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Jewelry Silverware Cut Glass China UN LAST LAP OF WORLD CRUISE American Battleship Fleet Leaves Gibraltar. REACH HOME ON FEB. 22 Arrival Hampton Road* Will End Trip of 45,030 Miles, During Which No Mishap Has Occurred to Any of the Sixteen Monster Vessels Com prising the Fleet—Glorious Weather Marks Departure From Last Port. Gibraltar, Feb. 8.—With the bands on board playing "Hom«, Sweet Home," the fleet of sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Sperry left Gib raltar for Hampton Roads on the last lap of its famous around the world cruise of 45,000 miles. The vessels will follow the south ern route to Hampton Roads, a dis tance of 3,600 miles, and about a thou sand miles off the American coast fhey will bo met and escorted home |y the Third squadron of the Atlantic ieet under Rear Admiral Arnold. The weather conditions at the time Of departure were glorious. The sky was without a cloud and there was Just enough breeze to curl the crests Of the sun flooded waves. Nothing could have surpassed the beauty ot the marine picture as the American armada weighed anchor from the ihadows of the towering rock of Gib raltar and moved out into the straits. The difficult operation of getting the fixteen huge battleships out of the Harrow war basin of the port and un #er w»y was accomplished with a skill ind perfection of maneuvering and Retail which won the admiration of all the forH"» w!).. ».•• WE ENDEAVOR TO LEAD WITH OUR generations of American scien tists, technicians, men of affairs, men of leisure, have chosen the Every DRUGGIST Complete Optical Room HOWARD watch. The first HOWARD was brought out in 1842—the only American watch. It had to prove itself the finest practical watch in the world —had to stand comparison with the work of the foremost European watchmakers. in itt taie, HOWARD is adjusted priced •t the factory, and a printed ticket attacned— from $35.00 to $150.00. "When you buy a HOVABD gtl yon »ome- Ihiog." Wc are distributor! for this distinctive watch. A N E S O N nesscd tli«• proci uir.ss criluul.y i'i 1.1 land and sea. For a distance of about twelve miles the fleet stood to the south. Then being clear of the most south erly point of land and with nothing but the broad Atlantic between them and home the flagship headed abrupt ly to the westward and in Indian file the splendid fleet left the ancient pil lars of Hercules behind and steamed through the straits and out to sea. Trip Began on Dec. 16,1907. The fleet, composed of sixteen war ships, is now on the last run of Its famous cruise around the world. It left Hampton Roads Dec. 16, 1907, and when It again anchors in that port Feb. 22 it will have been gone one year and sixty-eight days. No accident has marked the progress of the greatest armed fleet that ever made such a long voyage. The cruise has been in every respect an unquali fied success. The trip has been watched with the greatest interest by all foreign pow ers and wherever the vessels called— South America, Australia, Japan, China, Ceylon, Egypt and the ports of the Mediterranean—the officers and men have been given hearty official and private welcome. The fleet left Hampton Roads un der Admiral Robley D. Evans, who conducted it as far as San Francisco. Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas then took conwnand, but he was suc ceeded May 15 by Rear Admiral Sperry, who brought the vessels home. Rear Admiral Arnold's Third squad ron of the Atlantic fleet, consisting of the battleships Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Idaho and the scout cruisers Chester, Birmingham and Salem, will meet Adtnirai Sperry's fleet in the Atlantic about a thousand miles from the coast and then, with Admiral Arnold's ships as an escort, the world touriag vessels will proceed towards Hampton Roads, where they will be received by President Roose velt on Washington's birthday. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 6.—A dispatch to the News-Scimitar from Stuttgart, Ark., says a storm struck that place, killing two persons and injuring a number of others. Two residences :«tid .1 l.:irn V £ak/#OPowaai Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls and muffins Hie only Baking Powder u Made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartif} %. Watch Repairing Jewelry Repairing and the Best of Work Guaranteed JEWELER Ai F. Laity, Optician WiitD STORMS SWEEP SOUTHERN STATES Score of Lives Lost and Much Property Destroyed. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 8.