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is also pretty and interesting girl.
1t came about in quite romantic
way.
Miss Bernhard and some friends were
motoring thru Shropshire, which is
one Of the most beautiful counties in
England, and just outside Longnor, the
Corbcts' place, the "car' came to
grief. Young, Joseph happened to be
passing at the time and went to the
invited into the house until the chauf-
feur had fixed things up. Between him
and Annie Bernhard it was quite case
Of love at first sight and the upshot is
that they are to be married about the
middle of next. month, and dressmak-
ers work day and night to finish up
the trousseau.
At the instance Of Comtesse de Cas-
tellane, who, everyone knows, was
Anna Gould before her marriage, a
daughter of JAY Gould, an agent has
been commissioned to find her Lon
don house or fiat. Thus we hope soon
to find her among us. She is heartily
sick and tired of Paris, and when her
it for considerable time. Her doctors
and her friends have suggested this
as they think it is essential for her to
get into totally new environment as
the best means Of inducing her to for
get the horrors she has been going
thru. notwithstanding all de Castei:
lanes brutalities, they say she loves
him still. One expected better than
this from an American woman! The
indlgnlties he inflicted upon her were
of the most odious character.
Fancy llttering her boudoir table
with gorgeous jewels from the Rue de
Riyoli for his stage fayorite jewels
to- be paid for with her money! /, tt was
mot until he tried to make her receive
some. of these !" creatures, that she
put down her. foot. People who know
the Caste lanes best would not be a
bit sur prised if the count were to get
round his wife again with promise, : Of
6 being good. for evermore. He cares
nothing for her but, of course, her
immense fortune "a goodly portion Of
(which he has got thru--is Of enormous
Importance to the poverty stricken
French nobleman, who has not sou
with which to bless himself save what
he gets from his wife.
Judging from .he extraordinary
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Iready to be conquered for the Ameri-

ready to be conquered for the Ameri-
can farmer.
In the early nineties young man
from Michigan named David Fairchild
worked in the department. of agricul-
ture at Washington. His father,
George Fairchild, had drawn the bill
providing for the first agricultural ex-
pertinent station in the United States.
Young Fairchild decided to go to Eu-
rope to study plant diseases. Some of
his friends in the department tried to
dlssuade hin. from it, saying that it
was wasting his time, but he went. On
the steamer he met Barbour Lathrop,
a traveller making his third trip around
the world. One day in the smoking
room young Fairchild told of his de,
sire to explore plants in Java and to
study bacteria under Professor Koch
In, Berlin. Suddenly his companion
said
;" Why study microscopic stuff? What
you want to study are plants that men
"But I haven It the means. - replied
Mr.. Fairchild, tho the suggestion made
q deep impression on him. Six months
later. when he was working at the Ma
Piles Geological station Mr.. Lathrop
came to see him and said: "I've de-
cided to send you to Java After
studying two years in Germany, Mr.
Fairchild joined his patron, and they
went on an extensive tour thru the
Malay archipelago and China. Mr.
Fairchild sent. home hundreds Of speci
mems, including the mangosteen
"queen of tropical fruits,' now being
grown in the United States. -.
On his return Mr.. Fairchild found
that a bill was pending in congress
for seed appropriation. He saw the
opportunity to introduce foreign crops;
so he said to Secretary Wilson,: "Why
not put in a clause allowing you 500,
600 for introducing new Varieties ?'
The secretary approved and the appro
prlatlon was made, thus making posi-
ole the office Of seed and plant intro
duction. Mr.. Fairchild was placed in
charge. The guiding principle from the
start was: "Get the living seeds and
plants that promise to be distinctly
useful and eliminate the element OF
finding curious and new species which
has SO largely entered into botanical
investigation.
owe won't send out botanists, ,
said Mr.. Fairchild what shall we call
our agents?'
Agricultural explorers said some
one IN the office.
| Thus the title was introduced, and
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Isaac F, Marcosson in Worlds Work.
"a CARAVAN made it's way
- slowly out of the Arabian
desert and halted on the
bank of the Tigris river. The cam
els, with many grunts, knelt, and the
turbaned Arabs began to unload the
packs. A 1.-the, tanned young Ameri-
can carefully watched some tawny
packages, wrapped in mating, as they
were conveyed to the deck of P. & 0.
steamer that drifted lazily at it's an
chorage. Beyond the camels cleaned
the mosques and minarets of Bagdad;
low sands of the desert, and all around
was the brilliant green Of oriental vege-
tation.
