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Hill
. lirst duty as an ensign was at the Chnrlcstown
navy yard, where? ho remained Ihrco years. After thrco moro years on the
Asiatic stutian ho was nssigncd to tho work in which ho became famous.
His Unit command In conBt Biirvoy work was In 1S7C. Ho at onco attract
vd world-wldo attention, nnd IiIb Bpcclnl knowledge in matters relating to
that branch of naval science won Instant recognition. Ho continued on hy
drographlo and coast survey work for 15 years.
With tho outbreak of tho Spanish wnr ho directed tho commissioning
and outfitting of tho dynamito cruiser Vesuvius at tho local yard, and as that
craft's commander, took her to Cuba. The operations of tho Vesuvius nnd its
value in tho Oubnn campnlgn are matters of history.
In 1905 ho became tho chief of staff for Rear Admiral Harkcr and sub
sequently for Hear Admiral "Hob" Evans with tho Atlantic ileet, wns last
year again a member of tho general war board, had tho honor- of declining
tho nppolntuient of superintendent of tho naval academy, and in January of
this year ho was appointed chief of tho bureau of navigation to succeed
Hoar Admiral Urownson. Itpnr Admiral Plllshury. who gained tho flag rank
of rear admiral in the regular order In July of this yenr, proved so valuablo
in the oiricu of chler of tho buronu of navigation that last week President
Koosevolt asked him to contlnuo tho duties ns n votlrcd oillccr until March
1 next, at least, and Hear Admiral Plllsbury compiled with tho request.
GEN. YOUNG RETIRES
vate In tho Twolfth Pennsylvania volunteers,
aud Ave months later was captain of the company. A year later ho was pro
moted to tho grade of major. His advancement for meritorious and brave
conduct in action was fast, until the end of tho wnr, and when ho was mus
tered out of the service ho hold tho rank of colonel. Ho wns also brevcttcd
brigadier general for conspicuous gallantry. When tho civil war was over
ho entered tho regular army, and his wonderful record on tho western fron
tier in squelching many Indian uprisings with cavalry forces aro bright shin
ing spots in his brilliant career.
Upon tho outbrcuk of tho Spanish war Col. Young was given tho rank of
brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to duty at, Las Gunsimas, Cuba,
where the first battle of tho Rough Riders took place, and whoro President
Roosevelt distinguished himself. Hoforo tho closo of tho war, Gen. Young had
been honored with tho rank of major general of volunteers, which rank died
with the volunteer army In 1899. Ho was made a brigadior general In tho
regular army and sent to tho Philippines. Then followed tho daring and
successful campaign in Luzon, conducted undor tho direction of Gen. Young,
whoso cavalry scattered and broko up tho Insurgent organizations effectually.
Upon bis return from tho Phllllplncs Gen. Young wns promoted to major
general tn succeed Gen. Nelson A. Miles, and selected by Secretary Root to
bo tho president of tho wnr college. Ho will mnko his homo In tho national
capital.
MAYOR OF
then known, shortly after tho death of Knmehamoha tho Great. Ho brought
Avlth him medals and trophies won under Wellington, and those ,long re
'nialncd In tho family.
Mayor Fora has been for many yens in tho operating departments of
steamship companies as paymnstor, having ontlro cliargo of tho hiring and
dlschargo of tho stenmshlp and Btevedoro forces. Tho mayor Is something
of a linguist. His mother tonguo is Hawaiian, but In addition ho speaks
English and Portuguese and during tho campaign ho rando speeches In all
threo languages.
For (ho post two years Mayor Fern has boon a raombor of tho board of
supervisors of Oahu county. Tho city and county of Honolulu Is the successor
of the connty of Oahu, so that Mr. Fern does not como wholly Inexperienced
lo his new duties.
