The Indianapolis journal., 1892-07-11
NEWS In SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume Of Important Events at Home and
Abroad Chr0nicled in the Issue of July 10.

Cholera is spreading in Prussia and also
in Paris.
The anti Christian sentiment in China is
breaking out again.
Twenty lives were lost on an exploding
Lake Geneva steamer.
The KAISER will not push q prosecution
against Prince Bismarck.
The government crop report covering
June Is generally encouraging.
House free silver men secured enough
mem hers in committee to order the Stewart
bill favorably reported.
st. Johns, N. F., was laid in ashes. Thou
sands of people are homeless, several lives
were lost, and the property loss 10 esti-
mated at s10,0oO,0O0.
Water from Lake Pontchartrain is over
moving the outlying district of New Or
leans In the rear of the clty; and ie causing
much grave apprehension.
A. 6. Buekner, of Fort Worth, Tex, who
had family troubles, q big roll of money,
ana Numerous policies on his life, disap-
peared at Amarillo. Tex.
The Giant Powder Company's works,
near San Francisc0, were blown up, with q
roar and q shock heard one hundred miles
away. Three white men and two China
men wero killed.
Race.winners-At Washington Park: ST.
luria, Guido, Yo Tambien, Harry Smith.
Oregon Eclipse. C. H. GiiIiok. At Mon
mouth Park: Merry Monarch. Belladonna
colt, Tammany, Helen Nichols Longstreet,
The Sheriff. Queenie Trowbridge.
Ball Games-Western League: CoIum bus
IL, Omaha q Kansas City z Toledo 3. Ma
tional League: Washington 6, st. Louis L.
Chicago 2, Boston /; BROOKLYN. Pittsburg
5; Louisville 2, Baltimore l; Cincinnati 10,
New York l; Cincinnati 10, New York 4;
Cleveland Z, Phlladelphia 5; Cleveland 8,
Philadelphia
From the Second Edition orthe Sunday Journal
Vessel Pierced by Projeciile.
NEW YORK, July 9-The three asted
schooner Harry r. Tilden. commanded by
Captain Harris. bound to Phiiadelphia.
E% tnpss hi miles off sandy Sas's Hook sans hs
afternoon by a projectlle. weighing
gun with 2l0 pounds or powder from the
United states proving grounds at Sandy
Hook On the schooner at the time were
ak men and Captain Harris. The men
were all rescued By steam launch belong
ing to Shepard Knapp, of this city,
| and late In the evening landed at the
docks of the Eric railway in Jersey City.
Capt Frank Heath. of the United States
| army, who 10 in charge of the government
| proving grounds at Sandy Hook, made a
| statement relative to the sinking of the
| ernors island from the tug-boat General
| Wood. at half past 6 this evening. He
said:
"As 1 am in charge of the proving
| grounds at Sandy Hook, belonging 10 the
United States governments, my duty
| takes me there almost every day. This
afternoon, the day being fair, determined
| 10 make velocity tests, using the big ten
inch breech-lOadiug gun recently delivered
eh on one of the new disappearing gun
carriages made by the South Boston
| Pneumatic Manufacturing Company. In
making velocity tests We have SET up in
front of the gun two wire nets.
wire to an indicator that clearly registers
| the time when the electric circuit Is
broken by the shot passing through the
nets. The first net is set up $50 feet from
sssond mgfs' the ..%a from sns sSSs sSe s1s
In making velocity tests with the big
guns itIs Invariably the rule to FIRE them
| as nearly as possible In q horizontal posi-
to fire the first shot. The line of fire was
due southeast, and at tho time the Scotland
| light ship oonld be nearly distinguished.
There were several sailing vessels In the
| offing, all of which were Oft the line of fire
as the gun was trained. To make doubly
sure there are no vessels near the line of fire
| have q man detailed to note the
/ position at sea of all the passing vessels.
/ have much TO take up my attention, and
for that reason cannot watch each and every
| look myself at the horizon. and
ut the same time receive the re-
port Of the man at the lookout The first
shot was fired at 1:S0 o'clock, and. rassing
through the nets, no other thought was
| given AS TO where it disappeared.
/ AT 2 o'clock the gun was ready for Sec
| ond shot The elevation was the same as
in the first shot. The order was given to
shroush sha Sssh net. sna wens
sea. This was the shot that hit
the Tilden, though at the time we
did not see her. paying little attention as
to where the shot went after passing
was fired, all Of the three being for velocity
and not to determine the range of tho gun.
| No one at the proving grounds knew one OF
the vessels out ct sea b ad been hit. and not
until the steam launch OF Mr.. Knapp came
steaming in, having in tow two of the life
boats of the schooner, did we know of the
disaster"
Captain Heath was then asked as TO how
he could explain why: II the Iilden was
for her to be hit. His answer was: Il have
taken my observations and tri-
enaulated the position of tho Til.
den when she was hit. bnt q:
will say. however: From all that l know
the shot after passing through the second
net struok ono of the sand-dunes
down the coast and was DETECTED
4
the Ti!den. From my observations. am
| positive that the vessel at tie time was nj
least thrco-fourths of milo 20 the right oi
tho line Of fire.
IL shall most certainly make q report OF
| tho matter" said the captain in reply tC
! she query as TO what he proposed to do"
In tho meantime. captain, Will you still
continue to test your guns TO the danger oi
life. and irrespective of shots being de-
f1ected on the sand dunesf" was asked.
why should not7" was the reply.
| Endeavor-rs VIII Meet I'm Cleveland.
NEW YORK, July o.-When the third day.
session of the Christian Endenvor conven
tion began at $50 o clock this morning with
prayer-meeting. conducted by Mr. E. S
| Miller, of Portland, Ore, moro than five
thousand delegates wcro present. The
meeting lasted nearly an hour. and after il
was over tho delegates marched out sing
ing psalms and INNS. They went to theiI
hotels and boarding. houses for breakfas
and to get ready for tho regular session
| which began at o'clock. Ii was . few
minutes psst O'clock when Presiden
| Clark dro pped his gayel and opened the
session. The report of the committe.
on nominations for yice-preeident was read
by the Rev. DIR. Henry w. Sherwood, o.
New York. The presidents are tn.
only officers the committee has power te
nominate. as tho others are elected by the