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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

At Hong Kong, I heard the particulars
of the suicide OF Captain Smith, of the
siberia" on which I spent a month;
we heard faint rumors of the affair at
Manila. The ship was lying in port
at Hong Kong, and Captain Smith was
seen sitting in front of his cabin at
10 o'clock at night At 6 o'clock the
next morning, when Moon, his personal
servant, went into the room, he found
the captain lying dead on the floor,
his throat cut from ear to ear. He
left note saying he had decided to
kill himself. He had some sort of
trouble with the Pacific Mail company.
and he also had domestic trouble; he
had divorced his wife, and she had mar
ried again. One story is that he had
trouble with E. II. Hartman on his
last trip from Yokohama to San Fran
cisco, but I doubt this; in these letters
I have quoted him as saying e. H. Har-
riman was the finest man he ever knew.
For month I sat at his table and
talked with him a dozen times a day.
He was always r morose, but always
tried to be cheerful; you may recall
that I have frequently spoken in other
letters, of his attempts to be cheerful
with the passengers, and how he didn't
succeed very well.
never bothered him much, but he often
sat down beside me as I wrote in the
smoking room and told me of things in
which he thought I was Interested He
invited me to his cabin and once wrote
for me Il story of how We lost day at
This-I incorporated in my letter that day
and it has probably been printed before
this He was the gloomiest man I ever
knew but thought 1T was due to seeing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31
soutbern League Managers.

Memphis, Tenn. Jan. 31.-With the Sc
lection Of Charley thinner to manage the
Little Rock Southern league team, every
club in the circuit has a leader for the
1905 season. Charley Frank, who managed
fhe New Orleans champions of 1905, is the
only manager in the circuit that has won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

New York, Jan. 31.#Sysonbv. the
idol of the race going public and the
undoubted choice for the event viii De
a starter in the Brighton handicap,
despite the impost OF 131 pounds as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31
TO LIVE AT Los ANGELES.
Lieutenant General Chanee to Be Re
tired Tomorrow.

Washington, Jan. 31.-LieutenantG Cen
eral Chahee will be nlaced on the re-
tired list of the army Thursday at his
own request, after about As years ser
vice. General and Mrs. Chaffee and
Miss Chafee will leave here the end of
the week for the Cit of Mexico, where
they viii remain until May 10. Later
in the summer they will take up their
permanent residence at Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31
Rheumatic
Pains

81 have suffered terribly with
rheumatism. 1 took DR.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills and they gave me
great relief have spells of ter
rible pains in my RIBS, and in the
small of my back, and the
Anti-Pain Pills help me right away.
/ am now well of the rheumatism
and think Anti-Pain Pills done me
more good than ali the other medi-
cines. 1 first heard of them
through the following circum-
stance that happened at our home
two years ago. A friend, Mrs.
Brown, of Orion, Mich, came to
visit US. She had not been able to
dress herself or comb her own hair
for months. "A friend OF ours came
IN and seeing her suffering offered
her some DR.. Miles, Anti-Pain
Pills. She laughed at the idea of
relief from such a source after
doctoring for so long, but took one
one of the tablets with the remark
that it would at least do her no
harm. She took another that
evening, and the next morning she
was so elated that she went to the
druggists and got a package and
took them home with her. Re
Gently she was here again, and told
Us that she continued taking the
pills, and that one box cured her,
and she has not had a symptom of
rheumatism since"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

az Tbird St Detroif Mich

Or. Miles Anti Pain Pills are sold by
your druggist, who Will guarantee that
the first package will benefit. II Il
falls, he Will return your money.
Is doses, Is cents. Never sold IN bulk.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-31

eigners generally admit the superiority
of America in this respect and in many
others. In America the railroads do
all that is possible to encourage
travel; here travel is apparently dis
couraged by a lot of unnecessary bull
eadedness. I think more OF America
and of Americans now than I ever
did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

