davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Secretary Tracy is paying good deal OF at
tention just at present to steel matters, and the
most of his time that can be spared from the
writing of his annual report is taken up in con-
ference with his bureau chiefs and the men who
have contracted for ships, guns, and armor
There has yet been no decision announced as q
result OF the recent talk that was had between
the Dept and the manufacturers, but it is un-
deTstood that the Secretary is on the point of
believing that it will be to the best interests of
the Government TO lower the standard Of tests
that are applied to steel castings supplied for
the new Navy. But it is probable that the re-
form-of which the end is quicker work-will not
stop here 1t is being demonstrated almost
daily that cast steel is unreliable. Large blow
holes are frequently discovered by the acci-
dental breaking Of castings after the pieces
have passed the most rigorous tests, thus
demonstrating the danger OF its use. In the
ease of the strut Of the Maine the flaw was
found after several tests had been made, and
then only by chance. II is thus coming to be
the current opinion that wrought steel will sue
ceed castings, althoughit is more costly. While
1t takes longer TO produce one piece by actual
work there will be saving Of time in the end,
since so many steel castings have to be rejected
that the completion Of perfect one takes
longer than one that is forged.
The Despatch, which has been at the Navy
Yard for several weeks past, sailed for New
York Wednesday morning, Lieut.. Cowles in
command.
The Brazilian squadron is expected to arrive
daily 1t is composed Of two ships, the Aquid-
aban and the Guanabaro, with Rear Adm. Sill
reira in command. The Aquidaban is the vessel
upon which the Maine was modelled
Bids were opened last Saturday at the Navy
Dept for the Construction of timber dry-dock
Al the naval station at Port Royal, s. G. The
bids were Justin Mccarthy, OF Washington, D.
c., S4ls,9l5; r. G. Packard, of New York, $471, :
600; }. Il. Simpson 81 Co., of New York, $497,
$50; Carlos j. Stalbrand, Of Charleston, s. c.,
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09

S326000. The award will be made upon the
recommendation of naval board now examin-
ing the bids and the responsibility of the bid
ders The Dept. also invited proposals for
building floating dock at the same station, but
no proposals were received and a readvertise
ment will be necessary.
Mr.. j. F. Seager, private secretary to Mr.. So
ley, Asst. Secretary of the Navy, has resigned
that position to accept similar one with eX-
Secretary Whitney in New York. He is sue
ceeded here by Mr. l.. P. Smith, of this city, who
assumed his duties week ago.
Asst. Naval Constructor Lewis Nixon has re-
signed to accept position as naval architect
with William Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Nixon, who has been eleven years in the
naval service, has been carefully educated at
the great naval works in England and for some
months has been attached to the Construction
Bureau here, engaged in the work of designing
the new naval vessels.
Chief Eng. \. H. Abel who observed the
working of the Newark on her recent trial trip,
says that experiments made with horsepower
indicators showed that the engines greatly e1-
ceeded the contract requirement of $500 horse
power. He said that the vessel attained a
speed of 20 knots an hour and over, and that as
ship she was fully equal to the Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
Capt. A. V. Reed has been ordered to com
mand the Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla: Comdr
Felix McCurley from the Nipsic and placed on
waiting orders; 1t. V. L. Cattman, from special
duty in the State Dept, and ordered to hold
himself in readiness for sea service; Capt. r. L.
Meade, NJ. c., to command the Marine Barracks
at Washington.
The cruiser Philadelphia bearing the pennant
OF Rear Adm. A. Kimberly, president of the
naval board of inspection, returned Saturday
from 4S-hour trial at sea. The tests were in
the main satisfactory, although the board finds
room Tor improvement in numerous minor de-
tails. Three gun carriages were disabled.
Owing to the foul condition of the cruisers
bottom but one trial of speed over the measured
course was made, but it is believed that when
the bearings are worked smooth and the resist
ance of stiff machinery overcome her speed will
be greater than that shown in the preliminary
trial.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
Buried With Military Hopors

