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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
nuDN pF CHIN tNH, MD.
Indian Was Buried In Army OFF.
GERS Uniform,

Houston. Texas. Oct S-Clad tn
the ta,tcred uniform Of federal Of
flcer. with the shoulder straps Of a
brlRadler general attached. The per
fectly preserved skeleton Of an old
Indian chief has just been eXhumed
on top Of Twin mountain. near
Brownwood by Jim Byrd, the old
hunter. who has lived in the vicinity
fifty years The intefment was be-
fore hts recollection. Bride bits, a
dirk. butcher knife and mtldewed
fragments or written paper, indeci-
pherable, were also found in the
grave.
Robert f, Lee, as a young lieuten-
ant. was stationed at the fort there,
which was abandoned thirty years
ago. Complete mystery enyelops the
find.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
CITY GETS NEW DEPOT
By Orter OF Conm,Ssioa ihe kaiy Will
Bald h0tera Station Here.

Waxahachie gets another now pas
senser station
After a long drawn out figh, the
Katy has at last decided to come
across with building that viii be
right up to now.
And while the road for several
years has been resisting the appeal
of the citizens of the town 1t made
no contest IN the hearing before the
railroad commission this morning,
The result Of the hearing Is fully eX-
planned in the following telegram
from Waxahachie's committee of
citizens, r. X. Erwin, w. s. Kemble
and Perry s Robertson, to the Daily
Light:
Austin, Texas. October s, 1884 p.
m.-Went before the railroad com
mission at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Katy superintendent admitted
that Waxahachie ought to have the
depot No contest was made The
commissioners promised to give us
an up to date depot,
COMMITTEE.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
Nti.t-> ORDERED SOLD
Tract ioa Engines N,ii Take Their
Place ON the County Roads.

Al the special meeting OF the
county commissioner Monday af-
teynoon County sudiior spaidiu.
was authorized 90 sell forty-six mules
which are now In service on the
county roads The mules viii be sent
10 the county farm 20 be prepared
for market. and II Is understood ihat
they viii not De offered for sale un-
til about November / The working
OF conyiets on the public roads IS al
most thing Of the past, and the
county has found Il expensive to
feed fifty or sixty mules and main
tain the camps in other ways, For
the past two or three years It has
been impossible 10 keep enough con
yicts in the two road camps to oper-
ate the plows and graders, Almost
as fast as convictions are secured in
the county court farmers are ready
to pay the fines Of the defendants
aud give them employmentao their
farms. Traction engines will take
the place of mules on the roads TO
pull the plows and graders.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
RESORT TO THE COURTS
Rosts Ash laisatiioa Asaia,i CeamS-
Noas beeAkeepiaa 0ftr.

Austin. Texas Oei, The rail-
roads Yesterday flied Ia the twenty
lsixih district court an application
for an injunction asking that the
railroad commission be restrained
temporarily from enforcing order AZ
the bookkeeping order requiring a
system Of bookkeeping SO AS to show
a separation Of operating expenses
state from interstate, and finally
asking that the order be Cancelled
The suit Was filed hy Gregory
Bats & Brooks.
r. J Freeman. general solicitor
for Texas and Pacific. vas here yes
terday on business in connection
with the filing of the suit With the
Texas and Pacific are included about
twenty-five OF the other leading
roads of the state Ali the roads
against which suits were ordered by
the railroad commission last Thurs
day are parties in the application to
njoin the commission.
The hearing will probably come
up some time this week. as injune-
tion cases Of this nature take prece-
dence over other eases. For some
reason the cases prepared by the
railroad commission last Thursday
were never filed.
As soon as the railroads saw an
announcement that the suits were
to be filed they began to prepare in
junction proceedings. The applica-
tion for an injunction was filed In
the district court before the suits
could be filed. The penalties against
| the railroads for failure TO observe
/ the commissions order stop as soon
as injunction proceedings are filed.
An injunction was not asked
against order Al The railroads
claim to be obeying this order anc
declare it is their intention still K
do So
The railroads claim that A
places the burden OF operation o
q the interstate business, making a
unfair rate basis In Texas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
\ MONKEY ARRESTED
Spry Animal Makes Il Chase. But i
Returned to Tent Show.

