SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1S90
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A1EAVY LOSS
Cullers Casualties Exceeded Ills
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INTEREST '. 'IN THE VOLUNTEERS
Many Cities Aid In Paring Ep and
More Troop Arc to Be Hent For-
LONDON, Dec. 22. (Friday, 4:45
&. m.) There U tlll no definite news
regarding- the mimary operating in
- South Africa. .Probably this is so be
cause the only cable that ttnovr work
lng Is choked with official dispatcher
General BuWer's casualty list at Col
enso, just .published, shows that 14
men were killed, and 74$ wounded.
Two hundred and twenty-seven are,
described a missing and of these
about forty are known to be prisoners
In the hands of the Boers. This makes
the total larger than General Cul
ler's original estimate I
Royal letters signed toy Queen Vic
toria, are being circulated by the arch
bishop to the bishops of the various
dioceses, authorizing the collection. In
churches and throughout England, on
January- 7th, in aid of the fund for the
sick and wounded soldiers and their
families," .:':f : : j : ' v.
Interest centers for the moment in
the p: esarations to send out reinforce
ments. Various iltles' gullcshave giv
en an additional 12. WO for the ex
penses Incurred by the imperial vol-,
ainteera beldf gifts . of Worses, am- '
bulanees and other paraphernalia. The
latest, notable volunteers i include two
nephew's of Lord . Roberts, Majors
Charles and Maxiwell Fherston. Their-jM-othei.wffs
killed at Glencoe.
.: Theadrniralty has decided to dis- j
patch another naval brira-le of 700 '
men "to South Africa. It Is believed
that In mobilizing the eighth division
the war" office will have recourse to
aome extent to the militia It .being
deemed lnad visible to denude the home
srarrisons over much of regulars. .
LONDON, Dec. 23. (Saturday, 4:45
a. m.). The belated South African dis
patches throw no light on the present
situation at the seat of war. j There is
no confirmation of the 1 report that
Ladysmlth could hold out several weeks
longer, and it is feared that this was
circulated by the Boers for their own
purposes. It is hoped that Winston
Churchill, having arrived 'safely at
Delagoa bay, will soon be heard from
regarding the. conditions in the Trans
vaal, as he must have obtained Im
portant information. A Cape Town
dispatch, dated Sunday, December
17th, reports that Commandant Died
Riches, of the Boer forces, was killed
In a vjeconnolter engagements
The correspondent of the Associated
(Press at Modder river, under date of
; December 17th, describing the changes
' In the art of warfare, says: ;
"It would be Impossible to take such
a position as Magersfontein by assault.
(Modern battle, owing to the length of
the rifle range, will last six days where
formerly it would have, lasted only a
few hours. The Boer trenches, which
are rather like underground dwellings
than trenches, always promise a safe
means of retreat. They are very wide
sni deep and are caeemated , at inter
vats, allowing the concentration of the
defenders at ny given point without
danger to themselves. -The British
here are anxious' that the Boers should
sttack them and the belief is prevalent
that treachery is largely responsible
for the under-estimate placed on the
Boer forces by the cavalry scouts."
ANTI-BRITISH RESOLUTIONS.
'New York. Dec 22. The board of al
dermen today adopted a ; resolution,
praying "the God of battle" " to make
the . Boers successful in . their war
against England. The resolution will
now go to the council and, If that
body concurs, win come before Mayor
Van Wyck for his approval, j
THE FRENCH WAY.
Paris, Dec," 22. The pro-Boer demon
stration, convened this evening at the
Tlvoll-Vaux hall ty the executive com
mittee of the Jeunesse royalists, end
ed in a riot. , :'. . I' .
GOEBEUTES PROTEST
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AN ADDRESS ISSUED TO THE
KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.
Reasons Given for the Contemplated
Contest Judges , Charged j with
Unlawful Interference.
m FRANKFORT. Ky4 Dec 2LAn ad
l dress to the democracy of the state.
I endorsing the contest Instituted by
' Goebel and other candidates ot the de
featevl democratic ticket and giving
reasons therefor, was issued I tonight,
lit is signed by former Senator Black
j burn, chairman of the state campaign
, committee; Chairman Young, of the
atata "central and executive eommlt
t "Hees. and all the-jmembers of those
committees. The address fays:
' "The grounds. upon which this con
' test Is based consist of a i protest
agalnstthe use of tissue ballots In
. many """overwhelmingly republican
counties Another ground of contest
is because of the plain violation and
.defiance of law, by the latt repubU-
can . governo, in ordering out the mi
litia. The issuance of certificates to
the republicans is contested upon the
further ground that the federal judges
and also a state Judge, without war
rant of law, Interfered with the hold
ing of the state 'election.- Another
ground is the use. In the Interest of
the republican party, of an immense
corruption fund, contributed by the
most powerful railroad corporation of
the commonwealth. -
X STAiNT 1SY KILLED.