An English tourist, who had watched
the unloading with interest, approached
the, young American and asked: ~. -.
What is in those packages ~
reply. ,s,..-> S.~~..-s.s1
"You don t mean that You. are grow
ing dates in America9' asked the tour
lst IN great astpnishment.
"fes,' was the reply.
And who are you, may I ask 80
queried the Englishman.
IAN agricultural explorer from the
department. of agriculture, said the
American.
( Today those palms, gathered in the
valley Of the Tigris, are growing in an
Arizona desert. They are part Of 5000
palm trees in various sections of our
arid region that promise to contribute
In few years to our regular crops a
fruit peculiarly oriental. They repre-
sent part Of the far-reaching work of
the office of seed and plant introduc-
ton of the department of agriculture.
For years we depended on our con.
suls and naval officers for the introduc
ton OF foreign crops and fruits. They
came IN other ways, too. The Francis
can frlars brought alfalfa seed to Cal
1fornia and from it grew a crop that
now covers millions of acres. They
also planted some olive cuttings from
which a thousand orchards have grown
4 visitor at the capitol grounds at
Washington called the attention of the
superintendent to the navel orange, re.
sultlng in the Introduction of this va.
r1ety which has enriched many Amer
Jeans. A consul in South Africa sent
IN some grains of Kaffir corn which has
given our western farmers a drought
resistant crop worth millions of dollars
every year. But there was no system
We imported fruits and vegetables. vet
the whole foreign plant kingdom stood
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no risk in having their matrimonial
plans upset by engaging poor young
honorables to supervise their culinary
departments. Always practical, his
majesty told the Colebrookes that if
his suggestion was taken up he would
see that a gentleman chef got the first
chance when vacancy occurred in any
OF the royal palace Kitchens
''si1ent'' Smith Crank.
SILENT Smith, as the late "Chi-
ccago' Smith s millionaire nephew has
been dubbed, has been staying with
ms bride at Tanderagee castle, in Ire
land, with the Manchesters. The
duchess is devoted to her great friend.
Mrs. Smith, but she told someone
know, ''the most difficult man in the
world to entertain is James Henry
Smith; for it did not matter what YOU
did for him he never looked anything
but bored.'' ..~.-, Q
The one person he shows the slight
est interest in is his wife, who can lust
twist him round her little finger. If
she took a fancy to the moon he would
have ladder built and climb himself
to reach 1t. Mrs. James Henry says
she will have to give him lessons in
manners towards women. He can It put
VI PAopoiiy q 1duy 5 evening CLOAK to
save his soul and his clumsy attempts
at little courtesies towards women
amuse everyone considerably. When
ladies' are present he is even more silent
than usual. While at Tanderagee he
spent his happiest time in the nursery
with the little ducal offspring. Imagine
him on all tours crawling around the
room: with little Viscount Vaudeville
on his back! The duchess, much to the
silent one s vexation, caught snap
shot Of him thus engaged. s. S
Makes Good Match. /.
From a social point of view. Miss
Annie Bernhard, who is a daughter Of
Henry NJ. Bernhard of New York. is
doing. well, for herself in becoming. en-
gagged to Colonel Corbet's son. The
Corbets are cnesiof the oldest and most
in their ancestors have dwelt for cen
turtles. But Of worldly goods they have
little. * e7- s.
The Corbets are very delighted over
the engagement as apart from the fact
that the bride-to-be has money, She
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ground may be used for summer crop
like melons. It is not substitute for
alfalfa, which is perennial. Berseem
is now growing in the valley Of the
Colorado river. 8' .s. e
An Experience in Bohemia.
The work Of the explorer was as deli
cate as it was difficult. Skill and di-
plomacy were required to enter for
eign land and carry, off the seeds or
plants that might make the United
States rival. Mr.. Fairchild IS expert
ence in the hop-growing region Of Boz
hernia was typical. Every. year the
American brewers import vast quanti-
ties Of Bohemian hops because they
NJ FaircIild rrivin aIe' ST. saa sac q
quaint little town, ~ the heart Of the
hop district he found, thatsthe growers
would not sell any hopscuttings,' fear
ing competition.
FINALLY he persuaded one Of them to
secure some cuttings which were
packed at midnight in barn, and
shipped as glassware to an agent, at
Hamburg. These hops are now. being
bred to the sturdy California hops and
the experts expect ito secure substi-
tuJe LOT the imported variety.