With military ceremonies the body of James
b. Peake. who committed suicide on Friday.
October 81, was inferred in a vault in Congress
slonal Cemetery. Department Commander
Urell, accompanied by his staff, consisting of
Senior Vice Commander Faunce Junior Vice
Commander Farnsworth, Assistant Adiutant
Gen. Keogh, Medical Director Howard. and
Department Chaplain Bradford, and large
number of comrades of the G.. A. r. were pres
ent to pay their last tribute of respect to their
deceased comrade. After the burial services at
the residence of the deceased, No. 222 Seventh
street northeast, which were conducted by Rev
w. NJ; Ferguson, of the Fourth-street M. E.
church, the casket was carried to the hearse
while the drum corps played a solemn dirge
1t was not until O'Clock that the funeral pro-
cession started for the cemetery, in the follow
ing order: Kit Carson Post Drum Corps fol-
lowed by a firing party from the Old Guard
under command of Capt. j. NJ. Edgar; Depart
ment Commander Urell, with his official
stall; Farragut Post No. 10, G. A. r.,
commanded by Post Commander Cook
with more than one hundred comrades in line
Grand Clark, with about forty members. Then
came the hearse containing the remains, fol
lowed by number of carriages containing the
FAMILY OF the deceased, relatives. and friends,
Upon arriving at the cemetery the casket,
wrapped IN the American flag and covered with
beautiful flowers, was borne to the tomb. while
the drum corps played solemn dirge The
solemn ceremonies of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows We're then performed by Noble
Grand Clark and Past Grand Hazard, which
were closed by prayer by Rev. Richard EN-
mons. This was followed by the beautiful ana
impressive funeral services of the Grand Army
OF the Republic, opening with prayer by De-
partment Chaplain Bradford, aud conducted by
Commander Cook and comrades of Farragut
Post No. 10. The casket was then deposited in
the tomb, and the firing party, under command
OF capt. j.; NJ. Edgar, marched in front of it
anu hred three Yolleys, the echoes of which had
scarcely died away when the stiffness was again
broken by the bugle's soul-inspiring strains of
lights out, which echoed and reechoed among
the tombs and tall trees of the cemetery, fit.
tlng close to the last sad rites over the remains
OF a COmrade.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
SmOkeless Powder.

From the AFgOnaut.
A further illustration has been given of the
changes that will be brought about by the use of
smokeless powder in war. The new ammuni-
ton made for the Austrian army was used for
the first time recently in Hungary The effect
is said to have been bewildering. Heavy firing
went on for more than four hours without the
ianteFt trace Of smoke. The booming of heavy
guns aud the rattle of artillery could be heard
but the air was absolutely clear. 1t took a Ion9
time !! TO discover the position of battery while
II was almost impossible TO find out where in
fantry under cover were firing from. In reaI
warfare, therefore, whole brigade may be de-
stroyed without knowing where the hail of shot
and shell comes from. It only remains for men
OF science to invent an Invisible uniform and the
art OF war will be reduced to perfection.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
HISTORIC OLD TIMBERs.
They Were Part of Several Forts and Shelf
cred Many Famous Soldiers.

They Were Part of Several Forts and Shelf
cred Many Famous Soldiers.
From the Sydney (Neb) Telegraph.
The demolition of the old band building at
the fort has called up among old residents
long train of interesting "reminiscences. This
building was constructed out Of material taken
from Fort Sedgwick, which was located within
mile or two of the present town of Julesburg,
and tradition has it that large part of the
material of which Fort Sedgwick was con-
structed was brought to that point after serving
in quarters at Fort Kearney, near the site OF the
present flourishing city of that name, and this
same tradition undertakes to say that this same
material had done duty at Council Bluffs In
Iowa. AT all events, the old band quarters had
timbers in them that had weathered many a
winters storm and had witnessed many a scene
which, could they be related, would enter
largely into the history of Nebraska. Many
time these old timbers have seen themselves
surrounded by hordes of savage Indians, and
many time they have listened to the earnest
talk of white chiefs who afterward become the
darling heroes Of the nation. 1t would be in
teresting to give few biographical sketches of
some OF these men whose fame afterward filled
the ears OF their countrymen. Sheridan, Han
COCK, Sedgwick, Augur, Sully, Hunt, and Dun
can are some OF the grand figures seen by these
old ttmbers to move in the f.ful light of tai
!ow-candle-lighted log hut on what was then the
far, far West. Gen. Duncan, father of our
young friend Capt. Duncan, of Fort Sidney
built the fort in 1869 or 10. To his wise fore
cast we owe the splendid avenue of trees which
dellghts the eye OF every one visiting the garr-
son. Gen. Duncan was the hero Of many an
Indian fight and participated in and won dis
tlnctlon in the war with Mexico.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
For BOYS and Girls.

