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EVENTS OF THE DAY py items Gathered from All fans oi MB worm, jgEMRED FOR THE BUSY READER .int hut Not Loss Infer Lett Wv " . ! eiting Hopponingo from Point Outsldo tho Stato. V(ir York customs olTlcIalH hnvo boon j i tnr nm nr-woii? uuir nirs. i baboon attacked nnd nearly Killed A .... .,..t..ml lit... ft. 1 .i vl 115 1 Federal Inquiry Into tho burning of .Mimer St. Croix fails to discover lit " i cause. ' Tke Philadelphia National Lenguo I .. i I. I...' ..I.I . .......It 5, for 1350,000. i v. Yorker wroto 1505 words In 15 almtfJ on n typewriter from copy ho Ijj never set" u will accept tho arbitration of . f ... . i. i. . . ri8. Edward in tno Ainop cmnn umpuio ,Zhe United Stntos. r.nU on tho Sollwood forry rescued v . i. i . im 6oons iroin a wrocKou nousouoai jriftfng down tho Willnmotto. nr Took in suffering from nervous prostration, after preparing his records lor inspection of Coponhngon univcr- it;. steamer Artro was blown on tho sands it the entrance to Tillamook bay, and tltrt perrons were lost and several oth- i lit government is unable to got any m1 from its minister at Managua, Jkirigua, and it is believed President Iriiya is intercepting dispatches. Fierce storms aro sweeping tho Orcat knator liorah will ask congress to hrotigatc IlallingorPJnchot feud, Fire broke out anew in tho St. Paul sitt, and rescue work is suspended. Tie covernmeiit is preparing to send stria? to Nicaragua on short notice, Fritmh of Astor still continue to mrr-a for the missing yacht Nourmnhal. ' Brituh Liberal beliovo that a fight u a faith on English lords has begun. 1 Standard Oil company will undertake lit repeal of tho Sherman anti-trust lit, A Chinese letter writer has warned tie mayor of Portland that a tong war ii likely to begin at any time. Tie government has ordered a rigid i:rMtirtion into tho St. Croix disaster. Jfur damago suits may follow. Taft will prosccuto tho sugar trust to if sub in tpite of tho statute of limi Utions, under which they claim immu- titjr. Luk of American beef In Germany si caune a campaign for the roadmis a of American canned meats under a ttrjr low tariff. Eieessive rains have nroduced flood Msditions throughout tho Willamette u4 f olumhin valleys, and much dam- J;(bu resulted. Colonel Aa tor's yacht Nourmahal is reported afo at 8an Juan harbor. Senator Borah says tho forestry bu- n uiurps tho functions of congross. fiii..ii i i.i .i.i i within uuB, so jar mis year, ciaimuu f dead and 210 injured, most of tho utter Icing malmod for life Another day's search In tho St. Paul ua revealed 47 doad bodies, but no iaaieation of any moro living. Four hundred nnd flftv lords will erablo to voto on tho final nccopt te or rejection of tho British budget. Seeent court iWUlnn nmtlniit. Rtnnd- i oil is said to bo only a thcorotical uuu win result in no praciicui Iithmian canal commission report It! biff (llfil. V,n1 -i,! nafl. o .... U UUU UUlOUVUl UUI4 wtM tho cost will bo doublo tho riginal catirnato. No liv(H wnrn Inaf n iYn Imrnlnrr of ateamor St. Croix, but many wore jWHd ttnd groat Buffering provoilod. " bip is a total loss. Aa Ohio bankor and party of four complotod a 1,300-mllo trip in row MJti down tho Colorado rivor. Thoy Wtined many photographs of prohls ne Indian hioroglyphies. A Kansas hen laid an egg bearing watering 'Drouth 1011."' 1 It ia roportod thnt thoro nro 200,000 "eopioycd in Now York city. 6t. Louis women took forciblo pos ion of tho strootcars of thnt city "a cleaned thorn 'up. Samuol Gompors has boon unanimous " elected prosidont of tho Amorlcnn Oration of Labor. L,n.bmorKod wrock on tho Atlantio I u s. thoKht to bo tho missing Ml of Colonol Astor. !;i.De"in between tho Pennsylvania .goad and tho Now York Central AttnvtiA.. n wi i ji !,t uonorai wietcorsuam uu t hi tii Kvornmont will punish all 1 ' l' ln tho sugar truBt case, t4ilhe Jtallan modium, Eusopin Palla tit li? ? cnmo to this country rocontly. "ported to bo no moro wondorful , ,0 nany Amorlcan modlume. , Ji!f.uCd6ral CO"' has ordorod tho itu141 ot to Standard Oil corpor- tii Ti.i. 5 caso will bo nppoalod to reunited Statos eupromo court. i ttiTJ y, mon hftvo boon takon out of Har.it D,lD8 COttl m.no at Cherry, HI., hnei7 a,livo aftor week's Imprison ortv doftil hnvn alio boon ' 'VUBfl, - STAND