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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

1t Is stated that the Texas will be kept
lin active service for four or five years,
when she will be relegated to coast de-
tense. The Indiana, the Massachusetts
and tho Oregon will be kept in active
service until 1915, the Iowa until 1917
and the Kearsage. Kentucky, Alabama,
Wisconsin and Illinois until 1920. The
report concludes that little can be cx-
pectcd from battleships In reserve for
coast defense for o decade or more. Even
then. it is pointed out. the great draft
OF such vessels will render them OF little
use in any but our finest. harbors.
Importance Of the Submarine.
The report says the floating coast de-.
fense at the presentsa In the near fll-
sture Will depend upon destroyers tor
pedo boats and submarines, with tho.
limited aid OF monitors, the efficiency Of
which will become less ana less with each
recurring year.
The fact that many dcstroyers-fifty or
more will be required for service with tho
fleet, is alluded to-. and the report then
says: "A .i i
THE rapid and successful development
of the submarine will, undoubtedly, rem
der It the most successful aid to tho
shore defense. and 1t is thought by some
naval offictrs that 1t will eventually. sue
coed the torpedo boat, tho sea-going
qualities Of which are bad. and the en-
durance limited
The report advises against locallzing
any part OF the floating defense by as
signing a specified number Of any yes
sells to ia particular port, ana continues:
Work for! Submarines.
THE naval bases ana principal COM
Smercal ports being properly defended BY
forts and shore batteries, assisted by de-
stroyers. tolpedolEboats and submarine
to prevent ra Ids on thopartS OF tho enemy,
the province Of "A Tho navy will be the
offensive fcnsivo. with tho fleet .in be-
ing concentrated ana never scattered. 1t
Is believed the destroyer and the submarine
have rendered a close blockade of our
important ports lmpractcablc, even by
the strongest fleet. '..s2
The recommendations of the present
board are being carefully studied by the
naval committees OF The two houses OF
Congress, and. as hate indicated above,
yitlFis probable the number OF submarines
Sauthorized will show that vessels of this
type will hereafter occupy a. prominent
place In our system of coast defense.
The British government Is. now building
no less than forty submarines Il 9 be9 added
to Its q Tread n ulnqrous flot lila OF YES
sells Off This formid able type.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
ELKINS TALKSOF
GREAT SHIP CANAL

From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 49,
Senator Elklns said to-day that the bill
now before the Senate and referred to the
to the Senate Commute on Interstate
Commerce, OF which he is chairman,
to incorporate the Lake Erie and Ohio
River Ship Canal Company, is one OF
pieces ,of legislature to West Virginia
ever proposed. ss :3 81
1t means millions of dollars added
to the natural wealth of tlleg State Of
West Virginia., said he, in speaking OF
the matter. ut gives practically every
part OF West Virginia water connection
with the Great lakes. II opens up the ore
and coal fields of the Kanawhas, the Big
Sandy and all the other navigablc
cation by water with the Lake region,
and through the canal across New York
State, with the ports OF the Atlantic
Seaboard itself.
1T will go a long way towards solv-
ing the railroad situation in West Vir-
GINA. With her navigable waters open
20 commerce and an outlet to the Great
Lakes through the proposed canal, West
Virginia ~; Will be ablc to save millions OF.
dollars dollars every year, that now go to the
payment OF frieghts to the trunk line
railroads. repeat that the building
81. OF his canal would give West Virginia
q way to get to market with her coal.
lher lumber, and her other products ats
O very great saving in freight charges.
And the government Is not asked to
put up q cent for this canal. Il think.
ina ftnext to the Panama Canal Itself,
TINS IS the greatest piece OF work ever
planned In this country for providing
water transportation.
he canal will connect the Great Lake
system with Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
and their tributaries, constituting over
l io..t. ni il Of naVigable waterways.
WIN It ins operation twenty
four four States can have their products
lnterchanged at a cost OF. less than one
SINH OF What It now costs to move the
same products ~ rail.
~ early three million tons OF West
Virginia bituminus coal was shipped ia
Ike Erie ports In 1905. With a saving
or sixty five per cent. per ton on trans
portation charges. the total saving { on on
this one item alone would have been somS
two mil lion dollars in 1905.
( The completion OF this cana would
mark M 3 era OF sunprecidented develop
.ment OF the great natural resources az
West Virginia. Short line railroads could
be bull to tho waterways of the State
and all the Goa West NirginiaS operators
could turn out would find an open nh
free way to market. Nj s
e is a great project, and 4 have been
doing and shall cont inue Ito do eyerythlnr
II. my power In the Senate to have tha
necessary legislation promptly passed
West Virginia will benefit incalculablv
by the building Of the Scanal,'', E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
The Reserve Line.

