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ARE INVOLVED Carter, of Oklahoma, Tells of Big Indian Land Scandal Liberal Offers Made to Congressmen to Push Crooked Deal Thieves Fall Out. TMcAlater, Oklahoma The "poor In dian" learned a few more things about the proposed sale of $30,000,000 worth of his land in the hearing before the congressional investigating committee Thursday. Representative C. D. Car ter, of the Fourth Oklahoma district, testified that in an interview at the home of Richard C Adams, an attor ney at Washington, Adams had said that he had an arrrangement by which he was to secure 6 per cent of the "profits" to be derived from the Mc Murray certificates. "He also told me," testified Mr, Carter, "that Congressman B. S. M& Guire was in the deal and would get his share. He also told me that Dr. Wright, a delegate for the Choctaw Indians at Washington, with a salary of $6,000, was in on the deal. He also said: 'We got some others,' but he did not mention any other names. "Did Adams say he was going to get 5 per cent of all the money J. F. Me- Murray was to realize on the deal?' asked Chairman Charles N. Burke. "Yes, he said he was going to make sure of it, as McMurray had 'double- crossed' him at other times, but this time he was going to fix it so he could not lose out, and when McMurray got his 10 per cent, or $3,000,000, or whatever it amounted to, he (Adams) was going to get 5 per cent of thepro- ceedj. "I also met Jake L. , Hamon at Washington. He told me to go to that old man Gore and get him to withdraw that fool bill of his against the McMurray contracts." "Do you think a majority of the In dians are in favor of these contracts giving 10 per cent to McMurray?" "There is no doubt that they are, he replied. But there is also no doubt that in signing the contracts many were influenced to do so by persons who had an interest in them. E Adams waa descirbed as a Delaware Indian, who frequently has been men tioned ' as having called on President Taft in matters pertaining to Indian affairs. It was Adams to whom t'.ie Indians in this state were asked to ad' dress their telegrams urging President Taft to approve the sale of the lands. Before Carter left the stand Mc Murray's attorneys obtained from him testimony tending to show that Mc- Guire in previous Indian matters had supported measures in congress oppos ed to the interests of McMurray. Carters' appearance on the stand fol lowed another day of lively testimony. MAYOR GAYNOR IMPROVES; INDICATIONS FAVORABLE New York, Aug. 10. Mayor W. J, Gaynor, of New York, lies at St, Marys hospital tonight with the seg ments of a split bullet fired yesterday by James Gallagher, who sought to assassinate him, still buried in his neck and mouth, but he has shown not one alarming symptom. It is beyond t human power to say whether he will recover, for not even the most re nowned specialist can say whether blood poisoning will be the pftermath, but as yet the mayor's temperature has given no cause for alarm. Every indi cation is that the wound is healing sat isfactorily. Five1 Crushed to Death. Cape May, N. J. Five persons were crushed to death when an express train on the Pennsylvania railroad dashed into an automobile at Mill Lane cross ing on the West Jersey & Seashore railroad. The express train was hid den from view by a cornfield. As the automobile bore down toward the train, Mrs. Thomas McNeill, who lives near the crossing, saw the approaching express and waved her hand for the auto driver to stop his car, but the man either did not see the danger signal or thought he could cross before the train. Postal Banks in Small Cities. Beverly, Mass. Postmaster General Hitchcock made a preliminary report to President Taft regarding the plans for the early institution of postal sav ings banks in different parts of the country. The experimental banks will be located in smaller cities in order to perfect the system. It is hoped that the experimental banks may be in operation by October 15. Mr. Hitch cock and the president, it is said, also talked of the political situation. Aviator Badly Hurt. Johannistal, Germany Aeroplanist Hiem was seriously hurt at the avia tion meet here. While he waa flying in a Wright machine, at the height of about 225 feet, one of the propellers broke. The other- continued to run, causing the craft to turn over several times. It fell with a crash and was completely demolished. Hiem was carried off the field unconscious. Twelve Die in Wreck. Ignacio, Cal. Disobedience of or ders, according to the railroad officials, on the part of a conductor was retpon sible for a head-on collision between a passenger and a work train on the Northwestern Pacific near here, that took a known toll of 12 lives