AED OIL KNOCKED OUT Difluolutlon Ordorod by Federal Court, Evasion Prohibited. Hi. Plllll tt.... T-. n - ....... ..mill,, itov. z,i..in nn opinion written by Judgo Waltor II. Sanborn of St. Paul, nnd concurred in by Judgos Vnndovontor, Hook and Adams, with a special concurring ujnnion y juugo Hook, tho United otntos circuit court for tho castorn dis trict of Missouri today handod down nn opinion declaring tho Standard Oil company of Now Jorsoy an illegal com- uinauon operating In restraint of trado and ordorod its dissolution. Tho opinion was' filed simultaneously in St. Louis and in St. Paul. In this decision tho govornmont of tuo Unltod Statos gains a swooping victory. According to Prank 13. Kol- Jogg, spodul prosocutor, tho covorn mout has won ovory point for which It contondod. Tho docroo filed by Judgo Sanborn Is cornprohonslvo and enjoins tho standard company, its directors, ofll cors, ngonts, Borvants and omployos vuunK nay uiocK in any oi tho subsidiary companies, and from exor cising or attomnting to oxomUn nnv control ovor tho acts of thcaa Rulmidtnrv intnrinitiin ' Tho subsidiary ComnanlnR nrn nn joined from doclaring or paying any uivjuuuub io ino oinnuaru company and from permitting tho lattor company to voto any stock ln, or direct tho policy u. uiu Buuiiuinry companies. Put tho defendants aro not nrnlilh Itod from distributing ratoably to tho l.nrn1,Al,lA.. 11.. ...!..! ' "uiuuuuiuuij vi uiu jirjucipi company tho shares to which thoy aro equitably entitled in tho stocks of tho dofondant corporations that aro parties to tho combination. Tho defendants nro enjoined from continuing or carrying Into further of. feet tho combination adjudged to bo il legal auu irom entoring Into any Iiko combination, tho effect of which ia to restrain commorco ln petroleum or to prolong tho unlawful monopoly. Tho caso will bo appealed direct to tho supromo court of tho United States, tho judges who signed tho decree are in effect tho judges of tho United States circuit court of appeals, although uioy woro sitting for tho purposo of trying this caso as tho circuit court for tho eastern district of Missouri. Tho decrco bocornos ceffctivo in 30 days, whon no doubt a stay will bo granted for tho purpose of an appeal. Whon tho decroo takes effect, unless a stay is grantod, an injunction will issue restraining the Standard Oil com pany from a further contlnuanco of Us business under its prcsont forma tion. It appears from tho concurring opin ion written by Judgo Hook that tho company cannot do business under any other form with tho object of stifling competition. Ho says on this subject that it is thought that with tho end of tho combination tho monopoly will naturally dlsappoar, but should it not ilo so and tho members of tho combina tion rotiro from it, except ono who might nernetuato tho monopoly by tho aggregation of tho physical properties and instrumentalities, it would consti tute a violation of tho decrco of tho court. In tho trial tho point was mado that tho Standard Oil company was a bon- oflciont corporation in that it, by rea son of economy in oporation, reduced tho prico of Its product. Tins, juugo Hook holds, can havo no weight. UEGED TO USE BIO STIOK. London Wants Taft to Keep Poaco in Central America. London. Nov. 23. Nothing could bo moro ncrecablo to Europe, so far as Central American affairs aro concornod, than such a turn of events on tho Hie nraguan coast as would givo "Washing ton good grounds for drastic action, mi ! tn lui )innni1." snva tho London Poviow, "that Mr. Hoosovolt did not tnko tho 'big RticK' wnn mm xo Ainra, id that rresidont Tan Known wumu lay his hands on it. "Thoro may bo two opinions ns to ..,n,itnnnv nf wlnlilliiiF it in inter nal concerns, such ns corporation ag rresstvoncsa, llko tho Standard oil, and corporation iniquity, llko tho American sugar. Thnt is for tho "Washington administration to eay. "But if tho United Statos is to on forco tho Monroo docti.no and main f tho wostorn world, tho plainest of plain dutios to tho rest or wo univumu iju..u. ii... i..n.iinn T.nttn stntea noar tho Isthmus bo flogged Into some sonso of discipline." Drought ln 1011 Predicted. Tnnnkn. Kan.. Nov. 23. Tho helpful i.n fnmml In Kansas song and story, Is responsible for a "phenomenon" thnt Is stirring tno sxnio irum m mirl