The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-14
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ing made 1t the Executive Mansion TO-
night upon an extensive scale Unsuc-
cesSfui attempts The past four days have
not only stimulated mechanical ingenu-
lily tothe highest degree, but have caused
4 steady increase IN the extent and
magnitude of relrigerating operations.
Two different systems are now at work,
one in the basement near the entrance,
ind one at the eastern end of the man.
sion, the first which, under the superin-
iendeRee of Jennings of Baltimore, and
Major Powell of the United States geo
logical survey, cools the air by direct
contact with ice; and the second, which
is under the direction of Dorsey, pro
iuces refrigeration
by ALTERNATE COMPRESSION
and liberation of air. The apparatus
used in the first system consists of an
immense ice chest, about thirty feet in
length by twenty in width, holding
twelve tons of ice, which is placed in
large blocks on racks and open shelves,
so as TO permit free circulation of air
over and above it The second of re-
frigeration chest, where air is sifted be-
tween chilled plates, having an area of
800 square feet, and covered with thin
felting which is kept constantly wet
with ice water. The air is taken from the
outside efthe mansion at the western end,
and carried first through an ice box,
! where the temperature is lowered TWEEN
| ty or thirty degrees, and then into the
| refrigerating chest, where it is still
cooled to temperature of forty degrees.
| 1t is then forced up by the steam blower
| into the Presidents room. The capaci-
ty of this apparatus is said TO be about
| 5000 cubic feet per hour, and il will
change the whole volume of air in the
Presidents chamber
| EVERY TWELVE MINUTES
| The machinery did not get into effective
operation until late this afternoon, but
before it had been in operation half an
! hour, DIR. Bliss came down into the base
| ment and requested the blower to be
stopped for while, rs the night was not
| a very hot one, and the Presidents room
| was already quite cool enough. 1t has
been suggested that the cooler air sup
piled by this machinery may prove too
damp for health and comfort, Oh account
| of its having been chiETe1s by contact
| with the naked ice. ShQaId this prove
| to be the case, the air tomorrow will be
| dried by passing it frequently over pans
| of chloride of lime. The refrigerating
| system, which is in an experimental op-
Grafton at the east end of the house, un-
| der the direction of NJ. F. Dorsey, is the
compressed air system used in cooling
the western mines. A large, stationary
engine, which is supplied with steam by
three of the city fire engines, is at work
COMPRISING air. This air, when crowd
| ed into a smaller space, gives out
a great amount of heat, which is
CARRIED AWAY BY RUNNING WATER.
| AS soon as the air is again set free it be-
comes refrigerated by expansion, just IN
proportion as il has been heated by COM
| preston. The machinery used in this
system here has been for the most part
hurriedly improvised, aud it is impossi-
BILE to say as yet whether it will work
successfully or not. Among the most
noticeable of the smaller and less elabo-
| rate rcfrigcrating machines which have
been set up to-day is the cold-blast appa-
ratus. 1t provides for the flow of air
! through an ice-boX, where, by contact
| with ice, it becomes cold, and heavy,
with greater specific gravity. 1t then
| flows down an inclined plane to the bot
| tom of the room, displacing a warmer at
mosphere. The external air rushes into
the ice box constantly to take the place
4 of that which is flowing out, and the cal
| culation is that, maintained in a small
room, this machine is very successful.
| 1t is probable, however, that one or the
1 other of the two systems first described
viii be permanently adopted tomorrow.
| Guiteau-What the Assassin says about his
Attempt Upon the Presidents Life.
! WASHINGTON, July 11.-Guiteau is
still closely guarded, and it is very diff
cult to get any sort of communication,
even indirectly, with HIM. Yesterday
Guiteau complained that the prison food
disagreed with him and gave him indi-
gestion, but said the iailor refused to
give him any better, and he was getting
used TO il now. He sticks to the declar-
alton that he was inspired to kill the
President to save the Republican party,
and that that party would never be unit
ed again under President Garfield
hence his inspiration was that 1t was
better to sacrifice the President than the
party. Guiteau says that the inspiration
of the assassination first came to him
just after Conkling and Plat resigned
that he once went TO shoot the President
but could not shoot without endangerine
others, and deferred it. Yesterday he re
} ferred to his visit to the White House
when the President had him elected, but
was quick TO deny that this had anything
10 do with his attempt at assassination
His statements, however, in regard to his
II election from the, White House were
f somewhat conflicting. Enough so Il
warrant suspicion that his murderou!
assault was more a matter of persona
revenge for what he regarded as grea
Indignity, than anything. He once said
his determination TO kill TIT
, President was formed long before III
was elected. Another time he said tina
it was on Thursday, prior to the resigna
tion Of Conkling and Plat, that he wa!
, put out of the White House. But seem
ing to recall the fact that he had said he
had made up his mind to kill the Presi
dent after Conkllng and Plat resigned
? he corrected himself and said it was lonl
after he had determined to kill the Pres
j, ident that he was elected. He was quick
enough to see that it would not do to say
that the assassination plot was conceived
, after he was kicked out of the White
? House. Guiteau said he was not certain
whether it was the first or second sho
that was the most dangerous. GuiteaT
is intended to be kept in entire darkness
as to the condition of the President, but
he learns from somebody how the Prcsi
dent gets along, probably from some o
; the few visitors to his cell. Guiteau saiC
yesterday that he felt remorse at causing
/ the President so much pain, and was
sorry the shot had not been instantly ia
tai; he thought it was when the Presi
dent fell. He declares that Pearl, mol
any other man, had any idea of his pur-
pose to shoot the President. He keeps
in apparent good spirits, but his eyes arr
bloodshot, showing that his cheerful
ness is assumed. He says he wants tho
Star Route investigation pushed. a
/. number of letters and postal cards, mostly
abusive, come to the Jail to Guiteau.
Tho prestdent-The PROGRESS of his Recovery