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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
cRozIER CASE HANGS FIRE.
Senate Defers Action Pending an In
vestigation. .

Washington, April 25.--The senate
failed to 30 into executive session
10 consider the nomination Of Gen.
eral Crozier to be chief of ordnance
at the close Of routine business today,
Notwithstanding a previous agreement
to the effect that this should be done.
The committee ON military affairs de-
sired delay. It today decided to make
a more detailed investigation before
taking the matter up in the senate,
as Senator Scott Suggested 1t had
been represented that injustice had
been done to General Crozier in con-
nection with his interest in the Buff
fngton-C rozier gun carriage. The COM
mittee decided to make further in
vestigation, but without asking to
have the adverse report already
made by the committee in General
Crozier's case withdrawn.
All persons having knowledge Of
the gun Garage, and especially the
members Of the board Of ordnance and
Notifications, of which General Miles
is president, will be summoned to give
testimony. The senate adopted a resct
luton offered by Senator Proctor,
directing the secretary Of wal to
send to the senate copies of all Of
fetal reports from artillary officers
in regard to the Bufington-C rozier
disappearing gun carriage. made
to- the war department or to
The board of ordnance and fortified.
tion." It is the general opinion that
the committees action will postpone
consideration Of the nomination by
The senate for a considerable time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
Senator Money Arrested.

Washington, April Ex-senator
Money OF Mississippi today was plac-
ed in custody on information filed by
Arthur B. Shaner, the street car con-
ductor, who charged the senator with
assaulting him yesterday. Senator
Money, Conductor Shaner and Fore
man Hooper Of the hre department.
who assisted the conductor yester.
day, appeared in the police court today
and their trial was set for next Thurs
day.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
windstorm at Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., April 25.-An unusual.
~ heavy windstorm, which struck
this city this evening, killed one per-
son and injured a number of others
and unroofed a number of buildings.
There was a heavy downpour of rain.
Street cars were stopped for an hour.
Wires and signs were blown down in
all directions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
CANAL PROPOSITIONS DISCUSSED
AT LENGTH.
AGREEMENTS MUCH ALIKE
President Said to Be Anxious That
Canal Matter Be Definitely
Settled.

Washington, April 25.-The cabinet
held a short session today, during
which the relative propositions Of the
Colombian and Nicaraguan govern
ments in connection with the proposed
canal were discussed. Both PROPOSE
tons will be at once submitted to
congress. The president is exceed
ingly anxious, whatever determine
ton congress may come to as to the
relative merits of the two routes,
that some decision may be reached
at this session.
A comparison Of the outlines Of
the agreements or treaties made by
the state department with Colombia
in relation to the Panama canal and
with Nicaragua and Costa RIGA as
to the Nicaragua canal shows a gen.
eral resemblance in the scope Of the
arrangements, but important differ
ences in details. One point of resem-
blance is the amount of money to be
paid down at once by the United
States government to the country
making the concession; in each case
this is 81, 900, 900. II the Panama route
is chosen, Colombia gets all of the
money. If the choice falls on the
Nicaragua route, Nicaragua will re-
ceive $6,OOO,O 900 and Costa Rica ST.
100000. A good deal Of the delay
that has occurred in communicating
the arrangements was owing to the
difficulty in reaching a basis Of divis-
ion as between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica, and this is generally fixed upon
as about six to one in favor of Mica
No provision is made in the Colon
bian protocol for the payment of any
annual rent-that matter will be left
to future adjustment, though, OF
course, it is expected that some rent
will be charged. The agreement as
to the Nicaragua canal, however, spe-
officially states the rent to be paid,
which is $4,000 per annum, of which
Nicaragua will get about $4,000 and
Costa RIGA $4,000. While this rent
is merely nominal, it serves a useful
purpose in the estimate Of the 18TH
milan republics, namely, to contin-
ually assert the nominal sovereignty
of Nicaragua and Costa Rica over
the territory through which the canal
a. o-k 1Nhn 0ri~fro1 nrnnOcifinn Woc |
to pay a lump sum-, representing the
capitalization Of this rent for 100
years, but the republics prefer to have
the money paid yearly in recognition
Of their sovereignty and in considera-
ton of the allowance Of their wish
in this matter they have gone to the
length of making the lease to the
United States perpetual as against
the 10O-year renewable lease of the
Colombian government.
Neither Of the ministers-Nicara.
guam or Costa Rican-has yet receiv-
ed the full powers from their gov
eminent necessary to the perfection
of the treaties.
The question Of the fiscal agency
in the Philippines also was discussed
by the cabinet, but no conclusion
was reached, and 1t was stated that
none can be until the attorney gen.
eral renders opinions on the power
of the Guaranty Trust company to
keep its agency.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
CONTROL OF THE EGGS.
Probability That Price Of This Com.
modify viii Go Up.

