LINE AND STAFF
IN DEEP FEUD
tach Wants to Be Supreme In Re
gard to Hospital Ships.
Rear Admiral Brownson, Chief of the
Bureau of Navigation Resigns Be
cause Surgeon General Rixey Wins
Decision May Result in Radical
Change In System.
Washington, Deo. 26. Harmony
within the United States navy bureau
cracy seems to be in for a severe jolt.
Open war already has been declared
between the bureau of navigation and
t the bureau of medicine and surgery,
the initial result of which has been the
resignation of Rear Admiral Brownson
from his position as chief of the former
bureau, and, coming just at a time
when severe criticism is being aimed at
the administration of the Navy depart
ment, the charges involving the bureau
system in particular, the ruction may
culminate in some radical changes.
eurgeon uenerai tfixey, whose re
commendation in favor of putting a
medical officer in absolute command of
a hospital ship was approved by Fresi
dent Koosevelt against the view of Ad
miral Brownson, throws down the
gauntlet to the bureau of navigation in
a formal statement issued last night.
The surgeon general charges that the
bureau of navigation has interfered in
an unwarranted manner with the bu
reau of medicine and surgery, and to
the extent of crippling its usefulness
comparatively trivial events some
tines lead to sweeping reforms, and, if
there be defects in management, in
naval construction and in methods of
administration, the Rooeevelt-Brown-aon-Rixey
imbroglio is likely to be the
means of bringing matters to a focus
and causing remedies to be applied
where needed.
It should not be forgotten that the
president is as staunch a friend of the
navy as the navy has, in considering
the present controversy, which so ma
terially involves himself. Popular sen
timent naturally would incline the in
expert observer to side with the line
oflicers in the conflict with the staff,
because the line is the fighting conting
ent from which heroes most frequently
are developed in days of war. In sid
ing against the line officers in the pres
ent case, the president may or may not
be aiming his spear at the bureau sys
tem. Me has taken a ground he thinks
is for the best interests of the service.
OPEN HEARTS AND PURSES.
With
FLOUR OUTPUT SMALLER.
Minneapolis Statistics Show Effect of
Financial Stringency.
Minneapolis, Dec. 26. Flour ship
ments from Minneapolis for 1907 will
fall short of the total shipped during
1906 by nearly a million barrels. This
decrease has been apparently due to the
financial flurry, as the figures for each
month ehow that only in three months
of the entire year have the shipments
for 1907 exceeded those for the same
month in 1906.
The number of barrels of flour sent
out from Minneapolis by the various
mills so'far this year has been 13,825,
375, while for the corres ponding period
in 1906 there were 14 573,123 barrels
shipped, a deficit of 747, 7s8 barrels.
Despite the recent financial stringen
cy, the siles of flour for use in the coun
try or for export did not suffer so much
as wits generally expected. The ship
ments for October this year were 1,449,
802 barrels, against 1,593,097 last year.
In November of this year the greatest
falling off is shown with shipments of
1,067,970 barrels, against 1,318,648 a
year ago. For the trading days in De
cemlier npjto the present, 679,271 bar
rels have been sent out as against 979,
494 for the corresponding days last year.
San Francisco Banks Generous
Overworked Clerks
Ban Francisco, Dec. 25. Elated at
the calm course of business which
marked the discontinuance of the holi
days, the local bankers opened their
hearts and purses and their clerks and
other employes were richer by
than they were yesterday.
every bank in the city rewarded its
men for the long hours of toil during
the recent trying days.
The Crocker National bank led of
yesterday morning, when a yellow en
velope was placed on the desk of every
employe. It contained an amount
equivalent to one month's salary. The
amount thus distributed exceeded $10,
000. The Crocker interests are very
large and they rewarded in a similar
fashion their employes in other lines.
Other banks have generously treated
their men. Some added turkeys to the
presents of gold. Others added boxes
of fruit.
The Merchants Exchange gave every
one of its employes a big, fat turkey.