Natter thus showing that $llttle3is to be
expected OF tho monitors, the report turns
to h : ba ttleshlpsI in reserve which are
expected to be used for harbor defense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
Holton to be Appointed.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. March le.--The Senate
Committee on the judiciary ordered a
favorable report to be made to-day on
the nomination of A. II. Holton. to be
United States attorney for the Western
District OF North Carolina.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

Moss, Franklin: II. s.. ;yyansey. Gallatln:
"A. Ragan. Newport; s. II. Roby. Erin. s
Virginia Charles T. Holtzmann, Luray;:
5Stith Boiling, Petersburg; j. Q. Jackson,
Blackstone. 85
The Senate to-day confirmed tho fol-
lowing nominations:
Colonel John w. Blibb tosbe brigadicr-.
general. The following to be brigadicr-,
generals and retired: Colonel William
Stanton, Lientenant- Colonies Lorenzo W..
Cooke, Joseph NJ. Califf, Henry s. Tur-s
3rill, Crosby p. Miller and Charles +. Pow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
ABOLISH GRADE, BUT
PROMOTE GENERALS
-fRv Associated Press

(By Assoc1ated Press.)
WASHINGTON. March 19.-Tht House
to-day reached compromise on the
question of abolshing the grade -of lieu
tcnant-general In the army. by providing
that it shall not become effective until
October 18th next. in order that Generals
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
ENTERS SUIT. N
Claims His Foot Was Mashed
yHy,;1.a 80 Wall Il 5 ~

Cahell, 5Talley. and Cabell, ms attorneys
for John + j.. Mcnamara, Tiled suit yes
tertAy In the FIenrico Circuit Court
against the American LOGON motive Com
pany and the American Locamot i've
Works for $4,000. damages.
al Mcnamara claims that his foot was.
crushed by machinery in the works
some time ago and places the loss at
5sl5, 900. :,55
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

NE Z DAY, MARCH.
27TH, ND EcoND AN N U ~ RE-
S3 v MON OF II II 81. 81 v e ~ q THE
MI Y,8ldARc 1 82sTh II AN p 2aTtl EAT-
s Ian n Z, GA. II ALE YATES, VIA
sas SoUT HE RN RAlLvNAY.45s NJ ~ N ts5
IT'D On Ma rch 25tl and 28th the Southern
low rates for the round trip limited FOR
ne turn passage II ftean days, 81
Round trin. from Ric lmond Il 81 Is \ Cor;-
hrsspondhigly low ties from other points,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

II collar and
II nicely
II Elton Suits Alice
circular skirt, $50 90
raciye Suits Of blue
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

completion of the defense OF Chesapeake
Bay will cost 6,102,S71. The report OF
the board places Chesapeake Bay first
in point OF Importance over: any other
portion of our coast line.s The board
says: *.
Commercially and strategically. Ches-
apeake Bay is to-day, as 1t always. has
been. of the very, first Importance. With
the entrance. as it is now, unfortified, q
hostile fleet, should 1t gain scontrol OF the
sea. can establish. without coming under
the fire of single gun, base on its
shores, pass in and out atRpleasure, have
access to large quantities OF va liable
supplies OF all kinds. and paralyze the
great trunk railway lines crossing tho
head Of the bay.
''The completion of the Notifications at
the entrance OF Long Island Sound IS
placed second to Chesapeake Bay only,
because there are some guns already
mounted ut the former, while there are
none to defend the channe; between Cape.
Henry and Cape, Charles.
Defenses at Cape Henry.
1T is most remarkable that the Endi-.
colt Board should have failed to include
the entrance to the Chesapeake in its list.
OF places which should be defended. The
present board, without ,alludlng to the
proposition that the government buy land
at Cape Henry to be used in fortifying.
tho entrance, recommends that eight
fourteen-inch guns, two twelve-i inch. four
Bten-inch seven six-inch and ten three
inch guns be mounted at tho entrance
to the bay, in addition to sixteen twelve
inch mortars The cost of this work
will be $G,102,s71. The biggest itenEis the
cost OF guns, carriages ana ei.Slace-g
Sments estimated at s4,795;3OO.
That portion OF the report dealing Win
floating defenses-th Int IS, !, retlred battle
ships, monitors, etc.. particularly of wide
entrances like that to Chesapeake Bay,
and the auxiliary use OF scout ships, tor
BpIedo boats and submarines, Is of especial
interest ana apparent va lne. Y Two of the
monitors are In the Philippines md will
never he brought back to this country.
Tho wyoming is on. theI5 Pacific coast.
The Puritan, Amphitrlte and Terror are
AZ Guantanamo, Washington navy yard
and Annapolis, respectively, and will
never bio fit for ANYTHING but station ser-
vice. Tho other four monte are new
and hnve proven themselves excellent
sea boats, but, like all monitors. they
iaro very poor gun platforms, a l are tit
for action In smooth water only
The Reserve Line.
After thus showing that Sllttle8is to be
q.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
Personals .and Briefs.

