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Newspaper Page TextI rli Km I!. fli'ri cli. lm u. ' tht ply: cM run! mu!' I I:. rn 'it ' ADDS TO DEATH LIST n-ll ft Cl 1- lowers nil wicago oirwia With steam. Told 0h 300 Mor Th'" Pr' viout Week oioc " t ge-Crop Dtroyd. Chicago, July 10. Fourteen more i,tru hl been to th "lPlling ... .1... at 0 nVlin-W t.i- lllW""""'" 7 . . . ti... t..iinratur hovered near the jo-degree mark throughout the ,,y, but the numiuuy w more i. ..i t. avir Mml intensified the mir - ------ - - :- ,irrinif. uiipaicnif irom outline points indicate mai uie iwu-ues re knit from Uirridity had been ended in msny pi toe nl thiit the temperature L rUirtK '" P'"t- A nkleof ruin It'll mil afternoon, hut it ' turned Ul sirem ioc niu ment it struck the hot pavement and irtiiiiinir, thus increasing the suffer- " . . . .. , Chicago ueatn raie jumwii vo me high! point in many year thin week. Hurisl permit had been issued for i? nerw.ns up to. Sunday night, and it If Cnnsiuereu irvunoiv mat mere will be applications for approximately .INI more tonight. Not all of these redirect victim of the heat, but a trte percentage in in that class. Ninety i'f the number were stricken IrnJ by the nun. The tutal number of death waa 300 nor than the previoua week, and the mortality among babie wa more than doubled. On hundred and sixty 'ivt balie died from heat cauae. The alarmitiK infant mortality fa ciuiing much anxiety in the health kpartment and iecial nurse and phyucians are being ent through the LiinfnM district to assist mother. I'm ire is being distributed to all the ;or and itrr printed in many Ian uagt't are placed in the Ghetto and rltrwhrre warning parent of the need if enprci care of childen. AJvice from country district say the corn rnip i aguin imperiled. Ok iihoms ri'ixirt that everything except ut'jin is practically destroyed and ap ivali are coming in to the governor to t,k steps to help people who are al rrtily destitute. lUins and cooler wither are rexrted in Mississippi uwj Western Arkansas. DiapaU'he from Galveston say that thounHtvls of cattle are perishing on the Western Texas ranges, where the lone drouth ha burned olf the gra. POTATOES NEVER SO HIGH. I Drouth Follow Frost in California Government Pay Double. Sin Francisco That good old stand by, the potato, was never before so high in price a this year. Is th sad fact gleaned from local produce men who know w hereof they speak. The king of the vegetables, however, is not the only exalted member of that kingiiiim. for oranges, apricots, cher ries and pear have advanced and even th lowly and odorous onion ha risen to iu'h height that a amall fortune ia neceMary to buy a boiled dinner. During the early part of the scsso.l the crop of early potatoes waa nipped by in unexpected and unusual frost. Immediately the demand for that veg etable for home consumption and the rxpiirt trade greatly exceeded the sup ply. Government contracts took from the local markets enormous quantities of potatoes. Now that ex cwsive heat has almost ruined the fnw in the truck-raising country in the Kmt, California will have to stand the brunt of the demands for Western fruits and vegetables. As the pick of California fruit and vegetable al ways gn Kant, a more serious problem 'ill toon be confronting the local mar kets. Trices paid last year for government potatoes was 11.14 per hundred, while this year the potatoes are costing the it'ivernment $2.5:1. Castro' Course Mystery. Caracas, Venezuela The govern ment has not been able to confirm that Cipriano Castro has landed In Venezu ela or in neighboring territory. It I nt considered possible that the ex president, even If he has secured a foot hold in Venezuela, haa been able to get ny considerable following. Neverthe ''"". troop have already been dis patched to the gulf of Maracaibo. Cas tro is reported to have made hi land ing on the Goajira peninsula, In Co lumbia. " Woman Try Contract Suit. South Ilend, Wash. The first wo man jury ever Impaneled in Pacific founty was called thia week to listen to the testimony in Justice P. W. Rhode' court In a case where Chl ngo advertising firm ued South "end merchant for alleged violation of contract. The six women on the jury f among the moat prominent in the city ami were apparently well pleased ith the opportunity of serving in that capacity. . Dirigible Maka Nw Record. Compcigne, France The dirigble balloon Clement Bayard IV, which atarted at 10:50 o'clock Saturday ll'Kht on a 24-hour trial trip, flying between Compeigne and Soiasona, de fended at 2 :45 o'clock Sunday af ter "wn, having beaten the world'a dirig ible record for time and distance over flxnl ..! TL. Al.ltrtMm will becoi me a part of the French aerial