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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
He Is Reported III and Attempted
Assassination Is the
Story Told.
COOK AND SERVANTS ARRESTED
Russian Railway Employees Preparing
a General Strike.
Ccssack Regiment Is the Latest TO
Mutiny-Its Officers Deposed-
Peasants Threaten
Trouble.

st. Petersburg. Aug. pa story is
in circulation here that an attempt has
been made to poison General Trepof,
commandant of the imperial palace,
whose illness has just been announced.
The generals cook and three other
servants have been arrested, it is said.
Figuring on a New Strike.
st. Petersburg, Aug. %. At a
meeting of 142 delegates representing
all tie Russian railways, just con-
cIuded in Finland, it was resolved that
a general strike will be feasible at a
near date, and to issue instructions to
prepare for it. A committee was ap-
pointed TO draw up a strike appeal or
any other manifesto which may be
found necessary.
And Now the Cossacks Mutiny.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-According
to private adyices the Twenty-fourth
Trial (Cossack) regiment has nutinied
at Samacond, Asiatic Russia, arrested
its officers and placed them with themen
in the ranks. The commanders of the
garrison of Samarcond, it is said, has
demanded the immediate surrender OF
the mutineers, the artillery has been
called ont and the city is in q state of
panic
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
Silver Is Going ID.

Washington. Aug. 23-The director
of the mint yesterday purchased 1OO,-
600 ounces of silver at CT cents az
ounce, to be delivered at New Orleans.
The price paid last week was 66.62
cents.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
Beveridge Speaks in Maine.

Portland, Me-, Aug 23.-The Repub
lican campaign III the First congress
SIGNAL district was formally opened
here with rally at which Senator
Beveridge, of Indiana, was the speak
er.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
Horse Show Promoter Dead.

Kansas City, Aug. 23.-Aaron Elmer
Ashbrook, one of the leading horse
show promoters Of the United States,
and editor of the Bit and Spur, a Chi
cago publication, died suddenly at his
home in this city of heart disease, aged
As years
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
The Way He Views Il.

These negroes of whom I speak,
and whom you do not know, consti-
tute the vast majority of the 9,000,-
600 living in our back yards, and they
are absolutely incapable of reason. So
cial equality to their minds means the
unspeakable crime. For every aspir-
ing and decent negro who sees the
door Of hope which you yainly mag
inc you are holding open to the race
10000 negroes see only the embrace OF
a white virgin. Cut off our rations,
drive our men out of the house Of
their fathers as an atonement for slav-
cry. but don't make our wives and
daughters the victims of a false phi
losopby and a partisan regime.
Likes TO Thinks Roosevelt Honest.
"You have proved your greatness in
many achievements and I like to think
You are honest. But you are not in
fallible and you cannot perform mira
cleS''
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
Brownsville Not Happy Yet.

Dallas. Tex, Aug. %. = United
States Senator Culberson has sent a
telegram to General Ainsworth, at
Washington, to Which UP to this time
no reply has been received. The wire
deprecates the governments intention
to abandon Fort Brown, and then it
says: 'It is due of the United States
to protect the frontier, and as Texas
borders on Mexico it has always been
deemed advisable to police the frontier
with regular troops, including Il sta
ton at Fort Brown. While conditions
on the border have improved very
much within recent years this course
is still advisable, and it would be re-
grettable that this fort should be aban-
doned because the people Of a border
city like Brownsville object to negro
troops under circumstances of raid and
murder such as recently occurred
there"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
vice President on for nTiohipan

Indianapolis. Aug. 23.-Vice presi-
dent Fairbanks has left for Three Riv-
ers, Mich. where he viii deliver an adj
dress. on the occasion Of 8 ''home-com-
Ing celebration
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-23
Ladies' Hour Mt Ira

