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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03
BUILDING A WARSHlP.
MIR. Tracy Sent the Plans Back to the
Constructor Many Times.

A year ago last March, SAYS a writer
in the Century Magazine, Mr.. Tracy,
eN-secretary of the navy, announced
that the building of our new battleships,
of which the Indiana had been launched,
entitled the United States to rank fifth
among the naval powers of the world.
The story OF the requirements which
led to their building is most iDterest-
ing one.
| A battleship may be best defined per-
! hapS as a sort of toughened steel, under
and around which a boat has been built.
In other words. it is a floating fortress.
1t is meant to fight and never to run
. away.
] When Mr.. Tracy decided to build
these modern battleships he summoned
Lieut.. Lewis Nixon, the perintending
constructor at Cramps ship yard in
j Philadelphia, then under 80 years of
age, and told him to make a crude de-
sign for such a craft as he had indicated.
At that time no vessel larger than Z, 800
tons had been launched in this country.
/ Proceeding upon an S,500-uon basis,
Mr.. Nixon built a steel fort. put as
heavy guns in it and on it as he safely
could and then calculated the dimen-
/ sions of the boat on which it must float.
After Mr.. Tracy had looked at the fig
| pres and listened to the explanation of
| them he thrust them aside with this re-
mark:
81 don't know much about these de-
tails and dimensions. What | want to
know is whether, if you let all these
guns 90 off at once. they would beat
the delivery of the guns on those battle
ships the English and French are build
ing"
They would not, am sorry to say"
replied the young constructor.
go back and make them do it." said
the secretary.
Mr.. Nixon went back and added l, 600
| tons to the displacement of the vessel,
and in day or two sought the secre-
tary.
"Now will they beat those foreign
boats?" asked the secretary.
We'll" said the constructor, Il am
afraid they won't beat them, but they'll
nearly do So"
60 back and make them do it," said
the secretary again, adding, I'VE can
launch just as big boats as any one
else"
Mr.. Nixon went back and the third
time hit the mark, producing plans for
q 10, 3O0-ton vessel such as the Indiana
That he did successfully he was
ordered to do is shown by the fact that
the main batteries of the English battle
ships Victoria and Royal Sovereign are
planned to hurl 5000 pounds of metal
at a single discharge, while the Indiana,
of nearly 1000 tons less displacement,
and drawing three feet less of water,
hurls 6, 800 pounds of metal at single
discharge of her main batteries.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03

ONE hears a great deal of criticism OF
State Supt. Wells. He has been indis-
Greet in many things, but he has mad g
one of the best superintendent the state
ever had. He has been too aggressive,
too impatient TO correct abuses which
cannot be remedied at once, and perhaps
too lntolerant of views not in accordanc g
with his own. But he has worked up-
ceasingly and lntelligently for the schools
of the state. Time will vindicate Wells
t. attacks which he has made on certain
institutions though the disposition at
present IS to jeer at him. 1t is not al
together improbable that in few years
there will be many following the track
blazed out by this man, too lmpulsive to
be successful as a reformer and too anx-
ious to win notoriety to be discreet.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03

OSHKOSH is In furore because of a
row between the Ladies Benevolent So
clety and the clergymen of that city. II
has been the custom to give charity
ball annually and this year it was deter.
mined TO give series Of them. This
aroused the opposition of the clergymen
and they are denouncing round dances
IN unsparing terms. claiming they are
immoral IN their tendency and are popu-
lar only because of sexual contact. They
insist that If men were to dance with men
As partners and women with women, the
dance would soon lose Its popularity.
The clergymeu are wrong TO a certain
extent. There is no immortality in dance.
ing. Right or wrong, it is useless to
attack dancing as all the clergy IN the
world could not with their united opposi-
ton bring about its discontiuuauce. The
specific feature of balls for charitable
purposes is something which might re.
celve clerical dlscontenance with some
hopes of correction. 1t is homogeneous to
begin with, to yoke the two together. 1t
is purchasing small amount Of ali at a
heavy expense 1t is diverting funds
contributed for a charitable purpose to
buying pleasure for many without char
liable inclination. The good people who
get up these balls are prompted by the
very best motives and argue that by
means Of them they secure contributions
from people who would contribute moth
Ing to good cause except 1t bring profit
or pleasure directly TO them. But the
contributions fIom this class do not paw
one-fourth of the expenses OF the bail, so
that their mite is secured by a depletion
of the charitable fund TO an extent four
times greater than what is received by
Ieasou of their indirect contributions.
This is the practical side of the case.
The purpose the ladies have in mind is
good and their unsel6shness is deserving
OF high praise. But there is no business
tact ~ the movement. People who pu-
chase tickets from charitable motive
would contribute twice as much if the
ball was not the medium of commInica-
tion with the poor 1t is no argument TO
say that people will go to a ball about
this season, ANYHOW. The charity ball
Is Just one more added to what would be
If there was no charity ball,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03