rlvnr to tho Colorado bordor. It la all about an egg that was laid out In Ropublio county, Juno 11 of this voar. Karly in tho foronoon of that r ft i nil Viillon responded to tho daily cacklo of Biddy, and wont out to tho chicken house to gnthor eggs. . i i,n otinil nf ono woro ominous chnractors which spollod out "Drought, lvu." Homo to Cost $1,000,000. Now York, Nov. 23. Contracts for p.ountrv houso at tllO coiiiruu"" - Port Washington, Long Island, hayo boon conflrmod by Howard Gould. Tho i 1 - ...111 liiivrA n Stag of 8 depth of 110 Sot This now "Castle dould, as root. ", , umn. will bo tho rosidonco w t ";--. startod as Boon as iu .ov - flsS?ict2ro. tho Goulds have been using as a rosiaonco jd uuuw..- be a turoo-owry uubv. n.lni TmntAII DutiOB. xi nampton, Va.. Nov. 23Presldont Taf 'J luAhllt triistoos o? .tltute Tho prosidont fn an nddross like uampion NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTILLERY SHOOTS WELL. Target Moving Eight Knoto la lilt Throo Out of Pour by Company. Washington. Nov. 25, Reports of ox. collont shooting at long rango by coast armiory companies continue to reach tho war department. A remarkable rec ord was mado by tho 115th company at Port Rosccrans, Cal.. on Octobor 20. Pour shots woro flrod from a battery ot two iu-inch guns at a target 30 feet high by CO foot long, which was mov ing at tho rate of eight miles an hour at u distniico of about Ave miles from tho battery firing. AH four shots woro flrod in nn interval of ono minuto and 20 seconds nnd passod through a rcc tnnglo nirio feet high by 42 foot wide. Only throo hits woro scored on tho tar- got, ns ono of tho shots passed four yams to tno lort or it. Tho 52(1 company, at Fort Robman. Mass., on Octobor 20, fired rour shots from an eight-Inch battery at a 30x00 foot matorial targot, which was moving at tho rate of flvo miles an hour at a distance of nbout four miles from the firing battery. All four shots were hits and tho first shot cut the raft of the material targot in two. FAVORS PRIVATE CAPITAL. Sonato Commlttco Would Nullify Irri gation Law. Washington, Nov. 27. In advance of tho report of tho senate committeo on iirigntion comes tho statement that tho majority will favor emasculation of tho national irrigation law, so us to givo to private capital tho privilege of devel oping all possiblo reclamation projects. A minority ,of the committeo, among them senator (Jhnmborlain, is expected to oppose any such plan. Private busi ness interests arc said to bo back of this movement, which Ballinger in dorsed in a speech before the National Irrigation congress at Spokano in August. Tho plan involves indorsement of tho proposed 30,000,000 bond issue, to com plete projects now under way, with tho gradual withdrawal of tho government from all localities where prlvato parties desire to cxecuto reclamation projects. intimations already received point to a bitter wnrfaro over such a proposal. It is believed most people in tho Irri gable regions dosiro that the govorn mont should carry on ,tlio reclamation work. Moving Pictures to Teach Panning. Washington, Nov. 23. The federal department of agriculture has sent an agent to Ithnca to get a sorios of mo tion pictures of the poultry farm con ducted by the New York state college of ngriculture. Tho pictures were mado for educational purposes, and next winter farming audiences in many xtntcs will 8eo tho Cornell hens strut ting about tho poultry yard, students lugging straw to tho hen houses, dis- nfecting the pens, filling tho feed hop pers in tho poultry rango, filling tho lumps in the incubators, nnd in gen eral doing all of tho work that goes on in a well managed, scientific poultry yard. WILEY PURSUES MILLERS. Portland Company Is Mado Subject of Circular. Washington, Nov, 23 Dr. Wiley, the govornmont puro food expert, Is pursu ing another Portland manufacturing concern, tho Acme Alius company, wnicn was accused, tried ,and convicted of put ting on tho market a foodstuff bearing a misleading label, "Iowa Rolled Oats Mixture." Not content with having hosted this concern in tho courts, Dr. Wiley is pursuing his regular policy of widely advertising it, and tho mannor in which it hcrctoforo has been doing business. In a circular just printed for circulation by tho department or agn culture the history of tho