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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

Will find that six of the ten are secret
" or openly longing to get hack into
4 the country Almost everyone has a
dream of country home somewhere,
on the porch OF which he sits and
watches the afternoon shadows length
en- and around which he does a little
quiet work when he feels like 1t, but
without wearing himself down to the
bone. In his dream there is q COW In:
the barn, there Is pig pen. with one
or two fat hogs in It, there are pig
cons on the roof, martin house,
swallows under the caves, q woodpile5
for quiet exercise and all that sort Of
thing Horace Greeley made this long
ingsa classic when he said IN 1853: g |.
begin to feel, since the shadows SOe
forty years have fallen upon me, the
vOyagerSs longing for land. the wan
derer's yearning for the hamlet where
i'm childhood he nestled by his moth
sef,S knee and was sOOthed to sleep on
her breast The sober down-hill Of slife>
sdispels many illusions. while IT
strengthens an I attachment for that
dear hut our home. SO /, In the sober
afternoon OF my life. have bought me
y q few acres q6 land III the broad, still
country and bearing thither my house
hold treasurer have resolved to steal
from the city ilab0rl II least one day
during each week, wherein tn revive
- III arnaer. the ~ il,ory az my c6ild-
ah0odS9 huln6le hama. brook mur-i
nnr1 . soDthinE s0ng II my thFobbing
brain, andSmy tfeeg, sgeatly stirred by3l
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
Special BARGAINS

One Second Hand Upright Piano !. !. s65oo
Une Second hand lamp riano $500
One Second Hand Emerson Piano sos 90
One Second Hand Hnze s11O IN
One Second Hand Steinway s145 ~
One Second Hand Chckerin9 $4,000
One Second Hand kmbaL regular price 5000 sl75oo
One Shop-Wo Kngsbury regular price 500 s225.oo
Une odd Stock J. y IL Grand. regular price $3.50 $4,000
SEVERAL SQUARE UP
AND SECOND HA NM PIANOS
One Angelus Player used regular price 5000 $500
One Angelus Player Shopwon regular price $500 sl25oo
One Anges Player Shop-wom, regular price 5000 $4,000
One Kmbal Player Second Hand regular price $500 1000
One KmbaD Player used, regular price $500 $4,000
One Kmbal Player Shop.worn regular price $500 l65oo
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08
the fresh breezes, whisper to my spirit
something of their own quiet strength
and patient trust in Cod

4 ~ ri &
The Lebanon qnd. Pioneer has the
following interesting story OF North
;Dakotan who is visiting at his old
home in that state:
4 Ashley johnson and wife arrived here
iEhursday night from Riga, North Da-
With relatives In Boone. Marion and
Wayne counties. It is Mr.. Johnson's
first visit to Boone county in Ave years,
10 years. Mrs. johnson is q sister 6f
ingram ana Ezekiel Dye and Mrs. Net
tie stephenson of Lebanon, and James
": and dn William Dye Of Union township:
been one Of unusual prosperity in North
re ssd sta e hs
oats are their chief crops. They have
been unable to get cars to move this
year pfoduct. Flowing for nsSt years.,
snow began to fall, and the country is
now covered with from fifteen to eigh-
teen inches. which will stay with them
Johnson visited q neighbor and broke
the road through 18 inches of snow, In
q temperature Is below zero and a stifI
ports 4 rapid ADVANCE in the l Price Of
auarter ssction In ~ the b vicinity 81 Riss
4, r., SS.oo0. some going as high as IS, 500. !
have nut singer il the real estate sss1 mar
Eket Mr.. Johnson is the assessor'T Of
three toNnships In q NcHenry county
ticket with & 4 Republican majority
against him. HesIs enthusiastic over
that country. and says the man who
tef section 8. land and four q B I'VE
horses, will fail anywhere He Think
1t 3 as easy to cultivate 800 acres in
4, Dakota pa AZ y 40 10 acres In Indiae B,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-08

DO sections, this method will certainly
revolutionize the condition of the high
ways. In the community leferred to
the people are all walked UP over the
result of their experiment, and twill
not be long until all the highways of
i theB.county will be placed under this
sort OF treatment. +
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BARRED IN ONE CASE.
ADMITTED IN ANOTHER
Two Contrasting Rulings as to Con
tract Labor, One as to MexiCans,
the Other on Chinese.

