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

ready conducted it has been learned
that with such crops as corn, beets
and cotton, the yield may be largely
increased and the labor reduced by
the grading of the seeds into uniform
sizes and by the use of planters which
will deposit the seeds predetermined
number in hill or uniform distance
apart in the row. Another line of in
vestigation which the Office has under
way is to determine the efficiency of
denaturized alcohol as a substitute for
gasoline and kerosene in lamps, stoves
and internal combustion engines, and
to determine it's cost of manufacture
from various farm products such as
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

company usually sent mounted
escort of ten men with their haying
teams to guard them while at work
but often we would separate into
small squads, in our eagerness to hur-
riedly secure our loads, and venture
beyond a reasonably safe distance
from the main command. One even
ing, while a party of ten of us were
engaged in cutting grass in a slough
west of the Sheyenne river, we per-
ceived a great cloud of dust rising in
the southwest, caused by the travel
ing of animals over the parched
plains. Preparations were instantly
made to receive an enemy; while two
Of our men mounted their horses and
galloped off to recpnnoiter. They
soon came hurrying back shouting the
magic word Indians" while tramping
hoofs could be heard in the distance.
We had barely time to dismount and
lead our horses out into the tall grass
nAN StCCoS tudS SuiItuuuSu Us WHICH,
the cloud of dust swept on, as If
hurried along by a blast, and a band
of wild horsemen came dashing past
in the direction OF our camp. Their
mode of riding, dress and accoutre-
ments and uncouth armor, made them
seem q party Of hostile savages ar.
lrayed for war, hut they proved to be
q band Of halfbreeds and friendly In
dams down from the north on buffa-
10 hunt. Riding out on a beautiful
lsloping prairie in plain view of our
:, encampment, where their movements
leould be distinctly observed, they
halted beyond the range Of the picket
guards. One Of their sub-chiefs
waived a piece of white cloth. attached
to the end Of buffalo lance. back and
forth as a taken Of peace; and, in
answer to the signal to advance
thrust his Jagged lance into the
ground and rode out from among his
followers.
This was the comme ncement OF one
lof those wonderful thrilling feats Of
strategic Craftsmanship often seen per
formed by these copper-colored caval
Hers Of the western wilds. He was
mounted on a swift footed and high
spirited mustang, with exuberant
S[mane and long, bushy tail that swept
1.-THE air as its expert rider forced Il
along at full speed. All eyes botI
\ from his own party and those at ths
.encanipment, were fixed upon ths
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

corn, potatoes, beet pulp and molasses
from sugar factories. Congress has
recently passed bill which removes
all internal taxes from alcohol used
for industrial purposes. If the senate
should pass the bill it will mean a
great development in agriculture as
without tax this grain alcohol can be
manufactured for from IL to Is cents
per gallon, and the farmer may be
able to obtain cheap power, light and
heat from his own farm products
which will pump his water for irriga-
ton, propel his farm implements and
do other farm work, light his house
and cook his meals.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30
T|E.UP IS imminent
longshorenen Threaten To GO on Strike Tonight an(
Vessel Owners we aye nulstliag 70 Get Boats
Loaded and Away Before Then

Cleveland, O., April 30.-Vessel
owners here today are making every
possible effort to get the boats in port
loaded with view to sending them
out before midnight when members
of the Longshoremen union will, it is
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

now fully expected, will go on strike.
Fully twenty thousand men, will be
effected on the lakes by strike move
ment. The Longshoremen's union In
cludes, in addition to deck workers,
the vessel mates, firemen and water
tenders.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-30

Continued from page sd
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
Greatest Natural Disasters of
History,