case nnd ro view of the court's decision are given This history and review relate that an inspector of the department found in tho possession of a Los Angeles firm 500 sacks of tho product, labeled as stated, and that upon analysis it proved to consist of 50 per cent oats and 50 per cent wheat, and misbranded in tho respect that It was called "roiled oats," being "adulterated" with wheat. The shipment was condemned duly. Tho decree of condemnation relates that the corporation admitted tho truth of tho allegations made in the condem nation suit and recovered the goods upon payment of the costs, $47. JO. BIG BOND ISSUE PAVORED. DIE OP SUFFOCATION. $30,000,000 for Irrigation ln West Urged by Borah. Washington, Nov. 24. Senator Borah today submitted to Secretary Ballinger tho outline of a bill ho has prepared, authorizing tho issuance of bonds to facilitate tho construction of govern ment irrigation projects. Borah and Ballinger are agreed that such legislation should authorize bonds aggregating $30,000,000 to bo issued by the treasury department as needed. These bonds to be paid out of the rec lamation fund and are not to bo a chago upon tho federal treasury. As soon as Uoneral Lawier, of tho interior department, roturns to Wash ington, ho, Ballinger and xiorah will work out tho details of this bill, which will thon bo presented to congress. Both Senator Borah and Secretary Bal linger are hopeful that congress will authorize tho bond issue. Marines Awaiting Orders. Washington. Nov. 24. That tho crit ical situation betweon this country and Nicaragua has reached tho acuto stngo was ovidenccd tonight when Secretary of Stato Knox sont for his colleagues in the state department and for the acting sccrotary of tho navy and his aides to meet in conference at his homo. Por nearly threo hours tho statesmen went over tho situation. Tho result of the deliberations was not mado public, but it was not denied that more warships aro to bo ordered south at once. Dedtcato Tablet to Gridloy. Annapolis, Md., Nov. 27. Many prominent representatives of tho United States nnvy came to Annnpolis today to lake part in coromonies attending tho dedication of a tablet in Bancroft hall of tho United States Naval academy in memory of Captain Charles V. Gridloy, who cammanded Admiral Dewey's flagship nt tho battle of Ma nila Hay and to whom tho admiral gave tho famous ordor: "When you are ready, Gridloy, fire." Tho tuulot is or golden uronze, a'jx 2Vj foot. Officers Aro Ro-Elocted. Washington. Nov. 24. After elect ing as its officers thoso who sorved last voar, tho convention of tho National '. .. . n tl ft . I..I. Association or itauway uomraissionoro todnv adjourned to meot next year in Washington. A resolution roeommond- ing legislation to limit tno issuo or stocks, nnd bonds of railroads engaged u intorostnto commorco was adoptod. Thoro wns a spirited discussion as to whothor stato or fodoral control was contemplated. Tho resolution loft this nn opon question. Nows Gratifies Washington. Washington, Nov. 23 Whllo tho of ficials of tho stato department hnvo not boon ofllcinlly advised of tho roportod wlllingnoss of tho Chilean govornmont to submit tho Alsop claim to arbitration at Tho Hnguo, thoy aro grntiflod at tho nows to thnt offoct contained in tho As sociated Pross dispatches. Senor Cruz, tho Chilean ministor, rofusod today to discuss tho matter. Reparation Not Expected, "XT.... ti -im Jt An vn mi n JsTnxr OR "bJr having notification on tho subjoct, tho Nicnrnguan govornmont oxprossod doubt that domaua ror reparation would bo mado by tho Unltod Stntos on account of tho execution of tho two Amoricons, Grnoo and Capnon, for tho reason, It is pointod out, that tho no tion of Nicaragua was according to law. Oablo for Assistant Secretary. Washington. Nov. 27. Bonjamln S. Cnblo, a Chicago attorney, will succeed Ormsby MoIIarg as assistant sccrotary of commorco ana lauor, according to a statomont mado today by Senator Cul lorn of Illinois, Wood Backs Up Dr. Osier. Washington, Nov. 20.r Oslcrization of army ollicers to a radical degree was recommended to tho War Department today by Goneral Leonard Wood, in command of tho Department of tho East. He wants an elimination law en acted so that officers above tho grade of captain will attain given grades on an average of at least ten years younger than at present. "Our present system," said General Wood, "results generally in tho best years of a man's life being spent in a subordinate position." He recommend ed the re-establishment of the army canteen. Deschutes Power Held. Washington, Nov. 20. Secretary Bal linger today withdrew from entry 3262 acres of land along the upper Des chutes River for protection of power sites. 