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Dreadnought. Her length is $50 feet,
ten feet longer than the Dreadnought.
and she is two feet wider. Her beam
is eighty-four feet; designed speed, q
knots; horsepower, $4,000. Her armor
is to consist OF hardened Krupp steel.
eleven inches thick amidships and ia
pering to four inches at each end. and
she will carry ten twelve-inch guns.
When afioat she win represent an in
vestrnent of S10.000.0 00 Nevertheless.
at the rate Of construction of Dread
noughts the supremacy OF the Neptune
is destined TO be short lived, for, as be-
fore stated. the United States has al
ready appropriated funds for the con-
struction Of two that viii be greater
by $3.50 tons each.
Germany's latest Dreadnought, Ost-
friesland Cor Oldenburg), has a ton
mage OF 10000 tons and carries twelve
twelve-inch guns. On the other hand,
It must be remembered that Germany
has others OF the same class. BY the
close Of the present year she viii have
eleven DreadnOughts, super Dread
noughts and Invincibles launched or IN
stocks. German experts are confident
that the Helgoland. the Ostfriesland
and the Beowulf win each be superior
10 Britain's Neptune in striking force.
broadside fire and weight Of metal II
the Neptune falls below the German
standard either in striking power or
more destructive guns at longer range
or in a more serviceable subsidiary
battery. the ornaments Of the Hercules
and the Colossus viii be increased be-
yOnd the maximum now known in the
British navy
The Westfalen. the first vessel OF the
super-Dreadnought type built for the
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Royal Ulster or the Royal Irish Yacht
/ club. The report that he might have
/ a boat built by some Canadian yacht
club is denied ~ the man who brought
over the Shamrocks.
The doughty Irishman who is here TO
challenge has already instructed WI
liam Fife Of Scotland to draw I'D plans
for racing yacht and expects to place
another order with Alfred Milne for =
secon- boat, providing his challenge Is
favorably received The deed of gift
stipulates that a challenge for the
Americas cup must be made with 4
yacht or vessel propelled by sails only
and constructed in the country TO
which the challenging club belongs"
This clause may be abrogated by mu-
tual agreement
In Sir Thomas opinion IT IS not only
impracticable, but also dangerous. TO
send a racing yacht across the water.
and he is further OF opinion that the
stand Of the New York Yacht club con
corning a race for the Americas CUP is
inconsistent with true sport. He is
willing to build a boat to race under
the universal rule that governs all
the Americas cup.
II IS not necessary here to reca2itu-
ate what has taken place OF to indulge
in conjectures as to what viii be the
outcome Of the visit at this time The
results up TO date are matters of
yachting history. and as one OF Sir
Thomas country's poets has said.
What is writ Is writ" While Ameri-
cans had rather see him lift the
blooming CUP" as he once expressed It,
than an other man. and while they
will be interested in reading about his
EFFORTS TO win, they have a more kindly
interest in him as a man.
While there is nothing unusual in
his appearance, he would be easilZ
recognized in the street OF any Amerf-
can city he might visit He is one Of
the best advertised men in either hem
isphere- He & the personifcatfon OF
graciousness He is a bachelor and
has passed his fifty-ninth birthday.
he was born in Glasgow. Scotland
but mind you. Of Irish parentage- Il
was by royal order that Thomas
tombstone Upton got his present title,
which he carries with becoming mod
esty.
His fortune Is reputed to be some
where in the neighborhOod OF twenty
millions Of dollars. which IS being
added to yearly. While he is IovaI TO
his country. he insists that in his bust
ness all antiquated methods be elimi-
mated and prefers the American idea
Of conducting his concerns. His Offices
are decorated with British and Ameri-
can flags. He is most considerate Of
all IN his service. and every now and
then he invites a few hundred al q
time to so with him to OsidEe, his
beautiful country residence at Old
SOuthgate. and when they are there
they are asked to make themselves at
home
One Of his hobbies is the Alexandra
trust scheme along the line OF the
soup kitchens which proved such a
success Il Vienna. he has always
shown deep sympathy for the lower
classes, especially in what they eat.
THOMAS KEMPER
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lively. the Columbia being the winner
in both contests. The last trial was
in 1903. when Shamrock Ill lost two
out OF three races. the time Of the third
race not being reported, because Sir
Thomas boat got lost in the fog. The
boat that kept the cup in that contest
was the Reliance.
