U.S.NM SECOND Tonnage of far Tesscls Eiceed d OdIj bj England. ; ERHANY SOON TAIE ODI UCE Kalsor Mm Mora Batttoehlp Uixfar Construction WIN B Bcond Pww am High 2toea. , Wuhiagfon, Nor. 27. MMsurod by aetaal uval tonnage U Mrriee, the United States ruki second among the actions of tM world; Greet Britain alone MrpMMO this Muutry, Bat if to the tonnage is MrrtM ia added to tonnage, of warships authorised end fat ooum of . oastruetion, tha Unload State la eompollod to yild Meosd plaM to Germany. Ih ether words, Germany ku la eooreo of eonetruetion more largo battleships Ou kM tko United States. Tho relatire order of warship tonne of tko grMt Mtiou today la m fol 4owsi Great Britain ....a. ........ .1,788,180 United States J( 82,7 Germany tx.. 400,700 Ftbmo 602,920 Japan 3M,368 Bnssia 259,263 Italy i......v...wr 216,08 -Austria 114,897 It will bo noted that Japan So far inferior to tbo United StatM ia Its navel strength, standing fifth oa tko list. It will aloo bo noted from tko following table, uowing tbo total nwl tonnago of tbo greet, nations, m would bo tho mm wore veasel building now completed, that Japan rotalu kar rela tiv position oa tbo lint, with ovon loot tonnago tbaa tho Unitod States, As wumlng voaaola ander construction worn all completed, tbo navioo of tho world wvJd obow tbo following toanagot Great Britain t, 005 ,873 -Germany i.j. 820,092 United StatM 785,687 Franca 766.9M Japan :..;..... 489,704 Suaaia . 418,8S0 Italy .. 257,818 Austria 187,297 Tkoao figures sr interesting in ser wral respects. Germauy, for iaataneo, whiob long otood fourth on tbo list of naval powers, baa rapidly passed both tbo United States sod France. Japan, on tha otbor band, wppoeed to bar v opmeot of her uvy, is sot bnildisg aa -f.rf u tha ITnitM) States. Durina tba past year she increased bar nvnl ton nM laaa than ftOOOO. and It ia MOB from tbo statistics above that her la hui accordinc to kar DrossBt aro- gramma, will not bo eqnaf to -that of tho Ur-ltod States. Tbo toaaage of toe Amor i aay nary today eeeds that. of Japan hy abont 286,000: with tbo pres ent programme of MTB nanoM tow ltmA ta Uaftad States will land br 399,000. ' . - . i'. TAX KBOrXLATIOiri MADE. To linn From OorncratioM Bxnoctad to Be 286,000)0. . W MainglOB, HBTi vifwauva tax regulations ara sow omplcte-sad i ready for tbo priater. It bm boon a great task nuet ail tka esmplexltkM mt tba law aad exneeted attacks apoa it hr tho corporations. Latest estimates IndiMta a Mt roTOano from tbo sot- poratlon tax of approximately 826.000, . OOO anaaallv. and 122,000 aorporntioM mliahl rlH bnva to nav tha tax. In a far southwestern state it bat boon found that not siers tbaa 10 par - sent of nuwy thousandi of oorporatloM ' oror hare setnally oom basiaeaa. In . proper registratioa is nany eases is expected, bat tko aeries of penalties ander tho law will apply to all, eras to - thoee who fall to get tbo fornw aad MgulatioM. Tbo mailing of tko farm aad btaako to ofrory corporation liated ia Abo Tsrioao distrfota io not roqnirod ty law, aad hi enerely to asaiat tbo aor poratioBS. TboM not rogistorW ahonld nply imStediataly to eolleetora. All rotmrM aro romirod to bo In tho " oollMtor's hands by Marsh 1, than wnt ka tntaraal nvonM bwroaa here, wboro tbo ton wW bo aaassood aad tho tarpnying oorporatiou aotfaod by Jnno 1, tba tax to bo paid by Jaly 1.. VHi Itam r TJhiak, Cal., Hot. 27 Emilia Bad on!, knows ia tklo ssotioa M Tbo Wild Man of Hopland," wm saptarot toot Bight by CoaaUbk) Orr, of dovordalo, and Game Waroaaa Lee and Miller, who ' ataeo mac may, an "-r- r i aay ano for many mosias. wnifj" " time WhMUToaaaboop aoaMkUlod ' and food takoa wen, bta ta tba . aolgbborbood. Badoai wu aVanA by tbo sdaeoTO anaaiag ff " Sqanw