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hull of Of the ship dryshod. Perhaps
the hardest task was undoing what the
government engineers had done. The
cement i'm the forward hold had to be
blasted out. bit by bit. Then came tn.
blasting of the bonlders that protrnded
through the ships bottom.
This accomplished all Of the holes
were covered. some with steel plating
riveted on. others by means of wooden
plugs driven i'm tightly. The largest
hole was - feet long and feet wide.
On December 1, 1908. at o'clock in
the afternoon. with fires under her own
boilers, the Yankee was hauled from
the reef. Although leaking badly. but
yet within control of the great pumps,
she was taken I'm tow by big tugs and
started for the Brooklyn navy yard.
Unfortunately "A southwest wind that
had been blowing all day took on the
proportions of a gale just as the Yam
kee slid into deep water. making the
towing of the huge ship most difficult.
Struggling through the heaping seas
the straining tugs broke hawser after
hawser, yet risking their lives again
and again through the night. the crews
renewed the lines ss
A few minutes before o'clock i'm
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merged they were eeual To the occas-
ion. New comprcSsors were rugged on
the barge Scabury.. water was driven
from the locks and then from the hold
until she was once more almost dry
inside and men went into her once
more.
The damaged headlight was repaired
and all was in apparent readiness fer
floating The powerful compressors
were started. but before long ii was
found that the terrific air pressure was
merely rending the Yankee apart
Disappointed but not discouraged the
wreciscrs again tackled the problem Of
fitting the Yankee so that she VIII
stand the awful strain Of the air. In
this work they are now engaged. Al
ready $50 tons OF steel rods. totalitnE
scores of miles have been placed. max
ing veritabic forest Of metal that
binds the sides together and the decks
to the hun plates. n dozen or more
tons of rods are yet To he fastened III
Mace and then another effort Will he
made to get the ship afloat.
While the interior Of the Yankee Is
dry from a calssan workers point "i
view. the hull is no place for visitors.
for everywhere there Is damnness.
while everything is covered with shiny
mud. The air pressure in the hold II
about % pounds 10 the square foot.
or about Is pounds more than the
normal pressure. This. however. Il
but two atmosphere, while many Of the
men engaged on the job have worked
i'm three atmospheres. or ~ pounds, or
even more,
The interior of the ship has been
but little damaged by the wreckins
operations All of the guns and much
Of her deck equipment was removed
by the government authorities when
they had charge of the wrecking OPP
erations, but below decks she Is pref
ty much the same as she was wheh
she struck bottom on the night of Sep
tember %. 1908.
Dishes stand In the racks undis-
turbed. the great engines need but the
rust secured from them, while the
huge dynamo that lighted the ship will
he just as good as ever when Ii has
been rewound The electrical switch
board needs but cleaning In the ma
chine room the tools are just as they
were. Only the woodwork through
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the morning. just IL hours after she
had been fioatea, n leak beyond the
power of the pumps Ia cope with was
found. One of the tugs. in getting a
towline had smashed in a headlight at
the waters edge.
Rapidly the water gained In the hold
and finally, just at 4 o'clock the big
ship listed hard and then sank in II
feet of water. all but "A portion of her
stack and her masts being covered.
There were % men on board mt the
time and there We're as many narrow
escapes from death. Commander
Charles c. Marsh was taken from the
foremost to the top of which he had
climbed as the water rose. Others
We're taken off by the tugs. the crews
of which deserve the greatest credit
for their heroism.
Thus. within II hours. victory and
defeat had crowned the efforts of the
wreckers. but while acknowledging
that for the time ''Dayy Jones" had
the advantage, they declared that the
ship. now in sheltered water. would
prove less of problem than when
she was on the reef
The mir locks had not been disturbed
and although the whole shin was sub
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all the marble is handsome and many
nj the colors are entirely new in mar
bles and will command a ready sale.
The marble throughout the whole
extent of the formation is of fine
granular texture, very close grained.
and impervious to moisture and stain.
An analysis of two samples of surface
marble made by the state geologist Of
Washington gave the following results:
SILICA, $40, white. o.s7. pink, s.49;
Aluminium Oxide, A10. pink. trace.
Ferric Oxide. Fec, white. trace, pink.
o,24: Ferrous Oxide. Fec. pink, trace:
Calcium Oxide. Gao. white, Sell. pink
al.ai: Magnesium Oxide, Mg0. white,
DEL. pink. Ill; Carbon Dioxidc. CO.
white. i3.I.. pink, 1895: water at Ito
degrees. white, COS, pink, Ole, water
above 10 degrees. none.