A most fendlsh crime occurred near
Port Washington yesterday. A young
fellow named Bueholz who had just re-
turned from the Reform School, went out
In the barn with his father and while
there lighted some loose hay and then
ran cut closing the door. The fathers
body was burned to crisp. The mother
fatally burned.
The young scoundrel who burned
his fathers house and barn and in
them both his father and mother. was
for some time an inmate Of the Mani
towoc county asylum. He left here
only few weeks ago He had form
erly made an attempt on his mothers
life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03

TAMMANY sustained itself notwith-
standing its dIctatorial attitude and self
ish assumption OF power, by virtue of the
bralus OF many OF it's members. 1t al
ways had meu of ability and wherever
Tammany had representatives, they won
credit for the organization. No man
could hear Bourke Cochran speak with
ont feeling that an organization of which
he was spokesman was something more
TO be commended than condemned. But
the signs are that Tammany is losing Its
great men and consequently its glory If
departing. Tammany is nearing the end
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03

FARMERS have been ruined by free
wool" and yet wool did not go on the
free liet until Tuesday of this week. 1t
Is surprising how our market should
have Welded SO far in advance Of the &C.
casiop, The deuce of it Is that even the
European markets have succumbed to
the heretical tariff idea which prevailed
IN this country. 1t is passing strange
that these countries which were to be so
greatly benefited at the expense of the
United States should suffer from the
very policy which was designed to
further their interests.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03
Philosophy of a Five-Year-OId.

A 5-year-old Boston boys ethical
philosophy was byought out the other
day, when his father told him how glad
he was that he had been such a good
boy all through Sunday. when be was
left much to himself. The boy answer
ed in a matter-of-fact way, Il haven't
been thinking about good. think I'm
better when ! don't think about it. |
don't think of anything naughty or
anything; | just think about what
good tine I'm haviug.-N. y Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03
manitowof IDalot.
THURSDAY, JANUARY, 8 1895.

TRE republicans of California have
learned the fraud cry of their southern
brethren and are going to contest the
election of James H. Budd, the lately
elected governor The man who whines
fraud" hen he is whipped deserves q
little further fiagellatIon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-01-03
First publication Dec. %. 1891.

First publication Dec. %. 1894. No. :
IN MANITowoC COUNT COURT.
II the matter of the estate OF Conrad Rem
mInger, deceased.
10 all whom II may concern. Letters of adj
rnInlstTation said estate having been issued to
CatharIne Remminger and six months from and
after the 18th day Of December 1894 being allow
ed and limited for creditors to present their
claims Tor examination and allowance. notice is
hereby given that the undersigned will on the LIST
Tuesday IN june and the 18th day of June A. D.
lss5 at the probate office the city of Manito-
voc. II said county, receive. examine and adjust
AL claims and demands of all persons against
Sa1d deceased. Jar17
SIMON CULLEN, Presiding County Judge.
Paul kreZ, Attorney.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Prices Advancing.

On account OF the sharp advance in
leather the Wholesale men have notified
the retail dealers in shoes of an advance
Of from 10 to % cents in most OF the
lines. A letter from an eastern whole
sale dealer to n local merchant Last week
quoted quite an advance in prices dur
ing the past two weeks and stated a
probability Of a further advance by May
"a. In connection with this ii may be
in order to state that there is strong
talk OF combine between the larger
manufacturers and as q result the prices
OF shoes will receive an added impetus
towards higher mark Independent OF
the increase in price OF the raw material.
/ However tho people Of Lshi will suffer
very little Inconvenience from the
prospective advance--at least for some
time-as we are blessed with energetic
merchants. On inquiry at the Coop
Kirkham, S and CARTS We were informed
already on hand the three inns
mentioned had taken advantage OF the
prevailing low prices Of a month age
and placed their orders for fall stock
Thus they will be enabled to furnish
the latest styles in fall loot wear for p
per cent less than those who failed tC
take advantage Of this move. These
firms will undoubtedly receive their 70
ward from the increased patronage
which their enterprise deserves.
Rumors OF the combine between loca
ho1rng mills are rife and it il almost
an assured fact that rs soon as the mills
have finished grinding their presen
supply OF wheat n sharp advance WI
be made in the price of -four, TIL mill
are now obliged to pay 80 cents TO
wheat, which is as much as they cal
afford at the present price Of -four, Blu
are unable to obtain /. as shippers ar,
offering better. The firms above
named are looking to their customers
interests in this matter also.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
An imposition on the Public