It employes 100 people. One mercan
tile firm provided every one of its em
ployes with all the things that go
make up a Christmas dinner turkeys
vegetables, fruit and pies.
The Standard Oli company distrib
uted a large sum among its local em
pioyes.
The usual Christmas dinners to the
poor, the orphans, cripples and others
began Sunday and will continue on
greater scale than ever until after
Christmas.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
STUDY FORESTRY.
SPECIAL SESSION PROBABLE.
As-
Governor of Utah Wants Peace
sured at Golafield
Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 25. "It is pos
sible that the governor will call a spe
cial session of the legislature," said
Captain Cox, "if by so doing any im
mediate reslults which will better the
situation can be obtained."
The rumor has been current here
that a company of rangers is contem
plated, and, as this could not be done
without action by the legislature, the
statement of Captain Cox is taken to
mean that, such a plan is decided upon,
the legislature will be convened.
A suit against the Western Federa
tion of Miners is to be brought by the
Goldfield Mineowners' association in
the Federal court. An injunction- will
be asked for restraining the members
ot tne local miners union, which is
affiliated with the Weetern Federation,
from interfering in any way with the
operation of the mines in Goldfield.
This suit will be filed December 26.
It has been definitely decided that
after December 30 each individual mine
owner or each company operating a
mine or lease, shall take care of his
own property, independent of the asso
ciation. This will necessitate the put
ting on of many more guards.
Acting President Ma honey has made
nc attempt yet to appear before the
mineowners and present any proposi-
ion looking to a solution of the dithcul
ies. if he has prepared any such propo
sition, which he denies.
Saturday, December 21.
Washington, Dec. 21. The senate
$30,000 ' today passed a bill suspending during
Almost , the year 1907 the requirement that
miners shall do at least $100 worth of
work annually during the period in
which their claims are being perfected
Cullom introduced a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the constl
tution limiting the terms of the presi
dent and vice president to six years and
prohibiting re-eletion for a second
term. ;
A number of other bills and resolu
tions were introduced. After being in
session 45 minutes, the senate today
adjourned until January 6.
A bill providing security to deposit
ors of banks and far the prevention of
hoarding of currency, was introduced
today by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma
It fixes a tax upon all deposits and
from the fund thus created provides for
the payment in full of all depositors
when a bank is declared insolvent. The
secretary of the treasury is directed to
maintain a fund of $100,000,000 in
treasury notes, which may be loaned on
bonds to 90 per cent of their value
The bill provides that advances from
it shall be charged for at the rate of
per cent for the first four months and
thereafter at the rate of 8 per cent.
Senator Burkett reintroduced his
grazing bill of last session. It provides
for the leasing of the public domain to
cattle owners for the maintenance of
their stock, giving, however, settlers
the right to enter and to locate upon
land at any time.
FLEET AT TRINIDAD.
Wheels Turn Again.
Pittsburg, Dec. 26. Christmas In
Pittubnrg and vicinity was made doubly
joyous by the announcement that by
January 6 all of the thousands of wheels
of indnstry in the mills of MrKeesport,
Glasspot, Duquesne and allied plants
in the Monongahela valley would be in
operation Over forty thousand
Battleships Complete First Stage of
Long Voyage.
New York, Dec. 25. Special dia
patches from Port of Spain, island of
Trinidad, announce the arrival there of
the Atlantic fleet on its way to the Pa
cine. The fleet is said to have passed
into the Gulf of Para and anchored
there in four columns five miles off the
town .
According to the dippatches, the only
mishap on the trip v-om Hampton
Roads to Port of Spain wa temporary
derangement of the Kentuc. rteering
gear. J hey also say that U. entire
fleet etopped engines for nine l inutes
Sunday and half musted flags while Or
dinary Seaman G. E. Piper, who died
of meningitis aboard the Alabama, was
buried.
