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actually beaten the Kearsage, which
had been making for the same refuge.
The new monitors could probably out
live any gale, so long as the water did
not flood the smoke pipes and thus put
out the fires. Such a contingency has
not happened to any large vessel with
in recent years, and hence it is safe to
declare them absolutely seaworthy.
Their chief mission, however. is that
of hapbor defense, and the battleship
has not been built or even planned that
the Puritan, the largest of these old
and yet new monitors could not cope
with or equal terms in or off of New
York or any other harbor. Indeed,
the advantage would be with the Pur-
itan because, being SO small a target,
probably her shots would be so per
cent more effective than that of an
opponent of equal theoretical fighting
capacity.
THE SO-CALLED DYNAMITE CRUI-
SER.
There can be no doubt that there
has been so much opposition to the So
called dynamite cruiser Vesuvius that
many persons view her with suspicion
It is said that she is impracticable,
that she is unsafe and that in warfare
she could not get near an antagonist
The fact is the VesuVius has never had
a fair trial, even theoretically. Those
who champion her point to- the fact
that she can throw not less than $4,000
pounds Of high explosives at a given
mark a mile away in half an hour
Such an engine of war as this has pow
ers of destruction the like of which
have not even been dreamed of until
the present generation. Moreover, this
platform of guncottou guns can be
moved from place to place at high
speed. If she were hidden in some cove
in harbor no battleship would dare
for moment to try to come within
the possibility of her range. One of
her air torpedoes striking the water
within a hundred yards of a ship
would probably tear out the sides of
the craft, no matter how formidable
it might be, by means of the vacuum
created by the explosion. No vessel
could live if actually struck by one
of these cartridges that the Vesuvius
could throw. 1t is no wonder that the
navy department hesitates to discard
such an engine of war, even though it
be shown that Dynamite guns are
more effective on land than on a float
ing platform where it is difficult to
regulate the distance of hurting mis-
sileS by compressed air owing to the
constant rise and fall of the ship as a
gun platform.
Tests made three years ago at Port
Royal showed that in target shooting
the Vesuvius made a marvellous show
ing, even though the officers and crew
were not trained in that kind of gun
merry. At fixed target, the Vesuvius
being stationary. nearly 100 per cent
Of the shots were effective and some
of the shooting was as close as with
the big guns on ships. When the tar
get was in motion and the Vesuvius
stationary or III motion it was found
that the number Of effective shots
was greater than in actual warfare
The charge, therefore. that the ship
could not shoot effectively was dis
PEELED.
But there was a serious hitch None
of the projectiles which were loaded
with gun cotton exploded, the fuse
which was supposed to cause an ex-
plosion on impact didn't work. It was
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TIE QUEEN Recent.

Queen Christina, his mother, is a fine
woman. who has given up her life to
the care of SPANS future ruler Her
cousin, the Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria, also takes much interest in the
little boy king. The queen regents life
while her husband lived was not of
the happiest. Once she left Madrid
with the firm determination never to
return. 1t was a couple of years before
her husbands death, and she had been
so eXasperated by the flagrancy of his
Enthusiastically by his public la
son with the late Duchess of Ossuna, a
Princess Solms by birth and a Duchess
of Croy by her second marriag e-that
she vowed never to live with him
again and sought refuge AT Vienna
with her children.
What provoked her departure was
the fact that she discovered the king
and the duchess willing away a June
afternoon in one of the kiosks of the
gardens of the palace vt La Granja.
The Duke of Sesto, the dimlnutive and
squeaky stepfather of the pres
ent Due de Morny, was on guard at
the entrance and attempted to bar her
progress. Her Hapsburg blood, how
ever. would brook no such interference,
and, infiicting a singing slap on the
cheek of the Tilted fiance of Eugene
de Montijo subsequently Empress of
the FRENCH, she passed by and into
the kiosk.
1t needed all the persuasive powers
of Emperor Francis Joseph, her cousin,
and of the Archduchess Elizabeth, her
mother, TO induce her to return to
Madrid, and this was not achieved
until three months had elapsed and
the Duchess of Ossuna had been ban
ished not only from the court, but
even from the kingdom.
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of new design and it was said that
it would be easy to remedy the diff
Guilty. Even If this were not possible,
the fuse that was tried when the ship
was accepted by the government could
be used. The explosions caused by
that fuse were such as naval officers
never saw before. They tore UP from
the bottom of the Delaware river great
blocks OF black mud and threw them
with the water in the shape of a
crested mountain 300 feet into the air.
1t was as IL a volcano had burst and
had begun to spit fire and water When
those mud balls began to fail they
seemed to gather the water about them
and they resembled immense comets
with watery tails rusing towards the
earth. No one who saw that expert
ment ever doubted the value of the
Vesuvius as an engine of war.
HOSTILITY TO THE VESUVIUS.
1t must be remembered that the Ve-
suvius can be of no service unless she
is within mile of her antagonist Her
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SUBMARINE BOAT RA,MISo THE ENEMY UNDER

