, 1888-11-01
BOON FOR THE BOYS.
Their Introduction Into the
Navy Suggested.
FOREIGNERS IN THE SERVICE.
Admirable Porter Has No Faith In Them
Prosperity In Arixona--A Meet
Ing OF the Cabinet.

of the navy says. as regards the apprentice
system, one OF the best features Of the
navy: "rhe crews Of our ships are gen.
orally made up of sailors from every part
naviaR race; good reliable men In the
time OF peace who care little under what
flag they sail. They have no sentiment
for our flag or nationality and possibly IL
II came IN action with O ship Of their own
or nelghboring nation they would haul
down the American colors and hoist their
own. This is acontingency against which
we should provide, and We have means OF
doing so through the vast number of
American boys who are roaming the
streets at will and who would consider
government employment boon. What
Is required is q larger number OF native
born apprentice boys and the enlargement
of conveniences for their introduction
into the service.'
On the subject of torpedoes the admiral
says: 'Torpedoes, no doubt, can be
made powerful adjunct to other naval
appliances, but as matters now stand. tor
pedoes would be comparatively useless
against heavy armed ships with powerful
guns. A grea. ship with great guns will
| command the situation, and having once
| effected an entrance into harbor they can
| by aid of their electric lights, send a diver
TO the bottom and cut the wires connecting
| the submerged swlres. Our country, more
than any other, stands in need of torpedo
vessels of from 1900 TO 2600 tons displace.
ments until we can get our new navy fairly
started. This class of vessels could be
built much more rapidly than cruisers or
iiron-clad, their batteries to be no larger
than six inches and fitted with machine
and rapid firing guns. Mo matter whether
we bring dynamite shells for torpedo yes.
sells to perfection or not, our policy lies in
| building fast cruisers and heavy armed
cads like Maine and Texas These are
heavy artillery, which in battle have de.
cided the contest and will continue to do
so, for the ingenuity of man. will always
| contrive some means to protect the prime
factors of the, great ships from the annoy
ances of small fry"
WAsuGNeToN, Oct. 26.--C. M. Zulick,
governor of Arizona, IN his annual report
to the secretary OF the interior, states that
during the year there has been o steady
progress in the growth and development
of the territory. The population has
largely increased and Indian uepredations
are things of the past. Life and property
Is now safe and law and order are su-
preme.. During the year 1850 acres of
public land were entered by settlers. Two
hundred miles Of canal for irrigation are
in operation and one hundred miles addi.
tional will be built during the present year
The Importance of congress ordering hy-
geographic survey of the territory to
demonstrate the feasibility of artesian
wells and water storage is dweit upon at
length. The yield of gold and silver last
year was $5,77l ,555. The governor re-
news his recommendation of last year for
necessary appropriations for the urvey Of
public lands in the territory, and urges an
early settlement of private land grants,
and nppnaaa tho r,ronnaifinn haFora ,ac
Rress to transfer these claims to special
court to be created for this purpose.
The commissioner of agriculture in
formed the treasury department that cat.
tie driven from Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona,
impart to the cattle in that territory a |
contagious disease known as splenitic |
fever, from which a large number have
died. He requests, in view of the large
cattle industries in Arizona, and the great
danger from infection, that the importa.
tion of cattle from Sonora into that terri
tory be prohibited, except at the points
where the animals can be properly in
spected. The treasury department has ac-
cepted the suggestion and prohibited
importation except at Nogales and Yuma.
and ut these points only when shown they
are free from contagious disease.
WAsHrNGToN, Oct. &c .--Another cab
met meeting was held at the White House
tp-udf anu lOEu cdChNliic lttItT anu COul-
plications growing out of II we're again
discussed. but the meeting was followed
by no new developments.
LONDON, Oct. 26.--No official commu.
nications have as yet passed between the
cabinets of England and the United States
with reference to Lord Sackvile's letter on
the American presidential campaign.
Lord Salisbury has sent to Lord Sackville
several direct dispatches, deploring the
minister's lnjudciousness. 1t is expected
here that the United States government
will make some demand in order to counter
act any possible injury to President
Cleveland. MIR. Phelps, United States
minister here, has already had all inter-
view with Lord Salisbury on the subject
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.--The interstate
commerce commission has made public the
result of the examination of the new trans
continental tsriffs which were put into
effect September /, 1888. II is held that
, determinations are made and undue ad.
vantages are given by the special commo.
dity tariffs. which caused complaint. The
opinion further states that these conclu.
sions were made known October 18th tc
representatives of the transcontinental
lines at an interview, arranged for that
purpose, and we're at once acceded to. The
details of the opinion are substantially the
same az furnished by Chairman Leeds and
reported in these dispatches some days ago.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.--Col. Lieber,
acting judge advocate OF the general army,
| in his annual report shows the number of
persons tried by general court martial dur
ing the past year to be 1880. He points
cretionary powers of the court martial as
now regulated, and recommends legisla-
tion to correct the existing evils.