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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-08
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
md advantageous expenditures Of

and advantageous expenditures Of
money the board was further In
structed to extend its examinations
so as to include estimates and recon-
mendations relative 10 the oeIenses
of the insular possessions, and to re-
commend the order in which the pro-
posed defense shall be completed so
that all the elements of harbor defense
may be properly and effectively CO.
ordinated.
THE board has completed its labors
and Its report together with a letter
Of transmittal by the secretary Of war
is herewith transmitted for the in
formation Of the congress.
1.-THE necessity for a complete and
adequate system Of coast defense is
greater to-day than 20 years ago, for
the increased wealth Of the country
offers more tempting inducements 10
attack and a hostile feet can reach
our coast in much shorter period Of
time. The fact that we now have a
navy does not in any wise diminish the
importance of coast defenses; on the
contrary that fact emphasizes their val
ne and necessity for their construc-
ton 1t is an accepted naval maxim
that navy can be used to strategic
advantage only when acting on the Of
fensiye, and 1t can be free to SO oper-
ate only after our coast defense is
reasonably secure and so recognized
by the country. 1t was due to the se-
curely defended condition Of the Jap
anese ports that the Japanese feet
was free to seek out and watch Its
proper objective--the Russian fleet
without fear Of interruption or recall
to guard its home ports against raids
by the Vladivostok squadron. This,
one of the most valuable lessons Of
the late war in the East, Is worthy
Of serious consideration by our coun-
try with its extensive coast line, It's
many important harbors and its many
wealthy manufacturing coast cities.
"The security and protection Of our
interests require the completion Of the
defenses Of our coast and the accom-
panying plan merits and should re-
ceive the generous support Of con-
gress
Theodore Roosevelt.
THE White House. March 5. 1906"
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WILD WITH |.
ITCHING HUMOR
Eruption Broke Out IN Spots All
Over Body Caused a Continual
itching for Two Years Doctors
Medicine Did no Good Cured at
Expense Of only SIPS and Now
THANKS CUTICURA
FOR COMPLETE CURE

"some time ago ! wrote you for 9
book on the CutiCura Remedies and
received Il o. X. and went and bought
the Soap, Ointment, and Pills. They did
me more good than any medicine ever
used. They cured me ofmy skin disease,
and / am very thankful TO you. NY
trouble was eruption Of the skin, which
broke out in spots all over my body,
ard caused q continual itching which
nearly drove me wild at times. ] got
medicine Of doctor, but Il did not cure
me, and when saw In paper your
adj, sent TO you for the Cuticura book
and / studied my case in Il. ! then
went to the drug store and bought one
cake Of Cuticura Soap, one box Of Gu
ticura Ointment, and one vial Of Cuti-
cura Pills. From the 6rst application
/ received relief. used the frst set
ana two extra cakes Of Cuticura Soap
and was completely cured. / had
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thank Cuticufa for my cure. II you
wish. YOU may publish this Your
friend forever, Claude n. johnson, Maple
Grove Farm R. R.D.2, Walnut. Kan,
June Is, 1905"
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DELAY.
ALL DEPENDS on MISSOURI COURT,
Counsel for OH AEagnate Promised
II Decision was Against HIS
client Questions wouId
ne Answered.

New York, March 9. Decision on thu
question whether H. H. Rogers shall
lie compelled to answer the questions
asked Of him in the Missouri oil hear
Ing and which be refused to answer,
was postponed Monday until March 26'
Justice Gildersleeve, who heard tho ar
gument directed the adjournment to
await q final decision in the Missouri
courts relative TO a similar case.
During the argument for adjourn
ment. W. v, Rowe. Of counsel for Mr..
Rogers. said: Il wish to tell the
curt, as the mouthpiece Of Mr.. Rogers,
that II the final decision Of the
Missouri court Is against Mr.. Rogers
he will answer the question as to the
stock transfer without any order Of
the court"
Henry Wollmann, who represented
The state Of Missouri for Attorney Gem
raj IIadley, objected to the adjourn
nent, saying that 1t was another effort
of the Standard OH company to delay
the case. IF Mr.. Rowe will state as a
matter Of record for this court" said
Mr.. Wollmann, "that Mr.. Rogers will
answer on the 23d Of March, am sat-
lsfed, but we do not want to agree TO-
having this hearing adjourned so as TO-
give them time to appeal to the United
States supreme court"
March % is the date set for the re-
sumption of the Standard Oh hearing
before Commissioner Sanborn. Mr.
Rowe then repeated his previous state
ments on Mr.. Rogers behalf.
Justice Gildersleeve adjourned the
hearing before him until March 26,
saying that in the meantime the final
decision of the Missouri, court would
have been handed down and If this de-
cision should come before the 23d and
Se against Mr.. Rogers the latter would
answer without any order Of the SUI
preme court Of this state.
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FOR COAST DEFENSE.
President Sends Message to Congress
Detailing Plans.
NOW HAVE INADEQUATE PROTECTION
He Declares Our InauIar Possessions
Must BE Fortified II We Are to
Hope to Keep Them-Les-
sons from Japan.