and in jured about 20. APPLES $100,000,000 A YEAR. Western Men Make Big Predictions for Northwest Country. Chicago "While apples are not yet the principal products of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, those who are familiar with the unrivaled cli matic and soil and other conditions believe the time is near when the apple yields of the four states will be worth $100,000,000 a year and the cul ture of the king of fruit will be the chief industry." H. L. Moody, a member of the cham ber of commerce and other organiza tions in Spokane, Wash., said this in an address on "Apple Culture and Irri gation in the Northwest," at the first meeting of the Chicago Irrigation association at the La Salle hotel in Chicago the evening of July 28. Judge Charles F. Fishback was toastmaster. Mr. Moody added, among other things : "Federal and state engineers say in reports to their respective departments there are approximately 200100,000 H. L. MOODY. acres of undeveloped arable lands in the United States west of the 98th meridian, and men versed in agricul ture assert that under proper cultiva tion this area could be made to produce between 4,000,000,000 and 4,500,000, 000 bushels of wheat yearly, or other crops in proportion, ine settlement of these lands would mean homes for not less than 20,000,000 population and a source of added food supply, and as consequence, permanent prosperity, "The four Northwestern states con tain 253,894,760 acres. Less than per cent of this land is occupied by farms and the total population is not more than if.uuu.uuu, in an area oi 397,700 square miles. More than 50, 000,000 acres of this land is adapted to irrigation. Planted to apples and properly watered the minimum crop at maturity would be a matter of 20,000, 000,000 bushels, or about 40 per cent of the total crop of the United States in 1909, when less than 23,000,000 bar rels of apples were harvested. "I mention these facts merely to show the possibilities of the country as proof that, as gold was the strong magnet which sent the first American across the continent to the California ceast in 1849, so today the apple is at tracting thousands upon thousands more people from Eastern, Middle Western and Southern states to the great orchard belts of the Northwest. The apple is king throughout the vast Northwestern domain, and it is conceded by pomological experts that no district in America stands higher in fruit production. With increased transportation facilities and the steady influx of settlers, the early attempts m the valleys , and uplands have become more pretentious and systematic. Irri gation plants have been established by private individuals and corporations, and the United States government is expending enormous sums in reclaim ing the volcanic wastes which are so wonderfully rich and fertile and so pe culiarly adapted to raising unblem ished fruits. Apples grown in Washington, Ore gon, Idaho and Montana are in demand in the Eastern and Middle Western tates and in Europe and Australia, and the markets are being extended year by yean Experts in the East who have studied conditions in the North west frequently refer to these states as the world s fruit basket, adding there has been established in a com paratively short time a domain where the first foot of soil, properly cultivat ed and irrigated, is worth more than all the mines from Alaska to Mexico and all the forests from the United States boundary to the Arctic sea." Italy is After Charlton. New York Porter Charlton will not escape returning to Italy to answer for the confessed murder of his wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton, at Lake Como, without a legal battle. This was made plain by Gustav Dirosa, the Italian vice consul, who told Prosecutor Garvin in Jersey City, where Char! J ton is in prison, that his government was "going to get Charlton." "He shall not escape trial in Italy if we can help it." The vice consul inquired whether the prosecutor intended to have alienists examine Charlton. Death Comes With Riches. Salmon City, Idaho Crushed to death by a fall of rock, the body of John Doyle was found by a party of prospectors northwest of this city. Doyle was working alone and the fall of rock show9 that he had just struck a rich lead of gold-copper ore. It is not known how long he had been lying dead among his newly discovered rich es, as it was by chance that his body was found. Doyle had been prospect ing in this district for many years. " '''", KSSf I ,: J V 4 J GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS MADRIZ IS WARNED, Property Must Be Protected, Declares United States, Washington Invasion of American property in Nicaragua by soldiers of Madriz has called forth a formal pro test from the United States. The State department has repeated its ulti matum to both factions in Nicaragua that American property must be pro tected. Extended reports to the State depart ment would seem to indicate that the situation of the Madriz government is precarious. Monetary exchange has risen to 1.520 per cent. The Madriz soldiers have again been invading the property of Americans. impressing laborers and appropriating provisions, according to the State de partment advices from consular agent W. H. de Savigny, at Matagalpa.