THE SENATE ACTIVE
8ESSION3 HENCEFORTH WILL BE
GIN EARLIER.
MORE RAPID WORK IN VIEW
"Insurgents" Said to Be Causing De
lay, TheGlvlng More Trouble '
than the Democrats.
Washington. Beginning Mondny
tho dally sittings of tho senate will
commonco nt 10 o'clock In tho morn
ing, Tho hour hns been advanced In
tho hopo of expediting llnnl action on
tho tariff bill by more rapidly dispos
ing of tho long speeches ns well ns of
tho detailed discussion of tho various
disputed schedules. Tho considera
tion of tho measure has developed
.groater opposition . on tho part of n
dozen or so of republican senntorH
than was expected, and tho support
ers of tho bill feel that every possible
effort must bo mado to exhaust their
criticism and bring the bill to a vote.
So far, howovor, thoy hnvo rccolved
no encouragement from the "Insur
gents," and tho republican lenders aro
quite In tho dark as to when tho end
may bo reached. Indeed, thoy aro
ilncHng less dlfilculty on thnt point in
denllng with tho Independent republi
cans and the opinion Is freely ex
pressed thnt but for this antagonism
n day might soon bo set which would
decide tho fate of tho measure.
Tho discussion this wcok will denl
with tho various paragraphs which
Imvo been passed over, but there will
bo n few speeches on tho general
tariff question, including one by Sen
ator Dopow, which probably will bo
delivered Monday. Senator Clay has
prepared and will deliver, probably on
Tuosdny, an elaborate speech criticis
ing tho sugar schedulo and undertak
ing to show that It Is In tho Interest
of tho sugar combination. Tho razor
Bchcdulo will recolvo first attention
Monday nnd Senator Simmons will
conntlnuo his efforts to have tho rate
lowered.
Senator Bailey will contlnuo to
press his domnnd for a voto on tho
income tax ns a featuro of tho tariff
1)111, but it 1b an opon secret In tho
senate that ho Is not now nearly so
confident of n successful result of
such n voto ns ho was in tho begin
ning of tho agitation. Indeed, ho has
confided to sonjo of his friends his
conviction that somo of tho advocates
of such a tnx hnvo been "picked off"
by tho enemy. Tho general opinion
among the supporters of tho Income
tax policy is thnt tho cause in tho
sonato has been materially weakened
by tho decision of tho president not
to press Tor tho tax. At any event,
It Is not probable that a voto on .the
question will bo reached this week.
In tho house, an nttempt will bo
mado to pass tho Phlllpplno tariff bill
on Monday and tho Porto Rico bill on
Thursday. The latter mensuro will
Ijo reported Monday. Both bills will
nrouso discussion, but It, Is not be
lieved thoro will bo any stubborn op
position to either, and tho committoo
having them in chargo aro conlidont
of disposing of each after a day of de
bate. THOMAS A. CREIGH IS DEAD.
Pneumonia, Due to Exposure at G. A,
R. Meeting at York.
Omaha. Thomas A. Crelgh, past
commander of tho O. A. R. Nebraska,
died at his homo, 112 North Thirty
second nvonue, at 7:45 Sunday morn
ing nftor nn illness of but flvo days of
pnoumonln. Mr. Crelgh was taken 111
with n cold whllo attending tho de
partment encampment of tho Grand
Army of tho Ropubllc nt York, Neb.,
Wednesday of last week.
All of the surviving past department
commanders of Nebraska now In tho
state will bo present nt the funeral
Tuesday, having so Blgnlilcd their in
tention by wire.
Grnnt post No. 110 will have imme
diate charge of tho services, of which
post Mr. Crelgh was former comman
dor and one of Its most active nnd be
loved members. Tho Women's Roliof
corps nnd Ladles of tho Grand Army
of tho Republic will participate In tho
services, as will also repreaentatlvca
of tho Masonic fraternity.
BRITAIN CATTLE SHORTAGE.
