MANY DIE IN TYPHOON
DISASTROUS STORM IN , HONG.
KONG HARBOR.
Are Smile and LOH o * Life
Is Estimated at 1,000 Changed
Ocean Currents Held Responsible
for llceent Shipwrecks.
I > osa of life estimated at 1,000 has
resulted from a typhoon which swept
the island on which. Hongkong is lo
cated. Enormous damage has -been done
to shipping and otler property. This
* is the news contained in cable dis-
ipatches received from the Chinese city.
t is reported that the coast for miles
3s .lined with the wrecks of small sail
ing craft caught in the storm and driv
en ashore. In Hongkong harbor many
"vessels foundered and officers were
driven ashore. The loss of life was
heaviest among the crews on vessels in
port it is reported that in numerous
cases not a man escaped from the ships.
Inland in the China Sea.
Hongkong is an island situated in the
hiua Sea , off the coast of China , from
vhich it is separated by a narrow
sstrait It was yielded to Great Britain
&y treaty in 1842. The roadstead has a
-well-protected anchorage. Victoria , the
< capital , commonly called-Hongkong , is
I < situated on a bay of the same name ,
ssetting up into the north side of the
island.
II
The port is a great center of the for
eign trade of China. Total exports are
I nroughly estimated at § 125,000,000 and
amports at $100,000,000. As a British
colony on Chinese soil it is the most
dinportant in its political and defensive
{ position , and is the headquarters of the
. military , naval and mercantile estah-
tit aishments. The population of Hong-
Ikong , the city , is about 275,000.
Pacific Currents Changed.
New York shipping men were much
Interested in a cable dispatch which
stated that the steamer Empress of
'China on arriving at Tokyo Sunday re-
jported that considerable changes have
itukou. place in Pacific Ocean currents.
They regarded this as accounting for
sthe stranding of so many steamers in
tthe Pacific recently in the vicinity of
: tbe. Hawaiian Islands. The steamers
Manchuria and Mongolia and the Uni-
TREPOFF IS DEAD.
Great It n * a ! an Reactionary Fa > fle
Array Suddenly.
Gen. Trepoff , Russia's "evil genius , "
died at Peterhof Saturday , and it is an
nounced that angina pectoris was the
, cause , although
there have been ru
mors that he was
poisoned.
Gen. T r e p p ff ,
whose name was in
delibly linked with
reaction. and sup
pression of Russia ,
was in many re
spects a remarkable
man. Hewas a nat
ural despo't , a ty
rant by inclination ,
GEN. TBEPOFF.
education and con
viction. He was one of those men who
have constantly appeared , like evil ge
niuses , in Russian history just at the
time when conditions were more promis
ing for putting an end to despotism-
turn the Russian rulers from liberalism
back into the paths of reaction. It was
he who became the guiding spirit of the
reaction , after Nicholas II. had issued his
famous manifesto , in the falj of 1905 ,
promising the people a share in the gov
ernment. Holding the position of master
of the palace , in league with the court
plotters , who were determined to restore
the old regime , -he constantly had the Em
peror's ear.
TrepofFs life was many times attempted ,
but -he always escaped. 'When the Grand
Duke Sergius was assassinated , he was
named governor general of Moscow. Later
Trepoff was summoned to St. Petersburg
and given the command of the Imperial
Guards and made governor general of the
city.
city.He
He took up his residence in the winter
palace and became in fact , if not in name ,
dictator of Russia. Anarchy prevailed
when , he arrived. An uprising on a large
scale was momentarily expected. Thou
sands had fled the city , But , with Tre- .
poff in the saddle , the aspect of affairs
changed. Troops filled the streets and
dead walls were placarded with , notices
that the slightest disorder would be sup
pressed without mercy. Under his iron
hand .the city became quiet.
During those trying weeks plot after
plot to kill him was discovered and frus
trated. Two of his own nieces were in
volved in the conspiracy. But in his dun
geon-like room In the center of the palace ,
where no bomb could reach him , save by
shattering a dozen walls , with" the tele
phone constantly at his side , he issued or
ders and received reports.