Mexia, Texas, Oct, S.--Quite a
unique arrest was made Saturday by
City Marshal Walter Lewis and Com
stable Hancock A small show in
tent on Railroad street reported to
the officers that one of their mon
keys was stolen during the night.
The officers suspicioned a certain
person of the theft and went on a
search down the Central railroad to
crossing Of the Brazos Valley line
There they found Mr. Monkey locked
in a wooden locker. Upon opening
the locker the monkey leaped out
and ran down the track for several
hundred yards with the officers in
hot pursuit. Finally the monkey laid
upon his back with hands up. He
was captured and brought back to
the city and turned over to the own
ers. The thief has not yet been loca-
ted. but the officers have goot
clpW
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WILL KEEP Up THE BARS
bridgeport Dedine> 10 Atmii NEGRO L.
boz IN fown.

Bridgeport. Texas, Oct S-The
citizens Of Bridgeport met Saturday
night ia mass meeting TO decide
whether or not negro labor should
be used al the compress Bridge
port has always been strictly "a
white mans town" aud It was unanj-
mously decided that it should remain
So The manager OF The compress.
came before the people, asking them
to allow him TO bring few negroes
into town, lie insisted that he must
have negro tyers, SAYING there We're
not a half dozen white tyers In the
state Of Texas. aud claiming that a
compress could not be successfully
operated without them. But the citi-
zens took a different view.
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list OF LANDS TO 81. SOLD.
State Land Commissioner VIII Dis.
pose OF Them on Nov. I.

r
e state Land commissioner VII ~
t Se 81 "'''" ." -,'
sram ,ana Canr.;ss.aaon ~ rarran
large bundle Of conies Of . ltst o
school lands which will be sold or
November /. The list embraces APP
proximately 10000 acres and is sit
uated in various counties in the
state, though most of the land is sit
uated in the western part Of the
state This is school land which has
been declared forfeited for non-pay-
ment of interest and may be purchas-
ed without settlement or residence,
which Will no doubt attract many
bidders for this land.
Persons desiring copies of the us,
mas obtain same from county clerks.
AZ. tracts of land of l'" acres or
'.. "." .e sold ior cash. and aH
..... H. mo.r .aan I"" acres may
Pr. SOLD ."- oasH "I ''. oae-.".''e'"
cash .aI .Hr balance ."a 'e paid ai
auE ..n. IHr rgmH'H.s. '. .". ""-
paij pa.uN0-, rIi'. '... 0ear ""'
Dru' Interest in'c''-. 3. que '' ..'
urs. 1t November. and D. n'. ptd ..'
Hnd "O. H. subject .' forfeiture
NJ. money i'r 'h" na. men. ". n'''- .
,.p" ". m.,res. must ". s.H' feb
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ACCIDENT ON KATY.
Engine and Caboose Ditched at Eli
giu--Blocks Traffic.


| Elgin. Texas, Oct S.-At 12. s;
Monday morning a wreck occurred
on the Missouri, Kansas and Texa
| railway, which would have proved {
very serious affair had it been a load
ed freight or passenger train. But it
was a north bound through freight
train and consisted of only an en-
gine and caboose. 1t ran through an
open switch and was derailed. dam
aging the engine slightly, but did
not seriously injure the caboose. 1t
shook the fireman and engineer up
considerably but neither of them
were injured.
The wreck delayed all trains on
the line and the south bound train
was routed over the Houston and
Texas Central This is the result of
q mysterious order which up 20 this
hour can not be accounted for The
light OF the signal was exposing the
green light. which is am indication
of O. clear track. and the switch was
locked oneu. thereby throwing the
train completely Oft The track
An Investigation win bo held and
900 attempt made .o finI who gave
the WRONG order.
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VISITORS TO CAPITOL.
Monthly Reports Submitted by the
Dome Watchman.