UnskIed labor may not be imported
into the United States. under contract.
under the law OF 1893, although it may
be imported into the Panama canal
zone.
An interesting contrast IS afforded be
tween the two opinions lately rendered
by the Department of Justice on this
question of contract labor. The Canal
Commission had the opinion of the de
partment that there was no infraction
of law involved in contracting for Chi
nese coolies TO work on the canal Now
comes Assistant and Acting Attorney
General RObb with a ruling that MeXi-
can common IabOTeTs. imported under
cort tract TO work on railroads in the
Southwestern part Of the United States
proper. represents a violation OF the law
and must be excluded
Contractors who had undertaken to
furnish workers for the Rock Island.
Santa Fe. and other roads brought the
case. Their men having been denied ad-
mission they appealed, and the decision
is against them.
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Formally Accepted Phadepa Navy To-day

the ways for her maiden plunge. She
was l5 per cent completed.
Her trial trip brought out some inter-
csting facts The maximum average
speed which the St. Louis attained was
-. 30 knots an hour.
Going Into ComissiOn.
The commissioning Of the St. Louis
viii be "a simple but impressive cere-
mouy. The guard OF marines and blue
jackets is drawn uD on the quarterback
and facing 70 Is the commander and his
staG. Above on the bridge are assem-
bled the invited guests The bugler
steps forward and sounds 'c0lOrs and
simultaneously at stem and stern the
colOrs are broken. Al the former the
blue square win It's galaxy OF white
stars-the flag of the navy-and at the
stern the Stars and Stripes. Al the
same time there is raised and broken
from the main fighting top the captain 8
peuuBnt "a long streamer OK red, white,
and blue.
Then the captain Of the navy yard
or the COmmandaut hands the COM
mauder Of the new ship his commission
from the Secretary of the Navy. which
the captain opens and reads 10 the crew.
This ia followed By speech from the
captain. I'm which he declares his lnten-
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RECLAMATION SERVICE
MAKES CALL FOR MEN
Examination Is to Be Held for Such
as Have Had Experience IN
EaTthw)Tk.

The reclamation 5eryi@, las need Of
several constructing engineers of eX-
perience i'm earth work, tunneling con-
crete masonry. and similar operations.
II has called upon the Civi Service Com
mission for an examination to be held
on October to secure cligibles.
This in the general form is similar 70
a previous examination held on April 1,
1904 from which a large number of en-
Fineers have been selected. The exam
ination does not necessitate Toe appear
ance Of the candidates at any particular
place. but on the contrary papers are 20
be prepared and sent 10 the commits
sion. to be received by them before
October !. Markings win be made on
the basis Of the paper submitted. espec-
ial weight being given TO experience in
enc or. more Of the various lines Of con
structiOn work.
The salary offered at first is from $3.50
to 500 per month. and VIII be deter
mined with reference to the particular
work 10 be doNe and the ability Of the
eligibleS for tbs work
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Plumbers Confident.
Mr.. GRUNSKY'S FAITH
IN WORK OUT WEST

