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Pensions for west virslnisns.

Special TsaCrdm 10 tie Register.
w~AsHINeToN, September l3.-Psnsiona
have bSen issued to West Virginia appli.
csnts IS follows: Original inyalid-Frsn-
Gle Taylor, Jr., Burton; Joseph Ford, Pit
Pleasant.
Restoration and Reissue John W.
Wolfs, Kenns.
Increase-Wm. II. Martin, Shinuston;
Thomas Cassidy, Clarksburg; VIM. ke'
sicher, Sleepy Greek Bridge; Mortimer
Rose, Flatwoods; John Circle, Mason
Benjamin F. Mseks, P~arkersburg; Jacob
Laymau, Metz; George Thompson, Book
er's Mills; AdamM NJ. Kerns, Q~oeen's Mills;
Dsaper @. Life, Morris; John Z. Kidd,
C~irtsyille; Abel Vsnscoy, Morgansyille;
Reuben Thomas, Wyomai AEsriah h
Wilson, Spencer.
Reissue Daniel Campbell, Smtthville;
Eli Slower. Spring Hill; Elias A. Thomas,
Stott's Mills. Reissue and Iucresse-
James d. Dunkle, Huntington.
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Bradford.
Tftusyills.
WOOL.
Wheeling.

TUESDAY, September IL.
The market for wool is o little slower
this week, buyers exhibiting a tendency TO
hold off. Horkheimer Bros. report that
prices have, apparently, reached their eI.
treme in the West, and that the Eastern
market is not responding to the advance
here. Prices are 81 aud CSC, with very
choice clips commanding 20c.
For unwashed woods the price is one.
third less. For medium 81 to 2Sc is be-
ing paid; unwashed % to 23c; tut
washed Soc.
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r.,,ot.. Eu,husiastio Recep. Ion.

PARIS; September 12-President Carnot
and Prime Minister Floquet arrived at
Chsrbourg to-day. The object of the
visit is to witness of naval
squadron. Shortly aztec their arrival they
embarked on board the barbette ship
Marriage, which was attended by an escort
of iron clsds and despatch boats. The
harbor was crowded with yachts and other
craft. The President was enthusiastically
cheered.
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PETROLEUM.
New York.

WV 80
NEW YORK, September 10. -Petroleum-
opened weak at GAGE, and moved up
slightly during the first hour. A sharp
decline was caused by Western selling,
after which the market rallied slightly and
closed steady at 93tc. Consolidated Ex,
change opening at 95sc; highest 95e; low
est 924c; closing at 93tc. Sales, 2,409,-
900 barrels.
OIL CITY, September l3.-Petroleum-
Opened at 94sc; highest Csc; lowest cate;
closed at 93ic; sales 1877, 900 barrels
clearauces 1,74s, 900 barrels; charters
1863 barrels; RUM As, 400 barrels.
PrrrsBURa, PA, September 13.-PetrO.
leum-Dull aud heavy; opened at 94sci
closed st 934C; highest 95c; lowest 925c.
Bradford.
BRADFORD, PA, September 13.-Petro'
lsum-0pened ct Csc; closed at este
highest 95tc; lowest 93fc; clearances
8l4, 600 barrels.
Titusyins.
TTTUsvnLE, September 13.-Petrcleum
Opened 94sc; highest Csc; lowest a2Bc'
closed at 93ic.
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Address Registered Letters e
HSN s&EEAsS EAJI0EAL HAHA
View Orleans, La

