Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-27

Congress has now supplied means for fur
nishing these ships and work is progress
ing rapidly. The Miantonomah, 3,Sl5
tons, will be ready for service this year
the Puritan, 6,o00 tons, has her engines in
place, and is nearly ready for her armor,
while the Terror, Amphrite and Monad-
mock, 3,Sl5 tons each, are now receiving
their machinery. The other two srmored
ships have not yet entered upon their first
stage OF existence, their construction having
only been authorized by the last Congress-
They are to be of 6000 tons displacement,
to have double bottoms engines designed
to drive them at speed of sixteen knots
per hour, and complete torpedo outfits and
arpaments of the most effective kind
They are to cost not more than s., 500 600
each. In the mere matter of displacement
these ships will exceed by nearly one
fourth the best and largest of our present
naval vessels, while in speed and effective
ness they are depended upon to compare
fayorably with the better classes of Euro
pean cruising warships. The dynamite
gun cruiser will be a novelty, comparable
probably to nothing now in existence. The
Secretary of the Navy is required 10 make a
contract with lis inventors, for its conStrue-
ton and the Department will have little or
nothing to do with the work beyond pass
ing judgment upon the plans in advance,
| and result at its completion. The c1ndi-
tions imposed by Act of Congress con-
template the construction of vessel 130
feet long, proportionately very narrow, and
of very light draft, with exceedingly pow
erful engines guaranteed to be capable of
producing speed of 20 knots. In brief,
The plans of this craft are understood to
look to the placing of machinery and other
ordinary appliances of a ship towards the
bow and stern, leaving the region amid
ships for the magazine and pneumatic
guns, the latter being fixed in position and
having a high elevation. The dynamite
missile will be thrown like bombs from
| ordinary mertars, With all these vessels
ahoat, the United States as a naval power
will outrank Brazil Chile, the Argentine
Republic China, Japan. Greece, Norway,
Portugal and Sweden. and will be abreast
of Turkey, Spain Holland and Denmark
She will still be outranked by England,
| France, Germany, Austria, Italy and
Russia
Precaution Against Cattle Disease.
Denver, September 26th.-The President
of the International Range Association to-
| day issued the following circular: I" To the
| officers of the various State, Territorial and
| local Cattle Growers Associations of the
range country. Within the past twenty
| four hours telegraphic dispatches have con-
| firmed the startling intelligence that con-
| tagious pleuro- pneumonia exists to an
alarming extent in and about certain dis
| tilleres, feeding farms and dairy farms OF
| Chicago and vicinity, and while this is be-
| ing written. every thinking man in the
range country is no doubt seriously con-
templating the possible imminent danger
| the outbreak bears to his investments.
| Chicago is the chief mart for our Western
/ cattle, and is also leading point for dis
| tributing Eastern cattle; and absolute ne
| cessity for the employment of every pre-
| cautioDary measure for the protec-
| ton of your herds is obvious. Live
stock sanitary regulations of West
| ern States and Territories are
lamentably deficient, and for the most part
such regulations as have been promulgated
have not been efficiently enforced, thus
aifording easy opportunities for Eastern
cattle to gain admission to Western ranges
A rigid enforcement of all existing sanitary
regulations for the protection of Western
cattle must be demanded, and every posi-
BILE effort should be put forth by your
| Associations to aid the sanitary authorities
! in the various States and Territories to
| strengthen and improve upon the present
| protective systems and regulations. I'm
| mediate ac,ion should be taken in order
I that all sections where the disease is known
| 10 exist may be quaraptined against.
Railroad and transportation companies
connecting the East with the range country
should be notified Of the existing live stock
sanitary regulations, and their cooperation
earnestly solicited, in order that all danger
| from such lines Of communication may be
averted. You should be prompt in reouir-
| ing that all cars used in transporting live
stock be thoroughly cleansed and disin-
! fected after having been unloaded. The
intelG Gent management of our railroads
will observe and enforce this important
precaution, if properly brought to their at
| tention, and Brand Inspectors at various
| market centers east of US should receive
such instructions from your State and Ter
ritorial Sanitary Boards as will make them
yigilant in reporting all cattle from the
east that are weStwardbound, as well as
the State or district of the east from whence
| they were shipped. Eternal vigilance is
| the price OF liberty To Us it is the price
of safety.
Wonderful Prehistoric Discovery il Wis
consin.
MILWAUKEE, September 26th.-At Kau-
kauna, Wis, workmen engaged in eXca-
waiting sewer came upon the ruins of q
stoLe building at depth of eight feet.
workmanship and polish. Further digging
deyeloDed a quantity ofashes, a6out twenty
five bushels of which were removed, when
another wall was struck. The stones were
finely faced, some being blackened. as if
by fire and smoke. Others must have been
subjected to great artificial heat, as they
had crumbled into lime. The work was
found but foot or two above the bed
rock. and shows evidence of workmanship
that could have been performed only by a
highly civilized race. 1t must have been
done centuries ago, SIS a large elm tree had
grown over the rains. The discovery has
led to the advancement of many theories.
Legality OF the Boycott.
BUFFALO IN. W, September 26th.-In
the United States District Court, yesterday,
John H. Dunn, John Doyle, Edward Bates
and George Salspaugh, members of the
Cgarmakers Union of Binghamton, were
arTaigned on charge of conspiracy to in
jure citizen of the United States in the
exercise and enjoyment of the rights and
privileges secured TO him by the Constitu-
lion of the United States. They pleaded
not guilty and were held in 1900 bail
each to appear at the November term at
Auburn. The specific charge is that they
attempted to boycott non-union cigar man
ufacturers. and the case is brought under
Section 550S of the United States Revised
Statutes The case is of much importance,
as if the construction of this statute,
claimed to be the true one, is sustained by
the Court it will wipe out all the boycotting
of union-made cigars throughout the
United States.