Heppner gazette., June 10, 1909, Image 3

AERIAL NAVY FOR
UNITED STATES
Achievements of Count Zeppelin Con
vince Army Officers.
$500,000 Will Be Required for First
Step Signal Corps Chief Orders
Preparations Made for Placing
Scheme Before Congress Would
Patrol Entire Coast.
Washington, June 3. Under the in
struction of Brigadier-General Allen,
chief of the signal corps of the army,
plans have been prepared, it was an
nounced tonight, showing what is neces
ary for the aerial defense of the
United States. If congress would ap
propriate the money he would begin at
three points along the Atlantic coast
Washington, New York and Philadel
phia where dirigible balloons and aer
oplanes would be stationed. At each
point one large balloon and an aeroplane
would be placed. This would require
more than $500,000. General Allen
has had prepared a map showing points
along the other borders of the country
and in the interior where he believes
there should be aerial defense stations.
To carry out the entire scheme would
require about $5,000,000. The war
department is convinced, in the light
of achievements of the Zeppelin balloon,
that aerial navigation has arrived.
In anticipation of favorable action
by congress, the signal corps has been
instructed to prepare the plans re
ferred to.
' 'It is intended," said an army officer
tonight, "that the coast dirigible shall
not pass off its own station except in
cases of extremity and that the sailing
distance shall be 125 miles south and
125 miles north from its depot. In
this manner the entire coast from Maine
to Florida will be patrolled and in case
of war it will be virtually impossible
for a hostile fleet to approach the coast
of the United States without being
discovered long before the sentinels on
land could see the vessels. Once dis
covered, the fleet's movements could
be watched with Bafety and with the
use of wireless its maneuvers could be
sent the length of the coast.
"The plans will include an elaborate
system of vertical searchlights, by
which the airships will be guided dur
ing the night flights. These lights
will mark the various batteries and
the balloon depots and they also will be
used in signaling the swiftly flying
ships overhead. Most of the signaling,
however, probably will be done through
the medium of the wireless."
STRIKERS GAIN GROUND.
Capture Light Plant and Place City
in Darkness.
Sisson, Cal., June 3. While state
troops are on the way to McCloud to
suppress lawlessness, the power house
and lighting plant at that place were
captured by the striking shingle mill
hands today, and the town is in dark
ness tonight. Between three and four
hundred armed strikers marched on the
plant in a body late tonight, drove off
the 25 armed deputy sheriffs on guard,
and took possession, compelling the
men at work to quit. The deputies re
ceived warning of the intention of the
strikers to capture the plant, but they
deemed it useless to attempt resistance
and left when ordered to do so. Not a
shot was fired and no one was hurt.
Six hundred strikers formed in line
and paraded the streets this afternoon.
There was no disorder, but, with ban
ners flying, the men trpmped by the
-company's store and offices as though
on review.
Sheriff Howard admitted this after
noon that he needd help to handle the
situation. In reply to the sharp criti
cism of Governor Gillett, who declared
that the peace officer should have ar
rested the ringleader, he said that to
have done so would have precipitated a
riot he could not hope to quell and
which must have resulted in the loss of
human life.
Keep Ice in Public Fountain.
Grants Pass, Or., June 3. The pub
lic fountain erected on the depot park
grounds a year ago by the women of
the city, is now undergoing a change,
which will make it one of the best
quipped public fountains in Southern
Oregon. Instead of giving forth tepid
water, the clear, cool liquid will issue
through an immense ice tank under the
fountain and below the cement floor.
This tank will be filled daily. This
feature of furnishing ice water to the
public has become a municipal neces
sity through the summer months.
Jail for Wife Deserters.
Los Angeles, June 3. Probably the
first prosecution in the state making
wife desertion a misdemeanor punish
able under maximum sentence by two
years' imprisonment in the peniten
tiary or a fine of $1,000 was begun in
Los Angeles today. The law was
passed by the last legislature and be
came effective May 1. The case is
that of Lester L. Adams, of Eagle
Rock, who is charged with deserting
his wife and their two children.
Empress Honors Women.
Tokio, June 3. -Misses Isabella and
Mary Prince, pioneers in education of
women in Japan, have received practi
cal recognition of their long and faith
ful services from the empress. They
are now about to return to America af
ter having been here for more than 20
years without a visit home.
HIGH WATER COMING.
Snake River Near Record Point
Kootenai Rising.
