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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26
Another Marconi Patent.

A patent has been recently granted
lin England to William Marconi, cover.
ing bis invention of a portable signal.
ling apparatus designed for use in war,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26
. 'OHARIoTTE AMALIE ST. THOMAS, FROM THE HARBoR

ceremony between white and
sa men and women.
sh, & seems to be 4 misunderstand-
- =. .ne, United States as to the Ian
s.eo Dy the people in the Dan
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

Metal ware is still largely imported
by Russia from Germany, though the
United States is proving strong com
petitOr.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

Royalty enjoys many privileges
But it is not immune from the atten'
ions of the gossips.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

The end of the revolution in Central
America is announced. Does this re-
fer to the rear end of one that is dis
appearing Or to the front end of the
one that is coming?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26
SILENT MACHINERY.
Transmission OF Power Through Wheela
Without Contact.

In the illustration is shown the pow.
er transmitting the device recently de.
signed by Charles G. Armstrong, the
object of the invention being to drive
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

and fat and so arranged that they shed
the rain into cisterns, where it is kept
for drinking purposes. there being no
other water available.
On the Island Of ST. Croix Frederick
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

The proposition to increase the cen.
sus facilities should bring a thrill OF
pride to every American. We have
grown to be such an enormous popu.
laton that it is no small job to count
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

German soldiers do not want to be
conspicuous targets. Their bright
buttons are being changed for DARK
ones and their blue tunics are being
replaced by others of a grayish-browD
tint.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

1t is said that the whispering gal
lery at the Capitol N Washington has
been abolished; but the Whispering
in the secret sessions of the Senate
will continu- to be heard from Maine
to California.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-04-26

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

EUROPEANS AND TRAVELLERS Min
find the London Office of The Tribune. 1aa
Fleet Street, convenient place to leave tbei-
advertisements and subscriptions for TTa
Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

Richard Lord was captain Of a troop Of horse
men established in Connection; in 1S5S-the first
cavalry of the colony This explains the bright
star of our cavalry in The FIRST lire. The OK
preston composing paroxyisms' Is obscure. but
1t may aIlude to u happy faculty OF reconciIns
parties az variance Mr., Lords name Is found on
several arbitratons for accommodating difficulties
1t was from tomb in this cemetery that Bene-
dict Arnold witnessed the massacre OF Groton
Heights and the burning Of New-London on Sep
tember 3. 1ISi.
The following eptaph is copied from stone In
old burying ground in Mystic Conn;
Here lies cut down like unrips fruit.
4 CT Mr.. Amos Tute
And Mrs Jemima Tute, mis- VIE
Call Jonathan. OF whose trail life
The days al summed, how short the account
Scarcely to fourteen years amount
Born on the twelfth Of May was he.
In seventeen hundred sixty-three;
To death he fell a helpless prey.
In seventeen hundred and seventy seven.
Quitting this world. we hope for heaven
Rut tho his spirit fled on high
This body Wondering here must lie:
Behold the amazing alteration
The means employed his life to save
Hurried him headong to the grave
The natural inference from this epitaph is that
young Tute vaccinated 10 prevent his having
the smallpox Then comes the question whether
Jenners method cf incubation had been introduced
into this country as early as 1753- Or. JenEers
periments with cowpox had not been completed
early 1I77 and his theory had not been accepted
by the English physicians. Who then vaccnated
Tute, IL vaccination is the process referred to in
the eptaph? No more specific information regard
ing this epitaph can be obtained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
Paris. October ?.


