Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1894, Page 3

UNCLE SAM ON THE HIGH SEA Beorotary Hilary A, Herbert Writes of the Navy to President Oleveland. NAVAL DEPARTMENT MAKES PRCGRESS Vessels Under Way Golng Ahead as Rapidly a8 Good Workmanship Will Admit— Some Polnts of Interest to the Pubiic. WABHINGTON, Nov. 27.—-Hon. Hilary A. S Herbert, sccretary of the navy, has sent his annual report to the president. It s a very comprehensive document, going into the af- fairs of the Navy department with a minut ness of detall that insures a perfect explana- tion of the present condition and needs of the navy. In connection with the progress & of construction, at the opening of his report, Secretary Herbert says The following ngw vessels have been com pleted and tried since the date of my last report: Name. Marblohe Columb i s Olympi Mon g Minneapolis i “The Indiana, Texas and Oregon have had unoffictal preliminary trials under the diree- tion of the contractors, and the Maine had her offcial machinery trial on October 17, 1894, her engines developing an indicated horse power of 9,224.3 for four hours, and showing an average speed of 17.45 knot . BUILDING TORPEDO BOATS. “The last naval appropriation act conta'ned a provision authorizing the construction of thres additional torpedo boats. The department has carefully considered ques- tlons relating to the development of this type of vessel, both at home and abroad, and torpedo boats of the general type of Eriesson, with aslightly greater displa | ment, and (o attain an average speed « not less than 24.5 knots on the acceptanc trial. Advertisements for proposals have al ready been Issued and the department hopes * to award the contract for their construc- tion within a few months. There ha some delay In asking proposals for these boats, arising out of the failure of the o tractors to have the Ericsson ready for trial, It was desirable to know, before letting out the new contracts, nearly as pos- gible, what the Ericsson could do Experience has shown the depart- ment the great importance of thoroughly preparing plans before beginning the con- struction of a vessel. The frequent changes that have been found necessary during the building of some of our ships have been an- making e far as may be, such necessities in the future. “No speed premiums wiil be provided for in the contracts for the building of these vessels. In the contracts for the construc- tion of gunboats Nos. 7, § and 9 small prem- system undoubtelly had its advantages when adopted, but reflection has convinced the de- partment that the time has come when, with abroad. TION. spring. during the latter part of 1896. \ coming year. fylng success. sloning a few months later. months of 1896. prepared for service within a few months, fiscal year. for commissioning. England."” CARE FOR THE OLD TIMERS. ital. vessels were fired by exploding shells. sion of the feasibl mplityl nance. Of the work of the gun foundry: structed with commendable foresight. remains unsurpassed o the world. ngs and fare be behind that of other natlons. | out by waters and do Iscalculable damage to our | 1ake citie has finaly decided upon the cnostruction of | i [ been | noying and expensive. The department is ory possible effort to obviate, as % lums and penalties were provided for. This the experience that has been gained, it may “In this connection I would call your attention to the faet that the construction of torpedo boats fs still actively carried on VESSELS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUC- “Progrsss in the construction of our ar- mored vessels was for many years delayed by reason of the unexpected dificulties en- countered by contractors in the manufacture of armor. As was anticipated, however, in my last annual report, armor is now being delivered at such a rate as to justify the expectation that both the companies now under contract with the government will complete their dellveries during the coming | 1 “Work on the first-class battle ship lowa 1a progressing as rapldly as the requirements of godd workmanship will permit, and it is 1 expected that the vessel will be completed » ““The first-class battle ships Indlana, Massa- chusetts, and Oregon are well advanced to- ward completion, and will be in condition for acceptarce by the government within the *“The -second-class battleship Maine will be ready for commissioning before the end of this .fiscal year. She is being bullt at the New York navy yard, and her recent machinery trial at sea Mmdicates that she is to be a grati- tically ready for her machinery trial, and should be completed and ready for commis- ““‘Work on the armored cruiser Brooklyn s progressing favorably, and it is expected that this vessel will be completed during the early “Rapld progress Is belng made on the double-turreted monitors