Ladies' Hour at Training Quarters.
Goldield, New, Aug. 23.-From 3 to
p. h. it was ladies hour" at Mel
sons training quarters. Learly 200 wo-
men were present and witnessed the
"Battler'' at his work.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

most valuable and important lines of
plant breeding are those which aim to
assist the growers in bringing up the
average of the crop to that of the best
individual plants. In the case of those
crops which are partly or wholly natur-
ally self-fertilized, this object can be
more easily attained than with those
crops which are naturally cross-fer-
tilted. In the latter case, the proven
ton of too close inbreeding is of spe-
cial importance, and the degree of in
breeding that can safely be practiced
without injuriously affecting the fer
tility or vigor of growth of the plants,
and methods of controlling the parent
age of the offspring, are matters which
must be carefully and Systematically
investigated for each crop.
There are at least three degrees of
relationship between parents found in
cultivated plants: % Complete self
fertilization; 90 combined self and
cross fertilization; and go complete
cross-fertilization. Standardization is
the fertilization of the ovule of a
flower by its own pollen. or by the
pollen OF a different flower on the
same plant. Less complete forms of
inbreeding may be grouped under two
classes: (a) The crossing of flowers
on different plants of the same stock
grown under the same conditions, as
the crossing of the flowers of two corn
plants raised from kernels borne by
the same parent ear or related parent
ears; OBJ the crossing of flowers on
different plants of the same stock
grown, under different conditions.
Among the groups of plants that are
normally self-fertilized we find many
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT
OF INBREEDING in PLANTS
By A, ID. ShameI, Physiological in Charge of Tobacco Breed
ing, Bureau Of Plant Industry.

The object of this article is TO dis
cuss the effect of inbreeding in plants,
with special reference to some i'm
portant farm crops, and to call atten-
ton to the use, as well as the danger,
of %inbreeding in the production of va
rieties giving the maximum yield and
value. The production of uniform
of crops adapted to special pur-
poses is the most important problem
for the practical consideration of the
plant breeder. The lack of uniformity
as regards the individual plants in the
fields is responsible for a low yield Of
inferior quality, frequently requiring
extra expense in sorting out the good
from the poor grades. In the case of
corn, if every stalk bore one well-de-
veloped ear of uniform size and
weight, the present yield per acre
would be more than doubled and the
value of the crop as a whole would be
greatly increased. If all of the to-
bacco plants in the fields were uni
formly of the same type as the best
plants, the yield and value of the to-
bacco crop would be greatly increased
and the expense of handling the crop
would be reduced, so that the profit
TO the grower would be at least double
that obtained at the present time. The
same facts hold true in the case of all
the crops raised by farmers, and the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

by budding, so that the individual
trees of a variety are simply parts of
the same individual. Therefore, the
~pollination of the flowers OF one tree
by the pollen of a different tree Of the
same variety is true Standardization.
The recent experiments of Waite,
Waugh, Beach and others have shown
that the barrenness of many varieties
of plums and apples is due to self
sterility, and that by placing among
the trees of these varieties a few trees
budded with varieties which have
been determined by experiment TO be
good pollenizers for such varieties a
simple remedy for this lack OF fruit.
fulness is obtained. These discover
les have been of great practical value
10 fruit growers, as they have made
1t possible to produce profitable crops
from naturally self-fertile and unpro.
ductive varieties by providing foi
proper cross fertilization
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

those which are almost wholly self.
fortified and only occasionally cross
fortified, and (b) those which are
usually cross-fertilized, but are also
adapted for Standardization.
The third kind of fertilization natur-
ally occurring among cultivated
plants is Decentralization, or the
union of the sexual elements belong
ing to two distinct flowers borne by
separate plants. Decentralization Is
accomplished through the agency Of
wind, water, insects, or birds, and the
various devices to secure cross-fertili
cation exhibited by different plants are
most wonderful and interesting, and
furnish an almost ineNhaustible field
for study and observation. Corn, or
maize, is a good Illustration Of this
class of plants. Here the plant pro
duces enormous quantities of pollen,
which is very light and easily carried
long distances by the wind. Frequent
cases have been observed by the
writer where the pollen of corn plants
has been carried a half mile where
there were no distractions, but in the
cornfield the pollen is usually carried
only a short distance, owing to the
plants catching the pollen grains as
they drift about. The anthers borne
by the tassels of the corr plants ripen
and discharge their pollen. in enormous
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

of the most important farm crops, as
barley, wheat, and oats. In wheat and
oats a few doubtful natural hybrids
have been discovered and described,
but it is the opinion of the authorities
on these crops that cross-fertilization
rarely takes place under natural con-
ditions. The anthers usually burst
open in oat flowers before the glumes
open, at which time the pollen is thor
oughly distributed over the receptive
stigma, and it is probable that fecun-
dalton takes place several hours after
the flowers open. In the case of
wheat, self-pollination takes place and
naturalization probably occurs
shortly before the flowers open
The second kind of fertilization In.
cludes those plants which are highly
self-fertiie, but are cross-fertilized 70 a
greater or less extent by insect aid
or other This group of plants
may be divided into two classes. as (a)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

