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The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Club Root In TurnIps.

Based upon English experiments car
ried on for number of years Is the
suggestion that two and one-half tons
of common lime slaked to a fine powder
and applied to an acre OF infested soil
will usually result in securing crop
reasonably free from this disease. 1t
is noted that the effect Of the lime may
be more apparent on the second than
on the first crop which follows It's ap-
plication.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Flow Of Rivers

Inc How of rivers, as might be sup.
posed is the slowest at the bottom Of
ne water and highest at the top. The
average velocity Of the entire stream
20 iound' as a rule at about six.tenths
VI the depth The friction of the bot.
. .vln winch retards the movement OF
we we deepest water is much greater.
relatively to the whole volume of the
deep one.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Steam In It's Infancy.

me first steamer to make a voyage
across the western ocean was the
ton una, OF $50 tons and length OF
wv Nv, ieet' She sailed from Savannah.
way ~ 1919, and arrived at Liver
POO, June 20 Her steam was purely
for when the wind was fair
VI .ne sea high the paddle wheels
we're unshipped and slowed on deck.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
SINE lima Competitlon.

AT a recent smelling competition
In London only 6.72 per cent of the
competitors succeeded in distinguish.
Ing the odors Of common oils. Those
most easily Identified were camphor.
peppermint, vanilla and cloves; those
least recognized were hemlock and
lavender.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Contradiction In Nature.

For hundreds Of years, perhaps
thousands, the Australian black has
accepted the doctrine of trinity in
heaven and the theory Of evolution.
In some respects he Is far superior
to his civilized contemporary. Yet
he curls himself round ike a dog and
sinks to sleep on the bare ground at
sunset. In the dark he is a veritable
coward.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Honeymoons Cut Short,

Brevity and economy in honey
moons, the London Express says, are
becoming the fashion. Even wealthy
people, 1t says, are showing tenden.
cy to limit the wedding tours to three
or four days in Paris" Many go
straight to their new home from the
church and stay there.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Chinese Stamps.

Nearly all Chinese stamps bear
dragons, hideous beyond description,
as their central figures. Other stamps
depict great pagodas and sacred tow.
ers, being supposed to guard the
luck" Of a place and propitiate the
spirits and brighten away the evil
ones.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
The StradlNarlus.

Stradlvarius viollns are extremely
rare. and Of remarkable excellence in
manufacture. Their age and their
wonderful mechanical perfection nee
essarily make them sweeter in tone
than less perfect and more modern
Instruments.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
The Bravest Men.

Undoubtedly the bravest class Of
men that ever trod the earth have
been the poets. They could say more
fool things about such sentiments as
love, and get away with them, thar
all the rest OF mankind would have
the courage to stand for in a million
years.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Improving on Tennvson

"Biils to the right OF US, bills to the
left of us, bills that are ruinous!'
papa dear Numbered "Frightful the
charge was made! Senseess the price
you paid!' Then on the table laid
check for six hundred, - Lowell Mass
Citizen.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Cross BREEDING OF Plants

1t is only within century that
hybridization or the cross breeding of
plants has been practiced. Yet II
seems to have been in Lord Bacon's
mind, as a thing to be achieved, more
than 80 years before.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Wild Anlmaln nvlnn On.

Few wild animals are left In New
Zealand The government takes good
care Of the remnant, and seeks TO add
new varieties Among recent impor.
tations are chamols from the Austrian
Alps, which ought to flourish In the
mountains OF Now Zenlnnd
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12

Tests OF the strength OF wire rome
conducted for the French govern
ment, show that the ultimate strength
Of a round rope is SO per cent less
than the sum Of the tensile strengths
Of It's individual wires before being
laid.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Stone In RrIdnns.

In this age of steel stone has by no
means been put out Of use in building
Important vinducts and bridges. The
second largest stone arch bridge in
the world was recently completed at
Salcano, Austria Its span is 279 feet
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
Be just to yourself. Eat nothing
but the best. 4Otf
Sayre Mill and Elevator Co.