An extraordinary case OF swindling, brim fun
~ fantastic episodes, OF which Paris seems to
enjoy the monopoly. has just been brought be-
fore the Tribunal OF the Seine and offers in cts
particular vein interest equal TO the ad-
ventures of the famous Mime. Humbert- The
1Sumbert swindles amounted to over S20.000,00O.
and were OF colossal proportions. such as might
have been imagined by an Alexander Dumas.
The present swindling operations. so far as has
yet been disclosed. DO not reach beyond $1,000
600. but the persons who have taken leading
parts in them offer studies Of human nature and
credulity such as might be evolved by the OBJ
servation OF a Bslzac.
The star actor OF this Partisan comedy is a
prelate OF the Roman Catholic Church, Of dis
tinguished appearance. who since 1885 has been
prsbendary Canon OF Tours and professor at
the Jesuit college OF that city. Rosenberg is
tbe family name Of the Prebendary Canon. who.
besides leading a double life OF great mystery.
assumed the false title OF vicar general OF the
see OF Cyprus. and issued DEGREES OF divorce.
Canon Rosenberg had no less than ten different
places OF residence In Paris. where he carried
an astonishing number OF enterprises, being
M the same time schoolmaster. emigration
agent manufacturer OF false pearls and funeral
Ureaths, inventor OF hair restorer. real estate
Epeculstor and spiritual adviser TO the Duchesse
d'Albutera-
1drof ROSENBERG was aDy assisted IN MS
sWfndling schemes by two clerical confederates-
she Able Guillaumin. professor at the Semi
nary OF NOgent-le-R otron and the Abbs Felix,
known in religion as ''Frere JEAN" who, besides
being private secretary 20 the nirnble Drained
Canon. was also managing editor Of The Revue
catholiQue." An active partner in the enter
prise was Malleval, president OF the "BanQue
Generate de Ia Bourse de Paris" Editor OF the
'Echo de la Finance" and owner OF a small
racing stable which supplied horses for sporting
events II secondary Importance IN Belgium and
suburban tracks in France. Another per
sonage in the business IS a sleek and well
dressed Partisan literary man named Gadobert
who Is the author OF several unsuccessful plays
and who accepted the title OF chancellor OF the
Bishop OF Cyprus
A victim OF this little band-fhe only victim
who has had the courage 20 take legal proceed
ings-ls Nine. Civet. a devout woman OF thirty
i've, who resides In a sumptuously furnished
fat in the Avenue du Bots de Bouogne Nine
Nourichon. a companion and fellow traveller OF
the late Prince Henri d'orleans. She secured a
legal separation from NJ Mourichon, and re-
t~ined the custody OF their only child. civil
divorce was granted. but Nine Civet wished 20
have her divorce sanctioned by the Roman Cath
oc Church. She applied TO Canon Rosenberg
for q decree OF annuirnent OF her religious mar
,iage. spd paid over $4,000 TO Gadobert for the
caaons services in her behalf She also became
SO Impressed with the Canon's business capacity
that at his instigatfon she entrusted TO Maleval,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

II was the irrigation development in the Milk
River valley that helped pursuade Congress to
grant federal aid to Western irrigation schemes.
Here and at other places I'm California and Ari-
private capital went ahead and dug bitches,
corralled the nearest available water and the very
next season showed marvellous crops from land
which had previously been unproductive. In do
ing this they simply brought up to date the meth
DDS OF the early Indian tribes discovered by Span
ish adventurers hundreds OF years before and Of
the MoTmOns when they entered the valley Of
the Great Salt Lake.
Eastern opposition 10 federal irrigation aid
based upon a mistaken conception. THE West
Is invoking the spirit of paternalisn." said the
representatives of Eastern States at Washington.
They ask that the government make a lot of
costly experiments. that they may avoid taking
any risk And they opposed any favorable
ton the matter relgiously that many of
the Western party despaired In vain they pointed
out that irrigation long past the experimental
stage, but like the from Missouri, they had
20 show Il. Thus did the Westerners outline the
hard struggle which they had fought and won
for Congress has at last made generous appro oria
tons for beginning the work OF irrigation and
Montana will be the first field of operation
The train stopped for moment at Chinook
town which has sprung up since they put water
into the Milk River bitches. A rancher a typical
Montanian, entered the buffet car Just TO get a
bit OF luxury while ridin down to the next town
so he expressed II. $50 you're from NEWBORN
he said' after the intrOductiOns were over well
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