The races OF 1903 occurred Aug. %.
q and Sept 3. In 1889 the races took
place Oct 16. II and 20. The races in
1901 came off Sept % and Oct 3 and 4.
Thus it has been six years since Sir
Thomas rlade his third attempt 20 lift
the cup. and as he asks a year in
which 70 build another boat that will
meet the requirements Of defenders Of
the cup the next race cannot take place
before 1911. even l. Sir Thomas IL sue
cessful 81 arranging for his fourth 60
If the race is arranged it VIII be
through one Of Sir Thomas clubs, the
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German navy, was launched last July.
On he trial trip she exceeded her con-
tract requirements, developing a speed
Of 20 knots, while her engines indi-
Gated 1900 horsepower. She has a
tonnage Of 1880 tons, and her main
armament consists OF twelve eleven
inch guns. The projectiles fired by
these guns are OF 76O pounds weight
II the Indefatlgable shall be out
classed by the two armored cruisers
soon to be launched at Hamburg, IS
knot or even 90 knot super Innexibles
with thirteen and one-half inch guns
VIII be deliberately laid down on the
British cockyards. The Dread
nought is already making Dread
noughts such as have been described
take second place. although only three
uper-Dreadnoughts have been launch
ed. and the entire class Of oattleships
and cruiser battleships is so new that
only a few advanced nations have ex-
perimented with them or possess the
mechanical plant requisite for con-
structing them.
France, Japan, Brazil and China.
The French Mirabeau just launched
is one OF a class OF six TO be launched.
The Mirabeau is the fifth. She is a
vessel of 1927 tons and win be armed
with four twelve-inch and twelve "a
inch guns. giving her q greater weight
Of gun fire than the DreadnOught.
which was the first OF that class. All
these French fighters are to be COM
pleted by 1911.
The Aiikasa, one OF the great sea
fighter; Of Japan. which sank and was
refoated and reconstructed. has a ton
mage Of 1920 tons and carries four
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" T is a race for Dreadnoughts. The
competitors are Great Britain,
Germany, America, France. Japan
n and Brazil A dozen is the product
for the last five months. and more are
coming.
The Delaware. the first Of the United
States Dreadnought type completed.
made her trial trip Oct % over the
measured mile course in PenObscot
bay. Maine, and exceeded her speed
requirements on her screw standard
ization runs The contract called for
81 knots an hour.
The Delaware attained a maximum
OF 21.563 knots an hour, with an in
dicated horsepower Of her main en-
gines OF 2S.57S The North Dakota IS
Of the same class as the Delaware.
Both Of these Dreadnoughts are ready
10 take their place I'm the American
navy Each has a tonnage OF 10000.
The Utah and Florida, now building
are twin Dreadnoughts OF II. 500 tons
eacn and will carry ten twelve-inch
guns each The former is being built
nj the New York navy yard. the latter
az the New York Shipbuilding com
pany's yards.
In addition 70 these congress made
appropriation for the construction OF
two battleships of $4,000 tons each
These have not yet been laid down
but they are to be called Arkansas
and Wyoming respectively
with the Utah Florida, Arkansas
and Wyoming completed. the United
States VIII have six Dreadnoughts.
and these viii give Uncle Sam a
standing among the sea fighting ma
lions OF the earth.
Great Britain has eight in the Dread
nought class; Germany. six; France is
constructing the Mirabeau. a monster
I'm the class now I'm demand. and Japan
Is building two in addition to those
she has Of 10000 tons each
The Delaware was built by the New
port News ShipbuildinE and DTydock
company and the North Dakota at
the Fore River shipyards at Quincy.
Mass. Both were laid down in 1907
Within the next six months these
Dreadnoughts viii take their places at
at the head Of the nations line of sea
lighters Each is in excess by 1000
tons Of the Michigan. which until the
Delaware and North Dakota took the
water was the most powerful Of the
American fleet In addition to their
great displacement and high speed the
Delaware and North Dakota are %
per cent stronger on the Offense and
defense than any battleships yet con-
structed. Their broadside batteries
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II Is one Of the stories Of the street
that Hawley has his eyes on the Pa
cifc slope. II so he is headed that
way with some good properties. He
now controls. in addition to all the
eastern lines. the Chicago and Alton
and the Toledo, St Louis and Western.