MlHIk . MEW .. " " " HOT DAY fleet. HUNDREDS DIE FROM HEAT. "-ww.. nssi ilium Undtr Torrid un th Fourth. i. i... ... - VM...K.,. rrum an over the MhMIe West dlspatche are pouring lu with lb mesMK that this t, hottest Kourth of July experienced aluce the reeor.1 were first keut. Vtm West em Kaunas to the Atlantic seaboard tn extreme heat exacted Ita toll ut death, drove men to aulclde and left nutiiireii prostrate and Buffering. It wa the third day of au ascond lug scale of temperatures and the unwelcome oew Is offered that the top of the hill may not yet have been reuched. There waa rain In the fur North west and a temporary lessening of the thermal stress, but from thut re gion come Information that alx death uiado up the tribute of mor tality. In Chicago, which seemed to bo a siMiclal victim, the official Government thermometer In th lofty dome of tho federal building registered at one time 102. With Olio execution. In Juno, l'jul, H was the hUhesl offlclul temperature ever recorded In this city, In afreet thermomntera the mercury at midnight stood firm at H. Chicago toll of death was 28. Horses seemed to sufTer more than their master. Hesplte cooling breezes which sprang up over night, 20 deaths were recorded III New York. Philadelphia nui nine and i'lttsliurg 15, and In all three cities there were hundreds of prostrations of a serious character. In the death lists due directly to the heat no account Is taken of babies who are dying by scores. The coun try at large reixirts an aggregate of more than GO drownings for the day. which proierly belong In the heat casualties, as the victims were slain while trying to escape from the tor rldlty. Kansas City report four deaths from heat arid a score of prostrations, some of them serious. Tojieka, fte dalla and Atchison. Kan., sweltered under a temperature of 104. Texas points came within the roie of the iixrheated area and temperatures went skyrocketing. In 8t. Iuls, street thermometer registered as hkh a 108 and 110 Two men, driven mad by the heat, took their own Uvea. The offlclul temKratiire was 101. Pittsburg ex perienced tenierature quite aa high as those at St. I-ouls. All through Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and Southern Michigan. Kourth of July celebration were curtailed. Chicago shares with many other the danger of a dearth of ice. Kmergeney deliveries are credited with saving many live In the hospitals, and the Ice companies have sent out pleas to private fam ilies and hotels to curtail the con sumption of Ice as much as possible. It was a Godsend to the poor that they did not have to work In fac tories the Fourth. TROOPS SAVE AIRSHIP. Angered Cowboy Would Throw Ma- chin In th Yellowston. Glendlve, Mont. A company of the state mllltla todny, tiy quick action and pointed bayonets, prevented an angry crowd headed by a number of cowboy from running an aero plane into tho Yellowstone Klver, twrnnse It did not fly. Felix Schmidt. a Chicago aviator, and his mechani cian. Ktigene Oruhbln, fled panic stricken when tho cowboys yelled for them to be thrown Into the river mlth the airship. Major I). J. Ikinohue, of the Nocond ncutment. Montana National i.imru, saved the day for the airship. Kal Izlng the seriousness of the situation, he ordered the soldier to fix their bavonet ami charge back the crowd, which already had the machine half way to the river, and wa traveling awlftly. . , Several thousand spectator nan waited for several hour for Schmidt to fly and when word wa announced there would be no flight, a cowboy yelled to dump the thing lntn the river. A lariat whistled through the air. encircled Itself about the pro peller of the aeroplane, a hundred hands grabbed the rope and with a cowboy astride hi horse, a quick trot wa made for the Yellowstone's hank. Flood Cover Bulgaria. rhlllooixtllH. Bulgaria. The dnmnge done by the recent flood l mormon. The monetary los I estimated at $"0 oooo.ooo. Many ninniing i iiv the rniu swollen wnniiru j stream and crop and market gar den were mined In wide area. v., a wnier f limine threaten the city, a the main have been uncov ered and so torn apart thnt a month will be required with tneir repair, n-k. i..i.i.iiana nf mnnv village In the south of Itulgnrla have Bought refuge In the mountain. Stead Laud Washington. t n.i,.n w T. Stead, editor and author, presiding at the annual Fourth of July celebration at Itrownlng Hnll for the veteran or tne rivu r. said to no man did the British Em pire owe thank more than to Oeorge Washington, "the greatest hngllah nmn of tho 18th century." Washington, said the speaker, had i ii tiu ni.hr rireat Britain how linn in i ij - - . to extend and maintain the Brltllah Kinplre. Ely Face PHI In Air. r v.. After