much as this armor is curved, it is as
effective for protection as if it We're
several inches thicker. The vessel
draws only eighteen fee. of water
This light draught makes the Puritan
a model harbor defender. In New York
she would not be compelled to lie in
the main ship channel, but she could
cut across lots in the swash channel
and head off any foreign battleship
that might have slipped by her.
The Puritan, like the Terror, Monad-
mock. Amphitrite and Miantonomah,
has been twenty years in fliilding. On
the whole it is we'll that their compile
ton has been delayed, for they have
twin screws, improved armor and mod
ern guns, which they would not have
had had they been finished according
TO their original designs. Although
they do not belong strictly to the new
navy" they are as modern in their line
as any OF the new navy vessels. So
thoroughly American is their type that
enc Of the strictly new navy vessels
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The ideal Pnnncen.

James L. Francis. Alderman, Chi
cago, says: II regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery as an Ideal Panacea for
Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints
having used it in my family for the
last five years, to the exclusion of
physicians prescriptions or other
preparations"
writes: II have been Minister of
the Methodist Episcopal church for so
years or more, and have never found
anything so beneficial or that gave
me such speedy relief as DR. Kings
New Discovery" Try this Ideal Cough
Remedy now. Trial bottles Free at
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that all nations must look to this coun-
try for decided advance in the art OF
naval warfare. Yankee ingenuity, they
expect, will solve many difficult prob
lens. Ship for ship our naval vessels
are known TO be superior to ships of
similar types in other navies The su-
periority Of our battleships of the In
diana class to those Of the Royal Sow
ereign class of England, although the
English vessels are nearly 1000 tons
larger, is beyond dispute. Undoubtedly
the fact that the United States has al
ways excelled in quality in naval mat
fers leads the officials of other coun-
tries to expect greater things.
Whatever may come of this expec-
tation it is not known generally that
already this country has four types of
vessels not possessed by other nations.
Each of these types marks an advance
in naval warfare and although per-
haps only one is new, their develop
ment has given the United States navy
defensive strength such as the navy
of no other country has. These types
are: The Monitor type of battleshlp,
the best example of which is the Puri-
tan. soon to go into commission; the
SO-called dynamite cruiser NeSuViuS
as to whose success or failure the navy
department seems to be in doubt; the
Ammen ram Katahdin, just ready for
active work. and the submarine tor
ped0 boat designed by J. P. Holland
and now being built in Baltimore.
Although the Monitor type of war
ship is nearly thirty years old and its
success is beyond dispute, other ma
lions have been content to let it remain
an American type for which, of course,
there Is a reason. That probably is
that monitors are god for defensive
purposes chiefly Foreign navies want
offensive as well as defensive ships.
No country possesses a ram like the
hatahdin. Doubt as to the success
of the NesuViuS has prevented other
nations from copying after her. Many
nations have tried submarine boats
and some have had partial success
with them, notably Russia and Turkey,
but their. vessels have been small az
fairs compared with the Holland boat
which the United States is now build
ing, and which. it is believed with all
the confidence thai science can assert
in the domain of speculation, will be
complete solution of the problem OF
navigation under water
THE FINEST FIGHTING MACHINE
AFLOAT.
American naval officers have assert
ed for years that the Puritan will be
the finest fighting machine afloat She
will have four guns of 1z-inch bore,
which is next to the largest size avail
able for use on vessels. At distance
of a mile these guns Will be able to
pierce the thickest armOr of any ship
afiOat. What makes the Puritan es-~
pecially formidable is the fact that she
presents such a small target in her
self. She has less than two feet Of
free board when fighting. She can
lower herself several inches in the wa
ter by flooding tanks. She mas four
teen inches of the very best armor on
her sides. Her two turrets seem to be
the only places Of Importance on the
ship where she can be hit. These are
to have eight-inch armor and mas
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Why Have You