Awful Fate of an Engineer, In the
Roseburg Tee Factory. : i
Roseburg, Dec. 21. At 10 o'clock; to
day George Noah, engineer at (the Ore
gon Brewery & :Ice Company's plant,
in this- city, while attempting to jput
on a pump belt. wa caught by a-large
pulley, running at high speed, and ; in
stantly killed. The body was dreadr
fully rnangled. No one was present
The other employes on the premises
heard a 'scre&m, rushed to the. spot,
alnd stopped the engine. The victim's
brains were scattered aB over the en
gine room. -yC' J: i t -i -
George Noah came from Portland.
He, was aged 33 years, " was unmarried,
and his relatives are unknown. . The
remains will be interred at the expense
of. his late employers. . The coroner's
Inquest Is In progress.
FORAKER'S CLAIMS
REGARDING THE ORIGION OF THE
REPUBLICAN GOLD PLANK
Are Proven Erroneous by Editor Kohl
satt Mark Hanna Did It.
Aided by Others.
WASHINOTON. Dec. 21. Senator
Foraker published , some time ago a
long article concerning the origin and
adoption of the gold plank at the na
tional republican convention 1 of 1896,
in which he maintained that the plank
was prepared by the committee on res
olutions, of which he , was chairman,
after much discussion and out of div
ers materials, r
H. H. Kohlaaat, editor of the Chicago
Times-Herald, published an article in
reply. In which he claimed that the
"gold plank" was formed by the friends
of Governor McKinley at a conference
held in Mr. Hanna' rooms - at ; the
Southern Hotel, four days .before the
meeting of the convention, and there
fore long before Mr. Foraker was elect
ed either a member or the chairman of
the committee on resolutions. Kohl
saat claimed furthermore that there
were present at this conference, Mr.
Hanna. Henry C. Payne, Senator Proc
tor, 'Myron T. Herrick, Ex-Governor
Merriam, jM. E. Stone and himself, and
that the gold plank prepared by them
was submitted to the various republi
can leaders, and also to the committee
on resolutions by which It was adopt
ed with a mino change In the phrase
ology, and presented to the convention.
Statements by Messrs. Hanna. Payne,
Merriam and Proctor, 'agree substan
tially with the above.
GOLD EXPORTS,
The .- Yeilow Metal jBadly Needed by
European Banks. . .
New. York. Dec. 21. -Sterling bankers
predicted today numerous gold en
gagements for Saturday. It was be
lieved that at least $5,000,000 altogether
would 'go- out. At present rates the
marcrln of profit on the gold exports
would be small, It was said, but the
demand for the metal abroad was suf
ficient to make "special transactions"
profitable at this time.
WOOD IN CHARGE.
He Accepts Resignation of ; General
Brooke's Advisory Cabinet.
Havana Dec. 21. Malor-Gener
(Leonard A. Wood formally took charge
of the governor-general's office! this
morning. His first act was to accept
the resignations of the advisory ; cabi
net of General Brooke. Almost with
out exception the members of tht cabi
net had rendered themselves particu
larly obnoxious to the majority of the
Cubans. .
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Wanted His Face In the Papers A
Husband's Awful Deed.
'Bingham ton. N. Y Dec 21. John
Edgar Gardiner. In order to get his
picture Into print, shot his young wife
and then killed himself today. Gardiner
was 0 years of age. and his wife 29.
They had been - married but a short
time, and .were living apart on ac
count of his habits. The woman will
probably die. : t
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SERIOUSLY ILL.
Congressman Boutelle. ot Maine Suf-
fers from Congestion of the Brain.
Boston, Dec 21. Congressman C. A.
Boutelle, of Maine, who Is at Young
hotel, has been taken seriously ill. A
bulletin given out states that the con
gressman was suffering from conges
tion of the brain included by s severe
attack of indigestion. His physicians
state 1 the malady is only temporary.
PECULIAR AND PERTINENT.
The ' oldest existing church In New
Hampshire Is the Congregational, at
Hampton, which was organized in Au
gust. 1633. Other societies were formed
In Dover and Exeter, in the same state,
later in the same year. ; r .