quantities when the plants are shaken
by the wind. The pollen of any one
plant is usually discharged slightly be-
fore the silks, or stigmas, of the same
plant are ready for fertilization, SO
that the corn plant is usually cross
fortified. In our illustration is shown
an ear OF corn which was borne by an
isolated plant and on which only a few
kernels were developed, owing to the
fact that the silks were not in condi-
ton to receive the pollen from this
plant at the time 1t vas distributed
by the opening of the anthers or the
tassel. The long COR silks, OF stlg'
mas, are covered with numerous stig.
matte hairs-a special adaptation to
catch floating pollen and insure cross.
fertilization. The imperfectly fertil,
lied a borne by the isolated plant
shows that in order to secure complete
fertilization it is necessary to grow
large numbers Of corn plants together,
and that Standardization does not take
place except in a small percentage Of
the seed.
Other plants are self-sterile, and
produce seeds only when cross-fertiI-
lied. Mr.. NJ. b. Waite found that
many varieties of pears, such as Bart.
lett and Anjou, are largely self-sterile,
producing few or no fruits when pol
linated only with the pollen of the
same variety. The orchards of pears
had been found to be u~nfruitful for
some unknown cause. Waite found
that by crossing these self-sterile va
rieties with a different horticultural
variety they were rendered fertile
These, like most cultivated fruits, are
clonal varieties which are propagated
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
he SECURES A CONVICTION.

nation of the possession of so much
small change. The evidence is purely
circumstantial, and to send them up
would be only to start them on the
downward path. I'll give them anothe,
chance"
"Sta-art thin down be sindin' thin
up muttered Policeman Flynn to him
self, as he left the courtroom. Ohio!
I is a luminous ma~an tn judge Is.
II is a sha-ame he s not edith a conf
ic pa-aper, it is that. Sta-art thin!
Why, t is thin same la-ads that's
r-ridin' a tandim bi-sickle on tn
downward pa-ath now with tn br-rake
br-roke."
That night, as usual. he told his
troubles to his wife, but he got little
sympathy from her.
IF ye're an injane-yus ma-an,' she
said, yell land thin fellies with tn
goods on thin. II is tn only wa-ay,
an ye're long enough on tn foorce FIR
to know it. Don't talk to me Nv tn
judge. He knows what he wa-ants, an
t is FIR you to give it to him"
Policeman Flynn shook his head
with the doleful air of a man who
thought the whole world was against
him; but he always shows best in adj
versity. In his w language, he "wint
out afther thin la-ads,' and he got
them. He marched them into the sta
ton house n night about two weeks
later, and two more detected specimens
of humanity never appeared there.
One of them was carrying a mantel
clock heavy enough seriously to tax
his strength, and the other was loaded
down with brass andirons. One of the
officers in the station made a motion
to take the booty away from them,
but Policeman Flynn instantly inter-
fered.
Lave thin alone!" he cried. II
ha-ave thin with tn goods on thin,
an I'll not Fave thin put tn things
down till tn magistrate sees thin.
I've wa-aikad thin from a mile AWAY
an they ii not be out iv me sight this
night"
Walked them" cried the sergeant.
why didn't you call the wagon?"
""T w'u'd mt do" answered Police
man Flynn. Il c'u'd MT keep me eye
on thin. l follied behind thin with a
gun in me ha-and, an ma-arched thin
all tn wa-ay, an they s no wan takes
thin things till tn judge sees thin.
Ohio! | ha-ave tn Evidence this time.
| caught thin comm out iv a house
with tn goods OF Thin"
But they can't possibly hold those
things until they get into court" urged
II of the other officers. 1T would
wreck an Atlas"
"M-m-m, well, I'm not poshted on
Biography, but | know a bit iv polls
coorts, an I've Earned a few things
iv Evidence" returned Policeman
Flynn.
ME backs near broke, an me arms
is fallin' off," whined one of the cul-
prits.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

