly smaller and smaller untl he was a
scarcely discernible speck. apparently hun
dreds Of feet from the ground. Then he.
too. vanished as completely As the ball had
done. After a few moments waiting for the
boys return the faker called loudly to him
to com down. becoming frantic with rage
at his refusal to obey. Then taking a huge
curved knife from his bag. he gripped It
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
A retired British Army officer. who Is
noted as a good story-teller, relates this
thrilling tale of the deeds of an Indian IA
ker. He doesn't pretend to account for the
event: he simply says It was done before
his wondering eyes, and defies anybody to
prove the contrary:
Those who say that the days Of miracles
are over should go. to India, when, II they
are lucky enough to meet a faker OF the
hills. they viii not only have reason to
modify their opinion. but will see things
which will make them doubt even the evil
dence Of their y eyes.
II will describe one Of the things I my
self witnessed some twenty years ago. and
which you will confess is the most amazing
experience of which you have ever heard. 1
do not profess to account for it in any
way: I only describe IT exactly as I and
my companions. any one of whom will cor
roborate me to the smallest detail. saw It
Z TT was during a shooting expedition in
1880. when 1 and three brother officers had
sspent a long, firing day tracking a man
seating tiger among the hills of the central
provinces. about two days journey from
.Leoni. We were smoking our cigars out
side our tent preparatory to turning IN FOR
1.-THE night. for We were all dead-beat, when
tive saw two dusky figures approaching us.
nsaiaaming lower and lower as they came
nearer to us.
"One Of them was a dirty. unkempt. gray
headed man. clad In a turban and loin-
cloth. who was Enthusiastically one Of the
fakers who haunt these hills and waylay
tourists and sportsmen with a view to back
sheesh: and the other was a small. equally
dirty and slightly clothed boy of about L
years of age.
"As we knew their business we affected to
ignore them and awaited developments.
which soon came. While the boy flung him
self on the ground the faker put down a
bag he was carrying and took from It q
small ball OF Irvine. such as grocers use.
Taking the free end of the Irvine between
his fingers. Re tossed the ball up in the air.
Higher and higher it mounted until the eye
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

a trine more than an inch. with bodies In
proportion.
When once attacked the hopper climbs
up the stem of some weed or other plant
and securely attaches itself by tightly hug
King the plant with its front and middle
legs. In this position it dies. A few rays
after death the body opens at the joints.
and the dustlike spots carry the poison on
the wind to be deposited where some other
hopper 10 making a meal on vegetation.
The most popular method Of fighting the
grasshepper has been to harrow or disk the
land IN which grasehopper eggs have been
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
CONGRESSIONAL DoINes.

The expenditures of the Fifty-sixth
congress were $1,440, 062,545.
Senator's expect to complete the
work of the extra session in few
days.
In the senate Wednesday Vice Pres
ident Roosevelt sternly rebuked the
galleries for applauding on his ar
rival in the chamber.
Senator William P Frye of Maine
has been reelected president pro tenn
pore of the senate to serve during the
pleasure of the senate.
The senate committee on military
affairs is investigating charges made
against General Corbin and Assist
ant Secretary Meiklejohn, who are
said to have speculated in Philippine
enterprises.
Senator Morgan has abandoned his
struggle for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal, after % years of
heroic and ceaseless endeavor. He
mas announced his determination to
resign as chairman of the senate
committee on interoceanic canals.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16

! h q 1 +
In Northern Wisconsin the Chica-
go, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Railway has for sale, at low rates
and easy terms of payment, about
100000 acres Of choice farm lands.
Early buyers will secure the adYan-
tage of locations on the many beauti-
full streams and lakes, which abound
with fish and furnish a meyer ending
and most excellent water supply,
both for family use and for stock.
Land is generally we'll timbered,
the soil is fertile and easy of cultiya.
ton. Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Superior, Ash
land and numerous other thriving.
cities and towns on the line of the G.
st. P. M. & o. Ry. and other rail
roads in the same territory furnish
good markets for farm produce.
For further particulars address:
Geo. w. BELL,
Land Commissioner, Hudson, Wis, or
G.. III. MAoRAE,
A. G. p. A., st. Panl, MINI.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
POLITICAL NEWS.

Hon. Paris Gibson, who built the
first Touring mill in Minneapolis,
has been elected short-term senator
from Montana.
Adolph F. Gartz, who was nomin-
ated for the Office of city treasurer by
the Chicago Republican city conven-
ton, has refused to accept the nom
fnation.
By a vote of 81 to 80 the lower
house of the Indiana legislature has
adopted the Neal joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment providing
for woman suffragesin that state.
The Delaware legislature has adj
journed without breaking the sena-
torial deadlock between the Addicks
and the Dupont factions. AS a result
Delaware will not be represented in
the Unitel States senate until the
next legislature meets.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
FINANCE AND TRADE.

