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4,890 More In Domestic and
1,170 More In Foreign Trade
Than Ten years Ago.
1,221 SHIPS BUILT LOT YEAR
Not a Square Rigged Vessel Built in
the United States for Three Years
Past?Nearly 200,000 Men Employed
On the Various Vessels Flying the
Flag.
WASHINGTON. D. ('., .Ian. 28.?
The report of the Commtssiouor of
Navigation for 190G makes the aliip]
subsidy amendments themselves look
superfluous. In ten years there lias
been an Increase of 4,800 In American
vessels In domestic trade, and an In?
crease of 1,170 In foreign trade. On
June po, lSOG. the merchant marine
comprised 25,000 vessels of C.674,9jii9
gross tons. During the last year 1,221
vessels of 418,745 gross tons wer"
bullt in this country.
"The output of steel merchant ves?
sels during the current year will be
greater than ever before in this coun?
try," says the report, "and it is prob?
able that the total tonnage of nil types
nt vessels will exceed 525,000 gross
tons, the largest amount built since
1855. Up ii) November ill, n)06, 20*t,
000 gross tons have been built and
numbered. If that rale be maintained
tor the rest of Hie year the output of
uur yards will be the largest in our
history. Prom these statements, how?
ever, it cannot be .Inferred that any
direct progress of American par'llcl
pat Um in the fpreign trade is Indicat?
ed; Of all the merchant steamers on
July i under contract or construction
only two will, engage in the fpreign
trade."
On July 1, 1905, only seven ocean
steamships, aggregating 38,000 tons.
Wbre under contract or construction.
On Inlv 1. 1906. thirty-two such ocean
steamships, aggregating 131,000 tons,
were similarly reported. So many
ocean steel steamers have never lie?
fen! been under contract in the Unit?
ed States :is at' the present time.
Ten years ago only seventy-five tons
of steam vessels we're built in New
York, and last year 15,558 tons.
Few Square Rigqed Vessels.
Not a square rigged vessel has been
built in the United States in the last
throe years. In the meantime the
square ringed fleet, has decreased by
cutting down into coal hulks fourteen
per cent. At the beginning of the
current year the fivt numbor.C I 27t!
vessels, of 322,288 gross tons.
The United States ranks second to
England In the number and tonnage
of vessels of ^11 classes over 100 tons,
the British having 17,011.59?; tons;
America, 4,241,589 tons, and Germany,
3,810,353 ions.
Tile crews of the merchant vessels
of the United States aggregate 150.
",90, three times the size of the stand?
ing army. To this must be added 25,
OOC niasters, making a total of 175.
r.flti. Including all classes, motor
boats and barges, 177,200 men maim
the merchant vessels and yachts of
the United States.
Only 3.07 per cent, deserted?that
Is. failed to join their vessels?or $3.
894 out of a total of 120.745. Impris?
onment for desertion was abolished in
1S98 and since then desertions are at
a minimum. There were only 110 de?
sertions reported by American consuls
abroad.
Tonnage (axes are not so great a
b?rden as often Imagined. Last year,
$907,322.48 was collected, which goes
to the support of Iho marine hospit?
als. But American vessels paid onlyl
$84,902.07 out of the total.
E. C. Bowers Run Over by Train.
LYNCH BURG, VA.. Jan. 2S.?13. CJ
Bowers was run over by a freight train
at Casey's, two miles below Lynch-:
burg, yesterday. Mr. Bowers' right!
arm was ground off above the elbow,
necessitating nmputatlon at the shoul?
der joint.
Effets.
"Do you think the effects of Ihe
Brownsville affair will be far-reach?
ing?" asked Ihe man who Interviews
everybody.
"Yaas, indeed," answered Mr.
Erastiis Plnkley. "I know's a dozen
children dal's done bad delr names?
changed ru'ni T. Roosevelt' back: to
'George Washington.* "?"Washington
Star.