Washington, March 6.-Presiden
Roosevelt sent a message to congress
Monday accompanying plans for coas
defense prepared by joint board o
army and navy officers In which h
emphasized the necessity for furthel
defenses and reviews the history O
the defensive works In this country
The president call especial attention
to the recommendation of the board
that the entrance to Chesapeake bay
be added to the list Of places In the
Upited States to be defended. He says
the insular possessions can not be
longer neglected If the United States
desires to hold them.
Defenses are recommended for Man
LA bay, Pearl harbor, Guantanamo
Guam, San Juan and Honolulu, be-
cause Of their strategic locations. De-
lenses are recommended for entrances
to the Panama canal. The message in
Part follows:
ITO the senate and house of repre-
sentatives.
"Our coast defenses, as they existed
In 1860, were not surpassed in eflcien-
cy by those Of any country, but within
q few years the introduction Of ritled
cannon and armor in the nayies Of
the world, against which the smooth
bore guns were practically useless,
rendered them absolete. For many
years no attempt was made to remedy
the deficiencies Of these seacoast forth
iications. There was no establishment
In the country equipped for the manu-
facture Of hlgh-power rihed guns,
There was no definite adopted policy
OF coast defense and congress was re-
luctant to undertake a work the cost
Of which would not be stated even
approximately and the details of which
had not advanced--so far as could be
observation-disclosures the experimental
stages.
"The act Of March 3. 1883, was the
6rst decisive step taken to secure suit
able and adequate ordnance for mill
tary purposes. Under the provisions
Of this act a Joint board of oficers Of
the army and navy was appointed for
the purpose Of examining and reporting
to congress which OF the navy yards
or arsenals owned by the government
has the best location and Is best
adapted for the establishment of a gov
eminent foundry or what other me-
thod, Il any, should be adopted for the
manufacture Of heavy ordnance adapt
ed TO modern warfare for the use Of
the army and navy Of the United
States This board. known as the
gun foundry board. made Its report
In 1884 and directed public attentions
not only to the defenselsss condition
OF our coasts. but 70 the importance
and necessity Of formulating a COM
prehensiye scheme for The protection
Of our harbors and coast cities
These considerations have lead me
% appoint = Joint board o. oiacers Of
ne army and navy to recommend tho
armament dxed and floating. mobile
torpedoes, Submarine mines and all
other defensive appliances that may
b necessary % complets no hArbor
faeanss ritA ho.- most anonomioal
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Damage ~ Texas Prairie FIRE

Damage by Texas Prairie FIRE.
Austin, Tex, March 6.-According
to reports received Monday prairie
ares that have been sweeping the ex-
treme western section of the Panhandle
for the past three days have entailed
a loss up to the present time Of up
wards Of one million dollars. The
Gre, burning many acres of land and
destroying hundreds of heads Of cat
tie. Inasmuch as 1t will be six weeks
beore the spring grass win come forth
1t has been found necessary for a.
cattlemen in that section to move their
cattle into New Mexico for range pur-
poses, which means considerable loss
to them. 1t is estimate in the PAST
three days that 100000 acres Of land
have been burned over.
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tured men. women, and chlorens Who
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A RUSSIAN PROPOSAL
An Exposition Of Police Question
Laid Before the Conference.
IT FAVORS The FRENCH POSITION.
British, Spanish and Portuguese
Delegates Expressed Concur
renee in Their Views, Ger
q mans Oppose Plan.