NMhlnr l lmnnu!hl to the man whn
can wi:L Emerscn. , ,j j
THEIR FR
ED
Filipinos; Monro the Death of
Crave Gen. Lawton
fOREMOST ADVOCATE Of PEACE
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f and for the Stricken Family Receive
j large Contributions War Depart- '
sasnc Honors the Dead.
MANILA. Dec 21. General Lawton's
body , will . be removed from his late
residence to the cemetery tomorrow.
In aeocrdance with Mrs. Lawton's
wish there .will be no ceremony, only
prayer. The late general's staff, and
Lieutenant Stewart's troop of the
Fourth - cavalry which accompanied
General Lawton through the campaign
will compose the escort. The actual
ceremonies will take place in about
ten : days, when the ; transport sails.
Civil organizations. Including the su
preme court,! will participate, and
Seizor , CaMeron will lead the .Filipinos
who were associated with General
Lawton in the -organization of the
municipalities.. , , ..
Senor Calderon said It was "the sad
dest day to the Filipino nation to see
los not only the foremost advocate of
peace, but their best iriend."
. Mrs. Lawton bears her grief bravely.
President McKInley's and -Secretary
Following Is a copy of a circular
letter from M, L. Jones, president of
thevopgro wens' association . "r '.
"We feel that we have made great
progress in our proposition as the re
sult of ' oary meeting In Salem last
Tuesday. Hops already are material
ly; advanced in price, and the buyers
are trying their best to get them at
any old price still, rut we are offered
an. open order now (that is, Oregon
Hopgrowers Association) for nine car
loads; and another dealer informs us
that since we have our pool formed so
that confidence In the market can be
maintained, that he iwiahes to nego
tiate with us for 6000 or 10,000 bale,
and he informed me yesterday (hat he
had bought hops at 9 cents, believing
our proposition would ; be a success,
which a day or two before he would
not have bought at alL
; - "I am reliably Informed that anoth
er representative of very large dealers
has said that If our pool is formed his
people would be very glad to negoti
ate with us for large amounts, and
will give 2 cents per .pound more than
either of the other-firms. .
it "To my mind there Is no trouble
about selling all of the bops, that may
be placed In the hands of the associ
ation, at good fair figures.
t "A few unscrupulous hop dealers are
making assertions in reference to our
plan which they know to be wholly
untrue, absolutely false. They make
these .assertions tot Individual hop
growers, for the purpose of prevent
ing them from placing their bops with
the association. ;
; Among other things, they are tell
ing the growers that If they place their
hops in our pool, that; they will not get
any money until September 1, 1800.
They know that this is not true; that
while the association has until Septem
ber l, 1900, In which to dispose of all
Hops placed in the pool, they also
at large sales of hops are like
ly to be made1 at an early date after
the association has completed Its ar
rangements to do business directly
with the consumers, which Is In accord
ance with the plan of our association;
Roojt's messages to Major General Otis
have "been posted at the palace, where
flags are half-masted.
; ; , i THE FUND GROWS.
Washington. Dec 21. The committee
in charge of the collection of a fund
for the wMow of the late General
Lawton aims to collect at least $33,000.
The first contribution In Washington
came; from a clerk In the war depart
ment, who contributed $2.
- General Corbln received a telegram
from. General R. A. Alger, late secre
tary of war. saying:
. "I send $100 for Lawton fund,
A telegram was received from C. H.
Hamilton, of Milwaukee, saying that
the citizens of that city authorized him
to offer $1000 as a nucleus for the fund.
' A gentleman In Pennsylvania, who
does nont wish his name known, con
tributed $1000. i Several other contri
butions of $10d , each were received.
Among those contributing were: "John
Hay.1 $100; Assistant' Secretary H. C
Taylor, $100; Mrs. Addison Porter, $100;
McCoskejr Brutt, of New York. $100.
HONORING THE DEAD.
Washington. Dec 21. The secretary
of war has issued a general order-announcing
to the army the death of
General Lawton... . The flag will be
placed at half-staff and thirteen minute
guns will tbe fired at every military
post and station on the day after the
receipt, of the order, and the usual
badges of mourning will be worn for
thirty Uays.
.It was said at the war department
4hat thejtracancy In the list of major
generals "of volunteers caused by the
death of General Lawton will be filled
by the. appointment of either General
John C Bates, General S. B. M. Young
or General Lloyd Wheaton. These of
ficers hold the rank of brigadier-general
of volunteers.; ..