Read the announcement On the llth page of
to-day's HERALD 1t will interest you, and your
sisters, and your parents, and your cousins, and
your aunts.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
Senator Ouay.

Senator Quay, before starting on his fishing
excursion, purchased case of Cooks Balm OF
Life to soothe his wounded political spirits
idly. ''p
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09

For the Most Popular Boy or Girl.
HE SUNDAY HERALD is going TO give mag
nltcent present to the Washington boy or girl
who obtains the largest number Of votes In
contest which begins to-day Read the full par
tlculars OF it on the eleventh page of to-days
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-09
Dining Car on New York and WASH
ing Limited Express via PennsyIya-
MIA Railroad.

On and after November 4 dining car will
be attached at Baltimore to the limited express
leaving Washington at $40 A. NJ, RUNNING
through to New York. Returning this car will
York at 1910 A. NJ
This new feature will add still further to the
popularity Of the limited express trains be-
tween Washington and New York by the Penn
sylyania Railroad.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

to its pedigree. A well-brOken setter of good
breeding will bring at least 500 or $50. Mr..
Lowell gave So 500 for Petrol. and other gentle
men have given equally high prices for dogs
with long pedigrees. Pointers are about the
same value in the market. They run all the
owner of Graphic, paid 81, 500 for him. But, of
course. these figures are the exception. A brace
of really good pointers or settlers can be bought
for $3.50. Still, such figures as those last named
would not secure dogs comparable in the
motest degree to such famous settlers as Cassie.
Cincinnatus. Chance. Betty s., Toledo Blade,
or pointers of the class of Rip.Rap, Lady
Belle Bang-Bang, Trick, Fan-Fan. Bounce
Count Fauster, and others that took par in
the field trials this season. Those trials by
offering handsome purses running all the way
from $3.50 to S.. 600, succeeded in bringing out
the very best strains Of settlers and pointers in
the country"
The coat which in the setter is fine, silky, but
not curling and crisp to the touch, thick in
body and long in feather, and in the latter soft,
short and not too fine. is valued at fifteen
points. The chest, which in the setter is not so
widely barreled as in the pointer, four; the
loins which are more arched in the setter, while
the hips of the pointer are more symmetrical,
six points; the shoulders, pretty much alike in
both, six points: quarters, six points; general
outline three; feet, which in the setter have
thick hair between the toes, and in the pointer
are round and cat-like, eight;legs, seven; hooks,
strong and muscular III both, five; head, which
in the setter is smaller than the pointers and
narrower across the ears, ten nose, the pointers
being broader in front with square outline,
five; ears, long, soft, thin and carried low and
close in each five For the rest, the general
quality of the dog is TO be considered in judg-
ing. In the setter the flag or feather on tail,
hooks, legs and feet is very important.
G, e. SANDISoN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

A READER: To ourknowledge they do not.
The better way would be to ask them.
GUMBERT would be a great favorite in this
city, and his services are needed here.
IT is likely that several of the young players
signed by the old local club will never report.
ED SWARTwooD has several good offers from
well known clubs. He will be a useful man
for some team.
THE grounds for the Philadelphia players'
club will be in Forepaugh's Park, and the
grand stand will have a seating capacity of
1890.
NINE League players have not yet signed
with either the National or Players League.
They are Carroll, Madden, Hines, Gumbert,
Gilks, Haddock, Welch, Flint and I. Brown.
IT is now reported that Mulvey has spent all
of his League advance money, and desires to
sign a Brotherhood contract. League mag
mates certainly cannot have started this report.
PITCHER ALEX FERsoN Of last seasons
Washlngtons. says he does not intend to desert
the Brotherhood if they use him as they have
promised. He claims there was an understand
ing when be signed a players contract that he
was to receive a salary Of &, sou instead of
81, 800, which the contract calls for.
BOTH Frank Heard and Jack Fogarty ex-
press their Willingness to accommodate Jim
DAILY with fight in the squared circle. Frank
Hearld says: Il will fight him for that purse
at New Orleans, provided he will make match
with me for $1,000 side. won't fight for the
purse alone. 1 don't want any easier mark than
DAILY for my money
THE salary list of the California Athletic
Club for its members instructors is very high.
Jack Dempsey gets $3.50 month: Peter Jack
son, 500: Billy Mccarthy, $50; Jimmy Carroll
Sl25: Frank Allen, 500, and Joe Acton, $50, a
total of S975 for tuition alone. Added to this
are the various other salaries and expenses, so
that the amount of the running expenses of
the, club comes very close to 81, 500 month.
AT San Francisco. December %. Mark Bald
win achieved signal triumph over John Clark
son. The ST. Louis Browns, for whom Baldwin
pitched, defeated the Bostons, who had Clark
son in the box, by a score of to 0. Baldwin
was a complete puzzle to the Bean Eaters. and
indicated the judgment of the men comprising
the Browns team on the present trip, who, upon
their arrival in San Francisco. declared that
Baldwin's pitching could not be excelled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