- On July 27 they invaded the home of Al fred Scott, impressed his laborers as soldiers and carried off supplies. The same depredations were also commit ted on a. large American estate on Chontales. Consular agent Olivares, at Mana gua made formal protest to Madriz and repeated the ultimatum of this govern ment that both factions in Nicaragua would be held strictly to account for the protection of Americans and prop erty in the territory under their de facto control. RATES ARE SUSPENDED. Commission Annuls for Time North ern Pacific Act. Washington What are known as the back haul tariffs from Seattle and Tacoma to points in the state of Wash ington have been suspended by the In terstate Commerce commission pending an inquiry into their reasonableness. The tariffs were to have become effective August 1, on the Northern Pacific road, but action of the commis sion restrained the line from putting them into effect. The proposed advances in the back haul rates were made by the Northern Pacific in the face of a decision of the commission that the rates ought to be reduced 20 per cent In the hearing of the back haul case last autumn by the full commission, it was agreed by the railroads that the reduction of 16 2-3 per cent probably would be fair. In spite of this statement, however, the advance of 25 per cent was made. It w.as the advance that the commission suspended. The hearing will take place in Chi cago August 29, by George N. Brown, chief examiner for the commission. NORMAL LIFE IMPOSSIBLE. Committee Reports Deplorable Con ditions in Coal Regions. Washington After an investigation of more than 50,000 individual cases among the miners of the Western Pennsylvania bituminous coal fields, the senate' committee on immigration, headed by Senator Dillingham, of Ver mont, has reported that conditions pre vailing among the miners are not con ducive to normal family life. Seventy-five per cent of the mine workers are foreigners who are unable to read the English language and many of them are unable to speak English intelligently. Criticism is made of the custom of the companies in virtually compelling these foreigners to trade at the store owned by the corporations. Sunken Treasure in Lakes. Washington Captain Ellis J. Hol land, a submarine wrecker from San Francisco, has expressed the opinion that more than $12,000,000 of treasure lies at the bottom of the Great Lakes in the hulls of wrecked vessels. From 1878 to 1898 alone 6,000 ships went down in the inland seas, many of them loaded with bullion, copper and ma chinery. Captain Holland is exploit ing a company for the recovery of some of the sunken wealth. Oregon-Crops Are Good. WashingtonCrop growth through out the United States was unfavorable during July, according to the state ment of the bureau of statistics issued Wednesday. , Conditions average low est in North Dakota. By states, the aggregate of crop conditions on Aug sust 1, (100 representing the average on August 1 of the last 10 years) fol lows: Montana, 83; Wyoming, 74; Arizona, 100; Utah, 94; Nevada, 102; Idaho, 91; Washington, 88; Oregon, 106; California, 111. Roosevelt to Visit China. Peking According to Prince Tsai Tao, who met Colonel Roosevelt while in London, the colonel has promised to visit the Chinese empire next year. The prince, who has just returned from an American and European trip, was much impressed by the cordiality with which he was greeted in the Uni ted States. Cruisers Off for South America. Seattle The cruisers Pennsylvania and Colorado, which have been under going repairs at the Puget Sound navy yard, sailed Wednesday for Valparaiso. They will stop at San Francisco to pick up the cruisers Washington and Cali fornia. Montana Express Rates Cut Helena, Mont The State Railroad commission issued Ian order which in effect reduces express rates in Montana about 25 per cent. The action was taken after a hearing and rehearing on the subject, the latter having been sought by the carriers. HINDU INFLUX TO BE HALTED uovernment Announces Policy of Ea- strlctlon Want Exclusion Law. V ashington. Asistant Secretarv Benjamin H Cable, sneaking fnr the Department of Commerce and Labor, announced a policy or increased re strictions