BLUFFED CASTRO GOVERNMENT
closing of tho port wa3 merely a mlstako that
t-hould bo lecorded forthwith. Whon this precious document waB present
ed to Iho various censuhr oflldnls located by tho different governments ut
LaGuayra. they promptly signod It, thereby giving their official support to a
point blauk Ho that wns to bo spread abroad to tho trading world outside.
Ml but Consul Moffatt. llo declined to attach his ulgnaturo or tho seal of his
onsulnto t nny such certificate, and ho had backbo.io enough to stick to it,
n whon ho was thsr-ntonod with tho cancellation of his oxoquator.
' Up to tho present tlmo no order has beon Issued ordering tho young
consul lo give up his Job and hurry home, and there uro no symptoms that anj
such action is peudlng. In fact It looks vory much a3 though Mr. Moffatt had
bluffed the government to a standstill.
Hear Admiral John E. Plllsbitry. U. S. N
who wns placed on the retired list tho other
dny, having reached tho ago limit of C2 years,
Is ono of tho most popular officers nmong tho
rank and fllo thnt over wore a naval officers'
uniform. Plllshury 1b to day tho recognized uu
thorlty on hydrogrnphlc and geodetic work in
tho United Staleu navy, nnd his works on cur
rents, etc., nro bo thorough and comprehensive
that they nro tho standnrd text books on tho
subjects tho world ovor. Ho, too, has tho honor
of bolng ono of tho few personal appointees of
President Lincoln.
In 1802 President Lincoln, who had boon Im
portuned by tho youngster to bo permitted to go
to tho front, appointed him n midshipman. Ills
Gen. S. 1). M. Young, until a short time ago
tho dashing lieutenant general of tho United
States army and who retired with that honor,
has resigned as superintendent of tho Yellow
stono park, tho big government reservation in
Wyoming. Tho resignation took effect January
1, when Gen. Young retired to privato life.
Tho military record of Gen. Young Is ono
of Iho most brilliant in tho history of tho United
States and his success was achieved only by
hard work and Indomitable courage. Ho never
know what the word dofeat meant. As a tacti
cian in army maneuvers ho was without a peer,
and it was for tills renson that ho was placed at
tho head of tho army college.
Gen. Young flrBt entered the army as a pri
HONOLULU
Joseph James Fern, first mayor of Honolulu,
capital of Hawaii, comes of a family that ought
to delight President Roosevelt's heart. Ho was
the fourteenth child in hlB father's family, and
he himself, two months ago, became tho father
of his fourteenth child. Ten of his chlldron, sur
vive flvo boys and five girls. His oldest sister
Is tho mother of 16 children, and ho has a broth
er who Is tho father of 15. Includlmi brothers
and sisters, uncles nnd aunts und cousins, there '
nro 148 living persons of tho Fom blood In tho
Hawaiian Islands.
Tho pntrinrch and progenitor of this clan
was James Fern, an Englishman who had fought
under Wellington through tho wars of Napoleon
and was a votoran of tho battle of Watorloo. Ho
came to tho Sandwich Islands, as they woro
i nomas P. .ttolfatt, consul of tho United
States at LaGuayra, Vonozuoln, has added some
what to tho poovlshnoss of tho lato Castro ad
ministration down In that country of comic
opora revolutions by declining to mako Uncle
Sam's consulate a toy of the nativo administra
tion. When tho plague-stricken port of LaGuayra
wns shut off from tho outside world to prevent
the spread of tho disease, thereby working somo
dariwgo upon tho commercial part of tho city,
tho local board of health proceeded to carry out
a plnn to lift tho ombarso. A document was
drawn up and signed by tho local officials In
which It was emphatically stated that "tho
health of LaGuayra was perfect" and that tho
A LOOK INTO
from rtcnttxraiili.ropjrliilit liy t'n-Wwootl Undcrwood.it. Y.
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE.
Time A. D,. 190D.
Scene An African Trail, Natives, Carriers, etc.
The Nlmrod Theodore Roooevclt.
Tho Victim Rhlnoceroo.
