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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13
BANANA TRADE
ON THE BOOM
FIVE VESSELS WITH cAReoEsI
NOW IN PORT AT BAL
TimoRE.

BALTIMORE, march fS.-Busy
times are about to start IN the frm,
trade. Five vessels reacned port yes.
terday with cargoes OF bananas from
West India ports Steamers arriving
were BrooklIne for the United Fruit
Company. America for the Simon Com.
peny. Usk for the poufs yfcari Com.
pany. valvatere di Giorgio for the At.
lantic Fruit Company and the uller
for the Lanasa & Cote company. TIC
combined cargoes Of the meet amount
ed to 90 .f64 punches.
The greatest activity prevailed in
the discharging Of the cargoes in re.
frigerator cars for shipment to out-of-
town points. The great need Of wharf.
age facilities was again demonstrat.
ed. In several instances steamers
were Obliged TO lie s.de by side in
order to be secured 50 that their car.
goes could be discharged. which EN-.
pnasIsed the importance or nurrying
tie work on the new docks.
The Norwegian steamship America
made her appearance again after fiye
months absence. during which time
she had been plying between West
India ports and New York. The
America brought cargo Of .1s.o5o
lunches Of bananas consigned to the
Simon Company, Of New York, who
have recently made this city on OF
their delivery ports. The Simon Com.
.pany Is represented in this port BIZ
the Atlantic Fruit Company, and their
steamers will dock az that eompany's
wharyes at the foot or Hughes street.
The America, commanded by Captain
osterwold, will run principally to Bos.
ton and make trips from time to time
to this port. The Americas cargo Is
from Sauna, Cuba. from which port
she sailed last Tuesday. she made
the trip In 4 days and 20 hours, not.
withstanding rough seas and head
winds.
The British steamship Usk, Captain
Drake. which also arrived yesterday,
brought 1891 lunches, the first caro-
this season to the Louis Vicar Fruit
Company, and has been chartered to
make fortnightly trips for that con.
Germ. The British steamer Brookline,
Of the United Fruit Company, was
among the arrivals and brought a car
go Of 25,200 lunches of bananas and
$50 boxes Of oranges. She will sail
tomorrow for Post Antonio for IA re.
turn cargo.
The Salvatore di Giorgjo, for the AT.
lantic Fruit Company, had cargo OF
2s,2oo lunches for that concern, and
the Norwegian steamship uller, the
last to arrive, brought for the Lanasa
& COTE Company 1898 punches.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13
BITS FOR SPORTS

Mike Donlln SENS to have a cineh
on his retirement blum. He has a
little money of his own and his wife
works every day.
Please note the fact that after al.
Ban Johnson did rot accompany the
White sox on their trip to Mexico.
Illness was the excuse offered, but
fans are wandering whether or not
there is still some feeling between
Ban and .commy.
Because he didn't like to be
talked about, a hard guy from,
Missouri fell into a newspaper Office
recently and started to tear 1T down.
The city editor was out and the Sun.
day editor wouldn't fight. But when
the ANGRY one TIPPED over the
sporting editor. well. 90 you mean to
say we sporting editors don't under.
stand the art we write about?
Is George Stone really going to re.
fuse to play for the st. Louis Browns
unless Hedges makes noise like a
$4,000 contract? The salary offered
the American league champion falls
more than $1,000 short of that figure.
he failed to report yesterday when
tne Browns started South.
Al. whitridge. the indianapolis
pitcher. who was with the st. Paul
American association ,eam one sea.
son. three years ago. will continue to
play independent ball, although the
st. Paul management has been en-
deavoring to get him to sign a con-
tract He also has offers from the
Southern and Western leagues. Whit
ridge says he can make more money
playing independently. st. Paul Is
not very sad about 1t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Kewanee. III. offers Mike Doniin
and Bowerman thel nsurgent Giants
500 q month each. Three Corners
and Smiths Crossroads are expected
to raise this offer.
Phenoms are now being inflated in
the south preparatory to the blownp
later.
Here's a boost for Jack Palmer. the
Englishman. Jack o'Brfen has re,
fused to fight him.
No report so far that the Waite
sox players have been forced to pay
their own way on that Mexican trip.
Jake stahl is still baking at play.
ing with Washington.
Unglaub. Broderick and corridann
have been reinstated by the national
baseball commission-and fined s2oc
per. Briggs escaped the fine.
Spike Robson seems to be chal
longing everything in sight. His
latest is aimed at Nelson.
When $4,000 people turn out a,
Melbourne to see Jack johnson whIu
a third-rater named Lang, boxing
can't be SO dead in Australia.
Bowerman has seen the error of his
way and New York National fans ara
rejoicing.
whew! What an odor from that
Tommy Ryan-Hugo Kelly fake at
Rochester.
Langford, colored weller. is on the
bounding main. to meet Gunner NOR
in London second week in April.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13
IN THE BEST OF HuMoR.