Lewiston, Idaho, June 4. LewiBton
is experiencing the highest water since
15 years ago today, when practically
one-half of the business district and
much of the residence section was
submerged. The Snake river at that
time registered about 18 feet, and the
reading this evening is 17.8 feet, with
every indication of a further rise to
morrow. The city is in no danger of
flood damage at this time, because of
the high railroad dykes which afford
ample protection on both river fronts.
The Clearwater river has been rising
rapidly for the past several days and
reports tonight from Kamiah, 50 miles
above Lewiston, stated all of the false
work and one of the cement piers for
the new wagon bridge being con
structed there have been carried away.
Old-timers who have experienced
several of the most severe floods be
lieve the highest water has been
reached unless warm rains prevail
within the next two days. The snow
has disappeared from tl.e Blue moun
tains from the Lewiston view, and in
most years this has been regarded as
indicative of an early subsiding of the
waters.
Up to this time no severe damage
his been reported from any section.
British Columbia Suffers.
Vancouver, B. C, June 4. Heavy
rains, followed by warm weather, have
ccused nil the rivers and streams in
the Kootenay tableland of British Col
umbia to rise in flood, and, according
to advices received from interior points
today, the waters are still rising.
Along the line of the Canadian Pacific
railway between Nelson and Slocan
City there have been a number of
washouts, with the result that rail
communication is interrupted.
Passengers are being handled by
boats between Nelson and Roseberry,
but freight traffic is at a standstill.
The Columbia river is reported to be
rising more rapidly than any of the
other streams in the interior.
Vancouver, Wash., June 4. The
Columbia river has risen eight inches
in the last 24 hours and four inches in
the last 12 hours. It is now 15 feet, 2
inches above low water. At this point
the river is two and one-fourth miles
wide. The highest point reached by
the river last year was 20 feet and 2
inches above low water.
FEVER SHIP ENDS VOYAGE.
Three Die En Route and Captain
Buries All, Including Wife.
Victoria, B. C. Completing a voy
age of 48 days from Santa Rosalia des
tined to be memorable on account of a
desperate fight with fever, waged al
most from port to port the ship
Springbank reached Royal Roads today,
reporting three deaths en voyage
those of Mrs. Royal, the captain's
wife; Stewart Lund, and Able Seaman
J hnson all of whom were buried at
sea, the grief-stricken captain reading
the burial service for each.
The voyage up was made very diffi
cult, as two-thirds of the crew of 28
men were at ne time incapacitated by
fever, while the others were too weak
to perform their duties, save with
difficulty. Two are still fever-Btricken
The Springbank arrived off the straits
two weeks ago, and has ever since been
endeavoring to work her way in.
JAMES J. HILL SUBPOENAED.
Deputy Sheriff Takes Him Unawares
Service Accepted.
Spokane, June 4. James J. Hill,
chairman of the Great Northern board
of directors, while passing through
Spokane on his way East tonight, was
served with subpoena at the Northern
Pacific depot summoning him to appear
before Spokane county grand jury in
the case of M. J. Gordon, ex-counsel of
the Great Northern, against whom
seven indictments for embezzlement
have been brought.
Prosecuting Attorney Pugh has long
been trying to get President Louis W.
Hill to appear before the grand jury in
the Gordon case, and failing in that he
determined to seize this oportunity to
get James J. Hill.
Sailors Escape by Force.
San Francisco, June 2. Four sailors
of the British ship Mussel Crag, ly
ing in the bay, made their escape from
that vessel early today by binding and
gagging the watchman and rowing to
shore in a small boat. One of the men
has been denied admission to this
country, because he is a sufferer from
trachoma, a contagious disease of the
eyes, and Captain Fraser is liable to a
heavy fine for allowing him to land.
The boat was found upside down and
there is a possibility that the men met
with an accident after leaving the ship.
Militia in Control. -McCloud,
Cal., June 4. The militia
is in complete control of McCloud to
night. The strikers have not offered
the slightest resistance to the soldiers
and the light plant is in operation un
der a strong guard. Patrols are scat
tered through the streets and all the
buildings of the McCloud River Lum- j
ber company are occupied by squads of
troops. Sheriff Howard and his depu
ties are out in the hills searching for
the ringleaders of the strike movement.
Seismographs Register Big Quake.
Manila, June 4. Beginning at 2:46
o'clock and continuing until 5:02
o'clock this morning, the seismographs
at the observatory here registered an
intense misroseismic disturbance. It
is estimated that the earthquake was
2000 to 3000 kilometers distant. The
record corresponds closely to that ob
tained in February, 1903, during the
earthquake in Java and Sumatra.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Saturday, June 5.