Pompeii and Hereulaneum de-
stroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
A. D. 10; more than 10000 lives lost.
Earthquake in Constantinople. thou
sands killed; year 557.
Catania, Sicily, $4,000 persons killed
by earthquakes; year 1877.
Syria, 10000 killed by earthquake;
year 1853.
Cilicia, 10000 killed by earthquake;
year 1868.
Palermo, earthquake. 5000 lost; year
1925.
Canton, China, 100000 lost by
earthquake: November 30, 1881.
Kuchan. North Persia, 10000 lost;
earthquake; year 1855.
Lisbon, city ruined by earthquake,
25 900 killed; November, 1855.
Aleppo, destroyed by earthquake,
thousands killed; year 1922.
Canton, earthquake, 5000 lost: May
81, 1890.
Calabria, earthquake, 10000 lost;
year 1857.
Island of Krakatoa volcanic erup
tion. 36.3S0 lives lost; May 81, 1888.
Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 79
killed; year 1880.
Isle of Ischia, earthquake, 1000 lost;
year 1883.
Charleston, S. C., earthquake, Al
lives lost; August 81, 1886.
Bandalsan, volcanic eruption, 1.00l
killed, July. 1888.
Island of Hondo. Japan, earthquake
10000 killed; October. 1891.
Venezuela, earthquake. 5000 killed:
April "a, 1894.
Guatemala, earthquake. great loss OF
life; April, 1902.
st. Pierre, Martinique. Mont Pelee
May, 1902; loss of life, 40, 900.
Vesuyian towns destroyed by erup
tion of volcano, April, 1906; 400 O,
more killed.
San Francisco, April Is, 1906. earth
quake, followed by fire.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

from the south wing of the Capitol,
with which it is to be connected by
an underground passageway, through
which members of Congress may pass
back and forth from the legislative
hall to their Offices. There are 40
Office rooms, providing a Don for each
Representative in Congress and Dele
gate, and leaving vacant nineteen
rooms for a future growth in the mem
bership of the House through a reap
portionment of districts or the admis-
sion of new States. The House annex
and the Senate office building. also
under construction at the opposite end
of the plaza, are being put up to pro-
vide for the members of the National
Legislature. quarters absolutely needed
for the efficient transaction of public
business. The great growth in size
of both branches of Congress has
caused the Capitol building to be en-
larged. but this was only sufficient to
provide the necessary space for the
assembly halls of House and Senate
and the committee rooms, the latter
in many cases being small and badly
ventilated. Under present conditions
individual members (unless they hap
pen to be chairmen of committees)
have no Offices and a badly congested
condition exists. Realizing the need
of one great legislative centre where
Senators and Representatives may
concentrate their activities and be
comfortably quartered. Congress three
years ago authorized the construction
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
SUCCESSFUL S~CULPTRESS.
Miss Evelyn LOnenan of Chicago
Awarded Fifteen Thousand
Dollar Prize.
To Carve Bronze Doors at Annapolis
Naval Academy-Has Attained Fame
Through Her Figure of Victory"
at St. Louis Fair.

When the new bronze entrance doors
of the Annapolis Naval Academy are
completed and hung in place there will
exist another monument to the skill
of American ONE Colonel Robert
M. Thompson, who presented these
doors to the academy as a memorial
of the class of IS, stipulated in making
the offer that the design selected for
the doors should be awarded by compe-
tition, the winner TO receive a prize of
$3.50 There were thirty-three COM
p~etitors for this prize, an unusually
large number, and the designs submit
ted are said to have been of a high
degree of excellence. The votes of all
five jurors were cast for the model pre-
sented by Miss Evelyn B. Longman. of
Chicago.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

in the already hardened shell that sur
rounds the inner mass. That shell
must give way at some point. Aside
from the eontractions of the earth's
surface, another cause is given that
might affect the changing of the sur
face of a given part of the world. This
cause is the accumulation of a vast
weight of sedimentary deposit brought
down by rivers. For example, the Mis-
sissippi River is entirely made up of
the deposits of the streams washing
down from higher lands. The weight
of that deposit would be difficult to
calculate, and resting upon a portion
of the earth's shell, might occasion its
sinking. This theory is held by some
scientists in connection with the Cali
fornia disaster. for the Sacramento
River is the depositor of vast weights
of sediment in the Pacific waters near
San Francisco.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
Work Progressing Rapidly.