The harbor of Port of Spain, while
well protected, is shallow for a long
distance out from the beach and ves
sels of great draft like the battleships
ancnor a long way cut. The fleet will
remain in the harbor for several days
and will coal there. Supplies will also
be taken on board of the supply ship
Uulgoa and the refrigerator ship Glacier
Washington, Dec. 21. After being
in session about 20 minutes, the house
of representatives today adjourned until
January 6. The proceedings were en
livened by a brief but fierce speech by
Gaines of Tennessee, who criticised the
house for its inaction and for taking
such a long recess at a time "when we
should have gone to Wall street and
throttled the thieves and turned back
to the honest people their hard earnings."
Gaines was preceded by Hepburn of
Iowa, who protested against what he
said was the indiscriminate way in
which committees were given authority
to sit during the session of the house,
thereby causing members to be im
mune from errest in case it became
necessary to secure a quorum.
Jiotn Williams ana JJe Armond were
upon the floor, but took no notice of
each other.
DECIDES AGAINST OREGON.
Commission Finds Denatured Alcohol
Rates Not Too High.
Washington, Dec. 24. In an opinion
rendered by Commissioner Clark for
the Interstate Commerce commission
in the case of the Railroad com nisHion
of Oregon against the O. R. & N. atd
other railroads, important action was
taken respecting shipments of denatur
ed alcohol. The complaint asks for a
reduction in the rates on denatured al
cohol to Oregon points. The record
shows that denatured alcohol is manu
factured in California and is sold in the
North Pacific cities at a price which
could be met by the Eastern product
only by reducing the transportation
charges to nothing.
An effort to place denatured alcohol
on a parity with spirits would lead
either to a large increase in the charges
on the proof spirits or a practical wip
ing out of the charges on the denatured
article. Such increase in the charges
on the proof spirits, in the opinion of
the commission, probably would reader
futile all effort to compete with the
California product. The rates com
plained of were not shown to be unrea
sonable, unduly discriminatory or un-
jusuy prejudicial. The commission
therefore dismissed the petition.
RIXEY TELLS ALL ABOUT IT.
who have been idle for several weeks
will return to work. It is also paid
that other mills in te district will also
resume, praitirally doubling the num
ber'of workmen employed within fifty
miles of Pittsburg.
Will Sing After Death.
Paris, Dec. 26. There was a unique
ceremony this afternoon in the subter
ranean passages of the opera house. It
constated of depositing in a specially
prepared vault a talking machine and a
number of discs bearing records of the
voices of the greatest singers of the 20th
century. Tamagnc, Caruso, Scotti,
Plancon, Patti, Melba, Calve and oth
ers are represented in the selection. At
the end of a hundred yea1 they will be
opened and played.
Reduce Entire Force
Sacramento, Dec. 25. That there is
to be a great reduction of the force em
ployed in the local railroad shops after
the first of the year was admitted yes
terday by officials of the company, who
say that the retrenchment is to be gen
ll . It. a
men erai on me uarriman system, in an
lmerview, an omciai saia: "ine or
ders for the general layoff Christmas
week came from New York, not San
Francisco, and spply to the entire sys
tem, not Sacramento alone. It is pure
ly an economical measure, paving the
way for a reduction of force."
Great Tinplata Mill to Resume.
Newcastle, Pa., Dec. 26. Ten of the
30 pot mills of the Shenango tin mills
here will resume operations January 6
next. Ten additional mills will resume
shortly after, and it is expected that the
entire plant will be running full force
before the end of January. The mill,
said to be the largest tin plant in the
world, has been idle since July 31.
Fully a thousand men are affected.
Largest In Navy
Troy, N. Y., Deer 25. Orders have
been received at Watervliet arsenal for
two of the new type 14-inch coast guns.
The work will be commenced January
1. The guns will be the first of this
type ever made in this country. The
14-inch weapon is about 40 feet long
and weighs about 50 tons. It throws a
heavier projectile than the 12-inch gun
to a greater distance. The 14-inch tube
will in time supplant the 12-inch rifle
on the sea coast.
Denver Begins to Pay.