General Lawton held the office of Inspector-general
, with the rank of col
onel In the regular army, iffis death
makes the following pronations in that
department; . ' : :" .-
" Lleutenant-Oolonel Peter A. Vroom.
to be colonel; Major Charles H. Heyl.
to be, HeutenantcoloneL - A vacancy is
thus created in the list of majors anM
Inspectors general.
A LEGITIMATE RfSLU
OF THE COUNTRY'S PROSPERITY
WAS THE RECENT PANIC
Money Not Available for Speculation
When the. Business Interests
Require Its Use.
INew- York. -Dec. 22. R. G. Dun &
Co. will say tomorrow In their Review
of Trade:;,
The worst day in Wall street in
many years -was in part the legitimate
result of the ; best year in business
ever known, because the country had
prospered so greatly, and so expanded
Its business .that It could no longer af
ford to have many millions locked up
In carrying stocks representing Imag
inary value. The question was not
one of monetary supply, r When the
country f oiind ample use for its capi
tal Id regular trade and productive in
dustries, the contraction of . loans be
came necessary, . which would have
been more, painful If the value of the
stocks , had been larger. - Reckoning
Bf M. L JOilES
and they also know that all payments
for bops will toe. made direct to our
banks as the custodians of the money
for the hopgrowers and their creditors;
and the law provides that as soon as
there Is money paid Into the banks for
the hops It Is the duty of any bank,
as such trustee, . Immediately, to dis
tribute the same to the parties entitled
thereto.
'It will tkus.be. seen that no officer
of the association handles any part of
the money obtained on sales, of bops,
but the same Is paid directly Into the
banks and distributed directly-from
the banks.
"Again, these hopdealers are going
to individual hopgrowers and telling
them that their certificates will have
no value after they have placed their
hops in the association.
. "Now, everyone ought to know that
there is no truth in any such assertion,
because when . the. market Is stimu
lated, that is, when the market is ad
vancing, these certificates which the
association proposes to have issued
will have ' a money -value ; far In ad
vance of what the hops can be sold
for should we drop our work, and there
will be plenty of opportunities to real
ize money on these certificates at once
should the owner desire to do so.
"So It is plain to be seen ;tliat no
grower loses any advantage byi placing
his hops In the pool, but sustain si,
gain from evjery point of observation.
"It is Important to those farmers
who have Inot yet put their f hops In
the pool, and it Is important to those
i who have; because to put there in ad
vances the price 'of all of them, and
to hold them out keeps the price of
all of them down. - ;;
"The board of directors has arranged
for the Inspection and classification of
hops in such a manner as the board
thinks wlll meet the approval of all the
growers as well as their bankers and
creditors. . -.'
j "Spare no effort to get the hops (in
i the pool, as by doing so you will .ut
! money into the pockets of the grow
ers." . . '
from the highest general average last
spring, the industrial stocks had faJJen
at the close on Monday, 22.27 per ceftjtj
street railroad ; stocks, SS. per cent,
and other railroad and telegraph
stocks only C7 per cent. The business
of the country close to, the holidays Is
necessarily smaller than it has been,
and yet larger than at the same date
in any other year. Exchanges through
the principal clearing houses for the
week have been 33.7 larger than last
year and 50.4 per cent larger than In
1SS2.X .-
The failures for the week have been
220 in the United States against 258
last year, and twenty-six in Canada
against thirty-one last year.
' A . DAY OF UNREST.
Bostot
Financial Circle Disturbed
No Failures Recorded. -
Boston. Dec 22. Another day of un
rest -in Boston financial circles , went
by without Incidents of a startling na
ture. Not a failure had been announced
when the stocM exchange closed this
evening and monW seemed easy. Stocks
went down. butv the Boston . brokers
maintained that the quotations here
followed New Tolrk. Coppers did not
slump away a predicted. Three
fourths of the GlAbe National "Bank's
stock, or $724,000, Is held by the Mas
sachusetts Savings Bank, sll of which
is good for the 100 per cent llabilltlea
Imposed by law upon the Individual
stockholders.