Puritan and Monad- { nock, and these vessels will probably be ready ] for trial before the end of the fiscal year. Work on the double-turreted. monitors Terror and Amphitrite is so well advanced that, in case of an emergency, these vessels could be “Phe armored ram Katahdin will probably bo completed during the early part of the next “The protected cruiser Olympia has been successfully tried and is now practically ready “The progress of work on the three gun- boats, Nos. 7, 8 and 9, now being built-at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company’s works, is such as to indicate that they will be completed within the contract time. Such an examination as the depart- ment has been able 0 make, with the infor- mation at its disposal, appears to justify the conclusion that these vesels have been con- tracted for at a price per ton fully as low as s paid for similar work in France and Ing the present effective condition of the navy, and the station of each of the vessels [ ona Elysian Fields. in commission. Of the loss of the Kearsarge| Utopia is found in six states. Twelve | G, 00l ore quarantined. on Roncador reef, the secretary writes a feeling paragraph, regretting the impossibil- The changes made in the details of con- struction of certain vessels to secure greater stability are explained and commended, as s 18 also the abandonment of the use of wood (and four Lulus Chinese at the battle of Yalu, where several Deefsteak According to Rank. Considerable spaca (s devoted to a discus- ity of cosolidating the yarlous administrative bureaus of the de- partment with a view to lLabllity to duplica- | g tion of work and preventing conflict of au- 4 thority. Experiencs of former secretaries Is quoted, and their recommendations and re- | time. sults are used in support of the argument | people, you know. It's a regular military in favor of consolidating the bureaus, thus | settlement.” the red tape that now surrounds| ‘'Yes. TI naval construction, equipment and ma'nte- | peen there. o i iy “But the major says that ¢l It is hoped that at this anksgiving o dor ways that it 1s a charming | 0" ihe clatms of the Woman's Christian clation lodging house at 1712 Douglas et, will not be forgotten. About fifteen women and children are there who are tem- porarily without work or a home, and help gun factory has progressed satisfactorily dur- newest pattern and most approved design, wa selected with the greatest care and con- 3 “Fromthe commencement of the work of manufacturing our modern ordnance the sys- tem employed in the construction of guns at the welght of ordnance expert ouinjon still alns in favor of the gun bullt up of steel has not been neglected, and careful attention | 18 now and will hereafter ‘be given to other | gaig Systems as they appear, o that at no time will this most Important factor in paval war- roserve ‘ should be commenced without delay, ai e department recommends an appropriation to that end. “The most elementary maxims warn us that if it be worth while to maintain a navy at all, we must also have a reserve supply of ordnance and ordnance stores, and certainly wo need not call on military science to tell us that our reserve of naval vessels is of no value without guns. ‘Congress should give eareful attention to the ordnance requirements of vessels that ara liable to be cailed lnto service as aux- | fliaries in time of war, in accordance With the acts of congress approved March 3, 1591, | d May 10, 1892, providing that steamers istered under the provision of sald acts be used by the United ports or crulsers, To mention no others, the Parls and New York of the In- man line are now recelviog large sums of money annually on condi- tion that they hold themselves in readiness When they hauled down the the American flag they were receiving pay form the British government to hold them- the English had guns and gun mounts ready to be put upon them at a moment's notice We have now been paying subsidies to these ships for months, and have not a gun to put upon them, “Under tres States nor the one vessel upon our northe far the two countries are matched. 