as recards the immigration of Hindus, and so emphatic was his at tituue that he seemed to regret that he had not the power to enact an abso- lute exclusion law forthwith. report from Calcutta of an in ... ai, uucasiuueu uy the "'good lad' and Iharhere every husky hand had a chance to get on the ponce lorce, prompted the Assistant Secretarv to declare that it wan nhnnt time the country awakened to the im port of such a threatened invasion. Cable teels himself on safe ground so far as international relations are con ceruuu, ior ne neeas dui point to the attitude of the Canadian government toward the fellow subjects of the Brit- lsn Empire. He expresses concern about the requirements of migratory labor for the various harvests in the West, but the problem of the farmers and the railroads as well, he declares. must be solved bv other means than a resort to immigration of the very un- aesiraDie Aast Indians. I he department can but enforce laws on the statute books and cannot stop immigration. It can, however, apply measures of restriction with a broader :: 1" VV tV-",,? 8eneraljy vuiaius, huu ix a uliuuu xioou comes it will, in a laree part, be halted. TWENTY MILLIONS FIRST TEAS That's Size of Excess of Eeceipts Over Expenditures from New Tariff. Washington. A surplus of $20,214,000 in government receipts over expendi tures is shown in official reports of the uLZtl0? Ia?nr ii-u lauu Man f CliUllig AUgUBb U. The surplus is nearly $15,000,000 more than that of 1907, which was a record year. The total receipts for the year ending August 6 were $678,650,816. Except for the year 1907, the surplus this year is greater by $75,000,000 than that of any other year in the history of the country, Corporation tax receipts amounted to $i!U(,uuu less than the amount assessed Disbursements for the Panama Canal during the year are given as $33,000,000 If the Treasury is later reimbursed for this item bv the sale of bonds unthnr- ized by Congress, the working balance for the eovernment will reach 150.- uuu.uuu. TARIFF CHECK TO TRADE. United States Seriously Concerned With New Japanese Laws. Washington. American trade with Japan may be seriously affected, in part at least, after July 17 next, when the duties in the new Japanese tariff law will go into effect. This was the fear expressed in a statement by the State Department, in which are detailed the most important charges made bv the new tariff law. Although the treaty between Japan and the United States does not expire until juiy, luiz, it contains no conven tional tariff arrangements, whereas those between Japan and other countries do: and for this reason the United States. on July 17, 1911, when the treaties other than its own expire, must pay the du ties insofar as they are enforced upon imports into Japan and other countries. SHIP'S TRIAL TEST BEST. New Battleship Delaware Makes Great Showing on Trip. "Vr t t t mt ... . . iewiwrt, a. i. ine new DattJeshiD Delaware returned from her trial trip aiong tne coast to the Bradford Coal- ing Station with one of the happiest crews in the service over the showing niuue oy tne Dig nghter. In addition to the records reported from "Washing ton it was learned the "Dreadnought" held one satisfactory test of steaming -y Knots an nour tor 24 hours. Laptain Charles A. Gove expressed his keen pleasure, not only over the cruising ability of his ship, but over her ngnting qualities, were discharged All her turret guns simultaneously and then the whole battery of 10 and 12 inch guns was fired at "once. Chinese Students Coming. Washington. The United States Min ister to China has informed the State Department that 7S Chinese students, who are to enter American schools to be educated at the expense of their frovernmenfc, will reach San Francisco. boptember 10. They are part of the students that China intends to educate in this country out of the Boxer in demnity money which the United States remitted t the Chinese government several vears asro. Eattleship to Make Cruise. nHsmngron. following the course taken by the battleship Oregon on her famous cruise around the Horn at the time of the Spanish-American war, the cruiser Washington will leave San Francisco this week for Xew York. As far as Valparaiso the cruiser will be aecnmp-.nied hv the Colorado, the Cali fornia and the Pennsylvania. The war-; ships v.ill participate in the Chilean centennial celebration. On the Atlantic Coast the Washington will join the fifth division of the Atlantic fleet. Joint Tribunal Urged. Xew York. The sueffestion of a new tre.ty between thp United States and Canada and the establishment of a joint tribunal in the nat.ire of an interna tional traffic commission as the means of effective control of through railroad traffic between