Charge That United States Exporters
Are Holding Back Stock.
Liverpool. Owing to tho shortage
of American and Canadian cattle land
ed nt BIrkonhend nnd nllogntlons that
tho United States was withholding
supplies with a view to raising prices,
tho Liverpool Chamber of Commorco
Is urging tho Board of Agrlculturo to
romovo Immediately tho embargo on
live cattlo from the Argentine Repub
lic. Prominent Surgeon Dead.
Now York. Dr. GornrdiiB H. Wyn
koop, nn eminent Now York surgeon
nnd ono of tho first physlclnns In
America to perform tho oporatlon for
tho removal of tho vorlform nppendlx,
died Suudny, aged CG years.
FOLKS URGES LOCAL CONTROL.
New Yorker Holds This to Be Most
Effective In White Plague.
Washington. Tho Nntlonal Associa
tion for tho Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis brought its mooting to a
closo Saturday. Homer Folks of Now
York In a paper said that tho most
effective work to control tuberculosis
Is to follow tho example of tho nn
tlonal association In forming local or
ganizations or commltteos to tako tho
responsibility of securing county and
municipal control of thn disease
NEBRASKA NEW8 AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Hera
and There Over the State,
Juanltn tribe of Red Men has been
organized in Grand Island.
Humboldts now (10,000 Methodist
church was dedlcnted last Sunday.
Loulsvlllo granted saloon licenses
simultaneously Increasing tho salary
of tho town mnrshnll.
Tho Knnsas City Commercial club
mado a tour In tho Republican valloy.
Thoy woro on business bent.
William Kruso, living near Wymoro,
sold his 240-acro farm tho other day
for $105 per acre.
Julius Moyor, for forty years n resi
dent of Omaha, suicided In ono of the
parka of thnt city.
Mrs. Henry Frohmnn, a former Fre
mont woman of prominence, died re
cently In California.
Tho Cairo State bank has Increased
Its authorized caplLil stock from
$10,000 to $25,000 with $15,000 paid
up.
Farmers of Cuming county aro util
izing tho comcnt Industry In tho erec
tion of now farm buildings through
out tho county. ,
Stanton Methodists Bent $100 to
bretKVcn nt Ponca to assist thom In
rebuilding tho church recently de
stroyed by an lncondlnry flro.
Tho order of Eagles of Auburn hns
disbanded nnd Is moving In tho direc
tion of disposing of tho furnlturo of
tho lodgo room.
Quite n number of wolves hnvo been
killed in Johnson county of into.
Richard Glbb, a young farmer living
east of Tecumseh, dug out and cap
tured a mother wolf and eight whelps
rccontly.
Raymond, tho 12-yenr-old son of D.
F. Smith, was drowned In Lake Kear
ney at Kearney. Whllo playing on
a raft with othor boys his foot slipped
nnd ho fell fn. The body was recov
ered. Tho building commlttco of tho pro
posed new United Brethren church
nt Crab Orchard Is asking for pro
posals on tho contemplated structure
It will tnko tho plnco of a building1
recently burned.
Ex-Congressman Ernest M. Pollard
states that present appearances IndU
cato that Cass county and tho south
eastern portion dt Nebraska will havo
nn unusually- largo crop of fruit this
year.
Tho spoclal election to voto bonds
to tho amount of $20,000 for tho con
struction of a now Bchool building was
hold in Cambridge. Tho proposition
carried, with a largo majority, thero
being only cloven votes against It
Frank Koohlor, a young man of
family, was shot and seriously but
not fatally wounded by Mrs. Olllo Jay
of Grand Island. Tho shooting was
dono at a party where convlvnlty
reigned supremo through copious
draughts of beer.
A groat many automobiles aro be
ing sold in Johnson county this spring.
Tho machines are being sold to tho
farmers as well as to persons who
live In tho towns. During tho next
fow months thero Is n great deal of
this buslnoss that Is going to somo
concerns.