'The withdrawal is ordered providing Congress enacts legislation for the con trol or disposal of the lands. The land withdrawn is the waterway in connection with which charge has boon mado that in granting rights of uyiy to the Hill and Harrimau railroads through the Deschutes Canyon, Ballin ger had rendered ' construction of a power plnnt in tho canyon impossible. Leaders Get Moro Time. Washington, Nov. 23. The district court of appeals today decided to exj tend tho time of tho issuance of tho mandate for President Gompers, Vice President Mitchell nnd Secretary Morri son in the oontompt caso to November 29 in order to givo tho defendants time to present to the fodoral supremo court application for a write of certiorari. Chiof .lustico Shcpard announced that still further timo would bo granted if neoded, pending tho proceedings in the supremo court. Experts Watch Mine Gases. Washington, Nov. 25. Word received early today by officials of tho United States geological survey from Cherry, 111., ia thnt tho firo in the mino thero is giving tho govornmont exports much anxiety. Tho gases in the mino are boing analyzed constantly in order that tho roscuors may bo warned 01 impend ing dangors. Cortain mixtures of firo damp and oxygon aro almost instantly fatal and tho govornmont oxports aro watching for any sign of this condition. Dodth In Most Agonizing Forms Indl cated at Cherry, DX Chorry, HI., Nov. 22. Androw Bucklos and Louis Gibbs aro among tho identified dead rocovored today. Tho recovery of bodies is necessarily slow on account of tho firo still burning slightly in eomo parts of tho mine. Bodies of tho victims, piled in great heaps, havo boon scon by firemen In both tho east and west tunnels of tho second level. It is estimated that 75 of tho dead aro huddled togother in tho west tunnel. Tho bodies of two mon, bcllovcd to bo Androw Donovan and his son, woro found clasped in each other's arms in tho east tunnol. Thoy havo not beon brought up yet. Tho bodies 01 tho victims aro all burned black, but it is said that in most cases tho features aro intact, when tho res cuors descended this morning into tho main shaft thoy brought eight badly charred bodies to tho surfaco, making a total of nino recovered. Ono was recovered yesterday. Tho firo, after raging furiously slnco last Saturday, has practically burned itsolf out, and it is believed the work of recovering tho dead will henceforth be comparatively easy. Whon tho rescno party, headed by Mino Inspectors Taylor and Moses, reached tho 200 foot level this morn ing they found a number of victims huddlod together. Appearances indi cated that tho men whose bodies were found had climbed from lower levels to tho 200 foot station. Tho imprints of finger noils wero seen in tho palms of thoir hands. It was thus indicated that Ihey had suffered tho agonies of suffocation before tho names had reached them. GIVEN NEW TRIAL. MacVeagh Gives Out News. Washington, Nov. 24. Tho elimina tion from tho customs sorvico of Act ing Doputy Survoyor James Vail, tho abolition of that office in tho New York customs houso, tho dismissal of 104 mon and domotion of 123 other mon nt Now York from March 4 up to last night, togothor with about a score of othor changes includod in Collector Loob's statomont today from Now York, woro announced by Secretary MacVeagh tonight. Taft Snubs Suffragette. Washington, Nov, 20. Mrs. Philip Snowdon, wifo of n Liberal mombor of rnrunmout and notort as the most boau tlfnl suffrngotto, triod to soo Prosidont Taft today. She failod. Mrs. Snow don loft tho Whito Houso announcing nmt suu wuiim onuoavor again tomor row to run tho gauntlet that had shut her off. Work on Gunboats Hurried. Portsmouth, N, H Nov. 25. Naval rush orders woro received hore today in connection with tho outfitting of the gunboats Paducah and Dubuque, both of which havo been preparing to re-turn to their stations in tho Cambean