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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
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was
accomplished with a skill
ind perfection of maneuvering and
Retail which won the admiration of all
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Chicago, Feb. 8.—Ruth May Eversz,
df uf-fcter of Uustavus Swift, the mill
ionaire packer, filed suit for divorce
against Ernest H. Eversz in the cir
cuit court here. Desertion is the
charge specified in the bill, which is
very t^rtef fnrmnl. Mr. Eversz is
Hie son ot i I jit h. r.ia mlnist r.
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