Washington, June 5. After devot
ing the larger portion of the day to lis
tening to a discussion of the cotton
cloth schedule, the senate entered upon
a period of voting late in the afternoon
and rapidly disposed of the entire sub
ject of changing from ad valorem to
specific duties for the purpose of pre
ventine under-valuation. On all votes
taken the finance committee was sus
tained by a majority of from 10 to 11.
Three votes were necessary to accom
plish the result and others would have
been necessary but for Bacon, who see
ing the futility of opposing the com
mittee, suggested the grouping of the
votes after the first two ballots had
been taken. This was unanimously
agreed to, with the result that so much
was accomplished that a night session
was not held.
Friday, June 4.
Washington, June 4. Although Al
drich has indicated the tactics he in
tends to pursue to kill the income tax
amendments to the tariff bill in the
senate, and although he has demon
strated his ability to get votes enough
to accomplish his purpose, those sena
tors who sincerely believe in income
tax legislation and who have had the
courage to stand by their convictions
still hope against hope that at the crit
ical time they will muster enough
strength to secure the adoption of their
pet measure. This is optimism in the
extreme degree. i
Through forenoon, afternoon and
evening sessions the senate today
labored on the cotton schedule. La
Follette completed his long speech, at
tacking changes in the Dingley rates
recommended, by the senate hnance
committee.
The senate adopted LaFollette's
resolution calling on the president to
send to the senate correspondence be
tween the state department and the
German government , or its represen
tatives, relating to the German report
on wages.
Thursday, June 3.
Washington, June 3. LaFollette
was the center around which a storm
raged in the senate today and tonight,
In the afternoon he resumed his speech
in opposition to the cotton schedule,
but was forced by exhaustion to sus
pend. When he resumed he made a
violent attack on the "autocracy of
the senate," aiming his attack directly
at Aldrich.
An amendment by Aldrich placing a
duty of 35 per cent ad valorem on tarn
pico when mixed with other vegetable
substances was adopted. The para
graph on furs was changed so as to
levy a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem
on dog, goat or sheepskins which have
been sewed together, instead of 35 per
cent duty, as reported by the finance
committee.
Aldrich offered a substitute for the
parargaph placing a duty of 60 per
cent ad valorem on jewelry, by which
specific rates were placed on a long list
of articles of jewelry. Aldrich said
the new paragraph would prevent un
der-valuation and would increase the
revenue. It was agreed to.
The most important amendment
adopted was a reduction of the duty on
common gloves for women and children
from $1.75 to $1.25 per dozen. The
rest of the glove schedule, which was
a restoration of the Dingley rates in
place of the house rates, which were
considerably higher, was agreed to.
The amendment was offered by Al
drich. Quilts were made dutiable at 35 per
cent ad valorem and a 50 per cent duty
was placed on combs of horn or metal,
on which the house rate was 40 per
cent. The committee amendments to
the paragraphs on works of art were
agreed to.
Wednesday, June 2.
Washington, Jung 2. With the
adoption of a resolution providing for
day and night sessions beginning to
morrow, the senate heard today a sug
gestion of a policy for limiting dila
tory motions which caused an earnest
protest from Bacon and others. The
vice-president, basing his action upon
a precedent made in the last congress,
when the Aldrich-Vreeland fair cur
rency bill was under discussion, held
that attention could not be called to
the absence of a quorum if the senator
occupying the floor declined to yield
for that purpose. Bacon declared this
wa3 one of the revolutionary rulings
when the currency bill was under con
sideration and that under it there would
be serious abuse of rules.
A long speech dealing with the
pledge of party leaders was begun by
LaFollette and will be continued to
morrow. By numerous quotations he
maintained that no question could be
raised as to the pledge of the party for
a revision downward and declared that
before he should conclude his speech,
he would demonstrate that on the
whole, the pending bill placed the cus
toms duties above the Dingley rates.
Since the enactment of the Dingley
law and until 1904, he said, the control
of trusts had been extended to 8664
Fear Trouble at Adana
Washington, June 2. The Times
Constantinople correspondent says ap
prehension has been caused among the
Young Turks and Armenians by news
that the new Vali of Adana, who is
described as a fanatical Kurd, has "en
trusted the important task of the gov
ernment relief fund to Bagdad, a Turk
ish landowner, who was the first to
lead a band of armed men into the ba
zaar at Adana, and began the slaughter
of the Armenians."
plants with a capital of more than
$20,000,000,000.