He IS regarded as important in the at
fairs OF the Western Pacific as George
Gould and is conceded to be as strong
In the Rock Island as ever was Harri-
man. Hawley and his associates own
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. and
IL is declared and believed IN the street
that the combination has made traf-
fic arrangement with the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient that will take their
business to the Pacific In addition,
the combination expects to build a con-
Meeting link in the Minneapolis and St
Louis line that will give Kansas City
another direct road TO the Twin Cities
Of Minnesota
Edwin Hawley has a home on Long
Island and also has one in New York
city. When he is at either his family
know II, but the public that is always
on the alert TO know what a magnate
is doing socially will remain in the
dark 81 far as Hawley is concerned,
for his name does not figure among
those who are engaged in such affairs
as make up society. He belongs to
few clubs and prefers to get his pleas
ure in golfng, motoring and riding
horseback. He is millionaire. One
report is that he is worth $4,000 600
But nobody knows-but Hawley
He is small IN stature, and his
/ frame is surmounted by a large head.
with forehead indicating brain power
( What hair he has is gray. and his
/ eyes are set deep. There is nothing
/ on his face to conceal the lines Of
/ character as he is clean shaven. He
/ is president or director in a number
/ OF companies and interested I'm banks
copper mines. bridge building. car
coupling. lighting and heating real
| estate. and. of course his great hobby
/ is railroads He is deliberate In man
rer and speech. but when he acts he
/ is quick. and there is no revision OF
his conclusions. His associates are
men who have done big things.
BEN lands.
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Art of Grinding Glass.

What is said to be an important dis
covery in the glass industry has been
made which will tend to revolutionjze
the art of grinding glass. The grinder
recently discovered is made from
one-half best portland cement and one
half silica sand. In this stone there
are no soft or hard spots. and It win
grind glass without scratching. The
cost Of the grindstone is about 10 par
cent that Of the common grindstone.
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entations. The Others" had known
what Edwin Hawley was doing long
before Hartman ever dreamed OF
quitting. Mr.. Hartman himself knew.
for It is one Of the stories of the street
that Hawley was the only man Harri-
man ever met who bent the steel Of
the magnate who recently passed
away
1t Is { strange that the outside
world made its daily tergiversations
without apparent knowledge OF what
Edwin Hawley was doing. he never
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Street Railways In London.

The minimum street railway fare in
London is 1 cent The councils cars
carry about 412.O00000 passengers a
year. and OF this number "a per cent
travel at the one cent fare. The maxi
mum length OF the one cent fare is one
and one-quarter miles. The average one
cent stage, however, is 1,022 yards. The
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twelve-inch guns CAS- caliber), which
can load in any position. On her trial
she developed 16.400 horsepower
Brazil is also in evidence in big sea
fighters Her Minas Geraes has a dis
placement OF 1920 tons. and the Rio
twelve-inch guns.
Contracts involving the purchase OF
more than s20000000 war munitions
and battleships will be made by China
within the next six months. and il is
intimated that the United States will
get some OF the orders
STANLEY PRATHER
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" " EHEN Edward II. Hartman
"a died there were some
~N people who talked as If
y Y they believed there was
hiatus in the railroad affairs Of this
country that would not be completely
flled until some one In the background
grew up 10 Harriman's shoes.
There we're others in the street in
which all great railroad and other huge
transactions terminate or from which
they go oVi. as you please. who fairly
vuffawed. fnetaphorically. at these LAM
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A Gift of Wheat s4oo Years Old

Some Of the wheat which was stored
by Joseph during the seven years
famine in Egypt has been sent TO a
citizen in New England The wheat
viii not be planted. as there is no hope
that It viii grow.
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longest distance from central London
20 a suburban terminus Is nine and
one-half miles. Transfer tickets from
up to s cents are in use in several
cases on the councils system These
tickets are a convenience to the public.
while at tho same time they save the
council from running certain through
services which would probably not be
remunerative. Transfer tickets are is
sued only on routes where no through
service IS in operation nd at certain
specified points. The council has to
pay tax rates 10 the amount Of about
$2.433 a mile Of track. besides income
tax charges on the profits. The coun-
Gil IS required to maintain the paving
eighteen inches outside the outer rail
and the whole Of the area between the
rails
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SIR THOMAS J. Upton.

- IR THOMAS LIPTONS visit to
49, the United States always ex-
cites interest. First of all. ne
~ is pleasing gentleman and a
successful business man of the world.
Besides these, he is what Americans
like-a game sport in the best defini-
ton of that term No man who has
come over from the other side TO test
the prowess Of any American in any
particular business or sport ever did
so with as much complacency as Sir
Thomas. Even in defeat he is suaviter
in modo.