ALL READY
OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARD
ING AFRICAN TRIP.
Roosevelt WHI Spend Year In Country
Expedition to Be Led by British
Guide Those Who Will
Go Along.
Washington. President Roosovelt,
In a stntemont'preparcd by Secretary
Walcott of tho Smithsonian Institu
tion, has mado his first official an
nouncement regarding tho hunting trip
to Africa on which ho will start with
in two wcoks after ho retires from tho
presidency.
Tho expedition is to be outfitted by
thu Smithsonian institution, the presi
dent defraying his own expenses, nnd
will gather natural history materials
for tho new national museum. Mom
bnssa will bo reached In April next
year, but no detailed Itinerary bdyond
that place has beon mado except the
gonornl route to Lake Victoria Nyanza.
and thenco down tho Nile to Khar
toum, whore. It Is expected, tho party
will arrlvo about April, 1910. The offi
cial statement follows:
"In March, 1909, Thcodoro Roosovelt
will head a scientific expedition
to Africa, outfitted by tho Smith
sonian Institution and starting from
Now York city. This expedition
will gather nnturnl history mato
rials for tho government collec
tions, to bo deposited by tho Smith
sonian institution In the now United
States national musoum at Washing
ton.
"Resides tho president and his son.
Kormlt Roosevelt, tho personnol of
tho party, on leaving Now York, will
consist of thrco representatives of tha
Smlthsonlnu Institution: Maj. Udgar
A. 'Moarns, mcdlcnl corps, U. S. A.,
retired: Mr. Edmund Holler and Mr. J.
Alden Luring. On arriving In Africa,
tho party will bo enlarged by the addi
tion of J. Cunningham, who Is now In
Africa preparing tho president's outfit.
Ho will havo charge of n numbor of
nntlvo porters, who, with necessary
animals, will be formed' into a small
caravan.
"Mr. Rooscvolt and his son will kill
tho big game, tho skins nnd skeletons
of which will bo prepnred and shipped
to tho United States by other mom
bors of tho party. Kormlt Roosovelt
Is to bo tho official photographer of
tho expedition.
"The nntlonnl collections aro vory
deficient in natural history materials
from tho 'dark continent,' and nn of
fort will bo mndo by tho expedition to
gather gonrnl collections In zoology
nnd botany to supply somo of Its defi
ciencies; but tho mnln effort will bo
to collect the largo and vanishing Af
rican nnlmnls.
"R. J, Cunlnghnmo, who Is now
engaged In assembling tho matcrlnls
for Mr. Roosovelt's uso, has beon cm
ployed to act as guldo and mnnager of
the caravan.
"Mr. Ciinlnglinmo also Is an expe
rienced collector of natural history
stpoelmcns, having mado collections for
.ho British museum In Norway and
.frlca. Ho Is an Kngllsh floldman
who has guided iiumeroui hunting par
ties In Africa, and ' who was clilef
hunter for tho Field Columbian expo
sition. "Edmund Holler, a gradunto of Stan
ford university, class of 1901, Is a thor
oughly trained naturalist, whoso spe
cial work will be iho preparation and
preservation of specimens of largo ani
mals, Mr. Holler Is about 30 years
old. Ills experience, whon asso
ciated with Mr. IClIot and Mr. Ackley
of tho Field Columbian museum, In
collecting big gnmo nnimals In tho
THE FUTURE
FO
sumo portions of Africa In which Mr.
Roosovelt will visit, will be u vnlunblo
asset to tho oxpi'dltlon.
"J. Alden Lorlng Is a Held naturalist,
whoso training comprises servlco In
tho biological survey of tho dopnrt
ment of agriculture, and In tho Bronx
Zoological pant, Now York city, as
well as on numerous collecting trips
through British America, Mexico nnd
tho United States. Ho Is about ,18
'years old, of ardent tempornntont and
Intensely energetic.