Tuesday, June I.
After, in effect, receiving informa
tion from Chairman Aldrich that night
sessions for the consideratoin of the
tariff bill would be held, beginning
with tomorrow, the senate began con
sideration of the cotton cloth schedule
today. Smoot and Lodge, both major
ity members of the finance committee,
were the principal orators and both
spoke in support of the committee pro
visions. Lodge spoke of the general
policy of the Republican party with
reference to tariff revision. He con
tended that the purpose of the party
had been merely so to revise the tariff
as to protect American manufacturers
against cheap foreign labor.
Senator Jones today introduced an
amendment to the tariff bill, placing
Calcutta grain sacks on the free list.
If this amendment is voted down he
will propose another reducing the pres
ent duty from 1.76 cents to yx cents
on sacks and reducing the duty on bur
lap from 1.43 cents per pound to
cent. This is intended to cheapen bags
to the wheat growers of the Northwest.
Cotton minimums-were reduced from
25 to 20 per cent ad valorem on sug
gestion of Aldrich, following which a
clash ensued between the Rhode Island
senator and Dolliver, when the latter
attempted to secure an amendment re
placing with ad valorem rates a line of
specific rates on cloth not dyed or
otherwise treated.
The house was in session only 13
minutes today, adjourning until Thurs
day without transacting any business.
Monday, May 31.
Washington, May 31. Agreements
were reached in the senate today upon
many sections of the tariff bill, so that
as the hours for adjournment ap
proached, the paragraphs relating to
agriculture were nearly,all disposed of.
More than two hours were consumed
by a debate on the proposition to in
crease the duty on lemons from 1 cent
a pound, as provided by the Dingley
law, to 1)4 cents a pound, and after
earnest opposition by Root, the in
crease recommended by the committee
was'sustained 43 to 28.
Among other duties affected was that
on dried peas, which was reduced from
30 to 25 cents per bushel. The duties
on chicory root, chocolate and cocoa
were reduced, as was that on salt, from
12 to 10 cents per 100 pounds in bags
and from 10 to 8 cents in bulk.
Stout, ale, beer and porter were
given an increase of duty from 40 to
45 cents when in bottles, etc., and from
20 to 25 cents per gallon when in bulk.
Senators were very sour looking as
they entered the senate chamber be
cause of their having to meet on a le
gal holiday that most of them had
usually devoted to exercises in com
memoration of the day.
The roll call being demanded only 43
senators, not more than a quorum,
answered to their names.
Confer on Labor Measures.
Washington, June 4. Samuel Gom-
pers, president and Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
of Labor, had a conference with Presi
dent Taft today regarding the various
matters affecting organized labor,
which were presented to the president
by the executive council of the federa
tion several weeks ago. The recom
mendations of the council cover a wide
range of subjects which it is desired
to have the president take up in his
annual message to congress next De
cember. Mr. Taft promised to take
the matters up with his cabinet.
McFatridge Confesses.
Washington, June 4. Major E. Mc
Fatridge, until recently Indian agent
at Umatilla, is in Washnigton, and to
day, accompanied by Rperesentative
Ellis, called upon Secretary Ballinger
to ask reinstatement.
He frankly admitted that his con
duct at Umatilla laid him open to cen
sure, though he cited what he called
extenuating circumstances. He con
tended that the punishment laid out
for him was too severe for his offense
and made a plea to be permitted to
resume his old position.
To Pay Colville Red Men.
Washington, June 5. At the urgent
request of Senator Jones, the Indian
office is making arrangements to pay
pro rata to the Colville Indians a fund
of $540,000 now to their credit in the
treasury due them irom land of the
south half of their reservation, which
they relinquished. These Indians are
reported to be in dire need of financial
assistance. The money will be trans
ferred to the government depositories
in Washington and distributed later to
individual Indians entitled to compen
sation.
Middies Must Not Marry.
Washington, June 3. President Taft
approved today a change in the naval
regulations recommended by Secretary
Meyer by which midshipmen are pro
hibited from marrying until the com
pletion of the prescribed six years'
course of training. Permission of the
secrtarey of the navy has been Jsought
by a number of midshipmen who de
sired to marry after their graduation
from the naval academy and by others
while on their two years cruise.
Taft Associate G. A R. Man.
Washington, June 1. President Taft
today accepted honorary membership
in the Associate Society of Chapin
Post, G. A. R., at Buffalo, N. Y., said
to be the largest G. A. R. post in the
country.
FAIR iS OPENED.
