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The Washington times., 1902-08-02
TRIAL OF ASSISTANT
PAYMASTER PENR0SE
Navy Department Prepares Charges
Carelessness Believed to Have
Been His Worst Offense.

The Navy Department has prepared
the charges and specification upon which
Passed Assistant Paymaster Charles W.
Penrose, U. S. N, is to be tried at Erie,
Pa Mr.. Penrose is charged with embez-
element and conduct to the prejudice of
good morals.
1t is not believed among naval officers
that Penrose is criminally guilty. but
that he has been careless in keeping mis-
accounts. shortage OF $500 was dis
covered
The court. which is ordered to meet
at Erie. Pa. August I, will comprise:
Commander Perry Garst. Pay Inspec-
tor Reah Frazer, Lieutenant Command
er William F. Halsey, Lieut.. Edward f.
Leiper. Lieut.. William II. Chambers.
Paymaster f. ". Bonnaffon and Pay
master Joseph Fyffe, with Paymaster Z.
B. Rogers as judge advocate.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
PLANS FOR TWO GUNBOATS.
Vessels Authorized by Congress to Cost
S3S2, ,ooo.

General plans for the two gunboats
authorized by Congress in the naval act
for this year were argued upon yester-
day by the Naval Board on Construc-
tion.
Each vessel will be OF about ] 600 tons
displacement, and will greatly resem-
BILE the Marietta and the Wheeling. The
draft will be twelve feet.
The armament will be extremely
strong for such small ships, the main
battery, like that of the Marietta and
Wheeling. consisting of six 4-inch rapid
fire guns.
$3.50 COO
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The armored cruiser New York flag
ship OF Rear Admiral Rodgers. has ar
rived at Cavite, and the training shin
Alliance at Lisbon. The collier Leban-
non has sailed from Lambert's Point
for Menemsha Blight, the monitor Puri-
tan from Ney London for New Bedford.
the gunboat Hist, flagship of Rear Ad
miral Cooper, inspector of war defenses.
from Newport for New Bedford: the col
lier Caesar from Boston for Norfolk, and
the submarine boat Holland in tow of
the tug Nina, from New York for Phila-
delphia
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
HELD FOR FURTHER HEARING.
Robert Lomax, Colored, Must Answer
for Alleged Assault on Son.

The case Of Robert LomaX. colored
charged with assaultirg his sen. Cissell,
was indefinitely continued in the United
States branch of the Police Court yes
terday.
The elder Lomax is accused of stab
bing his son. The vcung man is SIN at
the Emergency Hospital unable to ap-
pear in court.
The LomaX family. who have been liv-
ing at lis F Street southwest. was en-
ga ged in moving. Thursday, when a dis
pute arose between the father ard son
concerning the ownership of some pic
lures, and as the latter was reaching
mp on a wall to take one down the old
man is said to have attacked him with
screw driver, the instrument pene-
trating the body to a depth of three
inches.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
DEFENSES WEAK AT
FORT WRIGHT, N. Y.

all right so far as it goes, but It does
not instruct the men IN the complete
operation Of the guns. and at the same
time it does not give the gun itself tha'
practice which ii should have to de-
velop weak points and enable the Wal
Department 10 remedy them
To Fire Full Charge.
In order that it may be known exactly
what the guns will do General MacAr-
tillery companies fully drilled in thc
handling of the guns during firing with
full service charges and in this way II is
expected that any weaknesses now exist
ing will be discovered in time to remed,
them before the maneuvers begin.
Efforts will be made at the same time
to observe the effect CT the firing OF tn.
guns on the electrical apparatus OF the
batteries. The handling OF the big guns is
an intricate and delicate work. Sighting
the gun is done by scientific methods
and not by the gunner.
Range Finder Towers.
At the range finder towers. in some
places concealed in the woods. the range
from the shore to the approaching ship
is taken and communicated TO the plot
ting room where the observation is cor
rected according to prepared tables, and
then transmitted to the gunner The
gun is then traversed to the right or lett
and elevated or depressed until it ac-
cords with the figures given by the Of
fcer.
Communication is carried on by tele-
phone or the use of the telaught ogra phi.
an instrument which reproduces in writ
ing message transmitted in the same
way. That the electrical machinery at
some OF the forts is affected By the shock
of the firing OF the gun is shown by the
fact that at Fort Wright the firing of the
ten-inch gun completely put out of order
the telephone working from the gun plat
form to the powder room. An accident of
this kind during an engagement with the
naval vessels would uGdoubt edly cause
a serious delay and might result in the
vessels getting by the fort without sus-
tanning any damage
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
PROBATION SYSTEM
FOR NAVAL PRISONERS
Tabulation by Captain Lemly Shows
Good Results of First
Years Trial.

