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M O N S TE R SHIPS.
an id a displacement o f 25,000 tons,
hR^dUOther plan provides for twelve
12-inch .-guns and a displacement of
Washington, Dec. Lft,-r Vt^e-P#eai- 26 ooo tons, lq the 14-inch gun ship
<lent Fairbanks today announced a thb thickness of the turret, side and
senatorial committee of Senators barbette armor will be thicker than in
Knox, Lodge and Bacon to co-operate the 18-inch gun ship, giving better
with a committee from the lower protection than the latter will enjoy.
house in making preparations for the
Tw o designs have-been prepared for
inauguration of President-elect Taft. the 14-inch gun ship. There have long
Senator Flint, of California, today been serious differences among naval
introduced a bill in congress for the experts regarding the advisability of
establishment at South San Francisco using bigger guns than M-inch, on ac
o f a naval base for the Pacific coast. count of the probability that the dis
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Washington, Dec. 1*.—Representa ously rock the'ship. Mbrtover, it is
tive Cushman, of Washington, has un known that under some conditions
successfully attempted to get the eight-inch guns, for instance, are more
house to consider his bill opening to effective than 10-inch. *
homestead entry 1240 acres of Tand
The navy department is pretty well
o f Puget sound, now abandoned mil committed to the all-big-gun-ship plan
itary reservations, occupied by 64 set- and congress may consider it favor
tlers.
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ably when the matter if ’properly pre
The »Southern Pacific railroad is sented. The speed o f the new ships
granted the privilege of constructing is intended to be from 20f to 20i
a tunnel under the Fort Mason mili knots an hour under trial conditions
tary reservation in San Francisco, o f load.
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M AKE O VER NAVY.
which «passed the house today. The
bill has passed the senate, only the
president« signature being required Roosevelt Says If R oot Will Bos* Job
now (o make it a law.
It Can Be Done.
Washington, Dec. »4. — President
LECTURE TOUR VO R HENEY.
Roosevelt is seriously contemplating
his plan for the appointment of a spe
’While Graft Prosecutor Rests He Will cial commission to reorganize the
Tell How Ho DM It.
navy department by eliminating the
Washington, Dec. 26.— F. J. Heney, bureau system. He finds that the en
"t San Francisco, the noted prose- largements o f the membership o f the
tutor of the alleged “graft” cases, general boardi which Secretary New,
who was shot about « month ago by berry accomplished upon assuming his
Morris Haas, a former convict» dur duties -on December i, and the ap
ing the trial of the Ruef case in San pointment of Herbert L. Satterlee, the
Francisco, reached Washington to- well-known exponent of the presi
dent’s naval theories, as assistant sec
isrht, accompanied by Mrs. Heney.
Mr. Heney will call upon the presi- retary of the navy, have fallen short
-dent at the White House tomorrow. of effecting the reforms which the
The principal purpose of his trip three men had in mind.
Because of what he considers to be
•east, Mr. Heney said, when seen to
the pressing necessity of reorganiza
night by the Associated Press, was
tion, and undismayed by the intima
for rest and recreation. He added
tion that congress will not pass any
that his desire to see President such measure Before the conclusion of
Roosevelt before his departure for his term of office. President Roosevelt
Africa also had induced him to make is again sounding leading naval ex
tire trip,
perts with a view o f securing their
Mr. Heney «ala he was in splendid co-operation. *
health, except for a slight weakness, ■ The president told scvm^J.vwf ids
and that he had completely recovered callers today that, if Secretary Root
from his wounds. With his wife he would accept the chairmanship o f this
will spend a month at this side o f the committee, the success o f his plan
•continent and during that time he would be guaranteed-.
will deliver a series o f lectures.
Withdrawn Lands Restored.
Give N m m s o f Bokhara.