Although the digging of the trenches
for the House Office building was be-
gun less than a year ago. the structure
is now up to the first floor line. To
hasten the work Elliott Woods. Super
intendent of the Capitol, directed that
construction begin before all the speci-
fications and contracts were complete.
This was done through letting out the
stone contract first. by authority of the
House Building Commission. 1t is cal
culated that both buildings will be
ready for the SiXtieth Congress.
In accordance with Masonic tradi-
tions, the ceremony was conducted in
the open air, in IA simple, unostenta-
tious manner. In every detail Ii CORE
sponded as nearly as practicable with
the historic ceremony In which Presi-
dent Washington participated. The
articles placed in the cornerstone were
largely identical in character with
those deposited in the original Capt
toll stone by Federal Lodge, and, as
both President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon are members of the Masonic
order, the occasion in every way har-
monized with the spirit of the cere-
mony directed by the Virginia %jurisdlc-
ton in laying the cornerstone of the
Capitol.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
THE SURGERY OF THE An
CLIENTS.

What is known to modern dentists
as bridge work was familiar to the
Etruscans, as eXtant specimens attest,
according to an interesting article in
the British Medical Journal. Plaster
ears, noses and lips were common
among the Indians, where the cutting
off of these features was a punishment
much in use. and Greek and Roman
veterans who had lost a leg or an arm
in war tried to make good the de-
ficieney by artificial substitutes. 1t is
stated further:
What is said to be the Oldest artifi-
cial leg in existence is now in the mu-
scum of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England. 1t was found in a tomb
at Capua. Pliny speaks of a Roman
warrior who. IA century and a half be-
fore the birth of Christ, wore an arti-
manipulate a sword. In the Middle
Ages artificial limbs sometimes re-
paired the disablements of war. The
iron hand of Goetz Won B~erlichingen
was an ingenious piece of mechanism
made for that famous knight in 1904.
A century later an artificial hand was
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

from the effect of the Capitol itself,
The exterior design for the buildings
is classic, suggesting in its general di-
vision of parts the Garde Meuble in the
Place de la Concorde, Paris, while the
pavilions are modelled on those of the
Colonnade de Louvre. Architecturally
the front is divided into two parts, the
lower corresponding to the first story
of the building constituting a 'rusti-
Gated" base, on which, extending
through the second and third stories.
is the colonnade. ~surmounted by its
entablature and balustrade. 1t is be-
lleyed that the effect of the two flank
ing buildings will be to give unity to
the whole scheme and to emphasize
INTELLECTUALLY the great beauty of the
Capitol, all of the lines leading up to
and centering in its dome.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
San FRANCISCAN HORROR.
Terrible Destruction of the City
by Violent Earthquake
and Flames.
Fire Results in All Parts of Metrop-
archaeological Scientists Say No
Connection Between Quake and
VesuViam Eruption.

1t was during the repose of early
morning; the Spring-time sun was
casting its golden rays over the Sierra
Nevadas and striking down II the
peaceful, slumbering valley of the
Sacramento. All the Western Hemi-
sphere was at peace with the elements.
Suddenly there came an awful growl..
ing and crashing beneath the very cen
tire of San Francisco. and in a tenth or
the space of time required to describe
the event. falling walls and fire COM
bined to work OF the metropolis or the
Pacific the most appalling natural ca
lamity which has occurred on this
continent since the landing of the Pill
grims. The destruction that has been
accomplished is almost i~ncalculable.
The inferno of flames which burst forth
simultaneously in various parts of the
city was rendered still more terrible
by the repeated %quakings of the earth,
by which the rescuers were in mo-
mentary danger of being buried with
the dead beneath the falling structures
The very earth itself-our own mother
earth-proved as t%reacherous as a
deadly snake, and the usual ocean
breeze. by a strange peryersion of ma
luI1- hlhl1d Jun ~ q oAh ~ y
famed the flames to intensity and
became a deadly agent of destruction.
The general dismay of the populace
was augmented by the constant roar
of dynamite explosions, made in a vain
effort to check the progress of the
flames. The vast pail OF smoke that
blotted out the Sky did not tend to allie
yiate the general anxiety. Yet, in such
,x. anJa,,1aAAL 80 "a = no t1ni-
yersal panic and madness. there were
performed numberless feats OF heroism
that will remain on the scroll of time
as illustrious proofs of the nobility
which is hidden beneath the surface OF
ordinary life. Cool heads and brave
hands. with stout hearts behind them,
performed their work of rescue in the
very face of death, and even the indie
~scribable horror of the earthquake was
overcome.
San Francisco, a rich and proud city,
has been swept by fires before and
has, phoenix like, arisen from her
ashes. Moreover. she has more han
once experienced earthquake tremors
which were, to say the least, injurious
and menacing. But America is n
cemented nation. The disasters of one
section bring together in II grand
sympathetic bond the inhabitants of
the others, all anxious and insistent
upon holding out the helping hand and
voicing words of sympathy to the af-
ficted sister. States. cities and towns
throughout the entire Union have Of
fered unstinted assistance in the way
of money, food, clothing and medical
attendance, with which to relieve the
want, not only of San Francisco, but
also the other California cities
and towns which have suffered with
the metropolis of the State.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
ScuIptress Is Already Famous.