! Austin, Texas, Oct. 81. d. Hill
watchman of the capitol dome, has
| completed his report for September
! of the number of visitors to the
dome for that month. The report
shows the total number of visitors
to the dome to have been 203S. and
out of that number ~ were from
other states and nations as follows:
Mexico ., Missouri 90, Louisiana
and Kansas s each, Illinois and In
dian Territory each, Kentucky 8.
Tennessee 3. Ohio and North Carroll
ma each California Massachusetts
Arkansas, Georgia,
South Carolina, Oklahoma. Idaho
and Utah one each.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
DRAM vuuskrA oN TRAM
Thrr, Negroes krrc~tcd and iica,tlS
tined ut Rice

Curipsut. Texas. pei N'.N
Wa.bnauH. TaI.n. .ud NW Camp
he.I .H uas.ue.. u.r, arrested n.-
tween uer. tHd Ei.. saturday uisa.
t1r Irutlu- aauaf n8 fHr 'rHiH
when sHuut ..s uls north ut hera
.ut aHiIr .r. .IIH vaa Eo.us st '
srerI Hf .u.u. .uIE miles auI hua.
Washington .nn,I .brousH eu.
Hoe B.. 5000 -HHurHf tt fhHsv vN"
sHa.-.I .H. ...p r1as fv eaa tit
s1 HHr bon .naa. .n houf ne sppsar
eI H. rH. I.H.. #. H.ls. WhuH fHr
fH.r. r.wHr| H Boa W.Hf
,.aH Hs. ..I GOSH aH#
srfr.
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GENERAL PARSONS DEAD
Former Commander of Parsons Bri-
gade Died in Chicago.

General w. II. Parsons, foI merly
of Texas, of late years resident of
Washington, D. c.. and recently a
resident of the city Of Chicago, died
on the evening of October I'd, 1907.
age ST years, s. months and 8 days.
General Parsons was brigade com
mander of Parsons Texas Brigade.
His last moments were peaceful, and
the day before his death had tae sat
isfaetion of receiving a letter from
one of his old soldiers, Mai. A. NJ
Dickman, of Dallas. Thus among his
last thoughts was the comforting
assurance that be was not forgotten
though separated by many years ant
lmany miles from those who followed
| him and loved him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-08
FALLS FROM TREE.
Young Farmer of Italy Nciehbor-
hood Probably Fatally Hurt.

Eugene Harris. o. young farmer
living below italy. about teu miles.
feI from % pecan tree sunday and
received injuries which 30 is thought
may prove fatal Mr. Harris wAs
alone when o.. fe'I and B, was several
hours before he ua- found in au uH.
conscious condition H.s hlp "as
broken AND other serious inIuf."
sustained
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Killed by Train.

Elkhart, Texas, Oct S.-Yester-
day morning before daylight James
Lawrence, station agent here, aged
65. was run over by the train and
instantly killed. The train was sever
al hours behind and no one was pres
ent. His head was nearly severed.
His aged wife is here alone.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-29
\ AND STEAMBOAT nME CARDS