c. r Gruusky, consulting engineer Of
the Reclamation Service. has just re-
turned 10 Washinstcn from au extended
trip Of several months 70 the irrigation
projects Of the West He has partici-
pated in important conferences Of con
sulting engineers. where advice was
necessary in the conduct of the work. or
plans were under consideration 10 solve
engineering and other problems
Mr.. GTunsky talks with great con
fdeuce of the ultimate success Of the
work. and is a believer in its further
extension. Projects OF a magnitude IaF
beyond the reach Of the present TeClama-
ton fund Will no doubt in time be au-
thorizeC- In The meanwhile every ef-
fort IS being put forth 10 advance the
work in hand. The difficulties as they
arise, many OF them being other than
the obstacles inJerpOsed by nature, are
being met on every hand with a de-
termination TO win out
Referring TO tho situation on the lower
Colorado river. he states that the entire
river is now flowing into the SaltOn Sea,
instead OF into the Gulf Of California.
where K belongs; and the Southern Pa
cffc Railroad Company, which has come
10 the aid of the canal company, Is put
ting forth great effort 10 turn the river
back into its channel.
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lighted ar having been assigned TO duty
aboard - vessel which bears the name
OF his native city.
Tc Pass Upon Cruiser.
Before being placed IN commission a
naval board viii pass upon the cruiser
to discover whether all specifications
have been fulfilled. This will not be
done for at least n week. as not enough
marines are available at present TO form
a guard for her.
According 10 naval men who have eX-
amined her the 81. Louis is as trim q
craft as ever sailed the seas. On her
Standardization test FOR propellers and en-
durance run she acquitted herself with
such credit as 20 earn warm commenda-
tIon of tho members of tho official naval
trial board. Citizens of ST. Louis have
just cause to be proud OF her. She is
the biggest vessel ever built by the
Neahe q Levy Company. She is also the
crowning triumph of their skill
The 81. Louis when she was launched
also enjoyed the distinction Of being in
"a more advanced stage OF completion
than any vessel attained iu q shlpyard
III the East before being released from
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MISS HARMED SIGNS
AS BELASC0 STAR

NEW YORK. Aug. ls.-8Iiss Virginia
Harmed is to succeed Mrs Leslie Car
ter-Payne as a BelascO star. This an
uounComeuJ Immediately follows the
news that Mrs. Carter-Payne had signed
a contract with Charles b. Dillingham;.
and IL is said Miss Harmed VIII be un-
der the mana cement of David Belasc0
for the coming season. If not for several
seasons. The play in which Miss Harmed
will star has practically been decided on
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Andrew T. Holland and Evelyn n.
Fadgett
Sam NIiJtenthal, Troy, Ala, and IlIlie
Weinberg. District of Columbia.
David B. FdmOnstou and Bessie l.
COker.
John C. Schwartzman and Della T.
COnneH.
Lewis NJ. CIeverlv and Katie Bowles
both of Savannah, Ga.
John ToIEoH. Prince George county
Nd. and Mamie Curtis, District Of Col
umbia.
Alfred HigEs and Ruby Davis
Aaron BIumenstein, Apollo. Pa, and
JuIia Davis. Pittsburg. Pa.
Toenua / Garrison and Sarah l.
T>eeIuu7. both OF Baltimore
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FAILURES FOR MONTH
OF SMALL PROPORTIONS S

Commercial failures this week in the
United States. as reported by r. G,
Dun & Co. are 176. against l74 last week.
and rs the corresponding week idSt year
Failures in Canada number is, against la
last week. and IS last year. OF failures
his week in tho United States J6 were
f. fbc East. 40 South, Co West, and II
f-, the Pacific States. and - report
liabilities of 5000 or more. Liabilities
of commercial failures reported fer Aug
u.s. TO Gate are s.. .CS3. .955. compared with
s., ,l16 = year ago.
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Old Frigate St. Louis
Is Resting in the Mud