III l lad me wa-ay." said Policeman
Barney Flynn, with conviction, livery
wan iv tn polls magistrates iv tn
city w'u'' be out carryin' a locust FIR
to prepa-are thin tr their juties on
tn binch."
Locust" being a technical name for
a policeman's club, the full import Of
this remark must be readily appaI ent,
and Policeman Flynn had good reason
for making it. His beat at the time
lay in a district where there was a
most troublesome gang of hoodiums.
Among them were some who had
passed from what may be termed
'hoodlumism" to actual crime, al
though Of a somewhat petty nature.
Just on the verge of manhood-possi-
bly, about IS years of age-they lived
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

liceman Flynn. we've been playin'
ta-ag with me long enough. Put tn
clock on ye-er other shoulder an shift
ye-er fut. II will give We a bit iv a
r-rest. Ohio! ye had a good laugh on
Barney Flynn fr not bein' able to put
we over twict befoor, but t is not the
sa-ame now.
You'll kill them, Barney" said the
sergeant. Either of those loads would
tire a Samson out in 10 minutes"
I'm show thin to tn Judge with tn
goods on thim," persisted Policeman
Flynn, doggedly. IN ha-aye no more
monkey-foolin' with thin la-ads."
IN draw a picture of them, and you
can show that to the judge" suggested
a policeman of artistic inclinations.
Policeman Flynn hesitated. He had
no desire to infiict unnecessary hard
ship on his prisoners, but he did not
wish to take any chances. He could
not forget that they had been dis.
charged twice before.
"Will We all sign II an shwear Z Is
tn wa-ay | %br-rought thin in?" he
asked.
1--WE WILL" was the prompt reply.
And when the evidence was produced
/ n court the next day it was pro-
nounced conclusive.
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph 3 Bowles.)
Copyright, by the Century Coz
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
HElREss TO WE'D POOR MAN.

Speaking of weddings recalls the recent an
nouncement of the engagement OF Miss Margaret
Chanler, the Aston heiress, to Richard Aldrlch, Oh
the editorial staff of the Times. Miss Chanler Is
following the lead of several other young women
of fortune and social position In promising her
hand in marriage to a man Of no means. but pos
sessed of brains. In the pursuit OF his newspaper
work Mr.. Aldrich met and became acquainted with
Miss Chanler. .
The news of the engagement is somewhat or
a surprise to many OF Miss CHAMBERS friends, VINO
had supposed that matrimony was a thought far
remote from the mind of the active young woman,
who always declared that she was welded to
philanthropy.
Miss Chanler, worth several millions IN her
own right, a Observation-Disclosures OF the
.,ui.ot ILL.,, Tocoh Aston dauphtar of tho late
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

able Young woman. She is beautiful tall, slender stately, and nnstean
If seeking the fiyoltues of the higher society IA devoted herself 10 "e
of mankind, to the RELOCATION o social gayety. -.
At the outbreak of hostliues between the United states n span, N Mss
Chanler Joined the Red Cross society, went to Cuba and later estabhsheu a
hospital in Ponce and nursed the Ill and wounded soldiers with no m 10 10
help her but n woman, Mrs. Anna Bouhgny, OF New orleans. for her
services Miss Chanler wa presented by special act OF congress n January
1899, with a gold medal 80 -.
In 1900 She became the head of the Municipal League in this city and
devoted her time and money to reform in politics. In August 1900, Miss
Chaner went to China to assist in the hospital relief work
No date has been mentioned fol- thu wedding, but IL VIII prooapy ue
place early IN the autumn.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
AUTO PoKERv NEW FORM OF GAMBLING.

Automobile poker a new form OF gambling
in public, has struck this city ana Is spreauiEs
from the sea to the Yonkers line. Along the
avenues approaching the Sheepshead Bay race
track men aud boys in groups are playing auto
mobile poker" On Fifth avenue. Broadway, Maui
SON avenue. and all auto favored thoroughfares,
automobile poker is INDUCED in, evidencing that
the new bug has taken hold, for the time being,
at least.
selves on an auto haunted thoroughfare, the book
maker" and the players lay bets on the highest
possible hand to be found In the next devil wagon
which may come honking along. The auto comes
and passes in a cloud of dust. The number, say,
is 1861. One equals an ace, so the hand showed
is three aces. Those who guessed nearest to the
..nlnn Of thnf hnnd win LIZ the antn number Is
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
CARRY BUSHES TO LUNCHEON TABLE.