Washington. DUc. 23.-<i-More than
Washington, Dec 24.-r-(^ihe follow 20,000 acres o f vacant and unappro
ing arc the names o f the soldiers who
Hied in the Philippine islands o f acute priated lands heretofore temporarily
alcoholism, resuftfng from drinking withdrawn for forest purposes near
methyl served to them as vino, a na the Cache national forest, Utah, will
tive drink“- John Duffy, Edward C. become subject to settlement on Feb
Clark, Thomas W. Bing and Charles ruary 23, according to an announce
Delaney, of Company L, Eighteenth ment at the general land office today.
infantry, and Otto Kuppe, John J. The lands lie in northern Utah, near
Phelan, Frank L. Smith, James E. Logan, in the Salt Lake City tand dis
Curtis, Samuel E. Bramel. John O. trict. They will qot be subject to en
Corbeil and William Nickolas, of try and filing until March 25.
Company M, Eighteenth infantry. __
Pulitzer Will Study Canal.
Gudger Chief Justice.
Washington. Dec. 22.—W ord was
Washington, Dec. 25.—H. H. Gud received here tonight that Joseph Pu
ger, of North Carolina, will be ap litzer, proprietor or the New York
pointed by President Roosevelt to be World, reached Hampton Roads this
•chief justice of the supreme court of afternoon on his private yacht Lib
the Panama canal zone for a term of erty, en route for Panama, accompa
-six years, to succeed Dr. F. M. Duran, nied by several members of the staff
whose terms expires January 1. It o f his paper. It is understood that
is understood that Secretary Wright Mr. Puliteer intends to make a pec
has recommended to the president this sons) investigation o f affairs on . the
appointment. Mr. Gudger is an asso isthmns.
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Works for Salary R«ise.
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Washington. Dec. 22. — Senator
Bacon to SuCcood Root.
B ournr.'of Oregon, author o f a bill
Washington. Dec. 24.—It has bien to increase the salary of the president
decided »hit Assistant S e c r e t ly *Ba of the United States- to $100,000 a
con shaft be secretary of- state after year, and the salary o f the vice-presi
January 16. f t was armoUncod at the dent to $25,000. is making a strong
White Horn« today that the (dans of campaign for his jnCasure. He said
Secretary Root had not bftnchanged today that he beHeved it would be
and that he would give up ni* port passed by both houses of congress
folio about January. 16. before he was shortly after the holiday recess.
a lloted on fo r United States senator
y the legMtitttfe of New York.
Increase in Minerals.
^ Washington, Dec. 23. —A remark
Prealdent Makes Appointments.
able increase in the value of mineral
Washington, iJec. 22. — President production since the beginning o f the
Roosevelt today made the following new century r* announced in a report
Appointments: ^Register o f the laud 6f the geological survey on the min
office at North, Yaklrtia, Wa^hl. Harry eral resources of the United States.
Y. Saint; postmasters^-William Mi This, includes all o f the principal min
R jow o, Lebanon, O r.; J. 1?. Bosley, eral products, representing an aifnual
Falls City. O f.; Merritt A. Baker, putput of oVqr $2,000,000,000, an ad
Weston, OrftvL. W. Shurtliff, Ogden, vance o f more -than 100 per cent in
lese- than ten yeafa.
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Utah; William P. Ely, Kelso, W ith.
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Warships Leave Panama.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The Pacific
fleet, which has been at Panama for
several days, sailed today for Talca-
huano, Chile: The Colorado remained
at Panama in order to enable her to
take on board Captain C. B. Moore,
who will succeed Captain Edmund B.
Underwood, w ho is ill at Mat^e island.
She will sail December 29:
Dynamlta Killed 21 Men.
Washington, Dec. 86.—»According
to the latest advices to the Isthmian
Canal commission, there have been 21
deaths so far as the result o f the pre
mature explosion of dynamite at San
Obispo December 17.
Efdri
wildest excitement in tJiis city, the
D*>V3
Any Yef Built or Even P < M i r i ^ a«*»?] rushing
Designed Are Considerad.
