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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-11-01

clean, honest government and in
order to have that, the affairs of the
party must be dominated by that
kind of men. Purity in politics
should not be an ingalls, dream, but
an ever present reality.
To be called politician should
not carry with it the necessity of
bartering soul and body for place
and party standing. The trickster
and ringster should be relegated tothe
rear and honor, ability and states
manship should be the attributes of
the preferred man.
A BIG GUN.
The biggest gun in the world is be-
ing finished up in the government
gun factory of Watervliet, N. Y.
1t has been over five years in course
of construction. 1t is a I6 inch
breech-loading rifle. 1t is intended
for harbor defense.
a number of these monsters will
be constructed by the government
and used for the defense of the har-
bors of New York, Boston, San
Francisco and Hampton Roads.
The shell this gun throws weighs
1910 pounds and requires charge of
II76 pounds of ordinary powder or
SIC pounds of the new smokeless.
1t costs over $1,000 to fire the gun.
1t will shoot FL miles. 1t is esti-
mated that it will penetrate over AZ
inches in hardened steel. The shell
is five feet four inches long. If the
gun is fred at an angle of As degree
the shell will fly over five miles high.
The gun is IS feet in length, S feet
in diameter at the breech, and a
little over feet at the muzzle. 1t
weighs, exclusive of the carriage,
1870 tons.
Just think of one of those guns be-
ing planted at Walnut, in the edge
of Crawford county, and dropping
those ton shells into Chanute!
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UTE stigma seems to at
tach to the word politics.
There is no more just reason
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

TIME bird of freedom is the generally
accepted ornament serving as a
Hgurehead on American war YES
sels. 1t is bronze casting and is
as much part of the ship as the
Ke plate or any portion of the ma
chlnery. The appropriation bill providing
lol .ne oulldlng of new ships has this
PROVISION since 1880: I'm all their parts
SAID vessels shall be of domestic manu-
facture." Prior to 1889 there were certain
articles such as hollow shafting and par
ucular steel castings which it was found
necessary to import, but this necessity
no longer exists, yet the law is being con-
stantiy violated and parts of engines
nave Deen purchased in Europe. The
latest instance of disregard of the law
referred to is the arrival in New York
on October of the British, steamer
Mar1stow from Havre with six cases of
bronze eagles to decorate United States
war vessels. The work was done in
France, where the workmen receive 81 so
a day, against So so paid to our work.
men, The work could have been done
as we'll in this country and 1t is to be
presumed that only the comparative
cost prompted violation of spirit and let
ter of the law
Four torpedo boats recently completed
for the United States navy have passed
successful trials, all exceeding their con-
tract speed. The Shubriek, calculated to
make twenty-six knots, made 2675; Bag
ley and Barney exceeded their contract
Tor twenty-eight knots by IL and IL
knots, and the Bailey made 30.2 knots, or
2 knots over the contract The new tor
edo-boat-destroyers have been less sue
cessful, notably the Perry, which reached
a maximum speed of only 2S.20 knots, or
8 knots short of the contract, although
the horsepower was 7752, or 752 in excess
of the power calculated The failure was
due to defective design and several boats
similarly affected are having their sterns
reconstructed with a view to overcoming
the defect in speed
The growth of the German navy since
1879 has been almost as phenomenal as
that of Japan. The naval force in 1879
was seventy-four ships of all classes,
which ten years later had increased to
19S By 1920 the navy will include thirty
eight battleships, twenty large and forty
five small cruisers, and Germany will
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SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE.

- ONSUL GENERAL STOWE of Cape
1 Town. in the October number of Consular
~ Reports gives a gloomy account of the pres
ent conditions of trade in South Africa, but an
nounces that the prospects of future trade are much
brighter than would have been expected of a country
that has been so harried and wasted by war;
OF the present situation he says: The war drags
along trade in the Transvaal and the Orange River
Colony languishes; the fields bare and practi-
cally no planting has been attempted Several thou
sand Uitlanders have returned to Johannesburg to
prepare the mines for future operations. A number
of these are at present engaged in working up the ore
mined before the outbreak of the war, but the mines
cannot be the full capacity until the return of
the native refugees which will probably not be until
after the cessation of hostilities"
War has not been the only thing that has nterered
with trade The Consul notes that there is a large
amount of merchandise and machinery at the ports
awaiting transportation to the Interior but Just at the
time the railways were released from military traffic
so that they might handle the commercial shipments
there came a panic fear of the bubonc plague that
checked business, prevented the moving of trains,
caused an exodus of the population and upset values
Under such circumstances the dischargng of cargo
was slow, and the Consul says: AT one time there
were in the harbor no fewer than 100 steamships and
quite many sailing vessels with cargoes valued at
nearly $25,oooooo."
Our trade with South Africa is growing the inn
ports from this country having increased from little
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PERSONAL MENTION.

