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Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
THE END IS NOT YET
If the Secretary Approves the Prose- cution an Effort Will Be Made to Bring the Controversy Before Pre- sident Roosevelt on a Report to Bs Found By three Lawyers Representing All Parties in In terest.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Judge Advo- cate Lemley and Solicitor Hanna to- day submitted to Secretary Long their report of the bill of objections, filed by Admiral Schley's counsel to the findings of the Schley court of inquiry. In substance. he report is an argu- ment supplementary to the arUgment made by the writers before the court of inquiry. The principal points are an insistence that the first report is unanimous report of the court of in quiry: that the court was justified in rejecting Admiral Schley's evidence by the number of witnesses who took issue with him. and that there was no sufficient reason for reopeninS the case, as requested by Schley.
 In the event Secretary Long ap- proves the recommendat tions of Lem- ley and Hanna. it is said. on reliable authority, that d suggestion will be made to the president by Schley's counsel that he appoint a board of three eminent lawyers. one to be se- lected by himself ore by Admiral Schley and one by Admiral Sampson, this board to weigh the evidence and report to the president.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
CONCERT OF EXPLOSIONS
Four Big Boilers Blown Up at the
 Same Time.

Pittsburg Dec. 20.-The Black Dia- mend Steel works was the scene this morning of an awful accident in which at least five workmen lost their lives and twelve were wounded. As the night crew was turning the work over to the day crew four boilers in the 10-inch bar mill No. 3 exploded with terrific force. scattering death and destruction in all directions. The mill was completely wrecked. The boiler works of Joseph McNeil, adjoining the Black Diamond mill. were also destroyed. A force of men went to work as quickly as pos sible after the explosion searching the debris for bodies. Five dead and twelve injured have already been removed. The dead have not been identified and the bodies are now at the morgue. Probably 120 men were in the mill at the time of the accident.
 From what can be learned the four boilers exploded at one time, reducing the mill to a heap of burned and charred timbers and twisted iron. There is not a straight piece of iron or steel left in the entire building. Even the bolts in the beams and stringers are twisted like screw nails. The mill had sixty men on each turn, and it is thought that almost 120 men. both crews. were in the plant at the time of the explosion. The injured and dead were found under the wreckage and in the mill yard. where they had fallen in their race for life.
 The No. 1O-inch mill was big iron clad structure built on a steel frame. In the rear of the plant on Twenty ninth street are the big boiler works of
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21

James McNeil. One of the boilers went through Park Bros. mill and crashed into the McNeil plant almost com pletely demolishing it. One of the boil CTS went through the roof of the bar mill. scared through the air across Thirteenth street and crashed into the residence of Robert Price at Eighth street, completely wrecking the house. Price and his family rushed into the street in their night clothes. The ether two boilers were blown to pieces. and 1t was these that caused the most destruction in the mill. Biting cold winds from the river made the work of rescue slow and painful. A meeting of the officials of the plant is now in session and thorough investigation Is to be made.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
RETURN OF JUDGE KIBBEY
A Journey of Many Hundred Miles
 Through Blizzard.

Judge Joseph H. Eibbey returned yesterday morning from a two weeks journey through the east on legal bus mess connected with mining matters He spent more time at Pittsburg than at any other one place. On his re- turn he stopped at Richmond. Ind, aud visited his mother and brother for one day. There were two things with which Judge Kih5ey was particularly struck. One was the great prosperity which Is everywhere manifest throughout the east. and tho other was a blizzard with which he contended all the time from his departure from Pittsburg until his arrival in Arizona. Arizonians are al- ways glad to return home. and Judge Kibbey was especially glad this time.
 He made one discovery on his way back that was worth the whole jour ney to him. and that was that The Republican is circulated and well known beyond the boundaries of the territory. Trains coming west run out of the range of late daily papers after entering New Mexico. That is the only place where a hiatus of that kind occurs in crossing the continent by the Santa Fe. But it doesn't last long. for at Gallup the westbound train is met by The Repub- press that morning. No other coast paper Is encountered until the traveller reaches Ash Fork.
 The judge says that he does not see why the train boy does not carry enough to supply the demand. They are taken up so eagerly that he can not get through the train with them. No New Mexican papers are sold on the trains.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
A HOPEFUL CONDITION
Exp- .ssioa of Governor Taft on the
 Philippines.