harelv skimming a clump of tree In the start, running the gnnntlot or com ana noi mr ! ahovo the Truckee niver and attain- . t,i-t. nt ROrt feet, onlr to ne warned by grinding noise that the machine wa crtppiea. r.ugene r..y - u.iinI.a hut aiiepessful descent fiane f-ihum her July 4 In hi Curtis blplan af BRIEF REPORT OF Washington, July 6. A more gen eral entlment for expeditious action on th Canadian reciprocity, without revision and free list bills, wa appa rent today after Informal conference among various groups of Senator and lx hour of continuous debate lu the euperheated chamber of Sen ate. It wa the flit of the longer eHious under the decision of the Senate to meet one hour earlier than usual to hasten action ou the Legis lative program. benalor Grouna. of North Dakota. Insuigeiit Republican, after a long speech In opposition to the agree ment. In the course of which he cliuthed frequently with advocates of the measure, wa forced to give up, almost exhausted, at & o'clock this afternoon and the Senate almost Im mediately adjourned. 1 be Informal discussions among Senator showed that the present feeling I doubtliw Influenced by the existing hot wave and debate may be brought to an end within 10 day or a fortnight. The Insurgent Republican are still holding out for other legislation. liroiina, who I a new member of the Senate, had a cross-fire of ques tions from Democrats during hi peech, which wa the only set reclp- rocny enori of the day. Senator Heed, of Missouri, a Demo crat, axked Mr. Urniina whether he believed the President would sign the reciprocity bill If the House and Senate pusHcd It with certain tariff revision aim-ndmenta attached. "Why don't you address your queries to the President, under whotte banner you are operating?" Nelson. of Minnesota, demanded, with some heat, "You know that this agreement passed the House by a majority of Democrats and thut If It passe here it will be by the same trength. Don't ask us, who are fighting the measure, what the President will do." Washington, July 6. A remarkable defense of Christian Science and a personal hlHtory of his family' ex periences In that faith. Including the etory of his own transition from scoffer to devout believer, wa made In the Senate today by Senator Work, of California. His speech was In reply to one bv Senator Owen, whose bill for a de partment of public health has met opiKisltlon from ninny Christian Scien tists and suportera of varloiw schools r medicine. Works denounced the movement for a National Department of Health as an attempt by the American Med ical Association to control medical activities. Work said that ten years ago he had ridiculed the power to heal that was said to rct In Chrlstiun Science. For years, he aaid, he had suffered from a complication of diseases. He decided that death was approaching and. since everything else had fulled. he determined to try Christian Sci ence. Steadily he Improved under the science treatment, he said, and finally wax completely restored to health. The Senator said his wife, after years of suffering as an Invalid, and confronted with the prospect of an operation, whs healed In three treat ments through Christian Science. His son. he said, after the drink habit had "taken complete possession of his." decided after one of his long spells of drinking to submit to Chris tian Science treatment. 'He has not taken a drink from that day to this," Work said, "and in the seven years there hart been no recurrence of the desire and torture of the appetite." Washington. July 5. The Demo crats of the Senate, with two or three exceptions, are well pleased with the legislative situation In Congress and they are the only ones who are pleased. They figure that they have things about where they want them. The Canadian reciprocity bill In sure of passage, sooner or luter, and prob ably without amendment. If they get notlhng more, they will feel that they have gained a great deal, for they are prepared to claim all the credit for the enactment of President Taft' pet measure, nnd the credit coming from the ratification of this agreement they count will help them mightily in the next campnlgn. As to the rest of the tariff pro gram, the Senate Democrats are In a position largely to dictate the terms of whatever-bills may be passed, or If no bills are passed, they are In a position to show their own readiness to vote for them, and place the responsibility for defeat on the shoul ders of the Republican majority. Then again, If a combination of Democrats ami Insurgent Is able to pnss the wool bill, free list bill, or a general tariff revision bill, and the President exercises hi right of veto, then again the Democrat can point to their votes, and show that