A new -four trust has been organ
lied.
The Illinois Central is said to have
secured control of the Wisconsin
Central.
The South German cotton weavers
have voted to restrict 25 per cent Of
the production during April, May and
June.
John E. Searles, one of the organ
izers of the sugar trust and closely
connected with many other corpora
tons, has failed for $1,300,000.
General Russell A. Alger, /as head
of the Alger-Sullivan syndicate, will
build a model town near Pensacola,
Fla, after the order Of Pullman, Ills.
The statement of the London board
of trade for the month of February
shows an increase of G2,069,600 in
imports and a decrease of &2,l82,40O
in exports.
The Hamburg-American steamship
line has ordered two steamers, each
of 1000 tons, from the Vulcan Ship
building company of Bremen, for its
West India line.
M. Wing, representing the Wing
Chung Wo company of San Francisco,
is contracting for $4,000 barrels OF
Washington flour per month to be
shipped to China during the coming
year.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
ENDS FOR THE PRESENT.
Manitoba Railroad Contract Bill Gets
Through the Legislature.

Manitoba Railroad Contract Bill Gets
Through the Legislature.
Winnipeg, March 15.-The bill to
confirm the contract with the Cana
dian Northern railway company was
damned through its final stage in the
legislature during the afternoon by
the main strength of the governments
majority. A final protest was entered
by the opposition, Mr.. Greenway
leading the way in denouncing the
haste with which the legislation had
been rushed through by the govern
ment without allowing for full consid-
GRAFTON. All the rest of the business
before the legislature for the present
session was sidetracked to allow of
the contracts being railroaded through.
The terms in which Mr.. Greenway
protested against both contracts and
the manner in which they were forced
through the house by the govern
ment's brute majority were decid-
edly vigorous.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

General Aaron S. Daggett, recently
appointed brigadier general of the
army, has been retired.
President Mckinley has congratu.
lated Emperor William upon his es-
cape from serious injury.
The president has renominated all
the members of his cabinet and the
senate promptly confirmed them.
Ex-senator William E. Chandler of
New Hampshire has been selected to
be president of the Spanish claims
commission.
The United States is said to have
sent note to Denmark forbidding the
sale of the Danish West Indies to any
foreign power.
In communication to the state de-
partment Great Britain rejected the
senate amendments to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty.
Senators Plat and Depew OF New
York have filed protest against the
nomination of Colonel Sanger as as
sistant secretary of war.
The state department has been OF
ficially advised that the asphalt con-
troversy at last has been brought be-
fore the Venezuelan courts.
Robert S. Mccormick of Illinois
has been appointed envoy extraord1-
nary and minister plenipotentiary OF
the United States to Austria-Hungary.
Secretary Hay and Ambassador
Cambon, acting for their respective
governments, have signed an arrange
ment extending until Sept. "a, 1902,
the period allowed for the ratification
of the French reciprocity treaty.
President Mckinley has provided
four senators whose terms expired
March with positions at salary OF
$4,000 per year. They are Thomas
Carter of Montana, John M. Thurston
of Nebraska, William Lindsey of Ken
lucky and George Mcbride of Oregon,
who have been appointed members of
the st. Louis exposition commission.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
PHlLIPPINE NEWS.

Additional inducements have been
made to the Filipino insurgents to sur,
render their guns, General MacAr.
thur has directed all department com
manders co release one prisoner for
every rife surrendered.
Unconfrmed information coming
from native sources says. Aguinaldo
is in hiding in the Province of Isabel
la, on the northeastern coast of Lu-
zon island. American troops are
scouting in that section of the coun-
try.
A wagon train and a detachment
of the. field corps, together with six
Macabebe scouts, we're attacked by
the insurgents about midway between
the towns of Slang and Das Marinas,
in Cavite province. Three Americans
were killed and two of the Macabebe
scouts were wounded.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
CRIMINAL NEWS.