,-nowing table shows the time Of arrival
sspsrture Of trains and sseamboats:
northern Pacific Railway.
Local PASSENGER Leave.
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lots 4, s, 8, blk IS; Iots /, 2, ok
10; lot 4, 5, blk 10; lots 4, blk 40;
lots 8. 4, blk 90: Sanders park adj
dition to Coeui d'Aisna, 800.
Mary G. LaClair to Washington
Water Power company. right way
across v hf Of nv or OF section ~,
township SO north, range vest.
John B. Taylor to P. T. Nixon. lot
ID, blk rs, Lake Shore addition to
Occur d'AIene. $3.50.
B. B. Renshaw to o. O. Schmidt
hf intertst in lots I, 8, 6, I. 8, Q,
bIkl lOts 4. 5. 8. blk 3 lots 5, 9.
blk 4; lots 3, 4, Z. ., blk AZ. lots
4, 5, 8, blk 10; lots 4, 3, 9, 7, blk
IL; lots 5, 8. blk 12; lots s, 9. blk
ID; lots 8, 8, Z, blk 10; lots Z, 8,
blk l6; lots 5, 6, blk 10; Sanders
park addition to Occur d'Alens.
G. W. Cain to e. II. Brockman
part n hf lot 90. section IL. township
90 north, range west, $500.
g. w. Cain to w. p. Smith, part
Of N hf Of lot 30 section IL, township
90 north, range west, $625.
Estella Deffenbaugh ct al, Grace
Toton ct al, lot 4, block 5, Label
cardo Bay, 500.
John Vicklund To James Riley,
lot 3, block SO, Marcott tracts, $3.50.
Haylot Brothers to Chas Hanson,
lot 8, block 8, Taylor park, 5000.
Mary G. Mcdonald to Ned W.
Caklins, lot Z, block q, town OF
Occur d'Alene, $1,000.
Spokane Valley L 4 W company tn
#. j. Przik, tract, 4 plat Q, Green
acres, 1875.
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SPOKANE BATE
CASE PRESENTED
tcontinued from paqe IL

tContinued from page l.
said; that you do not make presont
rates on what may Be true at some
distant time in the future. You may
make rate for only two years under
the law. II, at the end Of two years.
the railroads can prove it has been
unjust let them come to you for re-
lief.
But | plead with you to remem
Der that if you decide against the
people now they have no redress. II
against the railroads and they are
unjustly injured they have relief in
court.
ut Is for the people Of my home
country that am pleading. l ask
you to consider their claims in deter
mining yoar position in this case. -
W. W. Cotton, general attorney
for the o. X. I'm. proceeded Mr..
Stephens with an able argument for
retention OF existing traffic conditions,
lap ing stress on water competition
and going into the alleged dominat.
ion Of Spokane in territory within
200 miles. He differenited between
western roads in a new develop ing
country and roads In settled ter
ritory. He combated the position
Of Brooks Adams that the shortest
road should decide the rate, saying
it would bankrupt every western road
and rs per cent Of the entire miIage
of the nation.
J. N. Teal, Tor the Portland inter
vernors, showed that the o. r. & N.
surplus Of 81, 400, 900 had been piled
up in 10 years, and $40, coo, 600
had been taken from current earnings
for maintenance, which surplus the
company refuses to use to develop
10000 square miles Of the interior
of Oregon. now without a single line,
but uses the surplus to fight Hills
North Bank roads ingress to Port.
land and to build from Port land to
Seattle. such meth DDS amount to
extortion, he said, and pleaded for a
lowering OF the distribution rate from
the Coast cities.
Attorney Stephens will file a reply
brief September /. The commission
is to decide the case later in the
fall.
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MILITIA ENCAMPMENT
Comes to Occur d'Alene This
Year,

The encampmennt Of the militia
companies of Idaho will occur the
lat ter part of July or the first of
August, the exact date not being
fixed. Already orders have gone
from Adjutant Genreal Vickers, of the
Idaho National guard, stationed at
Boise. to companies throughout the
state, calling their attention to the
encampment held here this year.
1t is thought the local company
will be ready to participate in that
eacampment since it comes so late,
for that will give more time in which
the new uniforms may come.
The local company is nov in charge
of a very competent captain who
knows its requirements and making
every effort to meet them.
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ADDING NEW TERRITORY
Spokane is Extending its City
Limits.