New York, April zo.-The struggle
for control Of the eggs OF the country
has become the f1ercest in the whole
range Of farm products.
Every corner Of the western states
Is being searched for eggs by agents
for Swift & Co., Armour & Co, and q
few smaller dealers who have capital
enough to enable them to compete
with these leaders of the provision
world.
AS a result of this competition,
prices paid to farmers are rapidly ad-
vancing and every indication points to
unprecedented high prices for cold
storage eggs next winter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
Fires in Pennsylvania.

Oil City, Pa, April 25.-Forest fires
In this vicinity have entailed a loss
Of $4,000 upon Venango county oil
producers In the past "a hours. Re
ports from Forest county show that
the fires are doing much damage in
the virgin forest near Tionesta.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
soon Came to Terms.

Washington, April 25.-Adjutant
General Corbin today made public the
following extract from a cablegram
just received from General Chaffee.
respecting the situation in Mindanao,
dated Manila, April "a:
Before Baldwin could be communi.
Gated with he had taken the fort at
Pulas after a slight resistance. No
casualties. Very soon after the
neighboring town Of Ganasi opened
its doors. hoisted white flags and de-
livered the red flag. Datto Lampo
and others with strong following ask.
ed permission to call and make peace.
Datto Amani Pack, of Cana, who sent
threatening messages in reply to my
letter, is n Of those who have SUBJ
mitted. The camp is two miles from
Cana, whose sultan has asked Bald
win to come there. Have directed
him not to move. He is ten miles
from the datto. 1t is my purpose to
have IN interview with General Davis.
Will go on the Hancock, which leaves
here today for Malabang with a bat
TALON Of the Tenth infantry. 1t is
our purpose to show a considerable
force Of troops to the lake Moros, con
verse with dattos, then retire the
troops by different trails to Malabang
and Paran. and thereafter to send ex-
petitions occasionally to the lake.
supposed Cana IS miles from
but 1t = actually q short
81 miles; no lighting; not necessary
to overcome opposition to advance to
the present location OF the troops:
troops OF cavalry. dismounted. IL
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

OMAHA,


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Tickets sold and baggage checked to
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For information. maps. tables. and
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agent Billings, Mont, or J. Francis.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
SAILOR ANARCHIST.

Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up =
French Warship.
Paris, April 25.-A dispatch to the
Journal Des Debats from Toulon says:
A young sailor has been arrested on
board the French battleship Charles
Martel for seeking to enlist several
comrades in a plot to blow up that
vessel. A melinite cartridge was
found secreted in a coal bunker. It
is believed the sailors brain became
affected by the anarchist ideas Of
which he boosted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29
WILL-INsIsT ON DEMAND FOR
SURRENDER OF MURDERERs
NAMES OF CuLPRITS KNOWN
Gov. Taft Says Trouble With Moroe
. Not Chronic Except ~ to
One Tribe.