Some men are born small, some
rfhrink, and some others never find
out how small they really are.
England needn't feel so bad over
Swettenham. We have a lot of the
simc brand of fatheads in this conn
try.
A Wonderful Happentnq.
Port Byron. N. Y., lias witnessed
one of the most remarkable ca-ses of
healing ever recorded. Amos F.
King, of that place says: "Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured a sore on my leg
with which I bad suffered over 80
year?. I nm now eighty five." Guar?
anteed to cure all sores, by the Ideal
Pharmacy, 25c.
SHOT INTRUDER AT
DOOR OF WIFE'S ROOM
Danville, Va., the Scene of a Murder
Last Night Which Looks as if .
It Was Justifiable.
(By Associated Press.)
DANVILLE, VAi, Juit. 28.?John
Cousins, a white mail, thirty^five years
cdd. was shot mid killed here tonight
by Coorge L. steilman. a carpenter.
The killing occurred at the home ol
SleiluiuU, while Cousins, It Is alleged,
was in the not of entering the room
occupied by .Mrs. Steilman and her
children. Steilman said that he had
had a difficulty with Cousins six
mouths ago and that the latter swore
revenge.
They met this afternoon and drank
together. Stelhnau says Cousins in?
sisted on following him home despite
his protests. When Steilman demand
od that Cousins stay out of the house
the hitler fired at him twice with a
pistol, Steilman then got a shot gun
and shot Cousins in the breast. SU'M
man surrendered.
THREE BUfT?LoIHeN FIRE
BURIED UNDER WALSL
Trying to Fasten Crime on Man
Officers Go to Cuba on Kil
Upon by the Doctor.
(ny Associated Press).
NEW YOHK. .Ian. 28.?Suspected of
knowing something about the death
of Dr. Charles W. Townsond, of Stalen
Island, who was mysteriously iniir
tiered in his home Friday night, the
police last iilglit arrested .lohn Meli,
a former street car conductor at his
home in Brooklyn. The suspicious of
the police were directed toward Pell
by the discovery that his wife died
about a year ago front an operation
attending child birth.
Dr. Townsond, was attending the
woman and had charge of the opera?
tion, b?lng assisted by other doctors.
Pell is reported to have blamed Dr.
Townsond for his wife's death, lie
was taken to police headquarters and
questioned. He declared that Dr.
Townsond was no friend of his. but
that he had nothing whatever to do
with the murder of the doctor. 11 is
probable Hell will be taken before
Mrs. Townsond for identification.
Inspector Schmllbcrger said that
his detectives say they can produce
two witnesses who claim to have seen
Boon Moll in the vicinity ol" the Towns
end home and in other parts of New
Brighton Friday night and Saturday
morning.
ONE HUNDRED KILLED
BY HONG KOflG SQUALL
Another Disaster Bcfall6 the City, But
Loss of Life is Confined to
the Natives.
(By Associated Press.)
HONG KONG. Jan. 28.?A terrific
rain squall broke over Hong Kong
this morning and in the space of ten
minutes sank over fifty Chinese craft
in the harbor, more than a hundred
natives being drowned. There were
no casualties among the while peo?
ple. Launches from the shore rescued
many occupants of the swamped
boats. The harbor was littered with
the wreckage' from the suunkcu junks, j
During the squall the river steamer
Paul Dean broke adrift, but she was
brought to anchor without sustaining
any damage.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
STORM DAMAGED FORTS
Fortifications Along South Atlantic
and Gulf of Mexico Coasts
to be Restored.
(By Assocmtod Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 28.?
The Mil making appropriations for
fortifications and other works of de?
fense! was reported to the Senate to?
day by Mr. Perkins. It carries $7,
363,589 an increase uf $1.911,706 over
the bill as passed by the House. The
principal Items of increase are to re?
store fortification along the South At?
lantic and Gulf of Mexico coast, which
were injured by the storm. These
items include $112,800 for Port Moul
trie, S. C, $453.550 at Ports Pickins
and McRco, Florida; $54,078 for Pen
j sacola harbor, Fla.; $514,750 at Mo
I bile. Ala., and $139,300 at Port St.