ConfinNea rom page 10
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

entirely lost to the field. sr,3r+
For the purpose Of these investiga.
tons experiment stations have been
established in Wichita Falls, Texas,
Sheyenne, Wyoming and near I'm.
perial Nebraska, and the plan is to
establish similar stations in the rest
of the states in the west where such
experiments are of value to the
settlers. -. 49,.
For the purpose of demonstrating
what can be done by irrigation OF
small tracts from individual irrigation
plants, three different methods are
adopted at the three stations already
established. At Wichita Falls the
water for irrigation is obtained from a
storage reservoir which is made, by
constructing an earth dam across a
small creek bed and which obtains its
supply from the surface water of the
water shed above and is utilized on
the farm, as desired.
At the Sheyenne. station the water
is pumped from the creek into dirt
reservoir 1000 feet away and rs feel
above: by means of specially con
structed windmills of large capacity
Experience in the past has shown that
windmills for irrigation purposes have
not been able to supply sufficient
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30
zINTHdE0 CARRIES ON new Lines Of
EXPERIMENTS FOR SEMI.ARID SECTIONS

? Washington, April 30.-Investiga-
ton of unusual interest to the farmers
Of the 4semd-arid ). and so-calleds arid
regions OF, the west is now In progress
under the, direction of DR.. Elwood
Mead, chief of the irrigation and
drainage investigations of the office
of experiment stations.
After careful investigation Of the
conditions which confront the settlers
of the regions Of scant rainfall, the
office has come to the con clusion that
there is need Of carefully conducted
experiments to determine and advise
farmers what are the best methods of
crop production in dry seasons. Two
methods are being investigated as
feasible. ~fGt: NH /. 54%<EE>
First: For each farmer to provide
for himself small irrigation plant
from which he! can .irrigate a few
acres of his farm and on which he can
be insured of such crops as will main
tain his family and 1--we stock in case
Of excessive drought.
Second: BY means Of special i'm.
plements and extra cultivation to con.
j.. serve all the available moisture ia the
soil for the benefit of the crop, instead
of allowing the rain to pass over the
surface into the streams and thus be
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

Paris, April 30-A number Of
meetings of labor committees in con-
nection with plans for the celebration
of May Day were held at the Labor
Exchange on Sunday. M. Marie,
secretary of the exchange, was ar
rested for abusing the police commits
sary, but was later released.
AT Toulon, as consequence of a
strike, the city has been deprived OF
gas supply. Several newspapers are
unable to appear as a consequence.
The current Issue of the popular
weekly magazine, Lavie IHustre, has
been confiscated because it contains
series of humorous sketches, repre-
senting what might occur in case OF
a revolution, and depicting the deaths
of many socialist leaders.
At Lorient, which is one of the
storm centers of the strike, a violent
meeting of the strikers was held or
Saturday, at which some of the strik
ers pledged themselves to force the
mayor of the city to lead their pro
cession on May Day.
Paris, April 30.-Au the railwa!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