"MnJ. Edgar A. Moarns, a retired of
flcor of , tho medical corpB of tho army,
about 53 y(tars old, will bo tho physi
cian of f,hQ,lri) and hnvo chnrgo of tho
;Snilthsiiulau portion or tho party. 116
liaB had 25 years' experience as an
army doctor, and Is nlso well known
ns a naturalist and collector of nat-'
ural history specimens.
"No foars need be entortnlned for
tho president's snfety from tho attacks
of man or beast, as every member of
the party Is an excellent rlllo shot.
"Tho party will reach Mombassn In
April, 1909. No dotnllod ltinornry
lias been decided upon, but tho gen
eral routo will be up tho Uganda rail
way to Nalioal and Lako Victoria Ny
anza, a dlstanco of about GDQ miles by
rail, thonco crossing Into Uganda,
and finally passing down tho Nllo to
Cairo. Much of the hunting will bo
dono in British East Africa, whero tho
Uganda railroad can bo used ns a baso
of supplies aud menus of ready trans
portation. At least ono great moun
tain, possibly Mount Kenla, will bo
visited.
"Khartoum will bo reached, if all
goes well, about April, 1910. Tho ex
pedition mny bo expected to spend
about ono year on African soil."
R HUNT
Army Desertions Increase
One Per Cent. Leao Than In 1907 and
Principally White Soldiers.
Washington. Tho cnmpulgn In the
war dopartmont against desertions
from tho army Is meeting with biic
ccbh according to Adjt.-Gen. F. C.
Ainsworth, U.-S. A., who Btated In his
annual report to tho secretary of war
that the relative number of desertions
was less in 1908 than In any other fis
cal year slnco 1901.
Tho desertions during tho fiscal
year 1908 woro 4,505, or l.C per cont
of tho wholo numbor of enlisted men
in sorvico in tho army during that
year. In 1907 tho percentage was 5.0
por cent., and In 1900 It reached tho
record of 7.1 por cont. Every branch
of tho servlco showed a decrcaso In
tho number of desertions during tho
yenr, with tho slnglo excoption of tho
hospital corps, whoro there was a
slight Increase,
Ilolso Barracks, Idaho, onjoys tho
notoriety of having tho most deser
tions of nny post, tho numbor there
reaching 10,5 por cont., whllo Fort
William Honry Harrison, Mont.; Fort
Brady, Mich.; Fort Diichosno, Utah,
and Fort D. A. Russoll, Wyoming,
proved unnttractlvo In tho order enu
merated. Gon. Ainsworth points out tho sig
nificant fnct that of tho whlto troops
1.75 por cent, woro reported as do
sorted, whllo only 0.57 per cent, of thu
colored men In tho sorvlc-i deserted.
It Is pointed out In tho report that,
whllo thoro was an Incroaso in tho au
thorized strength of tho army, there
was a much Inrger lncteaso In tho
actual strength, which was only 9,315
onllsted men abort of the authorized
Btrongth on Octobor 15, 1908, as
STAMP POUNDER 51 YEARS.
Georgo H. Chamberlln, Wisconsin.
Holdo Postmaster Record.
Kau Claire. Wls.The post ofllccnt
Rock Falls, n little village a fuw
mlloH west of Kau Claire, was
discontinued by tho government nftci
nn existence of ovor fl years undor
tjiio postmaster, George II. Chnmbor
lin, who has served In that capacity
over hIiico tho post olllco Was estab
lished in isr7. Mr. Chamberlln wns,
In nil probability, tho oldest living
poslumstor In point of service in tho
Unltod States.
Mr. Chamberlln, who 1b now 82, hut
halo nnd hearty ns a man of CO, was
appointed postmaster at Rock Falls
In 1857 by President James Buchanan,
and though various parties havo al
ternated in ruling tho destinies of
this nation, Mr. Chumberlln hns served
continuously stneo his appointment up
to tho present time. Although ap
pointed by a Democratic president, Mr.