Phillip. Louisiana.
Another appropriation of $30.878 was
made to replace ammunition and or?
dinance? destroyed by the same storm.
SENATOR KNOX'SSON
ELOPES IN AN AUTO
Takes Eighteen-Year Old Miss Mc
Cook to Alexandria, Vu., Where
They Were Married.
fnv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. 28.?
Reed Knox, son of United Stales Sen?
ator P. C. Knox. Pennsylvania, and
Miss Elizabeth McCook, an eighteen
year old glrlj who lived with her
grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Mc?
Cook, .in the Sherman apartment
house in inm cRyi were married In
Alexandria. Va., todny. Mr. Knox ami
.Miss McCook made the trip to Alex?
andria in an automobile touring car.
They were accompanied by n number
I or their friends and the bridal party
I returned to Washington shortly before
I midnight.
j New Jersey legislators are almost
I as great holdups as their brethern In
j Delaware.
i The Acting Secretary of Slate lias
1 pitched right to save our Bacon.
James D. M?her Will Act as Com?
missioner In the Action.
SHERIFF WANTS IT IN CHATTANOOGA
Men Implicated in the Contempt
Proceedings Protest Against Being
Compelled to Go to Washington
to Give Their Testimony.
(By Associated Press}.
WASHINGTON. D. C, -lau. 28.
In ihe Supremo Court of the United
Stales- today, Solicitor General Iloyl
slated that .lames D. Malier, assis?
tant clerk of that court, practically
had heori agreed upon by both par?
tlos its commissioner to take the
testimony for the court in the con?
tempt, proceedings' against Sheriff
Shipp, and others, charged with com?
plicity lu the1 lynching sit. Chattanoo?
ga lnst March of the negro Edward
Johnson, after the court, had assum?
ed jurisdiction in his case.
Mr. Iloyl also presented lor the
opposing counsel a brief in oppo?
sition to 'the government motion to
change the place of taking testimony
In Ihe Shlpp case from Chattanooga
to Washington. The brief expresses
indignation at. the intimation that
witnesses for the defendant would
p Train from giving ail the facts
for fcur of consequences to them*
Bt Ivcs If examined at Chattauoogn.
It is asserted that there would
l>e no more restraint upon them
In Chatfahoogn than In Washington,
Tho brief is signed by Attorney
George \S'. Chainles, and Lewl-j
9hepperd| of Chattanooga, Iii i aft
reads:
"We Bay that there is no reason
In the world why the witnesses for
the Rovernm-uit should not. tell tue
facts about this case a- Chattanoo?
ga, just as freely as tit any otlu r
p3acc. And if after the hearing Is
commenced at Chattanooga any wit?
ness is Itv?mated tin1 court has pow?
er to change the place of Ihe h&nr.*
ing and also to pun'.sh the offending
1 trty if such case wort! possible.
Public opinion is in a mood now to
hear freely, frankly and unreservedly
any blip facts of this cast at Chatta
lnoogu without iniimldationg towards
anbedy.
'To take these witnesses -away
from Chattanooga and deprive theso
defendants of tho right to meet
them face to face, as must, necessar.
ly r. sill:. Is a great 'hardship upon
them and place so If they are in
nbeent ns the*y claim to be and
especially account, of their poverty."
fci view of these and other facts
which they atlduco 'the attorneys
that to grant the motion of (he
Attorney General would amount, to
a denial of justice to their clients.
Clothes Made This Man.
Private William Carson, U. S. M.
C, or tho battleship -New Jersey,
got all ihe honors due a captain
today when he paraded about the
city in the uniform of Cant. William
ii. Parker.