Spokane, Wash, June 29.-
twenty-five square miles of territory
is to be added to Spokane in extend
ing the city limits. This will add
one mile to the south and west sides
and mile and half to the east and
north ends, taking in a population
of between 1900 and 5000 and cou-
siderable taxable property. c. NJ.
Fassett, head of special committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, report
ed in favor OF annexing Hillyard and
the Great Northern railway shops,
and this is to be considered Az a
meeting the middle of July
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white Star Navig@tton Co.
Steamer FLYER. Arril
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Follo~ing is a list Of real estate
transfers for Kootenai county as fur :
nished by the Panhandle Abstract
company.
II. ]. Curran to Washington Water
Power company, right ofwsy across
ne ar of nv or of section 81, hf o.
sw or Of section 10, township AZ
n orth, range l west.
W O. Schade to Washington
Water Power company, right of-Say
across section II, township AZ north
range / west.
A L. Seward to Washington
Water Power company, right of-say
ACROSS or of section, $ townhip ~
north, range l vest.
A d. Smith to Washington Water
POSER company, right Of way across
NV ar Of section II, township II
north, range / west.
/ @. N. Week to Washington Water
power company. right-Of-wny across
40 or Of section :. township AZ
north, range west.
B. V. Dank 70 AvondSle stool
farm nv or Of section "A, township
II north. range / vest
O. C. Schmidt TO B. B. RenshaU
NJ interest in lots 1. 2. 3, 10, IL
.iIa block >; lot I, 8. .. blk. 3
tots 4 4. BLK 4; lots /, ?. I. s. biz
4. lots $, Q, blk IL; lots }, 4. bl
"a. lots 5, 6. ], IL, II, blk IA
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Notice.

You are hereby notified to remove
all garbage, rubbish, manure and in
fiamable material from your prem
Uses and adjoining alley and place
the same in sanitary condition be-
fore July 4, 1907. Violations Of
this notice will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
NJ. A. DORLAND,
Health officer.
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CITY IN BRIEF
Cab Phone l53.

.AyhD l. AON
For plumbing, see Dezell.
You can't do better than invest in
Ayerdale, see ad.
70. ". Norquist was Spokane Wis
|Ur yesterday.
Highest price paid for good second
nd grain sacks. Idaho Mercantile
npaDy.
Let us show you our list of real
sate. We have bargains. Jay J.
.ker, 215 Second street.
Geo. williams and j T. Sullivan
de business trip to Spokane yes
day.
Buy lot for $40 from the Ameri.
Trust company. See ad.
Dur paints are going. If you want
get a No. 1. mixed paint at $3.50
allon, you will have to be quick.
tho Mercantile company.
Dallas Yearout and his two friends
for Lewiston and vicinity today
ere they will spend the Fourth.
iOdsgon's superior strawberries
handled exclusively by the Idaho
rcantile and Brown Table Supply
ppanles.
NJ. Brandt, a prominent Knight
gler of Spokane; was business
iia in our city yesterday.
ID you save II cents day to buy
one; if so see Union Trust COM
D.
ssst cow feed, green alfalfa hay.
On Barr Chainey company.
udge Edwin McBee of Rathdrum
in town yesterday.
ixteen inch dry pine wood, Idaho
cantile company.
Dr.. F. d. Watts and family will
We in the near future for their
nestead in the Clear water country.
Match out for Rambler wheel
gl5. Return to Keller & Company
receive reward.
Fresh milch COWS from S35 up.
y Meat market, s18 Fourth street.
Charles Croker of whom Alex
hsrland purchased the right IN a
Restead was in town yesterday
said his former claim to have
n a good one and thought now he
made mistake in selling. He
Ie glowing accounts of the vast for
of yellow and white pine.
Just received one nar load OF
ster and two car loads of cement.
INNER Fuel company.
Geo. Williams, the architect is
AWing plans for a two story orlck
pre- huilding so by 100 feet, to be
ected at Tekoa. 1t is nicely ar
hged for a bank, store and lodge
pms.
See Daggett & Mitchell under hel-
s grocery and have your measure
ten for that spring suit.
Mrs, Adelaide Bourguin will az
nge for Glasses in elOcution ana
ysical culture, those who desire to
Sc class lessons are invited TO make
plication at once on Tuesday and
tdays. Private lessons given
.. Bourgquin's card giving topics
study will be found in the pro-
sional column OF this paper. OIL
lsier street.
Martin Bros. for painting, PaPei
-N'uk auu uecOE8tAu8s
Dr.. Watts is Offering bargain II
ese two lots on Indiana near Sew
%. Fine trees, tlns elevathon
best residence location IN tn'
y, grading begins tomorrow.
Dine at Hotel Idaho cafe. Bes
vice in the state and prices moder
Neal tioksts tor s5. SPeeia
cent dinner every Sunday, 5;So q
80.
Esy property in Meyerdale =
Nn IS per month. See Union Iru'
@pany's ad.
any old place you hans your %
= b home, sweet home. to Jon
cay your ice cream and canoi'
l4tta 4 Hatch. 1T North foort
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-29
Hot Weather
Furniture