the two countries, was adopted at a conference between M. Knnpp, chairmfcn of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and J. P. Ma- bee, chief of the Railway Commission of Canada. m DEMAND FOR DAIRY COWS. Dairymen Report It Impossible to Purchase First Class Animal For Less Than $80 Per Head. By 3. EL PAYNE, Coloivlo Agricultural College.) The great demand for dairy prod acts has caused the price of good dairy cows to be very high. Reports from associations of dairymen show that It ls Impossible to buy flrst-class dairy - COWB Bl even ou a neaa. wim sucn a demand for cows In old dairy dls- - tricts, there will be few good cows moved Into new dairy territory. So, th nnlv. wh w HUtrWa n ho UiinnHorl must h hv hrnflHlr, ,m thn - . i. . a m.i hrerl bulla , " fd . T for 40 t0 50' at lea8t 6'000 coold bo " n.uiu mo ueu cm, nut tne prices as above Quoted are - prohibitive. So, only the culls from the old dairy districts are likely to be sent here for sale. - When bringing cows Into the coun try. tuberculosis and other diseases may also do introduced. The cows now in Colorado, especially the range cows, are free from tuberculosis, y If good dairy bred bulls are mated with selected range cows, the heifers of the first cross will be good milch cows. Future crosses will still further lm- prove the dairy herd. If accompanied py careful selection. If this plan ls carried out for a few generations of cattle. Colorado can not only produce all the dairy cowb n.H h i u the eastern cities, With cheap feed which ls available, the raising of dairy cows may become profitable here, Colorado should be able to. success fully compete with Connecticut and other eastern states, where It costs $60 to $80 to raise a dairy heifer, and feed hr until she ls two years old. NEW LAW PROTECTS GROWERS Measure Enacted by Wisconsin, If Gen erally Observed, Will Greatly Benefit Nurserymen. The provisions of the Wisconsin state nursery law, which was passed in June, 1909, if generally observed, will greatly benefit the fruitgrowers of the state, according to Prof. J. G. Sanders, state nursery Inspector of the College of Agriculture of the Univer sity of Wisconsin. The law prohibits 016 Bale ot uninspected plants or of nursery trees, or any other kind stock by an unlicensed person, whether the original owner or an agent. Shipments of uninspected stock into the state are prohibited. the law requiring that all such ship- ments be officially inspected. All growers of trees and plants who desln 10 offer them for Bale mu8t cure a certiflcate-licenBe good for one year, at a cost or $10. Tags are furnished by the state inspector, and must be attached to each package of trees or plants sold. All agents sell ing trees within the state must ob tain and carry at all times a dupli cate agent's license like the original issued to the firm which they repre sent. These agent's licenses cost $1. The purpose of the law ls to pro tect the farmer from unscrupulous persons who would sell diseased or Insect-Infested trees or plants. Any person having nursery stock for In spection should write to the state nur sery inspector, Agricultural jsxperi' ment station, Madison. Use of Drugs, Do not be constantly drugging your live stock with the idea that some thing ls wrong with their health. When convinced that the animal ls out of condit'on and that medicines are needed have a veterinarian prescribe the medicine and give it under his di rection. Much harm can be done by the constant use of condition pow ders, as they usually contain drugs having diuretic properties. As a con sequence the kidneys become accus tomed to stimulation, and when the medicine ls stopped the kidneys, not having the ccustomed stimulant, bo- come sluggish and Inactive, and con sequent ill condition of the animal follows. Sand For Ducks. Some people have a notion that duck's and geese do not need grit be cause tney are not seen picKing up large particles of stone. They do not need as large a size of grit as hens do, for they get sand when puddling in the bottom of the creek and streams where they forage for weeds and fish. Ducklings should be pro vided with plenty of sand, which takes the place of grit. So thoroughly do pome duck raisers believe in grit thrt they mix sand in the feed that they give their young ducts. Milking. Milking with wet hands ls a fllthj practise. The clean milker uses clean hands and ls suro before he begins that the cow's udder is clean and that no falling dirt can get Into the milk. Using lard on the hands to make milk ing easy will aid In making hard milk ers. It win also neip to Keep the cow s teat very tender. Dampening the teats with milk also has the same effect. Food For Chicks. A handful of grain dug Into an ant hU1 