1In c however, a war shouwd unfortunately bre ween them, Great Britaln could premptly furnish guns and gun mounts to her merchant marine on the lakes, and though their marine is far inferior to ours in strength, the Dritish might master those ty provigion neither the United nglish can keep more than If we had a reserve of ordnance and ordnance stores we could dominate th waters without question. ““The latest and one of the most impressive lessons in all history is now being taught by China and Japan. A nation, the most pop- ulous in the world, able to put millions of fighting men Into the field, is now, after suf- {ering many disasters, scouring Burope and America for munitions of war. It reled upon its numbers. Now it is buying dis- carded guns and discarded amunition, what- ever it can get, to aid it in repelling the ussaults of a people vastly inferior to it in numbers. CONCERNING THE WEAPONS. Improvement in the smaller caliber guns )t the mavy is considered at some length, and a fine showing is made of the equip- regards (rapid-firc [guns of the Armor piercing projectiles and explosive shells, with the results of experi- ments, are treated extensively. Of the new rifle for use in the navy, the report says: “As was stated in my last report, thi partment adopted a_caliber of 6 mm. (0.236) for the new navy rifle. During the past year exhaustive experiments have been conducted with a view to the determination of the length and metal of barrel, the most suitable powder charge, and all the other essential | features of the modern rifle, these conditions to be observed in competitive trials which the department has decided to conduct prior to adopting a type of small arm for the navy. e QUAINT POSTOFFICE NAMES, The Extraordnary T United There has recently been a protest, evi- dently with good reason, against the be- stowal of absurd, eccentric and silly names upon postoffices. It is doubtful if any coun- try in the world was ever favored with so many extraordinary town names as the United States, says Youth's Companion. When we look at the postoffice guide and find seventy towns bearing the name of Jack- son and its combinations of ‘ville” and it Titles in the can people are afflicted with a sad poverty for we find an abundance of names which, it seems, nothing but an almost malignant in- genuity cou!d have devised. For instance, we find Buck Snort in Ala- bama and Tennessee, Calf Killer in Tennes- see, You Bet in Callfornia, Ubet in Montana, Prussia in Pennsylvania, Bird in Hand in Pennsylvania, Blowout in Texas, Bobo in three states, Ampersand in New York, and Grub Gulch in California. some of these queer short names: Lum, Man, Nat, Nix, Pon, Pig, Yell, Y. Z., Zif, Zig. clones. Congruity in Pennsylvania. in Georgi doclo, in Missouri, and Unique, in Towa. Vox-populi in the list of postoffice: i place. “The ordnance work at the Washington| It iy for a major,” he replied. “The trouble doesn't begin to materialize until you the past year. Our plant, all of the | get in the butcher shop. You see, I'm only a captain. I go in and ask for porterhous Meak. The butcher Is Sorry, but all the|toward this philantkropy wcald ‘be appre- porterhouse steak goes to Colonel So-and-So. The sirloin s reserved for Licutenant Colonel This-or-That, all but the first cut; that goes | POt of the same. to Major Bomebody-or-Others The major e would be perfectly willing to wait, but the Riew Off ths Vau this factory has remained unchanged. While | geterence due his superior officer demands| MONTICELLO, Mirn, Nov. 21.—This that he acoopt like & gentleman and o phil- osopher the portion the butcher assigns to ssembled with shrinkage by | him. When the major aod leutenant colonel the investigation of differing designs | get their allotments there's nothing left for aptain but a round steak. I tell you,” he impressively, “I've been buying beef- steak all my life, and I am tired of it. States as trans- | to serve the government whenever demanded. | nglish to holst | solves fn readiness to serve that nation, and | n lakes. So| and so forth, fifty with the name of Washington, twenty-four with the name of Lee, and so on, we fancy that the Ameri- of Invention. But a little further study of the guide creates an opposite impression; Ultima_Thule in_ Arkansas, Allsup [n Ala- bama, Mouth of Wolf in Tennessee, King of The Guide has some long and uncouth names, such as Hushpuckena, in Mississippl, and Humptulips, in Washington, but there Is a far greater number of eccentric short names. Here is an alphabetic list which, it should be understood, is only partial, of Af, Air, B., Babb, Bac, Barr, Bet, Bob, Bud, Cap, Dot; Eye, Fly, Guy, Ham, Huff, Ice, Igo, Ink, Jeff, Jce, Jump, Ka, Kit, Lul, . K., Rat, Re, Sac, Sim, Sip, Tub Ubly, Uz, Wax, Witt, Many eccentric postoffice names are perhaps worth keeping on account of the story which they tell of some adventure or struggle in the early history of the place. Some of them indicate pure despair on the part of the first inhabitants, such, for instance, as Stuck, in Washington; Dearth, in Pennsyl- vania; Worry, in North Carolina; Tribulation, in Missouri, and Blizzard, n Tennessee. There are eleven Hurricanes and eight Cy- Content, on the contrary, is found in two states, and Comfort in six. Competition is in Missouri, and Contention in Oregon, Snap- finger Is in Georgla, Selfville in Alabama, and Energy Is found in two states, and Back Bone in two, Virginia and Kentucky. Ball Play is found in Alabama and Tennessee, and Best in five states. Big Bug is in Arizona