Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
WASHINGTON-

THE president has approved the bill
granting a loan of 81 ,OOO 600 to the new
Orleans Exposition
SENATOR LoGAN's friends are much
pleased at information which they
claim to have received as to first and
second choice vote for him. They also
think that the speech on the Mexican
Pension bill in the Senate to-day will be
of advantage TO hiM. 1t is possible
that Iowa may have two second choice
candidates i'm the event of a split-viZ:
Miller and Allison. 1t is now said that
Congressman Hepburn, of that State,
will see to il that Mr.. Allison's name is
presented as a dark horse if OppOrtuni-
~ shall offer
THE Washington Post has the follow
ing editorial: The Democratic voters
of the United States are entitled to know
that Samuel j. Tilden is not an aspirant
for Presidential honors at their hands.
He will not be a candidate before the
Chicago Convention, and will not accept
the nomination under any circumstan-
ces. The convention will meet 30
deliberate and to accept the strongest
man, and whether this man is Bay
Cleve and. Field, Morrison, Mcdonald
or Carlisle, it is for the convention to
determine
PRIVATE kilograms received in this
city and Baltimore this morning from
Begames. an employ of the light house
service. dated Dayton Island, Fla, June
., via Astoria, Fla, announcing that
Gen. O. f. BabCock, engineer of the
fifth light house district, L.vi r..
Luckoy, his chief clerk, and formerly
assistant private secretary of President
Grant. ana BENZ p Suter, Of Washing
ton. were drowned Saturday in Mosquito
inlet, off the coast of Florida, while
experimenting the work on tho light
house being erected at that point. An
other private Telegram says that the
/ body of BabcOCk only was recovered.
THE great steel guns which are being
+ constructed at the Navy yard here are
the largest our government ever at
tempted 10 put together. Our ventures
thus far i'm the manufacture of steel
gums have been confined to three and
. four-inch guns. The guns now in course
of construction are intended for the bat
teres of the new steel cruisers and are
from six to ten inches The tubes for
these guns We're procured from Sir
Joseph WhitwOrth's works, in Eugland
ana the hoops ASA eluSI ltI ElNSS are
being manufactured st the Midvale
Steel works of Nicctown Pa. One Of
the six-iuch gus which is sixteen feet
in length and weighs 10000 pounds has
been finished andis now at Annapolis
undergoing a series of experiments.
With a charge OF 40 pounds of powder
! 100pound proiectie obtained 1910
feet initial velocity with this gun, the
pressure being rs tons TO the square
inch. With the powder now being made
. at Williamsport the ordnance officers
, hope to obtain "a much greater velocity
than this.
g. There is also being manufactured here
/ an eight-inch wire wound gun, which,
il is expected. will create a revolve in
cur ordnance atrnirs The gun consists
? of q simple tube tightly worked with
steel wire, hut viii when completed lee
able to stand any charge, no matter
how large. without bursting. Taey will
= give it great advantage over the guns
now IN use and will probably be the
means OF causing il to be put late
general use I'M eur navy.