rock, and was eaptsTsd boforo o ooald oiTor any moteata, Lm Angstaa, W41- tioia of thia city 7jar . dan fall la tbo maaparstara, tbo falling toot foanaiaiag o. t Ilia anvnu-s m TAFT O. XJi BAXUNOXB. Soerotary of Xatorlot 711m Itroeg and Ootanrabosmlyo) Boaort. ; . WMklagtoa, Vow. 30. If eo agrees earrie oat all tbo " reoommandation ntado by SeeVetary of the Interior Bal liagor la bis annual report to tbo Presi dent, practical and fair-minded advo cates of eoneerratioa of aataral r Marcos will bar nothing to uk beyond a otrlot oaforsomMt of tbo law. The secretary 'a report, mads public today, bm bean toad aid approved by Prosi- deat Taft,. and therefor may bo re garded M voicing his own view and opinions npon tho various sabjecta dealt with, aad to that exteat is an iadieatian of tho roeoaunondatioM whiob tho Pres ident himself will obmit do ooagraas whoa It ooaroBM next Monday. Secretary Balliogor's report io in bo degree sensational. It is a plain, force ful recital of conditions u they sxiat. In it tho many waahnaaaas of tho public land laws are pointed ovfcj and pro ot aval remedies aro suggested. Tho report gives oridonM of great study of tko various problems discussed, and indi- eate tbo aiBnteBOM . with which tho now oserotary of tho Interior hu gone into tbo details of tho work of bio do- partmoat. From flrat to last tho report la free from Mtnmont oa boreaas not under tbu jnriadiction of tho secretary of tbo in terior. There is, no reference to friction with tho forest service, bat at plaeea, reading between tbo line, eaa be found ladieations of tho secretary 's desire that eonarass shall abeslutelv deflae th powers of the secretary of the in terior, so that in raters there will bo so sxcom whatever for offleinla of an other department undertaking to dic tate questions of poller and adminia- tratioa to his branch of tho government Borneo. Because of tba prominence siren to tbo question of water powers through newspaper ul msgasinos of late, See- rotary Ballingor'i views oa that sub ject perhaps ontakadow all other feat urea of his report. In discussing power sites tko secretary presents a complete piss of legislation, which ia offered as a suggestion for the- guidance of con gress, aad not with tbo idea that his recommendation will hi followed ex plicitly. Bather, tbo plan ia presented as a basia for discussion, and incidental ly it may bo Mid it is tho flrat definite plan of power-sit legislation yet pro Mntod by any government official. LAST BTABD MBA. Vicaragaa InsnrgMhi Baady for Dsath Hmgglo With Belaya. Washington, Nov, . 30. Nloaraguan lasargoats aro apw engaged la what ia expected to bo tha inal grapple with tho Zolayaa forces, according to anof- fleial advies tonight reaahlag Salvator CaotriUo, repTeMaUtiv of tba Nia aimgoaa insnrreetionaay- foroM her. The advisM Indicate that aghting is ia progr at Bama and .Greysowa, and that a general assaalt ob Managua, the capital, will follow. Arm and ammu aitioB landed Mrly thia week frooa tha Norwegian stMmer Utsteia are believed to bo ia the bands of tho inenrrectioa lata, and prompt bm of thorn by -Bo trade's fereea is expected. SoBor Cutrillo pointed oat tonight that at wonld roqnire less tbaa three days to transport the mnnkiona of war from Bluedelds, wboro the Dtsteia landed them, to Bama, aad that aa mob m his eom patriots were Mppilsd, Im mediate conflict with tbo government troops wm wniompiaieo. - Bx-Uto Dioa, Aged US. Pensacola, Fbk, Nor. kWoki C. Calhonn, colored, aged 115 years, died ia PenaaMla last night, aad the dsath certificate m aworn to aad filed ia tba offleo of the city clerk givM the date of the aagro'o birth M 1794. Calbona, bearing tbo aania of tbo American stateamaa, resided la Pnsaeola