Is the United States about to ente,
upon q war with a million NOLAN
medan fanatics in the far east? |,
subjugation Of the Philippines to Leaf
to a struggle with the Moslem horde,
In Mindanao? These are questions
which have been most anxiously ask
ed in Washington during the last few
days, and by no n more anxiously
than by President Roosevelt.
Opinions differ az to the probabil
tiles. Governor Taft, who is here In
daily conference with the president
expresses the belief that the troubles
will blow over. Others with whom
the president has advised take q
gloomier view.
The president has wired General
Chaffee to exhaust the resources OF
diplomacy before invading the terri.
tory Of the Moros. But cablegrams
from Manila informed the authorities
here that an expedition had already
started into the Moo country, and
that it seemed necessary to 60 on
with the unwelcome task II American
prestige was not to be sacrificed. Be.
sides, General Chaffee wires that 1t
would be ruinous to prestige to with
draw all u forces and dangerous to
withdraw a part Of them.
Under these circumstances the pres
ident felt he could do nothing else
than place full authority and discre-
tion in General Chaffee's hands. This
he has done, though the president con-
tinues to urge upon General Chaffee
the great Importance of proceeding
with caution and of avoiding war If 1t
can possibly be done.
It is explained by Governor Taft
that the trouble with the Moros is
not chronic except as to one tribe;
The present crisis was caused solely
by the murder of American telegraph
linemen by natives. The names Of
the murderers are known and their
surrender by the dattos has been de-
manded. Governor Taft said he be-
lieved the culprits would be given up,
and this would end the trouble.
The governor has advised the pres.
ident that it would never do to with
draw the demand for these men. Such
a demand cnce made must be persist.
ed in or all respect for American au-
thority will be lost. President Roose-
welt has been advised by others who
are familiar with the situation that
II war with the Moros should become
general the conflict would be a very
serious one, and would surely tax the
Of the army in the Philip
pines to the utmost. The struggle,
in their opinion, would continue for
many years, and might produce un-
welcome effect upon the public mind
in the United States. These men.have
out to the president that there
Is nothing to be gained by exploiting
the island Of Mindanao or by attempt
ing to exercise more than a nominal
over 1t at this time, and
that there IL a great deal to be lost
by such a policy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-29

ST. JOHNS COUGH CURE win
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Drug %.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

Attention is drawn in an Agricul-
tural Ledger on the cattle of Rajpu-
tana to the -Nagore'' and "Rinda"
breeds The "Nagore" bullocks are
famous throughout India as magnifi-
cent trotting animals, on which ac
count, says the Lahore paper. they are
greatly sought after by well-to-do ma
tives, who drive them in ekkas. A
good pair will usually command from
Rs 100 to Rs. $50, and the price of q
well-matched superior pair is from
Rs 200 to Rs 400. They are good
tempered and docile. but timid. Rim
da" means small. and cattle of this
breed seldom measure more than for
ty inches in height. whereas Nagore
seventy inches "Rfnda'. cattle are
work, for which purposes they are in
great demand by zemindars. They
also make very good baggage animals,
either in the plains or hills, being
short-legged. with hard feet They
are. however, morose, obstinate and
bad-tempered, sometimes showing
fight when reused, or when ap-
preached by Europeans. An average
pair may be bought for about Rs. 75.
In Beawar and Marwar these breeds
are preserved in their purity. In 9TH
er Rajputana states, like Bikanir, Jai-
pur and Kotah, no attention is paid
to breeding. Important economic ben
efits might result if the principle OF
selection could be widely taught to
cattle breeders in Rajputana states
Indian Agriculturist
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01
some Point. on Oats.


From the Farmers Review: I have
considerable experience farming, and
raising stock for the past forty-six
years. Every year / raised more or
less oats. I have always found the
oat crop very profitable and very nee
essary in raising colts, calves and
pigs, to give them bone formation.
| never raise oats to sell. l always
raise them to feed on the farm. cut
them at the proper time, and thresh
as soon as they will do. SO l get the
full benefit of straw, which is worth
half its bulk in hay, if it is kept in the.
dry. There is more profit in oats. If
fed to good, well-bred stock, than to
scrubs. One way 1 have found a proflt
in the oat crop is, we live in a country
where we raise winter wheat. / al
ways had a better yield of wheat, from
three to five bushels to the acre, when
it followed an oat crop, and could al
ways make a smoother surface to sow
grass seed for meadow. And when
don't want to follow it with wheat
fall plow it and turn the stubble un-
der, which makes good fertilizer for
corn in the spring.-James A Teel.
Schuyler County, Illinois.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

