Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Congress. More than two hundred
buildings were authorized at the last
session. In addition authority was
given for the acquisition of about one
hundred sites. james Knox Taylor,
the supervising architect, lost no time
in getting his pre!iminaries out of the
way, so now he is ready to award con
tracts.
Before a conference of nearly 100
naval officers in the War College at
Newport, Il. L., President Roosevelt
made a strong appeal for a hard-hit-
ting navy, and limited broadly that our
restriction of immigration might stir
Japan to strife, while at the same time
defending our right to say what peo-
pies shall come here. lie spoke only
as a layman and said he was really adj
dressing the country. TO advocate a
navy for coast defense only was Ito
invite attack Diplomacy was of value
only when resting on the Substantial
basis of potential force" When this
nation does nave to go to war, he add
ed, such war will only be eXcusable if
the nation intends to hammer its oppo-
nents until that opponent quits light
ing He referred to the criticism of
the New York papers of the Pacific
cruise of the fleet, on the ground that
it would leave the city unprotected, and
added h he would not discuss how
far that protest was connected with OPP
position with the reform policy OF the
administration. But he would say that
ill time of war the fleet should be foot
loose to strike the enemy and the for
tifications should be relied on to defend
the city. After the speech the PreSl-
dent took part in the secret conference,
in which for the first time officers OF
all grades were invited to join in the
discussion of the plans for forthcoming
battIeShips. On the way to Newport
the yacht Mayflower, on which the
presidential party sailed, had a narrow
escape from disaster in collision with
a lumber barge, the latter sinking.
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Under the provisions Of a resolution
adopted recently by the Senate, Secre-
tary Straus has arranged for a thor
ough investigation of the operations o.
the telegraph companies OF the country.
The inquiry will extend into the re-
CENTS and expenditures OF the compan-
les, the wages they pay, the conditions
of their employees, the hours OF LABOR
and other matters pertaining to the
operation of the companies.
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Grand Army veterans here as the re-
suit of the announcement that Capt
Newton NJ. Brooks, superintendent OF
the foreign mails of the postof1ice de.
Dartment, is to be transferred to a SUD-
ordinate position with Basil Miles OF
PENNSYLVANIA, third secretary Of en-
bassy at Berlin, as his successor.
For the second time the Seventy-frst
coast artillery company, stationed at
Washington. D. c., has scored 100 per
cent in target practice. 4 series OF SIX
shots fired with the 1O-inch gun IN
about five minutes, at a target ooX3o
feet. at a distance of 5,942 miles an
hour. All six shots hit the target.
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President Roosevelt, in a letter to.
the widow of the late ex-Presldent
Cleveland, announced that he had
caused the San Jacinto forest Iii Gail
fornia to be named the "Cleveland Ma
tional Forest in recognition OF the
great service rendered 20 the forest IN
terets of the country by President
Cleveland.
In her trial trip off the Maine coast,
the new scout cruiser Salem beat the
record of her sister ship. the Chester,
bv steaming a mile at the rate OF 26'-
$50 knots an hour and averaging 2o.3i
knots an hour for five miles.
Accompanied by his private secre-
tary and confidential stenographer'
Secretary of the Interior Garfield has
gone to Oregon to investigate the re-
clamation work in progress along the
klamath river. He will also make an
examination of various reservations OF
the Northwestern STAT.
The Postmaster GGAeral reports a
deficit for the first quarter OF the year