Captain Lemly. Judge Advocate Cen
eral of the Navy, has finished the tabu-
lation Of the results OF the first year 5
trial of the probation system for nava!
prisoners.
As the author OF the scheme he is
gratiffed TO find that according to the
results obtained almost 20 per cent of
the prisoners will reform. If given n
chance. on July /. 1901. there We're
twenty men on probation, and during the
following year thirty-twO more were
placed on probation. o. these seventeen
have been Internationally restored to
coed standing, only four deserted and
only five were required to serve out
their terms.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
CONTRACT FOR PUGET
SOUND C0ALING PLANT
Awarded to Pacific Coast Concern
Work to Be Started at Once
Will Cost s26s,ooo.

The Bureau of Yards and Docks OF the
Navy Department yesterday awarded
the contract for the large coaling plant
on Puget Sound to the Puget Sound
Dredging and Building Company
The plant is to cost 1866. 900 Work is
to begin Immediately under the terms OF
the contract
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
BROOKLYN JOINS NORTH
ATLANTIC SQUADRON
Returns From England, Where She
Conveyed Remains of Late
Lord Paurcefote.

The armored cruiser Brooklyn, flagship
of Rear Admiral Coghlan. Joined the
North Atlantic Squadron yesterday. She
arrived yesterday at Menensha Blight,
near Nantucket. after run of eleven
days from Southampton, England.
Admiral Coghlan is second in com
mand to Rear Admiral Higginson. COM
Irander-in-e chief of the North Atlantic
naval force.
The Prooklyn LETT Annapolis for
Southampton en- July l with the re-
mains CT Lord Pauncefote, the late Brit
Ish ambassador, on board.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
NAVAL TRAINING STATION.
Admiral Taylor to Make Tour of Great
Lakes for Site.

Admiral Taylor. ahlef Of the Bureau
of Navigation of the Navy. will leave
today for tour Of the Great Lakes. He
will be accompanied by Civil Engineer
II. II. Rousseau. and the trip is for the
purpose of selecting a site for naval
training station
Assistant Secretary Darling will re-
turn today and become the acting sec
retary. Admiral Taylor will probably
Lot return to the city until some time
in September. He will pay a visit to the
War College at Newport.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
NAVY ORDERS.

Paymaster's Clerk G. Hudson. resiena-
tion accepted. 10, take effect July IS
1902; Naval Academy, Annapolis. Nd.
Paymaster Clerk L. Harrison, ap-
pointment dated March 80, 1893, revok
ed, Glacier.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
TRIAL OF TIE MAINE.
Official Test Postponed by Builders I'm
til September I.

The official trial of the Maine has
been postponed from August IS until
September /, as her builders desire 10
place her in dry dock and clean her
bottom.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
AIDE TO GENERAL MILES.
Major Frederick W. Sibley, of Fort
Myer, Temporarily Assigned.

Major Frederick W. Sibley has been
detached from his regiment at Fort
Myer and assigned 70 duty temporarily
as aide to General Miles.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
GIVES HIS HIS SECRET
TO The WORLD
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY By
A REMARKABLE MAN.
The Art Of Fascination, the Power Of
Charming, the Secrets Of Personal
Magnetism Fully and Completely Re-
VeaIed al Last.