At tho special election hold In Table
Rock for tho purpose of voting on tho
proposition of .issuing $1,500 In bonds
for building a city hall, tho bonds,
which required a three-fifths majority,
were defeated, thore bolng cast for tho
bonds fifty votes and against tho
bonds flfty-olght.
Tho almost lifeless body of Joslah
Carmean was found In tho horso bnm
nt his farm, three miles south of
Beaver City. Mr. Carmean was horri
bly mangled and bruised, evidently by
kicks from a horse. Tho base of tho
noso near tho loft oyo was torn looso
nnd tho forehead mashed in.
Harry Junes, a United States navy
deserter from Pensacola Island, was
caught at Grand Island by Chlof of
Police Lowell. Disguised ns a negro
he wns caught in Kearney nnd re
turned thoro about a month ago
by Shoriff Milton Bergor. Lowell
recognized him as tho samo ono again.
Ho will bo again returned.
A number of farm buildings hnvo
burned In tho vicinity of Leigh. Tho
residence of Knrl Motzger, with all
its contents, burned to tho ground.
It was a total loss. Tho large barn
on tho farm of Adolf Groteluschen was
ontlroly destroyed by lire. Sovon head
of calves, several sets of harness and
a largo amount of hay wero lost. Tho
granary, filled with corn, also burned.
A half section of unimproved lnnd
nbout soven miles northeast of Dick
ons wns sold a fow days ago to a man
from tho east, who has Just located
thoro, for $5,000. Eastorn peoplo nro
beginning to ronllzo that It doesn't
pny to rent whon thoy enn got good
Nebraska land nt thnt prlco, and con
siderable lnnd is changing hands.
The falluro of tho WeBtorn Union
to deliver n messago to A. D. Morrlott
will cost tho corporation $473,23, Ho
meant to ship cattlo to Chicago and
wired a commission houso asking
about prospects. A reply was sont
stating that tho ranrkot was 10 to 20
cents higher. This was never deliv
ered and ho sold in Sioux City at a
lower figure The supromo court
holds that ho can recover.
F. G. O, Nelson, living on tho
August Ost fnrm, south or Platts
mouth, sayB that on March 10 one of
his cows came homo bringing a black
cnlf. On April 19 tho samo cow
brought homo a amnll rod cnlf and
rofuBed to admit that It wob not her
offspring.
Again tho Dakota, Kansas & Gulf
railway proposition hna come to the,
front. Tho Kearney mombors of the
board of directors havo received let
ters announcing a meotlng nt Kansas
City, at which meeting will tuko place
tho letting of the contracts for construction.
ALL NATIONS SEE
IMPORTANCE OF
AERIAL WARSHIPS
"W"W" -rITIIOUT a dollar of up
m lm I P ro l r 1 n 1 1 on directly
mM available for tho
W W worU, tho aeronautical
f f division of tho signal
corps of the army Is
about to begin Its summer campaign
for tho study of nerlal navigation. Tho
fact that $20,000,000 or more nro now
being expended nnnunlly by this gov
ernment for tho construction of bat
tleships mny bo making tho United
States ono of tho foremost naval pow
ers of the world, but the further fact
that not a single penny hns been sot
nsldo by congress for tho building of
airships or for tholr operation or de
velopment la causing this couutry to
bo loft fnr behind tho nations of Eu
rnpo In tho mnttor of military aero
nautics. Notwithstanding tho fnct thnt tho
signal corps, with tho approval of tho
secretary of yar, has asked congress
for a modest allotment of funds with
which to equip Itself with tho means
of studying and experimenting with
tho subject, tho lawmakers havo al
ways turned a deaf car to tho nppoalB.