Sea. Coal Companies Did Not Violate Sher man Anti-Trust Law. St. Paul, Nov. 22. Judgo Walter H. Sanborn in the United States circuit court of appeals today banded down an opinion setting aside the verdict and ordering a now trial in tho caso of tho United States aaginst the Union Pa cific Coal company, tho Union Pacific Railway company, the Oregon Short Lino, James M. Mooro, and Everett Buckingham, in which thoy aro charged with violating tho Sherman anti-trust law by rorming an unlawful combina tion. While tho suit was brought in tho name of tho United States, proceed ings were started by a Salt Lako City coal dealer named Sharp, who charged the coal company and the defendant railways with refusing to sell and haul coal for him. Sharp charged that the Union Pacific Coal company refused to sell him coal, and that the railways refused to haul the commodity because ho advortised and sold coal at a lower figure than his competitors. Judgo Sanborn, in his opinion, holds that thero was no substantial evidence of any combination between any two of the defendants, either to refuse to sell coal to Sharp or to refuse to trans port it for him. The lower court found tho defendants guilty of violating the Sherman anti-trust law and imposed a fine of $1,000 and costs on Moore, and $3,000 and costs on the other defendants. CHILE WILL CONFER. Santiago Regards Note From Washing- - ton as Ultimatum. . Santiago, Chile, Nov. 22. The Chil ean government today opened negotia tions with Washington with a view to submitting the Alsop claim of the United States against Chile .to a spe cially constituted court of arbitration at Tho Hague. Tho notification to Chile which is looked upon here as an ultimatum, has been seized upon by the sensational pross as causo for agitation. tjreat anxiety was felt hero because of tho notification, through Chilean Minister Cruz, at Washington that tho United States would close its legation nt Santiago within a few days unless tho Chilean government consented to an adjustment of tho Alsop claims or agreed to refer the dispute to Tho Hague. Tho members of the American colony hero declared the manner in which the Uuitod States was proceeding was arbi trary and detrimental to American in terests in Chile. They have communi cated with a prominent attorney at Washington and asked him to use his influence in the matter. Merchants hero fear the agitation will affect American imports adversely. Taft for Fighting Navy. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 22. "The navy should not only bo worth securing, but should bo able to fight." President Taft aroused enthusiasm today by mak ing this statement in an address be fore the Atlantic Deopor-Watorways association convention. Tho prosidont declared Hampton Roads and Chesa peake Bay should bo protected by an island fort erected midway between tho Vickinia capos. Mr. Taft regarded tho Norfolk navy yard as probably tho most important base in tho country and Hampton Roads as the greatest point of naval rendezvous. Has Rata Bill. in View. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22. Modifi cation of the interestato commerce act to obtain reasonable bases of rates to all and fairness of practices in tho op oration of interstate railways was sug gested by Attorney Goneral George W. Wickorsham ln an address tonight at tho annual banquot of tho Commercial club, given in commemoration of tho signing oi tho John Day commercial treaty. Mr. Wiekorsham responded to tho toast, "Tho Interstate Commerce Commission." U. S. NAVY SECOND Tonnage of War Vessels Exceed ed Only by England. GERMANY SOON TAKE OUR RACE Kaiser Has More Battleships Under Construction Will Be Second Power on High Seas. Washington, Nov. 27. Measured by actual naval tonnage in service, tho United States ranks second among tho nations of the world; Great Britain alono surpasses this country. But if to tho tonnage in service is added to tonnago of warships authorized and in courso of construction, tho United States is compelled to yield second placo to Germany. In other words, Germany has in course of construction more largo battleships than has the United States. Tho relative order of warship itonnago of tho great nations today is as fol lows: Great Britain , 1,758,350 United States 632,785 Germany 609,700 France i 602,920 Japan 396,368 Russia 259,263 Italy 216,038 Austria 114,897 It will be noted that Japan is far inferior to the United States in its naval strength, standing fifth on tho list. It will also be noted from tho following table, showing the total naval tonnago of the great nations, as would be the caso wero vessels building now completed, that Japan retains her rela tive position on the list, with even less tonnage than the United States. As suming vessels under construction were nil completed, the navies of tho world would show the following tonnage: Great Britain 2,005,873 Germany ,. 