Those who take a casual view of the great
restaurants In the lower part of the city at mid
day are likely to think that New York business
men live in sybaritic luxury. The appointments
of the tables, the excellence of the food and the
leisurely dallying over coffee and cigars which
have of late become concomitants of a luncheon
might be taken to mean that the quick lunch"
habit had entirely disappeared and that men had
taken to rational ways OF eating.
All of this looks well, but as a matter OF fact
the luncheon has become a business function, as
much as any other duty connected with Office or
counting room. Over the tables, where napery
and silver CLEAN, are discussed contracts and
deals and margins. The restaurant for the time
becomes a mart or a rendezvous, and everything
is seasoned with shop.
New York men are taking more time over
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

E7244 the hand is two pair, u high. In the sam way the number lay
three or four deuces, trays, o fours.
The bookmaker takes all bets m n old number but pays on only 10 TN
holder of the highest hand.
Bt the game is destined to put the booknakers gu OF business, for the
chaufeurs and their friends are next" ant. the game is being already plugged
bv them. Knowing the number of their W automobile, they send the
friends along the line o get down a bet, and then comes the automobile, the
number prominently displayed. the wiley chauffeur sitting with apparent nm
coIcern at the tler
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
MOTOR BOATING BECOMING POPULAR.

Motor boat enthusiasts are constantly increAs-
ing. Hundreds of the little crafts may be seen
skimming the waters of the sound and harbor.
There are so many of them now that all aquatic
sports are undergoing a sea change.
Some motorboatiacs get the disease by FIRST
acquiring a catboat and others again are pos
sessed with a mania for speed, acquired on land
in an ordinary automobile. Few enthusiasts have
started out deliberately to submit themselves TO
this strange fascination. They begin by spending
money for sloops or cats and the microbe which
tastens the motor boat habit on them seizes them
about the time they buy a small auxiliary gaso-
line engine for their sailing craft. The sensation
of going FIVE or six miles an hour IS exhilarating.
and when the wind dies down and the canvas
flaps the spell of going without the aid OF Aeolus
nrnoa1c To the anfhnsincf
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
Round About NeW York
Information and Gossip Gathered by Our Correspondent Tin Plate
Magnate WEEDS Stage Favorite -Newspaper Man Wins Heiress-
New Form of Gambling.

NEW YO~RK.-Another stage beauty has cap
tured the heart of a Gotham millionaire and re-
tired from the glare of the footlights To the
auietude Of domestic life. This time 1t Is MISS
Mabel Carrier, who won the admiration OF theater
goers last season in "A Chinese Honeymoon,
playing a minor part. Miss Carrier is now the
wife Of Daniel G. Reid, one of the prominent
figures in New York's financial world, tin plate
and railroad magnate, whose wealth Is estimated
at between S25, 900, 900 and $i0,000,O0O.
No formal announcement has been made py
Mr.. Reid of his marriage and the date on which
the ceremony was performed has not been maze
nublic. but il is known that the wedding took
place several weeks ago.
Mr.. Reds name has been linked with that
of Miss Carter for the last year, but with char-
aoteristic secrecy he refused to let any OF his
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08
Expert Testimony.

Tom--We read a good deal about
proposing in the moonlight" but l
don't believe It's the usual way. do
You?
Dick-No. I always propose In the
aark.-DeGoit Free Press
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

1t dawns upon him that he does not need sails at all % before ios n
ia buUng motor boats trading motor BOATS n dreaming Of the anne
Motor boats have several advantages over steam launches tr the owner
There is n O waiting to get up steam, for a fey twists of wheels and the turn
a. of a switch are an the prelminaies necessary to cutting through the
brine. .., - a. -ohuo
As farmers and slowgong folks on land are distrustful of the automobhe
scorcher, SO are the fishermen and the clam dggers inclined to ook upon
The owners q. the motor boats as encroaching upon their rights, Ihey de-
clare that the oor Of the gasoline, especially in shallow water and the
drumming of the screw and the chug of the engines drives away u g ms
and dsturbs een the peace of the clans in the mud, Neyertheless mere
are in he neshborhood of the metropolis hundreds o. motoroo boats, n nen
number is constantly ON the increase