"Hany analyses show il to be a pure
marble from 80 In 9S per cent car
Donate of lime. Its working qualities
are the very best. being much like the
blue yeined Italian marble in this re-
speet. and working well under the
planar and in "A lathe. thus bringing
labor saving machinery into use To
cheaper the cast of finishing. which
cannot be done with most Of the fancy
or coiored marbles now in use. II
readily takes high polish. and is
in all respects an ideal working mar
BILE.
The marble has a specific gravity
of e.73s and III pounds to tho cubic
foot in weight or 13.1 feet a ton. 1t
has IA resisting strength of 2.lnO
pounds Ia the cubic inch.
"A few blocks have been sawed into
slabs for Nainscoting and even these
blocks taken So near the surface
proved suitable fer this purpose some
thing which is very unusual. for gem
orally the first twenty feet or so in
all marble. anarries is unfit for use.
ANY size block of marble for COM
mereial use can be quarried; already
perfect saw blocks from l. to % tons
have been taken out and the limit as
To size will end only with the ingenuity
of man to handle il. Perfect columns
of fancy coiored marbles of from IL
To 20 feet in length can be furnished.
and will easily be the feature of this
remarkable deposit"
Mr. Jarman said in the course OF an
interview in Spokane a few days ago:
Taxing into consideration that in
one acre of marble one foot deep.
there are 1850 cubic feet: one acre
of marble 800 feet in depth means
al.7S0.aAe cubic feet: 5 acres of mar
hle aao feet in depth means over ION.
h06a00 cubic feet of marble. Will.
it takes considerable capital to equip
and open "A marble quarry. Yet when
once done. this marble can be auarried
and placed on board ears for not To
exceed % cents Il cubic foot. EveA
figuring a profit as low as 81 a cubic
foot ON ealored marbles. which cannot
he duplicated in any other quarry in
the world, il becomes apparent Wash
ingtan has one Of the greatest natural
RESOURCES in the United States. and
the only real fancy eolored marble
quarry in America
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PLANS To DEVELOP
QUARR|ES
MARBLE DEPOSITS IN STEVENS
COUNTY, WASHINGTON. WILL
BE WORKED.

Spokane. Wash. Jan. Smashing
ton Marble company. recently in
corporated by A. IL. Jarman of San
Jose, Cal. and Louis II. Hanna of
Monmouth. ILL.,. will expend 100000 on
the installation of modern plant to
open and develop it's auarries in
Stevens county, Il miles northeast OF
colyille and % miles north of Spokane.
]. L. Delano, an expert of San Fran
cisco. has been engaged as manager
To direct operations. Work will begin
the coming spring. The company's
holdings consist OF 40 acres. the ex-
elusive water right on clugston creek
and I'm abundance of timber for lam-
Der and fuel
The exposed deposit of marble on
the jefferson claim is approximately
= 1000 feet i'm length by Loco feet in
width, rising gently i'm terraces of UNI
broken contour to height OF nearly
Son feet, showing no sign of eruptiye
action. The formation extends in "A
generally southern direction. running
into the ground At an angle of Is
degrees to an unknown depth. with n
dip To the west Behring'S have been
made on the lower part of the prop
erty to Il depth of l-5 feet through
solid marble and perfect formation.
with no Indications Of running out.
The deposit has in sight and proven
a minimum OF at least aal. 200, 400
cubic feet. The marble in the Lily
White claim. about 100 acres. is equal
iy extensive though not so exposed.
Enough stripping has been done To
show the soliaity OF the formation and
the extent of the deposit.
This deposit was discovered in 1900
and soon thereafter a company WAS
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NOTES OF GOTHAM.

New York. Jan. S.-Never in the his
tory of this town has the Snow King
left progress as raralyzed as it Is to-
day from end to end of Manhattan
island. Following the heaviest snow
fall i'm "A dozen years. the thorough
fares of the metropolis are complete
ly clogged to traffic, while head-high
piles OF the chilly deposit threaten
To flood and fill every inch Of pave
ment with torrents of siusa 1T the
first touch of thaw. Though tens of
thousands of tons of snow have al
ready been dumped over the river
banks in frantic attempts to clear the
submerged city, surface traction still
halts. and passage by foot Ii attended
by serious delay aud danger. seldom
have New Workers seen their move
ments as fettered by frost as they
are today. and Tor many a long year
this blockade of 1909 will be ramem-
hcrea along with tile blizzard of 1855.
