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NAVAL EXPERIMENTS
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Work Havoc on Monitor
Florida
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RESULT IS A VICTORY
To Demonstrate If Bulkheads
May Be Used to Protect
The Hull '
CLOSE RANGE AND DEADLY AIM
A Futile Attempt Wi Made to De
troy Newly Designed Woven Wire
Fighting Matt on Stern of Florida-
After Five Shots Matt Stood Firm.
OLD POINT COMFORT, May
27. The biggest naval gun, the
heaviest projectite and the highest
explosive known, combined with a
clone range and deadly aim were to
day allowed to work full havoc on
the turret plate of the monitor Flor
ida. The result it declared a victory
for the turret construction and this,
notwithstanding the 1! inch, hardened
ntcelplate was blackened and broken,
the seams of the turret' spring and
ili rivets and screws loosened and
twisted. It was not five minutes af
ter the terrible impact that the finely
balanced mechanism of the turret
was being worked with perfect ease
and a 12-inch gun on the left side was
trained at will. The inside turret,
where stand the gunners and the gun
crew, made havoc much less appar
ent than from the outside. An ex
amination showed the many delicate
ly adjusted instruments and few if
any were out of working order.
A futile atempt was next made to
destroy the newly designed wovet
wire fighting mast on the stern of the
Florida. After live shots of the guns
had gone through it, the mast stood
firm. A strip of canvas was stretched
between the staffs on the turret of the
Florida. The Arkansas fired a 12
inch shot to get the range and then
.the turret of the Florida was swung
around so that her guns and all those
of the Arkansas looked squarely at
each other. The "big noise" came,
two crashes so close together that
they souiidell (tike one. The 12-inch
.projectile had ,1iit its mark. Just to
the right of the right gun there was
what looked ilike a hole. The officers
went to the Florida, but before they
got there, her crew oi twenty or thir
ty jackics officered by Commander
John G. Quimby ' and Lieutenant
Jos. K.TausiganU 'Gamier had come
up from the hdld and were looking
over the damage. The officers en
tered the turret at once and had its
mechanism operated, turret being
completely swung around and the
left hand gun trained. A board dum-
PRESIDENT HARAHAN
NEW YORK, May 27. President
J. T. Harahan of the Illinois Central
sails to-day for Europe on a trip
which, according to reports, is intend
ed at least in part to bring friendlier
relations between the Illinois Central
management, and some of its stock
holders among whom an anti-Har-riman
campaign was waged during
the contest oyer the last annual elec
tion. It was pointed out yesterday that
President Harahan already has had
my on (lie inside turret wan impact
ami the opinion of the officer was
cvfii with terrific impact the gunnery
in the turret would not have been in
jured. Testing the fighting mast wai
then tried. The Florida will be fitted
with a epciially built bulkhead into
which a whitehead torpedo is to be
fired within the next ten days to dem
onstrate whether bulkhead of this
type may not be used to protect the
hull.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Pacific Coast League.
At Portland-Portland 4, San Fran
tisco 3 (12 innings).
At San Francisco Oakland 4, Los
Angeles 3.
Northwest League.
At Tacoma Tacoma 1, Aberdeen 0,
At Seattle Seattle 2, Vancouver 5.
At Butte Butte-Spokane game was
postponed on account of rain.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
NW YORK, May 27-Arrange-
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meiits nave tieen completed tor tnc
format unveiling on Jane S of t meflt
orlul tablet of the Steamer Presid
ent Lincoln of the Hamburg-American
Line. The tablet is of bronze
and bears an extract from Lincoln's
speech at Gettysburg. The unveil
ing will be in charge of the Grand
Army of the Republic and a program
of several addresses has been arrang
ed. The exercises will take place
aboard the steamer at her pier at Ho-
boken, . i
LITTLE BUSINESS
Methodest Episcopal Conference
Yast Deal of Argument
COMMITTEE ON BOUNDARIES
Committee on Episcopacy Decided on
Report Exonerating Bishop Neely
of Beunos Ayres of Charges of Mai
Administration Laid Against Him,
BALTIMORE. May 27.-A vast
deal of argument marked today's ses
sion of the Methodist Episcopal
Conference and not a great deal of
business accomplished. The commit
U on boundaries held its final regu
lar meeting today during which it
fixed the boundaries of the Pacific
Coast. Tfit Chinese missions as em
bracing all present missions except
that now in Portland which will re
main independent for the present.
The committee on Episcopacy de
cided on the report exonerating
Bishop Neely of Buenos Ayres of the
charges of mal-administrafion laid
against him.
MINISTER EXPECTED.
QUATEMALA CITY May 27
Of those arrested on suspicion of
having been implicated in the recent
plot nuainst the life of " President
Cabrera S3 have been released, Quiet
prevails and there have been no
extraordinary military movements
for some time. It is announced that
relations with Mexico are satisfac
tory and that the Mexican minister
is expected to arrive here soon.
SAILS FOR EUROPE
a conference with a number of New
, lingiand stockholders who had up
held Mr. Fish during this contest
and that as a result these stock
holders at a recent special meeting
approved the management's plans for
the absorption of several subsidiary
companies and for the issuance of
thirty million dollars additional stock.