Denver, Dec. 25. The first install
ment ($25,000) of the $100,000 fund
pledged to the Democratic National
committee by the Denver Convention
league was forwarded yesterday to
Chairman Thomas Taggart, at French
Lick, Ind. The remainder will be paid
In eqnal Installments on January 22.
February 22, and March 22.
Brownson Claimed Authority Over
Hospital Ships.
Washington, Dec. 27. That a eeri
ous breach exists between the bureau
of navigation and the bureau of medi
cine of the navy, involving the ques
tion of the responsibility of the latter
bureau, was made apparent in a state
ment issued by Surgeon General Pres
ley M. Rixey, of the navy, in which he
touches upon the circumstances lead-
ng up to the probable selection by the
president of a medical officer to com
mand the hospital ship Relief over the
proteet of Rear Admiral Brownson,
chief of the bureau of navigation, who
has sent his resignation to the presi
dent. While disclaiming exact know
ledge as to the cause of Admiral Brown-
son's resignation, the surgeon general's
statement leaves little room for doubt
that the controversy he reviews
potent factor.
was a
Oregon Men Appointed.
Washington, Dec. 27. The president
sent the senate the following Oregon
nominations just before the holiday re
cess: Land office receivers Albert A.
Roberta, La Grande; Fred P. Crone-
miller, Lakeview; Frank Davey, Burns.
Land office registers Frank C. Bratn
well, La Grande; John N. Watson,
Lakeview. Consuls Maxwell Blake,
of Missouri, at Dunftriine, Scotland;
George B. Killmaster, of Michigan, at
Newcastle, New South Wales; John II.
MOunn. of Wiscconsin, at Glasgow,
Scotland; Maxwell K. Moorhead, of
Pennsylvania, at Acapulco, Mexico.
Open Land of Spokanes.
Washington, Dec. 26. To facilitate
the opening of the unallotted portion
of the Spokane Indian reservation.
Repesentative Jones and Senator Piles
have asked the Indian office to send an
inspector to Washington to conclude
negotiations with the Spokane Indians
under which congress can authorize the
dispofition of all land remaining when
allotments are completed. It is hoped
that an agreement can be sneedilv
reached so that legislation opening the
reservation to entry can be passed this
season.
General to Retire.
Washington. Dec. 27. Brigadier
General Charles S. Smtih, on special
duty at the proving grounds at Sandy
Hook, N. J., has been placed on the re
tired list of the army by operation of
the law on account of age. General
Smith is the junior brigadier, having
only been appoined to that grade in Oc
tober last. He is a native of Vermont.
but was appointed to the military acad
emy in July, 1862, from Illinois. At
the time of his promotion to the grade
of brigadier general he was in command
of the Sandy Hook proving grounds,
with which station be had been identi
fied for many years.
8end Sympathy to Taft.
Washington, Dec. 26. -One of the
first dispatches laid before Secretary
Taft on his return to the War depart
ment was from Manilia, P. I., telling
of the organization under a new charter
of the Banco Espanol Filipino and the
election of directors. The dispatch
added: "Deem it first duty to express
our deep sympathy with you in your
bereavement and assure you of our
gratitude for your earnest and success
ful support. We shall use our best
efforts toward realization of your policy
for advancement of our country,"
Fight Smelter Nuisance.
Washington, Dec. 24. The fight of
the Salt Lake valley farmers against
the alleged nuisance ef the smelting of
ore by big furnaces controlled by the
Utah Consolidated company in the
Bingham canyon reached the United
States Supreme court today. Senator
Sutherland asked the high tribunal to
review the judgment of the lower court
granting an injunction against the
operation of the smelters. The farmers
declare thai the fumes from the smelt
ers render agricultural land valueless.
Greene and Gaynor Lose.
Washington, Dec. 26. The Supreme
court ot the United States has denied
the petition for wiits of certiorari
bringing to that court the cases of Ben
jamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor,
who ere under sentence to pay a fine of
$575,749 and to undergo terms of im
prisonment of four years each on the
charges of embezzlement and conpiracy
in connection with Captain Oberlin M.