Mr.. Robert w. Daniel left last night for;
cousin, Alr.s James gs croes, a. of Yonkers,
Mrs, Frank cClllloeh. of Norfolk. VA,
No. sli lIarrlson Street, II lis week. ~
Miss SUE Noel, y who has been tho
guest Of NJ rs,; Thomas r. Jeter fnrs tho
past two weeks, has returned Il to her
home " Aylett, 70. X h. & #s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
Monument to Gen. Pickins.

WASHINGTON. March 19.-Representa-
tive Aiken. OF South Carolina. intro-
duced bill to-day appropriating $4,000
for the erection at Clemson College, S. c.,
OF monument to General Andrew Pick
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20
Washington Affairs.

From Our Regular Corrospondent.l
WASHINGTON. u c.. March 49,
gPostmastc rs appointed: Vlrginia--Azen,
Washington eonnty,s Barnett "A Ilensley,
vice N, NJ, Blevins. resigned; Missiles
Mill, Nelson county, Salief II, Bnyrd. vice
NJ u. CASH resigned: Sen board, ,rnzewell.
count James NJ. B Yeary, vice s. +. Lowell,
resigned, S. AK ~ S
North Carolina ranite, jackson coun-
ty, Bessie l., Edwards. vice, ID. Lombard,
resigned: Lucama, Wilson county, Wiley
IN. Johnson, vice w, H. .I.amm, deceased:
White Rock Madison county, Jlmeson S..
Tweed, Vice NJ. 2, Tweed. resigned.
Rurnl carriers appointed ; Virginia
Franklin, Route i, Rufus B. Scott, Charles
Ii. Council u IA b,
North Carolln Walnut, Route 4, Sc
rec w. Mcclure. John p, NleDevitt.
Nominations and Con6rmations..
(3y a clated Press, y
EllNeirtoss.. y 81 March The
President to-day sent the following nonl-s
nations to the Senate:
Postmasters; 'renness,se a. NJ, Hug hes
Columbia; 4. n. Scott. Dleksosi c.9 81,
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
Railroad Passes Called 10.

Omaha.-All the railroads having of
fees in Omaha have issued orders that
all passes of whatever kind will be
called in and cancelled after August
2Sth. All holders of passes, annual and
otherwise. will at once be sent notices
that their passes will not be good after
that date, and that no trip passes will
be issued to anyone after that date. 1t
is not known here what is to be done
about mileage given to newspapers in
exchange for advertising. The passen-
ger departments of some of the west
ern roads believe that under the law
as IL will be construed by the govern
ment they will be permitted to enter
into advertising contracts with news
papers by which this custom may be
continued.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
Eggs.
Greatness of Brazil.

All America has its eyes now cen
tered upon Rio Janeiro. The Pan.
American conference is there in ses-
sion, and Secretary Root makes this
great capital of Brazil the first stop
ping point in his epoch-making visit
to South America, writes John Barrett
in the American Monthly Review OF
Reviews for August. Notwithstanding
the intelligence of the readers of this
magazine, doubt II many of them re-
alize that Brazil is larger than the
United States proper, not including
Alaska; or, in other words, that Brazil
has more solid or unbroken area than
the United States. Again, 1t is not ap-
preciated that Rio Janeiro. the beauti-
full and unique capital, has now pop
ulation exceeding 100000. and is des-
tined to run Buenos Ayres, the ambi-
tious metropolis of Argentina, a close
race to be the premier city of Latin
America. 1t is no exaggeration to state
that Rio Janeiro is growing as fast as
any place in the United States, with
the sole exceptions of New York and
Chicago. To-day 1t ranks as the fifth
city of the new world, following close
after New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and Buenos Ayres.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
TRAVELLING EXHIBITS.
Car VIII Advertise Colorado at State
Fairs.