It wn a Re publican President 'ho prevented re vision of the unpopular schedule of the Pnyne-Aldrleh law. Soldiers Horn Proposed, Washington. Senator Polndextor has Introduced a bill providing thnt the building at Fort Walla Walla and 73 acres of land surrounding ithall be reserved by the Government and converted Into a National Sol diers Home, the remainder or tne reservation to be appraised and sold In mall lot. Polndexter also Introduced a bill prohibiting dealing In grain, cotton and other future by telegraph. Will Try Case In Portland. Washington. Commissioner Frank lin K. I-ane. of the Interstate Com merce Commission, has departed for San Francisco. He will be absent from Washington until October 1. Meanwhile he will hear case at San Francisco, Log Angeles and Santa Rosa. Cal.: Portland, Or., and Ta coma and Seattle, Wash. The case Involve question Important to all transcontinental carrier. They will not be determined until torn time early In 1912. THE DAILY LAWMAKERS Indianapolis, July 4 Replying to the contention that reciprocity would be wholly at the expense of the farmer and In th Interest of the wage-earner of the large cities, Mr. Taft declared that In his Judgment, "the reciprocity agreement will not greatly reduce the cobt of living, If at all. "It 1 said that thl reciprocity cover competitive products of each country," said the President, "and that the reciprocity of the former Republican leaders was Intended to Include only a lowering or abolition of duties on products of other coun tries which did not compete with products of this country. "Therefore It Is said that the Canadian reciprocity, ad now pro pose'!, I nothing but a Democratic measure, reducing or abolishing the tariff on good or products from Can ada that compete with those raised by our own people, and that it is especially Injurious because It If so drawn a to prejudicially affect the farmer or the country as a class. "The Republican party In their last National platform declared in favor of tariff duties which would measure only the difference In the cost of production of article here and of articles abroad. The Canadian recip rocity agreement squarea exactly with this doctrine. "Another answer to the oblection of Republican frlemlti who denounce I anadian reciprocity aa a heresy Is that the amount of competition which 1 to take place In our markets be tween Canadian products an it those of the United States under this agree ment is very much less than they would by their general statement have you believe. In the first place, they aay that by free trade In agri cultural products we are giving them a market or 90.ono.0oo people and taking only a market of 8.000.000 people for the same things, and that necessarily they derive greater ad vantage. As a matter of fact. In the vast bulk of our agricultural products, they can furnish no com petition whatever, while this agree ment admit all our products free into Canada." Washington. July 3. That Germany will not be far behind Great Britain In her acceptance of the principle of unrestricted arbitration of all iseues. Including those involving national honor, I regarded here a virtually certain la view of recent develop ments. When Count Von Tta-,w. i - - vi,mi.i IUV tierman Ambassador, departs for Ber lin, u is expected he will be charged With a new nraanrmfnt rxt ik. tlon that will Insure favorable con sideration. It a linear that ihara h. k.. . radical mlsund portant point. The treaty provide that even after the action of the Senate iiKin a "pro-Jet" or upon a definition of the rtin limit. .r ik. matter to be arbitrated, the Issue snail not go to actual arbitration un til there ha been an exchange of note between the two governments, and an objection by either to the form would result In stopping the proceeding. Thl point has been made clear to the ftrninn imi...... dor. and now It Is expected the wav has been clenred for adhesion of Germany to the convention. Washington, July 4. Many Sena tors not engaged In the Inquiry have expressed a desire to .observe the demennor of witnesses before the Senate committee charged with the investigation of the election of Wil liam Lorlmer to th I'nlted States Senate. Their desire to watch the witnesses, particularly the confessed bribetakers who are expected to be examined after the committee recon venes, nine day from now. Is with a view to informing themselves In connection with the case when It comes to a vote In the Senate. So great promise to be the attendance of these outsider Senators that a larger hearing room will be procured i if pcwslhle for the committee' se-: slons, to replace the preent cramped quarters. It was largely to afford these Sen ator an opportunity of attending