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l3.-The Ia
nous old frigate ST. Louis, once a vessel
of the line when wooden ships fought
the sea battles of the nation, and later
a receiving and training ship for the
Pennsylvania naval reserves, now oc-
cupies her last resting place, fast IA
the mud OF the back channel of League
Island navy yard
The S. Louis was full-vigged ship
and was built for the United States
navy iu ISIS, She was then one OF
The swiftest sailing craft iu the navy,
and the first twenty years Of her exist
ence were occupied in chasing pirates
and slavers. with whom many hard
battles We're fought. The steam cruiser
superseded the sailing mau-ot-WaT be-
fore the civil war So during tina
struggle. the St Louis saw little service.
After the war she became the recet>1ne
ship at League Island and when she
became too small for this service was
given, in 1885, 10 the Pennsylvania naval
reserves. who have used her ever since
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Virginia; monitors Puritan. Nevada
Florida, Arkansas. Port column-Eat-
tleships Alabama. Illinois. Indiana.
Iowa cruisers West Virginia Pcnusyl-
vauia, Colorado, Maryland, Minneapolis,
Tacoma, Cleveland Denver. StarbOaTd
COlumn-TOrpedo boats and torpedo boat
destr0yers Whipple. WOTden. TTuXtun.
HOPKINS. Lawrence, MaCDCuouEh,
Wilkes, Tiurl-v, Rodgers Stockton,
Blakely, DE Long. To the forward on
the starboard side viii be grouped the
submarines Porpoise. Shark, and Nina.
while still farther back on the same
side. next the shore and base of sup
plies. viii De statioTa1 the supply ships
and other auNiiiarits
Although it was found 'impracticable
to line tie vessels up in true battle for
nation their position IS IN regular for
nation, the cruisers on the outside 20
90 the scouting. the monitors for coast
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Formidable Fighting Ma
chine Ready for Com
mission.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Aug. lO-The
new protected cruiser st. Louis. built by
the Neahe a Levy Company. was for.
maIly transferred today TO the Govern.
meut at League Island Navy Yard.
where she VIII receive her stores pre-
parauDry 10 going into commission AS
expected. lbere was no ceremony mark
ing the arrival of the cruiser at the
navy yard. Admiral Craig. COmmandant
of the yaId. gave a receipt for the YES
sci
The Navy Department has assigned
Com. II. r Usher 20 take charge of
the new cruiser and Lieut.. Com. Ben
jamln Hutchinson to act as executive
officer BY a strange coincidence. Lieu.
tenant Commander Hutchinson is a ma
tive Of St Louis. Therefore. he Is do.
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defense. the battleships to do the heavy
work. backed mp by the torpedo boats
and submarines 20 DO the work between
the blUtiOSnips and the coast NJ thu
same time protecting the supposed base
of supplies where the GuNIilaTies viii be
anchored.
For Presidents Family.
Only one other naval vessel, aside from
the necessary tUes, viii he present the
Sylph. which viii bear members OF the
Presidents family and their friends il
has not Yet been announced whether
Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt will
be present. but tho ship has been put in
readiness for their use on the occa sion.
This ship would take q position directly
on the port side OF the Dolphin, but out
side the reviewing line limits. where the
general public viii be allowed 70 as
semAle on various craft
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SCRATCHING BROUGHT
FlREMEN ON RUN

TRENTON, n. J., Aug. 1s.-James
Iavore, an Italian, last night while
leaning up against the city hall.
scratching his head. accidentally pulled
the FIRE alarm AT that point which
brought out half the department. La
wore was Immediately arrested by one
OF the city detectives. who was standing
close by
He could not explain 20 the officer,
and IL was just as hard TO make him
understand that he had caused so much
trouble
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POLICE ARE SEARCHING
FOR STONE THRONERS
Attack on Secretary Roots Train Is
Supposed TO Have Been Done
by Strikers.

BUENOs, AYREs, Aug. 1s.-The police
arc making dlHgent inquiries into the
st0uinC Of the railroad train in which
American Secretary OF state Root and
his party were returning from trip OF
inspection 70 the Chas Genius ranch.
A mob said TO be composed of strikers
attacked the train with rocks and broke
several Of the windows. Tie Argentina
minister OF agriculture was hit and Sc
verely cut on the neck. Others OF the
party were also slightly injured
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STRIKE TIE-UP
HAS No EFFECT
ON BIG BUILDINGS
Sympathetic Walk-Out
Hurts Only Small
Contractors.