Now, at a tlmo whon Germany,
France. Great Britain, Russia and
oven the weaker nations, such ns
Italy und Spain nnd Bolgtum, nro de
voting large sums of money and tho
tlmo nnd experience of exports to tho
solution of the problem, tho nccom
pllshmcnt of which has been man's
dream for ages, tho United States
finds Itself hnndlcnppcd, and Its prog
ress estopped becuuso It has boon Im
possible to obtain a mengcr appropria
tion to carry on Its work. Tho only
encouragement which tho signal corps
hns thus far found In Its nttempt to
keep pneo with tho development of
aeronautics In othor countries Is tho
unolllclnl announcoment of President
Taft that ho will udvocato a suitable
appropriation by congress at Its next
"Dirigible No. 1."
session for tho ubo of the wnr depart
ment In the purchase of dirigible bal
loons and aeroplanes.
Signal Corps at Work.
In spito of tho dlscouragomont oc
casioned by the lack of monoy the
signal corps Is going ahead with tho
means at hnnd, and oxpects to mnke
somo substantial advancement In bal
looning during tho coming sumnior.
Five officers, Llouts. Lnlini, Fulols,
Winters, Bamberger and Dickinson,
nnd 17 men of the corps havo been
assigned by Gen. Allen to tho aero
nautical detail, nnd will conduct what
ovor oxporlmcntnl work is dono. Nono
of tho men has ovor mndo an ascen
sion, nnd tho samo Is true of two of
the officers, Llout. Lahni is tho only
recognized pilot, by which is meant,
nccording to tho rule of the vnrious
aero clubs, ono who has made not less
than ten nsconslons, nt least ono of
which must havo been alone, nnd ono
nt night. Untlor this rule. Lieut.
Lnhni, who recently mado a success
ful nscenslon from Fort Myor, Vn In
tho government's spherical balloon,
Is tho only officer who can qualify.
Asido from two sphoricnl free bal
loons, ono of 540 cubic motors and
tho other of 1,000 cubic motors ca
pacity, tho government possesses ono
dirigible balloon. Just now tho men
of tho sqund aro bolng trained at Fort
Myor in tho work of handling the
spherical balloons, in learning how to
fill them, nnd fnro for them. Within
a few days they will bo ndvancod to
tho work on tho dirigible, known hb
Dlrlglblo No. 1. ThlB bnlloon wns
built for tho department by Capt.
Thomas S. Baldwin, undor specifica
tions, and dollvored to tho signal
corps lost August.
The monoy with which It was pnld
for camo from tho fund allotted in tho
regular annual appropriation to tho
board of ordnance and fortifications.
Description of Balloon.
The balloon Is 120 feet long nnd Is
onpablo of making 20 miles an hour.
Tho gas bag is spindlo shnpod, 00
feet long, maximum dlumoter 1!) feet
six Inches, and has a volume of 20,
000 cubic feet. A ballonot for nlr is
provided Inside tho gaii bag, nnd 1ms
a volumo of 2,800 cubic feot. Tho
material for tho gOB bag Is made of
two layers of Jnpnnese silk with a
layer of vulcanized rubbor betweon
them,
Tho enr is mado of spruco and is 60
feet long; 2V feet wide, nnd 2 feet
high. It hns n 20 horso powor motor.
Tho propeller Is In tho front end of
the car and Is connected with tho
cnglno by n steel shaft. It Is also
built of spruco and turns nt tho rnto
of 450 revolutions per minute. A fixed
vortical surface Is provided nt tlto
renr end of tho car to mlulmtzo veer
ing, nnd n horizontal surface attached
to the vortical rudder at tho renr to
mlnlmlzo pitching. A double hori
zontal surface, controlled by a lover
and attached to tho car In front of tho
engine, serves to control tho vertical
motion, nnd nlso to mlnlmlzo pitching.
. The position of tho enr very near to
tho gns bag Is ono of tho features of
the balloon. This Is calculated to re
duce the resistance of tho suspension,
nnd places tho propelled thrust near
tho center of resistance. This nlrshlp
hns n total lifting capacity of 1,350
pounds, of which 500 pounds nro avail
able for passengers, bnllast and fuel.