the hearlncs and because of the commit tee member wanting to remain here In connection with other legislative matter while Congress remains In session that the committee decided to continue Its hearings In Washing ton Instead of resuming them In Chicago, deferring the trip until prob ably In August. ' 600,000 Acre Are Opened. Washington. Approximately 600, 000 acre of land have been opened to settlers under the registration plan through a proclamation signed by President Toft, 1"0.000 acre be ing within the Fort Berthnld Indian reservation, f North Dakota, and 4. -.0.000 In the Tine RIdire and R'we biid Indian reservations In South Da kota These land are to be opened tin der the regulation plan heretofore followed. The registration for the North Dakota lands will begin Aug ust 14 at the towns of Bismarck. Minto, Plnza. Garrison and Rider. N, n., and the registration for the South Dakota lnnds will begin Oc tober 2 at the town of the Chamber lain, Dallas. Gregory and Rapid City, 5. D. Each of these registration will continue for three week. Torpedo Craft Assigned. Washington. June 30. Eight boat of the Pacific torpedo fleet have been assigned to duty at Astoria from August 15 to September 1, on ac count of the celebration. The other four of the fleet will be stationed at Portland during part of the time and at Astoria during the remainder, be tween these date. The boat are the Whipple, Truxton. Hull. Perry. Hopkins, Paul Jonee. Preble, Stewart. Lawrence Rowan, Goldsborough and Farragut. THEY BELIEVE IN COMMUNISMUmrTi?? lirri7T)17CTO Shaker Ct Their Nam From th Violent Contortion Introduced In Thlr Worship. Nw York Tb Shakers ar a body of seceders from the Society of Friend formed by Ann La (Mother Ann) of Manchester, England, about 1757. and so called from th wild and violent cpntortlon Introduced by them Into their form of worship. Tbelr official title I "Tb United So ciety of Believer tn Cbiiat's Second Appearing." The sect emigrated to America In 1772 and settled near Al bany in 1774. Their chief seats hav been at Mount Lebanon and Water- A Typical Shaker. vllet, S. Y. Tbey number 15 societies In the United States and hav a mem bership of about 1.721. The Shakers believe In spiritualism, practice celibacy, and community of good, oppose war, refrain from oath and denounce baptism and th Lord' Supper. Tbey ar noted for tbelr frugality. Integrity and thrift. In Mount Lebanon, tbelr largest com munity, there ar several families made up of ISO person. Including 35 boy and girl. Th other societies ar made up In about the am satlo a th one at Mount Lebanon. j .The announcement that they are winding up their financial affair In Ohio and New York calls attention to tb final failure of on of th longest existing of th many communistic ex periments that hav been tried In thl country. In th year following th American Revolution, mor than a cor of com munlstlc sect and' colonic wr es tablished tn th United States. Bom of them appealed to th sensualities and om of them were plain swin dle. Th Shakers held out no aeniu al or financial allurement and It 1 surprising that tbey hav endured so long, except on tb theory that tbelr simplicity In living attracted recruit and made them the sole survivors ot all these social experiments. With their passing will close one of the most Interesting chapters of social experiment In th history of any country. ANOTHER SACRED CALF BORN Thl Make th Fourteenth Which Ha Com Into th Chicago Zoo Zebu Family. Chicago. Another sacred calf, the fourteenth born to Romeo and Juliet. In the 14 years of their residence at the Lincoln Park too, has made Its appearance. Hundreds of persons thronged to the zebu's pen to look at the new arrival. "Th Lincoln park soo Is getting a reputation as a breeding ground for animals, and w ar supplying al- Zebu "Juliet" and Calf. most every too In th country with our rar specimens," said Superin tendent Cy D Vry. "Only the other day we shipped a two-year-old tebu to the Washington Park Zoological so ciety at Milwaukee. "Although th tebu hav th rec ord, th Hones and Hon ar slowly gaining upon them In raising a family. Tb Hone, a a rule, gives birth to three at a time, while th sacred cow ha only on offspring." Th tebu la a natlv of India, where It 1 revered by th Inhabitant. It la pampered and caressed, and to feed It I deemed a meritorious act. Th animal Is used as a beast of burden and can travel from 30 to 40 miles a day. Horsesho In Pin Tre. Milton, Ind In th heart of a pin tre 18 Inche In diameter a horsesho was found by M. E. Hubbell when h cut th tre down. Th position of th horseshoe Indicates that it waa placed around tb tree many year ago when It wa a sapling and In tint bad been covered by th growth