There IS no general tle-up Of building
operations in the city. On nearly every
large building where a big force OF me
chanics Is employed every man at WorA
ls a uniuu man The ones who are haV-
ing trouble By reason OF the building
trades unions sympathetic strike. which
IS a fight against the open shop. are
the contractors who are doing small
work All The master builders, or course,
are deeply interested in the outcome of
the efforts Of the journeymen plumbers
70 have the master plumbers agree 70
submit the question at issue TO arDitra-
ton. And the master Dricklayers are
as deeply or more Interested than any
one else just at this Juncrure.
Tie-Up Explained.
Reports that the delay in the work on
the new building Of the Citizens Metro
politan National Bank. on Fifteenth
street. above r street. for several days
this week. was due 10 the effect OF the
sympathetic strike OF the building trades
union because of the employment OF non
union plumbers Is denied by the con-
tractors. The cause OF the suspension
Of work was due, they say, 70 the fact
that the marble cut for the building
was not up 10 the specifications. and
was condemned. and the contractors had
% wait on the arrival Of the new stone
from Georgia The other mechanics had
10 wait on the stone masOns- II was the
stone work that caused the trouble. only
union men are employed on the building
4 building on New York avenue. near
Fifteenth street looked deserted yester-
/ day, and inquiry dveIoped the fact that
/ the suspension was due TO the necessity
/ Of removing an injured stone. which
caused a stOppage Of work which will
continue for several days. No plumbing
work VIII be done on this building until
/ IL IS under root. so the question OF nom
union plumbers is not involved.
il vas learned this morning that in
several instances where the bT.CklaysTs
and others walked out OF buildings
where uOu-uuiOu plumbers were at work
a settlement was fixed up within twenty
four hours by stopping the plumbing
work. The men who walked out then
returned 10 work.
Plumbers Confident.
Today ends the tWenty-thiFd week OF
the plum bers lockout. and the locked
out men have not abandoned the fight
nor are they discouraged. In fact, they
are more confident OF gaining the point
any time since the master plum bers
notified them that their services were
no longed NEEDED, and the fight, by the
Master Plumbers Association Tor the
open shop begun
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GREAT AMERICAN FLEET
ALL READY FOR FIGHT
CONTINUED From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
ness the review. and nearly all have ac~
-epted
The Mayhower Will continue on up 10
the Maine. passing on her starboard
side. on the Maine viii be Rear Ad-
miral Evans. commander-in-ehiefo Of the
Atlantic fleet and from this vessel will
come the first saluting from a vessel
being reviewed. The MayfiOwer will
then pass down between the columns
and around them. as shown in the
diagram. After the tour is completed
the vessel viii anchor about half mile
forward Of the Maine when the Presi..
con viii be invited Rear Admiral Evans
land the flagship commanders. Following
luncheon the President will pay visit
10 the Maine, and then TO each Of the
AItogerher, there viii be forty-hve
warships in review the Des Moines
merely being present 20 convey the
naval alta -hes The Dolphin. being the
be anchored within the reviewing line .
after conveying Secretary BOnaparte to
Oyster Bay. on the Saturday preceding
the review.
Every ship that possibly can be spared
will De in line on Labor Day. The big
fleet will not be entirely complete, how
ever. as a number or gunhOaIS ana OIler
smaller vessels are I'm use in DOMINICAN
waters. The Texas aud a numRfr OF
others have been placed in reserve, and
a number of vessels are in dock under
going repairs. One by one suck ships
as can be sent 10 oyster Ray are being
rushed out Of dock OF from their re-
speCtive stations. Cruisers and moni-