First Day's Attendance at A.-Y.-P,
Exposition 89,286.
Seattle, June 2. Seattle came into
her own yesterday, and in spite of the
threatening skies opened the exhibition
that has been the dream of her exis
tence for the past two years. Aside
from this, Seattle demonstrated to the
world that she had become a full
fledged city, capable of caring for ex
position crowds as well as any of the
more Eastern cities that have wreBtled
with the problem. In fact Seattle
surprised herself, as well as her thou
sands of visitors today, and acquitted
herself well in everything.
The gates at the fair grounds opened
at 8 o'clock in. the morning and there
was a crowd on hand to rush them in,
though there was nothing on the day's
program until 10 o'clock. But the
crowd didn't care; it surged through
the gates at a rate that promised well
for the attendance figures, and it kept
surging in just that way for the rest
of the day.
At 10 o'clock the military and naval
pageant commenced, soldiers and sail
ors of the Union as well as the Wash
ington guardsmen acting as escorts to
the exposition officers and visiting
Japanese officers in a parade about the
grounds. The parade pleased all, and
passed the reviewing stand in the best
of order.
The first days' attendance at the ex
position, according to figures given
out by the management tonight, was
89,286. The greater part of this was
in the daytime, more than 79,000 per
sons passing through the turnstiles be
tween the opening hour and 6 o'clock
tonight. The night attendance was
cut down by a severe rainstorm.
SHORTAGE IN LEWISTON BANK.
Discovered by Bank Examiner Stock
holders Make Good.
Lewiston, Idaho, June 2. Defalca
tions amounting to $137,000 have been
found on the books of the Lewiston
National Bank by National Bank Ex
aminer Claude Gatch.
Clarence Robnett, former teller, and
J. E. Chapman, former bookkeeper,
are accused of responsibility for the
alleged shortage. Robnett was con
victed of Idaho land frauds three years
ago and is said now to be in St. Paul.
Chapman is thought to be in Tacoma.
Pittsburg dispatches about ten days
ago accused Robnett of passing worth
less checks to cover land deals near
Spokane. It is alleged that his short
age in the bank is due to speculations
in irrigated lands.
Beyond the statement that the stock
holders of the bank have made good
the alleged shortage, Bank Examiner
Gatch refused tonight to discuss the
situation
Examination of the books show the
alleged embezzlement has been carried
on for the past five years and has been
made possible without detection only
through the conspiracy of the teller
and bookkeeper, and the manipulation
of the adding machine used in comput
ing the daily balances,
Zeppelin Airship Wrecked.
Goeppingen, June 2. After cover
ing a distance of about 850 miles in 37
hours, Count Zeppelin's airship, on its
return trip from Bitterfeld to Fried-
richshafen, came to grief in an open
field near here today. In maneuvering
for a landnig the airship came into
contact with a tree.
The damage to the airship is much
more serious than was at first beleived.
A cursory' examination directly after
the accident showed that the envelope
had been torn and it was thought that
the injury could be repaired and that
the vessel would proceed tonight. A
more careful examination, however,
disclosed that the prow was broken
and that considerable time must elapse
before the journey can be resumed.
Rockefeller Has No Kick.
Tarry town, N. Y., June 2. Action
of the Tarrytown tax assessors in add
ing an item of $150,000 to the assess
ment of John D. Rockefeller, did not
perturb him in the least. This was
grievance day for the taxpayers here,
but Mr. Rockefeller not only failed to
register a protest, but through a repre
sentative, announced he was well sat
isfied with the valuation of $545,898
on his country place. The new stone
mansion just completed is assessed at
$250,000.
Wages Rise in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, June 2. Several thou
sand employes of the Republic Iron &
Steel company received today an ad
vance of 10 per cent in wages, effect
ive at once. It is said virtually all
other concerns which cut wages the
first of April will restore the former
scale before July 1. Orders were is
sued today by the H. C. Frick Coke
company for the firing of 1,200 addi
tional coke ovens in this district
Wednesday. This will put into opera
tion 1,500 out of the company's 20,000
ovens.
Auto Goes Bottom Up.
Walla Walla, June 2. As the result
of an automobile turninc tODSv turvv
yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Henry Heis-
ler, of this city, is seriously injured
and is not exnected to live, while her
hubsand is also in a critical condition.
Mrs. Heisler was attempting to drive
the machine and in rounding a curve
threw on all the power instead of shut
tine it off as intended! In her fright
she turned the steering w heel in the
wrong direction.
Shocks Pelt in Panama.