DEATriiN EIRE
While Rehearsing Their Christ
mas Exercises
SIX CHILDREN MEET AN AWFUL END
The Fearful Timrcdr Caased by the Ignit
, Ing of Clothing from, as Open
.' Gas' JU,
I QUINCY. IU Dec. 22. An awful
tragedy resulted from the rehearsal of
one of the classes at the St. Francis
school, of the Christmas exertlses this
afternoon. There were fourteen little
glrks In the class and they iwere rep
resenting different characters. Two of
these appeared as lambs, '' and wore
white fleeces on their garments. One
of them caught. Ore from an open gas
jet, and In almost an Instant the whole
, ring of little ones was In flames. The
sisters of the school ran to the rescue
and were badly burned. ""
Six died almost instantly from burns,
and four of the survivors, will die. The
dead are: Mary Wavering, Alma Mtd
dendorf. Bertha Freund, Josle Ros
sewog. Miss Hickey . Irene FreLberg.
The badly Injured' carr Josephine
Bonne, Wllhefaniaa 'Got tend ort, Xena
Zelger, Laura Ofenke, Miss Soebblng,
Alevla Tlmpe, Joste Werner, Father
Andrew JButakueben, Sister Ludwigus
Sister Rodelphla, Sister Tbeodet, and
Sister Ephla,
A TERRIBLE DISASTER V
Rome, Italy, Dec 22. A terrible dis
aster took place this afternoon at
Amalfi, a popular tourist resort on the
gulf of Salerno. At about 2 o'clock the
enormous rock, upon- which stood the
, Cappiccinl hotel, slid bodily Into the
sea with a deafening roar and without
a moment's (warning, carrying with it
j the hotel, the old Caplchm monastery
f below, the hotel Sante ' Calerlna, and
several villas. Many people were burled
' In the debris which crushed four ves
sels to the bottom of the sea, destroy
vlng their crews. The population is In
fa ate of terror, fearing fresh calam
ities. It Is believed that the loss of
life hi beavy, including a number of
monks and the occupants of the hotel.
It is impossible to ascertain the num
ber killed. . . ,
MOODY PASSED AWAY
i THE GREAT EVANGELIST DIED
. : AT NOON YESTERDAY.
HLs Demise Caused by a General
- Breaking Down Due to Over
work A Well-Spent Life.
EAST NORTH FI ELD, Mass., Dec. 22
Dwight L. Moody, the famous evan
gelist, died at noon today. It was not
expected until yesterday by the mem
bers of Moody's family and his imme
diate circle ot friends that death, would
be the result of his Illness. The cause
of death was a general breaking down
due to overwork. Moody's heart had
been weak for a Jong time, and the
exertions put forth In connection with
the meetings In the West last month
brought on a collapse from which he
failed to rally. ,- r-
This week the patient showed a
steady gain until yesteday, when he
showed symptoms of nervousness, ac
companied by weakness which caused
the family much anxiety. This morn
irig the weakness continued, .and at 8
o'clock Mr. Moody called bis -wife and
children, telling them that the end was
not far off. The family remained close
by the bedside all the forenoon. The
evangelist was almost free from pain
and occasionally talked ? with apparent
ease About , the last words he was
heard to utter -were:
"I bave always been an ambitious
man. not to lay up wealth, but to find
work to do."
Just before 12 o'clock the watchers
saw that he end waa approaching, and
at exactly noon the great preacher
passed away. Just as death. came, Mr.
Moody awoke as if from a slumber,
and said with much Joy outness:
"I see earth receding; heaven Is
opening; God Is calling me."
(Dwight Lyman . Moody, the eveh
gellst, was born In Northfleld, Frank
lin county. Massachusetts, on February
S, 1837. He received a limited educa
tion and worked on a farm until be
was 17 years old. when he -became a
clerk In a shoe store In Boston. He
united with a Congregational church
soon afterward, and In 185s went to
Chicago; where he engaged with en
thusiasm In missionary work among
the poor, and In less than a year es-J
tablisned a Sunday school with more
.than 1000 pupils. During the civil war
he; was employed by , the Christian
commission, snd subsequently by the
Young Wen's Christian Association of
Chicago, as a lay missionary- A church
was built for his converts and he be
came Its unordalned pastor. In the
fire of 1871 the church and Mr. Moody's
house and furniture were destroyed,
but a new and much larger church has
been since erected In place of the one
burned. In 1873. accompanied by Ira
D. San key, he visited Europe and Insti
tuted a series of week-day religious
services In England, Scotland and Ire
land, which resulted In great religious
awakenings In the principal cities of
those countries. The: evangelists re
turned to the UnltedLStates in 1S75 and
organized similar meetings In various
A parts of the country. In 1SS3 they
again visited Great Britain, and from
that time on engaged in evangelistic
work there and in the United States).
THE HARBOR OF PAGO-PAGO.