for 40 years, aad on til 1ms tbaa 14 year ago made kis Using by daily labor in the sawmill. Ia reminiscent aontiti tbo old negro wonld toll etortea of the life of bis master, Jobs a Calhonn, and refer to tho groat statesmen with familiarity. Ma wm bora ta slavery Seattle, Wash- Nor. 36s The goa boat Princeton, Commander C. , H. Hay, nailed from tho Paget sowed nary-yard this morning for Ntanragaa, wboro aa will loin tbo gaabea Tick burg, which la bow at Goriate. The Pri aeeta, which hM bees aadergoing repairs at tbo aary yard, will atop at Baa PraaeisM to tabs on ammamtioa aad atoree. Censnaaader HayM expects to loaah Vloaragu witala lb re weeks. Winnipeg. Maa Nor. 20:Bogh lambev advanced $1 per 1000 all oror north wMtava Canada amtarday. Milla are oalling ia traveling Miasm on bo mbm of tnraeh of orders. Export mills la British Colombia report a largely tasreosed i li in to tbo TJaHad Btatea, thia being one mom for the ad ranee. Another adraass wiB tabs bum boforo spring. - Oaatoa Oram Total Oa. ' " How OrUano, Law, Ner. 30. -Tb Tli nmniiil fm mmI tm m. roopendoau' final report oa tbo eottoa tea or iwum, ommo uai wa sanssaewj at eBiafcw aetato oo a total of urn NEWS FROM TEE NATIONAL CAPITAL ABTIZiLBBT BHOOTB WBLTa. Target bfortag Bight ' Kaona Is Bit Three om of Paax by Ooaxpany . WMbiurtoB. Not. 36. Reports of ex cellent shooting at long range by coast artillery compaaiee continue to reach I tba war departniut. A remarkable rec ord wm mad by toe liotk company at Port Boseerana. Cal- oa October 20, Tour shots were trod from a battery of two 10-iaeh guu at a target 30 feet hick by 00 feel wag, walsk wm mor- iog at tko rate, of eight milee aa hour at a distance of about fire mile from tbo battery firing. All four shots were fired in nn interval ox one-minute ana 20 second and passed through a rec tangle niM foot high by 42 foot wide. Only three ait were scored ob tho tar get, m obo of tbo shots passed four yards to the left of It, The om company, at run Koontea, Mas, oa October 20, fired loar soots from aa eight-men battery at a 20x60 foot material target, which wm mo ring at tbo rate of five miles an hoar at a distance of aboat four mile from the, firing battery. AU four shots were hits and the Irst Mot eat tM ran ex the material target ia twev PAYOBBs FBTVATB CAPITAL. Sonata OoauattaM WoaM Bnillfy Irri- gattoa Law. ..' Waakingtoa, Nor, 27. Ia adranM of tho report of tko Maate committee on ilrigatioa eomee tko atatemeat that the majority will favor emasculation of the national imiraiiOB law, so aa to giro to private capital tho privileg of devel oping all poasibl roclamation projeeta. A minority of the Mmmittee. among thorn Senator Ghamberlaia, ia expected to oppose any snob plan. Private busi ness interests are Mid to M oacn oi this movement, which Bellinger in dorsed ia a speech before tbo National Irrigation eongrsM at Spokane ia August. The wan involves indorsement oc tae propOMd 230)00,(190 bond issue, to com. plete projeeta now ander way, with th ? radon! withdrawal of the government rona all localities whore private parties desire to execute reclamation projeote. Intimation already received point to a bitter warfare over sue a proposal. It la bettered moot people ia th irri gable region, desire that th rovers - moot should carry oa u reclamation work. Kortng Pietana to Teach Faming. waaaiBgioB, cot. . in ui danartmant of aa-ricnlturO kM Mat an agent to Ithaca to get a aeris of, mo- hen pictures or too poultry rarm con- Himtaii hr tha Naw York state Mllef xo of agrieoltare. Tko picture were mad tor oaueanosai porpo, no aext wintr fanning audience ia many ill bm tka Coraall hens Strut ting about tha poultry yard, atndenta lugging straw to tae bm aoases, w- infMtiM