Greeley, Colo.-The Greeley Com
mercial Club has collected $500 to be
used in sending out an agricultural ex-
hibit gathered from the vicinity ofGree-
ley, Windsor and Ault, to advertise
the resources of this section. The ag-
ricultural products will be gathered
under the auspices of G. j. Spear,
chairman of the agricultural and hor-
ticultural committee of the club.
August 18th a Pullman car will leave
Denver carrying exhibits from ten
different sections of the state, to be
shown in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin, in connection with a ster-
eopticon lecture on the subject of the
resources and advantages of the sec
tions in which the products were
grown. The exhibits will travel 100
days and will be shown at state fairs
in the above states and at interstate
fairs at Sioux City, Iowa, as well as
at other places. Later the exhibits
will be placed at the state fair in Pu-
eblo in September and there may com
pete for prizes.
Greeley has donated $500 through
its commercial club, Windsor and Ault
800 each toward exhibitions to be
made from these localities.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
WANTS HATcHET BRIGADE.
Mrs. Nation Talks Plainly to People Of
Denver.

: Denver.-It was a warm day Monday
Ito reform the world, but Garry Nation,
who with her hatchet hewed her way
into the limelight, is a person whom
the curious always flock to see, conse-
quently there was a big audience at
the Peoples Tabernacle. Mrs. Nation S
,eccentricities extend to such things as
the misspelling of her front name,
which she always signs Garry" in
stead of Carrie"
Mrs. Nation was dressed in white
and looked cool and comfortable. Peo-
pie evidently were disappointed by the
peaceable, motherly appearance of the
reformer, but they gave her an en-
thusiastic welcome.
What is 1t to be Christian?" asked
Mrs Nation. 1T is to be warrior
She then went on to cite passages from
the Bible to prove that the devil must
be overcome Dy force.
I'VE must destroy" she said. THAT
is what the hatchet does. Everyone
should consider himself as hatchet.'
Mrs. Nation assured her women hear
ers there was no danger of a hatchet
wielder acquiring the hatchet face. She
said the women are the ideal hatchet
wielders of the world. She explained
the evils that were going on in Den
yer. dwelling at some length on the
wickedness of the restricted quarter,
which, with a faithful band of women.
whom she designated "hupsan
hatchets," she proposed to purify by
radical means.
One man arose and begun to argue
for caution. But caution is word not
in Carry Nations vocabulary.
II can't hear you, friend" called Mrs.
Nation from her platform to the man
in the back of the room. What we
want is "to agitate-if necessary. to
'hatchetate.'
The audience laughed and the man
sat down.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
DEATH OF MRS. TELroRD.
Prominent Colorado Temperance
Worker Dies in Illinois.

Worker Dies IN Illinois.
Denver.-One OF the most active and
prominent workers in the w. C. T. u.
Mrs. Mary Jewett Telford, died at the
'Hinsdale Sanitarium, Hinsdale, ILL
nois. Sunday evening at the age OF siz-
ty-seven.
Mrs. Telford was born in New York
State and was a pioneer reformer and
journalist in Colorado, coming to this
.Etnte about thirty years ago. She met
her husband, Jacob Telford, when she
was twenty-one years old while he was
fighting in the Civil War and she was
acting as a nurse. At the conclusion
of the war the two were married and
came to Colorado, where, for num-
ber OF years. they owned and pub
lished "The Challenge" temperance
periodical which at one time had a
wide circulation here.
Mrs. Telford was a charter member
of the first W. c. Il. u. organization in
this city and Is known throughout ey-
.ery town in the state on account Of her
lecture work. She was president of
the State w. G. I. U. for three years
ending in 1899. and in 1900 she held
the office of official secretary of the
Women's Relief Corps. In 1901 she
and her husband went to McMinnville,
Tennessee, where she became ma
tional lecturer for the w. G. t. u.
throughout the southern states. For
the past three years she has been ma
tional superintendent of Christian Citi-
zenship, branch of the w. c. T. u.
and only last spring went to Evanston.
Illinois, to become associate editor of
the Union Signal, the official w. c. T..
U. organ. Her husband died about a
year ago and was buried In the ma
tional cemetery on the Stone River bat
tlefield.
Mrs. Telford has written numbers of
pamphlets on temperance which have
circulated widely in this country and
abroad, being translated into several
. foreign languages.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
Labor Unions in Politics.