A Marvellous, Mysterious Force Which
Gives Wonderful Mental and Physical
Strength; Overcomes All Diseases;
Enables You to Know the Secret Ma
lures of Others and to Handle Them
as You Please.
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
Dummy Searchlights.

To offset this, the artillery officers are
considering placing dummy searchlight
towers in full view of the naval ships.
so that when the time for the opera
tions arrives whatever information is
secured may become of little value.
The importance Of the accident TO the
big guns at Fort Wright is fully rec
ognized by the artillery. and everyone
is asking:
What II it should occur during the
attack OF the nayy?'
One officer said yesterday:
III a breech block stuck during the
gun carriage test, how do we know that
one Will not stick at some other time.
and If the oil pipe burst in two guns
at Fort Wright the others may burst at
tie other forts during action. The trou-
bic is that Congress never has recog-
nized the Importance OF providing for
practice with the large guns with full
Eeryfce charges. Subcaliber practice Is
The Washington times., 1902-08-02
BICYCLES FOR ALMOST NOTHING

We just received from one Of our stores which
We jus, closed up IS secondhand wheels. and as
we have not got the room FOR them, will close
them out from - up. Here's ciach for new
Wheels:
The Washington times., 1902-08-02

The Most Unique Summer
Resort il
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
FACED DEATH IN TIBET.
Sven Hedin Describes Horrors Of
travelling at Enormous Heinhts.

Sven Hcdin. the explorer who recently
attempted 20 reach Lhassa. the capital
of Tibet. gives in an interview with the
London correspondent OF the Philadel-
phia Times q vivid narration of his suf-
ferings on the journey from Charkk to
Iadakh. which occupied eight months.
lie lost nearly the whole of his cara
van owing 20 travelling at enormous al
ttudes. Even the valleys were higher
than the summit OF Mont Blanc The
mere act Of breathing WIS most diffi-
cult -Four members Of the expedition
died simply because they could not
breathe Two died gradually from their
feet upward, the brain being the last
attacked
Sven Hcdin was less affected than the
Others. but was quite unable 20 walk and
only saved himself by keeping immovabls
In the saddle f.om morning until camp
was pitched In the evening Even I'm
huttoning his coat involved acute pain
and tension To- an overwrought heart.
which was literally al the point Of break
ing
The explorer In describing the awful
desolation around T.obnor. which is n
dried up lake, said there was no sign
~ life OF any kind. 1t was n land Of
death. He found ruined temples and
houses with high towers In four villages
Few miles nnart. The streets were
wide. lie found among the ruins cart
wheels. iron aXles. clay jars and Chinese
manuscripts which It can be proved are
l en- years old
Undoubtedly the road was a great pos
tai highway from Picking to Kashgar
100 years ago and was probably the
longest road in the world
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
THE TARIFF COMMISSION PLAN
Endorsed by Leading Protectionist
Newspaper.