and Big Isaac in West Virginia. The names of feveral places are not. suggestive of mod- esty on the part of the people, such as Brag, Blowhorn, in Alabama; Bragga- Many towns and postoffices suggest bound- less faith in their location on the part of the residents, There are forty Edens and combinations of the word Eden in the union, An_ elaborate diagram-table follows, show- [ and seventeen Paradises; with twenty-three Arcadias, four Olympuses, one Celesta and places bear the name of Climax; one post- office is Nicetown, one Is Correct and one is | B ity of removing the honored vessel from the | Cute. Eight Jjumbos show great faith in reef; and congratulates the government that | future growth. s0 many relics were saved from the wreck. Ca_Ira, about going out of the city, says Kate Field's Washington, was asked why he dldn't go to * said his friends. “Just your kind of what the matter is. I've want to be in some place where 1 can go marketing with my legitimate hol pollol| DENV NECESSITY FOR SUPPLY OF ORDNANCE. | percentage of chance unimpaired.” “The guns required for the new vessels —— @old Coinage the Largest Ever Exeouted in the United £tates, Production of the Two Coluage Metals and Work of World's Mints of the Stock of Bullion in Sight. WASHINGTON, Nov. Is stated as $140,942,545, of which $38,006, was of domestic production, $28,000, elgn bullion and coin and $3,11 terial, $2, during the year were 2! 46,661 fine ounc being $29,409,825, of which $19,7 lion and coln, $6,481,404 worn and uncurrs 036, old material, under the act of July 14, 1890, was 11,917, fine ounces, at a cost of $8,175 cost per fine ounce being $0. July 14, 18 July 14, 1890, to July 1, 1884, was $3 nsuming 110,647, und 1894, was $6 November 1, 1804, $2,44 The seigniorage of the san making the total amount coined under the act of July 14, 189 531,143, and the total seigniorage § The total coinage during the year was: Gold Silver d Subsid Minor coins Total The gold coinage for the year W United States in any one y price of silver during the were $31,041 as against $7, the fiscal year 1893. at $12,523,628, and silver at $6,634, gold $5, was new bullion. bullion in the United States July 1 Gold, § of §1 71,840,958, Gold, 1,739 $35,055,000; silver, 60,000,000 fine ou commercial value of the same Dbi 800,000, and the coining value $77 100 in gold and $209,165,000 in silver. gold and $135,486,754 in silver. the world of $8,021,600,000. Indians Can Get Their Money Any Time. sale of Indian lands. The is to be expended yearly for their benefit. Lieutenant Welch Retired. at Evansvilie, Ind. Will Use Ami WASHINGTON, fcan Granite. ment is about $11,000 President Stlil Indisposed. WASHIN quiring attention Cholera Breaks Out in Hrazil, timore Returned from Port Arthur. to Cheefoo and tos Japan, wher + Assistant WASHINGTON, Nov. sistant commissioner as far as possible in the Interlor construc- | Podunk. And finally, while there are twen- S tion, In support of this latter conclusion % | ty-one Alphas, there are but twelve Omegas. Temperance Unlon Meeting. moral is drawn from the experience of the —_—— The Omaha Women's Christlan Temperance ¥ Noonday Rest and reading room. ock. 1 | sate. found Dead on the Prairle. Union Pacific train at Mirag heretofore authorized are now 50 nearly com- The most abundant free metal in the jleted that the construction of & sufficlent | earth's crust ls copper. eight miles scuth of Mirage today by YEAR'S WORK AT THE MINTS MORSE SUMMARY OF THE <SILVER COINAGE Thanks- giving Estimates of the Domestic and Forelgn Bulletin on LINENS. properly with th We have a sple ment of Table Lin napking to ma ady to use, hemstitel and all sorts that a Thanksgiving R. E.Preston, the director of the mint, has submitted to the secretary of the treasury his report of the mints and the assay offices for tha Pscal | year 1804, The value of the gold deposited 31 26 for- 421 old ma- 616 being worn and uncurrent | United States gold coin deposited for recoin- age. The deposits and purchases of =ilver SALE. [t us thanks for o the 15 by the yard, | the coining value of the same in dollars | 00 was of domestic production, $1,832,890 foreign bul- nt Thanks are in order this Bulletin on Bulletin on BOYS' CLOTHING, CHINA. Be sure your table is well dressed. Don't allow tho turkey to arise in Indignation, at the ap” ne-youc thein—your le- breasted — Suits, pearance of your table. Our ehina! In Salt, 02,08, our glassware, our silvorvare will YPROF Bhilt help yon to dress your table up President Sui better than your nelghbors, that 18 1€ they didn't get thelr chinw trom Morsc's, United States coin, and the remalnder, $605,- The amount of silver bullion purchased 59 average 3. The total amount of silver purchased under the act of 0, from August 13, 1890—the date the law went into effect—to November 1, 