Frederick H. Newell, chief photographer of the
United States Geological Survey, says that there
is land and water in Montana which can be
brought together than in any other State. This is
the reason that the government has chosen Mon
for the first of the federal irrigation systems
Several surveying parties are now in the field
working out the best means Of turning the waters
of St. Marys Lake and river. in the northern part
OF the State, into the Milk River. These waters
flow north into Hudson's BAY. and are alto
gether wasted. An immense storage Gam Will De
necessary change the direction of this water and
it will probably lie the first Of three to be con-
strUcted in different parts Of the West by the gov
eminent. There are several ways in which this
water can be brought into the territory where
irrigation is needed, and the exact route has not
Yet been decided
Enough land can he irrigated in Montana TO
furnish hundred thousand farm homes said
w NJ Woodbridge. of HinSdale Mont, which Is the
county of Valley County and in the heart Of
the district which has been irrigated by private
capital What this means TO Montana is obvious
when remembers that the present population
% the State is only 10000 Irrigation in the Milk
River Valley dates from 1894. when the Belknap
canal built at Chinook 1t irrigated H. 400 acres
at cost of 81 acre OthGs canals and bitches
followed. until there $1,000 under
irrigation at a first cost OF from 81 to IS
This land was entered under the homestead act
and practically worthless al the time of entry.
1t IS now worth from $50 to SS5 acre and will
pay 10 cent $50 valuation What is true of
the Milk River Valley under private irrigation Is
assured under the government plan The settler
will have to pay the government the actual cost
OF putting IN ditcheS which Will be from $40 to s15
acre. There will be no hardship about this.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

darn me, if I'm not glad to see you. Have a
drink.
DO you happen to know in your town
named HEWITT" he asked when the glasses were
empty. "Abram s. Hewitt who used 10 be Mayor
or something or other in your place."
The man from New-YOrS had never met Mr.
Hewitt personally but said he knew him we'll by
reputation
What, Never met HEWITT" said the Montana
rancher Why. I allowed most everybody from
YORK had me- him. Well anyway. when you go
back you just look him up and shake his hand fo-
He's friend of yours" was asked
NO. he's never even heard of me-" said the old
man quickly, hut he's the Father OF Irrigation
and irrigation has been the making of me and
eminent water bills ana has done more TO keep the
thing moving than any one I know.
Now the government is going to take n hand
and give us enough water from old st. Mary's
rest Wen make Montana the most beautiful
hountful country that the Lord ever let us mis-
cradle humans live in. You for yourself
what We've done in our own small way Just 10
prove that We knew what talking of"
he pointed out the window TO n green food
alfalfa, growing In a field from which crops
had already been harvested Then there We're
other fields in which the recently harvested grain
was stacked And still others in which sleek ferds
were pasture Every hundred and sixty acres
was a farm, Tor irrigation means economy In
land, concentration of energies
Tho train had slipped into the next station an
other one or the many new towns along the Great
northern; and rancher had to leave 1t. At the
Young man, You tell that Mr.. ex-CongressnlRn
the time Of hts life
And with that he was gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
QUAINT CONNEcTICUT EPIT1PHS

ONE DATES BACK TO isee-ANoTHEE RE
FERS To INOCTLATION IN i777.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
THE IRRIGATION DITCH.
WONDERS TT WORKS WITH
ARID LANDS ~ THE WEST.
TRANSPORTATION EFFECTED IN MILK
RIVER VALLEY. MoNTANA-EX-
MAYOR HEWITT PRAISED.