RENEMasS tnktths p e-e,os o. Hs1srsl'
BsauregGrt aud Early, vs0 are in charge o. ia.
drsvinsa, IS guarantee OF absolato fsifoos' s1S
Integrity, that tia Chances are oil s4aS, ana
that no one can possibly dtv!ao what nug,be
Will drRT a prize.
"&EM EnRER. also, that tina payment CT
Prisa f GUsRAETEED SF f0GR MA
TI3NAE BANKS OF New Orleans, and tho
Tickc'p are signed by the President Of 90 Inst
tuttoi whose chartered rghs ara reoogntEei
In tire hlgbsSI Ccarts; therefore, bswk'e 81 al,
imiEt.o OF snorynous sCbSraea" au8WtSgs
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PrEps VIZ, TEXAS, June ~. isS-The
SsItt Syrv,uc Company, Atlanta, GA-SSn
r.a,s- One % ms children Vas tEn4ulsl
WIN hCnmatism AMI eSls rHr Soogt W.
rI-sb -t without profit, and began 20 despair
~ curing her 80 al / wus p~erSuaaei tOtry
v1ur Svitt's Specific, After She htu useI
Sevpr2l bottles the diseases all d~lsSRpearSN,
1UI sha L. now q kale, hearty and healthy
MI twelve wears old. Another child mas
fS~f b.y,Nnle afflicted Ia the salne way, anu
ora Hslnc the SIS and agticipaie pSGmp'
All permanent CurC. y. 9 NAaooNEA
Fr-u HILL No, July :, SS-The Swift
Specific Co.. AJlauta, Gh-Geuilemen; our
li'-ls glrl Whsc bat three weeks otd oToHe
gTt VIII c~cEeGlL WetsSu 80 r,,Tf66I1, onS
sagcial benefit We tried 5. =, and by mo
tlne ono boz le was gone her heal ncsan 70
heal. and by the time she hal t1Sen sLN
NIt,las she was completely cured Vow she
ms n full anE heavy head az hSlr-0 OhuSt,
hearty child. feel 10 nus my duty e. make
Ills statement. Respectfully. II. l. ShosE-
,HSrrANOOGA. Tenn, June 2, iSSThe
Evt. specific Co Atlanta -Gehtsn
n tSSs ] contracted blood poison. and az once
srugsta physician, who trratCd me Tor sew
rraI mUnfhs. BY his advise l went oCrao
prrhard springs Nv, where ms eOIIse OF
cred. as I thought, but the next sprtnS pinl'
ples began 60 appear on my lace anu ool1'
These gradually decreased 10 -Ofes ana run,
immrJiatrIy sftsr taxing it / cO~mmenS-3t 70
Improve. slowly az first, but more raptdly
afterwards, and soon nothing remalneI %
toll Of my trouble. Ny blood IA now thor.
Cughy Clcansel. ard my system nee nOm
faint. aud 1 owe ny present corditlonIA
perfect curc-to youF medicine. tcheerfuly
give this statement thai others who have
suffered a. Ihave may reap the same benefit
HARDY n. BURT. q West Ninth g.
HCMKR La, May g rS-The Swift Specific
Co, Atlanta. Ga-GentlcmCn About two
years ago my general health gave way en-.
tlre!y. was 80 debilitatcd thar ] almost
deSpaired Of ever feeling we'll again. AL
thai tie physicians done for me brought TO
permanent relief. Friends insisted that
should give :. s s. n fair trial, although
thought 10 would be throwing away money.
After liking a thorough course, my health
and strength returned, and ] must say that
=. s y alone cured me, as | discarded all
others while using %. As a tonic l can most
heartily recommend u for general debility,
tt certainly Is q specific. W. BRIDGES il.
HOMER. BA-IknOw Mr.. W. 7. Bridges, and
VIII say that his statement Is correct.
JOSEPH SHELTON. Druggist
Trearlse on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. rHE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer )
Atlanta. Ia
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Amendment to the Constitution.