From Farmers Review: In horti-
culture the greatest advancement is
in orcharding. Farmers are begin
ming to see that they must cultivate
and take care of orchards as well as
other farm crops. Spraying Is also
receiving more attention than former
ly. and now apples being good price
will be quite an inducement to those
having orchards to give them more
attention
Orcharding is the only line of horti-
culture in which 1 can see any profit
for the future, and the person who
will go at it in a business-like way,
by gaining all the information posi-
BILE. making it study, and not being
afraid of work. should and will sue
ceed. The small fruit industry here
has nearly disappeared, for more rea-
sons than one, the chief reason is the
men who were in it. They expected
too much. They expected to get the
same results from their efforts in the
growing of small fruits that men got
who had followed it and made it a
lifetime study. 1t is hard to get some
thing for nothing, even in fruit grow
ing.-L. N Beal, jefferson County, IL
inoiS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01
Combating Weeds.

l.. H. Bailey, in the Principles OF
Vegetable Gardening, says:
There is no royal road to weedless
farming. Following are some of the
means OF keeping weeds in check:
1. Practice rotation; keep ahead of
the weeds. Certain weeds follow GER
tain crops, when these weeds become
serious, change the crop.
g. Change the method of ti1lage. II
a weed persists, try deeper or shall
lower plowing, or a different kind of
harrow or cultivator, or till at differ
ent times and seasons
8. Harrow the land frequently when
it is in fallow, or is waiting for crop.
Harrow it, if possible, after seeding,
and before the plants are high enough
to be broken by the implement. Pota-
toes, corn, and other things can be
narrowed after they are several inches
high; and sometimes the land may
be narrowed before the plants are up.
f. Practice frequent tillage with
light surface working tools. through
out the season. This is hard on
weeds, and does the crop good.
s. Pull or hoe out stray weeds that
escape the wheel tools.
6. Clean the land as soon as the
lies open in the fall, till it occasion
ally. Many persons keep their prem
ises scrupulously clean in the early
season. but let them run wild late In
the fall, and thus is the land seeded
for the following year.
T. Use clean seed, particularly OF
crops that are sown broadcast, and
which. therefore, do not admit Of till
age.
g. Do not let the weeds go to seed
on the manure piles. in the fence cor
ners, and along the highway
g. Avoid coarse and raw stable ma
nure, particularly If it Is suspected of
harboring bad company. Commercial
fertilizers may be used for time on
| foul land
TO- Sheep and pigs sometimes can
| be employed to clean the weeds from
| foul and fallow land. Land infested
with Jerusalem artichokes Is readily
| cleaned If hogs are turned in.
H. Induce your neighbor to keep
his land as clean as you keep yours
Rank pigweeds and their ilk are q
/ compliment to a mans soil Land
that will not grow weeds will not
grow. crops. for crops are only those
particular kinds of weeds a man
| wants to raise Weeds have taught US
the lesson of good tillage. There Is
i no fndicatiun that they intend to re-
mis- thelr EFFORTS IN our behalf
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

From Farmers Review Here are
the most essential points in starting
a peach orchard: If possible start
with trees propagated from buds
taken from trees of greatest vigor.
The most vital point is selection of
varieties. If growing for the open
market, yellow varieties should be
used; also, few sorts. For my locality
Eide and Elberta are the best. Do not
plant too close-not closer than 1S
by 20 feet Closer planting would be
all right if an annual pruning (short-
ening IND were practically. S. Per-
rine, Marion County, Illinois.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

advertised in the market. and there
is no way in which we can advertise
our special lines of fruit growing so
well as in sending out fruit that is
properly, carefully and honestly
packed. If a neighborhood as q whole
will do this, they will find that the
buyers will look up that locality every
year, and look it up to the advantage
of the fruit-Growers themselves.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

tensively experimented with by the
government at Washington. There are
several varieties. The one here shown
has slender lead, nearly cylindrical,
erect or somewhat nodding. The
chaff is green or purplish, as is the
seed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

The American peanut is in success
ful competition with those Of India
- Al6ier. s. the Freneh market.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01
Feeaia< siiaee.


