The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-09-30
GOOD HEADWAY
Made with the War Vessels Under Construc.
tion. with the Exception Of the -Four Tor
pedO Boats Last Ordered.


pedo Boats Last Ordered.
WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-According to
reports received at the navy depart
meut from the various ship yards
where naval work is in progress, with
the exception of four torpedo boats
last ordered, good headway is being
made with the ships under construc-
tion. These four boats are distributed
| among the IIerrescholf's. Harlan ~
| llollingsworth, Wolf IL Iwicker, and
| the Gas Engine and Power company,
| aud 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 COM
pletun The battleships Illinois, Ala-
bana and Wisconsin were ordered
later and they are not so well along,
the figures being 20 per cent for the
| Illinois at Newport News; q per cent.
for the Alabama at Cramps and IL per
cent. iQr the Wisconsin at the Union
iron works.
One gunboat is now being built,
namely. the Princeton, at Dialogues,
in Camden, and this is 80 per cent adj
vancrd toward the end The queer
submarine boat, the Plunger, built at
the Columbian iron works is going on
slowly. probably because the plans are
untIrciy novel and the work is more or
less experimental The state of work
on the torpedo boats is as follows:
| Rodgers, 9G per cent; Winslow, -
per cent; Rowan, so per cent: Dahl
grcn, per cent; Craven, 4 per cent.
Farragut, per cent; Davis, 81 per
cent: Fox, i5 per cent; Talbot, 40 per
cent; Gwin, 40 per cent; Mackenzie. AZ
per cent; Mckee, Is per cent.
A cablrgran received at the state de.
partlnent from United States Minister
| Stuart at Montcvideo announces the
proclamation of peace there. He had
previously reported that all arrange
mcnts had been made looking to peace
but that the plan required the ratiiica
tion of congress. 1t is assumed that
this has now been given and that the
insurrcction is at an end.
A final decision has been reached by
the arbitrators who are to determine
the British Guinea Venezuelan bonnd
| airy llnc. dS W l1c III I'll dTDllTdiDG pl
umpire, who is to act with them. Iii.
nauic is for the present withheld. Ii
is not Baron Courcell, whose name ha:
been mentioned in this connection, MOI
King Oscar of Sweden, who was to nam,
the umpire only in case the arbitra
tors failed to agree. An agreemen
was reached without the necessity %
calling on the Swedish sovereign. Tn,
umpire is an European, but this is sal,
to be without significance since II,
question involving the Monroe doctrine
, is to bc submitted to the tribunal
The arbitrators in behalf of VeucZucl;
are Chief Justice Fuller and Justc
Brewer, of the United States suprem
| court.
, WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The dcpar,
! ment of the interior has accepted III
, bid of Frederick L. Gilbcrt for all tn
= timber on Red Cliff Chippewa India
= reservation in Wisconsin. 1t is est
. mated that the timber amounts
, 100 O0O 600 feet. and Mr.. Gilberts bid
3 Sil6 900 The conditions of the sal
provide that Mr.. Gilbert shall cstul
9 li.h mills on the reservation and man
r ufacturc there the lumber To be mad
g from the timber; that lie shall cut No
: less than 10, 600 900 feet nor more tina
: 2n. 900 feet Il year, and that hc Nha
employ Indian la Dor when practical
| 10 do,