His present visit is to arrange for
another try for the Americas cup.
Thrice has he come to wrest the trophy
in the keeping Of the New York Yacht
club. where it has been since 1871.
Three times he came with Shamrocks
/ II. and III Shamrock ]. and II. lost
in the races Of 1899 and 1901 respec-
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showing what he has acquired since

showing what ne has acquired since
the row:
Miles
Minneapolis and St Louis ............. l.057
Iowa Central .....-.............. $50
Chesapeake and Ohio ....,.............. l.S4O
Chicago and Alton .......--.......... 80
Toledo. St Louis and Western ....... 4ol
Hooking Valley .......................... 2R
Toledo and Ohio Central ...-...... AL
Missouri. Kansas and Texas ....... 2 100
Operated by the NJ. *. and I. ...... ~
Total Hawley control ................... 1889
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
WILL Be NO MINERS STRIKE
Sentiment in Coal Region Strongly
FavOrs Continued W0rk-NO
Lockout in Galleries.

Philadelphia, March 31.-The an
award, which resulted in six years
industrial peace in the hard coal
fields, employing 10000 men and
boys, will expire at midnight.
Operators, at the joint conference
held in this city several weeks ago,
offered to renew the agreement for
another term of three years, but the
miners in convention at Scranton last
week voted to allow the award to
lapse.
Galleries in the Schuylkill district
Will resume work Friday morning,
after the Thursday holiday suspen-
sion in celebration of the eight-hour
working day in the soft field and will
work until the close of the week. in
formation to this effect being given
out from the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal and Iron company headquarters
and from individual colliery superin-
tendents yesterday afternoon This
means that there will be no lockout,
and if there is any suspension it will
be by reason of the miners not re-
porting at the collieries.
AS the sentiment in this region is
strongly against a strike if it is pos
sible to come to an agreement which
will not be humiliating to the organi-
cation, it is certain that there will be
full quota of men at work as long
as the collieries are kept open.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
ELIOT TO SUCCEED
AMBASSADOR REID
Taft Announces That Harvard
President Has Matter Under
Consideration.
ATTENDS ALUMNI BANQUET
President Taft Is Greeted With housing
Chorus-RoOt Among Principal
Speakers.

Washington, March 81. President
Taft, speaking at dinner rendered 10
President Charles w. Eliot of Har-
ward university in this city last night,
announced by direct inference that
DR.. Eliot had been rendered and was
considering the appointment OF am
bassador to Great Britain. Senator
Root of New York had indicated the
selection of DR.. Eliot earlier in the
evening and President Taft made the
announcement stronger by declaring
he indorsed all that Senator Root had
said.
Rousinq Chorus for TAFT.
The dinner was given by the Har-
ward alumni of Washington. Presi-
dent Taft on arriving at the banquet
hall late in the evening was greeted
with rOusing chOruSeS of Here's to
good old Yale, drink 'er down. and
with nine reverberating Harvard
''rahs." Dr. Eliot had earlier receiv-
ed an ovation, which was repeated
when he made a stirring plea to the
alumni to maintain in the years to
come the prestige of their university
throughout the width and breadth of
the land. President Eliot declared he
was giving over the work of Harvard
to Younger hands and looked forward
confidently to the ever new, the ever
widening progress the administration
of his successor would bring about.
Senator Root was among the prin-
cipal speakers of the evening.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Robert A. Taft, son Of President
Taft, has been elected treasurer of
the Yale Y. M. G. A.
Felix Ehrman, American vice con-
sui general and acting consul general
at Panama, died suddenly at Panama.
He was a native of New Orleans.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to attend the Mecklenburg
celebration at Charlotte, N. c., May
20.
John B. Chisholm, stage carpenter
in Ford's theater in Washington when
Lincoln was assassinated, died at La
Sale, Ill, aged seventy-four years.
The will of the late Gen. William
Palmer was probated at Colorado
Springs. The estate, which amounts
to 100000. is given to Gen. Pal
mer's three daughters.
John Hassett, a we'll known car
riage manufacturer and the president
of the Carriage Builders National as
ISOLATION, died at his home In Ames-
bury, Mass, aged forty-four years.
Dustin Farnum, the actor, was mar
ried in Chicago to Miss Mary Bessie
Conwell, leading woman in his COM
pany. The ceremony was performed
by M. M. Mangasarin, lecturer of the
Ethical Culture society.