tors that carried midshipmen are being
] called In several DAYS ahead OF time, and
all channels now lead 20 oyster Bay.
/ Gradually, the ships are being mcbilzed.
they having been brought In from the
Azores, from DOMINICAN waters, and
from all along the Atlantic coast.
The ships that viii participate. with
their com manderS and their formation
are AS follows. according 10 the official
program that was announced today.
United States Atlantic feet-Rear Ad-
miral Robley D. Evans. cOmmandeT-in-
chief; Capt John r. PiIlsbury. chief Of
staff
First Squadron.
First division. the commander-ln-chlef
/ Maine flagship. Capt. Nathan F.
| Niles: Missouri. Capt. Edwin c. Pen
dleton: Kentucky. Capt Edward H
Barry; Kearsarge, Capt Herbert Wins
| low.
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Louisiana. Capt. Albert r. Couden:
Rhode Island. Capt. Charles @. Bow
man. New Jersey. Capt William W
Kimball. Virginia. Capt Seaton Schroc-
der
Second Squadron.
Third division. Rear Admiral Charles
II. Davls-Alabama (aagship), Capt.
Samuel +. Comfy. Illinois. Capt. Gott-
fried BlOChlnger; Indiana. Capt. Ed
ward D. Taussig; Iowa, Capt. Benja"
min T. Tmcy.
Fourth division. Rear Admiral willard
II BrOWnsOU-Wcsr Virginia tnGSShlp)
Capt. Conway Il. Arnold Pennsylvania
Capt. Thomas &. Mclean; Colorado,
Can't. Sidney A stanton; Maryland,
Capt Royal r Ingrsoll.
Third Squadron.
Fifth division. the senior captain
Puritan. Capt. Charles ". Bartlett. Ne
vada. Commander Alfred Reynolds;
Florida. Commander Washington /.
Chambers; Arkansas, Commander Rog-
ers II. Gait.
Sixth division. the senior commander
Minneapolis. Commander Bradley A.
Smith, Cleveland, Commander John 7.
Newton; Denver, Commander John g
C0lwell.
Torpedo Flotillas.
Second notilla. Lieut. Com Edwin A
Anderson - Whipple. Lieut. Edward
Woods; Worden. Lieut.. Victor S. HouS-
ton; Truxtun. Lieut. John v Babcocll;
Hopkins. Lieut. Me-Iyn q. Cook; Law
renee. Lieut.. Thomas G.. Hart; MacDon-
ough, Lieut. Kenneth NJ Bennett
Third tlotiila, the senior lieutenant
Wilkes, Lieut. Willis McDpWelli Ting
ley. Ensign Alfred #. Brisbin; Rodgers
Lieut. Alfred w. Johnson, stockton,
Lieut. James II. Tomb Blakely, Lieut.
Charles +. Courtney; DeLOng, Lieut.
William S Miller.
Submarines.
Submarines, the senior Lieutenant
Porpoise. Lieut.. Charles p. Nelson;
Shark. Lieut. Lloyd 5. Shapleyi Nina,
tender
Troop Ship.
Troop Ship-Yankee, Commander Her
bert o. Dunn.
AuXiliaTies.
Auxiliaries-Celtic, provision ship Are
tEusa, water ship. Abarenda. collier.
Lebanon. collier; Leouidas. collier.
Positions of Vessels.
The position OF the vessels viii be as
follows: Central column, battleshiDs
Maine. Missouri, eKnlucky. Kearsarge.
Louisiana, Rhode Island, New Jersey.
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ton 10 hght the ship to the last. and
the incident 70 closed
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The position OF the vessels VIII be as
follows: Central column, battleshiDs
Maine. Missouri. eKnlucky. Kearserge.
Louisiana, Rhode Island, New Jersey,
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Positions of Vessels

Auxiliaries-Celtic provision ship Are
thusa. water ship. Abarenda. collier,
Lebanon. collier; Leouidas. collier.
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Des Moiues Is Fast.

The Des Noines IN her journey up the
Potomac yesterday made unusually good
time Although facing a heavy ebb tide
she made the distance from Plney Point
TO the navy yard I'm a few minutes more
-Lnu sLE hours.
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Troop Ship.
Auxiliaries.

Troop Ship-Yankee, Commander Her
bert o. Dunn.
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Torpedo FIotiIlas.
Submarines.

Submarines, the senior lieutenant
Porpoise. Lieut.. Charles =. Nelson,
Shark. Lieut.. Lloyd 5. Shapleyi Nina,
tender
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Louisiana. Cant Albert R Couden:
Rhode Island. Capt Charles G. Bow
RimbaIl. Virglnia. capt ScatOn SChT0c-