Chamberlln Is u Republican and says
ho hn3 always been one. Hosnys that
ho hus voted for every Republican
nominee for president since 1856.
Tho history of Rock Falls Is essen
tially n history of Mr. Chamberlln, so
closely have his fortunes been Inter
woven with thoso of tho llttlo village
Mr. Chntnborlln wns born in Now
Hnmpshlro and spout hlu early days
in Vermont nnd Massachusetts. Ho
Bamo to Wisconsin In tho early days
of 1851 and cleared a farm neur Urlggs
vlllo, In 1852 ho married Miss An
toinette Weston. In 18GG Mr. and
Mrs. Chnmborlln, with a number of
other settlors, canio to this section,
and In Juno of that year they settled
down ut Rock Falls. Mr. Chambor
Hit', who wns something of a survoyor,
laid out tho town, nnd lntor tho pres
ent village, in ir7 ho was ap
pointed postmaster.
I
RED TAPE MAY COST $100,000.
Young Man Stands to Lose a Fortune
Through the Government.
Muskogee. Okla. Red tape and dll
latory proceduro by tho government
mny cost William J. Soap and his ns
sedates $100,000.
Seep Is a young man who heeded tho
ndvlco of his mentor, T. N. llnrnsdull,
to "go west and grow up with tho
country." Ho enmo to tho Creek
nation und bought a couple of oil
leases at n govornment salo at tho
Indian agency at Muskogee. Ho
wired RurnsdnH that he had got tho
lonses.
"Get somo rigs and go to spudding,"
wan tho laconic answer ho got. llo
did. Ho "spudded" nway until ho
had 22 wolls down on tho oil lenses,
most of thorn producing. Then it was
discovered that, for somo reason, tho
.department of tho interior had failed
to approvo tho leases that had beon
bought by Seep.
' Jeff T. Parkes Is tho guardian of
Robert Spado and Susan Tumor, two
minors on whoso land tho leases had
been tnkon. Whon ho found that
Seep hud drilled tho wells before tho
dopartmont of tho Interior had ap
proved of tho lenses, ho brought suit
for possession of tho lenses and $160,
000 worth of oil that has been taken
from tho wells, on tho ground that
young Seep hnd no right to drill or
tako oil until his leases had boon ap
proved. In thu meantlmo tho department
finally upproved tho leases, but tho
suit for tho $100,000 worth of oil Is
now in tho fedornl court, and Parks
also asks that tho louses bo can
celed. Money to Be Well Spent.
Now York city's growth nnd Its
closer attention to matters of public
health will lncronBo tho oxponses of
tho department of health for next yenr
5020,(112 In salarios. This year tho sal
ary list Is $1,013,079.
against a deficiency of 20,535 onllstod
men on October 1G, 1907. Tho total
actual Btrongth of tho army, not In
cluding hospltnl corps, on Octobor 1G,
1908, was 78,100, ub compared with
58,998 a year previous.
Ab a result of tho riding toBts or
dered by tho presidont, 19 olllcora
woro placed on tho retired list.
PEAR TREE 8TILL LADEN.
Fruit Will Be Picked and Stored to
Ripen Next Spring.
Dovor, Del. A curlouu sight for this
tlmo of tho year Is of a poar troo In a
yard on tho farm of Shorlff-cloct Wil
liam E. Mnlonoy of Kent county, Del
nwaro, nt Lebanon, four miles dlstnnt
from horo, The trco Is still littlon with
fruit, causing the limbs to fairly break
with tholr weight. It Is also devoid of
a loaf, and hns beon for Hoveral weeks.
Mr. Malonoy will booh pick them
and get them In somo dry and not too
coin piaco ror storage until next
March or February, when thoy will
begin to ripen.
As to just what variety tho pear is
Mr. Mnlonoy Is at loss to know, It ro
Bombllng In many rospocts tho Jnp-
aneso penr. Wlijlo tho actual number
of penrs still on tho troo Is unknown,
a, sara ostlmato from a basket picked
and counted would warrant tho Btnte
nient that the tree Iihb now at loas.