Carter's scheme to defraud the United
States in connection with harbor im
provements at Savannah, Ga.
Students at Oregon Agricultural Col
lege Gathering Tree Seeds,
By E. A. Lake, Oregon Agricultural College.
The students in forettry at the Agri
cultural college are making their first
collection of seeds of native trees and
shrubs for use in the establishment of
a forest tree nursery and arboretum.
The purpose in view is not only that
the work shall be instructive to the
student n the study of seeds and seed
age, silviculture and dendrology, but
that the plant shall be a source of data
to the whole state upon the growth,
habit, resistance, and general character
of the trees and shrubs of Oregon, so
far as is possible to grow them upon
the same site and similar conditions.
Not only are local seeds being col
lected hut seeds from the home dis
tricts are coming in from friends of
students and the institution. This
kindness on the part of those residing
in the more distant and mountainous
parts of the state is highly appreciated,
as it enables the class to obtain a much
greater variety than otherwise would
be possible with the time and means at
the command of either students or in
stitution. Owing to the fact that the course is
but one year old, only the general and
preliminary phases of the subject have
been considered by the students in the
work. The O. A. C. Forest club, an
organization of those interested in the
forests of the state, is cow discussing
forest fire laws, their enforcement, effi
ciency and improvement. Each stu
dent is assigned a phase of the topic in
hand and in due time reports his find
ings to the club. Prominent timber,
mill and lumbermen upon invitation
discuss various topics before the club,
as transportation, timber preservation,
forest conservation, re-forestation, im
proved methods of lumbering, U. 8.
forest service work and similar topics.
Later the advanced students will take
up work looking to the solution of some
of the very practical problems new be
fore the wood users of the couatry.
The great problem of what to do
with the waste, including the standing
timber that is injured by insect and
fungus foes, will be one of the first to
be investigated as soon as the equip
ment of the department will permit.
The statement is made upon good
authority that fifteen per cent of the
mature timber on the western Elope of
the central region of the Cascade is
wholly lost through fungous diseases,
and that another fifteen per cent is
graded as cull. Beetles, borers and
minor foes do considerable further
damage, and it is safe to say that the
sum total of these losses must amount
to millions of dollars. It is reasonable
to suppose, in the face of recent results
in agricultural practices in our own
country, to Bay nothing of the modern
forestry practices of Europe, that the
major pait of this loss could be turned
to gain through the intelligent investi
gation of the troubles and the applica
tion of modern measures for combatting
these foes of the foreet.
Other great problems are those relat
ing to taxation, re-forestation, utiliz
ing mill waste, improved methods of
harvesting the crops, disposing of the
debris and weed trees, timber technol
ogy and the preservation of lumber.
These problems together with many
more it is the purpose of the college to
help solve through the department of
forestry, as well as train men to take
hold of the practical work and prob
lems of our forests and thus insure the
best possible use of the tree crop.
OWNED BY
CORPORATIONS
Ex-Senator Pettlgrew Makes Start
ling Attack on Congress.
Speaker Cannon as Bad as the Rest
He and Allison Aided Railroads
in Stealing Rich Public Lands in
Western States Both Houses of
Congress Affected.
Washington, Dec. 24. Ex-Senator
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, whose de
feat for re-election was one of the
things that most gratified the late Mark
Hanna, has come out with a fierce de
nunciation of congress as a body, in
which he personally attacks Speaker
Cannon. He declares that Mr. Cannon
aided the railroads to steal public lands
in the West. When the charges were
brought to Mr. Cannon's attention, he
said: "When I am attacked by a man
of reputation and character I will de
fend myself."
"Congress is owned, body and soul,
by the corporations," is Pettigrew's
opening shot. Continuing, he says:
"I was a member of the senate for 12
years, and I do not hesitate to say that
the railroads control a majority of the
members of the senate and they own
the house.