Manila, Dec. 2O.-Over 1000 members or the federal party called on Cover nor Taft today to bid him farewell and wish him safe return. The governor, reclining on lounge, addressed 150 or the most prominent of the visitors. saying he was touched and honored by their presence. The organization. he added. had done so much toward bringing about peace and giving the country a stable party and that it argued more for the success of Amer ican labors than anything else during the recent critical times. The goycr- nor said he expected to be back in Manila by next May
 The reports circulated in the United
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
GARDNER BEAT CARTER.
Fight For The Middleweight Champ
 ionship.

San Francisco. Dec. 20-George Gard ner tonight knocked out ~.id Carter in the eighth round. The fight was announced as for the middleweisht championship. and it clearly demon strated Gardner's superiority over Carter. whom he has met three times knocking out Carter twice and gain ing a decision in twenty rounds at their first meeting.
 The fight was q hard. fast and vic ious one. Gardner punished Carter severely throughout. and sent him to the floor half dozen times before the Brooklyn man went out.
 Toby Irwin knocked out Jack Gran field in the second round. Billy Snail ham and Tommy Gilfeather fought ten rounds to a draw.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
LAND OF SUFFERING.
Pitiable Scenes in the New Country
 Thrown Open to Settlement

Guthrie. Okla. Dec. 20.-Every road leading to the new country is still lined with prospective settlers. With out food. generally without money. and in country sparsely settled. they have starved and frozen. and in many cases death resulting among the children.
 Men who have seen these people re- port sights that are the most pitia ble they have ever witnessed. The cold weather also has bred several cases of smallpox in every town and city in the two territories
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
STATEMENT BY MILLS.
A Denial That He Took Other Peoples
 Money.

Toronto. Ont. Dec. 20.-Lee B. Mills, who. in a published dispatch, was all legged to have fled to Canada from Phoenix, Ariz.. where he was manager Of the Southern Mutual Investment company. taking with him considerable money. is here and says he has in- structed lis solicitor to take steps to have the statement denied, as there is no truth whatever in it.
 He added that he has never concealed his whereabouts and declared that the statements that he took the company's money are false.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
BY PEACEFUL MEANS.

Buenos Ayres. Dec. 20-Senor Concha Subercaseaux. the Gillian minister here, reiterated to friends his as surance that the dispute between Chiii and Argentine will be settled peace ably. The Argentine government is sending Senor Portela. minister of Ar genuine at Santiago de Chilli. fresh in structions, which will facilitate the efforts being made to come to an agreement.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
SMALLPOX OR NOT.
A Question Agitating The Public Mind
 At Yuma.

Yuma. Ariz., Dec. 20.-There seems to be no good grounds for fear of q smallpox epidemic here. The result of an investigation made by committee of physicians of Arizona and from Cal ifornia. left them in some doubt as to whether or not the disease IS smallpox.
 As matter Of precaution, how ever. the authorities have established a rigid quarantine of those afflicted or exposed. and no further cases of the epidemic are expected.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
FLEIsHMAN's OIL STOCK.

San Francisco. Dec. 20.-The Farm CTS and Merchants Bank of Los An seles today filed a writ of sarnish- ment on certain shares Of stock of the Garfield Oil company. said to be owned by H. J. Fleishman, the defaulting cashier The amount involved in the writ is SSO,0O0, representing value of 5000 shares of stock. with particular 10000 shares.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
CAUGHT IN THE CRASH.

Lcndon. Dec. 20.-The failure was an- nounced on the metal exchange today of William Sargent. the head of one of the oldest firms in the metal market Mir. Sargent gas long 2.O00 tons of cop per. His liabilities are variously esti- mated at from fsO.0O0 to f6O. .OeO. The market is demoralized by the failure.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
THE DIss DE BARR SETTLED.

London, Dec. 20.-Theodore and Laura Jackson. the latter best known in the United States by the name Of Ann O. Della Diss De Bar" were found guilty today by a jury in old Bailey, on a charge of immoral prac- tices and fraud. The judge imposed sentences of fifteen and seven years of penal servitude upon Jackson and his reputed wife. respectively.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
DIED OF EATING PEANUTS.