Algeciras, March 6.-MBondays after
Moons sitting Of the conference On
Moroccan reforms was marked by an
unexpected and Important move on
the part Of the Russian delegates. who
laid before the conference an exposi-
ton Of the police question. The docu-
ment, which infinitely goes over the
existing situation In Morocco and an
alyzes the position Of the various pow
ers, concludes with an argument for
the proposition that France and Spain
are the most fit to be entrusted with
the task OF controlling the police force
which is about to be created. The
British, Spanish and Portuguese dele
gates. expressed their concurrence In
the Russian views Italy, however,
though inclined to favor the scheme,
reserved final approval. Count Won
Tattenbach, the junior German dele
gate, Henry White. the chief Of the
American delegation, and the delegates
of the several neutral powers did not
express their views.
Discussion of definite police pro
posals was postponed until Thursday
while the bank project will be argued
on Wednesday.
The, French and British delegates
to the conference regard the express
sions from the Mediterranean powers
as likely to exert great influence on
the final vote Of the neutrals relative
to the policing Of Morocco.
An oficial communication shows that
Herr Won Radowitz, the first German
delegate; also Joined in the discussion
of the police question and admitted
that Of necessity the police force must
be organized by the sultan; but he
claimed that there should be particle
patton by all the powers represented
at the conference The German dele
gates contention therefore is directly
opposed to the Russian suggestion as
Baron Bacheracht, the second Russian
delegate. argued that inefhcacy Of col
lectiye action by the powers In Nor
Deco had been proved by the unsuc-
cessful operations of the international
sanitary committee at Tangier. He
pointed out that French officers ex-
perience with Musselman and Spanish
officers with experience with Rifans
had placed them in the best position
TO control the Moorish elements which
the security Of the foreigners Is to be
assured and commerce facilitated.
NJ. Revolt, the senior French dele
gate, expressed Frances willingness to
accept the Russian suggestion, follow
ing on with the proposal that the po-
lice force shan consist Of 1000 Moors
distributed at eight ports. each hav-
Ing four European non-commissioned
officers and the whole being under
command Of sixteen French and Span
lsh omeers selected with the sultanH
assent and who shall become Moorish
oficials.
The spanish delegates strongly sup
port Joint Spanish and French control
luifnoft W. Va, March 6-NeU1
has Just reachsd hsrs that tire men
ven burned % death n q wreck o1l
the Baltimore q Ohio short Lln1 htl
Smlfhdeld. W Va. late Monday sven
49,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-08
THEYMAY YETAGREE
More Hopeful Feeling Prevails at
Algeciras Conference.
FRANCE HAS GREATEST FOLLOWING.
Vote Taken Upon an Order Of Pros
Gedure shows Germany's Posi-
tiOn Does Not Meet the AD-
prevail Expected.

Paris, March 5.--The voting at AL
geciras Saturday on the proposition
Of Sir Arthur Nicolson, chief Of the
British delegation, to, proceed to the
immediate discussion Of the Moroc.
| can police question, gives great sat-
isfaction here, chiefly because France
has ranged with her a large majority
Of the powers, while Germany Il
among the small minority. Public
tension was such over the Franco
German controversy that the vote
was welcomed both as q success and
as showing that France was able 70
count upon the almost unbrokenb sup
port Of Europe.
French officials have claimed for
some time that If vote were possi-
BILE it would give France b sweeping
majority. 1t appears that Saturdays
division did not produce "a recorded
vote, yet the powers aligned them
selves with sufficient precision to
amount to a vote. All the French
journals give the division In the form
Of vote, the eight voting In the af-
firmatiVe being France, Great Britain,
Russia, Spain, Portugal, the United
States, Italy and Holland. and the
negative three being Germany, Aus
tria and Morocco, The ofEicials had
even considered Austria as doubtful,
and had Austria balloted in the af-
firmative the entire vote Of Europe
and, America would have been ranged
on the side of France.
The semi-official Temps seems TO
accept the decision Of the conference
as a vote in favor Of Frances Dropos-
ais, saying;
''The vote, though referring to q
question Of procedure, is valuable to
US from more than one viewpoint Not
only have Great Britain. Spain, Rus
sia and the United States clearly adj
hered to our ideas, which was fcfeaeen,
but Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Hol-
land unhesitatingly recognized the 10y
atty to our proposition"
The Temps correspondent at Alge-
cfras, however, points out that the
vote refers merely to procedure, Sig
nifying the desire of the conference TO
attain a result. At the same time the
character and import Of the action Of
the delegates with reference to pro-,
ceedure should not be unlimited
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-08

FaiHhoft ~ Va, March 6-Neul
has Just reached hore that throe men
vere burned % dsath N . wreck o.
the Baltimore . Ohio short Llnl ~
smiihasld. ". Va. lnts Montsy sven
ms
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-08

New York. March 6.--It becam'
known Monday that James H. Hyde
former president Of the BduitablI
Life Assurances Society. e. vel a
Richard A. Mccurdy, former presidsni
Of he Mutual LIE Insurance. CON
pany, before sailing for Europe SOM
tine ESQ. made . written promise q
District Attorney jerome 70 rsturn b
thh oountry any tine his pressno
q dc.lre1
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St Louis. March 6.-Owing to tn
absence Of H. Clay Pierce, forme
president, and Charles N. Adams, sec
rotary Of the waters-Plerce OIL com
pany, the hearing Of dispositions il
the custer case Of the state Of Mis-
souri, against the Standard Oil com
pany, Republic and waters-Pierc'
was continued until March 10. coun
sci for Mr.. Pierce and Mr.. ADAM
said II two witnesses win be readl
to testify week after NEXT
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.MeNM Oak