—Death for nearly a score of people, losses ot hun dreds of thousands of dollars in prop erty and the crippling of many tele graph wires resulted from a series of small cyclones ^nd tornadoes, which swept Dixie from the Tennessee line to the Texas Panhandle. The storms were accompanied in most cases by hail, darkness and terrific lightning flashes and sheets of rain. Most of the towns where loss of life occurred are ofT the beaten track, so that news from them has been coming in but slowly. At Stuttgart, Ark., Mrs. Gartteld and a child of Will Story were killed, while Mrs. Story is reported fatally Injured. At Sulphur Springs, Tex., Mrs. C. Caldwell was killed. From Rolling Fork, Miss., word came that four are dead, while Booth, Miss., reported to Birmingham that six had met death there. At Rnnis and Waxahachie, Tex., and Boscoe, La., many dwellings are said to have been demolished by the force of the wind. Arkansas and Upper Louisiana rice fields were injured to the extent of many thousands of dollars. The heavy wind struck the Wire read at a point nine miles from Mont gontery, Ala., smashing houses ami causing the death of three negro ten ant0 on the plantation of Ben Stone and the injury of more than a dozen others. SKATING "CHAMPS*" MEET Pick of Country's Fastest Amateurs in Races in New York. New York. Feb. 8—In the St Nich olas skating rink in this city tonight the pick of the country's amateur skaters will meet. The events will be the half mile and one mile inter national championship races and a special one-mile race, Class A, handi cap limit 100 yards. There will also be a half-mile race for novices. Among the entrants in the races are Edmund Lamy, the amateur champion Lot Roe and Fred Robson, considered Canada's fastest men on the runners O. Bush of Montreal, one of the speediest skaters in North America, despite the fact that he in minus an arm Clarence Granger and Phil Kearney, the local cracks An derson and Kaad of Chicago, Fisher of Milwaukee, Ahlroth of Duluth and a lot of others. Stsphenson Lacks Five Votes. Madison, Wis., Feb. 6.—Senator Ste phenBon failed of election again when the seventh joint ballot was taken. He received 60 out of 128 votes ca3t, lacking five votes of a majority nee essary to elect. There were five ab sentee* te itlabison Ccftkr MADISON, SOITTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY. FE1IRVARY 9, 1909 ECHO OF LUMBER TARIFFJJEARING Editor Ffles Statement With House Committee. OWN CANADIAN TIMBER Document Declares That Certain Min nesota Men Who Appeared in Ad vocacy of Removing the Duty Are Interested in a British Columbia Lumber Company and Would Be Di rectly Benefited by Action Asked. Washington, Feb. 8.—In a state ment filed with the house ways and means committee by James Elliott Dofebaugh of Chicago, editor of the American Lumberman, regarding the efforts that are being made to induce congress to remove the present duty 011 lumber, it is asserted that the principal witnesses who appeared be fore the committee in advocacy of free lumber are officers of a British Columbia lumber company. The statement contains the an nouncement of the organization of the American Timber Holding company, with a capitalization of $6,000,000, holiling title to about 1,500,000,000 fet of timber, located principally in Western British Columbia, accessible to tidewater. The purpose of the cjmpuny is to float, it Is stated, a considerable part of the stock on the American market, particularly in the 'veut of the removal of material re luetinn of the duty on lumber. "One of the chief witnesses on Nov. 20 was M. J. Scanlon of Minneapolis, who is president of the new com pany,* says Mr, Defebaugh. "The leading witness of Nov. 20 wa6 Theo dore M. Knappen of Minneapolis, who is now announced as secretary of the Pritlsh Columbia Timber company. Another important witness was F. B. Lynch of St. Paul, who is one of the directors. Further, an exhaustive written brief, printed Dec. 10, was by W S. Dwinnell, who is treasurer of this timber company. "Since the hearing of Nov. 20 the country has been flooded with litera ture sent out by the 'Forest Conserva t'on league,' of which Mr. Knappen admitted himself to be the chief con stituent. It seems evident that if these gentlemen can break the tariff lumber cocoanut they hope to be able to claim the milk as Canadian." SENTT0 FINANCE COMMITTEE Bill Increasing Canal Bond Issue to $500,000,000. Washington, Feb. 8.