DR.. J. J. Hanna specialist on dis
eases OF eye, ear, nose and throat.
is in his Office in Eberstadt build
ing on Mondays Thursdays and
Saturdays. 35tf.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
aNseSsszzs-
aRARMe F0gAD
g HNN GARDEN
CARE OF BABY CHICKS.
Handy Coop Arrangement For Hens
and Their RroOds.

Handy Coop Arrangement For Hens
and Their RroOds.
The following Is the care given Il
hen and her chicks by successful
poultry keeper: MY little sitting
house has nests for sixteen hens, and
/ try to set as many at time as can.
When the chicks are Matched | take
them out of the nests and put them In n
big market basket with warm wooden
cloth to cover them. Then selecting the
hens that seem the most anxious about
their chicks l put the hens in little A
coops, made with the Stats perpendlcu-
lar, the back boarded up, the upper
half Of back hinged to lower half and
held in place by button at top. Made
in this way the hen can be got at east
ly or dead chick taken out of the
coop without difficulty, and on a cold.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
.F|L|BUsTERS EXPOSED
uunIted States Army Officers In.
p|Icated in Plot.
DESIGNS UPON SAN DOMINGO
Suit Against Jiminez erough, by Man
who Engineered the EXPEDITION
That Failed to Accomplish Its End.
America to &c, Harbor.
tBy Associated Press. J

NEW YORK. April 12.-UniteI
States army officials and government
officials were mentioned in Testimony
concerning the 1897 flibustering ex-
petition of General Jiminez. former
president of Santo Domingo which
started from Mobile, Ala. and pro.
ceeded TO Monte Christi, Santo Do.
n1ingo.
The testimony was given by los.
cph l.. Cunningham, who is seeking,
in the Supreme Court to recover
$25,U0O from Jimincz for services
which he claims no rendered TO tho
expedition. He testified that he offer.
ed to both Jiminez and General Nor.
alcs, who was killed in the expedi.
ton to see United States officials
and politicians for the purpose of OBJ
tanning aid for the flibusters.
The real object of the expedition,
he said, was the capture of the re-
public of Santo Domingo for the In
surgents, with a view to obtaining
SANTANA Bay as a coaling station for
the United States. scheme which
had been favorite one of General
Grant
Justice Fitzgerald dismissed the
complaint on the ground that one
of the conditions of the note by
which 1t was alleged that Jiminez
agreed to pay $4,000 was conditional
upon a regular government being cs-
taDlished by Santo Domingo by the
revolutionary party within two
months and that no proof had been
presented TO establish that fact.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
NEWPORT NEWS VA, FRIDAY. April 13. 1906
st sacnmcnts? you did very
Queen Spends Day in Hospitals.