30 one who has travelled from ocean TO ocean
ecross this great American continent needs
definition OF arid land. He must ride through
many long dusty miles OF It in that wondrous trans
Missouri world. Never can one forget that brown.
funburned land, which has left green entirely out
az its color scheme. preferring half-dead plants.
rage brush cacti. tough bunch grass and the like
20 the magnificent rich crops of deep and gorgeous
oolors. Pneferring, does say? Rather. forced
10 put I'D with the brown and all for the lack Of
little water.
More than One-third of the three million square
miles in the United States, exclusive of Alaska
snd the islands. is arid land. Part Of IT never
be touched with life giving but by far the
greater part can be irrigated and made pro-
oUctlVe as the average acreage now under cultiva-
ton east and west
The wonders that little water will work on this
Western land are nowhere more strikingly evident
than IN the Milk River Valley OF Montana, along
the line Of the Great Northern Railway. For hours
the passengers the flyer gaze out Of the plate
glass windows Of the comfortable buffet and OBJ
starvation cars upon dead and barren country.
The railroad fences line either side of the track.
and IN the distance outcroppings OF sandstone as
sumo various fantastic shapes. and, taken to-
sether. form a mountain range IN miniature. The
only sign Of life IS stray bunch OF range cattle
grazing IN the open. These range creatures can
Craze where nothing else can live but even they
grow impatient where the feed Is as scarce as II is
1n this dried up part of Montana.
THE train climbs grade and dips down into
s0-SS WIN INCREASING speed hlthln = mile or
Two while one is looking away from the passing
landscape resting the eyes from the continuous
monotonous brown change has come over the
world without. II is though the flyer" had
sped into new country. There is green in the
color scheme now and the range has given way
10 neatly fenced farms in which crops are grow
sng- The farm houses. neat frame structures
auiit with some regard TO architectural lines are
scarcely further apart than they are in the civil
lized East. 1t looks he veritable paradise for
the agrioulturalist and il is.
What has happened?' asks the surprised trav-
eler. How comes this miraculous changer
The results OF irrigation" replies one who
knows ''one OF the wonders which a little yvate-
can work IN Montana. Seven years ago this
was as barren the range we have Just left"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

presents itself. The proprietor supported either
side by sympathetic relatives is presented TO the
Maharajah, the picture OF woe. His highness
quate compensation. And the procession moves
while the proprietor instantly RECEIVERS his com
posure. and. diSdaining the support OF his rela-
tives. marches proudly back TO his hut 20 calcu-
late the amount which he thinks possible can be
extracted the treasury for the repairs of his
house. and in so doing is most careful TO allow
age he received when the leopard knocked him so
ignominiously from the roof OF his own house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

sauonal disclosures OF cowl and cassock and Of
aiieSea ABUSES perpetrated by band of swind-
whose rlngleaders were men in holy orders
and which Will be utilized by antI-cIerIcaIs ana
SOCIALISTS in their fierce campaign 20 annuI the
Concordat, and bring about their cherished idea
of the separation of church and state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

however as the payrnerts are made annually for
ten years Wonderful as Montanas past has been
since the State traveTSsd by railroads St1li
more wonderful future is dawung with the ir-tga-
ton ditch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

New-I.ondon. Conn. Ncv. (Speciab.The oldest
inscribed tombstone in this state east Of ID" con
necticut River is in this city The following Is
the INSCRIPTION thereon:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
GRAIN TRADE GOSSIP

Farnum. Chicago to Charles f. Lewis & Go. ::
nave seen our market a good many times when
as at present and prices at present range, we
have had quick break Of 2@3c a bushel. At
present there seems to be feeling of strength
in market that is easily seem but hard to at-
count for. 1t looks though the man who
buys wheat on any easy market stands better
chance for profit than a short. 1t looked" at
763sc this morning though price would de-
cline but 1t is only another where the
market develops unexpected strength. Any de-
London cables say the first arrivals of new
Argentine faxseed are expected by the last
New York to Lewis There were SO loads of
spring wheat worked here late last night for
the United Kingdom just reported; They are
also reporting 20 loads worked at out-ports TO-
day.
Cicago wired early: Wheat at a standstill
SEorts were good buyers early and the com
- London close Wheat, unchanged to ia lower
Corn. unchanged
Antwerp, wheat closed unchanged.
= Berlin close: Wheat unchanged Buda Pcsth
New York reports 65 loads of wheat for ex-
Clearances: Wheat and -four. S520 900 bushel:
corn: 21sooo bushels: oats, 1000 bushels. =,
Argentl tine. cable able reads Weather improving
bidding l cent over No. northern for Manitoba
wheat. " = =:
that Liverpool is bidding cent our May
for common Chicago No. northern. Liverpool
Broomhal cables: Werther conditions in Ar
gentine more Or less unsatisfactory and direct
cable from our agent supplemented this. by
stating that the harvest has been imperilled by
storms. $3.50 ' =. - ' ~
T. Liverpool Close-Wheat unchanged to / 1sd
lower. Corn unchanged TO $50 lower.
Paris Close-Wlleat and flour :, centimes lower.
Counsemans & Co. are buyers of May wheat in
Chicago. .= r.. s.>.+' g.. > - =
Chicago to Thomas & Dunnett: Trade light at
opening. Not much wheat ON market. Crowd
selling it. .. 49, - $50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS

n NEW FORK COTTON, Dec. 1e. Cotton mar
sket.topened STEADY with prices 1 to 2 points
higher The first prices were practically the
lowest OF the forenoon For time the market
was held down by unsatisfactory cables as to
the Liverpool market. but later there was every
appearance of still stronger statistics in the
face-of recent claims of a.:nlaterially expanding
movement and the market soon became more ac-
tive and irmer. Within the first hour prices
moved UP 300 points. with shorts covering. The
upward movement was held In check by fears
OF renewed selling by certain Philadelpbia
interest but as the araourtsto be in sight was
onlyShgured as $4,000 against 39S 635 last year
and 4O7. 382 the previous year, commission houses
sent out; more bullish views and outside orders
soon materialtZed quite freely on the long side
iof sthe account. Europe bought:+in moderate
way in the local market with orders from the
south also working towards the buying side of
the account.
\ AT noon the market was 5@1O points higher
OH demand from shorts and some southern buy
ing. based on light receipts and firm spot mar
ket news. Spot steady; middling uplands. S.65c
middlng gulf. sS90c ts.z -
Estimated receipts at the ports: To-day. 40 900
bales compared with 36,43I last week. and 40.
97s for the corresponding day last year For
the week, 26O000 bales compared with 261, 7S4
last week and 200 1872 last year. To-day's re-
ceipts at New Orleans We're 9495 bales.
III Spot closed quiet. points higher; niddling
npands,s s. roe: middlig gulf. S95c. Sales. 2.}OS
bales. x 5SfsS%t s54 5s 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Whallon Case & Co.. from. New York: Domes-
tic exchange still rules firm in favor of this city
Corn and wheat both broke sharply and large
export demand for these cereals existed. all of
marIe has w
III the last three or four days. and reaction
could be looked for and would be beneficial.
Waldorf stock gossip: Although traders who
bearsh the stock market attribute the
rise in prices mainly to covering of shorts. we'll
informed houses agree tonight that the buying
now in progress and which has brought about
such rapid Improvement the past two days is for
long account and comes from most substantial
interests. Of course. after the marked gains
of to-day. there is talk of reaction, but people
in close touch with the powers behind the pres:
Lad news, serious reaction will be permitted,
and that on recessions active stocks are a pur-
fe notae Mssor pac n Union pac
United States Steel shares, all Of which have
been in process of accumulation during the past
e.. The New York subtreas9ry gained $7S7 900
osnks f1am banks since last Friday
Stock traders are buying stocks and are
bullsh on expectation Of good bank state
ment Tomorrow, and hopes of some expansive
..ew York to watson-Market dull, prices
not falling off, The street has idea there will
session of congress which will effect currency.
New York to l.. I. Sowle & Sons-We believe
and this with anticipated favorable bank state
Mc1ntyre & Marshall say: London cables that
after buoyant opening for our stocks at gen
orally higher prices. under lead Of the Steel
stocks, the market has turned heavy under profit
taking and selling orders from this side. The
stock market closed firm yesterday with .ad-
vanccs along the whole line. Many conservative
traders thought the advance too rapid and we
may have some slight easing off to-day on profit
taking, but the money situation is improving.
and we believe after the first of the new year
the market will sell higher. We believe good
stocks purchase on declines. ..-
Atterbury wired from New York: Market acts
WE'LL and it would be higher. 1t does not,
| however, appeal to Inc just for purchase.
Traders inclined to sell the Steel stocks. r.