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WIRELESS RECORD ON LAND.
CHTCAGO TALKS TO KEY WEST,
iBOTT 1900 MILES DISTANT
Cape Hatteras station Also In tomnuni-
cation win the Western metropolis
Navy Department Much Flcased
Has I'D stations nuiltOr Under way.

WASHINGTON, Feb. pa record break
ing performance in overland wireless
telegraphy has been made between Chicago
and the naval station at Key West, accord
ing TO advices received to-day at the Bureau
Of Equirment OF the Navy De, artment.
Communication has been established both
WAYS between Key West. where the station
was completed few days ago and II not
vet considered to be in the best Of working
order, and Chicago, a distance OF approx
mately 1860 miles
The report made to the Navy Department
says that the best results were obtained at
night. and that the messages were received
at Key West with great distinctness.
Messages have also been sent tetween
Kew West and Cape Hatteras, distance OF
about 500 miles.
The report says that on Feb II satlstao-
tory communication was established De-
tween Key West and Hatteras, and Chicago
was heard calling A few night later COM
munication was had with both Chicago
and Cleveland, the De Forest stations there
being in touch, and also with transit
lantic steamer which was only 100 or $50
mles out OF New York
The results are highly pleasing to officials
OF the Navy Department and the sending OF
messages TO Chicago and the cbtaining
of answers from Key West is regarded
as a record breaker Further distances
have been made from land across water,
but nothing so far over land alone.
The Navy Department is rapidly de-
veloping its system Of wireless telegraph
stations and now has twonty-nine stations
either established or within six months
of completion, A score more are being con-
Oh
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s750.o00 FEE TO he PAID.
Law Firm That Acted for Choctaw and
ChIckasaw Indians WINS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Justice Ander-
son. sitting in Equity Court No. of the
District supreme Court, this afternoon
denied the application of william McNish
10 ssue an injunction restraining the Score
taly of the Treasury and the Treasurer of
the United States from paying the $3.50 600
fee allowed Mansfield. MoMurray Il Cor
nish by the citizenship court Of the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nations in Indian Ter
ritory This fee was awarded the firm
named in December 1904, for services per-
formed for the Indians
II was first held up by Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock, who asked the Attur-
ney-General for an opinion. That ofii
decided that the fee was legal and THAT II
should Ike paid. Secretary Hitchcock then
signed a warrant for tho full amount Of the
fee and forwarded it to the Treasury De-
partment. where it was held up on a pro-
test fled by Attorneys Dole and Ballenger
Of this city on behalf Of McNish. They
then fled a petition in the Supreme. Court
Of the District asking for an injunction re-
strainng the Treasury officials from paying
the fee, which has been denied,
This fee of $3.50 OC0 il one of the largest
eyer paid TO firm OF attorneys OF the
United States. The case was taken by
Mansfield. McMurray K Cornish on CON
tngent basis t,nder proceedings authorized
by Congress.
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The Weather.

The area OF low pressure which was central In
the nclghbornoOd Of Oklahoma Territory on Friday
las advanced rapidly northeaStward and was
central over the ohio Valley yesterday. with a
secondary low area over the upper Lakes, caus-
Ing rain and snow In the Ohio and Tennessee val
lcys and the lower Lake regions. There was also
rain In Virginia aud IN eastern Maine.
II was slightly warmer In New England and in
the south Atlantic and mos, OF the Gui states
and slightly colder In the Middle Atlantic states.
In this city the day fair ana a lltlle colder
wind fresh TO brisk northcry. average humidity.
~ per cent: barometer. corrected 10 read TO sea
Level. at S =. 81, 2ae2; } p. NJ. 2os5.
Th- temperature yesterday. as recorded BY the
oncia thermometer. is shown Ia the annexed table.
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lNTI-TRUST MOVES.
House Committee Delays Action In Beef
and Steel Cases.