c. W. NIier of Sacramento is at the Lick
Dr. J. J. Hogan of Vallejo isat the Lick.
L. A. Crane of Santa Cruz is at the Pal.
ace.
DR.. L. P. Tooley of Willows is at the
Lick.
A. H. Mabel of Newcastle Is at the
Grand
Judge Thomas D. Bond of Iakeport is
al the Palace.
E. E. Briggs, rancher of Gridlev. is
at the Grand.
Ira A. Collins. mining prornoter %
Hackensack, N Y. is at the Grand.
E. j. Rule. a mining man of Sonora is
In the city and is staying at the LEX.
f. r. Cramer, a manufacturer Of St.
Louis, was among the arrivals at the Pal
ace yesterday.
Dr. and Mrs Thomas Flint of San Juan
returned yesterday from an extended tour
OF the East and took apartments at the
Palace. ''i0
state Controller z. p Colgan- accou-
panied by his wife, came down from Sac
ramento yesterday and took apartments
at the Lick. Il -
Paymaster w. G. GambriII of the Trnito5
states Army returned yesterday from
portland. Or, where he has been Stationed
Ior several months. He is STAYING at tbe
Palace. @0 ltlS
Gus Holmes, proprietor of the Knrtts-
FORD Hotel of Salt Lake is at the Pa1ooe
lie leaves to-day for Los Angeles 70 -
perVlse the construction of the Hotel A.,
seleS, FRANK Cummings. former clerk op
the Palace Hotel, will so with him.
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take third place in the list of the worlds
naval powers.
Five destroyers, or high-sea torpedo
boats, have been contracted for to be
built at the Germania yards, Kiel, for the
German navy, Their horsepower will be
5000, or about the same power as that of
the coast defense ship .Lachsen, vessel
twenty times larger than built twenty
four years ago. The acceptance trials
are severe in the German navy and there
is no chance for 'jockeying," or getting
up artificial speed. The vessel is manned
entirely by naval officers, navy engineers,
firemen and machinists and the series OF
trials are no less than six in number, the
successful outcome of all being pretty
sure to establish the efficiency of the
boat. The most imp ortant is the so
called storm trial." in which the Tor
pedo-boat destroyer must pass four hours
on the open sea with a force of wind OF
thirty-five to sixty-five miles an hour'
the propellers making a number of reVo-
lutions corresponding to fifteen knots IN
smooth water and upon the behavior OF
the boat under these conditions depends
it's acceptance or declination-
The French battleship Jena reflects
great credit on the expedition shown In
construction and the satisfactory result Oh
her trials. Her keel was laid at the Brest
dockyard, January Is. 1895, and the launch
took place September 1 of the same year..
On January 10 last the ship went to sea
to undergo trials under medium speed and
everything worked well, a mean speed of
fourteen knots with 300 horsepower being
attained. Four subsequent trials of four,
six, six and twenty-four hours, under
varying conditions, have taken place with
gratifying results, her average speed with
maximum horsepower being ia knots
during six hours Neither engines nor her
twenty water-tube boilers gave any
trouble whatever. The Jena is of 12052
tons displacement and cost about $780,
600, including guns.
The British battleship Resolution, at
present serving as flagship of the Cham
mel squadron, is to be withdrawn and re-
placed with the Formidable, just COM
pleted. The London Engineer expresses
the opinion to the effect that the Reso-
luton is back number that she was
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over $I6,oo4,ooo in 1890 to than $2ooooooo in
1900 The increase is due of course the demand
tor war supplies and oodstuffs With the return OF
peace the war demand will fall off, but the Consul
believes the revivng industries of the people will
more than compensate for any dminution that
score.
In speaking of the future he says It is said plans
are matured for expendng $5oooo,ooo in new rail
ways that several thousand miles of telegraph lines
to be erected and renewed; that $5oooooo is to
be expended for public works and 100000 har
bors that 100000 is to be invested in electric lines
in Natal that SIS 100000 or more is to be expended
IN the Transvaal and like in Orange River
Colony
The machinery and the material used in these
works will of course be obtained from the quarter
where they can be had cheapest, for South Africa
will have no money to spare when the task OF re-
building begins. There is therefore a chance for
Americans to enter the market in competition with
the British. The Consul says Our trade for 1899
and 1000 with the Utanders of the Boer states (our
best customers those states) has been lost owing
to their exodus. On their return to their old bust
ness their trade will be again open to u.s. and in time
great Improvement will be witnessed, particularly
IN Johannesburg. The streets will be properly paved
and the sewerage system so much needed will be in
stalled. beginning has been made in opening up
the mines hotels and stores Goods being for
warded by the military authorities. As soon mer
chants have ample stocks the military stores will be
closed"
1t will be seen, then that the outlook for trade in
South Africa is by no means bad The vast amount
of Government work to be done will be particularly
attractive to American manufacturers and so the
ruin that has been wrought by British war will be
remedied to a large extent by American industry
and enterprise.
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BRONZE EAGLES FOR AMERICAN
WARSHIPS IMPORTED FROM FRANCE