Syracuse. N. Y.. Dec. 2O.-The four year-old son of Jacob Berman Of this city died this morning as a result of eating too many peanuts. On Thursday he ate a large quantity and they did not digest properly.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-21
THE FINANCIAL MARKET
Condition of the Stock and Bend List
 Yesterday.

New York. Dec. 20.-United States refunded. United States registered. l0S%: coupon. 109A; 3s registered and coupon. 1Os1H: new Is registered and coupon 13919 old As registered. 111A |; coupon. 112%i; 5s registered. i097s coupon. 1GS-
 Money strong: closing bid 10 per cent
 STOCKS.
 Atchison. 1895; Rock Island. 151A ; Lackawanna. 2461s: Rio Girande. 42. Erie, 4O1s: Great Northern. preferred, 1S4: Manhattan, l34 Metropolitan Street Railway. 161%; Missouri Pa cific. 103k: Jersey Central, 1S2; New York Central. 1661s; Northern Pacific, preferred. 991S: Pennsylvania. 14Tl. :; St. Paul, 1esss; Southern Pacific. eOk {: Union Pacific. 1o2i.: Amalgamated Copper. 6e@4 An9conda. 29ss: Sugar. 11S5s; United States Steel. 42%s.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

deckhands, regarded the race as a
personal affair. Each one knew exact
ly what the Alabama and the Wiscon-
sin had done, and, therefore, what the
Illinois was expected to do, and each
felt the heavy responsibility that rest
ed alike on steering wheel, or engine
shaft, or sack of coal, or on single
drop Of Oil.
At the end of the half-course a sim
gular thing happened Until the race
is finished every power Of the ship is
guarded against mishap. For this rea-
son, the ship usually swings about on
an easy helm, and reserves the test of
her ability to turn in a small circle
to the very end of the race. But
there was some confusion in orders,
and the ship suddenly came about,
hard a-pOrt, and then as suddenly and
mysteriously swung hard to star
board, like a tipsy sailor. Then she
swung again in a short curve, and
came round, beautifully righting her
self, and seemed to leap back into
the path for her squirt home. She
behaved exquisitely under the severe
strain, neither listing too much in the
abrupt swings to starboard and to
port, nor throbbing or quivering under
the immense tension of her engines
At the finish, the Illinois made the
usual figure IS" to show how quickly
she can turn, and swept a complete
circle within three times her own
length.
Then she dropped anchor again in
President Roads, and the great record
breaking, historic race had ended
New records had been established
and new goal and prize set up foI
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

ali future hattleships TO strive for
The Illinois had made 1871 knots
But as n nghterY II is not enough
that battleshlp can steam fast She
must be able to yanQulsh her adj
versary after running her down. Can
the Illinois do this2 Let Fighting
Bob" Evans answer:
THE English sometimes say we
overburden our ships with armament.
That Is what the fighting ship is for
TO carry all the guns she can efectu-
ally use She Is a floating battery,
and If she can hurl more weight Of
metal than her enemy, and can hurl
It as accurately and timely, she viii
win, and the ship Is built TO win.
She must get 10 her fighting ground
quickly, and Outright her foe.
Il believe the Illinois can do both.
/ believe she is the feetest ship OF
her tonnage and fighting power on
the sea to-day and can whip anything
that can now force her to fight, and
many battleships that she could force
to fight her on her own terms"
The Illinois was launched October
4, 1898, at the yards of the Newport
News Shipbullding and Drydock Com
pany, Newport News, Va. Her hull is
36S feet long at load-water line, her
beam seventy-two feet, and draught
at normal displacement of 1925 tons
Is twenty-three feet and six inches.
Her indicated horsepower is 10000;
her speed is 1871 knots, and her
coal supply is 1900 tons. She will
have Forty officers and 440 seamen
and marines. She has triple-expan-
sion twin-screw propelling engines,
| capable of 12O revolutions q minute.
Her ormor consists of q belt, four
feet below and three and a half feet
above the load line, of sixteen and one
half and nine and one-half inches
thickness. The turrets are protected
by seventeen inches of steel plate.
She carries two thirteen-inch guns
each in her forward and aft turrets,
fourteen siX-inch rapid-fre guns, and
q secondary battery of sixteen quick
firing six-pounders, and four quick
firing one-pounders, and two Colt and
two field guns.
The speed Of the Illinois in the trial
race, as given above Q731 knots an
hour is the actual time made against
tide and currents. Her corrected
speed, calculated by the Board Of In
spection and Survey, is much better
17.45 knots. This great speed places
her still further in the lead of Ameri-
can battleships, and is her warrant to
rank pre-eminently as the tieetest
ship of her class in the navies Of the
wOrld.-Collier's Weekly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

