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THE MORNING OREGdXIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL, 27, 190T. 3 powr of the world, th British cruller pquadron, commanded by Admiral Sir Gorj?fl Neville and consisting' of the armored cruisers Good Hope. Argyll, Hampshire and Roxburgh, attracted a larfrA fthare of attention. The Good Hope, a vessel with the strength and striking power of a battleship combined with a peed of 23 knot p. and of horsepower a $ ffrore of thousands, nerves as. Admiral Neville's fhurship. Her tonnage. 14.100. is final to that of more than one-half of the American ships, but Is not so great as that of the new type of American rrulser, represented by the Washington and Tennessee in today's fleet, each reg istering 14,500 tons. The Good Hope; to gether with the German imperial fiag ahip Roon, an armored cruiser, lighter than the British boats, but built much along the same lines, our funnels and two military masts being the striking features of the similarity, were assigned berths to the right and left of the Con necticut, the big 16,000-ton battleship to which Rear-Admiral Evans recently transferred his flag of command. These three flagships form a triangle, where the Mayflower al the review, dropped anchor. The Roon has on board Commodore Kalau von Hoff, commanding the German Smith Atlantic squadron. Captain von Tteuber Paschwitx. Adjutant of Emperor "William, is also aboard aa special repre sentative of the Emperor. The flag of ficer of the Austrian squadron is Com modore Hermann Pleseott. The "Austrian tfRgsIiip Pankt George is anno tons lighter than the Roon. Dark of hull and funnels, she and most of the other foreigners might have been considered today as one Meet, but for the variance of flags at truck and h t ern. The grea t assemblage of ships seemed to be divided only in two classes, the Immaculate white of the American vessels being in opposition to the murky, gloomy darkness of the vis itors from across the seas. In the American fleet waa represented almost every type of vessel known to the Navy of the country. The stalwart ! tonners, the Connecticut, Louisiana and Virginia, had to share honors with the almost forgotten monitor Canonlcus a cheesebox herself and slightly improved over her famous prototype. A relic of h flvil Wax days, the old Canonlcus. has Just been litted out at the Norfolk Navy-yard at a cost of $10,000 to enable her to take place alongside the proud est vessels of the Navy .in which she at one time was such a formidable unit. Heavy coats, of black paint do not alto f ther hide the scars of the antiquated hip, which will remain a permanent feat- ure of the exposition. Salute Marks President's Arrival. The trim Mayflower, bearing the Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb and, a few Invited guests, approaching from the eastward, arrived at the head of the column of war vessels this morn ing almost an hour before the usual call lor quarters is sounded aboard a man of . war. As the Mayflower approached with rainbow flags a-flutter, the American t flagships boomed out the first guns of the ' Presidential salute. In a flash the Ameri can ships and the foreign vessels had manned their cannon and a roar of 21 guns fired from each vessel of the fleet bounded almost simultaneously. The Mayflower pointed her way up the roads toward Norfolk, passing along the outer line of foreign ships, close aboard. As she cleared the first of these, the visiting vessels opened fire with a new series of salutes repeated in turn by every battleship and "cruiser of the big fleet. The Mayflower's way had Deen kept fltar for her since early morning by the little Kteam guard launches sent out from the ships to do picket duty. Darting here and there like flashes of lightning, with hrlll whistles screeching a warning to trespassing craft, the little policemen of the roads were unique and interesting feature or the pageant. Kach of the foreign and American ships manned the rails as the President passed . in review. The crews were drawn up In cioee order along the forward and quarter decks and elevations of the superstructure and stood at attention as the Mayflower skirted each line. l-reJgu Ships Roar Greeting. The first of the British ships encount ered was the Roxburgh, then the Hamp shire and next the Argyll. All three are plater ships, the four-piped flyers forming with their flagship, the Good Hope, one of the many brilliant cruiser squadrons of the Knglish navy. President Roosevelt was especially Interested in the Good Hope, and as he passed the big cruiser close aboard, he exchanged personal sa lutes with Admiral Neville, who stood vpon the bridge. Leaving the British ships astern, the Mayflower was greeted with the booming