Queen Spends Day in Hospitals.
Queen Helena was with the King
when he started for Ottajano. but
she was obliged to turn back. as the
task was one not suitable for Il wo-
man. She spent the most of the day
IN visiting the injured in Naples hos
pitals and inspecting the housing pro.
vidcd for refugees.
ne Princess Of Sclileswig.Iiolstriu
set out in her automobile this morn
ing To visit the hospitals in the desc
lated towns, but after time the
motor car became disabled and she
was forced to return on foot n dis
lance Of twelve miles walking the
Instance through three feet OF ashes
+ The Princess endurance surprised
The Neapolitans, some OF whom dc.
clared that she must have been aided
by The saints, for never before had
a woman accomplished such. task.
Many Robbcrics Occur.
mere have been large number
of robbcrics of deserted houses in
spite OF the efforts of the authorities
to protect property In the excited
condition OF the populace there is
some difficulty in preserving order.
Even the dead arc being robbed
OF jewclry and money The closing
OF church at Tore Annunziata
which was considered to he unsafe.
prccipitated Il small riot.
Whole Towns Wiped Out.
The latest reports show that 243
houses have been damaged at Por-
tici, l95 at San Giovanni and I.cddu.
scio, 1872 at Resina ana 1000 at Tore
Del Greco.
1t is impossible to determine tho
exact number Of buildings demolished
at Tore Annunzlata. 1t is estimated
that about 5000 houses in all have
been partly or entirely destroyed.
In the villages ON the ottajano side
or the mountain all the houses are
damaged. At Nola desoation reigns
the place having been almost entirely
abandoned.
committee has been formed TO
collect funds and organize assistance
for the sufferers. 1t is presided over
by the Duke OF Aasta. The govern.
ment headed the subscription list
with 100000.
Ihc amount collected up to the
present time is 100000.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
TO VOTE FOR SENATORS
i is Again Proposed 10 Amend
The Constitution.
CHANGE IN THE LAW NECESSARILY
Congregational Committee Makes nee.
concentrations That viii Do Away
With Purchaae Of Seats in Upper
House If it is Adopted.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April ia RESP.
luton providing for the election of
senators by direct vote of the people
has been favoIaby acted upon by the
committee on election of president.
vicc-president ana Representatives in
congI ess.
The resolution, which was intro.
duccd by Mr. Norris, of Nebraska,
makes tue term of members of the
house four years Instead OF two
Both propositions are to be ac.
ccmplished By amendments to the
constitution.
Reasons why the term of members
should be four years are stated TO DO
because no party can inaugurate It's
policy In two years.
The people are tired the report
says, " of this continuous drama. and
as result are inclined TO give no
attention to the primaries and the
conventions, the very Foundation of
our political system, the forum where
In the country's interests can best
BIZ guarded and protected.
t"With an election every two years.
the political CRATER who thrivcs on
partisan strife and on the nervous
uncertainty controlling candidates for
OFFICE, is able to live from one cleo
ton to another by the Doodle secured
y, his unloly business. The adoption
Of the proposed amendment would
render 1t less possible for this crea-
ture to ply his trade"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
0owIe PRAYs FOR STRENGTH.
Old Hyporcritc lnpIorcs His Maker
For Aid.
Especial % Tho Daily Prcss.)


Especial to Tho Daily Prcss)
CHICAGO. April l2.-Joln Alrxar.
der Dowic's controversy with voliva
and The other revolutionists at Zion
City shranl into insignilicancc just
before midnight last night, at which
hour the sclf-stylcd apostle faced the
Great Maker OF all On his knees in
the center Of his chamber in the
Auditorium Annex. where he had
stumbled from his bed in the midst
Of racking illness. Dowle invoked
heavenly aid in what may be his II.
nal struggle with disease.
1t was at the close OF IL strenuous
day that the Zionist was attacked.
His collapse seemed SO extreme that
his personal attendants, all of whom
have been taught to shun medicine,
urged that they be allowed to send
for a physician.
81 want no Doctor" said Dowic,
feebly, II will have no physician.
shall ask divine assistance. that Is
the only real help
. Then, with a convulsive movement.
Dowic struggled from his bed and
stumbled toward the center of the
room
( He had gone but a few feet when
he sank to his knees and muttcrcd
a prayer.
His attendants carried him back to
bod again and at three O'clock this
morning he was said to be sleeping
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
CARRIERS PALS TO SERVE Time.

(By Associated Prcss)

III DE- +
SAVANNAH, GA. April 70.
Benjamin D. Greene ana John r. Cav.
nor were found guilty of conspiracy
against the government for present
ing false claims and embezzlcmcnt In
The federal court for the sorlLhoru
district Of Georgia today ana 10.
morrow Judge Emory Spccr will pass
sentence upon them
The defendants were found guilty
with no recommendation, upon each
OF the indictments. The verdict wns
returned few minutes before
O'Clock, after the jury had been out
three hours and half.
Trial Lasts ID Weeks.
For fourteen weeks the case has
been in progress and there was still.
ness OF the tomb In tho court room
us Judge SDeer asked the Jury lf
they had agreed upon IL verdict.
Foreman Hope Thomas answered IN
The affirmative and the three indict-
lncnts were taken and the findings
read by the clerk.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
BID|CUlEs CONSTITUTIONAl|sTs
Foraker Comes Out in His True Ligh,
and Uses His orstory in Defense
Of the Graphing. Grinding Railroad
rrust-ohioan A,tacks Pending Re-
lief Measure.
(Dy Associated Press