It was suggested that President
Harahan will have similar confer
ences with some' of the foreign share
holders.
TORNADO P.' :
Besides Those Killed Twelve
Acreage of Crops Destroyed
HUNDREDS OF CATTLE
Tornado Swept Through Alfalfa
West of Alva Last Night
County, and Spread
WITH FORCE THAT PULLED
GREAT FORCE OF STORM SUCH
OF LIVESTOCK STORM STARTED IN WOODS COUNTY
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CROPS AND CATTLE BEYOND
ESTIMATE.
GUTHRIE, May 27. Ten persons
were killed in a tornado which swept
thorugh Alfalfa county near Ashby,
10 miles west of Alva last night. The
storm started in Woods county and
swept a path a half mile wide through
Alfalfa county for several miles. Vast
NEW OCEAN RECORDS
Will be Tried For By Liners Maltre-
tania and Lusitania.
NEW YORK, May 27.-New ocean
records will be tried for by the giant
liners Mauretania and Lusitania,
which set out today from opposite
sides of the Atlantic. Owing to the
delay in getting out of dry dock, the
Mauretania was not able to leave
Liverpool on Saturday according to
her schedule so that on her passage
beginning to-day she will attempt to
make the round trip within two weeks
If she succeeds in her attempt it will
be the shortest round trip on record.
lies' schedule calls for her arrival
here OH Monday, when she would dis
charge hdf targo, take on coal, pas
sengers and uagfcage and sail for
Liverpool on Tuesday June 4.
Meantime the Lusitania will sail
from here to-dav on the Second lap
of her round trip for the subvention
offered by the British Government
for an average speed of 24.5 knots cm
each voyage of a round trip. Her
average on the first half of the trip
which ended here last week, was 24.
83 knots.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Report of Committee Read by Dr.
Mark A. Matthews. t
KANSAS CITY, May 27,-At-tempt
to secure' a record endorsement
of the standard American revised edi
tion of thV Bibfef aroused the general
assembly of' the Presbyterian Church
today to one of the most spirited dis
cussions since the assembly met and
the attempt failed by a narrow mar
gin. A spirit of tintest manifested
itself today wl;:n a resolution was
introduced providing that the com
mittee be appointed tc report the
matter at the next general assembly
on the entire subject of "The general
assembly" in an effort to make the
assembly more of a deliberative body.
Although the resolution was referred
to a committee on policy, it is known
that many commissioners feel that
the general assembly is becoming too
! great a burden on the churches.
A report of the committee on pub
lication and Sabbath school work was
submitted and adopted.
A report of the committee on
church creation was read by Dr. Mark
A. Matthews of Seattle.
All .the . officers of the woman's
board of foreign missions was re
elected today.
TEN AT
il l HE 0KL0H0MA
Suffered Injuries-Vast
AND LIVESTOCK KILLED
County Near Ashby Ten Miles
Storm Started in Woods
for Several Miles
HJMPS OUT OF THE WELLS
AS TO BREAK THE BONES
acreage of crops were destroyed.
The storm had sufficient force to
pull the pumps out of wells and break
the bones in the bodies of livestock.
Besides those killed 12 suffered in
juries, several fatally, and hundreds
of cattle killed.
AUTO BREAKS DOWN
Machine of Fernando Nelson Was
Trying to Make Record Run.
CANYONVILLE, Ore., May 27.
Thc Postal Telegraph Company has
received a message from Glendale
saying the automobile of Fernando
Nelson who wt trying to make a
record run between San Francisco
and Portland is broken down at the
foot of the hills about a mile south of
Glendale and it is not likely that the
car will be able to get away from
that place tonight. f
ALDRICH CURRENCY BILL.
The
Tennessee Bankers Association
Vigorously Oppose Bill.
MEMPHIS) Tenn., May 27The
Tennessee BahkgrS Association In
annual convention her adoiJe'd resol
utions vigorously opposing the Aid
rich Currency bill, favoring the issu
ance of emergency currency based
upon commercial paper and approved
securities and favoring the appoint
ment of a currency commission of
which at least one third of the mem
bers shall be business men and mem
bers of congress, shall b selected.
A telegram setting forth the act
ion taken was sent to Speaker Can
non. 37.572 IS MISSING.
Representing Texas Paid Under Pro
test in 1903.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. It
is reported that the sum of $37,572
representing taxes paid under protest
in 1903 by the United States Rail
roads is missing presumably in the
city and county treasury. The sum
represents the difference between a
valuation placed upon the holdings of
the United Railroads by the State
Board of Equalization and the as
sessment of city and county assessor
Washington Dodge, and which has
been in litigation.
Judge Swewell decided the case in
favor of the city and was upheld by
the supreme court. The allege short
age is said to have been made when
the remitteur was handed down.
The finance committee of the Board
of Supervisors will commence an in-
vestigation of the matter tomorrow.