—The senate committee on interoceanie canals voted to send to the committee on finance the Hopkins bill increasing the authorization for the issue of ca nal bonds from $135,000,000 to $500, 000,000. This action was taken on the theory that an appropriation in excess of the amount named in the original act in itself acted to increase the limit of cost of the Panama canal and therefore it was a question with which the finance committee was best qualified to deal. The bill introduced by Representa tive Mann (111.) to provide for the government of the canal zone and which entirely reorganizes the canal commission was discussed informally by the senate committee on inter oceanic canals. It was decided that it involved too great a change for con sideration in the time that remains of the present session and no action will be taken on the bill. GOVERNOR J5URKE UPHELD Court Rules He Has Right tq Remove Adjutant General. Bismarck. N. D., Feb. 8.—The su preme court has handed down a de cision in the Poole case. The court denies both the writ of quo warranto and prohibition. The two decisions confirm General Peake in his office of adjutant general. The military court martial, so far as the supreme court is concerned, stands and General Poole must submit, to its jurisdiction. No formal opinion has yet been pre pared by the court, but will be within a very few days. The decision is a triumph for Gov ernor Burke at every point. His right to remove his adjutant general is up held. Poole's contention is overruled at every turn. Peake will remain ad jutant general and Poole will have to stand courtmartial for disobedience of orders and conduct unbecoming a gentleman. Receiver lor Illinois Bank. Joliet, 111., Feb. 8.—The Crete (111.) State bank Is in the hands of a re reiver, William H. Rohex. State Ex aminer W. 0. Howes has ["he only high-cl Baking Powder sold at a moderate price. MAY IGNORE HIS REQUEST President Anked That Certain Infor mation Be Kept Secret. Washington, Feb. 8. President Roosevelt's request that the reply Of the secretary of the treasury to the Foraker resolution calling for an item ized stateni'-nt of expenditures made from the war deficiency fund of 1899 be considered confidential may be ig nored by the senate. Since the document has been re posing in the files of the committee on military affairs it has been exam ined |sy a umber of senators who say they Sre not impressed with the im portance of concealing from the pub lic the information it contains. The reason given by President Roosevelt for the request that the In formation should be kept. aB execu tive matter was that the war fund had been used to send military agents into foreign countries to gather mate rial for the secret use of this govern ment. While it Is said that this is true in regard to some expenditures certain senators have declared that the report so tydes the details con nected with such expenditures that the publication of the report could not result In any diplomatic estrange mer.ts with other governments. It is declared by several senators who have examined the treasury statement that the information sent in bhows that the fund had been used as "a flnan cial junk heap." It is asserted that the statement shows that several "junkets" were paid for from thin fund and that in certain instances the fund was used to pay for the enter tainment of military visitors from other countrf'--. GUILD CONDEMNS RAILROAD Stinging Reference Made by Former Governor of Massachusetts. Boston, Feb. 8.—Stinging reference to his experience as governor in con nection with alleged violation of Mas sachusetts law by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad Is madt' by former Governor Guild in an art icle published here. The article says: "The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad brazenly and delib erately violated the laws of Massa chusetts in regard to trolley lines The individual who was governor at the time was violently abused because he sharply called attention to that violation. It was pleaded ,by inter ested parties that innocent investors were injured that there was no viola tion in reality and that the sorel tried executive had not merely ONE 4'ound that President Ernest W. Balgeman and Cashier W. F. Koelling are indebted for large amounts. A bill filed here against Balgeman and the stockhold ers declares that the bank is vent. CHAS. B. KENNEDY acte! without 'calm deliberation' but as u mere demagogue. "The railroad commission, the attor ney general and the supreme court 01 Massachusetts have since declared that the governor was right." Hepburn Declares It's a Life Wftsi^nstoii, Feb. 8.—"It's a aiM therefore 1 don't care to say anything *.boi:t it," replied Representative Hep burn of Iowa when the report that he had abandoned his contest with W. D. Jamieson, a Democrat, for the seat in congress from the Eighth Iowa dis trict was brought to his attention. Shift's daughter Asks Divorce. 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