WASHINGTON. Feb 25-The House Com
mittee on the Judiciary to-day authorized
Representative Smith Of Kentucky, men,
her of the committee. 10 interview Attorney
General Moody and ascertain from him
whether it would be agreeable for him to
have the House adopt the resolution offered
Yesterday by Representative hehoe direct
ing tho Secretary OF the Department OF
Commerce and Labor to investigate the 30
called tobacco trust Action on the reso-
luton was postponed until such time az
Mr Smith is able 20 make report.
The committee was persuaded 10 take
the course il did by an unofficial report
that Mr. Moody was already engaged on an
investigation Of the trust with view 70
bringing action against II under the terms
Of the Antitrust law.
Representative Vandiyer Of Missouri,
author of the resolution offered Yesterday
asking Mr. Moody what If anything, had
been done toward bringing criminal pro-
ceedings against the members of tho armor
plate combination endeRyored to persuade
the members Of the committee 20 act upon
his measure but they refused on the ground
that such an important matter ought not 70
be acted upon In the absence Of the members
OF the committee who are managing the
prosecution of Judge Svayne.
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uoycmcnts Of Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The cruiser Ia
coma and collier Arethusa have arrived
at Guantanamo, the gunboat Bancroft at
Norfolk and the cruiser Hartford at Hamp-
ton Roads.
Tho cruiser Brooklyn has sailed from
Guantanamo for New Orleans, the dies troyer
Whippe from Guantanamo TO Pensacola,
the cruiser Newark from Guantanamo for
Santo Domingo city. the tug'Potomac from
san juan for Guantanamo, via Monte
Cri5U. the gunboat Scorpion from san
Juan for Guantanamo and the destroyer
stewart from San Juan for Santo Domingo
city
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WARRINGTON FORECAST ron TO DAY ASD TO MORROW.
For eaaern Ncp York. iocHern Pennsfrania,
Ncic jersey ana Dear1r6 f1i To- DAY and io-fnOrrog
fresh trcsf rcind'. dfHfuiiii1g.
FOR New England. Eht snow In the north, rain
IN the south. followed b. fair o-morr0w. fair.
fresh west winds
For western Pennsylvania. light rain in early
morning, followed by fair. tomorrow. fair. fresh
northwest wind
FOR western New York. HIGHT snow 20 day and
tomorrow. fresh west 20 northwest winds.
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Army and NAVY. Orders.

wAsHrsoroS. Feb. 2s.--These naval orders were
Issued to day
Lieut. c. Bailey, orders 10 the Galveston revoked,
sick leave extended three months.
Mdshlpmcn r. VI. Fawell. =. ', Ogan. W. o
yard Mare Island.
NidsnIpncn s. s. wAdsworth. Jr Z. q Ohcflln.
II IA NhHton r. d. Concy, G.. V. Stewhr: and 7. g..
Blasdel to naval training station. San Francisco.
These army orders were Issued
designation Of First Lieut.. William ". Chance.
Arilery Corps. accepted by the President.
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HOrsTON STiTUE CRIrTCISED.
Representative Gibson Tells House II Does
Not DO the subject Justice.

Not DO the subject Justice.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25,-The House lis
tened to speeches this afternoon on the
resolution accepting from the State Of
Texas the statues Of Sam Houston and
Steve f. Austin which have been placed
in Statuary Hall. Addresses were delivered
by Messrs, Cooper. stephens and Field Of
Texas. Messrs. Richardson and Gibson OF
Tennessee and Wallace Of Arkansas
Mr.. Gibson. who az a boy had seen sam
Houston said the statue accepted on this
occasion failed TO do justice to The mag
nihcent physique he possessed. au he was
@ feet inches in height. 1t might faith
fully represent him when youth, but was
not the Houston that Texas knew.
At 075 o'clock the House adjourned
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THE SPIRIT PICTURE JUGGLE.
EX-MEDTUM DESCRIBES CHEAP
"PSYCHICv SWINDLE.

Doesn't say II Was worked on DIR. Funk,
hut Apparently Rather Believe That
Than Believe In Chicago Miracles Docs
Miracle Under Sun Mans Nose.
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Lass or Button Shoes of patent leather,
with turn soes and Louis XIV. heels,
or Of fine vici kid, with patent tip and
Louis XIV, heels.
Bluchsrs OF patent leather in mannish
models, with Cuban heels
Button, Lass and Blucher Shoes Of
patent leather, patent colt or patent kid
and Of vlci kid, with patent or self tip
with military or Cuban heels, medium
or light weight soles.
Lass or Bulian Shoes of kidskin, with
patent leather tips, military heels, oak
welted soles and close or full trimmed
edges.
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PRESIDENT NAMES QUARLES.
senator Appointed 10 the Federal Bench
in Wisconsin.