1893—the date of the repeal of the pur- Be thankful that you have Special Cloak Letter All last week el the opportun- chasing clause of that act—was 168,674,682 fine ounces, costing §17 , the average price per fine ounce being § The total colnage of silver dollars under the act of ity to buy of 911,768 fine ounces, which cost The seigniorage of silver coined r the act of July 14, 1890, to July 1, From July 1, 1894, to 00 were coined scame in on ets, blues, blacks and us such bar- 500 more garments, Wo placed biz orders, on a of the strike. got them all. gdins as ae worth §10.00. They camie — too ure going to chronicled on make 'em move, the bulletin Seal—special prices on all of then. board, to the largest ever executed at the mints of the The highest and the lowest $0.5918, showing a fluctuation of $0.1725 per fine ounce. The net gold ex- The boy in the cut will be thankful if he is success- ports for the fiscal year were $4, as against $86,897,275 for the prior fiscal year. The net exports of silver for the fiscal year | MORSE DRY 0,813 for The director estimates the value of the gold used in the industrial arts in the United States during the calendar year 1893 ; of the 54,482, and of the silver $6,570,730 v The estimatod metallic stock of coin and ful in reach; 1894, was: 627,203,201; silver, $624,347,757, a total SOt e, ——t ing the stump Wilre-2s The production of gold and silver in the United States during the calendar year was: 23 fine ounces, of the value of ces, the ng_ $46.- 76,000, Revised estimates of the world's production of the preclous metals for the calendar year 1893 shows the same to have been $157,228,- with his tur- doubtful, but he'll get there The world's coinage for the calendar year o 1893 is stated to have been $232,485,668 in PVAGI —all boys do. The director estimates the stock of gold in the world at the end of 1898 for monetary purposes to have been $3,965,900,000, and sil- Bulletin on Thallksgi\'illg CIO&I(S Letter To our Friends, the Public, We close our store all day Thanksgiving (Thursday) and give thanks— Thaiks to the people who have helfed us in business all these years. We'ro going to merft moro and more of YOur patronage every They wre valued , that are day—Dby giving you as muc and $18.00 garments’ new, Just open, for your dollar — than you an get at any other store. Thut's 1y more, too—Astrakhan, Far, good business, 600DS C0., - (6th and Farnam, Z/I/A\v ot o e, Ccrnie. v D0 total metallic stock in { ver, $4,065,700,000, a tota son and Daniel Towse, who have searching for him. HOKE SMITH ON THE INDIANS S:oretary of the Interior Touches on the Wards of the Nation, POWERS UF A STAKEHOLDE: WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The Puyallup committee, now at Tacoma, Wash., recently submitted to Secretary Smith an inquiry as to the disposition of money from the secretary today decided that the money received forallotted lands can be paid to the Indians at any time in the discretion of the secretary. The money for the lands held in common is to be placed in the treasury at 4 per cent, and the interest and one-tenth of the principal of infallible soap to remove stains, and see- ) A, Nov. 26.— E OMAHA, Nov. 26.—To the Sporting Editor ing the coat and {ts honored stain he thought : A friend of mine bet $50 that Holcomb would be elected governor of Ne- The stakeholder declines to pay the I hold that the resuit, as shown on the face of the returns, is conclusive, and that all bets should be adjudged accordingly. Please state your views and cite cases upon which you base your opinion. office and power of a stakeholder. a referee as well, and is his individual judg- ment not final, admitting of LEADING FEATURE OF HIS ANNUAL REPORT Also define the He May Supplement This with an Additional Report Dealing Exclu- Subject—Ques- tlons He Wants Answers To. Remarkable Cheapness of the Metal Work- | other metal. ing a Revolution. it. Lamps made from it do not exude ofl. ‘“‘Articles made of aluminium, the bronze | Food cooked in aluminium vessels cannot with which hardly be cl said a Malden lane dealer to the New WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—By an order {ssued from the War department today, First Lieutenant C. B. Welch, Fifteenth in- fantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, TIL, has been placed on the retired list. This has been done upon the recommendation of a retiring board, which found that the officer was mentally irresponsible, as evidenced by his slapping the face cf the colonel when his command was doing service in the strike no appeal or sively with Ans.