The best known work of Miss Long
man is the bronze figure of Victory"
which was carved for the Festival Hall
at the st. Louis Worlds Fair. For
this she was awarded a silver medal.
At the close of the fair the original
was brought to the Chicago Art Insti-
tute. A bronze reproduction has been
purchased by the Union League Club
and will adorn the entrance to the club
rooms
Another one of Miss Longman's
works which has commentator is
a bronze figure of Death" which she
recently completed, and which is to
be placed on the Story monument in
the cemetery at Lowell, Mass.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

are never caused by volcanoes, but by
faulting plains. This is particularly
true of both seaboards of the United
States. Mr.. Walcott and other scien-
lists of the Geological and Geodetic
Surveys agree that scientifically the
recent disturbances were caused by
conditions identical with those pertain
ing during the earthquake which de-
molished Charleston, S. c., on August
81. 1886. Volcanoes occasionally u
shaking of the earth's crust, but the
disturbances occasioned by pent-up
gases seeking to escape are felt only
locally.
The cause generally attributed to
earthquakes is the gradual cooling of
the earth, which is known to still be a
molten mass inside. When any object
cools it contracts, and so will the earth
as it grows colder. This contraction
would unavoidably cause a disturbance
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

worn by Christian, Duke of Brunswick.
Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs
with movable joints, which were made
for him by artifcers, of whom Lor-
raine, a locksmith, was the most
famous. Pare devotes a special chap
ter to the means of repairing or sup
plying natural or accidental defects
in the human body. He describes ar
tificial eyes and noses, an artificial
tongue and an artificial palate. At a
later period Father Sebastian, Car
melite monk, made movable arms and
hands. In the earlier part of the sew
enteenth century Peter Lowe, in his
'D%iscourses on the Whole Art of
Chirurgery.' gives representations of
artificial legs. About the middle of
the same century Falcinelli, a Floren-
tine surgeon, mentions the use of ar.
tificial eyes of silver, gold and crystal
painted in various colors.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
LAYING CORNERSTONE,
Impressive Ceremony Incident to
Construction of New Capt.
toll Buildings.
President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon, Both Masons, Are Princi-
pal Actors-$1O,OOO, 600 for Sem
ate and House.

When President Roosevelt, or April
18th, laid the cornerstone of the new
Office building for the House of Repre-
sentatiyes. it marked the beginning of
improvements on Capitol Hill which
will make that section of Washington
comparable with the ancient hills of
Rome and Greece crowned with mag
nificent buildings in which met the
solons of ages past.
This new building occupies a square
and is about a hundred yards distant
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
WOMAN CIVIL ENGINEER.
Granddaughter of Mrs. Stanton Has
Offer to Go to China.

Miss Nora Stanton Blatch, grand
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, is now a member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. She is the
first woman admitted to membership,
and, it is said, there was not a dissent
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

An ostrich egg weighs about three
and a half pounds. 1t is less delicate
in flavor than a hens egg, although
perfectly eatable. 1t is a curious fact
that ostrich eggs will keep fresh for
two or three months. The flesh OF the
ostrich itself is edible, being not unlike
veal in flavor.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

China of a place in one of the corps of
engineers organized by that country
for the development of its railroad
system. The offer came, too, from a
Young Chinaman who was taking a
graduate course at Cornell while she
was there. The graduate student was
sent here, it is said. not only to in
crease his technical knowledge OF en-
cheering, but to obtain for his coun-
try the best engineers to be had. lie
watched Miss Blatch's work closely
and offered her a place.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

ing opinion offered when she was pro-
posed for membership.
Miss Blatch was the first woman to
get a degree of Bachelor of Science in
civil engineering at Cornell University.
She took a four years course, finish
ing among the first five of the class.
Since her graduation she has been
draughtsman in a big bridge concern
She is now considering an offer from
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