Milwaukee and st. Paul and the Wisconsin
Central have both given notice that they VIII
apply the cut rate Westbound on the date mem
toned in order to meet the rates Of the Bur
Gngton.
. The body OF Levin Meredith, an aged her
NIT, was found yesterday in miserable howell
on a lonely country road several miles from
Wilmington, Del. He had been burned TO
death, evidently during stroke of paralysis.
Near the body was found an old clay pipe filed
with ashes. 1t is supposed that while the
hermit was smoking he was seized with par
alysis, and the fire from the pipe ignited his
clothing
The steamer Harlow, which has reached
Halifax from the west coast of Newfoundland,
reports that while at Bonne Bay a messenger
arrived from Flowers Cove, Straits Of Belle
Isle. informing the Governments that about 130
families were in a starving condition and that
unless some relief reached them death would
certainly occur from starvation. A steamer
was dispatched, but owing to Ice she failed to
reach the destitute harDor. There is yet pos
sibility Of reaching the place via the west
coast
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

when l wish to try my setters,' said a
kennel club member to the writer, Il take them
to place where 1 am likely to find Birds
There talk to them kindly and turn them
loose allowing them to range some 20 or 30
yards off. Sometimes they will range over 100
or $50 yards, but keep them closer If possible
and sometimes use check-cord. When once
they strike the scent they know whether 1t is
fresh or an old one, and whether to work
slowly or quickly. A good dog will follow it
up going slowly and more carefully the closer
he gets, and will finally creep tremblingly for
ward until he stops on a point. Generally one
front paw will be raised in a wary way, the
muzzle will be turned toward the game as if
eager to spring forward and the tail will
be straight out and quivering with the
strain of the excitement Sometimes he will
turn his eyes back towards me, while his mate
stands off in the field backing the point At
the report of my gun both dogs drop to the
ground and remain there until given the word
TO fetch which gives me time to reload.
zone of the best accomplishments of the
field dog is good retrieving. l have known dogs
alive, but by stuffing dead bird with needles
the pup soon learns to bring it in gently
enough,
WHEN TO BEGIN TRAINING.
II begin training my dogs-pointers or set
ters-when they are six or eight weeks old, and
make it point, il they are at all stubborn or
slow. by giving them their lessons when they
are hungry, as then they will pay better atten-
ton Iaccustom them to the report OF gun,
and in eight or ten weeks the dog must be able
to point
up-wind, but diagonally across. 1t is delicate
piece of training to teach him how to quarter
nicely and to gallop across the wind and wheel
at'the signal, or upon his own judgment. Part
of his early education, too, should be retrlev-
ing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

One of the'inest as well as the most promis-
ing yearlings in Kentucky is said to be the
chestnut filly Fly Wheels. by Onward, dam
Nancy Lee, the dam of Nancy Hauks, the
great 3-year-old. She is splendidly gated, and
in the lot moves like whirlwind. A long price
was recently refused for her, bnt she is not for
sale. as her owner, Colonel Hart Boswell, in
tends to keep her as well as the
other female members of her family
for stud purposes. Nancy Hauks is win
terlng well, and gives every Indication of
still adding to her fame as a 4-year-old this
year. Last year she retired unbeaten, and in
her seven races she never lost heat or made a
skip or break Her record of 2:2415 is the best
ever made by tilly over half-mile track. she
was driven in all her contests with care, and as
she was never called upon to extend herself
her ability is not fully known. Good judges
however, who witnessed her performances all
believe she could have made mark of 2:l8 or
better.
Electioneer was Is years old when he sired
Sunol, 2;l01S, while William L was only years
old when Axtell 2;24, was foaled. Lou, the dam
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Asancinrinn Gns.in-