In the absence of Capt. Parker,
Cprson attired himself in the. offi?
cer's full-dress uniform packed the
captain's suit case, donned the enp
tain's greycoat, and went asfooro at
D OLD POl
ihe navy yard. All through tno
, yard he gut salute*.- from enlisted
i ini'ii and ofltcors, and roturnotl them
with dignity.
At* I ho main gute Iho corporal on
gunm jumped lo uUontton ami sa
I luted.
"Quito cold Ihls morning, corpor?
al." sold Carson, to wfiilcli the cor
pornl politely nssonted with! "Yen
bIi " ThCn ho remarked 10 somt
of Ida privates that "that ("apt. Pat:,
er, of the New Jersey, Is a decent
fellow, not too stuck up to be
pleasant to enlisted men."
Carson tonight BUCCUtnben t.> the
conviviality of the West End and
was pinches.? Huston Dispatch in
New York Sun.
LOVE CHARMS.
Sonic of (hr Queer SiiprrnlllliMif^.'riinl
Live In Sicily.
The love charms of Sicily are many
I and curious. One, very popular und
: considered very powerful, Is to put
I into an eggshell u lew drops of the
blood of the longing lover. The shell
1 Is exposed 'to the sun for three days
. mid to the dew for throe nights. ? It Is
i then placed on hot ashes until calcined,
when the whole Is reduced to a line
; powder and administered secretly In
a cup of coffee or a glass of wine to
I the object or affectlou.
Another charm is for the witch to
', undress at midnight and IIa her clothes
j up In :t bundle which she places on
her head. Then, kneeling In the eon
j tcr of her room, she pronounces an In?
cantation, ut the end of which she
shakes her bend. If the bundle falls
iu front of her, it is a good sign; should
; it fall behind her, the charm will not
avail.
Yet another Is worked In the follow?
ing manner: Pieces of green, red and
white ribbon are purchased iu three
different shops, the name of the per
sons to be charmed being repeated
mentally each time. The shopkeeper
must be paid with the left hand, the
. ribbon being received In the right.
When all the pieces are bought I hey
are taken tb'n witch, who sets out to
llud the person to lie charmed. On
lludlug him or her the witch mutters
to herself, ?'With these ribbons I bind
you to such u one." Then she returns
? the ribbons to the purchaser, who ties
them beneath his or her left knee
and wears thoni at church.?Mnctnll
lan's.
DIED A BEGGAR.
The Pathetic Career of, John Stow,
(hi* l '.iii-ll-.li Anlliiunrv.
John Stow, the celebrated English
, nntlqnnry, was a remarkable innti.. He
I was horn of poor parents about 1525
; and brought up to the tailor's trade.
For forty years his life was passed
among noodles and thread, but In the
! few leisure hours which his trade al?
lowed him he hud always been a fond
reader of legends, chronicles, histories
I and all that told of the times that
i were past. By such reading he grow
to be so attached to old memoirs.that
when about forty years of ago he
threw down his needle, devoted him?
self to collecting them and followed
i his new profession with the faith and
1 enthusiasm of nil apostle. Short of
means, he made long Journeys afoot
to hunt over and ransack colleges and
monasteries, and, no matter how worn
and torn might bo the rugs of old pa?
pers which be found, he kept all, re?
viewing, connecting, copyiug, compar?
ing, annotating, with truly wonderful
ability und good sense. Arrived at
fourscore years nod no longer capable
? of earning a livelihood, he applied to
. the king, und James I., consenting to
, his petition, grunted to the man who
had saved treasures of memoirs for
! English history the favor of wearing u
I beggar's garb und asking alms at
I church doors. In this abject state,
forgotten and despised, he died two
I years later.
In the Name of Sense,
that good common sense
of which all of us have a
share, how can you continue
to buy ordinary soda crackers,
stale and dusty as they must
be, when for 5$ you can get
fresh from the oven, protected
from dirt by a package the
very beauty of which makes
you hungry.
NT?Continued.
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