The Emperorwas made to believe Tre-
poffi alone was capable of safeguarding
the lives -himself and the imperial fam-
THE ABRIVAL OP ATJTUMN.
I : - Chicago -Record-Herald.
ited States transports Thomas and Sher-
adan have met this fate.
The Tokyo dispatch adds that the re-
jport of tidal changes harmonfees with
3he Kobe observatory's report of a
jgreat earthquake -mid-Pacific , which
3 ? receded the convulsion at Valparaiso
Jby several hours and is believed to
aave made important changes in the
U > ed of the ocean.
Afi a result of the stranding of the
IPacific Mail liner Manchuria and the
transport Sheridan , both on their way
4o the Orient , and now followed by the
Blongolia striking a reef near Midway
island , all with-in less than a month ,
ithere is much congestion of pa icnges
sit Honolulu , and the long interruptions
-of mails is causing great inconvenience.
A Pro-Mutual Committee.
In response to a call sent out by Jaones
< 3. Colgate , the New York banker , twenty-
.ei'gnt policy holders of the Mutual Life
representing $5,000,000 of insurance , met
: at New York and organized a committee
10 actively support the present adminis
tration. Mr. Colgate is the second larg
est policy holder in the company , carry- .
3ng $1,500,000 on his life. The committee -
-tee , which will be known as the policy-
aolders' protective association of the Mu
tual Life , elected James C. Colgate pres-
3dent and Wm. F. Harrity of Philadel
phia chairman of the executive commit
tee. They say that the international com-
anittee is merely seeking to obtain con-
sirol and has made false accusations to
this end.
3Ian I * Own Motor Boat.
The French inventor who recently as-
jtonished Paris by the introduction of
rsnotor boats has now adopted the petrol
anotor , so as to apply water propulsion
'direct to the human body. The apparatus
as devised so as to keep the body afloat
by means of air bags and a water-tight
'box containing the engine and fuel strap-
jpefc to the back. The user sits on a sort
of a saddle and two rods connect the
enffine with a propeller. The man steers
"himself by altering the position of his
Ixands in tie wator. .
Hy. And sosrith the press howling at
his heels , ihe retired to the Czar's .palace
to become master. Here , in a more con
genial atmosphere , he took the direction
of the campaign for the restoration of
the old order of things. In all , six ac
tual attempts on the -life of Gen. Trepoffi
have been made within the last three
years.
Consul Milner reports that 80 ( per cent
of the lace manufactured in Calais ,
France , is exported to the United -States.
Its value is $6,000,000.
Speaker Cannon , Elihu Root , Secretary
of State , and Grover Cleveland are among
tnose invited to he
trans-Mississippi com
mercial congress to open in Kansas City
Nov. 1.
In an interview W. R. Hearst announc
ed definitely his decision to stand for Gov
ernor of New York 'as the candidate of
the Independence League , but intimated
that if the Democratic convention at Buf
falo chose to indorse him he would not
object.
The three richest men in the House of
Representatives are John B. Andrus of
New York , William B. McKinley of Illi
nois and Wiliam R. Hearst of New York ,
with George F. Huff and Edward DeV ,
Morrell of Pennsylvania a close fourth
and fifth.
Gov. Guild was the recipient recently
from the Massachusetts Society of the
Sons of the Revolution of a replica of the
flag of Bunker Hill , hoisted iby the colon
ists June 17 , 1775.
Senator Benson , -the successor ofSen *
ator Burton of Kansas , was one of the
three lawyers in the State Senate in
1SS1 who framed the first prohibition law
the 'State ' ever had.
.Senator La Follette is a vegetarian. His
daily menu consists of fresh vegetables ,
English walnuts and milk , and it is said a
prize fighter anxious to get into the pink
of cpnditionwculd _ envy -him.