Tammany Tenacious.
Defeat. death and disease nave to-
day ehastened the spirits Of the Tam
many tribe in this town to lower
level than all political history here
has chronielsa since John Kelly set
up the wigwam Stunned by their
overthrow at the polls, the beaten
braves have seen Big Tim" Sullivan
sicken and Little Tim pass away in
his prime. Big Tim Foley. another
foundation stone of the Tammany no~
htical structure. is now stricken with
serious rrostration. while Battery
Dam Finn. pillar in the arganEza-
ton. il reported as stretched on a sick
bed that will hold him for some time
In come. For all the panic occasinned
by these lightning strokes of fate. the
disorderad forces of Tammany are be-
ing rallied to stand through the new
reform term with what fartitude they
may muster, In the light of the real
love which all the poor have shown
for the deceased Little Tim sullivan.
Tammany is realizing that its roots
are planted SO deep in human hearts
that no temporary reverse can shake
its powe.
Heading a money trust that grips
alm0st every concern nj the plain peo-
pie the country over. j. Pierpont Nor
gan is today regarded here by Wall
street men as coming TO he one af
the most potent factors In American
life. For many years New York has
known this subtle financier as the
man of all men To make trusts from
every scattered Industrial fragment
in the land. Today. with vast banking
and Insurance funds assembled nj his
hack. the financial sages here assert
that Morgan is I'm absolute control of
the majority Of money support for
every large enterprise that may be
undertaken by his eountrymen from
coast to coast within the next Ia
years. Citing the recent buying up
of independent telephone interests by
Morgan as a shining example. Wall
street prophets are to-day predicting
that the money master will soon at
tempt Ia weld into n wire trust ali
friends and Ices NJ .sAe FL combine,
as Well as shape IN monnpolist.c mag
aitnd@ many atfer esmmCa nttl..Ies
upon which al Americans must de-
pend.
Christmas cups Of the kind that in
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organized TO develop the property II
was IA close corporation. in the hands
of men who had no practical knoWi-
edge of marble or Of the quarry bust
ness The company built roads.
erected buildings. and equipped mill.
set up derricks and purchased chan
ne,lers, drills and other machinery, ex-
pending 100000 Ii began actual
operations on July /. 1903. opened one
of the auarrics to a depth of Ii feet.
when operations ceased on October 10.
1903. because of internal dissentions.
and. as usual resulting in litigation
and receivers. After six years of legal
tangles, the title has been cleared and
Oh December >. 1909. through the eff
forts of Mr.. Jarman and AIR. Hanna
the Washington Marble company was
Incorporated. and took oyer the entire
holdings.
The following is quoted from Mr..
Delano's repor. upon the conclusion of
six months expert service at the prop
erty:
There are many different eolors of
marble in veins running north and
south along the formation in varying
widths and apparently holding the
same eolars the whole length and
depth of the formation and gradually
shading off into other cnlors across
the formation. On the east side of
this marble formation Is vein Of
blue. gradually shading off towards the
west into a pure white which Is about
50 feet in width.
Next comes a white. blue veined,
than white with blue and yellow veins.
next white with yellow veins. about
800 feet across these three colors. then
rich creamy yellow with seal brown
seinings. nearer like the old Convent
Sienna than any / have ever seen. and
in my Judgment much handsomer
marble: then white with purple. yell
low and pink veins. this is an unusual
ly handsome marble and Oh account
of its remarkable caloring and beauty
will command a high price as fancy
~ colored marble.
There are many other coiors but
as you are familiar with them | will
not take time To elaborate further on
the cnlorings or their beauty / have
no doubt but that this quarry can
duplicate the Italian Sienna and the
old Convent Sienna marble. In fact.
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HOILD tho efforts to raise The
United States cruiser Yankee
from her bed of mud under the
water of the harbor of New Bedford
Mass, prove successful there will have
been accomplished by means Of COM
pressed air one of the most difficult
and important pieces of salvage Of the
decade. a work nf such Importance
that viii enable them to snatch from
employed by wreckers.
1t viii mean that there will he placed
in the hands of men Il powerful agency
that will enable the INTO snatch from
the NAV of the sea fine vessels which
otherwise, would have to be ahan-
dnned as total losses.