When Its official trials woro had It
succeeded In attaining a speed slight
ly less than twenty miles nn hour over
a moaRurod course. It olso had an on
durnnco run lasting two hours, during
which npproxlmntoly 70 per cent, of
Its maximum speed was maintained.
Thus fnr this dlrlglblo has served
during tho comparatively short tlmo
It hns been In tho possession of tho
signal corps, a very Important pur
poso In Inltlntlng olllccrs of tho corps
In tho operation and construction of a
dlrlglblo bnlloon. During tho greater
part of tho coming mouth tho dlrlglblo
will bo put Into uso for prnctlco pur
poses nt Fort Myer. Later In tho
summer It will bo sent to tho Signal
school nnd Stnff collcgo at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., whero tho ofllcors
nnd men thoro will bo glvon n course
Signal Corps, U. S. A.
of Instruction in Its mocliaulsm and
operation.
Plant at Fort Omaha.
In nntlclpntlon of tho government's
tnking up tho subject of noronautica
on a scale comniensurato with its
Importanco a completo plant has boon
constructed at tho signal corps post
at Fort Omaha, Neb. This plnnt com
prises n steel bnlloon houao 200 feot
long nnd largo enough to houso u
dlrlglblo the size of tho now French
military airship known ns La Ropub
llquo. An electrolytic plant has been
instnllod capnblo of furnishing 3,000
cubic feet of gas an hour. Various
othor appliances havo also boon
added, but unfortunately tho corps has
no balloon to oporuto at tho plant.
There is, howover, somo doubt as to
tho wisdom displayed In erecting this
plant at Fort Omaha, owing to tho
disadvantage caused by tho pralrio
winds at times. All things considered,
tho most of tho experimental work In
aeronautics conducted by tho army
Tor tho present will bo nt Fort Myor,
whero tho conditions are good both
for oxporlmcntB with dlrlglblca und.
with neroplnnes.
Compared to tho progress with
dirigibles which has boon mndo In
Oermnny, Franco and England, tho
United States Is prnctlcully at a
standstill In this rapidly advancing
form of military preparation. Devel
opment In tho sclonco of- nerlal navi
gation is going on with such strldos
thnt it Is nlmost Impossible for this
government, with its single small
dlrlglblo, to keep pace with tho ex
porlmonts in other countries. Ger
many la regarded as further advanced
thnn any of her slater countrlea in tho
way of making the dirigible n prac
tical military necosslty.
Already thrco of her principal cltleB
along tho French bordor uro oqulpped
with balloon defenses, and a fourth
will-bo similarly equipped within the
coming summer. During tho past
year tho Gorman government expend
ed moro than $1,000,000 In tho pur
chase and dovolopinont of dlrlglblo
bnlloonB,
German Types of Airships.
Thero nro throo typos of alrahlps
which tho GormaiiB nro developing.
One, tho Gross, Is tho design of Mnj.
von Gross, who commands tho balloon
bnttallon nt Tegol, near Berlin. Tho
second is tho Pnrsoval, which Is be
ing developed by Mnj. von I'arsovnl, a
retired officor of tho. army, and tho
third is tho famous Zffppdbj, tho de
sign of Count Zeppelin, also A retired
army officer.
Tho first bnlloon of tho Gross typo
mndo its inltlnj ascension nbout two
years ngo. As' n result of tho suc
cessful experiments with tho first of
this type, MaJ. voti Gross has qulto
recently brought out a perfected air
ship built along tho samo lines, but
with grcntly Increased volume nnd di
mensions. Tho lntest has a volumo
of 17C.O0O cubic feet nnd is driven by
two 75 horso powor Daimler motors,
and hna a speed of 27 miles nn hour.
Tho most remarkable porformnnco of
this nlrshlp occurred last fall, whon
It loft llorlln at 10:25 In tho morning,
cnrrylng four passcngors, nnd re
turned tho next day at 11:. 10. having
covered 17G miles In n llttlo moro
than 13 hours. This Is the longest
trip, both In point of tlmo and dis
tance, over mndo by any nlrshlp re
turning to Its starting point.