Denver.-Acting on the manifesto
issued by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
urging all union men TO en-
ter politics with view to
securing favorable legislation, the
Denver Trades and Labor AS
sembly issued a call Sunday for a po
litical convention of labor men to be
held on September 9th next. This con-
vention, according to the call, is to de-
termine what action organized labor
will take in the political struggles of
the state. This was done ON the rec
ommendRtion of joint meeting of the
committees on publications and lee
lures and legislation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
FILING ON LANDS.
Winners viii Take Up shoshone Res
ervation.

Lander, Wyo.-The land office at
this place is to be moved to Shoshoni,
and on August 18th the filing on land
in the reservation will begin. One
hundred will file the first day, and
the number will gradually increase.
The names of the persons as they have
been drawn from the box here in Lam
der will be called. Any who fails to
answer will be placed at the foot of
the list for that day, and IL he then
fails to answer to the call of his name
he will be dropped from the list en-
tirely. This will continue until the
names are exhausted. The land office
will be kept at Shoshoni until October
Sd for that purpose, when the land Of
flee will be brought back to Lander.
The Northwestern road is rapidly
building to Lander, and now is within
less than thirty-five miles. 1t will
reach Lander within forty-five days
One hundred and sixty,hve acres at
the forks of the Big and Little Wind
rivers, about twenty-five miles from
Lander, have been set aside for a
townsite. 1t is thought that the North
western is Interested in the townsite
scheme
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16

1t was at an afternoon party. The
hostess, anxious for sensation and
desiring something other than the
orthodox thought reader and the fraud
ulent palmist, engaged a troupe of
performing fieas for the entertainment
of her guests, says the London Tattler.
The party was great success. When
It broke up loud wall rent the air. 1t
was the voice of the impresario frantic
with excitement. What is It? Tell
me. / implore you" said the hostess.
ZACH, madam, has lost vun of my
fleas. We're has it gomez" At that
moment lady wearing gray gown
brushed past him. "Ach, madam, par
don." said tho manager greatly re-
lieved. lightly picking something from
her shoulder; "vun of my artists"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16

New York hasn't lost all semblance
of country town. remarks the New
York Post In the first three months
OF 1906 no less than 1851 dead ami
mails were found in the streets, be-
sides 1854 stray cats and dogs that
were taken to the public pounds and
there done to death. That dead
horses, COWS. cat and dogs should so
litter the streets is perhaps not SO
remarkable. but 1t is Just little sur
prising that the list should also In
clude pigs (24). goats (31) and sheep
(5D. which argues that the city must
still have some Of the aspects of a
rural community. 1t is perhaps ger.
name to the subject to add that the
city is advertising a sale by auction
of large quantity of grass. on land
near the new Croton reservoir, said
grass to be sold "as 1t stands
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
Grand Army Eneampment.

Minneapolis.-The rush of visitors TO
this city for the annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic CON
tinues unabated, and the present pros
pect is that the meeting Will be one
of the most successful ever held by the
Grand Army. According to the esti-
mates of railroad men fully 100000
people had arrived Monday. with doz-
ems of trains running in two and three
sections still on the way. Minneapolis
has risen to the occasion in magnifi-
cent fashion, and 1t is difficult to men,
ton anything that could be done fer
the entertainment and comfort of her
visitors which has not already been
provided.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-16
FIVE OFFICERS RESIGN.
Coming Changes at Colorado Girls In
dustrial Home.

Denver.-Miss Gertrude L. Smith, su-
perintendent of the State Girls Indus
trial Home, and four other officials of
the institution, have handed in their
designations to the board of managers,
and will leave their positions Septem-
ber list. The four other officials are:
e. T. Woodbury., foreman of grounds;
Mrs. E. T. Woodbury., housekeeper ad-
ministration; Katherine Walsh, house
keeper for cottages; Miss Hattie
Woodward, matron of cottages.
Everything has not been smooth sail
ing for Miss Smith, and there has been
differences of opinion between her and
the board of managers, of which Jose
phine l.. Peavey of Colorado Springs
is president. Miss Smith says:
There is nothing to work with; the
, state has no annual appropriation for
the school; / have been handicapped
because of this since came from Mas
sachusetts year ago to assume
charge. There have been some differ
ences between myself and the board,
of course; no two persons agree on ev-
erything. But there is no bad feeling"
The four other officials are resignins
at this time because they have no de-
sire to continue under a new admins
tration.
Several Colorado women want to be
Miss Smiths successor. 1t is under
stood that the board of managers has
practically agreed upon a superintend-
Ont, but the name is withheld at this
time.