abIa tn keen station during the recent na-
val maneuvers at thirteen and One-half
knots only. The ship was launched N 1873
and is credited with trial speed OF To
knots and the deterioration in her six
years service is something remarkable,
eoualing that of our Indiana and Iowa,
which in a couple of years became nine
and eIeven-knot battIeships, although their
trial speeds had been 15-547 and 17.0S7
knots, respectively.
The -Syren. torpedO-bOat destroyer, built
by Palmer at JarrOw-On-Tyne, has made
her official trial and averaged SOS horse
power and thirty knots for three hours. In
six runs over the measured mile course,
the horsepower was 66S9 and the speed
29.S12 knots.
Japan is rapidly developing shipbuilding
operations in it's doCkyards and within
five years will be Independent of foreign
shipbuilders. At the present two protected
cruisers, named Niikata and Tsushima
each of 1920 tons displacement are being
built atlthe YOkOsuko dOckyard. They are
S34.6 feet in length, 1875 feet beam and 1s
feet draught, with engines of 400 horse
power, calculated to give a speed of twen-
ty knots. Four destrOyers of SS1 tons and
twenty-nine knots speed are also being
built at that yard, while at the Kure dock
yard six torpedo boats of 152 tons and
tWenty-nine knots are in course of con-
struction.
The armor and steel plant nov being es-
tablished by the Japanese Government is
estimated to cost s., ,16S ,732 and 10 be COM
pleted in five years.
The Russian Pacific squadron will in
the future consist of six battleslips, eight
armored~ cruisers, seven sea asOing gun
boats, two torpedo transports five tor
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and a f1Otlla Of tor
pcdo boats. The aggregate displacement
of this fleet is 143.524 tons, carrying 216
heavy guns and 6S6 smaller qlick-frers.
Spain has ordered two school ships buit
by contract They are to be OF 2500 tons
displacement, ship rigged and With auxil-
iary engines to give a speed Of twelve
knots, and a coal capacity for cruising
radius of 20OO miles. The batteries will
consist of eight six-pOunders. twp smaller
guns and and two torpedo tubes.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