In obtaining full possession of, the
fine 'harbor of Pago-pago in the treaty
with Germany and England., the Unit
ed States secures a naval Station ot
great strategic value, for . the ' future
protection and development of our
growing Pacific commerce. The control
of It may also be looked upon as a ne
cessity. It lies in the direct route of
our future commerce between Ban
Francisco and the Far East, ami It will
therefore prove of an advantage that
any ne can appreciate who studies
Its location In the Pacific in connec
tion with our new possessions there;
Pago-pago & arbor is shaped like a
boot, and Is perfectly protected on all
sides. The water, Js deep enough' to
accommodate heavy-draught vessels,
and it has all The natural surround
ings, necessary to form a protected
roadstead for modern war vessels. As
a coaling and repair station for the
navy, it could be made second to none
In the Pacific It could easily be for
tified anvl made a strong. Impregnable
harbor.
The beauty and plcturesqueness of
the Samoan Islands will probably be
sufficient to attract many Americans
to them to live, anvl tbe naval officers
who may be stationed there tn the fu
ture will find a climate of unsurpass
ing attractlveness.j-Rear Admiral Far
quhar in the Independent. v
RECENT INVENTIONS.
To be secured to the ceiling is a
handy mercantile broom holder with
a bracket, from 7 which depends a rod,
having a series'' of horizontal arms ra
diating from the lower end, the arms
being slotted to receive the head ends
of the broom bandies.
A Chicago man has patented a mu
sical bicycle, which has a number of
vibratory, strings secured to a detach
able frame, with a toothed roller re
v1vrt hv th nronulslon of the bicy
cle, to operate a series of spring ham
mers and play tunes on the strings.
To harden the plaster rapidly after,
an Impression Is taken for a t of
teeth an. improved dental impression
tray Is provided with a hollow under
portion, with pipes attached for con
nection with the water faucet, to cir
culate cold water around the tray.
Chicago News.
A LOVER WITH AN APPETITE.
The driver of a slow passenger train
noticed that the stoker always stared
Intently t the windows of a certain
cottage near the line, and curiosity
Impelled him to ask for an explanation
of the habit. . ' -
"Mr girl Uvea there," said ths stoker
sen tentlously.
"Then I suppose she sits In the win
dow watching for your surmised the
driver. - .
"No, she don't; she ain't time to
play the fool." grunted the stoker. "I
only look to see whether ths window
blind's up or down. If It's Up, I know
it's coortln' night; If it's down I know
it ain't; that's all."
"And do you always visit her when
you see the blind upf
"You bet I do, boss," answered the
stoker heartily. "It's one of her tripe
an' onion nights, an she knows I
should riot turn up but for that. Coor
tln' is a dry game without a tasty sup
per to help It along." London Tit-Bits.
A .WORTHY OBJECT.
The Old Constitution to Be Refitted for
a Naval Training Ship.
Washington, -Dec. 22. Secretary of
ths Navy Long has addressed letters to
Senator Hale and Representative Bou
telle, who look after the naval legis
lation In the senate and house, relative
to a plan of refitting historic the old
craft Constitution as a naval training
ship. : -
The Massachusetts stats society of
da tight era of the War of 1812 proposes"
to tav for the refittlnar throusrh ro mi-
la r subscription and Secretary Long
refers to this as a worthy .purpose. In
spired by a patriotic Impulse. At the
request or senator .Ha)e. the secretary
has drafted a bill to cover the plan. ,
A FLOOD OF BILLS.
'Washington. Dec. 22. The officials of
the house ofl representatives have
struck a balance on the recent deluge
of bills, showing that up to ths recess
the records stood: Total bills Intro
duced, 8,015; Joint resolutions, 5;
simple resolutions, $5; a grand total
of 17$ measures of all kinds.
ARIZONA'S ENTERPRISE.
There are many ways of settling V
state or territory, according to Alns
lee's Magazine: ' t '
"Look down Into Arizona for exam
ple; dig under the Uesert and find ruins
of cities buried in the blowing sands;
climb up the precipitous walls of the
canyons and attempt : to rest among
ths cliff-dwellers who sought to escape
floods and enemies' arrows you will
discover why the traders who were in
Arizona and New Mexlro before Fre
mont's first entrance Into California
forsook the country and went further
tV..I I .. 1 m
..csv iu iuo niivn iw BTQiu, mips you
Will see what nalnra aI rwlur-lr mn
enterprise it must now require to make
a conquest of those deserts, as Is be
ing done, with mammoth schemes of
irrigation."
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