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Aldrich Announces That he Would
Take up Currency Bill Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, May 27.-A con
ference report on the currency bill
was laid before the Senate shortly
before the adjournment today and
Aldrich announced that tomorrow he
would move to take it up and keep it
under consideration until disposed of,
While waiting for the report, session
was occupied with ft running debate
on the bill to compensate government
employes for injuries sustained while
in the service. As on previous days
the discussion was merely for the
purpose of consuming time.
CHICAGO'S TROUBLES.
CHICAGO, May 27,-The Tribune
to-day says:
It became known yesterday, that
the Amader Mining and Develop
ment Company, of Montana, with
headtjUftHfu at Chicago had come
to an end. hetttfs that will be mail
ed to-day will infofni 1,400 stock
holders, that the copper and gold
mine in which they have sunk $650,
000 is worthless.
The majority of stock was owned
by residents, of Chicago. There are
also a large number of stockholders
in Pittsburar where the company has
a branch office arid in Boston.
The six years of life of the com
pany, a total of only five cars of ore
was taken from the mine.
ASK FOR NEW TRIAL
Lawyers Springs Two Points on
Winning and Pipes
ROSS FIGHTING FOR TIME
The Apeaance of Former Govern
or W. P. Lord in the Case Casts a
Pathetic Shade Upon it He Ar
gued For Nearly Two Hours,
SALEM. Ore., May 27. Upon the
ground that the State Terasurer acts
in the capaeity of a trustee in the
handling of state funds, and that the
money deposited with the Title Guar
antee & Trust Company was done in
his official and not individual capa
city, counsel for J. Thorburn Ross
are fighting for time and points in the
effort to stay proceedings and secure
a new trial, before Judge Burnett, of
the State Circuit Court.
When the case was called at 1
o'clock it was expected that sentence
would be passed upon Ross immedi
ately, upon conviction of wrongful
conversion of the state school funds
in his capacity as president of the
Title Guarantee & Trust Co. Bank,
but somewhat of a surprise was
soruncr upon District Attorney Man
ning and his assistant, M. L. Pipes,
when former Governor W. P. Lord
was introduced in the case and ar-
irued for nearly two hours.
The motion for arrest of judgment,
'which was supplemented by another
motion for a new trial, is based upon
'the" contention that the funds depos
ited were not subject to conversion
WILL CELEBRATE 154TH
COMMENCEMENT TODAY
NEW YORK, May 2. Columbia will be conferred on graduates in the
University will celebrate its one hurt;
dred and fifty" fourth' commencement
this morning, the exercises beginning
with a procession of professors and
senior which will form at the library
building and march to the Gymnas
ium, where Dr. Nicholas Murry But
ler, president of Columbia, will con
fer the degrees. Ninety three stud
ents will receive the degree of Bache:
lor of Arts, while 1,144 degrees in all
!Urtl 1LLUIIU U
Ann
Arrived in Bay Shortly
Before Noon
ONE HAD SLIGHT MISHAP
Georgia Was belayed for Half
Hour But Soon Caught
Up With Fleet
PREPARING FOR LONG VOYAGE
Bremerton, Illinois, .Kearsarge and
Minnesota Left Line and Put Into
Navy Yards Kansas, Vermont and
Louisiana Will Sail For Bay City.
TACOMA, May 27,-The Atlantic
battleship fleet today completed an
other peg in its cruise and arrived
in Commencement bay shortly before
noon today, their anchor chains
sounding at eight bells. In leaving
Seattle this morning the Georgia had
a slight mishap and was delayed
nearly half an hour, but she caught
up with the fleet long before Browrfs
Point was reached. When off Brem
erton, the Illinois, Kearsarge and
Minnesota left the line and put into
the navy yards. Admiral Sperry will
remain in the harbor until tomorrow
when the flagship, followed by the
Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana will
sail for San Francisco to prepare for
the voyage around the world. The
Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Island,
and Virginia will remain in harbor
until Saturday when they will go to
Bremerton to be docket w their
turn. (r
and that no evidence' was introduced
to show that defendant, Ross, con
verted the money to his own use.
The appearance of former Gover
nor Lord in the case casts a pathetic
shade upon it. A conviction having
been secured, an appear was made to
him as a last resort on the grounds of
warm friendship and the efforts of the
old lawyer to save his friend from a
prison garb and term in the peniten
tiary appealed to all, especialy since
he is suffering ill health and the ef
fects of wounds in his limbs received
during the Civil War.
Governor Lord will be followed by
Counsel Wallace McCamant upon the
motion for a new trial, and the court
will pass upon the case when the
state's counsel closes the argument.
NEW YORK, May 27,-District
Attorney Clark of Brooklyn will sail
for Italy on June 6 to study the Ital
ian criminal where he grows. Mr.
Clark will be accompanied by Francis
L. Corrao, one of his assistants who
was born in Italy.
various, branches.
At St Paul's Chanel two bronze
statues will be presented to the uni
versity by Paul Sattedlle, on behalf
of the Class 1883.
The exercises will be follewed by
the Alumni lunch, and the Columbia
Pennsylvania baseball teams will play
at the polo grounds. The day will
be concluded by an amateur circus on
Sdlith Field in the evening.