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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-08
Every Item 1 Daily Niece ssliy
Al De Saving d Our Stores

s. ~, American sn,,rs or'no''t.d Sugar. Sac
Lima yeans,4 lbs for................. csc
sWeItxer Cheese, pound. ............ 1870
Sour Pickles, gallon .As..................2o o
Small California Hams, ib... ..-........sc
Large Irish Potatoes, PEEK. ise
smtthfeid Hams, pound...s... ....16c
French Candy, pound. ...................5 SO
New Virginia euckWheat, lbs...p.2sc
New Bonelesst Goldfish, lb.............6c
imported MacarorI and Spaghetti, ID. SO
Whole Sweet Pickle, quart. ...........1o 100
Mountain Butter, 2 lbs for CSC
New Homlny ana orlts. lbs for......s Sc
Va. Comb Honey, 2 ibs................2So
}eest Carolina Rice. pound .............. 30
early June Peas, can. .................s e
Shredded cooaanut, pound. .........1ahe
New Rolled Oats. HaWkeye, package. &c
Canned Tomatoes. ...............
New Navy Beans, quart.
Best city Meal, per PIX. t7c., or bush ese
eest Cream Cheese, 2 pounds for......aso
Canned Tom atoes,4 large cars for $50
Try our silver King Minnesota Patent
Flour 900. or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .15
Blackberry or Catawba Wine, quart 12o
Ginger Snaps or Soda Crackers, ib....4hc
salt Pork, per pound. ..................oc
Country Joies, pound. .................oe
Black Enamel stove Polish, box........3c
Fresh Bologna Sausage, pound. .........7c
Corfed or Fresh Han1s, pound. ........9c
Canned Corn, q for.... ..t.,. ......25c
Duffy's Malt WhIskey, per bottle..... 900
S. ULLMAN'S SON,
MaIn-street stores, 1s2o.1s22 east Main
Street; Marsh all. Street store, sos e.
Marshall Street.
Phones at our Two stores.
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Conspiracy Nipped in Bud.

"The laws relating to the pro lection OF
have been rigidly enforced. and a con
sp.racy entered into between certain peril
sons In Call fornia and Arizona looking to
large acreage of public lands has been
defeated and the leading spirits therein
Ing to defraud the government Of public
lands forgery and other criminal acts IN
lie ands Five OF of these have p pIeaded
Slctions viii doubtless be obtained as a
result of the trial Of the other cases,
which i16I Is NOW IN progress.
THE method adopted last year Of sole:
s nes 81 sna
eempIeyed wifi i eredltabe results II the
pewa cedcd lands III Minnesota, as we'll
as in dispos Ing OF part Of the lands en-
braced = " ( TIE Grand I. R t; indian Res
had or4lands OF the Red Lake Indian Res
ervation Of Minnesota and /, the opening, to
sGtteme nm and entry g he R tne
Lake lands in North Dakota, and arid
lands OF Nebraska. was successfully cf-
fcctuated.
Progress Among Indians.
I'm the Indian service ton agencies were
abolished during the year, ,and the duties
OF such agencies devolved upon bonded
snperlntondents of5Indan training sc hoqls.
Inc fpOIlCyf. OF recurring 8UUlc-DOuleu III
dams to labor for their own support has
been adhered to and Is proving more and
more beneficial, both to tho fndluns and
the average daily attendance upon indian
schools WAS. noted during tho year. The
wisdom Of the recent change in the meth
DDS OF Leasing unallotted Indian lands Is
shown by the greatly Increased revenue
derived from this source. This is also
true of tho business OF logging on Indian
allotted lands, as under regulations now
In force tho logs are sold to thos highest
or best bidder. upon sealed bids, AFTER
due advertisement, irrigation. work on
tho various reservations has been con-
slantly extended and is showing encoltras-
Ing results, 3s ss5a
MARKED progress has been made In the
enrolment of the members OF the flHc
civilized tribes IN the indian Territory,
ana the allotment to each member OF
his proportionato share in the communal
property, 4 final adjudication has been
made Of the rights OF more than ninety.
two nor cent. Of the whole number OF
applicants for enrolment to membership
III the several tribes. and selections Of al
lotments have been made by about
eighty-flye per cent, of the number OF
ullottees duly enrolled. Tho bulk OF the
work OF enrolment OF members and the
allotment Of lands, except as TO contests
and the Ceterm ination Of tho rights Of GER
tain applicants now pending In the courts,
il ia believed, will be completed on June
so 1906 and that tho survey. or all Tue
towns and the apprA isement OF lots there
in will be substantially finished BY July
!, 1905, as required by
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PROGRESS OF
INTERIOR. WORK
Hitchcock Makes Annual Report
Regarding Achievements
Of Past Year.
LAND FRAUD CASE REVIEWED
Marked Advances Made iii III
dian Scrvicc--Rcclalna-
ton Of Arid Lands.