tka ttena. niims sna leea non- aers in tbo poaitry range, niiing toe 1 dAta all of the work that BOM oa la a well managad, aeieatiftc poultry HarinM Awaiting OsaWrs. Waaliiaston. Nov. fieWThat tho Crtt- leal sttaatioa hotwora thl oonstry and Nicaragua has reached the Mate stage avidaanad taaiaht whan BMrStarr of State Kaox seat for his colleague la the state aepnruneat ana ior mo acting secretary of the aary aad hi aidan ta meet In OOaferenM at his borne. For nearly three hours the result of tbo dcliberatioM was not mad pnbti, but it was act denied tbnt more warships ar to be ordered Muth at ease. Dedicate Tablet to Chrldlsy. a...M1l.. Vd.. New. 27, Manr prominent representative of the United State navy came to Aaupeli today to take part ia eeremoaies attending tho dedication of a tablet in Bancroft h.n - r tka United States Naval academy la memory of Captaia CbarlM V, Grid ley, who eamauinaoa amai Dewey's iagabip at th battle of Ma nila Bar and to whom the admiral gave tho famous orderi 'Whoa yea. aro ready, Gridley, ire." Tbo tablet of goldea bronM, t 8 Mt. Dtatrlet of Oolnaibta hfay Tabs. WiaWUatna Nov. AO. Prasideat Taft has decided that Waohlagtoa and the District of tjAinmata aaau aav. in aMBuaa ith th mt f the OMBttT. B Mmoeratis form of gorerameat if be ean brtag It snont. wits ibi mm view. It I ht porpOM w reeommena tM --- radical ekansM In tba SWV- erameat which will give th Msidoate of tho district a ngw i rot. ar.u nTUaauaa fa. ml -Wat baring notification aa the Mb), the nMaragnns) bv doabi that deBaaad for reparation would b Made by the) United State m ka I atf tan M AavsTtanao, Grsoe and Cannon, far the uen ax jsieajagwa waa noswsauna; law. . , .. - Wssbiagten, How. tftt -Beetaari in 9 Cable. Chicago attoraay, will M Oisasfij McHarg M asahrtaat MMstary of smmsrs aad mhos, aeeording to a totosnewt atada asomy by BMatar Oa lon 1 iianess. MOBS BONDS TBT BXOHT. , Hew TarUT Law Hoi trp to BxMcta- Waahington, Nov. 20. Treasury ofl eials are only fairly well satisfied with the way the bow tariff law ia working frem a reman standpoint. Up to to day the receipts from customs for the present fiscal year amount ia round numbers to 9189,000,000. Thia la near ly 229,000,000 more than wm collected tor the same period last year, ander the Dingley law. Tho receipts thia month, however, show a fa'ting off. In October they were 229,000,000 and this month they were only 224,000,000 in the aggregate. The total receipt from all source last month were 267,000,000, while this month they are only , 000,000, with two more days' retonw te bs heard from. On the other band, disbursements show a decided decrease. Whereas, last ' month they reached 289,000,000, they hare this month beea only gftx, 000,000. . The working balance ia the treasury has been reduced to 8262o6, 983, compared wits $30,701,324 n tail date la October. UbIcm tho reveauM. from customs and other source increase or other mesne of catting down cxpendlturea are discovered, this working balaaM will steadily deeliM aad soon reach a point where it will be nersesary to issue Pan una bonds in order to repleaiah the funds of the treasury. Over 296,000,000 of the funds of the treasury have beea need oa tbo Panama canal and tt will require a bead sale to reimburM tha troMury. ; Bie BOND IBUB FATOBBD. 