Adventures. in Exploration.
A California fruitgrower appealed to
the department for citron cuttings. Mr..
Fairchild went to Corsica, the home Of
the citron. He found that the Cor
sicans had the same objection to the
removal Of cuttings as the Bohemian
hop growers. = ~ ~ +.
While waiting for the, mayor, Of a
small town Mr.. Fairchild amused him
self by taking photographs Of the ma
tives: Suddenly a hand was clapped
on his shoulder, and he turned to face
gendarme who placed him under ar
rest. He was marched to filthy jail
where he was charged with being an
italian spy. Unfortunately he had no
passport, and he could not very well
confess that he was an agricultural
explorer seeking to transplant one Of
the island s choicest products to the
United States. The police discovered
a notebook with italian agricultural
notes, and this confirmed their suspi-
cions. Finally Mr.. Fairbanks discovered
that he had green check of the de-
partment Of agriculture. It was long
and official looking Flashing this in
the face of the guard, he exclaimed:
'This is my passport!,' The guard
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large number of well-known Amer
leans here-many of whom are look
ing for houses or fats-London is un
questionably taking the place of Paris
in their hearts. am told that several
Of the sumptuous new fats which are
being termed "the. home Of million.
aires'' are being built on the site of
the late Duke of Cambridge IS house
near Hyde Park corner, are to be
dictate which own the block say it is
Americans they are trying to catch for
tenants, and it is their luxurious
tastes which the architect and build
ers are keeping in view as the man
sion blossoms forth. Central heating
and other American notions are being
introduced; in short, these new flats
will be miniature Fifth avenue apart
ment houses planted in Piccadilly.
Motor Bus Hurts Property.
= Unless some young and innocent
wealthy American can be induced to
take it, Otto Belt will have hard
task to find a tenant for the house he
inherited from his brother, Alfred, in
Park Lane. Notwithstanding the fact
that some Of the most famous man
slons in the world are on this avenue,
the street as an abode Of wealth and
fashion is doomed.
Its ultimate abandonment by this
class is daily brought nearer owing
to the increasing motor omnibus traffic
thru 1t which lasts all day and more
than half the night. The weird com
bination of noises made by these We
-hicles racks the nerves and renders
repose impossible. On the quiet many
mil ionaires ARE trying to dispose Of
their houses in Park Lane. zs=
ss For example, Sir Ernest Cassel,
whose guest the king has been on sew
7eral occasions lately, has been trying
to float a company to turn that sln1p-
stuous mansion, Brook House, which
he acquired only about year ago,
into a hotel. He could, however, get no
one to take it up. A1tho it was a pal
ace when he bought it, he has. ever
since been spending money upon it and
today it is the most princely house in
London. Tt takes more than a prophet
to foreteH what may happen in one
year IN London. Twelve months ago the
motor omnibus was unknown IN our
streets. II adv Mary.
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was impressed and let him 20. On
his way to the coast he stole into a
citron grove and obtained some Ycut-
tings. These he packed in potatoes
to Sevade inspection, and shipped to
the department of Washington. .5 ss
Equally interesting was Mr.. Lath-
rop's experience in obtaining tobacco
seeds in Sumatra, where there is a
very rigid rule against letting seeds
get outside the island, for the growers
fear American competition. Mr.. Lath-
rop told them frankly of his mission
and they determined that he should
have none. Finally after patient de-
lay he secured some seeds from a ma
tive, put them in beer bottles, and sue
cessfully got them out Of the country.
4. New Salad from Japan.
On one occasion Mr.. 5Lathrop and Mr..
Fairchild were dining with an Ameri-
can lady at Yokohama. When the
salad was served it was found to be
plant. With French dressing, it was
most 3appetizing. X, ....~"s.
!. SThis salad is ,fine,'' said Mr.. 10th
E Esg; We never eaten Nib. it before What
80 just Japanese plant called udo
that I have adapted" replied the host
ess. tSSThe Japanese cook it, but I
tried it with dressing, and it proved to
be a>good salad.' : ..S
The. next day the explorers made a
tour in rickshaWs and found udo in
abundance. It looks like a shrub and
renews itself like alfalfa. Some of it,
grown near Seattle, Wash, has been
served in New York and Philadelphia
hotels. A thousand people are now
growing and using it in various parts
of the United States. It is a substi-
tute for asparagus, with this difference,
that all of it may be eaten.