(By Associated press.)

(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, DC. December Il
The annual report of the Secretary Of the
Interior was made public to-day. Socrc-
tary Hitchcock says:
II have the honor to submit herewith
my sixth annual report Of the operations
OF the Department Of the Interior during
the past year, and In SO doing to renew
many Of the suggestions and rccommen-
datlons contained In prior annual reports,
together with such Others as In II my 5rdg
sfhe volume Of the public business re-
ouirng consideration has materially In
creased during The past sab os II
and employees. the work has been expe-
dtousy dspqtehed In s9s 81 ad the
proper handling Of the work. and the re-
snar y b S1enss he eha
nels prescribed by law.
Improve Service.
orcd to. employ only men of ability ana N,
the highest degree of integrity. Its OFF,
clals arc SUSTAINED in the performance M n &c
frivolous charges and fault-hndlng. but
when found to be inefficient or untrust-
worthy they are promptly dispensed Win:
been made to Improve the service in {, this his
respect, with the result that twenty-three
apR0nteMsi are Tho ha es
tor i and ID land service Of these nine re.
signed eight were remoyea t and SIX 81 th etr
terms. The above mentioned rule ls
equally applicable to the clerical 9. f9rce OF
the department and has been rlsldly en-
forced in every instance. ~
''In prior annual reports have ad-
yertsd to the fact that the c1mpe n rs ion
BY s ay f he
Of the chiefs OF divisions in the secretary,s
office were inadequate. and In again a. T.
s suggest tRe D 5H
Radius tmcnt Of these Salaries by Con-
gress on more equitable basis.
Work Of Reclamation.
past year has been one OF much
executive achievement IN all branches &, OF
5auguratcd under the act approved June
II, 1907, providing for the construction OF
irrigation works and for the reclamation
Sern States. has been perfected, and, under
surveys ma9e by IT eoaraG1s nave ro Reeh
Arizona; the Uncompahgre Valley protect,
Colorado; the Minidosa.R project, In Ida no,
and the Truckee Cars}m project. In Me-
yada-in all, twenty-one contracts. cover
1870. 1923. Time being an element in the
matter the work on these projects will
Z be prosecuted most expeditiously. There
Bveys and construction work for this SER
vice In various States and Territories the
projects in connection Herewith are under
way. This subject5is more fully discussed
on pages S7-y7 of this report.
Nine additional forest reservations
+ have been established by presidential pro-
CARNATIONS under the act of March 3, 1891
(z6 Stat. L. l095) one reservation has
area: two have been enlarged and two
consolidated into one. The management
OF the forest reservations, in the main,
istrative results could doubtless be Sc.
cured IL this service were transferred to
the supervision OF the Secretary Of Agrl-
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Not a Case for The Hague.

7The pestllent chill called the ague
Imparts q sensation so vague.
Scarce know what's the matter;
But all your teeth chatter,
Aud all your bones shyer and pla gue.--
--chlcago Tribune.
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Expenditures.