CIAL
The commercial confl >
CMcago. tions evince seasonable
panslon and arc supported
by developments which materially en-r
courage industrial enterprise. Fail ac
tivity is practically entered upon ivlth
} An accumulation of forward work hith-
; rte unsurpassed in its demands ' pen
leading producers. This Involves enor
mous use of capital , and it Is very op
portune that the bank statements thla
week reflect gains in the aggregated de
posits and heavier cash accumulations
than those of a year ago.
Notwithstanding the extreme pres
sure to which plants are subjected , it
is noted that there is steadiness in the
quantities turned out , especially of
manufactured materials , and that this
is accompanied by an unprecedented
distribution of general merchandise.
The Avholesale markets show an un
usually large attendance of outside
buyers .and . this has stimulated Increas
ed bookings for staple wares suitable
to the cold weather trade. Many new
accounts have been opened among the
jobbing branches , and heavy shipments
proceed'to Pacific and Southern points ,
the orders for f7ie latter section being
the best ever entered here. No Injury
bas happened to the extraordinary corn
crop and the rapidly approaching har
vest imparts added confidence in future
business projects. While the discount
rates for money have become firmer ,
legitimate borrowing is not made diffi
cult and mercantile collections continua
satisfactory.
Although the average cost of raw ma
terials has advanced to an exceptionally
high level , there Is no serious complaint
from consumers , and new demands for
supplies remain unabated.
Failures reported in Chicago district
number 17 , against 25 last week and
19 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade.
Trade and Industry dis
Nev Yort. play more snap , sales , !
shipments and outputs In
crease , and later improve as cooler
weather sets a period to the vacation
sea-son and fall activities become .more
pronounced. State fairs , special trade
displays and low-rate excursions help
to attract buyers , who reflect confi
dence born of good crop returns and a
faith in a heavy future trade. Jobbers
and wholesalers report business a'etive ,
buying free and shipments taxing fa
cilities. Railroads return the same re
port as to business offering , and thera
are rather more evidences of strain to
operating facilities by the heavy move
ments of crops , merchandise and fuel.
Collections are rather better than of
late , western and northwestern reports
being most favorable. Business fail
ures in the United States for the week
ending Sept. 6 number 121 , against 138
last week , 137 in the like week of-1905 ,
144 in 1904 , 1G5 in 1903 and 197 in
1902. In Canada failures number 14 ,
as against 34 last week and 25 In thlf
week a year ago. Bradstreet's Com
mercial Report
Ch'cago ' Cattle , common to
$ .00 to $6.95 ; bogs , prune heavy , $4.00 ,
to $6.60 ; sheep , fair to choice , $8.001
to $5.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 70c to 71c ; com , |
No. 2 , 46c to 48c ; oats , standard , 31c to.
33c ; rye , No. 2 , 55c to 5Gc ; bay , timothy
thy , $10.00 to $15.50 ; prairie , $6.00 to
$14.00 ; butter , choice creainer-y , 18c to
24c ; eggs , fresh , 19c to 23c ; potatoes ,
45c to 54c.
Indianapolis Cattle , skipping , $3.00
to $6.50 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to i
$6.40 ; sheep , common to prime , $2.50 to :
$1.50 ; wheat , No. 2 , 69c co 70c ; corn ,
No. 2 vhite , 49c to 50c ; oats , No. 2
white , 30c to 31c.
St. Louis Cattie , $4.50 to $6.50 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $6.55 ; sheep , $4.00 to
$5.50wheat ; , No. 2 , 70c to 72c ; corn , !
No. 2 , 46c to 47c ; oats , No. 2 , 30c to
82c ; rye , No. 2 , 59c to 60c ,
Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $5.75 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $6.40 ; sheep , $2.00 to
$4.75 ; wheat , No. 2 , 71c to 72c ; corn" ,
No. 2 mixed , 50c to olc ; oats , No 2
mixed , 31c to 33c ; rye , No. 2 , OOc to
62c.
( Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $5.25 ; bogs ,
$4.00 to $0.50 ; sbeep , $2.50 to $5. > 0 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 71c to 73e ; corn , N 8
yellow , 51c to 52c ; oats , No. 3 white ,
33c to 35c ; rye , No. 2 , 58c to 60c.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern ,
72c to 74e ; corn , No. 3 , 46c to 47c ;
oats , standard , 31c to 33c ; rye , No. 1 ,
56c to 58c ; barley , standard , 53c to 54c ;
pork , mess , $16.92.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.00 to $6.25 ; bogs , fair to choice , $4.00
to $6.75 ; sbeep , common to good mixed ,
$4.00 to $6.00 ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$5.00 to $8.25.
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , Tic to
72c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , nOc to 51c ;
oats , No. 2 mixed , 31c to 32c ; rye , No.
2 , 55c to 56c ; clover seed , prime , $7.40.
New York Cattle , $4.00 to $6.00 ;
hogs , $4.00 to $6.75 ; sheep , $3.00 t *
55.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , 74c to 76c ;
corn , No. 2 , 55c to Jfrc ; oats , natural ,
white , 37c to 39c ; butter , creamery , 18a
25c ; eggs , western , 19c to 22c.
Telegraphic Brevities.
Armogines Sanchez , a Pulujanes chief ,
has been captured by native Filipino vol
unteers.
S. F. Kline , a laundry clerk , who went
to Atlanta , Ga. , from Savannah , commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with ft
razor. i
WORSE THAN HOMELESS.
Chicago Ha * 1OOOO Youne Students
in Crime.
A charitable worker who has come in
touch with the j'oung of the poorer dis
tricts of Chicago , whence come the tough
tad , estimates that there are over 10,000
boys in the city who are worse than home
less. In other words , they are in direct
line of becoming criminals ' or public
charges , under the teaching of the train
ed criminal who makes the city bis refugfc
The fact that they can buy weapons
and ammunition without explanation
makes it an easy matter for youthful
thugs to start on their careers. They
laugh at the efforts of the police to catch
them. For the most part they live at
home or with relatives , and in the neigh
borhoods are known as dissipated and
tough boys , but not as holdup men. With
companions they sally out at night to iso
lated sections of the city where they know
the police protection to be inadequate.
They choose secluded spots offering the
protection of darkness and lay in wait
Then , with plenty of time deliberately to
stop the victim and take from him valua
bles , th'ey operate until it is time for tbe
policeman to be in the vicinity , or until
the profits of the expedition are sufficient
to satisfy their spirit of revelry and riot *
ing.
INDIANS AND IRRIGATION.
Employed on Government Project *
In Arizona and Montana.
On several of the big government irri
gation projects now under construction
pains havr been taken to give employment
to large numbers of Indians living near
tbe works. In connection witb every pro
ject the government finds it necessary to
undertake more or less road building , and
it is principally on this work tbat the In
dians are employed. Others , more accus
tomed to labor , have employment on tha
canals and at the dam sites. In this way
they are enabled to earn a living and to fit
themselves to become self-supporting when
the government moves from the field and
they are thrown on their own resources.
In Arizona several hundred Apache In
dians are now employed in road building
and on other works connected with the Ir
rigation system. When this project is
completed and the lands are taken up by
settlers , the Indians , or many of them ,
will be able to find employment with the
settlers , as there is much work to be done
before the irrigated lands are converted
Into productive fields. In Montana many
more Indians are at work on the Milk riv
er project , and later , when the government
begins constructions in the Klamath basin ,
employment will be given to all Klamath
Indians who desire to make from $1 to
$2 a day. Possibly better pay will be
granted to those who are competent to
earn more.
Day laborers In Japan average 20 cents
for a day's pay.
The Chicago Waiters' Union has dou
bled Its membership during thet last
month.
Leaf strippers In the manufacture of
cigars in Porto Rico receive during a
week an average of $2.65 apiece.
The Victorian government has decided
to buy 1,400 acres of land at Maribyrn-
eng , near Melbourne , to be used for work
men's homes.