In attempting to make an arrest the
chief of police of Stanley, Wis, was
shot and killed.
Joseph A. Conlin has been arrested
in San Frncisco charged with robbing
the New York postofiee of $4,000.
A man named Kaddetz, residing in
Meeker county, Mimi, \ shot three
school children, one probably fatally,
because they snowba1led him.
James Callahan, charged with be-
ing connected with the Cudahy kid
mapping, waived preliminary hearing
and was held to the district court in
$1,000 bond.
Rev. Francis J. Budzikowski. a
Catholic priest, until recently in
charge Of a parish at Duluth, COM
mitted suicide at the Golden West no.
tel, MINNEAPOLIS.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
SANGER ISNAMBD
NEW YORKER GETS HIS COMMITS
SION AS ASSISTANT sEcRE-
TARY OF WAR.
OPPOSITION IS WITHDRAWN

Senators Plat and Depew Visit the
White House and Shortly After
Their Departure the Nomination Is
Announced--War Department Issues
a Statement in Connection With the
Vacancy and the New Appointment.
Washington, March 15.-Colonel
William Carey Sanger of New York
received his commission as assistant
secretary of war at 1890 o'clock and
was Immediately sworn In in the Of
fee of Secretary Root.
The following official announcement
was made at the war department re-
garding the appointment Of Colonel
Sanger:
"Some time before the expiration of
the last administration and before the
reappointment of the cabinet Secre-
tary Meiklejohn notified the president
that by reason of his candidacy for
the senate, the long canvass attending
it and the necessity that there should
be an assistant secretary who could
be present in Washington who could
perform the duties of Office, he was
unwilling to permit his name to be
considered for reappointment. Mr..
William Carey Sanger, has, accord
ingly, been appointed and will imme
diately enter upon the discharge Of
his duties"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16

The stomach controls the situation.
Those who are hearty and strong are
those who can eat and digest plenty
of food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di-
gests what you eat and allows you TO
eat all the good food you want. If
you suffer from indigestion, heart
burn, belching or any other stomach
trouble. this preparation can't help
but do you good. The most sensitive
stomachs can take it.-Hu1burd &
johnson.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
OPPOSITION WITHDRAWN.
Plat and Depew Saw the President
Regarding Sanger.

Plat and Depew Saw the President
Regarding Sanger.
Washington, March 15.-Senators
Plat and Depew of New York called
at the White House during the day
and were with the president for an
hour. When they left the following
official statement was made as to
their visit:
"The two New York senators,
Messrs. Platt and Depew, called
upon the president and for the first
time the question of Colonel Sanger
appointment as assistant secretary of
war was referred to. They desired to
offer no opposition to Colonel Sanger
appointment"
While the New York senators had
been disposed to oppose Colonel San
ger they realized that the assistant to
cabinet officer should be in harmony
with his chief and they decided not to
carry their opposition any farther.
Colonel Sanger's confirmation by the
senate will not be opposed by them.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
BRlTlsH-BoER WAR NEWS.

1t is reported that General Dewet is
now without guns and being hard
pressed.
Twelve thousand British troops will
sail for South Africa during the com
ing week.
An armistice of seven days has
been arranged between Generals
Kitchener and Botha.
The Beers under Delarey attacked
Lichtenberg March 8. Major Fletcher
and Lieutenant Hull were killed.
Kitchener cabled under date of March
6 that he was sending. reinforcements
to the besieged garrison.
General Dewet has escaped north
ward by forced march with 400 men.
His objective is believed to be the
vicinity of Kroonstad. Four other
Boer leaders are also in the south
eastern part. of Orange River Colony.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
RUsso-cHlNEsE AGREEMENT.
No Official information at Washington
Regarding 1t.

Washington, March 15.-Our gov
eminent has not yet been able to o.
tain anything like an Official state
ment of the contents of the alleged
agreement between Russia and China
respecting the protectorate over Man
churia. If il were not for the informa-
ton which comes to it unofficialIy,
vet is known to be reliable, the state
department would not be able to af-
firm even the existence of the pact
So, in this state of official ignorance
it has not been possible to go very far
in the direction of protesting against
Russia's course. The state depart
ment has, from the beginning, sought
to discourage any kind Of secret ar
rangement touching China, so that the
Russian agreement, regardless of its
details, would still be Objectionable
from this point of view.
The opposition to the Russian move
has not crystalized up to this moment,
and it is felt that there is every pros
pect of a consummation of the agree
ment between Russia and China un-
less the other powers, who now hang
undecided, speedily come to deter
mination to oppose it.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16

Prof. Ivison, of Homecoming, Nd,
suffered terribly from neuralgia of
the stomach and indigestion for thir-
teen years and after thu doctors
failed to cure him they fed him on
morphine. A friend advised the use
of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and after
taking few bottles of it he says. "It
has cured me entirely. I can't say too
much for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure" It
digests what you eat-Hulburd &
johnson.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

Ii Hung Chang is again seriously
i'll and his physician says his life
hangs by a thread.
Emperor William is said to have
ordered Field Marshal Won Waldersee
to cease preparations for further mil
itary operations in China.
Copies of orders issued by General
Chaffee show that the American
troops in China are under the strict
est discipline and are closely con"
fined to the limits under the control
of the United States forces.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
FOREIGN NEWS.