of th wood. rr iL OF WORLD UNITE "Golden Rale" Association En tered bj Foreigners. Head of Unitd Stat Corporation Say Unjust Concern Would B Driven Out of Bulna. Rrussol. The steel Interests of Amer ica, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria and Spain, were represented by ICO delegate who met In conference recently preliminary to the formation of an International association, broadly similar to the American Steel Institute. E. H. Gary, chairman of the United State Steel Corporation, presided. Judge Gary explained hi views con cerning co-operation In business. "Suppose," be said, "that a com pany of men engaged in business and possessing much capital, power, and Influence should by tbelr con duct, unjust and oppressive, secure universal disapproval, disgust and an tagonism on the part of the public in a brief time these men would b driven out of business." "There should be established and continuously maintained," Judge Gary said, "a bnslne friendship which compel one to feel. the same concern for hi neighbor that he has for him self. It is no less In principle, than the golden rule applied to business. "If It Is, it will be certain to pay. True It is that sometimes, and too of ten, deceit Is practiced and that advantage has been taken by those who have been given confidence by others, but this fact should dishearten no one." Judge Gary sketched condition in the United State, where, he said, ad vantages bad been given to the steel men. Americans, he said, were anxi ous to be and keep near to their Eu ropean friends. It Is the expressed wish of many of the representatives present to form an International association for the Interchange of opinions and Informa tion between Iron and steel producer of the world concerning all questions relating to the Industry and organi sation distinguished from and broader in the scope of Its activities than the existing great institutions. Herr von Bodenhausen, of the Krupp works, speaking for the Ger man group, warmly supported the Idea and one by one the member repre senting all the nation and groups fully accepted the project, M. Kes tranek for Austria: M. Dldex, for France; Sir Hugh Bell and Sir John Randle, for England, and M. Grelner. for Belgium. All present had known by correspondence the purpose of the meeting and bad decided In advance to Join the "golden rule" movement. Another meeting will be held to morrow at which a committee will be appointed, representing all the groups to consider a plan of organization. The conference then will adjourn to meet at the call of the committee. survivors back officers Passengers From Steamship 8pokan Thankful for Escape. Seattle. "Survivors from the wrecked teamer Spokane, particu larly from the East, after they were safe on the beach. Instead of being overcome with a spirit of thank giving at their rescue from Imminent Honth Acted very much as if they expected the officer of the vessel to serve them wttn ping tea ami chocolate eclairs, and a number of them were loud In their objections to the ship's biscuits and condensed milk provided In the face of the fact that they knew they would be taken away on board the Admiral Sampson In a few hours." Such was the statement made by T. J. Richardson, ot Pacific Grove, Cal.. one of the rescued passengers of the Ill-fated Spokane, before the Federal Board ot Steamship Inspec tors, which is making an Investiga tion into the sinking of the ship. Gold Output $6,000,000. Seattle. Advices received by Se attle banks from their correspondent! at Fairbanks, Alaska, state that the season's gold output of the Tanana district will be at least $3,000,000 and mav reach $S,000,000, exceeding; by $1,500,000 the estimates made two mnnihi eo. With Dlenty of water and enough men to enable operator to work unhampered. $1,000,000 worth of gold had been cleaned up from winter dump by June 1. The second nr iii.innn vol it ha ar- BlfrlHIH v. " ' " " rlvea at tne assay omcw. 38 Live Ar Sacrificed. Chicago. Revised figures on th number of deaths and Injured in tho United States, due to the celebration . .t. tv..,.!, e9 tntv ahnw that tO I , . AS , I mama aa.ifljiAA lllll 1217 oaie uve -no ----- -- were Injured, as compared with 44 killed and 2485 Injured last year, and 62 killed and 3340 Injured reporte.l In 1909. Firework claimed 18 victim: fire arms 12; gunpowder, 5; and toy pi tola, 3. Bixby Exonerate Spain. Washington. The los of th bat tleship Maine wa caused by the ex plosion ot her three magazine. No uch effect could have been caused. by an explosion from without SucH Is the opinion ot uenerai w. . Bixby. chief ot engineers, V. 8. A, whn has returned from 1 personal upervislon of th work of raising the Mam. , I Mr a flight of nv miie.