—The duties and powers holder have never been clearly defined, but in many instances the stakeholder is made matter bet on, quently the case In pugilistic affairs. however, would not hold good in all cafes; where there are good and legitimate causes of a stake- feature of Secretary Smith’s the doings of the Interior department will be Indian affairs. has been submitted to the president. its preparation Secretary Smith has been de- voting some time to the Indiao question, and an additional report de- | voted strictly to that problem. It is prob- | ably with this end in view that he has ad- dressed to the various Indian agents a let- ter of Inquiry destined to give him complete foformation of the condition of the Indians at The letter is as follows: sire you to report to me at the earliest prac- ticable date the condition of the land of the reservation under your charge agriculturally | and from a mineral standpoint; the amount of work done by the Indians and the amount and Kind they are capable of doing; the climate Kinds of grain products raised or that whether the lands are best adapted to agri- culture or stock raising, and that will give the department such informa- tion as will enabie what development your annual report of its reference stakeholder to retain all his hands uiil a decision whom such authority or moneys placed in ov. 21.—Secretary is made by the Gresham, who has charge of the matter, has decided upon the erection of a monument of American granite as the most suitable method of marking the birthplace of Wash- ington at Wakefleld, Va. The amount needed for the construction of the monu- will perhaps holder is also, finally, referee, from the sim- ple fact that he will never surrender money placed with him it has been won and lost, unless both bettors is satisfied that men make a bet they always endea select a disinterested friend or acquaintance to hold their money, and when they do this they tacitly agree that he shall the money when it has been won and lost, as bettors have no right to entail stakeholder any dutles other and turning bet is made it is not expected of this party, when the matter bet upon has been decided, to go to the trouble of looking up the bet- tors and getting their consent to turn over This might occasion much ex- pense to the stakeholder, who is in nowise oblgated to the bettors tactily agree that the money wagered to the man who wins, which, of course, he will not do until he as- certains which one has won, and thus finally he becomes the referee, above, If the stakeholder is satisfied with the indisputable, comb has been elected, it is his duty to turn the money over to the man who bet that he There was no element wager stipulating that Holcomb would take he would be cted, and this being decided the money Is due the winner, that is, always bearing in mind that the stakeholder is convinced of the Where gambling lawful, as it is in this state, bettors have no appeal’ from a stakeholder's action. As this bet was made, by the winner, that Holeomb would be elected, it might be well to give the definition of the word elected and what is meant by its usage, Webster “elected” meang td select by vote, and in case of & numbef of candidates the one receiving the highest number of votes Hence when in such competition one man receives a bhigher mumber of votes his opponents we Holcomb accomplished and all those who bet that he would do o are now entitled to their money. Stub Ends of Thonght. Detroit Fres Press: at the knees. A man's resolution to be'décent was never strengthened by a drink, ¢ The finest family treds dp not grow auriferous sofl. TON, Nov. 21.—As the presi- dent 1s still obliged by his physician's orders to refrain from using his strained foot, he did not come to town today, so the regular Tuesday cabinet meeting was aban- doned, there being no urgent business re- each agency. table and personal use which were formerly bar, ingot or rolled sheet. The metal comes Pittsburg, one concern near that city turning out about 90 per cent of the output of the United Stat WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Information has reached the Department of State from Consul General Towne at Rio de Janeiro that cholera prevails In the states of Rio and Sao Paulo. Riots have occurred. The P ioriy | 18 produced at its present price s a jealously he turn over guarded secret. Experimental planis are in WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—The United States steamship Baltimore returned from Among merely queer postoffics names the | pov Apthur He recommends that the old Constitution, | following may be included:, Choccoloceo, | ,uoin “for Nagasaki, 014 Ironsides,” be removed from the Ports- | Cash, Chap, Cowboy, Bumble Be mmu mouth nayy yard, repaired and given a per- | Cat Spring, Dodo, Horse manent abiding plac> at Washington, where | Veto, Alone, Accident, she can always be of easy access to the [land, Violin, patriotic people who visit the nation’s cap- e Tn the case quoted the best method of doing so. sallec she will E b be