"It was in 1898 that 1 endeavored
to have a law passed that would pre
vent the railroads from stealing the
public lands. Finally I seemed an
amendment to (he sundry civil bill
which would have operated effectually
to prevent the railroads from entering
public lands, but Allison and Cannon
were both onto their jobs.
"The bill was reported back to the
senate about 5 o'clock in the morning
the last day of the session and it was
passed. I did not know until after
ward that Allison and Cannon had in
terpolated a phrase of a few words,
whic virtually made nugatory the in
tents and purposes of my amendment.
"This phrase was 'or any other
claimant or pantentee.' Under this
wording the railroads were enabled to
enter the choice lands of the West and :
they lost no time in doing it.
"It was the same way with the
Union Pacific railroad bills. Hunting
ton jammed through the house a bill to
have the gcvernment give up its second
mortgage, which would have given the
read millions of dollars. He had a
clear majority In the senate and the
bill would have passed that body had
not some senators talked it to death.
"It was the same way with the rail
road pooling bill. It passed the house
and would have gone through the sen
ate had it not been talked to death.
The senators opposing these bills could
have had $100,000 apiece to quit talk
ing, and would have been allowed to
vote any way they chose, because the
railroads had enough votes to pass the
measure without us."
RETURN VIA SUEZ.
Trainmen Are Not Guilty.
Washington, Dec. 26. A verdict of
Publications for Farmers.
The following publications of interest
to farmers and others have been issued
by the Agricultural rlepartment of the
Federal government and will be fur
nished free, so long as they are avail
able, except where otherwise noted,
upon application to the Superintendent
of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D. C:
Farmers' Bulletin No. 116. Irriga
tion in Fruit' Growing By E. J.
Wickscn, M. A., proft-ssor of agricul
tural practice, University of California,
not guilty was returned by the jury in ; antl horticulturist of the California ex
the case of Engineer Hildebrand. Con- periment station. Pp. 48, figs. 8. A
ductor II offmeyer, Fireman McClellan
and Brakeman Rudder, the trainmen
who were indicted for manslaughter in
connection with the wreck at Terra
Cotta, D. C, on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad on December 30, 1906, when
43 person were killed and upwards of
three score injured. The trial had
been in progress for three weeks.
How to Make Travel Safe.
Washington, Dec. 25. Every citizen
of the United States is more or less in
terested in the question of safe opera-
ion of railway trains, and that the ma
jority of people believe that the rail
roads are not doing all they could do to
reduce the fearful toll of life which the
operation of American railways exacts
annually is evident from the fact that
there has been an insistent public de
mand for the Interstate Commerce com
mission to take up the question.
Close Alaskan River Fishing.
Washington, Dec. 24. President
Roosevelt indicated that he would set
aside Wood river, in Alaska, for sal
mon propagation. The order will pro
hibit salmon fishing in this river. This
arrangement was taken on recommend
ation to the president by a delegation
of fishermen presented by Senator Ful
ton, of Oregon, and Delegate Cale, of
Alaska.
New Presidential PostotTices.
Washington, Dec. 26. Following are
among the postoffices which will be
come presidential January 1: Oregon
Bandon, CJatskanie, Echo, Gresham,
1,100 each; Lents, 1,000: Vale, 1,300.
Washington Burlington, Chelan,
Mabton, Rockford, 1,100 each; Ray
mond, 1,400; Friday Harbor, 1,000.
Idaho Malad City and Parma, 1,000
each.
Medals for Panama Service.
Washington, Dec., ..6. Medals of a
suitable character are to be given to all
citizens of the United States who have
served the government on the Isthmus
of Panama for two years and who dur
ing that period have rendered satisfac
tory service.
New Money Order Offices.
Washington, Dec. 26. On January 1
the following postoffices will become
domestic money order offices: Oregon
Beaver, De Moss Springs, Eddy vi He,
Murphy, Norway, Wren. Washington
Stratford. Idaho Cherrv Creek.
Hawaiian Officials Confirmed.