81 figure that advertising costs me
couple of thousand dollars year
more than can afford
What are you talking about? You
don't advertise"
mo. but the department stores dc
and my wife has the bargain habit
Philadelphia Press.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

what makes you think sol"
81 know Tinkelham." = Cleveland
Plain Dealer. .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Lazy men are always talking about
some other men VINO are fools for
luck.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Buy q good pair OF shoes cheap at
the old Trfclsett stand. The odds and
ends must be cleared out to make
room for the new spring stock. 1i.st
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

"How fat that Miss calthrope is
getting"
Fat? My boy. she isn't fat, at all.
She merely possesses fine, full fig.
ure. Haven't you heard that her faith.
er recently made several hundred thou.
sand dollars in cotton deal?"-Chi.
cago Record-Herald.
The Great Naturalist-Here is a
specimen of something that was
sure would sooner or later be evoly.
ed.
The Reporter examining it)-what
Is the creature-a new kind Of horse.
ny?
The Great Natnralist-No, sir: it
is "honkolocusT'' or "auto-HN"-
Puck.
There was some confusion as to
which side of the street cars should
stop.
Let us make 1t rule" said the
motorman, ito notice on which sIle
the people are waiting, and then stop
at the other"
But suppose there are people on
both sldes?" ventured one less har.
dened In experience.
"oh, as to that replied the Instruc.
tor. "of course, it's impossible not to
oblise somebody once IN a while."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Poverty has taken many hard
fall out Of ambition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

MUSICAL, singing and Dancing Special
ties.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Read the DAILY West vlrginIan..
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

a COMEDY With Plot, Mounted
With Special Scenery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

whew. What an odor from thu
Tommy Ryan.Hugo Kelly fake /
Rochester.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Langford, colored weller. is on tn
bounding main. to meet Gunner Moi
in London second week in April.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

An EnteFtaInment for Children From
6to so.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Bowerman has seen the error of hi
way and New York National fans ar.
rejoicing.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

When $4,000 people turn out at
Melbourne to see Jack johnson whlp
a third-rater named Lang, boxing
can't be SO dead in Australia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

THE SHOW You Have Been Waiting
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Spike Robson seems to be chal
longing everything in sight. His
latest is aimed at Nelson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

There was some confusion as to
which side of the street cars should
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

Mike Doniin SENS to have a cineh.
on his retirement blum. He has d
little money of his own and his wife
works every day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-13