EDlroR BANNER "A mutual agree
ment between two or more persons con
stitutc a legal contract; so says the law
OF our county. When a person or per-
sons purchaso tickets from party, hav-
ing authority to sell them, for chairs TO
an entertainment and obtains tickets
for the same, that would constitute n
contract under the law and tho person
who had the authority to sell would not
have the legal right to sell tickets for
the same chairs and same entertainment
10 another person any more than per-
son would have the right 10 sell II piece
Of real estate or other property the SCI
ond time. II the renl estate or other
property was sold the second time tn
person would be arrested charg, d with
a criminal offence. There must at least
have Seen15 chairs sold twice or three
times for the entertainment last Satur-
day evening thus depriving people OF
the possession OF property which they
bought The object for which the en-
tertanmcnt was arranged was a lauda'
bic one but to procure means by such
methods as were used Saturday was an
imposition on the public and detri-
ment to the Sunday School. Where tbs
fault lies am not prepared to cay but
think The matter should be looked into
and theatre goers be not deprived o.
what they purchased oSE or THE To-
Read the editorial on the same sub
iect.-ED.l
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Engendered Bad Feeling.

There was considerable bad feeling
engenderod at the opera house on Sat.
urday night over the reserved seats It
developed that the same seat had been
sold to different persons. A thing OF
this kind always creates bad feeling be-
cause it is very annoying to anyone who
has purchased seats to enter the hall
and find the seats occupied by other
people to whom the seats have also been
sold. 1t perhaps would be q hard task
to find out who was to blame on this oc-
casion. Yet it is very evident that the
blame rested somewhere and the parties
aggrieved generally blame the proprie-
tor, Mr.. CART, when such things occur
and this occasion was no exception to
that rule. But inquiry leads us to say
that Mr.. CART was not to blame this
time. II appears there were several
persons who sold tickets and among
them they got the seats mixed up. This
hahNs AZ halh W WI WIZ ~ " bANlNN
and we would suggest that the practice
OF allowing tickets to be sold by differ
ent persons and on the streets be discon.
tinued. Another mistake is engaging as
ushers persons not acquainted with the
position OF the chairs. They often make
mistakes equal to those made by the
ticket sellers. One person should DO
t4s selling and one the seating. Those
persons who did the kicking were justi-
flea as it is too provoking to either have
to stand up or SO home alter paying for
a scat, especially on an occasion like
Saturday night when the object was
worthy one and the play an excellent
one. We h-pe for tho benefit OF an
concerned this will be the last lile such
mistakes will occur.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Cattle and Sheep.

Wood Bros, of Chicago give the
following prices of cattle and sheep ior
asst week
Choice heavy fat hogs, weighing $50
lbs. and upwards, 81 65@4.7O; prime
butcher hogs, weighing 23O to $50 lbs,
uniformly at 4.6O@465; prime sorted
light hogs at about S4.GO, with York
hogs averaging 100 lbs. at S4,45@4 55 ;
rough heavy hogs, large open SONS and
stays at from $875@A25
Prime native fat sheep, principally
gethers OF good weight, $4.75@4 So;
lair to good "a Oo@4.4O; common and
medium, $2.76@8,75; prime tat lambs,
50 76@5.00i fair to good, So OO@56O;
common and medium, 8 75@45O. Prime
western wethers, $4.65 a 4.75; fair to
good, S4.Oo@4.3o; common and medium.
$3.OO@3.75.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
Tor any case of Catauh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo
O.
We the undersigned, have known +
j. Cheney for the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any Obligation made by
their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
lIalps Catarsh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surface Of the system. Price
zoe. per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Testimonials free
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
THE HIGHEST AWARD.
Or. Prices Baking Powder Receives 1t
fChtco1O Tytbuns

flChtcoQo irouhe'I
For leavening power, keeping qualities,
purity and general excellence the
Worlds Fair jury decided that DIR
Prices Cream Baking Powder had no
equal. On each of its claims it was
awarded a first prize or diploma. All
the baking powders entered for prizes
were subjected TO most exhaustive
examination, and the jury was the best
equipped to make decision Of any ever
got together. Their verdict w6s sup
ported by the testimony OF DR.. II. W.
Wiley, chief chemist of the United States
Department Of Agriculture at Washing
ton. DR.. Wiley is an expert on food
products and the highest authority on
such matters in America. This verdict
settles long debated question as to
which among TIE many baking powders
Is the best.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

More fun for the people OF Utah. The
ladies OF Utah have made up their minds
tohumiliate b II.Roberts ON the suffrage
question. They have felt very soro ever
since he made his famous speech against
their cause in the constitutional con
vention, and they have been looking
about to find lady who would be able
to meet the gentleman, and now they
feel sure they have found her in the
person Of Or. Anna Shaw. A cnalleng'
is to issue and II Mr.. Roberts accepts,
the lady will meet him in the arena. Ii
that lady should wax it to him-O my,
poor Roberts,
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