Wahington, Dec. 24. The senate
has confirmed the nomination of Wal
ter F. Frear to lie governor of Hawaii
and cf Fred S. Hartwell and S. M.
Ballon to be chief justice and associate
justice respectively of that territory.
statement of the relations of irrigation
! to fruit production, and of irrigation
methods as they have been demonstrat
ed by Pacific coast experience.
Farmers Bulletin No. 138. Irriga
tion in Field and Garden. By E. J.
Wickson, M. A. Tp. 40, figs. 18. This
bulletin discusses the subject from the
standpoint of the individual farmer,
and contains instructions on the deter
mination of ditch levels, the measure
ment of small streams, sources of water
supply and their use, the distiibution
of irrigation water, methods of apply
ing water, the choice of an irrigation
method, and the time for the applica
tion of water.
Bulletin No. 147. Report on Drain
age Investigations in ly03. By C. G.
Elliott, drainage expert, irrigation in
vestigations, office of expei iment sta
tions. Pp. 62, pis. 5, figs. 12. Price
10 cents. This is a report of the work
done by Mr. Elliott during the year
1903. It includes discussions of plans
for drainage near Fresno, Cal., in the
Yakima and Ahtanum valleys, Wash
ington, in the Grey Bull valley, Wy
oming, in the Missouri valley and in
Hancock countzy, Iowa, and of drainage
as a preventive of hillside erosion in
Georgia.
Pick of Evans' Ships to Make Long
Ocean Trip.
Washington, Dec. 24. "The pro
gram of the return of the battleship
fleet is a matter that has been discussed
among the officials of the Navy depart
ment, but as yet no decision has been
reached, and will not be for some time
to come," says Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf. The secretary's remark was
called out by a wireless message from
the flagship Connecticut, stating that
Admiral Evans had authorized the As
sociated Press to say it is his personal
belief that the Navy department's pres
ent intention to have the battleship
fleet return by way of the Sues canal
next summer or tall. As the presi
dent, through Secretary Loeb, previ
ously had spoken to thG same effect, it
seems clear that Admiral Evans' state
ment was not suggested by any definite
move so far determined upon by those
supreme in authority. In naval circles
the opinion prevails that at most only
a squadron comp sed of such vessels as
the voyage to the Pacific shall have
demonstrated to be "the pick of the
fleet," will be sent through the Sues
canal, while the remainder will take
the shorter route around the Horn.
Apple nance.
Wash and wipe firm tart apples and
cut. without peeling, into pieces. Put
over the firv with as little water ns
possible to prevent their scorching, and
simmer gently until reduced to a soft
ni:iss. Hub through a culaiider, re
turn to the fire, add a lump of butter,
ugar,to taste aud a tash of cinnamon.
As soon as the sugar 1 dissolved stir
Makes New World Record.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 24. A.
Toepperwein today completed a ten
days' shooting series during which he
shot at 72,500 targets and missed nine.
This breaks the world's record both
as to number of targets shot at and the
number missed. Mr. Toepperwein
closed the exhibition in whirlwind
fashion, shooting at the final 6,500
targets and missing only one. Toepper
wein used a 22-ealiber automatic rifle
and the blocks were two and a half
inches thick and were thrown at a dis
tance of 20 feet from the marksman.
Fruits of Grand Jury.
Helena, Mont., Dec. 24 Among
the 27 persons indicted by the Federal
grand jury yesterday, two were made
public today with the arrest of O. C.
Dallas, chief clerk, and J. D. McLeod,
at the htad of the survey department
in the office of the United States sur
veyor general in this city. The indict
ment alleges forgery and conspiracy to
defraud the government of the United
States. Both are well known citizens
of Helena.
In the juice of
the tire.
a Icidou aud take from
Senator Mallory Dead.
Penacola, Fla., Dec. 24 United
States Senator Stephen R. Mallory died
at 2:5S yesterday morning, after an ill
ness caused by a general breakdown on
November 20, with paralysis of the left
aide.