New York Commercial Advertiser.
An Irish servant girl Of recent lmpor0
tatlon was preparing the ice cream,
tea and cakes for a Brooklyn evening
party when her employer remarked
to her daughter jocularly. apropos OF
the heat:
I'm afraid those msqultos viii come
In tonight over the back fence"
Going down stairs TO the kitchen
later she was surprised to find several
gallons of tea more than she needed
already made.
You've made too much tea. Nora
she said. Il told you the big kettle
full would be enough"
Sure. that's so, ma'am. replied tho
girl "but that was before you said
anything about the other guests"
What other guests?" inquired the
hostess in astonishment.
why the Mosquitoes. maam, you
said were comm over the back fence"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
. TALLEsT IN AMERICA.
Texas Man who Enjoys Unique Dis.
tinctiOn.

Texas Man Who Enjoys a Unique Dis.
tinctiOn.
Living on a big ranch of his own in
Titus County, Texas, lives a man with
several claims to distinction. His
name is II. c. Thurston, and he stands
seven feet eight inches in height in
his stocking feet. Mr. Thurston is a
native-born American, and now at the
age Of seventy-one years he is still en-.
joying good health. He was one of
the original forty-niners, and went
around the Horn and back across the
isthmus in the days when the trip
meant something. When the wal
broke out Mr.. Thurston promptly en-.
listed in the Confederate cavalry, and
served until the surrender of his regi.
ment in 1865. His great height and
towering figure made him a favorite
target for Federal marksmen, and ii
is estimated that thousands Of shots
were fired directly at him during the
war. But some good fortune seemed
to watch over him, and he was wound.
ed but once, and then slightly. In
1871 Mr.. Thurston removed to Titus
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
Great Scheme

An ingenious method OF getting
around the unwritten law Of the better
physicias that they shall not adver-
tise, without technically breaking the
law has been practiced by a New York
doctor. He does not advertise. He
writes letters thanking his
clients for their appreciation Of his
services and outlining what he has
done for them Quite by accident the
letters are mlsdirected and sent to
those whom the doctor would like as
clients.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

moving at that wonderful speed. Only
the white beaten foam she dashed
wide and far from her bows, and left
In a broad swath behind her, told OF
the tremendous power and speed with
which she was being driven. Admiral
Evans and President Calvin D. circuit,
Of the Newport News shlpbulldng and
Drydock Company, the builders, who
We're on the bridge, Admiral w. r..
Sampson, who watched the first part
Of the trial from n station near the
wheel and ali the other naval officers
present, held their watches to catch
the exact time Of the start and finish
Of the first reach, as II the ship were
a racehorse nearing the wire In n
sharply contested heat
The gunboat Hist saluted as the bat
tleshlp crossed the startlng-llne, and
the great fighter snorted CURLY
through her siren whistle In acknowl-
edgment.
At this moment, as the Illinois had
attained almost her utmost pitch Of
speed, she presented a remarkable
spectacle, viewed from her own for
ward fghtlng-top.
That she could and would make the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

board which consisted Of Rear-Ad-
mlral Evans, Captain @. ]. Train,
Captain J n. Hemphlll, Commander
Charles Rocker, Lieutenant-C Com
mander Charles d. Vreeland, Lieuten-
ant-Commander T. s. Rodgers and
Naval Constructor ]. J. Woodward,
had made a tour of inspection Of the
ship, she left her anchorage in Presl-
dent Roads and steamed slowly out
of the bay. At first she moved with
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
THE BATTLEsHIP ILLINOIS THE FINEST WARS HIP AF1oAr