Tho Parsovnl Is owned nnd con
trolled by the Society for tho Study
of Motor Balloons, TIiIb organization,
composed of capitalists, was formed
practically at tho commnnd of Em
peror Wlllinm, who 1b very much In
terested In nerlal navigation. Tho so
ciety has a cnpltnl of 1,000,000 marks,
owns and controls tho Parsovnl pat
ents, nnd Is rondy to construct Its
typo of balloons for tho government
or for commercial purposes.
Will Build Airship Garages.
Lnst fall tho crown prlnco of Gor
ninny mude a trip In tho Zoppollu No.
3. Tho emperor ImB decorated Count
Zeppelin with tho Ordor of tho BInck
Eugle, nnd Gorman patriotism nnd en
thusiasm hnvo been so aroused that
tho Gorman association for nn nerlal
Proparlng to Start a "Dirigible." The
In Its Tent at
fleet hns been organized in sections
throughout tho country, it has an
nounced Its Intoutlon of building 50
garages for the housing of airships.
Franco Is not fnr behind Gormnny
In the matter of supplying her army
with dlrlglblo balloons. Thero nro
two French types, tho Pntrlo and tho
Ucpubllquo. The Patrlo, tho third of
Its typo, was first operated In 1900. It
waB developed by an engineer named
Julllot, employed by Lebnudy Broth
ers at tholr sugar refinery In Paris.
Tho second French typo 1b tho Re
publlquo, which is 200 feet long nnd
35i) foot In dlnmetor. It has a lifting
cnpaclty of 9,000 poundB, of which
2,700 nro available for passongors,
fuel nnd ballast. Tho best It has been
nblc to do was to cover 125 miles in
G hours in nn unfavorable wind.
The English budget this yonr car
ries an appropriation of $100,000 for
military aoronnutlca, and a keen In
tel est la being takon in the subject, so
much so thnt thoro hns been n vigor
ous protest mndo by those officers who
hnvo tho subject In hand ugainst tho
Hinnllucss of tho allotment for tho
work.
Compared with tho five ofllcora and
the 17 men which tho United States
has detailed for aeronautical work In
the army, whole bnlloon bnttalions
nro mnlntalned by Germany, Frnnco
nnd Russia, and u company by Eng
land. The French battalion consists
of four companies with a factory and
an experimental station at Meudon.
Tho German battalion has thrco com
panies of trained officers and men
with headquarters and a school at
Tegol. Russia, which only recently
purchased a dlrlglblo of ono of tho
French typos for mllltnry purposes,
has nsslgned thrco bnttalions for 11b
study and operation, and Is content'
plating some oxtcnslve Investments In
this moana of wnr preparation. Italy
nlso purchased n dlrlglblo Inst year,
and has flvo officers and 80 men ns
slgned to the study of aeronautics,
Spain Iiiib also acquired a small dirig
ible, and even Belgium Is ns fnr ad
vanced na la tho United Statoa in this
respect.
Where United States Leads.
In tho mnttor of aeroplanes, or
heavlor-tliun-nlr machines, howover.
the United States Is somewhat ad
vanced. Tho two machlnoB which tho
government has contracted for, to bo
paid for out of tho funds appropri
ated for tho board of ordnance nnd
fortlllcntlons, nro duo to ho turned
ovor during June, tho Herring mn
chlno on Juno 1 and tho Wright
brothors noroplnno on Juno 28. Tho
contract prlco of the former is $20,000
and tho amount to bo paid for tho ti
tor Is $25,000. Technical dollrory of
both machines has boon made to the
signal corps at Fort Myer, and, so far
as tho Wright brothers nro concerned,
they completed a part of tholr trials
last fall before the ncoldont which re
sulted In tho death of Llout, Solfrldgo
and tho Injury to Mr, Orvlllo Wright.