The nine-hour day for coal miners in
France will be reduced to eight and a
half in the beginning of 1908 , 'and to eight
hours in 1910.
Sunday shaving in Niagara Falls , N.
Y. , must stop. At least , this is the de
cision of the officers of the Journeymen
Barbers' Union of that city.
The Cigarmakers' International Union ,
since the adoption of the benefit system
26 years ago , has paid out in benefits
nearly $7,000,000 to its members.
Chinese laborers In Samoa get only
$2.50 a month , 'besides ' board , lodging and
medical attendance. They want $5 , but
the planters say that that would make
farming unprofitable.
The most important feature of the con
vention of the International Brotherhood
of Stationary Firemen , held at Omaha ,
Neb. , recently was the raising of the per
capita tax to 2 cents to increase the funds
on hand.
Organized labor has protested against
the plan of Postmaster Owens of Mil
waukee to equip street mail cars on the
ground that it might Interfere with a
possible desire of the unions to tie up the
street railway lines.
Numerically the Farmers' Union la
larger than any other in the country and
It is growing at the rate of a thousand
members a day. In Texas , where the first
was organized , there are 4,000 local or
ganizations , with a total membership of
200,000.
As an index to the state of employment
among workmen , the New York Labor
Bulletin reports that during the first
quarter of the year only 6.5 per cent of
the members of labor unions in the State
were idle. At the end of March 9.9 per
cent were idle , numbering 37,237 persons.
This was the smallest proportion in ten
years.
The sweat shop evil is being desperately
fought by union labor in New York. It
is hard to kill , as tenement dwellers ,
though wretchedly underpaid , prefer to
do the work at their homes. On the prin
ciple of law that a man's home is his cas- j
tie , which the king may not enter , it offers - |
fers protection to sweat shop methods in
employment of minor children of the
slums.
The grand lodge , of the Brotherh'ood of
Railroad Trainmen "has issued a state
ment showing the increase in membership
in the last ten years. Jan. 1 , 1896 , the J
organization had a membership of 20,331 , j
and July 1 of this year the paid-up membership -
bership was 83,281. The increase during '
the first six months of 1906 was nearly
5,000 , and the officers expect to have a
membership of 90,000 by the end of this
vear. The organization is carrying more
than $75,000,000 of insurance on its members - }
bers , and is the strongest numerically I
and financially of all the railroad brother * ]
hoods , '
CUBA MUST BE GOOD.
PEACE ALONE WILL INSURE HER
INDEPENDENCE.
The Solemn Wnrnlnpr y Prexldcnt
Roosevelt Is Followed by Dispatch
ot Ta.lt and Bacon to the Inland ,
and Revolution Mu t Cca c.
Washington correspondence :
Events are crowding one another in
the Cuban situation. The revolt which
a short while ago the Cuban govern
ment regarded with a semblance of
contempt , professing itself able to
crush in a short time , has developed un
til the United States has practically
been constrained , in the interests of
peace and order , to intervene. The
Palma administration has failed to
deal effectively with the revolt , which
is now widespread , menacing the in
dustrial , social and political order of
the whole island.
The first serious international phase
given to the Cuban situation 'cauie ,
when three companies of United States
marines were landed from the cruiser
i Denver , .at the solicitation of charge
d' Affaires Sleeper , acting in conjunc
tion with President Palma. It was
' represented to the Commander Colwell
j' that the marines were needed to pre-
j serve order and safeguard American
interests and they at once took up i\
position in Havana commanding the approaches -
, preaches to President Palma's executive -
) tive mansion. As soon as the authori
ties at Washington were advised of
. this proceeding orders were promptly ,
issued directing the withdrawal of the
marines , with the exception of a guard
to be stationed at the United States le
gation building. To allow the troops
' to remain around the palace of the
President would be construed , it was
feared , as an act of intervention by
. the United States and as one favoring
the Palma government. It was so con
strued by the insurgents in the field ,
many of the leaders of whom offered
to surrender to the United States au
thority on board the cruiser Denver.