Washington, Dec. 23.—The navy df*
partmeqt is considering the ^esirabiL
4y /oí¡ constructing monster battis*
ships, bigger than anything yet buift
or even dyaighed elsewhere. One plaq
presented by the nava I board of coif*
streets in the belief that the buildings
were about tor totrntc m y r. Struc
tures trembled violently, plaster came
down, dishes ¿were .th ro w n to the
floor, the main school building, a two-
story brick, wa* bgdly cracked, aqd
the ground
sea*»* from o*e
to three inches wide.
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Tw o m ot« shocks yr«t« e*pert»yiced
this evening, one at 6:35, the other at
6*0, and again sent the people harry -
ing into the streets. The first o f the
trem6rs waii fell yesterday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock, and another at 7:30
this mansiagMi ***
as gawg
Frank Pace; who arrived from the
Crater lakes, the scene of an extinct
volcano, si*.#ii}e» south o f Virginia
City, where 18 old eraters have been
fitted with water, forming a chain of
lakes, states, that the ground heaved
there like the bosom of a lake, caus
ing immense fissures to form in the
mountain and rending the cliffs. Some
of these fissures, according to Mr.
Pace, are from a foot' and a half
to two and a half feet wiae.
There is a belief that water o f the
Crater lakes has found its way through
subterranean passages to the rem
nants o f the fires o f the old volcanoes,
although the Yellowstone parkis only
76 miles from here.
KING
™ COUGHS *» “ COLDS
CURES h TH R O A T» LUNG
AND
LUNG
REM-
DISEASES
SAVED HER SOH’ S UFE
My soa Rex was taken down a year ago with long trmbla. Wa
doctored soma months without Improvement. Then I begun giving
Dr. King’ e Mew Discovery, and I aeon noticed • change for the better.
I kept this treatment op for a few weeks and now mj eon is perfectly
well and works every day.
ICRS. 8AMP. R1PPKX, Arm, Ho.
5 0 c AND
SOLD AND QUARANTE ED BY
F. M O O R E
PREDICTS CHEAP LUMBER.
Edward Hines Bay* Lower Cost of
Manufacture it Responsible*
Chicago, Dec. 23.— Edward 'P in es,
newly elected president o f the Virginia
& Rainy Lake Lujubcr company, the
largest combine in the world of its
l&id, predict« cheaper lumber and a
new era in its production'as S result
of the new organization.
1 “ It is our intention to cheapen the
cost of manufacturing, and, o f course,
t^ cheapen the cost to consumers pro
portionately,” said Mr. Hines. “ W e
will not do this, however, at the ex
pense o f the country by reckless or
wasteful lumbering methods.
“ W e will work in harmony with the
forest departments o f the United
States and Canada, and we hope to
make money out o f the things that
they will ask us to do. For instance,
we will utilize all the timber on the
ground we Cut over. W e will not sim
ply pick out the choice trees, leaving
dead wood and brush to feed forest
fires. W e will clear the land, so that
instead o f being a worthless wilder
ness after it is eut over, it will be
available fqr farming purposes.
“ W e are a lio hoping that a further
reduction may be made in the cost of
lumber to American consumers by the
taking off o f the tariff. Tbe greater
part o f our land is inlCatiada, and this
would enable us to bring the Cana
dian lumber into the United States, a
thing that the tariff practically pro
hibits now."
W IL L CURE
Y o u r C o ld «
The uniform uucce— that has attended the use of this remedy in die cure o f bad
colds has
it one of the most popular medicines in use. it can always be
depended upon to effect a quick cure and is pleasant to take.
It contains no opium or other narcotic» and may be given as confidently to a
child mm to an adult Price 25 cents. Large size 50 emits.
GASPIPE THUG 18 CAUGHT.
Cracks Jeweler’ s Skull, but Prompt
Alarm is Effective.