Panama, June 2. A slight earth
quake shock was felt here about 3
o'clock today. At 7 o'clock this even
ing a much stronger movement oc
curred. No damage has been reported.
The weather is extraordinarily hot.
TAFT UPHOLDS
REGULAR ARMY
Speaks at Length on Honored field
of Gettysburg.
Tninks Hot Weather Will Help Con
gress to Adjourn by June 20
Opposes Any Reduction in Stand
ing Army Handsome Memorial
Shaft is Unveiled.
Gettysburg, Pa., June 1. Yesterday
was the day of tardy honor to the "reg
ular" at Gettysburg. An imposing
shaft of granite, erected by congress
to the memory of those of the regular
army who fell in the three days' battle,
was unveiled by the president's daugh
ter, Miss Helen H. Taft, while the
president paid tribute to officers and
men of the United States army, past
and present.
The president puts himself on record
as opposed to any reduction in the
standing army. He told of the preju
dice that often had arisen against the
possible aggressions of a regular army
and a professional soldiery, and of the
corresponding difficulty In arousing
that love and pride in the army which
expresses itself today and has fre
quently expressed itself in the past in
behalf of the navy. The president as
serted that the services of the regulars
had never been commemorated ade
quately by congress or the nation.
"The profession of arms always baa
been an honorable one," he declared.
"All honor to the regular army of the
United States. Never in its history
has it had a stain upon its escutcheon."
On the way to Gettysburg from
Pittsburg, the president's car was side
tracted at York for two hours and dur
ing his stay he made a brief address,
in which he declared again his hope for
the early enactment of a tariff law,
adding:
"I have been called an optimist for
predicting that congress would adjourn
by June 20. Perhaps I am. But if
the Lord is good to us and the weather
gets hot enough in June, I think our
national legislators will be mighty
glad to get out of those two close
chambers at Washington."
Four regiments of the regular army
were here to participate in the exer
cises. There also was a personal es
cort to the president composed of vet
erans of the regular army who fought
in the Gettysburg campaign. The
president was taken for a drive over
the battlefield. At several points he
alighted and stood on the prominences
overlooking the valley below and the
mountains in the far distance.
The ceremonies of the unveiling,
were simple. Miss Taft pulled the
silken cord that released the flags
draped about the monument. In fall
ing one of the flags caught on a bronze
eagle decorating one of the inscribed
tablets. A trooper gave the flag a
tug, but it could not be released until
a large hole had been torn in the folds
of the stripes. After the president's
speech, Secretary Dickinson presented
the monument to the battlefield com
mission. After the unveiling the pres
ident reviewed the troops. A mounted
battery of artillery which recently
served in Cuba was a source of much
interest. When the review was con
cluded, the president hurried to his
train.
PUT LINCOLN ABOVE ALL.
Hollingsworth Protests Against Honor
Paid Jeff Davis.
Washington, June 1. Memorial Day
was generally observed here yester
day. All the government departments
and practically all the business houses
were closed in order that tribute might
be paid the nation's dead. The prin
cipal exercises were at Arlington, un
der the auspices of the G. A. K. Every
grave was marked with an American
flag, while flowers were strewn every
where. Appropriate exercises also
were conducted at the Soldiers' Home
National cemetery and other burial
places in the city.
At the Soldiers Home Represent
ative Hollingsworth, of Ohio, was one
of the speakers. He referred to the
recent discussion in the house when he
protested against placing the head of
Jefferson Davis on the silver service of
the battleship Mississippi, declaring
that "it would be a dark day indeed
for the republic when the name of
Abraham Lincoln ceases to be revered
above all other figures of the civil war
period, or when it shall be replaced by
that of Jefferson Davis in the hearts
and affections of the American people.
The thought of it is as shocking as the
first thrill of horror that followed the
firing on Sumpter."
Wireless Saves Steamer.
Guy mas, Mex., June 1. Through
the use of wireless telegraphy, the
American steamer Precursor, rendered
helpless by a broken propeller, was
rescued from a dangerous position and
towed into this port yesterday. The
Precursor had drifted aimlessly for
three days. A tug was sent out and
brought the steamer into port. Some
of the passengers had become uncon
trollable from fear and had to be
locked in their staterooms.
Spain to Try Reform.
Madrid, June 1. A bill providing
for the reorganizatoin of the Spanish
postal service was adopted by the
chamber of deputies todav. The bill
provides for lower postal rates, a par
cels post, a money order Bystem and a
postal savings bank system.