The withdrawal of the marines , how
ever , with the exception of the guard
stationed at the legation , obviated this
entangling difficulty.
r
First Step Toward Intervention.
The second and most important de-
relopment in the situation came when ,
at a conference held at Oyster Bay between -
' tween the President and Secretaries
Bacon , Taft and Bonaparte , represent
ing the State , War and Navy Depart-
, inents , it was decided to send Secre
tary Taft and Secretary Bacon to Cuba
to investigate the conditions there and
lend their good offices in establishing
peace.
President Roosevelt in a letter to
Benor Quesada , Cuban minister to the
United States , clearly sets forth the po
sition of our government relative : o
present conditions on the island. In
this letter the President professes his
good will and that of the American
people toward Cuba and then defines
jur responsibility in the matter.
This nation , says the President , asks
nothing of Cuba , save that it shall con
tinue to deevlop as it has developed dur
ing the past seven years , that it shall
know and practice this orderly liberty
which will assuredly bring an ever-in
creasing measure of peace and prosperity
to the beautiful queen of the Antilles.
Our intervention in Cuban affairs will
only come if Cuba herself shows that she
has fallen into tbe insurrectionary habit ,
that she lacks the self-restraint necessary
to peaceful self-government and that her
contending factions have plunged the
country into anarchy.
I solemnly adjure all Cuban patriots to
band together to sink all differences and
personal ambitions and to remember that
tbe only way that they can preserve the
SIX HUNDRED JUNKS SUNK.
Loss by Typhoon at Hongkong :
Reaches Appallinpr Fljfure .
The entire fleet of GOO fishing junks
sailing from Hongkong was lost in the
typhoon , increasing tbe death toll to 10-
000 persons. Practically all the Baluchis
tan troops and 300 of the West Kent reg
iment are co-operating in clearing away
the wreckage of the typhoon. Prodigious
efforts are being made to recover the
bodies , which are being carried off in
cartloads. The full extent of the typhoon's
havcfc is not yet known , but conservative
estimates place the material damage at
$20,000.000.
Reports of disasters at sea are constant
ly being received. The steamer Albatross ,
with fifteen passengers on board , founder
ed near Futuamen pass. Only six passen
gers and two of the crew were saved. They
swam ashore. The steamer Hongkong
also was lost , and its entire crew is miss
ing. The steamer Ying Fat , from Sam-
chun , foundered and 130 passengers and
ten of its crew are missing. Only two
> f the crew are said to have been rescued.
Doctors Differ as to Alcohol.
During the recent meeting of the Brit
ish medical association , Toronto , opin
ions as to the value of alcobol were ex
pressed. Prof. Woodhead testified that
surgeons had come to the conclusion that
alcobol interferes with the production of
the state of immunity and that it inter
feres with the recovery of the patient.
Also 'Sir Victor Horsley thought that the
value of alcohol as a drug was now prac-
4cally nil.
Continuous Smelting : Proces .
Two Australian inventors have found a
new process for the continuous treatment
of iron ore , which is to be exploited
throughout the wojld. It is a process for
directly converting the ore into.malleable
iron or stee1. and is said to effect a sav
ing of 25 per cent. After the ore is con
centrated it passes through a revolving
cylinder and is brought into contact with
the deoxidizing gas ; thence it falls into a
bath of molten iron and in converted into
steel or malleable iron , the whole process
being automatic.
independence of the republic is to prevent
the necessity of outside interference by-
rescuing it from the anarchy of civil war.
I earnestly hope that this word of ad
juration of mine , given in the name of the
American people , the staunchest friends
and well-wishers of Cuba that there arc
in all the world , will be taken as it is
meant , will be seriously considered and
will be acted upon and if so acted upon
Cuba's permanent independence , her per
manent success as a republic , are. as
sured.
Under the treaty with your government
I , as President of the United States , have
a duty in this matter which I cannot
shirk. The third article of that treaty
explicitly confers upon the United States
the right to intervene for the maintenance
in Cuba of a government adequate for the
protection of life , property and individual
liberty. The treaty conferring this right
is the supreme law of the land and fur
nishes me with the right and the means of
fulfilling the obligation that I am under to
protect American interests.