1,000 pears upon it.
Getting Foothold In China.
Window glass manufactories hnvo
boon Introduced into China, and tho
product which Is a novelty thoro, is
ranMly becoming populur.
TOOK EDGE OFF THE EFFECT.
His Mistake When Ho Boasted of Mod
est Act of Charity.
Taylor got on the subject of mod
esty ono night at tho Press club.
"Practically nil nets of charity," said
he, "aro performed out ol vanity. Mod
est charity is vory raro, yet It la tho
only sort that counts, yon 7now, with
th or Recording Angel, oil? I re
member onco, motoring in tho cast, I
enmo to n small town thnt bad suffered
from a flood. In tho ompty imat offlco
thoro wns n contribution box for tho
flood sufferers.
"Not u bouI was present. Nobody
saw mo or knew inc. 1 pushed a $20
bill Into (ho box nnd slipped away un
seen. And thnt net, I claim. Mint mod
est net of charity, was worth more
than theso acts Involving many thou- ;
sands, which nro mado ou public sub
scription lists, to tho loud fan faro of
trumpotB,"
Tnylor pnusctl ond relighted his
clgnr. His companion said:
"Quito right. YourB was genuine
modest chnrlty, Tnylor. No wonder
you brng about it." Detroit NowB-Trl-bune.
JUST A TEST.
"Goodness,
trouble?"
"Nnwthln.
I just wanted to bco If
I had forgotton how to cry boo-hool"
Shear whlto goods, In fact, any flno
wash gobds when now, owe much of
their attractiveness to tho way thoy
aro laundered, this being dono In a
manner to enhance tholr toxtllo beau
ty. Homo laundering would bo equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, tho Unit essential
being good Starch, which 1ms sulllciont
strength to stiffen, without thickening
tho goods, Try Doflnuco Starch and
you will bo pleasantly surprised nt tho
Improved appearanco of your work.
Off for the Woodshed.
"Grcal Scott!" snorted tho Irritated
old eentleman, ns ho dropped his pa
per, "what is all that nolao In tho li
brary?' "It's me, grundpa," responded Tom
my. "I'm playing I urn a ship pound
ing In tho surf."
"Playing you nro a ship, oht Well,
young man, I think you nood a Bpnnk
or." And tho next moment grandpa wnB
lipping off his sllppor.
The Land of England.
Twelve thousand seveu hundred and
nlncty-ono persons own fjr-fifths ol
tho soil or England, their aggregate
property, exclusive of thnt within tho
motropolltun boundaries, bolng 40,180,
77G ncros. In liolnt of fnct. tho num
bor of ownora of four-fifths of tho Eng
lish laud Is nearer 5,000 than 12,000.
Of theso GOO nro noblomon, nnd four
or flvo of theso Bwnllow up tho rest.
Now York American.
Tho extraordinary popularity of flho
whlto goods this summer nmkca tho
choice of Starch a piattcr or great Im
portance. Deflnnco Starch, being froo
from nil Injurious chemicals, is tho
only ono which 1b safo to uao on flno
fabrics. Its groat strength an a stiffen
or makes half tho usual quantity 0tf
Starch necessary, with tho result of
parfect finish, equal to that when tho
fiooilB woro now.
Rain or Shine.
Small Vallaco accepted an invita
tion to a party, us follows:
"Dour Loulno I will como to your
parly If It don't rain" (then thinking
that ho might havo to Btuy homo in
thnt enso) "und ir It docs." Tho De
lineator. It Would Seem So.
Giles Tho camel should bo
the
most courageous of nil animals,
Miles Rocauso why?
Giles Hccauso It 1b nearly nil back
bono. Seo?
Adversity Is tho trial of principle
Without It a mnn hnnHy knows
whether ho is honest or not. -Fielding.
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