All the firearms at the Vatican have
been destroyed by order of the pope.
The official report shows that 22
deaths from the plague have occurred
at Cape Town.
Seventeen recalcitrant Irish mem
bers of the house of commons were
| forcibly elected, being carried out by
the police.
The census returns show that the
city of Bombay has 10000 inhabi-
tants, decrease of over $4,000 in 10
years, mostly due to the exodus OF
the past two months on account Of the
plague.
The progress of the bubonic plague
causes deep anxiety and excitement
in Cape Town The Cape authorities
have decided to remove the people
from one-third of the city's area and
to clean it.
Emperor William was assaulted by
maniac while en- route to the rail-
way station and received a serious
cut in the face by blow from a
heavy piece of iron. Although the
injury is not dangerous his physicians
say he will be confined to his bed for
several days.
Advices from Berbera by way of
Alden are that 10 days ago the .Abys-
sinians under Nebus Menelek and
Chief Ras Makonnen completely de-
feated the Somali rebels under Sheik
Abdullalio in the Harrar district. The
Somalis and Abyssinians suffered
seNerelv ia the, action
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
CUBA AND PORTO RICO.

The export duty on Cuban tobacco
has been abolished by order of Pres
ident Mckinley.
An anti-American riot occurred in
San JUAN Porto Rico, Thursday.
Quiet was restored before any one
was seriously injured.
The conservative element in the
Cuban convention has scored vic
tory by referring the Plat amend
ment to the committee on relations
with instructions to bring in report.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
THE DEATH RECORD.

J. w. Losey, prominent Wisconsin
attorney, is dead at La Crosse.
W. H. Laird, one of the best known
Western turfman, is dead at st. Louis
Senator G. L. Magee, for many
years prominent in Pennsylvania pol
itics, is dead, aged 81 years.
Deaths from consumption exceeded
those of any other disease in Phila-
delphia last year, being 2,717.
Rev. Mark Traitor. an eminent
minister and formerly a member of
congress from Massachusetts, is dead.
aged 80 years.
Frederick Metz, ST., the Omaha
brewer is dead, aged "a years. He
was one of the wealthiest men in
Nebraska and had extensive property
interests in several large Western
cities. o,.'
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS

Iowa defeated Minnesota in the
joint university debate at Sioux City.
The national supreme court has de-
cided that the Minnesota railroad com
mission has the right to compel own
ers of elevators and warehouses on
railroad lines. but not at terminal
stations. to take out out licenses.
Bituminous coal miners of Pennsyl-
vania have decided to strike April l
unless their demands for the 8-hour
day, two-thirds' differential between
machine and pick mining, the aboli-
ton Of company stores and a dead
work scale are accaded to.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
Live stock Prices at CHICAGO.

CATTLE-Sales ranged at tS5.O5@6.25
for good to prime steers, So 60@500 for
poor to medium, 81, 75@4,6O for stookers
and feeders, 50 60@4.40 for cows and
heifers, $4.O0@4.9o for Texas steers
HOGS-Sales ranged at S.. 1905 6716 for
mixed and butchers, S. 5505.70 for good
to choice heavy, So 40@5.50 for rough
heavy, S5.40@5.62L for light, s5.55@5 62H
for bulk Of sales.
SHEEP-Sales ranged at 81. 10 0+85 FOR
sheep, 81 50@525 for lambs.
Grain and Provision Prices at Chicago.
WHEAT March 74c, April 7424o, May
1870.
CORN March 1890, May 4o7zC04lc.
OATS-Marc 24c, May 24Nc.
PORK March 10. May Sl4 80, July
$14.50.
FLAX q Cash No. ! sl.55, May s16411.
8 POULTRY Dressed turkeys S@10c
chickens 71a@10c.
BUTTER creameriesl5@ al 20, diaries
11@1gc.
EGGs-Fresh lsgzc.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-03-16
PERPETUAL INJuNcT,oNs.
Baltimore Packers Restrained From

Baltimore Packers Restrained From
Using the Word california;"
Baltimore, March Thirteen per-
petual injunctions against Baltimore
fruit packers and in favor of Cali
fornia Fruit Gamers association have
been granted by Judge Morrison in
the United States circuit court. These
injunctions not only restrain the de-
PENDANTS from selling, or offering for
sale peaches or pears not the product
of the state of California in any can
or other vessel to which the word
california is or shall be affixed or
selling the same with the intent that
such label or false representation
shall thereafter be affixed"