The President, according to our Wash
ington correspondent. intends to ask
Congress to appoint a. tariff commission,
which shall scientifically Investigate and
consider the question of tariff revision
and shall report the result of It's labors
to the new Congress a year hence. 1t
would be within the province and power
Of Congress to decide whether or not to
adopt this plan, as 1t would rest with
the new Congress to accept, modify or
reject the report of the commission.
Moreover, the vndication OF the plan,
If adopted, would depend upon the COM
position and conduct of the commission,
though IT is, Of course. to be assumed
that these would be appropriate and
satisfactory. Upon the face of the case,
therefore, It may be said that the Presi-
dents reported plan Is logical and based
upon common sense principles.
The arrangement of tariff rates and
schedules Is or should be a distinctively
scientific work. The general principles
of the tariff may be political. That is
to say. II may be n political question
whether the tariff shall be protective
or protective in tendency, though
even thus the intelligent politician
should base his policy upon scientific
principles. But when 1t has been de-
cided. as it now certainly and emphati-
cally has been. that the protective sys-
TEN shall be maintained. IT rests with
the supporters of that system TO apply
and to adjust it in a scientifically cor
rect manner. 1t Is not a question of
politics. but of facts and figures. to be
scientifically ascertained. whether the
protection afforded by the tariff TO any
given industry is adequate, inadequate
or excessive. Rates OF wages cost OF
living. prices of material. the state Of
trade and corresponding conditions in
competitive lands are among the factors
In the problem.
It is reasonable to suppose that these
factors can be dealt with and an ac-
curate solution can be reached by a com
mission Of experts, sitting at convenient
times and places. better than by mem
bers Of Congress sitting at such times
as can he spared from the multiplicity
Of other legislative duties The hear
ings before ways and means and finance
committees at Washington have often
been literally farcical. and when finally
the rates and schedules have been
thrashed over upon the floor Of House
or Senate. as in the court OF last resort.
the spectacle has been one at which
the judcious might well grleve OF
course. there will always be the posi-
bility that the report Of the tariff COM
mission will thus be rethrashed. If we
remember Alright. the report of the for
mer commission. which resulted in the
tariff Of 1888 did not escape such fate.
Yet on the whole the result should be
more than the procedure without a COM
mission. for il will surely save Congress
much time which is urgently needed for
other work. and II will give to Con-
gress an authoritative for action such
az cannot be altogether ignored
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
Time for Tariff Revision.

I'7V''-'7T7I 1910" - ~ IT7F'''I7I-I
The independent press .trd the p.I.fi-
cal PHILOSOPHER wcr,. never So urgent MS
now in domandiug som, form Of fr.r
trado under tho aluIriuu cries ,f anti
trust and r,y.uu, reform TN. .,.-t.r,
under which the United States haas grown
is neither "a Bible nor n fptich n Is NOT
the result of Super.tition NOR iusuir.4fi,,u
II is the practical WORKING o,t bv an
elastic, ana widely-adulsted scheme dur-
ing "a hundred wears Under IA, most IA
vorablc conditions of 20 new country and
isolation from the Oll World of tba -nr,,h.
lens of production. day,Ioptnent wealth
distribution and cmplovmcnt ~. bro.
tectiouists bslf,,. th,t "A. b,,. III,
greatest hnrl. market aud ,,iabti.st ,,r,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

What is said TO have been the longest
lawsuit in the worlds history has just
been settled by DR. Wnler. lawyer
of Lucerne, Switzerland. Since 1870 a
boundary dispute has been going on be-
tween Hungary and Galicia The area
in dispute Is a tract of land about sew
enty miles south of Cracow, owned part
ly by Prince Hohenlohe. "A German, and
Count Zamoyski an eXiled Polish noble
from Posen This dispute of, 500 years
duration has led 10 much bitter feeling in
the neighborhood as both Hungarian and
Pole have holly contested the question
and loudly asserted their claims. The
arbitrator has decided In favor of the
Galician claim, and allows Hungary only
twenty acres to straighten her boundary.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

Don't forget the old ma,
With the fish on his back.
For nearly thirty years he
las been travelling around the
world, and is still travelling,
bringing health and comfort
wherever he goes.
TO the consumptive he
brings the strength and flesh
he so much needs.
To all weak and sickly
children he gives rich and
strengthening food.
TO thin and pale persons
he gives new firm flesh and
-iCh red blood.
Children who first saw the
I'D man with the fish are now
grown up and have children
If their own.
He stands for SCOTS Emul-
ion of pure cod liver ola
delightful food and a natural
onic for children, for old folks
nd for all who need flesh and
trength.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists,
O9-4l5 Pearl Street, New York.
SOC. and $l.OOi all druggists.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
A Budget of Gossip from Manila