The expenditures for the
were: s.
l'or the civil establishment,
including foreign inter-
course. public buildings.
Panama Canal. collecting
the revenues. District Of
Columbia and other misccl-
laneOust expcneS. ......-.......
Tor the military es tn blisll-
liient. including rivers and
harbors. forts. arscna Is. sea
coast dcfenscs and expenses
vi the. war with Spain and
in the Philippines. -.
Tor the naval establishment.
Including construction s5of
new vessels, machinery, an
.nament.f Equipment, Inn
proxcrnent at navy yards
aud expenses Of the war
With Spain and In the Phil
ippineS ...............,-
1'or Indian scrvice.............,
J'or pensions. ...............,
Tor Interest on The public
For deficiency IN postal rev
cnucS -. .......-,....,...
For postal service. .........
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The year for The right of way Of the.
Panama Canal.
daring the year and the amounts re-
ceivcd on the Indebtedness OF Pacific rail- 4
roads he cash in the, treasury was In IL :.
cent. bonds In liquidat ion OF interest
accrued on rcfundlng certificates con-:
vertcd dnring the year, ~. Il.
receipts for 1904 decreased $40, i06, 1890.
Operations Of the Treasury.
rho available cash balance in the gen
eral FUND June. %. 1904, was {l72 o51 ,56s, o..
which, is less by s6S,634, 5iG2l than the
balance on June 30 1893. The Panama
Canal payments, the redemption OF the
outstanding SIS OF 1904. and Il change In
The ratio OF the revenues to the cx
pcnditures contributed to this result.
or he revenues In 1904. compared with
1903 customs show decrease of SgS,-
2o7 n and the rece'p:s from II. so nu b
while an Increase appears IN: internal
a.cvenuc Of 2,ol8,3952 ~ and In misce-
laneous items OF s22,slS.9es...5. The net.
result is q decrease in ordinary revc-
MAS an apparent net increase In ordinary
expenditures Of SIG 38,al4e7, but this In
clldcs the payment OF $50G00,001 on uc-
cpunt OF the Panama Canal and aGloan
7 Exposition Company. The latter sum
l,;ls since been reimbursed.
For the first Quarter Of he fiscal year
expenditures $l5f ,07IS7, All excess of
expenditures over receipts OF sl7,S6Gl5.
Bank Deposits.
Tile deposits In national banks TO the
credit Of the general fund attained Il
maximum at ,7GS.15 on December
10. 1907 Three calls were issued during
he return Of n part Of the public
moneys deposited With them. They re-.
sponded With pyonptncss, paying back
the sums required OF them, and the.
tho general account at the end Of the
fiscal year became $l0a,29J, S63,6i, Il re-
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Supply of Money.

n circula ton July !. 1904.
s., 5l9.l42.&0. a. per capita
.3O.77. The percentage OF
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.ll5,G5.4lO5S
Showing a deficit Of.

.rhc sum OF s5DGo0.OD0 was paid during
the year for The right of way of tht
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-08

IL WIZ HIIUWeu 10 30 WILL -a--
Mr.. Scott. In explanation Of the bill to
pension telegraph operators. said that
while the operators were not enlisted,
they were the conhd entail agents OF the
government, and had performed most
Important services He added that there
were only about two hundred OF the ope-
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10 assist in the movement Of the CROPS.
transfers OF funds are effected through
tho medium Of the general fund. and {, tor
deposits of large gold certlncates. IN . New
urv offices or silver dollars. silver. GER
tidcatcs and United States $40 notes
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the intercst-bearing
d III a net reduction
s19.3s2 $40 and n de-
al interest charge Of
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
PLANT LICE IN ORCHARDS.
They Are Exceedingly Hard to Kill
and Ordinary Sprays Have Lit
tie Effect on Them.

Although plant lice probably often
occur in orchards, they are very sell
dom found in such numbers as to be
really troublesome or destructive. A
noted exception was the past season
In New York state. probably on &C
count of the unusual weather condi-
lions, which seem to have prevented
the usual development of their nat
ural enemies. the lady beetles. There
are three kinds of plant lice that may
occur on apple trees, namely, Fitch's
apple aphis. the Rosy apple aphis and
the Apple Leaf aphis. The last Is the
only one that lives on the apple all
the year round and is doubtless re-
sponsible for the remarkable amount
of damage done in western New York
during the past season.
AS these insects feed somewhat after
the manner OF a mosquito, by sucking
up the internal juices Of the plant
through long threadliSe bill, there
fore the ordinary poison sprays, such
Al bordeaux mixture or paris green,
have little or no effect on them. They
should rather be smothered and
drowned In emulsions OF kerosene,
whale oil soap or tobacco. A spraying
Of this kind should be extremely thor
ough, as the insects are not killed I'M
less hit with the spray. and they re-
produce very rapidly indeed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
TWO STRAWBERRY PESTS.
They Are Called False-w and
Leaf Roller and Are Very Hard
to Exterminate.