extreme caution, as if wary Of the tor
tuOus channels, and her helm was In
the hands of a harbor pilot. Then, as
the wide seaway opened before her,
she dropped the pilot, shook off her
swaddling bands, as it were, scorned
all guiding hands, save those of her
masters, and turned her head toward
Cape Ann for her life or death race.
The course of thirty-three knots
had been carefully measured the day
before, and was marked by six boats
and buoys stationed at intervals OF
little more than six knots, the total
distance to be gone over twice, out
and in. The path lay directly across
the deep blight in the shore-line of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
and ended off Cape Porpoise beyond
Mount Agamenticus on the Maine
coast The gunboat Hist was the first
stake, and the others were in their
order, the training ships Lancaster
and Essex, the gunboats Newport and
Peoria, and the naval tug Potomac.
Long before the Illinois reached Cape
Ann she had worked up to a high
speed, and when she swept around
the first stake-boat and swung easily
into the path she had to follow, she
was making more than seventeen
knots an hour, So smoothly did she
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

the busy harbOr traffic of Boston, on
the. morning of June u, awaiting the
supreme moment that should see her
transformed from a germ in iron and
steel into a battleship. She had lain
there for some time, and every hour
her picked crew and her shreWd build
ers had made her fittel, and stronger
and fleeter. They had let the CRIME
and dirt accumulate on her decks, and
soil the creamy white of her graceful
" curved sides; but they kept the ma
chinery clean and free, and as sleek
with oil as the mouth Of million
gallon "sponter"
The test Of the ship had been re-
garded by all as a dramatic climax
toward which everything was moving.
Her builders had been preparing her
for this moment ever since her launch
ing on October A, 1885, and the United
States Navy, which was to reject or
accept her on the result Of the trial,
had selected a trained body of Off
GERS to witness the race. AS if to
mark the occasion as a sort of baptism
Of fire, Rear-Admiral Fighting Bob"
Evans was placed at the head of this
Board.
On one, however, not even her build
ers or her crew, expected that she
would run the marvellous race she
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
A clean sMIpe.

On his way home from the lodge
Mr.. Jymes was held up by footpads
and relieved of all his valuables.
What did they ge5, Rufus?" anx-
icUsly asked Mrs. Jymes, after he mad
reached his home ana reported his
loss.
Everything except the password, 3"
he roaned.-Chicago Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
No Guarantee Given.

What is the matter with those
weather bulletins Of yours?" asked the
man who complains about what can't
be helped.
MY dear sir" answered the wealth
er prophet, those are merely predic-
tions, not promises. Washington
Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
Travellnn Exnerlences.

Mother-Sir, hope my little boy
doesn't worry you by his fretting and
crying; he isn't well, or he wouldn't
act so.
Mr. Man-Oh, no; all children act
that way; l am used to tin fact,
haven't seen a well child for twenty
years.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
Rainy-Day Trousers.

Mrs. Chatterton-Henry, for good
ness sake, don't wear such short trou-
sersi Give them to the rag-man!
Chatterton-not much You women
haven't any patent on the rainy
day costume idea. These are my rainy
day trousers Ohio State Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

speed required by her conuact-six-
teen knots an hour-was evident to all
from the moment she rignted herself
from the turn and moved down the
line of stakeboats that disappeared
in the direction of the Maine coast.
The crew. from Captain Hanlon and
helmsman and engineer down to the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13

The River Platte during the summer
is dry along the greater portion of it's
course. The water runs under ground
only an occasional pool appearing on
the surface. BY digging almost any
where in its course a supply Of fresh.
cool water may be obtained.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
sG6sesessseeeaaAeeAeeese.
FHE MISUNDERSTANDING
RACE OF THE ltElH0lS.
ny stnnhope Sans. Special Core
apondont Of Collier's Weekly.


~ He seemed almost conscious Of
~ the part she played-the great
y battleship Illlnois-as she
settled down 10 her race
through the ocean path that had been
marked out for her to prove that she
was the swiftest, and wlthal the most
terrible, sea-nghter Of her class afloat.
She gave the impression that the
beauty and splendor she will some day
wear had been renounced, and that
here she was TO exhibit only her
winged power Of fight and her deadly
strength. So stripped was she that
every muscle seemed laid bare, and
she was still begrimed with the sweat
of labor that had fitted her to run and
win the race against a hundred rivals
In the navies Of the world.
The Illinois, a dull dingy, gray hulk,
lay beyond the brooding islands and
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-09-13
Good Girl.

Sne-I only paid 81 for my new hat
t1day.
He-Goo1 girl.
She-And the milliner says that she
car trim it beautifully for only $50
understandable Journal.