Compressed air is not new and il
has been used extensively in the build
Ing of tunnels. in the sinking OF foun-
dationS Of n lighthouse three miles
from the nearest shore. Ii has even
been used in wrccking operations in
two important instances once i'm float
ing steamer from the rocks of Nova
Scotia and once in floating n steamer
pinioned upon rock in the St Law
renee river.
Compared to the difficulties that now
kce these other operations dwindle into
insignificance, for here Is n huge
steamer of 6.225 tons displacement and
391ia feet long on the waterline COM
pletely submerged. More than that,
she is resting deep in bed of sticky
blue clay that will create tremendous
suction power
Indeed. 50 great is this suction that
ha I1rt
raise her 1t was found that the terrific
pressure OF the compressed air was lit
orally tearing her apart and work had
To cease for the time.
Now. with their experience fresh in
their minds. the engineers are at work
carefully fitting the Yankee for the
next trial. which will be made during
the early spring, and which. II is hoped,
will be successful.
The engineers have confidence in
their work. They point with pride to
the fact that i'm getting the Yankee
from the Hen and Chicken Shoals by
means of compressed air they demon
strated the ability and fiexibilitv af the
new power, they are heartily indorsed
when they say that. had it not been for
an, accident of a totally different nature
than what they expected-a collision
they would have long ago had the
fighting Yankee in "A dry dock.
As ii Is, they got the vessel off of
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Put the Tip Of Your Fore Finger
on q Map of This City

And yon will have. touched place where want
advertiser of this paper lives, q does business.
NG in any part of the city where people live and work
ynu gel far away from of want advertisers
from someone who has lately found obtained
thing by want alversn. in this newspaper.
The Influence If these ats the life -.
city They the ta>kdocrs Ct the people They for
SERVICE and they serse-withont limit CESSATION ar
much expense The service they render is the cheapest
thin. you can buy i'm the city.
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Experts estimate that the Bayarian
auarries which supply almost the en-
tire worlds demand for photographic
stones are good for Two more cen
turtles
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A deposit of ore containing SIS per
cent tantalum has been discovered in
the trial mountains.
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ebriate rs well as cheer are today
rumored tn be responsible for the rec
ord jump and bump In Rock Island
stock that scattered sudden ruin and
riches about Wall street in the first
i minutes market after the holiday
week -end. That a few big manipu-
Iators ordered big buying in this stock
on Christmas eye and forgot In order
as big selling because the buying of
drinks claimed all their remaining at
tentlon. Is a story that will not down
and has not been cantraaietea by
those who should know best. Drunken
fancy and forgetfuiness have been
proven responsible for dozen spec
tacuiar corners and cnntortipns of the
stock market here. one mere hoy in
his cups ON change once hid certain
stocks 10 the ceiling and would have
Weakened with fortune had he not
forgotten a few details in the closing
of this coup of his infiamed magma
ton, II the Rock Island rurnar il true
no one who knows the game of bull
and bear will be surprised
Back to the Barnyard.
Turned temporarily into one vast
hafnAafd. the great arena ~ Madison
Square Garden il today just being
cleared of 1000 cages Of the fowls
that have been giving New Workers
chance to listen tn their clucks and
cackies. Whenever one of these shows
comes To the heart of this metropolis.
some city folks are sure 10 forget their
surroundings and seek the sights and
sounds Of the farm yards. The eoun-
try bred boy often leaves his office
and automobile to renew his youth
when horses. cattle. dogs or poultry
are In be seen in these parts.
Evening bulletin., 1910-09-17
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BOAT GUIDANCE
SET FOR TONIGHT
Affair Promises to Be Fine and
Big Crowd viii Attend,

Tonight Mt the Young Hotel the
regatta dance viii he held, and all
good members of both clubs and all
the friends of the lIcalanis and
Myrilcs should be on hand when
the nrst strains OF the initial two
step are heard.
The affair promises to be the best
ever, and all the girls of the city
who are fond Of dancing should see
10 1t that their young man buys "A
tiakct that will admit the bunch.
Great preparations have been
made for the dance, and It promises
to go with swing that will keep
the fun up till well into Sunday
morning. When the last dreamy
waltz is played. everybody will want
Just one more" And the proba,
bilities are that "jur one more
will be ladicd out for sure, and then
the final goodbyos will have to be
said, and next years dance will have
to be looked forward to.
Evening bulletin., 1910-09-17

end will be OF no small number. Ilo-
nolulu's military sociability will make
II the Society city OF tho coast
An Attraction.