The Great Natnralist-No, sir: it
is "honkolocusr'' or "auto-ay"-
Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-10-05

fensive works. But the order to re-
frain from firing unless the shore bat
teries took the initiative was impera-
tive, and the navy obeys orders.
1t was at this time, when the fleet
was chatting most at the inaction i'm
posed, that the battleship Iowa, then
under the command of Evans, found
one morning hitherto unknown and
as yet unchartered current.
1T was certainly remarkable cur
rent" the Iowa's commander ex-
planned a few hours later. This
morning at early daylight. instead of
being some three miles out, the dawn
showed that we were close inshore
and not more than pistol shot from
that new battery that the Spaniards
have been emplacing near the MORO.
Luckily, all my men are night owls,
and they were all awake at the time
and were all sitting about their guns
all except those who belonged down
below, and these were down in the
magazines and hoping that some day
the Spaniards would break the mo-
notony by firing.
A straight-out Diplomacy.
"Well, we were so close in that
there was considerable trouble in turn
ing. going ahead on one engine and
backing on the other. But at last we
got Strengthened out and both engines
were sent ahead at full speed. That
might have made it look as though
we had suddenly discovered that We
were in bad place and were in a
hurry to get out.
"But may l be keelhauled," Evans
regretfully added, 'if they would fire
even then"
Let no one gain from this wrong
impression of the distinguished officer
who is to conduct the flower of the
American navy from one ocean to an
other.
Besides being eminent in his profess
sion, he is recognized as student and
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concealed. Furthermore. the sheets
are drenched In alum as a protection
against fire. All spare wood has been
jettisoned, and fire and collision par
ties stand to quarters. Watertight
doors are closed and at each man II
stationed, and collision mating is
prepared-'Upper deck quarters; cut
collision mating would be the order.
Steam pumps are also In readiness.
Each ship has been marked by dis.
tinctive band of color round her fun
mel for in the smoke. Of. battle. you
know, 1t Is good to know your friends.
Gunnery instructions have taken
charge OF the barbettes, which contain
the great 12-inch guns, and the cap
tains of the smaller weapons are at
their posts.
Whether by quickfirer, shell room.
or torpedo tube, every man, through
months of training, has learned his
place. Even the band knows its sta
tion-it Is to collect the wounded.
Guns are loaded and the ammunition
hoists seem to be In order; and sup
plies of drinking water are arranged
along each deck.
"The coming tower is the brains Of
the ship, and the captains place of ac-
tion is there. 1t is the cynosure Of the
enemy's guns; the post of signal honor
and acutest danger. Beneath him is
10000 tons, mainly steel. and before
him is the something he has either to
burn, blow up, or sink.
"Sight for 5000 yards" wings down
the tube. and the game of long bowls
cammences. The two great forward
guns eoar out welcome, and the
sighting lieutenant bends forward to
mark the damage. First shots, how.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-10-05
Striking Personalities of Three
Rear AdmiraLs and Sixteen
Captains to Whom Are In
trusted the Men and Millions
Who Represent America s
Might on the Ocean.