ward at the sides of their assailant'S
horses, goring them to death at a.
lunge and imperiling the lives of
their dismounted riders. A cloud of
dust would soon rise and hang like a
pail over the eddying throng during
the grand melee" and many a
blinded horseman, too intent upon
his prey, has been hemmed in and
trampled to death. Many were the
bulls that turned upon their assailants
and met them with desperate resist
ance; and many were the warriors
who were dismounted and saved them
selves by the superior muscle of their
legs, during this wild and desperate
warfare In this way the grand hunt
would soon resolve itself into des-
perate battle; and, usually resulted in
the destruction of the whole herd;
which, in all their strength and fury
were doomed to fall before the
destroying hand of the hunters. The
scene after the battle was over was
novel and curious in the extreme.
Hundreds of dead and dying buffaloes
could be seen lying on the plain;
hunters leading their horses, would
be moving about among the dead
animals claiming their victims by the
private marks upon their arrows;
while perhaps the dark form of
poor affrighted buffalo, that mad
dashed through the lines of the enemy
unframed, could be seen standing and
looking back as if lingering to take a
last farewell of it's Inflated compan-
ions before seeking safety in flight
After the arrows had been claimed
and recovered, the hunters would
congregate and return to the village,
when immediate preparations would
| be made for securing the meat. Soon
some hundreds of women and chill
| dren-to whose lot fall all the drudg-
cries of Indian iife-would be seen
| moving out upon the trail leading
from the village to the location OF the
surround where they would spend
their time in skinning the eancasses
of the dead animals, and in cutting up
| and Transporting meat back to the
village. Many superanuated and dis
abled mustangs were also taken along
| to assist in bringing in the spoils,
which were continually passing and
repassing, as they were taken out TO
| be loaded and were returning bearing.
Continued from page 80
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the construction and maintenance of
bitches is compared with the individu-
al irrigation plant, the latter will have
some points in it's favor.
It ds not expected that the farmer
will be able to irrigate all of his land
by this method so the second point of
these experiments consists in determ-
lining how the farmer may produce the
largest crops on the balance of his
farm without irrigation.
For this purpose Professor Zintheo
is having, special grain drills made
which will plant the small grain in
deep burrows something like the corn
lister plants the corn leaving the soil
between drill rows in ridges. This
plan has the advantage of putting the
grain down deep in the soil where
there is sufficient moisture to germin.
ate it and at the same time not cover
it too deep. 1t also has the advantage
of protecting the young plants from
the wind, to prevent the soil from
blowing and drifting and to catch all
of the moisture which falls in these
burrows and to convey it to the plant
roots instead of allowing it to run
off the land as it does when the tor
surface is smooth. Different depths
Of blowing and subsoiling are prac
ticed. Special cultivators have been
made for intertillage Of small grains
during the growing season to provide
a soil mulch and to prevent the
evaporation of the soil moisture.
The experiments are planned to de
termine what distance apart in drill
rows will give the best yield; what is
the effeffct of different methods of in
tertillage compared with no tillage
during the growing season; what Is
the effect of tillage on irrigated lant
and what is the effect of irrigation
without tillage as we'll as the effect O.
neither irrigation nor tillage on differ
ent width of drill rows. In this wa!
it is hoped to be able to determine
just how much extra labor in tillagt
and irrigation a farmer may afford t.
put on his land to make it pay in in
creased yield of crops.
The various implements used ar
also tested for draft with dynamone
tiers to determine the actual amount o
energy and horse power required t
operate them. Drills and planters ar
celebrated for accuracy of plantin
the crops. From the experiments a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

of larger growth sat perched up on
the pack animals in the moving cara
van and held on as best they could
1t was the business of the squaws to
pack the animals while travelling, and
they would pile on the most hetro-
geneous assortment of luggage with a
skill that would immortalize pro-
fessional packer.
The Red river hunters, accompanied
by Father Andrew, a Catholic mission
airy, were hunting buffaloes on the
plains of North Dakota; and wer',
meeting with good success; bavine
filed many of their travoix and Rel
river carts with meat and robes.
food and clothing.
Their plan of attacking buffaloes
was the familiar one known in hunters
parlance, as "the surround" The
hunters being mounted upon their
trained buffalo horses" and armed
with guns, lances, bows and arrows;
would move out in the direction Of
the herd. Upon their near approach
to the buffaloes they would divide
their forces and move to right and
left in opposite directions; forming a
circle of horsemen at equal distance
apart. They would then close in up
on the unsuspecting animals, until the
herd would s'get the wind" of the ap-
preaching enemy, and fee in the
widest confusion. The advancing
horsemen would then gather at the
point where they were aiming to
cross the line of surround, and brand
ishing their weapons would shoot and
yell in most frightful manner By
this means those that escaped death
would move off in an opposite direc-
ton across the plains, in a black and
rushing mass, where they would again
be met and turned back in similar
manner. BY this time the horsemen
would be closed in from all directions:
forming continuous line around the
| frightened animals, which were eddy
ing about in a crowded and confused
manner; and the work OF death would
commence in all its furry. In this
grand turmoil, the attacking hunters
galloped their horses around the outer
edge OF the confused and surging
mass, driving their wthizzing arrows
and long lances into the bodies Of
Those noble animals, which In many
Instances, becoming infuriated with
| THE deadly wounds would plunge for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30
FRANCE HAS NERVOUS FIT
Rem Of Rerror Is On and Hundreds Of Labor Leaders
and Agitators Pulled housans Are Fleeing
From Paris in Fear