Inc Missouri station last year con-
quoted some very interesting expert
ments and Investigations in the de-
struction of the two worst strawberry
pests in this country, the false-worm
ana the leaf-roller. The first is found
to have but one brood which matches
from the time the first blossoms ap-
pear till the berries are ripe. These
can easily be held in check by busting
or spraying about the beginning and
middle of this time. For the home
patch or home market, it is best to
uust the patch with pure, fresh
pyrethrum, which can be done at any
time, as it is absolutely harmless.
This is, however, the most expensive
and least effective of all the known
remedies For commercial growers.
the best method is to use fresh pow
oered white hellebore in the propor-
ton OF one pound to every three gall
Ions of water. This should be SPRAYED
on before the berries are a third ripe,
80 that the rains and dews will have
abundant time to dissipate any posi-
Bile harmful effects from it.
The leaf-roller probably has only
two broods in the north, but in south
ern Missouri it has three. This pest
has so many ways of protecting itself
that no kind of sprays or ordinary
remedy does any good. Fortunately,
however, fire doesn't hurt the plants
any and does dispose of them very eff
fectually. The plants should be
moved, dried, raked up on the rows
and if necessary assisted by the addi-
ton of dry straw and the whole
burned when the wind is in the right
direction. In the south this should be
done either in the middle of July, to
catch the second brood, or in the mid
die OF September, to catch the third.
The plants will at once put forth a set
of fresh green leaves free from pests
OF all kinds; the next years crop will
generally be remarkably successful.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
HERE'S AN ODD CASE.
YOUNG NEW YORKER SUES AN
AFFECTIONATE MAIDEN.
Girl Rugged So Hard-That She Broke
Admirers Rib-Now the Vic
tim Wants Her to Pay
the Doctors Bill.

Walter Lorraine. of Riga, N. Y, has
brought an action against Marie Du
Calm of Niagara Falls, to recover
damages. 1t is charged by Lorraine
that Miss Du Calm Rugged him SO
tightly as to break one of his ribs.
1t appears that last winter the plain
tin was visiting Ottawa While there
he met the defendant, who was visit
Ing an aunt in the Canadian city. Mu-
tual subjects of interest drew the
young people into an acquaintance
ship that speedily developed into an
attachment Of a deeper nature Lor-
ra1ne overStayed his original time,
and the young woman also found it
more agreeable than she had antici-
pated in the province. The ice carni-
val was at its height. and the young
people decided to go to Quebec to visit
1t, and also to secure a number of pho
tographic views, both being ardent
amateur photographers.
The visit was made, and converse
ton was punctuate6 with the click of
the kodak. Lorraine was to return
home on the following day, and it was
| decided TO develop the negatives that
| night At the home of the defendants
aunt there had been fitted up a tenn
porary dark room for the use of Miss
Du Calm while she was visiting. and
the room was fitted with the regular
ruby lamp. That's where the red rays
enter into the case.
Several negatives had been devel-
oped, and one in particular appealed
to the enthusiastic nature of the de-
1endant. AS she saw the image of the
gay scenes which they had witnessed
earlier in the day she was completely
carried away. With gurgling, "Oh.
Walter, doesn't anything like that
make you love nature? I'm just going
TO give you big hug" she hurled
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
CHINESE MOSQUITO PLANT,
Baron de Taillac Describes How II Is
Propagated and How Tt Per-
forms It's Mission.

J According to the letters pouring in.
recent article in the New York Her
aid on the mosquito plant has been
read by thousands of people. In fact.
10 many inquiries have deluged Baron
de Taillac, who introduced the phu-lo
plant from the Tonquin country. in
China, that the man is up to his neck
In correspondence, and sends the fol-
lowing facts as to how to propagate
the plant described:
He says the phu-lo seed must be
sown in well prepared ground in the
spring or autumn months. If sown
In the spring the plant will attain it's
full growth by September, and be
ready for fall business. II sown in
the autumn, the phu-lo will be in full
power early next season. when the
mosquitoes begin singing national an
fhems, fresh from the marshes.
When the plants are large enough
Tor transplanting they should be put
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
New Lime and Oil Spray.