WARRINGTON, Feb. 25.-The President
sent to the Senate to-day the following
nominations;
To be United States Circuit Judge. Sew
enth judicial Circuit William II. Seaman Of
Wisconsin
To be United States District Judge, Jo-
seph V Quarles Of Wisconsin.
Navy-To be Rear Admiral, Capt. Albert
S. Snow: to be a Commander,
Lieut. Charles II. Hays; to be Lieutcnaut5,
Lieuts Cunior grade) Chauncey ShacNord
and Ralph f. Pope; to be chief boatswain,
Bohtswain Hugh Sweeney.
To be Collector Of Customs William +.
Tebbetts OF Alabama, for the District Of
Mobile Ala
To be postmaster at Flushing. y. Y,
Thomas b. Lowerrc.
LA TOILETTE MEN ARE ANGRY.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. Feb. 25.-fThe an
pointment to-day by President Roosevelt
OF Senator Quarles TO the judgeship Of the
United States District Court has caused
another outbreak from the Wisconsin
la Toilette men which is even worse than
the clamor raised Il few months ago, when
A. W Sanborn. former PARTNER OF Soma
tor Spooner, received "a similar appoint
mont IN the western district of this state.
The La Toilette followers say the SIooner
men realize that this is their last chance
to secure Federal Offices before Ia Toilette
goes to tho Senate and takes precedence
in national councils over Senator Spooner
The appointee IS characterized as a cor
Doration supporter by the members Of
the La Toilette wing of the party and
Roosevelt IL bitterly scored for making
any appointment before La Toilette could
ask for a share in tho spoils.
The La Toilette men mad understood that
il was TO be a brother Of Senator Charles
who was to get the judgeship.. but their
efforts to prevent his appointment were
badly misdirccted.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
A Trial by Telephone.

Robert Willard, a farmer living near
Elkhart, in Logan county, Illinois, up
on being arrested by Constable Petit
on a charge of i~ntoxication and dis
orderly conduct, pleaded guilty by tele-
phone. When he was informed of the
$14 fine by the justice in Lincoln, he
agreed to send the amount by mail.
The case is unique in central Illinois
Jurisprudence.
The constable found Willard busily
engaged in a cornfield and read the
warrant to him. Willard agreed that
it was all right, but pointed to the
work that he was doing and declared
that he could not possibly lose a day
or two by driving to Lincoln and wait
ing for trial. He suggested the use of
the telephone, and when the constable
somewhat obviously acquiesced. the
two repaired to the farmhouse. Fl
nally they got connection with Justice
Rudolph, in Lincoln, and over the wire
the unique trial was held. The justic.
received a letter later with the fin,
enclosed
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
Everything Was the Same.

A young oxford student n day re
ceived an unexpected visit from his
pretty sister, and was very indignant
that she came without a chaperon.
Look here" said the young man, II
will not have any of the fellows see
you in my rooms, so if anyone knocks
at the door you just get behind that
screen"
In a few minutes a knock was
heard, and the girl ran behind the
screen as her brother went to open the
door. An old gentleman stood on the
threshold, who, after p~rofusely apollo
giving for his intrusion, said: Il am
just home from Australia, and many
years ago l occupied these rooms;
would you allow me, sir, to look at
them once again. Certainly said
the student, ''come in" "Ah,' ex
claimed the old man, everything Is
Just the same. Same old table, same
old fireplace, same old screen Then,
catching sight of the girl: by Joye,
same old dodge" "Sir," exclaimed the
student, that is my sister" Cad,
SIR" was the reioinder, same old
story"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28