Amendment to the constitution.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. q PROPOSING AN
AMENDMENT TO II CONSTITUTION OF
THIS STATE.
Resolved by the Legislature Of West Virgins,
two-thirds Of all the membe elected TO each
house agreeing thereto:
l. That the following amendment 10 Article
vi. ofthe Constitution Of this State, be, and the
anne is hereby proposed. tO-wit:
2. That section twenty-five OF Article vi. a. II
now IL. be stricken out, and the following IN.
serted In lieu thereof:
2. No session ofthe Legislature shall continue
longer than sixty days, without the concurrence
Of two! thirds Of the member elected 70 each
House.
Agreed 10 February "a, 1887.
Publication OF the foregoing proposed Amend.
ment 10 the Constitution OF tue State OF West
Virginia is uIade pursuant 70 the requirements
Of section 6 Of chapter 60 Acts ISL.
+. W. WILSON.
By the Governor.
HENRY 8. WALKER,
jy24oaw Secretary OF State.
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Angostura Bitters, the world renowned
appetizer and ~inyigorstor, imparts q delicious
flavor 70 all drinks and cures dyspepsia, oisr.
rhOsa, fever n ague. Try It. but ewsre OF
counterSelts Ask your grocer or druggist for the
genuine Ansosturs, manufactured by DR.. J. G.
b. Seigert & Sons.
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vEHSMENrs-Dull but firm to strong
sr.rHs-Dull bat firm to strong.

srATEs-Dull bat firm to strong.
RAILROADS. Heavy; sales VI, liz, OUO
SToCKs-The action OF the st. Paul d.
reetorsi in passing the dividend on the com
mon stock, and especially in reducing the
rate If dividend on the preferred, was toe
occasion of an excitement In the STOCK
market this morning, the like OF which
has not been seen since December IL, 1856
In 81. Paul a large number Of stop orders
we're reached and its decline at the
~opspipg was nearly doubled by their
execution. Over 125, 900 shares were
sold in the bali hour and in the hour
ls5. 600. The declines at the opening
were 81. Paut 3, Hooking Valley 2, North
western Ii, and in Others from to II
Ger cent, but while other slight lossea
were sustained in a few stocks, most Of
the list began to rally Immediately and
fractional gains were scored all v q the
list, even st, Paul rallyipg with the rest
of the list. The market weakened again
toward IL O'Clock, however, and before
noon toe lowest prices Of the day were
reached, the Losses from the best
figures ranging up to "a per cent.
in st. Paul. After noon the market again
moved up, with the coal stocks and Van
derbilts especially strong, and while the
business done showed q steady decrease,
there was but little movement or feature
TO the subsequent trading. The market
finally closed heavy and quiet, at close to
the opening figures. Everything is lower
this evening. st. Paul lost 5, the pre-
ferred Al, Northwestern %. Missouri Pa
cifc and Pullman Il, Lsckawanna Is,
Northern Pacific preferred i, Manhattan
and Omaha It, Hooking Valley, New Jer-
sew Central, Northern Pacific, Pacific Mail
and Union Pacific l per cent, and Others
fractions. Sales 4sS, 075 shares. Quota-
tions closed bid as follows:
Adams Express las; American Express
10; Canada Pacific, SGT; Central Pacific
364; Chesapeake and Ohio 18b do preferred
irsts l52; do seconds 163; Chicagoaud Alton
1872; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 1924;
Delaware and Hudson, 118; Delaware,
Lackawanna ana Western 1929; Denver
end Rio Grande, 81; Erie, 2Ss; do pre-
ferred, 81; Ft. Wayne, 152; Illinois
Central l18; Lake Shore, 9si; Michigan
Central, $50; Minneapolis and st. Louis,
It; DO preferred, 15i; Missouri Pacific,
sis; Northern Pacific, %; do preferred,
6la; Chicago aud Northwestern 113; dc
preferred, 140; New York Central, 1OSt;
Oregon TrausContinentsl. 29$; Pacific Mail.
36j; Peoria, D. & E., 25@; Pittsburg, 154,
Pullman Palace Car, 40; Reading, 80;
Rock Island. 523; st. Louis and Sar
Francisco, 1898; do preferred, 323; first
preferred, 378; 81. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba, 1861 St. Paul and Omaha, 1904;
do preferred SGT Texss Pacific, 3lf; Unioc
Pacific, 45; United States Exp1so, 70;
Western Union, S35.
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3, z. sc. RAILRcAD.