From the Farmers Review: l have
fed silage for four years with good
success, and have never seen any bad
effects of using it. In the meantime
have gained a very large business
over non-feeders. / feed daily from
thirty pounds to all that will be eaten
per COW. 1 have also fed oat and pea
silage. There are not very many
silos around here, but farmers have
been watching mine and have made
up their minds that silos are just the
thing. 1 am feeding now about fifty
head of cattle, and would say that
for me mo silo, no dairy."-Geo. L.
Franz, Berrien County. Michigan
Gardens that pay best are those
that receive the most attention. A
garden will not take care of itself and
yield a profit Probably no part OF
the farm pays as large profit as the
garden In good hands. A man that
realizes this will give it the first at
tention in the spring, both as regards
labor and fertilizer. The garden low
er will not forget it when other parts
of the farm also need attention II
a man will not do the work necessary
or have it done. he may as well not
attempt to have a garden
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

Herewith we illustrate Corean Fox
tail Millet. which has been quite ex-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-01

To Get Best Prices for Apples.
At the recent meeting of the Illinois
State Horticultural Society, H NJ Dun
lap said: Those who were fortunate
enough to have a full crop OF apples
this year ought certainly to have been
well satisfied with the proceeds from
the orchards There never was a time,
I think, in the history of the state
when everything was disposed of TO so
good an advantage in the markets al
this year. They made, In some in
stances. as high as four grades OF ap-
pies. three of them were shipped to
market and the fourth was shipped TO
the evaporator or cider press. and they
got good prices for all. even the latter
bringing from 20 to Is cents per bush
Ell: in many instances SO cents per
hundred was not an uncommon thing
on the track by the carload for cider
stock and evaporator stock, and ap-
pies sold by the barrel. orchard run.
hand-picked. ran from $1-25 to SITS
per BARREL The diversity In price
seemed to be more on account of the
number OF packers there were In that
uelEhborhood rather than the quality
- III fruff a A hnhoownn - =
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-07-26
A BIG FOREST RESERVE
0rmsby County Included in the
Tract

The local United States Land Of
fee haSJeceiVed a letter from Wash
ington notifying it that the following
described lands have been ordered
withdrawn from public sale by the
Secretary OF the Interior, temporarily
and until such time as the suspension
is removed they may not be purchas-
eu:
All are north range: Townships IS
to u in ranges 16, Il, IS; 10 to Is
in 19; 19 to p in 19; 8 to "a in 20;
TO Il and 19 in 21; 13 to II and
90 in %; 16 to IS and 20 in 23 16 to
Is in "a: 20 to 81 in "a; 16 to q in
25: Is to 20 in %; Is to 26 in 81 ;;
90 to % in SO
Al the State Office they have these
townships marked Off on map and
it makes western Nevada look as
though it had been crossed Off the
map entirely. These lands embrace
the Carson River and part Of the True
llee river system, and start near the
California line at Verdi and run east
| to Hum boldt. Carson Lake and Carson
Sink. They include nearly all of the
county OF Churchill and portion OF
Humboldt, considerable OF Washoe
Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby, Storey.
The land thus reserved to the gov
| ernment for its own uses, foots up il
all about 2.6oo, 900 acres, including
| that which has already been sold an(
the title to which is of course not af
fected It takes in all OF Carson Cit.
and Virginia City.
This land Will be held in reserve
until the Secretary of the Interior de
cides by aid of survey, what por
ton of it VIII be required some tim'
in the future Tor national irrigation
projects.