820,692 United States 785,687 Prance 766,906 Japan 489,704 Russia 412,250 Italy 257,818 Austria 167,297 These figures are interesting in sev eral respects. Germany, for instance, which long stood fourth on tho list of naval powers, has rapidly passed both the United States and France. Japan, on the other hand, supposed to havo been making great strides in the devel opment or ner navy, is not building as fast as tho United States. During the past year she increased her naval ton nage less than 50,000, and it is seen from the statistics above that her in crease, according to her present pro gramme, will not be equal to that of tho United States. The tonnago of tho American navy today exceeds that of Japan by about 286,000; with tho pres ent programme of both nations com pleted, the United States will lead by 296,000. TAX REGULATIONS MADE. Enforce Safety Appliance Law. San Francisco, Nov. 22, Tho Ohieago & Northwestern railroad was fined by Judge De Haven on 11 separate counts yesterday for violations of the law re garding safety appliances. The total amount ot tho fines is $41,100. Tho violations consisted ot failure to pro vldo proper signal dovlces. Income From Corporations Expected to Be $25,000,000. Washington, Nov. 27. Corporation tax regulations are now complete and ready for the printer. It has been a great task to meet all the complexities of the law and expected attacks upon it by the corporations. Latest estimates indicate a net revenue from the cor poration tax of approximately $25,000, 000 annually, and 122,000 corporations probably will havo to pay the tax. In a far southwestern state it has been found that not moro than 10 per cent of many thousands of corporations over nave actually done business, lm- propor registration in many cases is oxpected, but the series of penalties under the law will apply to all, even to thoso who fail to get" the forms and regulations. Tho mailing of tho forms and blanks to every corporation listed in tho various districts is not reouircd by law, and is merely to assist the cor porations. Thoso not registered should apply immediately to collectors. All returns aro required to bo in the collector's hands by March 1, then sont to tho internal rovenue bureau here, where the tax will bo assessed and tho taxpaying corporations notified by June j, mo tax 10 do pam by July 1. Wild Man Is Captured. Ukiah, Cal., Nov. 27. Emilio Badoni, known in this section as "The Wild Man of Hopland," was captured last night by Constablo Orr, of Cloverdalo, and Game Wardens Loo and Miller, who broght him to 'this city. Badoni has-, lived in a cave near Cotnsky station, sinco last May, and, had not spoken tu nny ono for many months. During this timo ho has lived on sheep ho has killed, and food takon from cabins in tho neighborhood. Badoni was found by tho ollicers sunning himself on top of Squaw rock, and wns captured boforo ho could offer any resistance. Mummy Barneses Arrives. Boston, Nov. 27. Rameses, king of Egypt, is resting aboard the steamship Aragonia, whilo tho vessel is discharg ing a portion of tho cargo hero prepara tory .to proceeding to Now York. Tho monarch, whoso ago is estimated nt about 3000 years, was lifted aboard tho steamer by tho soamen at Suez with Now York for destination. Ramoses just which ono of tho long lino of Egyptian sovereigns of that name has not been determined is a mummy. Hail Hits Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Nov. 27. Hailstones as largo as walnuts foil in various por tions Of thin nltv 1 n f n rmlnv s w n mlnutos. A sleet storm followed a sud- uen ran in tno temporature, the falling sleet remaining on tho ground some timo, affording an unusual sight foe Southern Callfornians.