230,000,000 . far Irrigatta tt Want Urged by Botma. Washington, Not. 24. SMtor Borah today submitted to Secretary Balliagsr th outline of a bill he kM prepared, authorising the lasaanM of bonds to facilitate th Mnstructioa of govsra mcnt irrigation projeeta, Borah and Balliager ere agreed that such legialatioa should sutsoriM bonds aggregatiag 220,000,000 to be ianaod by the treasury department m nedn. Thes bonds to be paid oat of the rec lamatioa fund and ara not to bo a chage apoa tho federal treasury. As soon m General Law lor, of the interior department, returaa to Wok- fngton, ho, Balllnger Bad riorah will work oat the details of this bill, which will tkoa be p reseated to Mngrena. Both Senator Borah aad Secretary Bal lingef ar hopeful that M agree will autboriM th Mnd Issue. ' Wood Back Up Dr. Osier. WMhtngtoa, Nov. M. Oelerisation of army officer to a radical degree wu recommended to tko War Deportment today by General Leoaard Wood, is command 'of tbo Department of th East, lie want aa elimiaation law n- aeted so that offieer above tbo grade of captaia will attain gives grades on an avcrags of at least tea yMrs younger tbaa at areoMt. "Oar p recent system," Mid Geaerel Wood, "reenltc gen rally la tbo beat rear of a man' life being apent la a nhnriliaata nnattloB ' Ha raVim mend ed tbo re-sstabiishment of th army eaa tees. Doaehatoa Power Hold. Washington, Nor. 26. Secretary Bal linger today Withdrew from entry 8262 acre of land along the upper Dm ebntM Biver for protection of power ite. Tho withdrawal 1 ordered prortdlsg Congress eaaet legislation for m trol or disposal of the land. The land withdrawn 1 th waterway la mb section with whfah charge ba been made that in granting right of way to the Hill and Harrimaa railroads tbroNaTh the Deschutes canyon, BalUu ger had rendered Mast ruction of a power plant in the onayea impossible. - 2nacVagh CMrof Oat Hews. Washington, Nor. 24 Th elimina tion frem tho mstoaw serriM x Act lag Depaty Snrreyor Jaaua Vail, ths abolition of that oHm ta th Now York custom kooao, th dlanloanl of 104 men and demotion of 122 ether men at Now York from Harsh 4 sp to last night, to get hot with abont a soon of other ohangM iacladod is Collector Loobn statetneat . today from Now York, were aauouaeed by Socretary MMVoagh toalf ht . Taft BBwba anngotto. Washingtos. Nor. . Mrs. Philip Snowdea, wife of a Liberal member of Parliament aad noted m the moot beau tlfnl Mffragotte, tried to M Presideat Taft today, n failed. Mr. Bnow dea left tho White HonM annennchig that she would endeavor again tomor row to run Ue gaaathn that had abnt her oat ,. f . . ' ' fioiHiaM Hani Font MaL ' Wsagton, How. - A otatamont wm knased by the Ntoaragnaa legation here thJa ofterneen that laformattoa bad boM rsaairsd from tho Nloaragnaa awvsraBBMt to tba oaTeot that Cannon aad Oraoe had bom giroa a fall hoar log before a military eoart auvtial praviOM to thsir aXMHaa Fwrtsoath, H, Nov. 2Cv Haral sosirod here toda la eanaeotloa with the oatfittlng af the gonaoato Pndoesh aad Dabnew, bath of which havo bsM preparing to rornrn a taenr HsiliM ta tha 0arnba Sea. OOABT BXTBNBIOH BAHOTIONED. Ooastroetloa-of 1600 MlMo of Bosdway Will Boon Bo and Way. Chics iro. 111., Nov. 29. The directors of tho Chicago A Northwestern Kailway company have decided that it will aooa become neooaaarr to extend that road to tbo Pacific coast ia order that It may continue to be a strong competitor of the St. Paul and the Burlmgtoa roads. With this end ia view the company ie preparing to tonne approximately 230,000,000 worth of new itook, which i ia tko ratio of oae to four of oat standing stock. ' This proposition hM already been submitted to the' proper authoritlM of the several states which require state authority for the iacuaaes of the new railroad eeearitiea. This authority hM not yet been girea by any om of the three statee to which the propoeitioa hM been submitted, which fact may ac count for the denial which the officials of the company make regarding the pro posed Stock issue. It is also known. althoaaTh not ad mitted by the company's officials, .that an approval hM been gives for con struction of at least 