New York.-With the coming depar-
ture of the Atlantic fleet to Pacific
waters-waters which may be any
thing but pacific before the "far-fung
battle line" is withdrawn from these
seas-considerable interest arises in
the personality of the men who are to
command the vessels of this vast
armada.
Who are they, these sea warriors to
whose vigilance and skill will be in
trusted the management of the most
powerful fleet that was ever gathered
under one flag and which is soon to
undertake voyage unparalleled in
its character-one that was recently
ineptly likened to Nelson's splendid
sweep from Brest to the West Indies
and back to the. world-shaking day of
Trafalgar"
There may be no Trafalgar-like
clash of armaments anywhere now
impending in the path Of this great
feet of warships yet it is still inter-
esting to recount the records of the
flag officers and captains, says a
writer in the New York Times.
New Yarn About Evans.
There are now three rear admirals
and 16 captains upholding In this
fleet the honor of the flag. The rank
ing officer, Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans, is not only the senior in the
fleet; he is the senior rear admiral in
active service-the officer next in rank
to Dewey, admiral of the navy.
The record of Rear Admiral Evans
is too well known to require any ex-
ended reference in this story Of the
feet and commanders.
Many anecdotes have been told Of
Evans--the man whom Kipling has
described in verse as the one who has
lived more stories than most other
smen--himself and Zogbaum included
could invent
Here is one that has been recalled
by an old notebook which the writer
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had surrendered they were as gentle
as American women"
Rear Admiral William H. Emory,
who commands the Fourth division.
was born In the District of Columbia.
and entered the Naval academy In
1862. He was a member Of the Greedy
relief expedition. Promoted to lieu
tenant commander in 1887. he was de-
tailed as naval attache at London. and
was next assigned to the command
OF the Petrol. Subsequently he was
chief Of staff on the flagship Brooklyn.
then became member of the board
of inspection and survey, and, after
his tour of duty there, was assigned
to the Monongahela-
or the 16 captains in this fleet. per-
haps Capt. Richard Wainwright, In
command Of the battleship Louisiana,
Is the most widely known. Few need
to be reminded that 1t was this gal
liant officer who was In command Of
the little gunboat Gloucester at the
time of Cervera's sortie from Santi-
ago, when the Gloucester made dash
for the two Spanish destroyers. and
the rest Is history.
There is a sentimental reason why
Capt. Herbert Winslow, whose PEN
nant flies from the battleship Kear-
sarge, should be In command of that
vessel. Capt Winslow is the nephew
Of Capt. (afterward rear admiral)
Herbert A. Winslow, the officer who
commanded the old corvette Kear-
sarge when she engaged and sunk the
confederate cruiser Alabama of Cher
bourg in 1864. During the first part
of the war with Spain Capt. Winslow
was attached to the auxiliary cruiser
st. Louis. He was shortly afterward
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ever, are a pure speculation, and too
high or too low Is generally the ver-
dict. But before the ammunition hoists
can jerk up more food. the distance
has decreased, and $500 yards will be
the sight. BY that time the work Is
warmer, for some of the smaller guns,
the six-inch and 12-pounder quick
firers, are being worked by sweating
crews. Already, too, the Via Dolorosa
to the cockpit is marked by its sig
nificant trail. Ammunition is being
flung up 20 rounds at time to be
spent as fast as guns can speak, for
to a ship in the midst OF the work
everything has ceased to exist but the
enemy's hull in front of 1t. BY this
time small casualties have overtaken
the ships. With the best of good for
tune she cannot hope to escape being
hit somewhere. The mighty, yet deli
cate mechanism of battleship Is vul-
nerable at hundred points. Batteries
are working with diminished crews,
hydraulic ammunition hoists are
smashed, and consequently supply par
ties are passing up shot by hand, and
forward stoker fire brigade is ex.
tinguishing small fires.
"The fleets are now but 500 yards
apart, but the best gunners being dead.
accuracy of fire will have diminished.
Possibly, too, the fighting line will
have been replenished by staff addi.
tions from stokehold or magazine, for
modern battleship carries no re-
serve OF men. Now, though the range
is hazardous, the luck of the torpedo
might be attempted by the enemy.
Rendered desperate, the losing bat
tleship must now resort to its last
weapon Of offense, the ram. On the
hrst bugle. Prepare to RAM all guns
are laid on the bow and made ready to
pour a broadside on the opposing ship.
Every man not working the quick.
firers must protect himself from the
enemy's projectiles and take cover,
Granting your opponent. however, un-
impaired engines. ramming is con-
summation Infinitely dificult to
achieve. Miscalculate your distance BY
score Of yards, and, missing your
mark, your adversary's, 40 tons OF steel
itself must be showing into you. And.
further, as o fact, the torpedo will
even prevent navigable ships coming
too close together. Nor Is It fair to
say will many ships surrender For.
| though itss vitals be torn and bare,
only absolute destruction can put all
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-10-05
THE STORY.