The information at hand shows that the
social bonds throughout tin * island have
been so relaxed that life , property and in
dividual liberty are no longer safe. I
have received authentic information o
injury to and destruction of American
property. It is in my judgment impera
tive for the sake of Cuba that there shall
be an immediate cessation of hostilities
and some arrangements which will secure
the permanent pacification of the island.
Immediately after being notified of
the action of this government Presi
dent Palma issued an order for the sus
pension of hostilities between the gov
ernment forces and the insurgents and
negotiations have since been under way
looking toward the establishment of
peace. If the opposing fuctions agree
upon a mutually satisfactory basis ,
there will not be much for the Taft
commission to do beside lending its impressiveness -
pressiveness and authority to the per
manency of the agreement. If there is
shown a disposition to haggle over tha
situation the commission will boldly
grapple with the difficulties along the
lines of the President's letter and com
pel peace under threat of intervention
for the protection of life and property.
Uncle Sum Ready to Act.
This government is fully prepared to
intervene should necessity arise. Be
side the Denver and the DCS Moincs ,
which has taken Secretaries Taft and
Bacon to Havana , there are several
vessels either in Cuban waters or ready
to proceed to them. These are the
Marietta , Dixie , Tacoma , Cleveland ,
Newark and Minneapolis. The Newark , ,
carrying a force of marines , is at Havana - '
vana and the Minneapolis , with 400
marines , is also in Cuban waters. The
battleships Louisiana and Virginia and
the battleship New Jersey are at Ha
vana. From each of the battleships
)00 men can be landed , and these with ,
the marines from other vessels would
be able to dominate the situation. The
general movement of naval forces to-
Cuba means more than the protection ;
of American interests. It means that
the navy is being so disposed that a.
cordon of warfihips may be throwa-
around the island republic , importations
of arms and munitions effectually
stopped and the revolution thus check
ed pending adjustment of Cuban af
fairs. This was done by the United
States in Santo Domingo at the re
quest of President Morales of that
country. If President Roosevelt de
sires to go further the navy will be
ready to act
The President , however , does not
want annexation. It is believed that
the people who started the present re
volt did so with the intention that as.
a result the United States would annexr
the island. The present intention of
the United States government , how
ever , is not to annex Cuba , but to re
store peace and leave Cuba in the en
joyment of her independence. All will ,
depend , however , upon the disposition-
the Cubans show to enter into a sincere ,
and permanent peace.
A Pennsylvania mail train broke all
records on that line by the run from Harrisburg -
risburg to Altoona , 132 miles in 119 min
utes.
utes.The
The Illinois Central will soon have its-
own laundry in Chicago , where will 'be '
washed all the linen used on the 4,375
miles of this system.
A San Francisco report says that he
Gould lines have secured right of way
across central Oregon to some point on _
the Snake river as a terminus for the
Corvalis and Eastern road.
The preliminary statement of the Erit
railroad for the fiscal year ended Jun *
30 , 1906 , shows gross earnings of over
$50,000,000 , an increase over the previous
year of $4,277,000 , and an increase in
net of $1,547,000. The company incurred '
an additional expense of only $100,000 in
conducting the transportation of over $4-
000,000 additional gross earnings. This
is an indication that improvements which.
have been completed are producing the
desired results in lessening the cost of
transportation.
It is a curious fact that the American ,
style of passenger coach , with end doors ,
a center aisle and seats on either side ,
was an English invention , while the Eu
ropean railroads cling to the side-door
compartment car and- use comparatively
few of the end-door coaches.
The Canadian Pacific is the first rail
road in North America to serve afternoon
tea on its trains. Those who wish the-
heverage purchase tickets at 25 cents each ,
and in the afternoon tea , rolls , cakes and
so on are brought into the sleeper. This
custom , which is English , will be adopted-
on transcontinental trains only.
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