Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
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gress made by the American people In
AN pursuits OF lie and national actiY.
ity II was an unqualified success.
Before The gates werg opened TO the
public IN May the cost or the fair had
not been less than 100000 40 that q
was scarcely surprising that when the
books were closed on the FIRST OF De-
cember, President Francis found de-
felt The total admissions during the
seven months the exhibition was open
were something less thtn 2000o00O,
An exhibition OF q different sort was
shown the country IN September when
10000 regular and militia troops join
ed IN military maneu'sre near Ma.
nassas, Virginia, That The Brown
army under General Bill, should have
defeated the Blue army under
General Grant, Is regarded as Of little
moment when II Is considered that
both men ana officers received eXer-
else OF high value In such details OF
actual warfare as the transportation
Of large bodies Of troops, the supply
ing OF food, and tho use Of neld tele-
graphs, as well as tie points" Of
strategy which could have been ac-
quired to the same degree IN no other
way.
WARsHIPs AND OCEAN GREY.
HOUNDS
In the naval service OF the country
1904 has been marked Tor the additions
Il has seen made 20 her feet, The
Connecticut and Louisiana, launched
one In September and the other IN
June, each OF l6,O00-to1 displacement
will be the finest and most powerful
fighting machines adoat The battle-
ships Nebraska, Pennsylvania New
Jersey, Colorado, and Georgia, the
0rm0red cruisers West Virginia South
Dakota, and Tennessee, the gunboat
Paduoah and the training ships Boxer
and Intrepid were also added to the
navy during the year.
II was on the Clyde and IN Belfast
Bay however, that the two launchlngs
occurred which promise 10 be OF the
greatest Importance IN maritime an
nails, The two newest ocean liners
the Cunarder Carmanh and the Vic
torlan Of the Allan line surpass IN tom
nege the largest Of the great grey
hounds but are even more noteworthy
IN the increased HORSEPOWER they eX-
hlbt, u Ia expected that this win
result In very decided decrease IN the
trans.oceanc record, the increased
speed being attained ly steam turbine
engines. which have been introduced
into trans-oceonic trave for the FIRST
time In these boats,
THE ADVANCES )F SCIENCE.
This APPLICATION Of he turbine pow
er Is regarded as the most noteworthy
OF the new steps MADE In scientific
endeayor this year. though II may be
superseded In importance by the gem
eral application OF electricity az rail-
way motive power which promises TO
result from the amazing speed attained
during the test on the New York Cen
trail road In November, Other scisn-
tifc advances, notable indeed VIII have
been made In 1905 should the Seeing
telephone" invented by j. 3D. Fowler
OF Portland oregon, be proved prac-
tlcal. or the method Of taking photo
graphs In colors, the discovery Of
which has now been claimed by Dr.
Koenig OF Germany
Distinct advance has been made In
the fields OF both wireless telegraphy
and aerial navigation, In May the
Campanla was IN uDbroken commune
cation with the land during her entire
voyage. Successful wireless Communi-
cation was established between 81.
Louis and Chicago In September, and o
system connecting New York and Bos-
ton Is practically completed.
The progress which the year has
witnessed In aerial navigation, while
not 80 marked as this, has been OF
real value. Santos Dumont has COM
pleted a diriglble balloon, constructed
to make ten miles an hour to carry
four persons and 10 remain IN the air
TWO days. OF more actual achieve
ment than this are the trips made by
Lebaudy OF Paris, and, In this country,
by August Greth and Thomas S. Bald
win, each OF San Francisco, and A. K.
Knabenshue OF Toledo, all Of whom
have demonstrated the ability OF their
machines to obey the operator and
make reasonable time.
A BANNER YEAR IN SPORTS,
In the field OF sports 1904 has been
a particularly successful year The
championship race in the American
Baseball league was az close as any
In the history OF the great American
game" Boston and New York lighting
Tor first place up TO the ninth inning
of the last game when Boston won
OUT. In the National league New York
won, losing to Boston, however, on the
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