1t now turns out that the Spencer
seedless apple, so far as its being a
new and valuable production is con-
cerned, is an entire fake, and it would
appear that the plan is more of a stock
and bond selling proposition than a
nursery stock raising one. The seed
less and c~oreless apple is almost as old
as history. Pliny, the Roman natural
list, described 1t two thousand years
ago. Hundreds of references appear in
the books of horticulturists about this
freak, the whole story having been de-
scribed by Professor Bailey of Cornell
about fifteen years ago. The bad faith
Of the Spencer apple people is shown
in their circulating a partial quotation
from Professor Bailey written about
the seedless apple years ago, and hav-
ing no reference to the so.ealled Spen-
Ger seedless apple.
The reason now appears for the care
full educational work done among the
newspapers last year. The Spencer
Seedless Apple Company of New York
has been organized with alleged nur-
series in Niagara County, has issued q
magnificent catalogue with a full col
ored Autograph of the Spencer seed
less apple" and also showing cross Sec
tions of the apple with no semblance of
core or seed.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
The Seed1ess Apple Fraud
OF AGRICULTURE DENOUNCES
SCHEME AS HUMBUC
CITY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

either paper stock or nursery stock. in
New York State.
The attractive plan proposed by the
parent Spencer company, as learned at
the Department of Agriculture, is that
these subsidiary or local seedless apple
companies may be formed in the Varl-
Gus States. The local company is TO
pay a cash bonus to the mother com
pany and also issue it 81 per cent. of
its stock-a controlling interest. The
public is to be let in on the remainder,
40 per cent. To facilitate the sale of
this stock Assistant Pomologist W
A. Taylor says that the company some
time ago issued a statement to the ef
feet that the retail price of trees will
be held up to SO each, while the cost to
the local company will not exceed ST
cents. and it is estimated that on q
local investment of $4,000, $4,000
could be quickly rounded up.
at seems" said Mr.. Taylor, who in
speaking of the matter appeared to be
entirely convinced of the shadyness oil
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28

Germ which this tremendous advertis-
ing is causing our principal competi-
tors in the export apple trade. The
Tasmanian government council has in
stituted an official inquiry whether this
new development is likely to so revolu-
tionize the character of the fruit'which
we export to Europe, and which
is in competition with them, as to ne
ce~ssltate their securing and growing
this seedless variety.
Colonel Bracket states that thus far
no tree or scion of this alleged remark
able apple has been placed in the hands
of any disinterested eXperimenter, and
it is significant that there are not as
yet any trees or scions for sale. al
though it is stated that several million
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
A Few A~herthOughts.

The Chinese women are being wean-
ed from the old custom of binding
their feet, and it is stated that the
practice now obtains only among the
| American women.
There is no authority for the state
ment that the railroad companies
would seriously object If Congress
spends the entire session discussing
the tariff and reciprocity.
Il reflect with sorrow over the
justification of the claim you make
of having lent me your constant sup
port" says Lord Curzon, the %viceroy
of India, recently deposed at the
instance of Premier Balfour. If the
Premier understood just what Lord
CurZon indicated, and had the nerve,
he probably called back, your anoth-
err
The customs officials are alarmed
at the apparent fact that there are
more Havana cigars in the country
than is warranted by the imports of
Havana, tobacco. They have proba-
bly, omitted to calculate to include the
hickory and c~abbage-leaf crop.
The King of Spain is again touring
the European courts, looking for some
body who will accept him.
The idea that the scarcity of ser
want girls is due to their all having
become writer's of novels, is probably
suggested by the quality of current
fiction.
Germany and France have reached
al agreement over Morocco that is
entirely satisfactory TO both parties
How about the feelings of the third
party?
Helen Bertram has been up before
a New York magistrate for failure
TO pay her debts. At the same time,
her husband is playing in THE Prod
igal Son."
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
Pickles and Babies.

An exchange made ar unfortunate
error in its Answers to Correspond.
ents' recently.
Fond Mother wrote In to find out
what she should do for her children
who had the whooping cough. In the
make up the compositor got some
items transposed and the answer read
IF not too young, skin them
thoroughly; immense in scaldine
water, sprinkle plentifully with salt
and leave for a week in strong
brine" Horrors! He misplaced the
answer to anxious Housekeepers'
query for a picked onion recipe.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
Newspapers Which Bit.

This catalogue contains numerous ex-
tracts from papers all over the country
lauding the Spencer seedless apple al
most to the skies. The truth is, thai
some of the most conservative papers
were successfully roped in and uncon-
~sciously published articles specially
written for them by the propagandists
themselves, and these very papers are
now quoted in the catalogues distrib-
uted by the company. Such eminent
names appear as the New York Times,
the Buffalo Inquirer, both of which
had enthusiastic editorials, the Ameri-
can Inventor, the New York Farmer,
the Scientific American, the Buffalo
Commercial, the New York Herald, the
National Nurseryman, the Denver
Times and a score of others.
The Public to Pay the Profits
This New York apple company is but
one of the subsidiary companies, witt
apparently the right to sell stock
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
PHOTOGRAPH OF "~SEEDLESS" APPLES
SOIL TO MESSRS. SHEARN FOR 80
SHILLINGS APIECE.