The Filipinos never saw an American
general until Gen. Miles blazed out be-
fore them; his Respondent uniform
struck them right where they lived.
Manila has a baseball league and an
athletic club. shopping American girls.
street full Of business. and n bay full
of shipping. Agilpay. the excommuni-
Gated native priest who calls himself an
archbishop is likely to make himself
very troublesome. The correspondent at
tended one OF his open-alr meetings and
was astonished to see so many natives
Of the more intelligent sort in the crowd
The ladrones (robbers) are great pest
As n rule the hunting of them is now
left entirely TO the native scouts and CON
stahulary. Very we'll the little brown
chaps are doing this work. too but the
Americans say that within five years
they will he differing another insurrec-
ton Things are especially bad in Ca
Vite. Aguinaldo was I'm Cavite when the
correspondent wrote his letter. and
Aguinaldo's Manila friends say that he
was farming Burlington News.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
The New York Tri.weekly Tribune.

For those who want to get the New
York news and news of things the world
over and don't want to spend the money
or time in buying and reading a metropo-
Titan paper seven days in the week THE
TRI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE fills the bill.
1t is issued on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday of every week, and contains the
essence of THE DAILY TRIBUNE for
the whole week. To those who are in
terested in good roads or in the League
of American Wheelmen II is especially
valuable. Price, $3.50 a year. For a
free sample copy send a postal card tC
THE NETWORK TRIBUNE, New
York.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
Our Three Greatest canons.

The justly famous Grand Canon OF the
Yellowstone is, like the Colorado, gor-
seously culored and abruptly counter
sunk ln plateau, and both are mainly
the work of water. But the Colorado's
Canon Is more than thousand times
larger. and as a score or two new build
ings of ordinary size would not appreci-
ably change the general view of a great
city, so hundreds of YeloWstones might
be eroded in the sides of the Colorado
Canon without noticeably augmenting
rs size or the richness OF its sculpture.
But it is not true that the great Yosem-
lite rocks would be thus lost or hidden.
Nothing of their kind i'm the world. so
far as / know, rivals III Captain and
Tissiack, much less dwarfs or in anyway
helittles them. None OF the sandstone
or limestone precipices Of the canon
that | have seen or heard OF approaches
in smooth. tiawless strength and grand
eur the granite face of Ell Captain or
the Tenaya side of Clouds Rest These
colossal cliffs. types of permanence, are
about three thousand and six thousa nd
feet high; those of the canon that are
sheer are about half as high, and are
types of lieeting change; while glorious
domed Tissiack, MODEST of mountain
buildings. far from being oVershadowed
or lost in this rosy, spiry canon COM
pany, would draw every eye and, I'm
serene majesty 'aboon them a she
would take her place castle, temple,
palace, or tower. Nevertheless a noted
writer, comparing the Grand Canon in
general way with the glacial Yosemite
says And the Yosemite -ah, the lovely
Iosemite Dumped down into the
wilderness of gorges and mountains. 1t
would take guide who knew of it's eX-
istence a long time to Ind it," This
is striking, and shows up well above the
levels of commonplace description: but
it is confusing, and has the fatal fault of
not being true.-[John Muir in the No
vember Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

Sevcnty-three all iron fiat cars have
arrived at Ogdensburg for transfer
through Canada to Newfoundland.
They We're made at Berwick, Pa. the
iron for their manufacture being i'm
ported from Newfoundland in pigs. pay
ing "A duty of 81 ton. Now that this
iron has been made into cars the manu-
facturers are entitled TO an export draw
back
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree TO re-
-und the money on n J-cent bottle of Greene's
Warranted Syrup of Tar 4 il fails to cure your
ough or cold. We also guarantee y cent
ed.
Thomas Pharmacy, Geo. f. Greene. Brooks
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What is the price of Dobbinss Electric
soap?"
six cents a bar. full size. reduced from
ten"
why that's the price OF common
brown soap. Send me a box I can't
atrord to buy any other soap after this. ="
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

Thomas b. Reed is the most prosper
Nus Of the five living ex-speakers of the
louise of Representatives. His income
rom his law practice is said to amount
to about $4,000 a year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

The new orange and lemon crop of
southern California will probably exceed
10000 carloads.