in direct communication by cable with hoe, Snake, Vper, | (he Navy department. dien, Alteh, Uweh- — Assurance, Cheek Pysht, Puyallup, Semiahmoo and Utsaladdy. Some unexpected discriminations are found | C. Armstrong, There are fourteen Germantowns but cnly one Irishtown. There | December are thirteen Mauds, but only seven Ediths |come There is a Hodunk, but no | the Indian territ of Indians | Indians living in tents, the number of tracts and the acreage thereof cultivated and of Indians working generally the resources of the Ind whether any capable of managing thelr own affairs, and | how many of them have taken allotments, tough and nontarnishing m and cuspidors made of it are q being used extensively living in them, and o dian Commissioner Reslgns. ~General Frank n (horses, | zinc or brass, ) of them are | sions are on the market. Indian affairs, resigned today, to take effect 1. General Armstrong will be- ceted with a railroad operating in stated yesterday that the coming year will further reduction in the cost of the product of at least 60 per cent. The building of ships of heavy burden of alumi- is among the probabilities. 1In the of the country the practical | ho turned and walked with stately tread sees the house buflding lumber of | across the sands. The traln started down the track and the bull once more charged the engine. He struck the locomotive just be- tween the driving wheels, the second one passing over his neck. The obstruction lifted the engine into the air and sent it rolling began to replace brass, German | over the bank, breaking loose from the bals silver and nickle, The price had fallen in | ancs of the train and clear of the track. to $1.50 a pound, and with this year [ The passenger car rolled on past the wreck and the passengers were not aware of the Promotions Among Army Ofcers. WASHINGTON, Lazelle, Bighteenth infantry, has been placed on the retired list on account of disability. This will result in the promotion of Lieuten- ant Colonel Dangerfield Parker, now of the Thirteenth, to be colonel of the Eighteenth, Major Worth of the Second to be lieutenant | colonel of the Thirtcenth, Captain J. H. Smith | of the Nineteenth to be major of the Second, and Lieutenant Frank H. Nineteenth to be captain of that regiment Peter T. Swaine, has been ordered and betting Colonel 27.—Colone! union will meet Wednesday at 3 o'clock in A young military man who was talking|the Commercial club rooms. Members of other societies are cordially invited, as the subject for the meeting is ““Co-operation and the Best Methods for United Effort Along hould think you would have a splendid | the Line of Common Interest.” This is of especial interest in view of the present union between the Woman's Christian Temperance union and Young Woman's Christian Tem- | perance unfon for the South Twelfth street | In 1890 aluminium cost $17 per pound; in 1886 it had declined to $8. Then the elec- trolytic method of reducing the ore was in- vented, and in 1889 the ruling price was $4. Twenty-second home to awalt | gates the introduction of aluminium as a com- dal i Detected by the Thumt transit between and New Orleans & packet of paper money | had been opened and its contents consider- Two of the seals had been broken, and one had been resealed by thumb Carvalho, an expert ters of identification, endeavored to find out the thief, and with this view obtained wax impressiops of the thumbs of all the officials of the express company through whose hands the packet was known to have passed. impressions were photographed and enlarged, | and one of them clearly agreed with an en- larged photograph Hope sometimes bags| In course of ably reduced. clated, either in the form of a Thanksgiving make dollars and dinner or donations toward the general sup- friends at the same time. Modern love is largely a commercial com- Cynicism is the salt of disappointment, Time comes as fast as it goes. Pluck is the search warrant with which to find opportunity. A man would be surprised If he were what a woman thinks he i town is greatly excited over a bold attempt last night to rob the Citizens Btate bank. The robbers succeeded In gaining entrunce to the vault by blowing off the lock, but were frightened away before they had suc- ceeded in forcing the door of the time lock thumb-impressed s thus detectsd. e .——— 't Muke a Nale. A Lewiston (Me.) family, which traces its back beyond the revolution, an old coat which Is supposed to have been | worn by & major in the colonial army, and is stained by his blood, | hangs in a showcase in the hall, among other | curiosities, and the family has for fifty years | pointed to the yellow stain with pride, Musicinss Honor Manager Henderson. 21.—~Manager Henderson Extravaganza was' serenaded this evening and made henorary member of the Musiclan's union ast trip to Den- DENVER, Nov. ER, Nov. %1.