br'Dg ttt Dd then eooij to the Insects, A plant of Swiss chard sown ad- Joining the poultry yard will supply greens all summer provided the fowls are not allowed to eat It more than an hour a day PLAY ON APE'S FEAR HOW SHREWD KEEPER8 MANAGE UNRULY ANIMAL. Cowardice and Curiosity, Its Two Veak Points, Are Utilized When Force and Persuasion Alike Have No Effect. The superintendent of a western zoological Institution has taught his employes to manage animals by Indi rect methods, akin to those by which nervous children are controlled by wise parents. A rhinoceros had an ab scess In Its face. The question was: Did it come from a bad tooth, or did It only need lancing? The superin tendent simply said to the keeper: 'Give him a new birch broom."' The rhinoceros at once ate It, grinding up the bits with great gusto. "Ah! You see his teeth are all right" said the superintendent, and the next day the abscess was lanced with a sharp bill hook. The diagnosis was as Ingenious as his method of managing Billy, a re fractory chimpanzee. The big ape needed exercise. This he obtained by being allowed the run of the large monkey house, instead of remaining In a side room, before the visitors came. As he knew he would be caught and put back into his own compart ment at this hour, the ape used to climb to the top of the other monkeys' cages and refuse to come down. As he could not be tempted with food, the superintendent appealed to his mind by working on what he had noted to be his weak points, curiosity and cowardice. The superintendent went to the keeper and, touching him gently on the shoulder, directed his attention in a mysterious manner to the dark pas sage underneath the gas pipe that traverses the house, pretending to point out some horrible unknown crea ture, using an energetic manner, but saying nothing except words to this effect: "Look out! There he is! There he is!" At the same time the two men would peer into the dark place under the gas pipe. The monkey, on such occasions. would come down to see what the sub ject of fear and interest was, and Just then the superintendent and the keeper in unison would shout: "He's , coming out! He's coming out!" and would rush away in the direction of Billy's cage. The monkey would dash for the same place of safety, whlcn happened to be the door of his own house, and sometimes enter it before them. The monkey has never learned the deception: but ls taken in by it whenever the time comes to finish his morning's airing. The Sunday Maga zine. Couldnt Come Back. "Servant girls must all look pretty much alike to men," said the woman with the twlnkly eyes. "At least they do to my husband. "1 had been' without one for nearly two weeks, and I couldn t seem to convince my husband of the difficulty of getting one worth having. Finally he got very cross about It one eve ning, and picking up the paper he pointed to the 'Situation Wanted' cot umn and announced that there were scores of girls advertising for places. 'I'll get one for you this very eve ning,' he announced. "He copied off several addresses and went out Did he come back with one? Indeed, he did, In about halt an hour. And who do you think ho had in towf "That Impudent, nasty Delia, the girl I discharged only two weeks ago. Of course he hadn't recognized her, and she came In as impudent as you please, with all her bundles, prepared to stay. But you can gamble she didn't, and my husband has decided to leave those matters to me In the future." His Inspiration. 'Isn't Inspiration a queer thing?" "I suppose so. What about it?" "Why, a few weeks ago I had a red hot squabble with my wife over a dressmaker's bill, and when I came down to the office I was mad enough to chew spikes. Then I sat down at my desk and wrote a little poem on 'Help the Erring Brother With a Sin gle Kindly 'Word!' And say, those verses, born of bitterness and nour ished by anger, have been copied In the leading newspapers all over the country! How's that?" "Fine. Why don't you improve on the Idea?" "How?" "Why, get mad enough to beat up your wife, set fire to the house, shoot a policeman and men write an epic that will go thundering down the ages." Too Much for One Ear. The young man had talked for ten or fifteen minutes witnoui a oreax, when the girl at the other end of the wire interrupted. "Just a moment, Guy!" she said. "What ls It. Fleda?" "I want to change the receiver to the other ear. This one's tired. Chi cago Tribune. The Wsry Vestryman. Mr. Church Whew! how it's rain ing, lend me your umbrella, dear? I ve got to run over to the vestry meeting. Mrs. Church But why not use that umbrella you've been carrying all week? Mr. Church What! to the vestry meeting? Why, thafs where I got 1C Catholic Standard and Times. r