Slnco thnt tlmo Mr. Wilbur Wright
has beer, continuing hla experiments
In Frnnco with success. Although
tho wnr department has not yet boon
officially advised, It Is expected thnt
tho now noroplano of tho Wright
brothors will bo dollvcred on tlmo,
and that Its trials will occur nt Fort
Myer during tho month of July. Tho
conditions of their contract roqulro n
mnchlno which will hnvo n speed of
40 miles nn hour, nnd In ltfl trial
flights remain continuously In tho nlr
for at least ono hour. It la dcslgnod
to enrry two persons with a comblnod
wotght of 350 pounds, nnd also suf
ficient fuel for 125 miles. Tho trials
lnst year Indicated thnt tho mnchlno
would bo able to fulfill tho require
ments. As soon ns tho noroplancs aro deliv
ered at Fort Myor and tho trials com
pleted to tho satisfaction of tho mili
tary board of aeronautics It Is tho pur
poso of tho signal corps to train tho
bnlloon detachments in tholr opera
tion. Opinions of Exports.
Discussing tho development nnd fu
turo of ncronnutlcs, Lieut Lahtn, who
Is tho signal corps expert, and is de
voting his entlro tlmo to this branch
of the service said:
"Tho military art up to tho tlmo of
the formal entry of dlrlglblo bnlloonB
Into the field of posslblo operntlons
hns boon conducted practically in n
plane whero tho nrmlos concerned
havo boon confined in their move-
Center Picture 8hows tho Airship
Fort Myer.
monts in tlmo and plnco by tho physi
cal charactor of tho torrane.
"Tho dovolopinont of two typos Is
considered ndvlsnblo. Ono compara
tively small, of 50,000 or 100,000 cubic
feet capacity, to bo used principally
for scouting purposes, and to n limited
extent for cnrrylng explosives for
demolitions or for Incendiary pur
poses, such ns tho destruction of
bridges ami supply depots close to tho
mobllo army or const-dofense fort
resses. "Tho second type desired lit the
dlrlglblo la for burden-carrying pur
poses. Tho lnrgor tho airship tho
greater tho speed attainable, and the
gronter Its radltiB of action. Thoro Is
no rensou to doubt that airships of
500,000 to 1,000,000 cublo foot capacity
may bo dovoloped ultimately to reach
a speed of 50 or 75 miles an hour."
In speaking of tho aeroplane, MaJ.
Georgo O. Squire of tho signal corps,
who has given n great deal of tlmo to
a scientific study of noronnutlcs, said:
"If tho United States had possossed
In 1898 n single dirigible balloon,
even of tho size of tho ono now at
Fort Myer, which cost less than $10,
000, the American army and nnvy
would not havo long remained In
doubt of tho presence of Cervera'B
fleet In Snntlago harbor.
"Tho world Is undoubtedly growing
moro humiino year by year. Wo havo
arrived at a conception of tho prin
ciple of an efficient army and navy,
not to provoke wnr, but to preserve
poace, and It la bolloved that, follow
lug thla principle, tho perfection of
ahlpB of tho nlr for military purposos
will materially contribute, on the
wholo, to mnko wnr loss llkoly In tho
futuro thnn In tho past."
In Favor of Soap and Water.
Tho Rochester (N. Y.) City Federa
tion of Women's Clubs Is working in
aid of the nntl-tuberculosls movement,
for tho closing of stores at six o'clock
on Saturday nights, nnd tho plnn to
use the State Industrial school as n
stato prison. It was said at this con
vention thnt soap and water properly
applied aro better than nil the disin
fectants, but that disinfectant makers
would not like this to bo said.
At the Court of Madrid.
Miss Marjorlo Ido will havo chargo
of her father's house, now that ho hna
been nppolntod minister tit Madrid.
She will not bo accorded the honors
of a minister's wife, but sho will havo
a very dignified position nt tho head
of her father's houso. Sho waB nlso
in the Philippines with her father, ns
was her slstor who boenme Mffii
Bnurk3 Coekrun soon nftot'i