Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-29
GOOD HEADWAY
Made with the War Vessels Under & onstruo-
tion. with the Exception of the Four Tor
pcdo Boats Last Ordered.


tIon. with the Exception OF the Four Tor
pcdo Boats Last Ordered.
NASHINGTON, sept. -. According TO
reports received at the navy depart
ment from the various ship wards
where naval work is in progress, with
the exception of four torpedo boats
last ordered. good Roadway is being
made with the ships under construc-
ton. These four boats are distributed
among the Iierreschofs Harlan *
Hollingsworth, Wolf Il Zwicler. and
the Gas Engine and Power company
and while the acutal work of construc-
ton upon them has not begun,
much has been done in the gathering
of material To start the work OF the
big ships the battleships Kearsarge
and Kentucky, at Newport News. are
Al per cent. advanced towards conn
pletion. The battleships Illinois. Ala
bama and Wisconsin were ordered
later and they are not so well along,
the figures being 20 per cent. for the
Illinois at Newport News; IL per cent.
for the Alabama at Cramps and - per
cent. for the Wisconsin at the Union
iron works.
One gunboat iS now being built.
namely. the Princeton. at Dialogues
in Camden. and this is 30 per cent adj
vanced toward the end. The queer
submarine boat. the Plunger. built at
the Columbian iron works, is going on
slowly. probably because the plans are
untircly novel and the work il more or
less experimental The state of work
ON the torpedo boats is as follows:
Rodgers. ~ per cent; Winslow, 81
per cent; Rowan. 80 per cent: Dahl
gren, per cent; Craven. per cent
Farragut, per cent: Davis. - per
cent; Fox. - per cent; Talbot. 40 per
cent; Gwin. 40 per cent; Mackenzie, 46
per cent: Mckee. Is per cent.
\ c;tblcgram received at the state de-
partmcHt from United states Minister
Stuart at Montevideo announces the
proclamation of peace there. He had
previously reported that all arrange
IncntS had been made looking to peace,
but that the plan required the ratifica-
tIon Of congress. II is assumed that
this has now been given and that the
inSurrcction is a an end
a final decision has been reached by
the arbitrator who are to determine
the British Guinea Venezuelan bound
umpire. who il to- act with hem. His
name il for the present withheld. 1t
is not Baron Courccll. whose name has
been mentioned in this connection. nor
King Oscar of Sweden. " no was TO name
the umpire only in ease the arbitra-
tors failed to agree. An agreement
was reached without the necessity OF
calling on the Swedish sovereign The
umpire il an European. but this is said
Ia bc without significance Since no
question involving the Monroe doctrine
IL To he submitted To the tribunal
The arbitrator in behalf of Venezuela
arc Chief Justice Fuller and Justice
Brewer, of the uitcd States supreme
court.
NAsIINGroN. sept. 25.-Thc depart
mcnt of the interior has accepted TN,
bid of Frederick j.. Gilbert for all the
timber on Red Cliff Chippewa Indian
reservation in Wisconsin 1t * cSti
mated that the timber amounts I,
100. 900. 900 feet. and MIR Gilbcrt'S bid i,
SilG.O0O. The conditions of the sale
provide that MIR. Gilbert shall cstab
liNh mills on the reservation and man.
ufacturc there the lumber To he made
from the timber: that hc shall cut not
less than III 200. 900 feet nor more than
10000. 900 feet wear. and that ne shall
employ Indian labor when practica hlo
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