Fort Shaftcr will then be an at
traction to tourists passing through
the city The post is now one of the
beaut' i Of the Island of Oahu and at
trar, much attention. Tho making
OF apartment Of Hawaii should be
heartily advocated by all
Taking Cheek.
II, has been customary for non-com-
missioned officers In charge of quart
crs heretofore, at the sounding of call
to quarters to start through the bar
racks taking check. Orders have
been issued stating that the man in
charge Of quarters will not start to
take check until the sounding of
taps" In doing this II gives the men
fifteen minutes more than they have
had in the past to make check, and
missing check means punishment of
some sort.
Orderllcs.
Privates Frank Smith. Company G;
, Long, Company +; and Snapp, Com
pany II, have been selected Us dining
room orderges for officers during the
Instruction School at Fort Shaltcr
These men will stand no calls and re-
ceive a compensation for their work
New Provost.
Sergeant Mcdonald of Company G
has been detailed as ovcrscor In the
place of Sergeant Pottigrcw. This
position is temporary however, for
Sergeant PGttigrew is with Company
II In camp at the Instruction Camp
and will be back to his regular duties
In about week
Thursday Company + took their
weekly practice march. They went
out toward the polo fields In light
marching order and had some field
practice, returning TO the post about
noon, looking rather the worse for
wear.
Last Thursday was the regular day
for Company T. to take their weekly
one-day hike They did not go how
ever, but stayed home aud around the
barracks policing up and making
preparations Tor their stay up on the
plateau About o'clock They
marched M 10 the camp Of instruc,
tion In heavy marching order and
went into camp, whore they viii ror
main about ten days acting as model
company at the school of instruction
Tor the National Guard officers
Evening bulletin., 1910-09-17

We'll, say, this is flne-lookIng
burg" remarked Billy Papke as he
stepped off the Zcalandia last night,
we could zee a lot OF the city
nesting up a:aong the trees as we
came in" added Mrs. Billy. who is
4 chaming young woman and still
in the honeymoon stage. The third
member Of the Papke party was O
flne-louking bull pup, which, In the
insinuating manner of all young
pups. waddled over and began Ia
lick the hand of Honolulu man
who was standing as in trance
II was Mrs. Billy who had hypno'
tizcd the gentleman from Oahu, and
he could not be blamed. for the lady
Is dainty piece OF beauty-but
say. this is not sport dope, and that
Is what the crowd wants.
Billy Papke strikes one at once
as being a Clean-living young man
and one who looks the world very
straight In the eye. He IL about
Dick SullIvans height and is Of q
sturdy build. Dressed in light
grey suit with a becoming hat on
his head, Papke looked more like the
average Honolulu young business
man than "A pugilist.
I'VE had great trip down" said
Papkc last night. MY wife"-yor
should have heard the evident pride
with which the word wife" wal
used is good sailor. and | wa
all right after the first day or 80
AS far as our Australian trip goes
| don't know what men I'll meet II
Sydney and Melbourne, but It doe
Evening bulletin., 1910-09-17
FORT SHAFTER NEWS
.mHmmag II .,,, Observation-Disclosures II

It has been rumorcd about that
within a short time Fort Shafter will
be made into u rcgimcntal post. This
will not only mean a great deal to the
little battalion post now stationed ON
the hill three miles out of the city
and directly over Moanalua Park, but
to Honolulu itself, To station twelve
companies instead Of four at this post
will nCCessitatc a great change In the
condition OF the land as II now lays,
The rice field that now lays Waikiki
way from the Post up the Honolulu
Pearl City road will no doubt be tilled
In and converted into parade ground
for the regiment. The Tavinc which
divides the post and the Kalihi pla-
teau will probably be tunneled and
filled up which will make one yasi
area Of about two hundred acres oi
seryiceable government property. The
street car line which now terminates
In Kalihi, will undoubtedly be extend
cd to Moanaloa Park, running directly
past the Post.
Military CITY.
when Hawaii becomes a department
of itself then Honolulu can properly
be called the Military City, Instead
of some two hundred soldiers crowd
ing into the city there will be nine
hundred more or dcss, from Fort
Shafter alone. This will mean that
nearly $4,000 will pass through the
hands of soldiers Of the Infantry
branch alone into circulation to en-
rich the bank accounts of the bust
ness men of Honolulu, Then too the
officers that will add to the society