The case of the mango is similar.
From single tree, imported from In
dia, that survived a blizzard in Florida
in 1895, thousands Of trees have been
grown in that state. Native mangoes
will soon be on our markets..
Forage crops and Japanese rush for
mating are being developed for the
abandoned rice fields of the Carolinas;
Japanese paper plant is being intro
duced for the unused hills of North
Carolina and Georgia; and Japanese
bamboo is being tried on the vast and
hitherto unproductive. canebrake of the
south. Everywhere. efforts are being
made to replenish jaded or useless soil.
The seed has been sown that will
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-17

Algeciras, Spain, Jan. 1.-THE Mo-
roccan conference has opened. 81
The Duke Of Almodorar the Spanish
foreign minister, delivered the speech
of welcome. ,78s a
It was noticed that the French and
British delegates drove to the confer
sence together. 5s Il. s.:. 81 73=5,s
Herr Won RadoWitz, chief Of the Ger
man mission, proposed the Duke Of
sAlmodovar as president of the confer
ence and the other countries repre-
scented, including the United States.
seconded the proposal. IS s.. F:s, IS 55....
The Duke of Almodovar was unani.
mously elected president and the con.
terence ieerned for he$day. 5sz5.
Ambassador White was most salts.
fed with the result of the meeting,
as the Duke Of AlmodoVar emphasized
the necessity for the independent OF
Morocco and the open door, in which
he was imme diately and strongly sec
onded by the French and German dele
gates. 55ss a n 2fs: ,,se$
The conference decided to begin
with discussing the surveillance OF
contraband arms and then take up the
question Of financial reforms,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-17
members OF WORKMEN'S
COUNCIL Are ARRESTED

st. Petersburg, Jan. 17.-AH the
members of the wcEkmen's council,
numbering twenty-five persons, were
arrested during the night. The police
seized many revolutiozsz.s documents
and a mass of correspondence. ~s ,-.-.
The government officials consider
that the movements of the revolution
lists will be hampered by the capture
of the members of the council. -
The agrarian disorders which have
broken out in the outskirts of ST.
Petersburg have assumed an ugly
phase. The peasants have sacked the
estates of the Duke of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz and Prince Kors1kof and
have burned the buildings on an es-
tate in the district of Tsarskoe-Selo,
almost in sight of the emperor's pal
ace. - . q =.
The terrorist organization is includ-
ing in its death roll not only officials
but leaders of the conservative Or
gganiZations. q, .. "
: A dispatch from Smolensk. Middle
Russia, says that President Koutofft
of the League of Banner Bearers.
formed to defend the autocracy, has
been murdered at his residence by
eight terrorists, who operated with
the utmost holiness and left a notice
to the effect that similar fate would
befall all the members of the League
of Banner Bearers. - y =,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-17
STEVENSON DENIES STORY.
Declares Language Credited to Presi
dent Is False.

Washington, Jan. 17s--At the open
ing of the house Mr.. Stevenson
(Minn.) obtained the floor ON ques-
ton of personal privilege. He had
read from a Boston paper an article
quoting President Roosevelt as saying
to Mr.. Stevenson on last Saturday
that if he had known Mr.. Stevenson
was opposed to the Philippine tariff
and statehood bills he should not have
appointed Mr.. Steenerson's man as re-
ceiver for the general land Office at
Crookston, Mimi slit9iTr1
Mr.. Stevenson first commented
that If it were true the president had
used the language attributed to him
it was serious matter. But" he
continued, 'the article is false. No
such language was, ever used by the
president (Republican applause}. Nor
was anything ever said by him in my
hearing that could be susceptible of
any such meaning" Still more ap-
plause greeted this statement.
Mr. Stevenson said the whole thing
was not only false but was ridiculous
because he did not hold the views on
the bills as stated He concluded by
stating that his interview with the
president was entirely pleasant, He
regarded it as confidential, but author"
lied the president SO far as he. wac
concerned to make public SO much os
it as the president might remember.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-17
The MOROCCAN CONFERENCE
Has AUSPICIOUSLY OPENED
"A Spanish Gfandee Chosen to Preside--He Emphasized
the Necessity Of the independence Of Morocco
and the Open Door

macy TO bring the conference Withli
the closest possible limits. The pro
gramme agreed upon was as follows:
The two governments are in accord
in proposing to the sultan the follow
ing programme: S2 So ~
| 'First-Ihe organization, by inter
nal accord, of the police, except on
the Algerian frontier. ), -.s sssS
Observation-Disclosures and repres.
sion OF contraband arms, except along
the Algerian frontier. ...:.S
Third Financial reforms. with the
lcreation Of q state bank, with the
| privileges Of issuing currency. II.
| Fourth-Study of the customs and
new means of raising revenues"
Minor Features Also Covered.
| The agreement contains some other
minor features, but the foregoing are
/ the essential questions to be present.
ed to the Morocco conference.