cannon of the German squadron and Pres ident Roosevelt was treated to a genuine surprise. The Roon and the Bremen came into American waters wearing the dark pray roats of the German squadrons. As a mark of respect to the American ships, bffth cruisers appeared today in brand new coats of white paint, ns spick and span as the United States vessels themselves. The Roon first saluted with 21 guns In honor of the President, just as the echoes of the Good Hope's saluting cannon had died away. The Austrian ships, the Sankt George and the Aspern. were the next of the foreign vessels to greet the President. Then came the Argentine cruiser Barmi ente. At the end of the foreign line were grouped several American cruisers and still further -along were the Brooklyn and the Texas, the Mlantonomoh and the Can onlcus, all of which wilt serve as station ships during the exposition. Cannons Deafening Shout. Going down the long line of heavy American battleships. President Roose velt was a pain greeted with a deafening roar of cannon fire, the volume of smoke being so dense at times as to almost ob eoure the Mayflower. The Indiana was the first of the ships to salute, and far away down the line the last of the can nonading came from the battleship Georgia. Completing the circuit of the ships, the Mayflower turned again to ward Norfolk, and steaming thia time between the battleships and foreign ves sels, come to her anchorage within the group of flagships. Immediately upon anchoring the President received on board his yacht the Hag officers of the. Atlantic fleet. The foreign flag and commanding officers were received on board from to 10 o'clock, and they and the flag officers of the Atlantic -fleet proceeded to the landing at the exposi tion grounds. The President, in a small Inumh, which danced and bobbed over the waves, followed them in a few min utes, his boat being guarded off either how by two launches especially assigned for the honor and service by Admiral Kvans. Kaiser's Personal Representative. The oTficers of the battleships, especial ly those of the German cruisers Roon and Bremen, which have been here for several days, vere frank today in ex pressing their appreciation of the hos pttnlity shown by the American officers. Captain von Iteuber Paschwiti. Adju tant of Rmporor William, on board the Koon. as especially sent over to attend the navel review and opening ceremonies of the exposition, and his presence is taken as an expression of the cordial feeling of the Emperor for President Roosevelt. On bis return, he will submit to Kmperor William a detailed report of the reception of the German fleet, will cover all features of an interesting char acter connected with the inauguration of the Jamestown Exposition. A reception wili be given on board the Roon on Sunday to the American Naval and Army officers and their families. The German Commodore, Katau von Hoff, and officers of the German ships, will leave for Washington Sunday night to accept an invitation of the American Nsval officials to visit the Capital City. While- in Washington, the German offi cers will be received by President Roose ett. The British and German ships expect to remain in the roads until May ft. MAY WIN FORTUNE Law Clerk's Blunder Means Money to Raphael. HE BEARS CHARMED NAME Bonds on Jordan Valley Railroad May Be Worth $1,680,000 After Being Thrown Out TTnder I'orectooure Suit. KB7W TOBK, April 26. An error of a law clerk many years ago may mean a fortune to Russell Sap? Raphael and his mother and sinters. Many years airo Na than Raphael, a clew friend of Russell Sage, purchased J63O.00O -worth of second mortgage bonds of the Wasatch & Jor dan Valley Railroad Company, which owned a line in Utah. The Interest on the bonds was defaulted and first mortgage was foreclosed, cutting out the holders of the eecond mortgage securities. Nathan Raphael spent a large part of his fortune trying fo recover from the railway, but was unsuccessful. Worry caused his death. A short time ago Russell Sage .Raphael, a son of Nathan Raphael, began suit in the Federal Court on the bonds and se cured a Judgment for tl.680.768, Including Interest. This judgment has been re turned by the Sheriff as unsatisfied and wae today filed In court. While working up this case, Mr. Ra phael's lawyers discovered that, when the first mortgage was foreclosed, the holders of the second mortgage, probably by a clerk's error, were not made parties to the suit. This, It is claimed, invalidates the foreclosure proceeding. The old railroad property, which now belongs to the Denver & Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Western, is said to be worth about 3O.OOO,00O. The second mort gage bonds issued by the original road amounted to $3,000,000. BALLOON SIGNAL