—Prof. E. G. Mason of Manhattan, Kan., who disappeared from u | Colo,, No- | vember 16, was found dead on the prairie 1821 AND DOVGLAS TS, RAYMOND. Duriug "Mr. ver he would not allow with & nonunion band of musiclans, Henderson's says the Lewiston Journal, a|100-pound lots, according to quality, and peddler came to the door and was left | 50 to 58 cents in ton lots. the hall to await the lady's| All the steel workers of the country use pleasure in seeing him. He sold some kind | large quantities of the new metal as an alloy. The use of aluminium was the secret of the wonderful flexibility and strength of 10 please the owner by removing the discolor. [ the Damascus blade. = The German “You sce, madam, that this soap is sure | Bovernment has done much to to remove stains of all kinds,” he sald when | courage its use. Pontoon bridges have she appeared, and he pointed to the coat. been constructed of it. Aluminium shoe pegd Ho did not sell any soap there, are alone used in the making of shoes for the army. It has been found especially valuable in the fitting of torpedo boats. WONDERS OF ALUMINIUM. rowboat weighing 146 pounds has a carrying capacity of a boat welghing 800 pounds im Bicycle frames are made of every clay bank abounds, can | Scorch. ssed as novelties any longer,” variety of articles for toilet, s the San Francisco BExaminer. 1 ite popular. was spesding along when the engineer di This was qui merclal staple. In 1893 the new metal was | trouble until they saw the wrecked locomo- as cheap as copper. The prevailing price | tive. The engineer and fireman were alightly, is today from 63 to 63 cents a pound, in' hurt, and only the bull lost his life. Male light OF ite= The LAMP - Dresden—Japanese—Austrian—Brass—Banquet or Prin- cess—Lamps-—after the latest ideas—with beauti‘ul silk shade— or with gold applied—or hand-decorated globes—very orna~ mental and not very costly—See these Lamps, en- Cornets and flutes made from pure aluminium are as sweet in tone as If made of silver. Many Kinds of surglcal instru- “The novelty mow consists | ments are made of it. The metal s three the application. Aluminium ten years|and a half times lighter than copper. Spum was only produced after an expensive | Into fine thread it will enter into the manu and tedious scientific process. It was worth | facture of draperies. Already “silk bows as much if not more than silver and the | have been shown as proof of the possibille product was so small that it had no com- | ties in this line. standing, and was only made up b, Ry welghts or fancy little trifles, DERAILED BY A BULL. Today aluminium is a thoroughly established trade. Its cost in the bar or| A Locemotive and Two Cars Upset by the is only one-twelfth of what it was Furious Onslaught of Taurus, twelve years ago, and the price will con- tinue to steadily decline until it Is as cheap as tinned iron, which It will ultimately sup. |bull madly charging a locomotive, and fol= plant for a hundred uses. Every jewelry |lowed the first. page illustration with a com= store today carrles “in stock | panion piece showing how disastrous was tha result to the attacking party, evidently was made of silver or silver plate, but which are |10l acquainted with the Arizona animal, made of aluminium. The prices are | S3 than those which they sup-|s not built on that plan at all, and the Manufacturers buy the aluminium in | seventy-five passengers who were on the Santa Fe overland which was ditched nean Williams the other day have elevated the monarch of the desert to the position occue process by which cheap alumin‘um | pied by the king of beasts before Sandow: vanquished the lon Commodore. The proe operation all over the country, and the secret | 4ucts of the Arizona sauds challenged one must sooner or later become common prop- | Then the aluminium age will dawn House furnishing stores are already display- The man who drew the picture of a wild of the Santa Fe's big passenger engines a tached to the overland, and, when the dust of conflict had lifted, it took a wrecking ing all manner of cooking utensils made of | crew a day to clear away the damage wrought in less than half a minute. The train i for bath | covered the bull standing on the track half & tub linings and for outdoor slgns In place of | mile ahead, evidently having just become Wire and tubing of all dimen- | aware of the fact that he had a rival in the vicinity. As the train approached the bull, A gentleman representing the principal | nothing loath, started to meet reduction works of the country | gion of screeches from the whistle .only served to quicken the animal's speed. But by this time steam had been shut off by the engineer and the train came to a stop, leav= ing the rampant taurus master of the fleld. satisfactory to the latter, and t. A succes-