VX TlIH the transfer Of the Market Street
NV Railway system to syndicate of Baltimore
capitalists who operate street railways as a
matter OF business and not for politics, there will
come to the people of San Francisco many benefits
One OF the most important of these will be cur
tailment Of the power of W. F Herrin, who will no
longer hold the position of attorney for the road
Herrins relations to the corporations of which he
acts as attorney have been peculiar If he devoted
himself strictly to law matters, if he undertook
faithful supervision Of the law business Of the South
ern Pacific Company lie would have enough to do in
the work OF that corporation alone occupy his time
and employ all of his energies. 1t happens how
ever that the kind OF service he renders under the
of law is of srch nature that he serves not
Cnly the Southern Pacific, but the Market Street
Railway, the gas company and water company as
well.
A stranger to San Francisco might we'll inquire
with surprise why all those corporations should en-
poy the attorney, and how it is that the one
man serve them ALL since each of them neces-
sariy has large amount of law business to occupy
the attention of its counsel. The resident of San
Francisco however, feels surprise on the subject
The services which Herrin renders to the corpora
tions do not keep him busy porng over law books
They are of nature which lead him to employ as
associate counsel such Kelly and Crimrnns
Ihey are not so 1atgulng to the BRAIN eXausting
to the conscience.
Had he been man of any greatness OF ideas or of
any TACT Herrin might have made his power useful
alike to the community and to his employers H has
however preferred associate with the lowest bosses
of politics rather than with the business elements OF
the city, and to elect corrupt or corruptibe men to
office rather than to support good men. He has
therefore made enemies for every corporation he has
served, and has done them more harm than good
He has msmanaged the affairs of his employers
that they virtually compelled to stand in with
and support the worst elements of municipal politics
because Herrin has brought them into position of
antagonism to the better elements
With his dismissal from the Market Street Rail
way law department Herrins power will to that ex-
tent be curtailed Then it will be for President Har
riman to determine how much longer he will retain
at the head of the law department. OF the Southern
Pacific Company man who gives SO much of his
time to other corporations much private prac
tice, so much to associatiRg with Kelly and with
Crmmins, SO much to cofrupting Supervisors and
SO much to alternating from the road the favor and
the friendship OF merchants, OF manufacturers and of
the community whole
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14
A CHANCE TO SMILE

FIRST Reformer-We shall soon have 49,.
right to propose to the men.
second DO.-Yes; but if the men b..
the right to refuse we shan't gain rnTcb
Shall we?-Pick-Me-Up. L.
If you are a sensible man" said ~,
Rev. X Horter, You viii stop drinISin- IS =
My dear sir said the candid n
Tanque, IF L were sensible me-
would not have started. .a-PhiIade11,-t
Record. iphla'
That Kentucky novel is having a 6ns
Yes; you see. it got such a good go
by having a race horse ana a 7Era b,ra.y SSdIs
whisky named after it at ONE >, rSsl.u .si,u OE
Record-HeraId. ilicago
Professor Ito co-eds)-Now ,,o
dies, l desire to direct your at+o,,.te ,.Ls Ia
one OF the most remarkabIe .r7f tI1- sAOI 10
cts, Saturn, which has two boa,tt.S[- Pc
rings '"O beautiful
Chorus-How splendid!-Tt-Ri+s
"A confidential Explanation-"And wbos
90 we mean by saying that we do do NOV %i,ae il
Ceno 10 annex Manchurfa?'' asLeS -,
friend TREND we mean,' replied tbe B,sia-9 Us
hteSiildh' mat we have annexed n al.
Ieauy; ;, ana 1t isn't necessary 10 do II
IneIglble.-''So Spudders going 10 ioi,,
your fishing club, eh?p - JUN
NO. He heard that a man had 70 ba
to join" % ASherInan
"Wen?"
Spudder can't fish" "-Brooklyn Life.
MT BtnSo, the junior member Of the
I ,ilnl' had a peculiarly irritating sneeze. 1T
began with an elaborate and terrifvine,
1V.i.u Se.Ies oI Iaclal commissions, and ended
Win a most lame and impotent Daroxvsn,
tnat mat always disappointed the expectanr
observer
Your sneeze." said Mr.. .CSrineo the
senior partner, after watcbine- bi-e
through one of his strenuations dc a raa-,
ular circus.'
"A circus?" said Mr.. Bingo
Yes sir was the rejoined. ',rhe per
.a IoInlahce never comes up to advance
notices. Youths Companion
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

The organization in London of a tobacco trust
strong enough to control the entire tobacco trade of
Great Britain is the latest combine reported in the
commercial world, and the people who have been
saying that trusts due the American system of
protection will have to put it in their pipes and
smoke it.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

RIVER AND HARBOR BILL-B. W.,
Oakland, Cal The river and harbor bill
did not pass at the last held session of
Congress.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

Boss Croker of Tammany has had volume pre-
pared containing extensive collection of cartoons
Of which he is the target, and it is said he likes to
look at them Evidently the old man knows Joke
when he sees it and srt thinskinned
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

SLAVE-Old Citizen, City. There are no
slaves in the United States now, and when
there were such slave was not accorded
the right of franchise.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