SHILLINGS APIECE.
trees are being grown in New York,
Iowa, Utah and Colorado.
1t is questionable whether the Fraud
Order Office of the Postoffice Depart
ment will be able to bar the use of the
mails to the company owing to the
skillful preparation of its literature,
though such action, it is stated, would
DE sustained by all reputable fruit men
and nurserymen.
The wonder of the whole story is
that in the face of such lamentable
failures where the promoters have con-
scented to exhibit their apples the work
still goes forward of successfully fool
ing the people. 1t is not denied that
there is an apple which may be called
seedless and with an imperfectly de-
veloped core; but it is a freak and
worthless, and, moreover, is thousands
of years old. Wherever the Spencer
apple has been exhibited it has been a
fizzle. One claim made by the company
is because the apple is bloomless 1t
offers no opportunity for the codling
moth to lay its eggs, that, therefore,
the apple cannot be wormy. One of the
apples reluctantly submitted by the
Spencer people to Colonel Bracket, the
Pomologist of the Department, con-
tanned, when cut, a good, fat codling
moth worm, while all the apples sub
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
Farm Bulletins.

The great demand upon the Depart
ment of Agriculture for some of the
Farmers Bulletins, which are distrib-
uted free, has necessitated the reprint
ing of quite a list of these valuable lit
tie pamphlets. Among others of gen.
eral interest winch are available are:
(No. AID Fowls; Their Care and
Feeding.
(No. 44) Commercial Fertilizers ;
Their Composition and Use.
(No. go Care of Milk on the Farm
(No. Ga Ducks and Geese; Standard
Breeds and Management.
mo. 113) The Apple and How to
Grow 1t.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
PHOTOGRAPHS OF "sEEDLESS AND CoRELESS" APPLES FURNISHED THE
DEPARTMENT OLE AGRICULTURE BY THE SPENCER COMPANY.

Endorsement of the Fruit Division OF
the Department of Agriculture. The
apple men of the Department were ex-
tremely doubtful of the claims made
by Mr.. Spencer that he had evolved a
seedless apple which would revolu-
tionize the apple industry of the coun-
try, and they were wise in refusing to
give it Endorsement. Colonel Bracket,
the Pomologist of the Department,
now states that the seedless and core
less apple propaganda is apparently one
of the most carefully considered and
intelligently worked out schemes for
fooling and defrauding the public
which has ever been attempted along
agricultural lines. Taking advantage
e. the remarkable results of fruit and
plant improvement made by Luther
Burbank and other wizards of plant
science, the statement was sprung upon
an unsuspecting newspaper press and
public that a wonderful seedless and
coreless apple had been discovered,
Hundreds of columns of newspaper de-
scriptions of this fruit have since ap-
peared in not only the daily and weekly
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28

mo. 1911 Beans, Peas and Other
Legumes as Food.
mo. 32) Silos and Silage.
mo. 154) The Home Fruit Garden;
Preparation and Care.
mo. 33) Peach Growing for Market
mo. 34) Meats; Composition ano
Cooking.
mo. 1927 Barnyard Manure.
mo. 2OO) Turkeys; Standard Varie
ties and Management.
mo. 214) Beneficial Bacteria foI
Leguminous Crops.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
Must Make the Fakirs Smile.

"A somewhat amusing feature. as re-
lated by Colonel Bracket, is the CON-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-28
PcoDer Seasoning of Farm ImpIe
mentS.

II is full time that all moving ma
chimes. ~harvesters. and other horse
implements should be left out in the
field to obtain the benefit of the raj
weather. Plows and harrows will. OF
course. be needed yet, and these will
be kept under cover for awhile, Dui
can be left out later after the fail
blowing. This practice of fall wealth
ering of implements is quite general III
many farming sections and is encour-
aged from year to year by a large
class of farmers. 1t insures thorough
weathering Of the wood and produces
in the metal parts of the machinery