BsIaire and GAINESVILLE through paSSelse. -An
leaves BellsIre a. 9 o. g. 10, arrives At RellsIrs at
4Dp m.
woodsneld passenger train leaves Bellsire st
8 90 .. m, arrives at BellAire at SEQ t. y.
Surpmerdeld Accommodation leaves Bellatr -
p % "a, arrives a. BellRirs ~ lies a. II.
All trains daily except sunday. Coutrai5tssd
ard Time f-om BellAirS.
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~NoTE-Ticke.s drawing Capital Prizes are not
entitled TO terminal Prizes.
Ss-For Club Rates, OIL any further information
desired, write legibly TO the undersigned, clearly
stating your residence, with State, County, Street
and Number. More rapid return mail delivery
will BIZ assured by your enclosing an Envelope
bearing your full address.
M POSTAL NOTES, Express None!
Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary let
ter. Currency by Express (at our e~Ipense) cd
dressed N. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La,
Or; N. A. DAUPHIS,
washington, ID. G.,
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9beelins Rssister
@rartlsrs' Srtts.

A RRIvkL AND DEPARTURES OF TRAINS
EAkkfLAEATloN OF REyERgNczM ARze: sDaily.
tSlndsy excepted. MONDAY excepted sun
day only. saturday excepted.-B EeStdiGn.
May Is, 1888. Wheeling time, which Is Jus. one
hour earlier han Central Iir1a.
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SORE FROM KNEE TO ANKLE

Skin entirely gone. Flesh = . or
disease. Leg diminished one.thfrd
I'm Size. Conditions hopeless. Cured
by the CutteurA Remedies.
For three years was almost crippled with an
awful sore leg from my knee down 70 my ankle;
the skin was entirely gone, and the hcsh was
bounced II incurable II had dinini,hed about
one third the yize OF the other, and ! vas In q
hopeless condition. Afe, tryiag all kinds Of
remedies and spending huDdrodsof dollsrs, frofa
which I got no relief whatever, ] was persuaded
10 Try your Cuticura Remedies. and the result
was Us follows: After three days ! noticed . de-
cidedcs snge for the better, and at the end ~
two months I was completely cured. My flesh
was purified, and The bone (Which had been CT.
posed for over q year, got sound. The fcSh b..
gan 10 grow, aud Today, and for nearly two year,
past, my leg IL rs well as ever IL was, sound IN
seen. 8. u. AHERS,
Dubois, Dodge Co., Ca.
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DIX @1ODa
KhN York

NEW YORK, September 13.-Dry Goods
jobbers the steady demand OF pre-
yious days was preserved.
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MAGNOLIA

aaL.M. Cooling. Soothing and snkgzhse
fsaasd Prepsnhoa foe hes neck. snns NJ hAnni
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REES, hanishas Richness. Rcushness Pinpus
a.a sf>ss slsSaster Face. Neck Arms & Hands
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GINSENG,
Wheeling.

TUESDAY, September ii.
There is no change in this market, quo
tations remaining at 81 l5a2 Is per pound.
Supply and demand are both fair.
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have been q terrible sufferer for yean from
diseases OF the skin and blood. and have been
Obliged 70 thun public places BY reason OF my
d~isfguhing hum6n Have had the bcst OF ply.
sicians and spent hundreds Of dollar, but got
no relief until 7 used the Cuticura Remedies,
which have cured me, and left my SKIN ~ clear
and my blood n pure a. & child'A
IDA MAY Bass,
Olive Brauch y. o.. Mis-.
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al
ELY'S
Cream BALM.
TRY the CUREHAY-EEYEF
GATARRH

"a q discs OF the mucous membrane, generally
originating IN sne psGSt passages ana mallsAa
M IL ~srronghold IN the hasA From this polnl
d SENDS 'ar.h = poisonous ' Nus toto the stomach
AnG through the digestive orSEns, C9Erupdng the
bloN1 aqa producing ckbsr To1olssDrn7 and
1s-geC0Is syInpLAms.
particle Is applied into each rOstrtj and Is
Agreeable. E.'e" 80 cons At druggists; by nal.
reyxtsrel. 81 C8stS Sly BkOrE'tS, 70. 50
War~P, zF-a~f Nv vp-g au2N ~fnNr
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HrNnAYS.