MOT only had the religious life of
IN King David been quickened by the
bringing Of the ark to Jerusalem, but
that of the whole nation as well, and
the king found new delight and pur.
pose in the performance of his relig
ious devotions as he came to realize
how the people looked to him as ex-
ample and leader, and were pleased
to follow him In closer observance
Of the Mosaic law.
The sad tragedy connected with
bringing up the ark had stirred the
nation profoundly, and the depression
which had followed gave place later
to more profound reverence for God,
for David had corrected his own mis-
apprehensions regarding the incident
and had completed the task of bring
ing up the ark to the royal city and
placing 1t within the holy OF holes In
the tabernacle. Thus he had reassured
the people.
What glad time that had been and
how King David had won the admira-
tion and love Of the people as he had
mingled in common with them in the
joyful procession that danced before
the Lord as the ark progressed upon
its journey. And what new mean
ing the sacrifices had taken on in the
regard of the people as the solemn
service was performed at short inter-
walls upon the journey, David having
caused the erection Of affairs along the
line Of the march. And following the
glad but solemn ceremony of Install
Ing the ark In its place In the temple
had coB,e ~ we have said, revival In
the heart Of the king a. well a. in the
hearts Of bts people. 20 that the obli-
cations to tts Lord were regularly and
faithfully performed BY all the people.
the king taking delight IN leading the
people IN this respect.
One day after King David had been
to the sabernacle to present his offer-
ing before the Lord and to have the
priest make sacrince for him he was
In particular elation Of spirits, and his
whole heart overnowed with Impulse
to honor the God who had 20 signally
blessed him and who now had given
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-10-05
NOT WAR, BUT MASSACRE.
English Sailor Describes Conditions az
They Will Be on Sea.

Naval warfare to-day resolves It.
self into a problem of mathmatics,
and death is gagged by the figures Of
Euclid and matter of revolutions to
the minute; 1t Is cultured massacre"
The speaker was Admiral Sir Al
bert Hastings Markham, X. G. b., Of
the British royal navy, who arrived in
New York recently. en- route to Can
ada on visit, In the course of chat
at the Metropolitan club. The admiral,
who has seen much active service in
the British navy and held many i'm
portant commands In 1t, besides incl
dentally accomplishing valuable serv-
ices in Arctic exploration and writing
several books, was asked to give q
mental description of life on board a
battleship as he knows 1t during the
progress of an actual fight. In view
of the great increase In naval strength
which is taking place In every nation
and the immense warships that are
being turned out, Admiral Markham's 9
vivid description of sea fight gives
some idea of what the horrors of the
next great naval battle will be like.
Let us consider ourselves, then. on
first-class battleship as spectators Of
the next naval fight" began the ad-
miral, "and that the time has arrived
to prepare for action.
Boats are filled with water and
surrounded with splinterproof ma.
terial; or to follow the example Of the
Japs, they must be thrown overheard.
Sacks of coal are placed round the
funnel. About the smallest machine
guns, unprotected by armor, canvas
sheets are hung, and in this way the
precise number Of men and guns ID
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detached and detailed to the command
of the Fern, commanding that vessel
throughout the rest of the war.
Next In rank to Capt Winslow, Of
the Kearsarge, is Capt. Samuel p.
Comfy, of the Alabama. This officer
is also one of the old war veterans,
having served throughout the cam
paign on board the battleship Indiana.
The Minnesota, one of the newest
of the big battleships, is commanded
by Capt. John Hubbard. This officer
is well known to New York's naval
militia, he having been attached to
the cruiser Yankee which carried the
citizen-sailors to the Santiago cam
paign.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-10-05

an authority on international law, and
there are few in the naval service to
whom the government would sooner
intrust an important matter of diplo-
macy. But his diplomacy is suggestive
Of his 13-inch guns, clean-lipped, GER
tain, and direct. He has no subter-
fuges. What he thinks he says, and
what he says all the world may know.
And he has the kindness which
ever goes with strong natures. This
had expression In the brief report
which he made after the battle Of
Santiago: 80 long a. the enemy
showed his nag our men fought like
American seamen, but after the foe