Henry Bausher, sixty-six years old,
president of the H. Bausher company,
commission merchants, died at his
home in Chicago At one time he was
the head of one Of the largest packing
and refining companies in Chicago.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
Important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The president sent to the senate
the nomination of Edward E. Wager
to be United States attorney for the
district of South Dakota.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue shows
that during February the total re-
ceipts were $17,605,1 65, a decrease as
compared with February, 1908, of ST.
119,901.
After a conference with the presl-
dent. Secretary Dickinson announced
that it had been decided to advertise
and sell to the highest bidder the
material acquired from the French
company in connection with the Pan
anna canal property and no longer
useful in the work.
Ormsby McTIarg of North Dakota,
who is slated to be assistant secretary
Of commerce and labor, will enter
upon his duties in a few days. Mr..
McHarg is the personal selection OF
Secretary Nagel, who was brought IN
contact with Mr.. McHarg during the
last campaign. During Secretary Ma
gels absence in the field Mr.. McHarg
will be in charge of the department.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
CRIMES.

A fine of $500 and five years in the
county Jail was given William H.
Knight of Mattoon, H., for bootleg
ging.
John A Mulady, aged twenty-three,
an employe of a livery at Dubuque,
committed suicide in fit of despond-
ency by taking strychnine. He was
married recently.
Francis Palmieri, president of the
Cooperative Securities company of
New York, who was convicted of
using the mails to defraud investors,
was sentenced to three months in
the penitentiary and to pay fine Of
$3.50.
DR.. w. H Hemphill of Montgomery,
Mo, convicted and sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary in connec-
ton with the death of Miss Elizabeth
Gleason, school teacher, who was
sent to him for consultation by the
Rev. Clyde H. Cow, has been granted
a new trial on a technicality.
w. Coulson, secretary of the Retail
Merchants association, gave himself
I'D to the police at Winnipeg. He has
been in hiding. He is charged with
misappropriating several thousand
dollars.
Benjamin Gilbert, white youth OF
nineteen years, was electrocuted in
the penitentiary at Richmond, Va, for
the murder in Norfolk last July of his
sweetheart, Miss Amanda Morse
Strenuous efforts were made to have
the sentence committed to life impris
onment, but the governor declined to
interfere.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Live Stock Centers.
st. Paul. March 31.-Wheat-No 1
hard, SLY 1-8@1.17 3-S; No. 1 North
ern, $1.1s 1-8@1.1G 3-8; No. 2 North
ern. 1-8@1.14 3-S. Corn-No. 2
yellow, 61@61 1-4c. Oats - No. 2
white, so 3-8051 7-Sc.
Minneapolis, March 31-Wheat -
No. hard, $117 1-80117 3-8; No. 1
Northern, $1.16 1-S@1.16 3-S; No. 2
Northern, $1.14 1-S@1.14 3-8. Corn -
No 2 yellow, 61@61 lac. Oats-No. 2
white, so 3-S@51 7-Sc.
Duluth, March 81. - Wheat-No. 1
hard, $1.16 "a; No. 1 Northern
$1.15 "a; No. northern, $1.13 "a
FlaX-$1.65 7-S. Oats-No. 2 white,
SO 5-8c
Chicago. March 31.-Wheat-No 2
red, $1.25 1-2@1,28 IA; No 2 hard,
$1.18 1-201.21 IA. Oats-No. 2 white,
51054 SAC. Corn-No 2 yellow, 600
&C 1-4c
Milwaukee, March 31.-Wheat-No
1 Northern, $1.1S 1-2@119; No. 2
Northern, $116 1-201.17 IL. Barley
Standard. 67 1-2c.
Chicago, March -Cattle-Beeves,
$4.6O@7.25; stockers and feeders,
$3.35@5.40; COWS and heifers, $1,000
$40. Hogs-Bulk, $6.500675. Sheep
Natives, $3.1505.65; lambs, $500
1865.
Sioux City. Iowa, March 31.-Cattle
-Beeves. $475@6.50; stockers and
feeders, $3.85@5; calves and year
lings. $3.5O@4.45. Hogs--Range, $500
@6.60
South st. Paul, March 31.-Cattle-
Granted steers, $5@6,25; cows and
heifers, $405; veal calves, $3.50
$3.50; good to choice stock steers,
$3.75@425 Hogs-Bulk, $6.35@6.40.
Sheep - Yearlings, $G@6.S5; spring
lambs, $606.85.