Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
ARMY OFFICER REPRIMANDED
Lieutenant Ross Of ARTILLERY Corps Found
Guilty Of Improper Conduct
PRESIDENTS VISIT TO TUsKteEE
students Are P1anping au Elaborate
Program for the Entertain-
ment OF the chief
Executive.

WASHINGTON. oct. THE papers In
the case Of Second Lieutenant Clarence B.
Ross. Artillery corps, who was recently
tried by court-martial at Fort Rodman,
Mass, have been received at the War de-
partment Ross was found guilty of dis
respect toward his commanding officer and
of conduct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline and was sentenced
to be reprimanded by the reviewing au-
thority and to be reduced ten files on the
legal list Of second lieutenants OF artillery.
One of the specifications in this case was
that Lieutenant Ross referred to Captain
Willoughby Walker. commanding the post
OF Fort Rodman, in the hearing OF an en-
listed man in a sneering and contemptuous
manner as being like a baby with new
DOLL with intent to cast ridlcule upon
his superior officer and on another occa-
sion referred to him as that cur"
General Grant. comma nding the Depart
ment OF the East, approved the sentence
and administered the reprimand called for
by It.
Reception for President at Tuskegee.
Emmett ]. Scott, secretary TO Booker T.
Washington OF the Tuskegee institute, and
Charles w. Anderson the negro appointed
collector OF internal revenue OF New York
last March, called today at the White
House. Mr. Scott placed before Secretary
Loeb the program to be followed at Tus-
kegee on the occasion of the presidents
visit October a. An interesting feature
OF the presidents entertainment will be
series Of seventy-five floats which will pass
in review before him, illustrative Of the
academic, mechanical and agricultural de-
,partments of the school and the develop
ment of the negro. The nearly 1900 stu
dents will precede the floats. each carrying
stalk of sugar cane tipped with a cotton
boil, both raised in the experimental sta
ton gardens of the institute.
Cane syrup Plant SOLD.
Government experiments into the process
of cane syrup-malxing has been brought to
successful conclusion, and Secretary Will
son of the Department of Agriculture today
ordered the sale OF the government factory,
which was built at waycross Ca. three
years ago The plant was established for
the purpose Of giving a course of study
to cane syrup manufacturers Of gulf states
These manufacturers had experienced diff
ficulty in making syrup of uniform color,
preventing II from returning to sugar or
fermenting. A plant was established by
Dr. Fl. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau Of
chemistry, and his experiments proved en-
tirely successful, The plant cost the gov
eminent less than $4,000, and resulted in
the improvement of an annual production
OF nearly 2OO,OC0,Oo0 gallons Of syrup.
Argentina MOdihes Tariff.
The State Department has been informed
by Minister Beaupre at Buenos Ayres that
the bill regarding American impoitations,
more particularly American agricultural
implements, has been amended and sent to
committee and its acceptance may be
expected in the near future. The bill adj
mits all American agricultural machines
and parts OF machinery free of duty in the
Argentine republic, but the duty will be
collected from all accessories, such as bolt
ing, wrenehes, asbestos. oil cans, belt
hooks, washers, metal pins, nuts, chains,
pulleys, steam packing. eveners, saws, car
riage poles and filters.
Forest Reserve in AriHona.
The president has established a new
forest reserve In Arizona, which is TO be
called the Tonic reserve, and is intended
| TO protect the watershed of Tonic creek,
an important feeder Of the great irrigation
| reservoir to be created near Phoenix. The
reserve will contain 100000 acres and will
| extend north and south from the Magellan
plateau to Salt river and east and west
from the Verde valley to the White noun
| tain Indian reservation.
Sullivan Assistant Engineer.
John G. Sullivan has been appointed
assistant chief engineer of the Isthmian
canal commission, according to notice re-
ceived today from Chief Engineer Stevens
at Panama. Mr.. Sullivan is a member Of
the American Society OF Civil Engineers
and was division engineer of the Canadian
Pacific railroad with headquarters at Win
| nipeg.
QuesedR Talks with Root.
Senior Quesada, the Cuban minister, had
long talk with Secretary Root today at
the State department respecting Cuban
affairs in general and especially the recent
Cuban elections. Minister Quesada said
that conditions were reported to be very
satisfactory and now that the elections are
over perfect tranquility exists on the is
i land.
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