TEST Trip From St. Louis to Washington to Be Undertaken. ST. LOUIS. April 26. The first long distance balloon ascension test, which Captain Charles Chandler. United States Signal Corps, and Mr. McCoy, of the Aero Club, New York, are to con duct, will be undertaken here tomor row. The objective point will be Washington and the irlp is to be taken in order to demonstrate the efficiency of balloons as signal agencies in war fare. . The record for the longest distance in America was made in 1859 by Pro fessor Wise, who started from St. Louis and landed near the eastern end of Lake Ontario. ORE THIEVESARE CAUGHT Gang of High Graders Had Cache Xear Goldfield. GOLD FIELD, Nev., April 26. Late' this afternoon Constable Inman and a force of four deputies captured a gang of high graders at a farm on the out skirts of town and recovered 951 pounds of ore supposed to have been taken from the Mohawk mines. The hiding place of the ore was known for some time and the thieves had been shadowed, but from fear that It might inflame trouble at a time when a settlement of labor troubles was about to be effected, no action was taken until today. There wr ,n the. sang and all were arrested. HAMMOND IS FOUND INSANE Alienists Decide Typewriter Inventor Should Be Cared For. NEW YORK, April 26.-The alienists engaged in the case of James Bartlett Hammond, president of the typewriter company that bears his name and who for several 'days has been under ob servation at Bollevue Hospital, today decided that Mr. Hammond was incom" petent to manage his own affairs. Their finding wllf be placed before Justice Bischoff, of the Supreme Court, tomorrow, when, it is said, members of his family and the physicians will sub mit a plan to have Mr. Hammond cared for privately. SECRETARY TAFT TO SPEAK May Talk Polities to Yale Men at Cincinnati Dinner. CINCINNATI, O., April :. Politics undoubtedly will be a feature of the Western Associated Yale Club's dinner here tomorrow night, which will be ad dressed by Secretary Taft. Campaign songs for the occasion have already been arranged. Mr. Taft may decline to discuss political events, but this will not interfere , with the club's arrange ments. . On Sunday morning Mr. Taft will go to Dayton, where he will speak at the laying of the Y. M. C. A. building cor nerstone. AFTER ONE; SHOOTS TWO Texas Lawyer Takes Vengeance for Alleged Assault. GROVETON, Texas. April 56. State Ranger J. D. Dunaway and ex-County Attorney H. L. Kobb were shot today by R. O. Kenley, a lawyer, and both are dangerously wounded. Kenley says h did not Intend to shoot Robb, but that he shot Dunaway because the lat ter recently assaulted him. Dunaway, he added, made threats against him and was moving toward his .office to day in a suspicious manner Just previ ous to the shooting. SAYS IT IS DIRECT INSULT New York Labor Leader So Charac terize Roosevelt's Utterance. NEW YORK. April 56. Characterising President Roosevelt's criticism of Mover and Haywood, the alleged murderers and conspirators awaiting trial In Idaho, as a "direct insult to every man" who had Interested himself in their defense, the executive committee of the Mover-Hay-od conference has Issued a statement berating the present incumbent of the White House. Besides condemning the President's re ply, the statement says: "There is nothing extravagant in the prediction that it marks the beginning of the end of that misplaced confidence which has heretofore been placed in him by large numbers of working men." Arrangements for the Moyer-Haywood demonstration by labor on May 4 are pro ceeding. There will be a parade and mass meetings both In Brooklyn and Manhat tan. Labor men say 60,000 men will be in line in the parade. President Again Condemned. SAN FRANCISCO. April 26. The San Francisco Labor Council tonight passed a resolution condemning President Roose velt for his reference to Moyer and Hay wood, the Idaho prisoners, aa undesirable citizens. ADMINISTERS STATE LAND Forest Service Trie Experiment In dcr Contract With Ftah. ORBGONIAN NEWS BTTRBAU. Wash ington. April 26. The Forest Service has entered upon an interesting experiment in Utah which, if successful, may be at tempted in other states in the West, viz., the Federal management of state land within the Nation's forests. The Forest Service has made an agreement with the State of Utah by which the former "will have absolute control over timber cutting and leasing of all the state lands within the National forest of that state. The state is to share in the expense of administration, and will likewise share WILL VIHIT TAIfCOrTER BAR RACKS TODAY. Major-General Arthur Mae Arthur. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 26.' (Special.) Major-General Arthur Mac Arthur, commander of the Di vision of the Pacific, stationed at San Frandsoo, will make an Informal call at the post tomorrow mornins. He will be accompanied by hU staff. Colonels Winn and Chamberlain and Major Harts. He will be accorded the customary salute and will be en tertained by the acting department commander. He will remain at the post during the day and will leave in the evening for Seattle, where he win meet the famous Japanese war rior. General Knrokl. and will extend the greetings of the United States and will accompany General Kurokl and his etalf to the Jamestown Fair, via Washington, D. C. in the profits, If there are any. Inas much as some Government forests are being administered at a profit, it is pre sumed that Utah revenues will be ulti mately increased as a result of this experiment. Under the agrement now in force, the state land will be administered as If it were a part of the National forest. The state has .agreed not to dispose of any of this land, except for agriculture or mining, and has also agreed not to lease any of it for grazing purposes. Nor will the state itself dispose of any of the timber. The timber on the state sections will he sold by the Forest Service, just as the timber on the Government land, under contract of individuals. Grazlhg permits covering the state lands will be iBsued by the Forest Ser vice in the same way and on the same terms as elsewhere. At the end of each year the cost of administration and the revenues will be apportioned between the state and the National government, ac cording to the respective area of state and government land. This is the first experiment of the kind to be tried, as Utah is more favor able to the forest policy than any other of the Western states. If the experiment proves successful, efforts, will be made to induce other states to try it. Expensive Treasury Dollars. Harper's Weekly. The Treasury Department has a won derful system of accounts. It goes Into detail with an inspiring industry of re search resulting in a perfect labyrinth-of averages and percentages. The Treasury Department is one huge anthill of "rig gers." and succeeding generations of bur rowing accountants have wrought some wondrous things with the maze of mathe matical records. As might be expected, there are some interesting conclusions and comparisons, and not the least is the series of books they constitute a veri table library every year in which is kept the tally of the receipts of this great and growing government through its 15S cus tom houses. - The port of New York, which, of course, yields the most in the way of customs revenue, cost the Government one and eight-tenths cents for every dollar taken In last year, a rate which was beaten by the record of Springfield, Massachusetts, where the expense was one and four tenths cents, which wa3 the most favor able rate in the whole list. The star record in the opposite direc tion was made by Little Egg Harbor (Tuckerton), New Jersey, where the sole business of the single employe of the in stitution in the course of a year was the issue of some forty documents to vessels the aggregate receipt for this service amounting to the munificent sum of forty cents, while the outlay was JD05.31; so the cost of collecting one dollar, if such a revenue had been' possible at Tucker ton, is reported in the painfully accurate decimals of $1263.273. Inventions to Aid Divers. New York Herald. The difficulty a diver experiences in lifting weights beneath the water is partly overcome by a new Italian In vention, which has been formally adopted by that government. The mechanism Is a diving suit, the arti ficial arms of which are worked from the inside by the wearer. The leverage thus obtained enables the diver to lift objects heavier than he could other wise handle. In addition to this im provement over the old method, a high power electric light that will pene trate the water for some distance is placed in the nelmet. . K1SKR FOR SCETIC PHOTOS. Lobby Imperial Hotel, , Jv ' A I PEASANTS POLL ALL WAYS MANY REQUESTS TO BE MADE AT CZAR'S KECEPTIOX. Each Faction in Douma Asks Dele- ( .. gaiioit to itwe its Hobby Ed ucation Greatest Need. ST. PETERSBURG, April 3G. Emperor Nicholas did not receive the 22 peasant Deputies today, as it was announced he would do, but will receive them tomor row, when the Deputies will express their desire to work in harmony with the Em peror and their hope of a speedy intro duction of a system of general education. The application of the Deputies for an audience has been the subject of passion ate arguments m the lobbies of the lower house for two days past. The applicants were constantly surrounded by wrathful fellow-peasants, denouncing the "reac tionary plot to misrepresent the sentiment of the public," and urging that the dele gation to the Emperor should be sent by a caucus of all the peasant Deputies. Meanwhile the popular leaders of the Group of Toil party have been quietly endeavoring to persuade some of the peasant Deputies who are to be received by the Emperor to present . the latter with a-memorandum expressing the unan imous wish -of the peasantry for the dis tribution of land. Father Illadore. an Orthodox monk and the most violent ora tor of the reactionists, pressed the Depu ties to petition the Emperor to dissolve Parliament. The Deputies may not present an ad dress to the Emperor, but wili have a di rect talk with him. Turns on Reactionary Party. ST. PETERSBURG, April 26.