culverts and bridges in the depart
ment of the Seine are under a strong
guard of soldiers as result Of In
formation having been lodged with
the government of the existence Of a
widespread plot to destroy them with
explosives between now and Tomor-
row morning. H.
The most rigorous precautions are
in progress everywhere and hundreds
Of arrests of labor leaders heVe been
made in the past twelve hours.
Many terrified inhabitants are flee
ing from the city and not in many
months has there been such spirit
of absolute terror among the inhabi-
tants of this and other cities Of the
republic.
Bank Withdrawals on Saturday were
enormous and every train that left the
city during the day and night was
filled with residents laden with money
and valuable plate. Others left in
fast automobiles. .g
The hotels throughout France are
suffering greatly because of an enor-
nous falling off of the tourist bust
ness.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

water to irrigate more than one or
two acres. The reason for this is
that the wind velocity is very variable
and is oftener eight miles per hour
than twenty. Irrigation pumps are
designed for large capacity and con-
siderable power and consequently
they do not begin to work until the
wind velocity is 10 or IL miles per
hour and when the wind increases to
rs miles per hour very little more
water is pumped than at IL miles.
Prof. c. J. Zintheo, in charge of
farm machinery Investigations of the
office of experiment stations, has had
designed an attachment for windmills
which will automatically regulate the
length of the stroke of the pump with
the velocity of the wind so that at a
wind velocity of five miles per hour
the stroke of the pump is but inches
in length and a small amount of water
is pumped, while at 80 miles per hour
the stroke is increased to twenty-four
inches and a great volume of water is
pumped. Thus all the available power
Of the wind is utilized and the
efficiency of windmills for irrigation
purposes greatly increased Expert
ments with two-wheeled windmiIls
compared with single wheeled mills
and the automatic pumping attach
ment are now being conducted at the
Sheyenne experiment station which
promise to be of great value to the
individual irrigator. Experiments are
also being conducted with winter irri.
cation period can be established as
the water which runs away in winter
can be conserved and stored in the
soil and the spring freshets can be
utilized for summer irrigation on an
other piece of land.
At the Nebraska station the irriga
| ton experiment consists in pumping
water. from a dug we'll by means of a
gasoline engine and storing it in a
reservoir for use on garden truck and
such crops as are needed for home
consumption. In each case careful
record is kept of the cost Of establish
ing and maintaining the different
kinds of irrigation plants. The eff
cienty of the plant and the increased
yield of crops is due to the irrigation
Thus the farmers may learn the value
of the investment in such plants.
| It is believed that when the cost Of
irrigation water rights together with
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

maneuvers and dextrous evolutions
of the willy war chief
The distance between the mounted
Indian hunting party and the picket
guard was perhaps oneJhalf mile, the
interval being beautiful and gently
sloping prairie, over the greater por-
ton of which advanced the chief fully
ten minutes, reigning and squirting his
maddened horse, gradually approach
ing by lacking to the right and the
left, like a vessel beating up against
the wind.
A short hair halter was passed
around under the neck of his horse,
with both ends tightly braided to-
gether and fastened into the name at
the top, leaving a loop to hang down
against its breast. Catching up this
sling in his hand, the rider would
drop suddenly and fearlessly into a
horizontal position behind the body
of his ga1loping steed, leaving his
heel hanging over the back of the
horse to- steady him and also assist
him when he wished to gain All up
right position, or fling his body to the
opposite side-a strategem of wal
learned and practiced by the warriors.
In this wonderful position, the chief
urged on his war-horse at full speed,
gradually approaching the picket
guard, who stood gazing spellbound at
the feats Of the reckless rider, which
appeared more like magic than the
Iskill of acquired practice. r..
Suddenly the sharp report OF rifle
rang out through the air and echoed
along the hills; then a wild hurry
scurry scene ensued. The CHIEF
sprang into an upright position and
galloped off to his band of followers
who then rode into our camp with
many dextrous evolutions. s45
The horse was TO the Indian of the
plains what the canoe was to those
of the lakes and coast. They rode
with skill, reckless OF all obstcles, and
with little mercy to their ponies. the
right hand swinging the whip al
ievery jump. Some Of their ponies
were Of fine form and action; but was
frequently injured by too early use
land sore backs were universal. Horse
tracing was OF FREQUENT occurrence
lamong the Indians in those days AMI
| q horse of proved speed and wind wa.
often q source Of wealth or ruin te III
lowner On his speed he would stalk,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30
CHAPTER v.
CHAPTER v.
Crossing the Divide-Lake Jessie
Red River Hunters The Wild
Strategic Horseman-A Surround.