SUMMER RATES at Hotel del Coronado
Coronado Beach. Cal. effective after ApriI X.
$50 for round trip including 10 days at botsI
Pacific Coast S s. CO.. New Montgomery ST
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

1t is noted that the St. Louis papers refer to the
President not Teddy" but "Theo"; and it
would seem they are doing it just to show culture
superior to that of Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

1t is said Emma Goldman thinks of undertaking a
dramatic career and should she try it she would prob
ably expand the theater, for while she would lower
the stage the audience would raise the roof.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14
LEADING FRENCH CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
EXCLUDES ANARCHISTIC YELLOW JOURNAL
Cee Francois Follows the Example the Influential Organizations and individuals
Have Barred the Newspapers
THE CALL. CITY.
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CERCLE FRATCAIs,

s6a n E b
uy Secretary
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

Special information supplied daily IN
business houses and public men by ths
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen' 50, $40 Monf-
gomery street Telephone Main 1Q4a
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

TAXES Subscriber, City. The first
record of the levying of taxes upon the
citizens of country was the act of Scion,
the first Athenian legislator, $40 b. Q.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

Townsend's California glace fruits 5oc =
pound, in fire-etehed boxes or 5an -
kets. A nice present for Eastern friends
6S9 Market street. Palace Hotel b1ileIinS- "a
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

IRISH GIANT, A. o. S., City.-There is
record of Patrick Cotter, who was called
1.-The Irish Giant His height was feet
inches. He died in September, 1906.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

THE MACCABEES-L. A. L., Spreckels
Cal. The headquarters of the Knights of
the Maccabees of California is in San
Francisco. S. W. Hall is the State COM
mander.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

A MINORS PROPERTY-A. S. o. T. c..
Lathfop, Cal. The personal property of
minor is his individual property and can
not be seized by the creditors of the father
to satisfy a claim.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

There is no man better fitted than Lord Roberts
to advise the British people to have patience instead
of fretting over the in South Africa. Whatever
the struggle may have brought to Others has been
highly profitable to Roberts, and he can talk patience
with all the sincerity of who is himself we'll
satisfied and has no kick to make
The latest report is that since the English have
repeatedly failed to lift the Americas cup and since
Sir Thomas Lpton has had no better luck when chal
longing III the name of Irish yacht club, the
Scotch have come to the conclusion that victory is
reserved for them and Scotch syndicate is about to
issue a challenge.
Judge Baker Nof Ohio has made something of a
sensation in the East by declaring from the bench:
Man has God-given right to work. but no court
has right to make him enjoy it if he doesn't wish to
do So" On that platform the Judge ought to get
the hobo vote whenever he runs for office
President Roosevelt is said to have informed sew
era1 members of Congress that their recommenda-
tons for appointments to office will be favoraby re-
ceived provided they recommend fit men, and now
the Congressmen wondering what sort of a fit
the President likes best
Indiana has already had her first snowfall this
son, and as it is said have been the earliest in
thirty years the weather men are prophesying bad
winter from way back The scare however will not
reach to California Our weather is all right
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

heat into gas. Water heated to tenn
perature of 212 degrees produces steam,
which escapes in the bubbles of the pro-
cess of boiling. Steam is not visible. The
cloud that can be seen escaping from an
engine or locomotive or from the spout of
kettle consist of small particles of water
or vapor and is the result of condensation
of the steam in contact with colder atmOs-
Dhere
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

PUNDITA RAMABA-B. G. E., City
Within a year there was published an ac-
count that Pundita Ramahai was still in
India carrying on her work of educating
high caste Hindoo women.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

WORLDS STOCK OF GOLD-W. ]. G.,
Oakland, Cal. 1t is estimated that the
worlds stock of gold is: Coined, 1885,
100000 fine ounces, and uncoined, 265, 400, ,Oo0
fine ounces.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

PUBLIC RECORDS-Grub Gulch, Cal.
There is a general law that provides that
public records shall not be removed from
the place where they belong without per-
mission of court.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

Walnut and Pecan Panoche. rownssDa
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14

Cal. glace fruit soc per lb at rownsend,..
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Choice candies. Townseud's. Palace HOtsr
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OLD COINS-P. H. and C. c. c., City.
No premium is offered for a five-dollar
piece of 1889 or 1S40 nor for a quarter of
1858, unless it is one without arrow heads
at date and without rays around the
eagle.