Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-06

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After Monday the principal busines, o!
the House Will be the Urgent Deficiency
bill, until il is disposed of. The debate NAV
be Protracted. The Pension Appropriation
bill stands next in order. Ii other bills on
the calendar are considered, that accepting
an Invitation to participate in the Interna.
tional Exhibition at Paris will probably be
first taken up. The hill TO make bills o,
ladinc conclusive evidence that the goods
represented have been scrualiy received by
the transportation company. may also he
reached There Is q strong disposition
among Southern members 10 secure early
consideration Of tn. bill reported by the
Judiciary Committee 10 amend the internal
revenue laws 50 as to remove the causes of
complaint respecting the oppressive cLarac-
ter oi prosecutions under those laws An.
other ball which may be acted upon is tina;
Of Mr.. pnglcy, 10 authorize the investment
in Government bonds of the fund held in
the Treasury for the redemption of Ma.
tionsl bank notes.
The House committee will prubahly work
more industriously during the coming
week, and many additions will be made TO
the business on the calendar
The Senate has not vet arrived at that
stage OF the session when il begins 10 regard
the transaction OF business as an import.
ant part OF its proceedings. Next week
there is likely 10 be much talk and little
action.
senator Riddleberger adhercs TO his In.
tention of enlivenins the proceedings and
annoying his associates until he compels
consideration of his resolution for action
upon the British e1trajition treaty in open
session. Whenever he succeeds in getting
his resolution before the Senate. he proposes
TO make a speech in denunciation OF the
treaty and OF the course of Senators in act
ing behind closed doors on = matter in
which the public is 81 much interested.
He will call attention to the fact that the
treaty has already found its way into the
newspapers, and that il is farce 10 pretend
that it csn be considered secretly
At the close of the morning hour on
Monday. Mr.. salisbury desire. 10 be
heard on the resolution declaring il 70 be
the sense of the Government that further
attempts should not be made al this time
10 bring about an international agreement
as to bi-metallic coinage. Mr.. Beck will
also speak on this subject. Mr.. Doiph ha.
given notice that he will. on Tuesday. ad-
dress the Senate on the subject Of Indian
war claims in Oregon.
. Mr.. Platt is the only Senator who has
Eiven notice of an intention 10 talk tariff,
although Mr.. Teller, II Opportunity offers.
will probably pay lis respects TO the sub
iect
The educational bin vii. continue 10 be
the regular order Of unlinl-hed business,
after two O'Clock daily, and il is quite sure
70 drag along through the week. Mr. Call
will be the next speake' upon this bill.
Mr.. Davis is anxious to secure considera-
ton during the week. Of a general pension
bill which viii proyok. some partisan de-
bate
The resolution for an investigation of he
alleged insutficiency of the postal service
comes over as unfinished b siness and will
probably be adopted early in the week
Mr.. Allison expects to make q repor; on
the bill to prevent underyaluations of mer-
chandise, and will probably ask that the
bill be recommitted 10 the committee for
further amendments
The urgent deficiency bill will doubtless
reach the Senate before the close of the
week. but it is not likely that il will get
further than the appropriation COMMITTEES
Special Delivery Success.
WASHINGTON, February SO the de-
light Of officers of the Postoffice Depart
ment. the special delivery system has nov
proved TO be success.
Returns received from all free delivery
postoffices for the year ending September
3d. lSs1, showed that g SIS special delivery
letters were delivered, which was i large
increase when compared with the previous
quarter. For the quarter ending December
81. last the returns received show al in
crease in the business of ls.6 per cent over
the September quarter The normal in
crease in the general postal business during
the same period Was less than 10 per cent
which shows that the special delivery ser
vice is increasing more rapidly than the
general postal business. 1t is a pronounced
success" said prominent officer Of the
department 10 the United Press. and its
best feature is that the Government can
not lose cent, for If no letter. are de.
livered. no expense is incurred"
Dynamite to Take the Place of Powder.
WAeHIx6roN. February 5.-An official
report To the War Department on the use
of dynamite shells in a demonstration
made last December at Sandy Hook but
which was withheld from the public until a
few DAYS ago. is attracting great deal Of
attention here among srny and navy rffi-
GERS and Others. and some 60 50 lar a. to
say that the success attending this last and
other prior demonstrations and successful
rxperiments Of a similar character laws the
foundation for complete revolution in the
aySIfIn OF ElbltEu NltlGTS- Slltils
with ordinary powde: such a. il was sup
posed could only be used heretofore, aie
10 be laid aside and dynamite shells are
to be used in the annihilation Of
armies, the reduction oi forts or the Grip
pliny of fleets The thing accomplished at
SANDY Hook, as shown by the report of the.
Board OF Ordinance oficers-Lieut. Col
Mordecai. Major Farley and Capt Greer
was the total wreckagc OF wrought iron
semi-circuar turrer. Is feet wide. 10 feet
high and IA inches thick made of two :
inch plates by three dynamite shells fired
from a finch Ames riiied gun. The shells
we're of steel. weighed l22 pounds. and were
charged with 2t5 pounds ri dynamite. The
problem which seems 1" nave been success
fully solved in this and former experiments
Of firing with safety projectiles charged
with dynamite. is accomplished by .
method OF charging shells with dynamite,
the invention Of J. W. Graydon. of Indian
apnlis formerly Lieutenant in the Navy.
HIS invention consists not only in firing
dynamite shells from modern guns or can
non. with a full service charge of powder,
and with no danger OF premature explosion
Of shell from the heat or shock. but also se-
curing the entire range desired and pene-
tration into the object before the dynamite
eXplodes; penetration being absolutely
necessary IN ORDER 10 OBTAIN the full de-
power of the explosive. Th:se
of this invention have tLuD
fnr boon made by order Of General Sh,.H
dan two at San Francisco in the
summer of lSs6, and the third at
Sandy Hook. The experiments AT San
Francisco were conducted by General o. D.
Howard. and were intended merely 70
that shells charged with dyna-
mite could be fired from cannon without
premature explosion. After IS dynamite
shell. had been successfully fired out Of .
3inch and 4la-inch siege gun, from the
presideo grounds into the hills across the
Golden Gate, the board OF officers, conduct
ing the experiment. expressed the opinion
in their report. that the two principal
causes or apprehensions of danger, hest
and shock. had been completely guarded.
against. General Howard then recon-
mended further experiments with larger
guns, and out of this recon-
mendation grew the Sandy Hook demon
stration, with a finch ames gun and 122
pound shells The San Francisco expert
ments had proven that dynamite shells
could be fired from cannon with safety, and