A Delaware fruit grower, William
Dickson, has worked out new formula
for the destruction Of the San Jose
scale. He calls it lime oil. This new
combination will doubtless be respon-
sible for many changes in the use Of
both crude petroleum or refined oil. Mr..
Dickson Stacks ten pounds of stone
lime with five gallons of refined kero-
sene oil, after which he adds 25 gallons
Of water; this gives him 20 per cent, OIL
solution. 1t can be applied almost as
easily as pure kerosene, does not injure
the foliage and will kill the scale. 1t is
much less trouble to make than the
kerosene emulsion and more easily ap-
plied.-St Louis Republic.
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In rows, one yard or more apart. but
never less than that space. During
she no. months ii should be explained
that the plant thrives best in half
shaded location. Such a spot is pref
cradle to the heat and glare of an
open field.
In Its youth the plant is between
q tobacco plant and a mullen. It is
soft. green and spongy. yet bristling
with a coat of hairy down, that must
seem to the mosquitoes like a thicket
OF barbed wire fences, with which no
wise or well-bred mosquito would at
tempt to fool. Being a perennial
plant, 1t generates few seeds, but this
Is made up by the multiplicity of
sprouts that shoot from its roots.
But the virtue OF the wonderful plant
which Baron de Taillac has imported
from China are not confined to the
raVages 1t creates among the mosuui-
ices After doing inestimable servics
during the long hot months, when the
mosquitoes are hungry and greedy, the
plant may be used still further in the
service or men as a fodder for cattle.
Like the marvellous alfalfa plant.
known to the Greeks and Romans.
and now blooming green and beautiful
In the deserts Of Nevada and Colo
rado, 1t may be cut four times a year.
furnishing abundant nutriment and
succulent satisfaction TO the most fas-
udious COW or steer. 1t is a good beet
maker. and is said to impart a deli
naVnr thnSn oh ~
bring top prices in the swell res
taurants Of the town.
Thus 1t will be seen that this hum
Die plant, which an uneducated boy
might take for a mullen, will work
q revolution In the agriculture and
mosquito economies of summer water
ing places.
1t is absurd to imagine that there's
ANY place on this earth except ir
the heart of living volcano where
mosquitoes are not present 1t has
ben proven by the most authentic
travellers that the little birds with
wasp stings in their tails flourish
nightly among the higher attitudes of
the Rocky mountains, where the alder
thickets are filed with their music.
They were also great hindrance to
explorations in the midnight regions
or the arctic circle and in the Klondike
country they are the chief terror of
the gold miner. So this little insect
is a universal habitant of the round
earth, from the tropics to the polar
regions, where neither heat nor lev
DilzZards seem TO eXterminate them.
what the little fends live on in the
arctic is not known. They certainly
nave few people to bite, and the ice
Dergs are more numerous than the in
habitants, so il must be that they are
Simply insects Of torture that should
ne kept at bay or eXterminated. Eng
land gets along nicely with 10 mosoui-
toes. and is a vivid contrast to New
Jersey. where in certain sections they
are found in clouds.
The phu-lo plant does not exactly
catch the mosquito in the coils of its
foliage and squeeze it to death like
those curious plants of the tropics that
lure their prey within reach by a song.
and then spring on it like a trap, suf-
locating 1t in automatic embraces. The
TonQuin plant is a sort of vegetable
Nightmare to the mosquito, and. as
eviously stated, the insect dare not
IS a dead line of these plants. nor
luent the premises where they are
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
Frigate Bird Sleeps on winp

The frigate bird can feed. collect ma
terials for it's nest, and even sleep on
the wing. The spread of the frigate
birds wings is very great, and it can
fly at speed of SO miles an hour with
out seeming to move it's wings to any
great degree. Mr.. ]. Lancaster. an
American naturalist. asserts that he
has seen frigate bird on the wing for
a whole week, night and day, without
rest.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-23
SOUTHERN. RAlLW a Y
Effective May Goth, 1904.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
700 n. m.--Daily. Local for Charlotte
12 80 p. m.-Daily. Limited, Buffet Pullman
TO Atlanta and Eh N ipgham, New Orleans.
Memphis, Chattsr oga and all the South
600 .. NIX. IN 1 ", keysville.
IL 90 D. m.--Daily. limited; Pullman ready
800 ID. m, for all he South.
YORK &IVER LINE
The favorite to route Baltimor and eastern
points Leave Richmond 30 p. m. Daily ex-
cept Sunday.
;45 a; m.-Except Sunday. Local mixed for
West Point
West Point.
100 p. m:-Except Sunday. For West Point,
connecting with steamers for Baltimore and
river landings,
Steamers cali at Clay Bank and Yorktown
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at
Gloucester Point and Almond, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. - -
TRAINS ABRIV 3 RICHMOND.
6 ;5S n. m. ana AZ II M From all the South.
S;S5p. m. From Charlotte and Durham.
st =. N FIR, n. keysville.
:25 n. m.-Baltimore and West Point
10 As a. m.-From West Point.
10 u. m.-From w est Point.
B.H.HARDwICK, Pass Traf. Mgr.
n. G. ACKERT, GIN w. II. TAYLoE, G. r. A.
G. w. w EsTBURY. ID. p. A, Richmond. Va.