Hot weather suggests Refrigerators, Hammocks,
camp necessities and cool sleeping arrangements.
We have fully anticipated these wants and are pre-
pared to supply all those things in house furnishings
that go to make life comfortable while the tenn
perature hovers around the 80o mark The mer-
curry going up does not necessarily mean that the
prices 60 with it. Just received consignment of
Reed Rockers and Chairs, which enables us to make
a complete showing Of that class Of goods They
have been priced very reasonable and we expect
them to go quickly. Make your selection now.
They are light cool and artistic but strong and sub
stantial
Free press., 1907-06-15
A ZAP CONSPIRACY.
A Faction Seeks Overthrow of Minis
try and Entrance to This Coun-
try for Coolie Laborers.

Washington, D. C. = That the
Japanese of the Pacific coast, and the
progressives a political party of jap
an, have entered into an alliance which
has the earmarks of an International
conspiracy with the overthrow of the
present ministry in Japan and the an
nulment of the clause in the immigra--
ton bill excluding Japanese coo1ie Ia
Dor for continental United States as
the ultimate, objects, was learned all
thoritatively here Sunday. The pre-
liminary steps in this scheme, it is
said, will be to induce the Toxic gov
ernment to recall Viscount Aoki, the
Japanese ambassador to the United
States, and to demand an apology and
perhaps and indemnity from the gov
ernment for the alleged acts of vio-
lence against Japanese subjects resid-
ing in San Francisco.
Free press., 1907-06-15
The Yacht Race to Bermuda.

Hamilton, Bermuda. = The schoor-
er yacht Dervish,, owned by H.
A. Morse of the Corinthian Yacht
Club, Ma~blehead, Mass, one of the
yachts which started in the ocean racs
from New York to Bermuda June 5
reached the stake boat at st. David's
Head at G:25 o'clock Sunday morning.
The yacht Hyperion owned by Rear
Commodore Frank Maier, New Roch-
ellie Yacht club, crossed the line at
$50 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
Dervish anchored off the Royal Ber-
muda Yacht club at 1O:3O o'clock Sun
day morning and a most enthusiastic
reception was accorded her. She
completed the run of $50 miles in 81
hours and so minutes.
Free press., 1907-06-15
BETTER SHOOTING.
The Annual Record Target Practice
For the Navy Shows Marked In
crease in Efficiency.

Washington. - Splendid progress
in target shooting with the big guns
of the navy is recorded in the general
order promulgated Friday by Secree
tary Metcalf giving the standing of the
respective fleets, squadrons, divisions
and vessels for the annual record
target practice of 1907 The Atlantic
fleet, which was the winner, scored
59.34G per cent against 59.241 for the
Pacific fleet. a remarkable close con-
test. Last year the Pacific squadron
(nOt the fleet had the smallest final
merit, while this year it is higher than
all the other squadrons. The second
squadron, Pacific fleet, commanded by
Admiral SWinburne, which cores
ponds to the former Pacific squadron,
has won all that it could win; that is,
the cruiser, gunboat and torpedo boat
trophies, there being no ships of the
battleship class at present in that
squadron.