1500 miles of road to bo completed within tko aext two or three years. It is known through western senator that th company hM , completed end approved surrey of lines to three important Pacific coast points namely, Portland. Stotts aad Baa Fraaawco. In eoBMCtioa with' the proposed ta me of new stock, tt ia remembered that the St. Paul's first our toward th Pacific coast extension wm tho Issuing of exactly the same amount of bow took. BXTBB IAPB FBOM MIGHT ATTACK Hbrtag TargM liamAara fcn CHoeaft 12 Oat Of It Tlxaea. ..... Port Storsas, Or., Nor. 29. Ihe of flsioncyof artillery preatie at night waa tested thoroughly last sight by th Thirty-third company, commanded by Captaia Willis, of tho Coast Artillery corps. Tbu ia tbo first year that Bight firing at a moving target hM been tried in the United States army, and tho first time it bm bona tried at Fort Bursas. Three preliminary shot wore fired for the purpoM of CMtlag firing Mndition. Immediately afterward 16 record shots were fired, 12 of whieh tore through the target. This result Is thought to be the best attained ainee night prac tice hM been ia vogae ia th United States army. - eaaru figure six feet by twelve 14 proved a dim ebjMt to fire at, with only the nnccrtaia gleam of a search light following its rapid oremeat through the water. OorerumoBt boat! and searchlights from both aide of tbo river guarded against the possibility of Mmmereial vessels entering the field of fire car ina tha ftraatise. Manr soectator aaw the display,; which demonstrated the effeetivansM 1 si the Colombia riror W. A. 0LAJUC IB ANTI-TBTJtT. , Prsfera, nimsilf. to Work m lnflv14aaL New York, Nor. 27. "Too mush coming la, aad Bot enough going out Burepsaa Masamptioa of copper hi not hMpiag pace with Americaa produc tion, ' said M-Senater William A. Clerk codar, m ho ateppsd from tho gangway of the lsbonsd stesmsr Mau retania. "It I tras, oopper 1 Mlllog tM low, bah ererproduction Is respon aibl. Tho Bonaal price should be IS cnti 12-eeat copper is too cheap." uivnsra oi mm nwst iw against the Standard Oil company, Sen ator Clark Midi "I'm aot asrpriasd. I aoror btliered la Urge corporate aggregatloas of cap ital, and for myself I bar alwars pre- lerreo t worx m an laairiauaj, - j Wosmb May Bo mwaggUrs, Boston, Nor. 22-Ib tns arreot here today, at the request of he federal. of flciaJs of Now York, of Mise Mary a Moore aad Mlm Uabella Holland, of wear, the govsrament authoritlec be lieve they bars materially assisted la the isveetigstioa of illegal Importatloao from Prance. Tho women were charged jointly with Bobcrt Schwarta, Philip A. PhlllpMB and Tboaus Murphy, who ware arrested two ssoaths ago, with Mosplrsey to defrsnd tbo govern ruest by evading daty. The wobmb were held la default of 2000 bIL am muS ma ci.M ' I ' Aostia, Tex., Nor. mt. ueary may Pi ere, of KaasM, oil magnate, will bo tried here Wodaeoday for alleged fabnt awoariag. Tho smo wm Mntlnned last Aogust, aad relates to ar affidavit filed by Hr. Pierce wbea tho Bogers-Piars company m tared the state In 1900, after hariag boon ousted for violation of tho aatl-truet laws. Actorney for tha state eoa f erred today sad declared that m eoatieuaaM would b Mkod v grMt d by either side. ' as Now Torh, Nor. 26. Mrs. Theodora Bnssersh aad her daaghter, HB Bthel, retarnod today frem Xnropo oa tho Koonlgoa Albert Mrs. BooMroH'a Btepdaagbter, Mrs. Ni betas Ing-worth. Mr. aad Mrs. DongiM Bobisson aad CoDoater of tbo Port William Lmb, Ju saet them at tbo pier. Onsaha, Neb., Her. 22 White host ing today, Wesley McBridc, aged 12, aeeardisg to his awn reratoa of tho anair, awwimir snos ni Mmpnaion. Harry Long, agsd IS, la tbo Jaw, aad tho trod two aboto late his bead to "auks a fsW tab af la."