The question whether the womon
have n right to vote this fall is agitating
some OF the legal lights again. There
is neither sense, reason nor logic in the
argument they put forth. There would
be Just as much reason in saying the
regroes had right to vote on the
fifteenth amendment OF the national
constitution rs to say women have q
right to vote for the constitution OF
Utah. To US one proposition is ai
reasonable as the other.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

The sugar factory will start up on
next Monday to work the syrnp left over
from the run Of last iall IL will take
about ten days run to work it up. The
company will have all the beets thinncd
out on its lands this week. The etand is
most excellent one being tar better
than last year The company has not
had to replant one acre this season.
This is very encouraging to the COM
pany and the farmers also The crop
at this date shows better than ever be
fore, The plants look healthy and
strong and are growing very last and
should there be no setback the crop
this season will be large one. This
fact means thousands OF dollars for Lehi
and Utah county.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Y. M. M. |. A. Conference.

The Annual General Conference Of
the Young Mems Mutual Improvement
Association Of the Latter-day Saints
viii be held in the Tabernacle, Salt
Lake City, on Saturday and Sunday,
June sth and 9th, 1896 Stake and
Ward officers, and Association members
are especially urged to be present, nnd
a general invitation to attend tue con1
ference is extended to all interested in
the cause OF Mutual Improvement.
MILFORD WOODBURY.,
JosrPH +. SMITH,
hosEs THATCHER,
General Suptcy. Y. NJ. NJ. 1. A
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Notice from U. S. Land Office.

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10 '96.-
The United States Surveyor General for
Utah Territory has filed in this Office the
following agricultural plats, (iractional ;
Township South, Range West Town.
ship South, Range West; Township
l South, Range West; Township /
South, Range East sownship South,
Cange East Township South, Range
East Townships South, Range East ;
Township 10 South. Range East Town
ship II South, Range s East Township
~ South, Range 10 East; Township -
South, Range IL East Township 10
South, Range East; Township l6
souta, Range East. Notice is there
lore hereby given that on aud alter
May 90, 1895, this once will receive APP
plieations for the entry of lands in said
townships.
Byron Groo, Register.
Frank Harris, Receiva,
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom isa little
too weak on the silver issue to be a pres
idential possibility for the west. lie re-
sembles Lincoln somevhat but II he
wishes to sit in the chair OF that noble
patriot lie must grow stronger IN the
cause Of the white metal.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Notisoisor Publication-Timber Culture.
u, S. Land Office
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 80, 1895

March 80, 1895
Complaint having been entered at
this Office by Charles Balmiorth, jr.
against Henry Lewis for failing to
comply with law rs to Timber. Culture
entry No. 7l7, dated March %, 1887,
upon the lots and 3 and w a ofN T.
a and L 4 OF N WI Section 2, Town.
ship SR W, in Utah County, Utah
Territory, with view to the cancellation
OF said entry contestant alleging that
entryman has failed to comply with the
law as TO said timber culture entry in
tina, he has never plowed OF cultivated
any portions Of said tract, nor planted
thereon any trees, tree seeds or cuttings
nor caused the same to be done, the
said parties are hereby summoned to
appear at this Office on the 9th day Of
May, 1895, at 10 o'clock a. M, to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged failure
Byron Groo,
Wilkes & keGriul, Register
Attys. for Contestant,
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

Frank Shepardsou, an engineer on
The Southern Pacific Ry, who resides
at Los Angeles, Cal was troubled with
rheumatiam Tor long time. He was
treated hyseyCral physicians, also visited
the Hot Springs, but received no
permanent reliet until he used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. lie saws II Is the
best medicine in the world for rheuma-
tism. For sale by D L Ellingson.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23

Every newspaper in the west should
be lending its power to the silver cause
Every man, woman and child in the
west should be lighting for the white
metal.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1895-05-23
Notice for Publication ASS
u. S. Land office, !
Salt Lake City, Utah, :
April 27, 1895. !

I. y, lAnu ONCE
Salt Lake City, Utah,
April 27, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that the
iollowipg-named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support OF his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the register aud
receiver OF The U. S. Land Office at Salt
Lake City, Utah, on June S, 1896, viz
Joseph NJ. Boulter, II. L. No. s6ls, for
the lots 8 and A, and S y w L Sec .
4, Tp4 S r L.
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF, said land, viz: James
Crossgrove, Peter n. CART, friedrich II
sadlor and Jasper Conrad all OF Draper,
Salt Lake County, Utah
Byron Groo, Register
First publication May 2, 1902