Taft. She is rather proud of the fact
that she has never studied abroad, and
also that she has been able to meet
all the expenses of her artistic edu-
cation herself.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
Senate Ceremony Next Fall.

of the House and Senate office
buildings.
Senate Ceremony Next Fall.
The House annex was started first
and is in a more advanced stage of
construction than the Senate building,
though the cornerstone of the latter
may be ready to put in place next Fall.
1t is estimated that the two buildings
together will involve an outlay of
about ten million dollars. In size ana
design they are identical; they occupy
positions balanced in their relation to
the Capitol and are planned to fit into
a general architectural scheme. The
height of the buildings has been re-
stricted that they may not o|verpower
the Capitol, and they have been kept
simple In design, without pediments
domes or other accumulated points to
prevent their detracting in any way
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19
No Connection With vesuvius.

Coming as this disaster did, practi-
cally coincident with the Vesuvian ca
lamity in italy, many persons suppose
that there was a direct relation be-
tween the two. This idea. however,
is logically contradicted by Director
Charles ID. Walcott. of the Geological
Survey. Mr.. Walcott holds that there
is no possibility of a connection be-
tween the earthquake and the Italian
volcano, for these two are entirely diff
ferent scientific phenomena respon-
sible for such earthquakes and vol
canic disturbances.
Great earthquakes, says Mr.. Walcott,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-19

Miss Longman's design has two pan
els representing Peace" and War" On
the peace panel is a figure symbolizing
science, an old man in an attitude of
deep thought, explaining a difficult
problem to two students of the acad-
envy. On the war panel patriotism is
represented by a female figure, sym
bolical also of the home, the protection
of which is assumed to be the reason
for the existence of the navy. Under
her %draperies is a coat of armor. and
with one hand on a cannon she points
with the other to the distance, where
masts of ships show the destination of
the marching figures in the back
ground.
In the upper panels of the door are
%festoons supported by shells-of oak
leaves over the war panel and olive
I'VE that of peace. In the lower panels
wreaths of the same leaves inclose tie
names of naval heroes. In the ransom
is the dedication to the class of 6S,
and above the transom is a group rep
%resenting Fame-two laurel-eroWned
figures ON either side of an altar-like
pedestal, with an inscription to John
Paul Jones, whose bones are to rest
in the crypt of the chapel. The pedes-
tai is surmounted by a tripod, from
which issue flames, symbolizing endur-
ing fame.
Award to Woman Unprecedented.
The award of this prize to a woman
is said to be an unprecedented event in
the artistic history of the country, and
a bright future is predicted for the
young sculptress.
81 consider Miss Longman to be one
of the most promising of our younger
sculptors," said Mr.. Daniel G.. French,
whose assistant she has been for the
last four years.
Miss Longman was born in Win
chester, Ohio, her father, Edwin H.
Longman, being a musician and an ar
fist, Drawing was one of her childish
amusements, n she began modelling
without instruction in the art depart
ment of Olivet College. Her work there
attracted the attention of dorado Taft,
who invited her to enter the Chicago
Art Institute as his pupil. She did so,
and during the first year paid her ex-
penses by doing library work. Then
she was made al assistant instructor
In the school, and a year or two later
she came to New York. where she
soon after became an assistant to Mr..
The weekly true Democrat., 1906-11-23

Until January 10. 1907, the tram-car
will meet the passenger train at Sop
choppy only twice week Thursdays
and Saturdays, and pn such other DAYS
as we are notified that parties are
coming.
The hotel Il not Regularly open, but
parties coming doWnlwill be taken care
of as comfortable a. N Il was.
The hotel will be regularly opened
again January 10, p907, for the re-
mainder of the winter.
Special rates will be given ''hOuse
parties" until January ~
The G., F. & A. railroad Is giving
very low hunters ratA6 from all points
on It's line TO Sopchoppy.
For further particulars write
J. G. TRIcE
39.tf Panacea, Fla.