Timbers cloak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. 1t pays to use the
right stuff.
men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood IS the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdycon-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers f children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for a sturdy consd-
tuition.
Send forfrss ssmpis.
scoTT a BOVINE. Chemists,
soe-4is Psari street.. Nsw Yorr.
eoo. nna ei.ooI an druEaai..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

Furniture is divided into numerous
classes for the convenience of freight
men and shippers.
The reductions on commodities carry
especial promise of inestimable benefits
to be gained by Utah shippers, jobbers
and merchants because they mean re-
duction In the cost OF the necessities of
everyday life as we'll as cOnsignments
for large commercial and industrial
concerns E1ibles will be placed before
the consumer at a lower cost than he
has ever paid before. The things ne
must have in his home, the clothing he
must purchase for himself and family
and the hundred and one other neces-
stiles will now be offered to him at a
lower cost as q natural result of the
lessened cost Of bringing the rnerchan-
disc to the local markets. With homes
and business buildings springing up all
over Salt Lake the reduction on Ium-
Der, brick glass, lime and cement and
other building materials are particular
ly important.
Table on Commodity Rates.
the Official tables showing the
changes made in commodity rates fol-
lows:
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New classifications Made.

Those who tried to predict what re-
auctions would be made upon classified
freights had the Montana schedule to
follow. but when they directed their
powers to commodity rates a snag was
encountered The tables following are
exact copies CT the advance sheets held
by the local Colorado Midland Offices.
and contain the first authentic figures
published. The bureau performed a
grateful task when ii distributed sub
stantial reductions throughout the
pages of commodity rates In the pres
ent tariff books, and freight clerks will
now carry the good work ahead. New
classifi cations neceSsitated new rates
Bottles manufactured of common glass
are an example Of a new classification.
Blasting caps In less than carload lots
were put under first-class rates from
the various river points. Blasting pow
der in consignments Of over 10000
pounds and below 10000 pounds has
been placed under the same scale.
Green hides (eastbound only) have two
ratings between Utah common points
and the st. Louis market. One applies
to cOnSignments for st. Louis and East
ST. Louis and the second to hides con-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16
Comforting ON RATE BILL
Railroad Men at Sea Over Provi-
sions of This Meas

freight agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande, has returned from Denver,
where he has been comforting with
other freight officials of his road.
II did not attend the meeting Of the
trans Missouri bureau. and do not
know what was DONE" he said. THE
convention ended Thursday. Confer
ences Of railroad men will be frequent
until freight and passenger affairs have
adjusted themselves TO the new rate
laws. Attorneys representing the va
rioCs roads have not agreed Upon any
one complete translation for the law.
and until universal opinion is held by
all the roads some confusion will ex-
list These conferences are being held
to study the regulations and make pro-
visions for their observance"
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ARE GETTING TOGETHER.
Passenger Agents Discussing Clauses
of New Railroad Regulation.

General Passenger Agent S. X. Hoop
er of the Rio Grande at Denver will
leave today for his headquarters in
that city. During his stay here he held
conferenc IS with local railroad officials,
and the new rate laws applying to pas
senger traffic were discussed at length.
Major Hooper asserts that these meet
ings were held 10 permit the Oregon
Short Line, his 70 III md others 10 ex-
change opinions and reach, so far as
possible, agreements on the different
clauses OF the bill.
MANY changes in railroad methods
have been made by the new law" he
said. land much thought and time must
be paid to assure II combined adher-
eucp
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16

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Railroad Notes.

A special train will be run to Provo
Sept % ty the Salt Lake route. The
Salt Lake Opera company is arranging
the excursion en- the evening of that
date.
Daniel Hamer. who has just returned
from trip in the Bear lake country.
Idaho, says the western and northern
portions # that state. are watching
with interest surveying parties map
ping out lines for the Chicago & North.
western and Burlington.
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stallation of a new time card between
this city and Los Angeles. Westbound
No. l, which now leaves Salt Lake at
l2:O1, will leave at p. M, If the pro-
posed change is put into effect The
operating department. of the Salt Lake
route has figured that by making this
change better connections can be made
at meeting places along the line.
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signed to markets north OF ST. Louis.
The new rate for the first Is S1.1O 1-1O
per 100 pounds. The old rate was sl.S3
The second new rate is S1.14 1-5 per 100
pounds. The old rate was s133 also.
Rates on Canned Goods.
There are two rates for canned goods.
one applying TO everything which
comes under this head except peas ana
beans. These edibles have a separate
rating. An important reduction men
toned In a previous issue of The Her
aid is the 5-cent cut per 100 pounds
made upon emigrants movables. The
announcement that this reduction ap-
plies to eastbound consignments as well
as westbound makes II all the more
important. The cut hold goods on traf-
fic between Utah common points and
Missouri river common points only. The
former rate was so cents per 100 pounds.