WASHINGTON, ID. G.. April IL
The feature of today's proceedings in
the House was the speech made By
Mr. Cochran IN Y.)
In view Of the announcement that
MT Cochran would speak the gal.
,Icrics were crowded and many mem.
bcrs were in attendance. MIR. Cock.
ran after a short discussion OF the
iiction Of general debate" anu the
failure of members to attend the sit
tings Of the House while subjects
covering the widest possible latitude
were being illuminated, launched out
into a defense of the Hepburn rate
bill aud the high position taken by
the House not only in the exception.
i'll character Of the lcgislatlon, but
in the dignificd way in which the bill
passed the lower branch of Con.
gress. In this connection he ridi.
culcd the constitutional debaters in
the Senate.
"a constitutional lawyer. how are
I'VE able. to distinguish him? Not by
the neumber of decisions OF courts
proving his contentious; but by the
wonder and awe of his associates. nj
the multiplicity of his quotations; the
strangeness Of his phrases: the awful
ness of his micn aud the mystery of
his meaning III
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
ference at Rio and The Red Cross
meetings at Geneva.
Tariff Revision Abandoned.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. April ~
The Massachusetts Republicans OF
the House have abandoned the effort
To secure the call of II caucus to con.
slider tariff revision. Fifty sigma
lures were needed to compel such Il
call. Besides the signatures of the
Massachusetts Republicans, but nine
other signatures wore offered
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
Foraker Fights For Faxori,es.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. April I2.-Al.
ter a brief speech by Mr.. I.atmcr iu
support of the House railroad rate
bill, Mr.. Foraker today took The nDor
on that measure and consumed pruc-
ticaIly of the remainder OF the days
session III attacking the pending bill.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
Congressman Rehukcd.

WASHINGTON. ID. G., April IL
MIR, Culberson presented in the Sou.
ate concurrent resolution including
senators and members of the House
IN the bill prohibiting officials OF the
government from prcnlaturely giving
out private information of the gov
ernmcnt and it was adopted.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
SHAFeR-LYNcH.
West Virginia Young People Quietly
Married in This Civ

mdTrIcu m MS CITY.
Mr.. Ezekiel Shafer of this city, and
Miss Myrtle Lynch. of Roane county.
w. Va, were quietly married We'd
nesday afternoon by Rev. NJ L. Bry-
ant.
Mr.. Shafer is stenographer in the
office of the naval constructor at the
shtpyard and recently came to this
city from Charleston, W. Va. His
bride Joined him here "Wednesday and
as soon as the necessary prelimlnaries
could be arranged the nupttal knot was
tied. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer are we'll
and favorably known In Charleston,
where they have host Of friends
The will reside at 3ls Flftleth street,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
Roosevelt to Tour the west.

WASHINGTON. ID. G., April l2.-.
President Roosevelt is planning an.
either extensive tour. IT, will be made
in the summer of 1907, and if the
Executive will only give car to the
hundreds Of cities and towns eager
to entertain him it may be extended
until ii conprehcnds almost as much
territory as his famous coast to coast
journey of 1908.
The President has already promis.
cd to attend the commencement ex.
erciscs of the Missouri Agricultural
College al Columbia during the first
week of June 1907. and today indi.
Gated to Representative Samuel w.
Smith that he would extend his trip
into Michigan to attend the semi.
centennial commencement Of the
Michigan Agricultural College at
Lansing.
Hague Conference Again Postponed.
WASHINGTON. D. G., April ;12.
Baron Roscn. the Russian Ambassa.
dor, called upon Secretary Root to.
day and stated that the Russian
Government was willing to defer the
Hague convention to some date later
than the first half of July, the time
originally proposed
This Is a, victory for the Latin
American diplomats who insisted
that the Hague Peace Conference not
conflict with the Pan Amerlcan con-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
Statue to General Greene.

WASHINGTON. d. G., April Ia
The Senate today passed bill pro.
viding for the erection Of statue
of General Nathaniel Greene, on the
battlefield of Giulford Courthouse.
NJ c..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
COUNTY FUNDS JuGGlED THOUGH
Shortage Of More Than $4,000 Found
In His Accounts Blu, as the Amoun,
viii be Made Up There VIII be No
One Prosceu,cd-chief culprl, in
His Grave.
His Grave.
Especial 10 the Daily Press. J

RICHMOND, VA, April l2.-jThe
grand jury of Hcnrico county which
has been investigating the conduct
OF the office of the late treasurer,
shortly before noon today, brought
in report, which was accepted by
Judge Scott. who thereafter discharg-
cd the jury.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13
Virginia Postmaster.