-A signifi cant article in the semi-official Rosela reproaches the members in the right of Parliament for inciting the people to open rebellion and declares that in no other country would be found a party of traditional supporters of law and order treading the paths of the members of the left Inciting civil war. Today's issue of the Zenamya, the organ of the Union of True Russian people, was confiscated. Typhoid Ravages Warsaw Prisons. WARSAW, Russian Poland. April 26. Warsaw is threatened with a serious epi demic of typhoid fever. The outbreak occurred in the overcrowded prisons, where thousands of political suspects are awaiting .trial under most unsanitary conditions. Over 200 cases already have been ' reported. Kiev Streets Become Rivers. ,ST. PETERSBURG. April 26. Serious floods are reported at Kiev,,owing to the rising of the Dnieper, and street traffic is being carried on by means of boats. REVOLUTION IN GUATEMALA Exiles In Mexico Form Provisional Government in Anticipation. MEXICO CITY, April 26. The Dally Record today says: "Believing that another revolution is imminent in Guatemala and that the revolution will be successful, the Guatemala revolutionists in Mexico and Central America expect to organize in this city a provisional government for Guatemala. "General Salvador Toledo, who is now in Central America, is said to be slated for provisional president, and a full corps of other government officials will be elected. "The fact that all the provisional leaders who oppose the Cabrera admin istration in Guatemala are exiles, makes it impossible to form a provi sional government in another country. FAMOUS SURGEOX DROWSED Discoverer ol Iodoform Falls in the Danube at Vienna. VIENNA. 'April 26. Protessor Albert Ritter von Mosetigh Moorhof, the famous surgeon and introducer of iodoform, while walking on the banks of the Dan ube today, fell into the water and was drowned. It was at first thought he had committed suicide, but inquiries tend to prove his death was accidental. The pro fessor was subject to sudden fainting spells and it is supposed that an attack of this sort caused him to fall into the water. His body has not been recovered. Besides having introduced the use of iodoform in surgical cases. Professor Mosetigh Moorhof had an international reputation as the originator of a method for treatment of caries the ulceration and decay of bones with a filling com pounded of a preparation of iodoform and petroleum. This proved of highest value in cases of compound fractures of the bones in the arm or leg, often render ing amputation unnecessary. ST. LUCIA HAS QUIETED DOWN Laborers Extort Advance Wages by Rktting, Which Causes Death. CASTRIES, Island of Saint Lucia. April 26. Quiet prevails here and work has been resumed, but there is a feeling of unrest lest disorders break out again. The employers were compelled to give in to the demands of the coal-carriers and laborers for Increases in wages, though these demands were considered exorbi tant. Rioting continues on the sugar estates, where cane fields have been burned and factories wrecked. Since the trouble began the police have killed four persons, wounded 23 and taken 11 prisoners. SPANISH QUEEX STILL WAITS Drives, Walks and Attends Func tions Until Stork Comes. MADRID. April 26 Queen Victoria continues to take her daily drives and walk and attends palace functions. Her health is good. Everything is quiet at the palace, but there are always little groups of the curious waiting near by for the announcement of the birth of the royal babe. Unite AH Protestant Missions. SHANGHAI. April 26. At the mission ary conference today the reading of a paper upon the "Chinese Church" caused an animated discussion, after which the conference adopted strongly worded reso lutions favoring the union of the Protect ant Church missions in order to make their work more effective. In the even ing the Rev. Arthur H. Smith, of the Pang Chuang Mission of the American hoard, spoke on missionary work. Arrest of Anti-Militarist. PARIS. April 26. Warrants were- issued today for the arrest of the 21 