/ France throughout the controversy
and up to the opening of the confer
ence has maintained that she had a
special or privileged position in MO
1 rocco. That is the vital question about
to be considered, for the questions Of
Econtraband and customs are largely
detail @ If the special position of
France is recognized then the coming
conference will turn over to; France
j the organization of the police and mil
itary and the surveillance of contra
band. In short all of the questions in
Yolved hinge upon the main question
Las to whether the special position Of
| france is to be clearly recognized.
| Germany will doubtless contend for
International supervision, in which she
and all other powers shall take equal
part, something like the international
administration of Macedonia and Crete
On the other hand France consistently
upholds her special and paramount
right, based on geographical position,
to safeguard the future of Morocco,
| acting thus as the virtual trustee for
| the nations. sa- ss.=,... a..s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-17
III sUFFocATED IN TUNNEL.
Four Workmen Meet Death urasr
Il East River. 80

2 $$SS East sftfSSCssaEs
s:s New York, Jan. / r. Two negro tim
mel workers were killed by suffocation
and {caisson disease, two were
drowned, two others were seriously;
overcome and the white foreman and
assistant suffered severely in rescuing
those who survived when q comp essed5
air pipe burst in the East river tunnel
on Man-o' War reef, opposite Forty
second street, early in the day.
q The bodies of the two drowned men
still lie at the bottom OF the shaft,
twenty feet below the river level.
4 These men were overwhelmed by the.
water pressure. The other two dead
men were hoisted to the surface by
the foreman and his assistant, who
also rescued the two whose lives were
saved. The foreman and his assistant
i were hoisted to the river level with
the bodies just In time to escape
drowning and death BY the bends 4
as the dreaded caisson disease is
called. 81 a.s
Manp. War reef is q mass of rocks
which lies Just below the surface Of
/ the river at low water. When it was
fixed upon as the place for a shaft 9
crib was built, which was made air.
tight, aud by dunn ping rocks from the
other shafts upon It the contractors
have little island for the WoEk
there. From this the shaft through
which the compressed air was driven
to the workers below was sunk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-17
CLEVELAND FIRMS DEBTS
REACH THREE MILLION

Cleveland, Jan. according to an
official statement issued by the bank
ers. committee Investigating the af-
fairs of Denison, Prior & Co, the
bankers and brokers who failed sew
eraI days ago, the liabilities of the
firm, including the forged bonds put
out by L..sW. Prior, will aggregate
s3, 000,O 900. The statement, as given
out by the bankers committee. is as
follows: # .3.s *s
s$ 1.-THE total liabilities, including all
forgeries, aggregate approximately
s., 000, 900 and there are valid assets
either in the hands of the firm or up
as collateral Of about 81, 500.000. This
total of 100000 includes about ST..
100000 of assets and liabilities in the
Boston and Cleveland bond depart
ments which have not heretofore been
taken into account, as the bonds IN
the bond departments are good and
valid bonds, largely hypothecated and
more than ample to pay obligations
against them -
| 'sMr. Danison was in Boston last
Sunday and had shipped On to be
turned over to the receiver something
rover S5e, 600 cot sss2tll ,sEhieh
was all the property in the possession
| of the firm in Boston" ~ 81 =
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PHILIPPINE TARIFF TINkERED.

tanned, 1873 20 123. Only three Repnb,
Icans voted to oyerrule the chair.
These were MI. Mccall, Mr.. Hoar
i tMass.1 and Mr.. Fordney (Mich.). s;s
s An amendment by William Alden
Smith tMich,| making the duty on
sugar 60 per cent of the Dingley rate
Instead of IS per cent, as provided in
the bill, was defeated, Is to 1877.
An amendment was adopted TAX
ing rice from its place on the free list
under the terms of the bill and pro-
viding q duty Of rs per cent Of the
Dingley rates on it, the same as on
sugar and tobacco.