San Francisco, Dec. 23. —Sigmund
Hartig, a jeweler o f the Mission dis
trict, is lying in the hospital with a
fractured skull tonight as a result of
the attempted robbery of his place of
business .in broad daylight, the crime
being very similar to the gaspipe out
rages which terrorised this city two
years ago.
Hartig's establishment was entered
this afternoon by Louis Schultz, an
ex-convict, who pretended that he
desired to purchase a $50 diamond.
When the dealer displayed the gem,
Schultz attempted to grab it and
struck Hartig with a section of gas-
pipe rolled up in a piece of paper.
Hartig saw the action and dodged
back, but did not entirely avoid the
blow, which struck him on the side
of the head. He did not lose his hold
oq the jewel, however, and retained
consciousness long enough to give the
alarm, >ghich resulted in the capture of
hi« assailant after a short chase.
Schultz .was released from the peni
tentiary on December 3.
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Blggy’ a Death Explained.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.—The coro
ner’s jury today visited the water
front t6 view the polite launch Patrol,
from which Chief of Police William
J- Bi&gy was lost overboard on the
night of November 30. It is believed
the jury will bring in a verdict of ac
cidental drowning, in view of the dem
onstration made by boatmen -that the
launch rolfs easily, and that it was
possible for ■ man to fall over the
side. It ia believed the jury will take
into consideration the possibility that
Biggy struck his head on a ringbolt
imbedded in the afterdeck as he fell.
* Scouts Spread Civilization.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The value of
the Philippine scouts as educators as
well as pacification is shown in the
annual report of Brigadier Clarence
R. Edwards, chief o f tne bureau o f in
sular affairs, which is published today.
The scout service is commended by
the chief as fostering higher standards
Lumber Combine in Minnesota.
of living among the Filipinos, and as
extending American influence.
| Duluth, Minn., Dec. 23. —The much
talked of lumber combine that has
been forming came to full develop
Root a* Senator.
Washington, Dec. 22.— It was an ment here today. The combine is the
nounced at the White House late this most powerful factor in the lumber
afternoon that it was understood that world, and will control 3,000.000,000
Elihu Root will resign as secretary of feet o f lumber in the northwest. It
state if he is elected senator from will also control the Duluth & Rainy
New York, and that he will be suc La)te railroad and a fleet 'of 70 great
ceeded by Assistant Secretary Robert lake lumber vessels. Ita assets, at the
Racon. That Root will receive the lea$t, are estimated at $30.000,00«. The
New York togp is believed to be al paitie adopted is the Duluth & Rainy
Lake Lumber company.
most fertaia.
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Jailed Charge d’Affaires.
Washington, Dec. 26— A late charge
d'affaires of Venezuela at Washing
ton. whose name is not g iv e p jn the
department’s advices, is among those
Sail« for Vnknown Fort.
imprisoned at Caracas as a result of
the plot to assassinate Vice-President
Washington, T t a . ' s i —T h e battle*
ship Maine sailed today from Hamp
Gomez. , ,. ... ■
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ton Roads under seeled orders. In
Warships for Venezuela.
formation regarding the sudden de
Washington. Dec. 26.—The state parture of the vessel was refused at
department, admitted today that the the navy department, but it is thought
buttleskipa Maine atid Nbftfc Caro the» warship has gone to Venezuelan
wsbM.1 5 7 c T
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lina are en route to Venezuela.
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Washington, Dec. 1».— Both hi
Of congress adjourned tods
January 4. During the two^wcel
“ '^ntitasion many of the representa-
and senators will return to their
to spend the holidays. A num
b e f Jjsill remain at t f o capita) l o par-)
te in the deliberations of minor
ittees, although the- big tariff
ng, which hasfSconsumed'>fl+e
of the time o f the ways and
means committee o f.A fie house, is
pradtically ended.
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Reno, Nev., Dec. 23.—J. F. Springer,
yandmaster o f the Southern Pacific
Re eiu vis a third claimant
company at R
for*a share of the estate of the late
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