PHILADELPHIA, January 4-W. h. Whit
aker says the Syracuse club is practically a
member of the American Association. The
club was admitted conditionally with filing
bonds in $4,000 on a certain date. The condi.
tions were not fulfilled but the act of admit
ting the Syracuse club has never been rescind-
ed. Mr.. Whitaker says that it now looks very
much as if the Association circuit woald be
increased to Il He admits that nearly every
International League Club has applied for ad-
mission into the American Association. The
matter will be decided at Rochester next Mon
day. When asked to-day if he thought Wash
Ington and Indianapolis would draw out of the
National League and join the American Asso-
citation, Al Reach said: No, do not But if
admission rates"
Mr.. Reach admitted that he thought an eight
club circuit would be best for the League.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
A REVIEW OF SPORTS,
How Matters Stand in the
Baseball Fight.
TRADE UNIONS ANDSPORTS
The Reported FavoritiSm of the Cali
fOrnia Athletic Club.
i'll SULLIVAN AND PETER JACKSON

As far as as baseball is concerned, there
has been very little doing during the week;
certainly there has been nothing exciting.
Signing and resigning players has been
about the order of the day, and may add
trying to sign players. Amid all the deals
made-those going on and those expected to
70 on-nobody, think, will contend that
the old League has not made much better
show than very many people ever expected it
would make. don't by any means say that it
has made any better show than the Brother
hood. We're / to express my humble opinion
in that way would be dubbed bitter enemy
of the Brotherhood. paid hIreling of the old
League, and other pleasant appellations by
those very broad-minded individuals who ring
nothing but Brotherhood bells, and who
don't seem to know that there Is anything else
existing in the world than the Brotherhood
League. No; only say that the OLD League
has done better than a great many of us
thought that is, in the way of getting players.
If we take the trouble to examine the two local
teams, as they are expected to be made up,
wen find that the old clubs team will appear
tolerably strong when compared with the new
team. Now, don't say it will be better, be-
cause don't know; but again, 1 say that the
old team will be stronger than many of us
thought 1t would be lew weeks ago NOW.
out and out Brotherhooders, don't kick me for
saying that because it is a fact, and the object
Of this column is to stick to facts. refer to
this one 10 order to point out that when April
comes the Players League will not have the
clear field that was anticipated: indeed,
that looked upon as certain. However, at
present that proves nothing more than that it
is necessary for the officials of the new club to
be active and not allow grass to grow beneath
their feet The new club will doubtless be a
very good one. If Gumbert is added to its list
it will be considerably better, and l, even at
this stage, predict that pitcher of Gumbert's
abilities, is needed by the club more than any
other man on the team. So far Calvin and
Staley are the only reliable pitchers signed and
if man something like themselves can be Sc
cured I would like to know what the club has
to fear in the matter of pitchers. However,
the better the two clubs the better 1t will be for
the public, and the week has developed the
fact that work similar to that which has been
going on here has been and is going on at other
cities. now believe that each city, or almost
each city, will have two very good clubs, and it
viii require large amount of money to carry |
them through
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Firurinn ON New Grounds.

CHICAGO. January 4-The Chicago Brother
hood Club is now considering three locations
for grounds in the southern part of the city, but
will make no selection for some days yet One
of the locations is on the line of the Illinois
Central road, and another on the Lake Shore.
The terms are reasonable, and it is probable one
or the other of the tracts offered will be
accepted While they are not so near
the business center as the grounds on the
Northside the club was compelled to give up.
they are but a few minutes ride from the
Board of Trade. George Van Haltren, the
left-helder of the old Chicago League club,
having heardsthe rumors afioa5 to the effect
that he was weakening on the Brotherhood,
and would probably go back to the League,
takes occasion to write strong letter from
California, where he now is. in which he says
he will stick to the Brotherhood, which he is
confident has bright future