The plains Of the Dakotas, during
the summer of 1853, were so parched
and dry that dust rose along the line
of march as from a public highway.
Our grain having given out before
reaching the James river, the horses
and mules of the expedition soon be-
came poor and weak. The stock
could not be grazed at night, as
the Indians would have @stampeded
them, but had to be tied to long picket
ropes and fed on grass cut with
scythes. In order to make our days
march cover fifteen or twenty miles,
the custom was to have the reveille
sounded at three o'clock in the morn
ing, and a start made by sunrise. The
days march could not be extended, be
yond the middle OF the afternoon, as
the remainder of the day was neees-
sary to allow the stock to feed on the
grass that was found surrounding the
encampment. Often on coming into
camp the water was found so badly
impregnated with alkali that our
I troops had DO dig wells at the edgezof
Z a marsh in order to get water for
cooking and drinking Of a better quail
ty. The camp was then fortified by
building sod breastWorks at intervals
surrounding the command; and pre-
1 parations made for the coming night.
Our cavalry although having the
privilege OF riding most OF the time
during the days march, had really q
4 harder time than the infantry. The
latter after erecting temporary breast
works had little to do the remainder
Of the day while our work had just
commenced. We had to Craze our
horses during the afternoon and cut
grass for their provender at night
Then came the dangerous duty Of
standing picket guard during the
dreary hours Of the night; IN danger
from the willy Indian without and the
nervous infantry man within. Ere
quently our camp was located q mile
\ OF more from the nearest point where
we could secure grass sufficiently higf
10 be cut with a scythe; and our little
haying parties were often stampedet
and run into camp. with the occasion
al exchange OF shots. Each cayalr.
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his whole wealth-household goods
clothes, and finally wives-and a
single heat would often make him a
notwithstanding to his ideas OF
value-or send him forth an i'm.
poverished adventurer. The interest
of horse race was not always con-
fined to the individual directly con-
|cerned. The band to which he be-
longed would sometimes share the
risk with him and common pile of
goods of motley description, appor-
toned according to their ideas of
value, would be put up by either party
to be divided among the hackers of
the winner.
The writer, when a boy, witnessed a
horse race among the Indians, on a
level stretch, of prairie lying i'm
mediately west of Fairbault, in Rice
County, Minnesota.
Five yards of red cloth was
promised by French trader as a
prize Of victory. A general enthusi'
asm seized upon the whole band, and
horses were sought in all directions
that would stand a chance of winning;
and in a short time six of the best
came up to the starting point. A
goal was fixed at some distance on
the plain, which they were to turn
around and return, and at signal
they stripped-noE the horses, but the
riders, doffing blankets and other in,
convenient articles of apparel, and
appearing in a costume of primative
simplicity"
One rider wore a calico shirt, and
another pair of moccasins,' while
with a third 'breedh cloth and a
streak or two of red paint, judiciously
disposed, gave every requisite dis
tinction. There was pretty good run
ming, and still better jockeying; but
as the distance was not measured, and
nobody took note Of the time, no esti
mate In regard to time and distance
could be given. The winner who rode
a grey gelding, carried OFF a prize
which would enable him to create 8
sensation among the fashionable cir
cies Of the tribe. The Indians I Ii
those days rode with a raw hide thons
! knotted around the under jaw Of ths
horse for a bride and used a stuffed
fpad with wooden stirrups for sad
die. The women sat astride and car
1 RED their infants siung in blanke