signatories of the recent anti-militarism manifestos, but only seven were captured. All Italy Feels Sharp Shock. VERONA, Italy. April 26. A sharp earthquake shock was felt here at 5:45 o clock yesterday morning. It was fol- e Was Jynraosi Scrofula Spread Into His Eyes Head and Meek a Rflass of Corruption Nothing Did Any Good Until He Took Hood's Sarsaparilla. In 3 Weeks He Improved and Was Soon Cured. "Murfreesboro, Term., Jan. 17, 1906. "C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. BV' Gentlemen: I send you, herewith, photograph of my son, Clarence, who is now a fine youn man of seventeen, and who owes his good health to Hood's Sarsaparilla. When he was a young boy, scrofula appeared npon bis head, gradually spreading until it got into his eyes and he became almost blind. His head and neck were one mass of corruption, and we thought he would surely lose his eye-sight. We did everything that could be done for him with the assistance of a skilled physician, but nothing seemed to do him any good. It was then that we began to give him Hood's Sarsaparilla, and in about three weeks his eyes be gan to improve. The sores took on a healthier appearance, gradually dimin ished until they entirely disappeared, leaving Clarence a bright, healthy child, with clear, beautiful eyes. How can 1 say too much in praise of that wonderful medicine, Hood's Sarsapa rilla, when I know it cured our boy after we had despaired of his ever get- Hood'S SarSaDarilla. stores healthy activity people well and keeps Srflf AlVi "or kse 'wno Prefer medicine in tablet form. Hood's Sarsaparilla is now nut up in chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs, as well as in the usual liquid form. Sarsatabs have identically the lowed by another, but lighter one at 1 o'clock. The people were thrown into a panic. There were no casualties. The earthquake was also felt at Padua, Cremona, Piacenza, Uribono, Modena, Florence and Porto Maurlzo. Shah Summons Mirza All. THERAN.. April 26. Mirza All Asghar Khan-Amin es Sultan. ex-Grand Vizier, who for several years has been living in exile in Europe and whom the Shah re cently summoned to Theran, arrived to day. His majesty immediately granted him an audience. ' Korean Minister Arrested. SEOUI. Korea, April 26. Mln Mo Chok. Vice-Minister of Education, has been ar rested on suspicion of complicity in the projected assassination of ministers who signed the Japanese protectorate conven tion. Measles Among Immigrants. i-IONOLULTJ, April 23. The steamer Hellpolis has arrived from Malaga with. ZmO Spanish immigrants. During the voy age there were 14 births and 19 deaths, ail children who died, died of measles. Governor of St. Lucia Hard Pressed. BRIDGETOWN. Island of Barbadoes, April 26. The rioters of St. Lucia are again turbulent. A dispatch received here from the Governor of the island says he is in urgent need of assistance. AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT Mrs. Ida Von Claussen Asks Swedish Prime Minister to Espel Graves. NEW TOBK, April 26. Mrs. Ida von Claussen, who recently went to Washing ton and attempted to see President Roosevelt, and secure the removal of Minister Graves because that official re fused to present her - to King Oscar, of Sweden, tonight gave out the text of a letter which she says ehe has sent to the Swedish Prime Minister. In the letter she demands that Mr. Graves be expelled from Sweden because of what she says are insults to the King. FIRING TO THE LIMIT Vp-to-Date Target Practice In the German Army. Arms and the Man. One of the most important branches of military instruction in the German army is target practice, because it is held with reason that the greatest bravery, the most perfect contempt of death, in at tack as in defense, cannot have the de sired result if the troops do not know how to fire well, if the gun and the can non cannot be used up to the limit of what they can do. This is why target practice begins, in the simplest way, im- ting well? I am satisfied it is the great est blood purifier in the market. It has done for us all that was claimed for it mirififV; thp. hlnnrl rt-MtPQ to every part of the human system. It makes them well. . . mediatelly after the entrance of the re cruits into the regiment. . First it is with a gun or a cannon fixed in position that the elements of aiming and the theory of tiring are explained to the young soldier. Then the instruction proceeds from the simple to the more dif ficult, until he can commence to fire, which is done at first only with dummy cartridges. Soon after, the fire at the target commences, in which the firer, al ways superintended and guided by his superiors, must show what he has learned and must respond to more and more dif ficult requirements. The honorary