SUNDAYS:
Leave a. 7O0a m. and run every hour, except
Church Train al 9:15 p. N. Leave wheeling PARK
Al 500 a. m. and run every Tor until 1000 p. m,
except Church Trains which will leave the
PARK at 945 N. and wheeling at l2:l5 aud
9.ISn n, m. C. HIR5CH, Sup't
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CHICAGO, September IS -Cettle-Rs-
cipts i 1900 bead; shipments 5000 head;
market steady; beeves S. 00a6 20; steers
So Seas 80; stockers and feeders So 0Os
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MAGNOLIA

RALM-HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM is not
Paint. Powder or Rouge. but . Refreshing Liquid
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"a, HEELING AND ELM GROVE RAILROAD
w on aud AFTER Monday, April 80, lsSs, trains
on the Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad will
run - follows:
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Erhfrr.
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTIONS
gTEI uaIDI lsTIllIJEl. I.
Lsajgaaa state Lst cry Company

Incorporated by the Legislature In 1855 ION
Educational and Charitable purposes, snd Ia
franchise made q psrt Of the present State Con.
stituiion, 10 1879. BY an Overwhelming popula,
vote.
It's Grand Extraordinary Drawings
take place Semf.Annualiy, June and
December, and Its Grand Sinsle
Number Drawings take place on each
OF the other ten months in the year
and are all drawn i'm public, a the
Academy Of Music, New Orleans, La.
"Ws DO hereby oerrsy that We sup-r,i.s ,as 81
fragments 70. al tho AoniAly and Semi-Annus
Drawings OF the Louisiana State Lottery Cen
pany, and In person manage and control toe
drawings Themselves, and thst The same are cor.
Quoted with honesty, Etraes, and In good "a: I
;oxsrd all parties, and we srthorise ins compslI
10 nss this carth1csts, with fsesinila OF on, a.
uItuJ 20 st.scbsd N It's sdvsrtiss1sua"
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MAGNOLIA

BALM gives q Ravishingly Beauttnlshin. Read
" used and can't be detected. One trial eorriDsesI
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MAGNOLIA

BALh, oyeroumes ~SalloWEess. bl0tches. an
Gfysss smooth, Soft, Youthful and Plzhls skim
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Sold everywhere, Price. cUIIcyHA, soc; soAs:
Sc: R,soLyssT, a. pregs5sd By the por1rs
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Ache, Kidney Pains, Strains and
aess, Soreness. JsmeneN, and weak.
M Pain relieved In y mlnate By
Cuticurs Antt.Patn Plaster. The
and only pain. killing Plaster. Is o
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LLVE sTOpE.
ERkt IIhoFU,

EAST Liberty. September 13.-Cattls-
Receipts TO bead; shipments no head;
market nothing doing, all through con-
signmsnts.
Hoes-Rsceipts 1900 besd; shipments
2,1G0 head; market active; Philadelphias
IS 50a6 20; mixed IS 35a6 40; Workers
IS 20a6 %; grsssers and stubblers 10 Goa
6 10; pigs IS 75a6 90.
Shsep-Rsceipts 2, 200 head; shipments
2,40O head market firm at yesterdays
ouotatiorR-
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Toledo,

TOLEDO, September 13.-whsat-Dnll;
each 93ls95c; September 93tc; October
Csc; November este; December 96tc. Corn
Dull and steady; cash 46lc. 0ats-Ac-
tive; No. 2 white 2Sic. Clover Seed-Ac-
tive and higher; cash and October S. 05;
November S. 40; December SIS AIT.
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NOW ny DlCk ACHES

bLnTs s = Gr nne .esl HHpieITsp sSa ee.nanfd
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GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING.
In the Academy Of Music. New Orleans,
Tuesday, October Q, 1855.