(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. April l2.-
The Senatc today confirmed the fol
lowing nominations: Postmaster: vir.
ginia-L. l.. Whitcstonc, Culpcpcr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-13

THE DAILY PRESS
Is the only newspaper
In Newport News that
receives full Associated
Press report.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-18
THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.

Cossacks, avenging the death of two
of their number, blew up an Armenian
seminary in Tifis, killing thirty-three
persons and wounding nearly 300.
Grave financial problems in Russia
are revealed by the budget statement
for 1906 which shows that the car
must borrow $24O,0O0,000 to run the
government in 1906. The cost of the
Japanese war was $1,000, 100000.
A squadron of dragons, which was
ambusned near Hazenpot, Russia, los
ing two killed and four wounded, re-
ceived reenforcements later and sur
rounded the reyolutionists. No quarter
was given and the revolutiOnists, num-
bering 80 in all, were killed to the last
man.
Revolutionists are making big gains
in the Caucasus and the Baltic prov
inces, the generals in command of the
cars forces being compelled to ask
for more troops.
Project Iuanatsevich was assasinat-
ed at Novominsk, Russia, while he was
driving in a sleigh from the railroad
station. His little daughter, who was
sitting by his side, was wounded.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-18

with her 100000 people. her COM
mercial ambition, her open ports and
special export ports. The on to ST.
IBERIA, whose great stretches of land
at present unoccupied, shall one day
produce enormous crops of wheat and
other cereals. And now we have cir
cled the vast circle of Pacific lands.
How rich in possibilities they are. AL
ready on the shores of this New Med
iterranean' live nearly half the human
race, and yet half the lands are unoc-
cupied, half the fertile acres lie un-
titled"
Mr.. LATER, the author Of the Argo-
naut article, asks: els it wonderful
that all peoples begin at last to see
that during this twentieth century the
Pacific ocean is to be the scene and
center of human activity? Here clash
or coalesce the two great civilizations,
those of occident and orient Here
shall be determined the name and
character of the race which shall hold
aloft the standards of progress. What
the Atlantic ocean has been during
two centuries; what the Mediterranean
was during the centuries when Rome
and Carthage contended long and val.
iently for it's mastery, that the Pa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-18
Four Perish.

Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 16-Four
lives were lost in fire that destroyed
the home FL. A. Brazil, near Portage
Ia Prairie. The dead are:
Catherine Quinn, an aunt; Catherine
Brazil, 16 years; Francis Brazil, four
years; Cecilia, infant child.
The flames spread with great rapidi-
ty and it is regarded as miracle that
any of the inmates escaped. The house
hold consisted of Ell. A. Brazil, his
wife, six children, and the aunt Ca
Uterine Quinn. They were all sleeping
on the second floor, except Brazil, who
occupied room downstairs. Brazil
was awakened by hearing one of the
children screaming Sire" Thinking
the stables were on fire he rushed out
to liberate the nine horses, and then
returned to the house, which was then
filed with smoke and flames
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-18

Some one speaks of this wonderful
body of water as too vacant ocean.
And true, the voyager on the Pacific
may cross to distant lands and per-
chance not meet a sail the whole way,
speak no ship. have been told that
the berth of captain on many of the
Pacific vessels is the easiest to be
found; among other exemptions, he
does not have to be on the alert for
collisions, is spared this burden of
a captain on the ship-laden Atlantic.
But all this will be changed in the
near future; the tide of commerce is
fast moving westward, and fast pour
ing in from the west, this great ocean
path" as we'll as "divider."
Some time ago in the San Francisco
Argonaut there appeared an article
rich in suggestion, under the title
''The Mastery of the Pacific" and
what specially impressed us was the
manner in which the writer made Wis
ible the circle of rich lands about the
long and wide waters. Let us con-
dense-although we regret we must
the writer's story. He begins with
the far northwest, with Alaska, once
considered frozen and barren of re-
source. First Alaska, known to be