distinctions Instituted by the supreme head of the army, as much for the individual flrer as for the com panies, etc., which especially dlstlngish themselves, are numerous and diverse, and the zeal with which each one devotes himself to this part of the military serv ice shows what pride is attacked to satisfying the commanding officers. After firing at the target comes the practice with full service charges on the ground, first in small groups, then little by little, In more numerous detachments up to companies and squadrons. These exercises form, ordinarily, the close of the annual target firing and crown the arduous work of long months. The infantry meets sometimes serious difficulties in the execution of Its service firing on the ground, especially if there are- no maneuver fields available. These difficulties are still much greater for the artillery service firing, which can only be carried out on the large polygons. The problems which can be laid out here have often the inconvenience of being repeated too often, and the development of the ap titude for war suffers forcibly thereby. This is why the superior command of the army seeks, during the artillery drills in the field, to have real firing over an absolutely unknown terrain. In this fire lng all targets which may be presented in reality as objectives for the cannon and field howitzers figure as much as possible. STANDARD LOSES ITS RATE Railroads Put Independent on Equal Terms on Tank Kate. CLEVELAND. O., April 26. The Cleveland Plain Dealer today says: The railroads have made a big con cession to the independent oil manu facturers. The independents will' no longer have to pay $105 for the return of an empty tank from the Pacific Coast to a refinery east of the Missouri River. A rate that, it is said, has been a big factor in the success of the Stand ard Company, Is withdrawn. "Botn moves are made in advance of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion hearing, to be held at Washington, May 21. "Notice to this effect has been re ceived at the headquarters of the Na tional Petroleum Association in this city. "Tho readjustment of the rates means that the standard 'Oil Company loses an exclusive rate of 78 Vi cents a hundred from Central Freight and Trunk Line Made in New York AVOID vulgarity expressed in "loud" clothing. Alfred. Benjamin & Co. make clothes only , for men of good taste distinctive in character but never over-step ping the limits of correct form. The merchant in this c.'itv whn splk clothing bearing the Alfred Benjamin fc Co. label sells the very best clothing the most skilled tailormen can produce. Correct Clothes for Men Exclusive Agent Here. Buffum & Pendleton, Inc. 311 Morrison St. B So sid and more than we expected, and wi freely recommend it to suffering hu manity. JUT. U. 8&. CROCKETT. a crnnr onrWit onrl t-o same curative properties as the liquid form, besides ac curacy of dose, convenience and economy. There is no loss by evaporation, breakage or leakage. 100 doses $1. Of druggists or by mail. C. I. Hood, Co., Lowell, Mass. Guaranteed tinder the Pood and Orugs Act. June 80. 100e. No. 824 Association territory to the Western Coast." The Meaning of Bird Sense. Outer's Book. ' That qualification known as bird sense is generally used so that the novice thinks that it is nothing more or less than a natural gift in the ani mal referred to. This is far from be ing correct. Bird-sense is more often acquired than a natural qualification. Only recently have I had called to my attention a case where the dog-sense of a certain setter was the result of care and work on the part of the man who owned him. In the first place, we are widely at variance over what constitutes this valuable qualification. I have always held that It was the combined use of a good nose, attention to the man behind the dog. steadiness behind the birds, and before the gun. Couple these with the ability to hunt out the birds without scaring them up, speed and all-day working qualities, and you have bird-sense in any dog. A young dog in a certain part of the West is a very faithful worker, and. as lie lias been raised on the range, where the birds were to be found, he has been shot over till he is perfect. The dog with' a lot of bird-sense is the one that is used dally. He has come to so understand the man behind him that a simple nod or a motion of the hand is all that is necessary to have him do the thing and have him do It right. Moist Atmosphere causes dust and soot to cling to the skin, making it necessary that the skin be kept thoroughly clear as it cannot be by ordinary surface cleansing or the pores will become clogged, the circulation poor and the whole Tj . - J f system sluggish. 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