100000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars
each. Halves SO; Quarters S8
Tentbs 81; Twentieihs d.
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OHIO RIVER RAILROAD

Time Table taking edec4 Nay NH. lsA Pa
senger trains viii run - ~blloWs-Cen0Hl ItnA.
All trains daily except thooe Married thust
which do not run on Sunday:
- a,Uru uor~n mo = Mo IN NM sftNo
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,uoic,ous am pfssssIHl
MAGNOLIA

RAT.M T.fe HlGAS's MAGNOLIA BALM .ia
,ou 10 de seaside. Mountains 4 Ruri Escorts
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THE END APPROACHING.
Emperor Frederick 30 III that the
Worst is Feared.
Mackenzie and His Associates Gives up the
Fight - Crown Prince william In
vested with Imperial Power.

BERLIN, April 1.-The Emperor's illness
has taken serious turn for the worse
since yesterday. The fears OF the doctors
have been realized. Bronchitis has set In,
attended by strong fever. The breathing
is also difficult and accelerated. At the
evening conference Of the doctors con-
cerning the Emperor 1t was found that
the fever and bronchitis were unchanged.
DR.. Mackenzie suggested On abscoss in the
vicinity Of the trachea as the cause Of the
excessive fever, which has been 80 puz.
sling to the doctors. II is undeniable that
DR.. Mackenzie this morning believed
that the Emperor's end was approaching.
Tho Empress urgently summoned the mem-
bers Of the family to hasten to the Castle.
Crown Prince William galloped from Ber-
lin, and arrived first. He was soon fol.
lowed by Empress Augusta and others.
Prince Bismarck was ut the bedside
an hour after receiving the summons.
There Is a marked discharge of
bloody mucus from the Emperor's
throat and the swellingliis progress
ing downward. Prince Bismarck accom-
panied by the Minister Of Justice, had an.
other interview with the Emperor last
evening, when His Majesty signed an or
der appointing the Crown Prince to act a.
his representative.
BERLIN, April 17.-At midnight all the
members Of the Imperial family were
summoned to the Emperor's bedside. The
worst Is feared.
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AwFULLY DESTRUCTIVE.
What Is Claimed for Our New Dynamite
Cruiser yorktown"

PHILADELPHIA, April 17.-The William
Cramp IL Son Ship and Engine Building
Company have nearly completed dyna-
mite cruiser gun-boat, ca led the York
town, designed for the United States
Navy. 1t will be launched on Saturday,
April %, in the presence of Secre-
tary Whitney. 1t carries four pneu-
matte guns for tho lurling Of
dynamite projsctiles each with a
range Of at least a mile. The training Of
the guns is accomplished by steer
ing the vessel, and the loading is
oil done by steam. The guns arc
fifteen inch caliber, and tho shells, which
cap be fired with great accuracy twice a
minute, will contain 500 pounds Of explo-
sive gelatine, equivalent to $50 pounds Of
dynamite or 943 pounds Of gun cotton. 1t
Is claimed that the gun, properly handled,
will be the most destructive engine
Of war yet invented, Cor the
heaviest armored ships in the world
will go all to pieces from the en-
plosion OF a she'll much smaller than those
thrown by the guns on the Yorktown.
These guns are designed primarily to work
on the underwater portion Of the hulls Of
vessels, but II any inaccuracy In aim
should be developed on account Of tho
pitching Of the ship, great damage can be
inflicted on the portion Of thu hull above
water. A dynamite gun made by the same
concern has just been made for the Italians
and will be tested at Fort Lafayette In Q
few days by Lieutenant Zalinski.
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Ship Liohted BY Lluhinina.

NEW YoRK, April 6.-Lieutenant-C Com.
mander Bradford and Lieutenant Veeder,
Of the Chicago, have been at work for two
weeks putting complete outfit Of electric
lights into the new cruiser. The Chicago
will be ready for commission as flagship
of the European squadron when her
battery is ready. She has now 49S
Edison incandescent lights which are
distributed in every part Of the
vessel, so that oil lamps and candles may
be dispensed with and the danger from
fire practically nullifed. To insure
against fire from water coming in contact
with exposed wire next to woodwork, the
wires are covered with electric tape and
thin sheet lead. The side lights and tho
running lights are Of fifty and thirty-two
candle power. The pilot house is also pro-
vided with electric lights.