Been stricken with disease while your neigh
Dor escaped. or vice-versa? Both were alike
exposed, but in one case the the disease germs
found Judgement in the impure blood and weak
ened system, while in the other, the blood was
kept pure by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and the
body was in a condition of good health.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable and do
not purge, pain or grippe. Sold by all druggists.
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winter months, ne takes long walks
and drives around the hills at Ell Pardo
and its picturesque avenues. The sum-
mer is passed at Miramar, which is fine
ly situated in the beautiful bay of San
in the sea and the invigorating breezes'
During a recent trip taken by the
royal family of Spain. in the cruiser
Isla de Luzon, on the coast, near
Biarritz, the boy king fired off his
first cannon with sangfroid and de-
cision which will no doubt make him
the idol of the army and navy. for both
of which professions he manifests
great enthusiasm
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SALT LAKE TEMPLE.

The Salt Lake temple will close on Fri
day, March 81 and reopen on Tuesday,
April T. at 1880 a. m.
Those who come on the latter date
ought to be on hand early, as record
taking and baptism will necessarily have
to be attended to on the same day.
LORENZO SNOW.
Pracidopf
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Ships Not Duplicated Outside of
Our Navy.
FOUR VERY UNIQUE TYPES
ENGLISH NAVAL EXPERTS ADMIT
THE FACT.
No Other Nation Has Anything
Like the Monitor, the Ram, the
Dynamite Cruiser or the Holland
Sub-Marine Torpedo Boat.

Copyright, 1896. by S. s. Mcclure, Ltd.)
English naval experts have not only
acknowledged publicly in recent years
that the quality of the new navy of
the United States is better than that
OF any afoat. but they have declared
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IN EFFECT NOVEMBER IS, 1sos,

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LITTLE KING ALFONSO.

One of the interesting personages of
conflict, should it take place, is the
little boy king of Spain, Alfonso XIII.
who will be 10 years old on May II
next The little chap has never known
what it is to have a father, because
he was not born until six months after
the death of the late King Alfonso XII.
The boy king was sickly for some
time after his birth, and his life was
often despaired of. He has developed
into a strong, healthy boy of late, and
is fond of outdoor sports. He rides
and rows, is a clever bicycHst, and
fences and does gymnastic work every
day. While at Madrid. during the
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battleship-the Pelayo. She took part
in the naval festivities at the opening
of the Kiel canal and was the object
Of much inspection and criticism by
the naval officers gathered there. She
is of $500 tons. 1900 horse power, and
Is knots She has a rather narrow
but continuous 175h-inch water line
belt, 4-inch protective deck. and no
less than 1919 inches on her four bar
ibettes Two Of the latter carry each
one 1260-inch gun. They are all well
protected with hoods. and those in the
side ba.obettes have 9. great range, be
ing well sponsored out while the hull
has a considerable tumble home"
There are no fewer than twelve 80
inch guns and as many machine guns.
besides one 6.34-inch and six small
rapid-fire guns. Thus the union of ar
NOR and armament is striking, al
though the secondary battery is said 10
be inadequately protected.
A doubt is suggested as to her fight
ing abilities in a seaway, through the
projection of the lateral barbettes and
too far in the bow, which latter fact
might even interfere with her safety
in some conditions of weather.
Besides the Pelayo. the best of the
armored vessels in SPANS navy are
the Infanta. Maria Teresa. Admirante,
Oquendo Viscaya, Vitoria and human
cia.
The best of the unarmered cruisers
are the Alfonso XII. Reina Mercedes.
Velasco. Condo de Venadito, Cristobol
Colon. Don Antonio Ulloa, Don Juan de
Austria, Infanta Isabel Isabel II, En-
senada, IsIa de Cuba. Isla de Luzon,
Filifnas. Nueva Esfana, Galicia. Mar
quez de Molino Martin AlonZo Pinzon,
Rafido, TemerariO. Vincente Yanez
Pinzon and Destructor
There is no vessel in SPANS navy
that could win against the battleship
Indiana. and the Maine or New York
could handle most of them. But their
fleet of torpedo boats could do consid-
cradle damage if an invasion of Span
ish waters were attempted by any Of
Uncle Sans vessels. That would be
where the boosted guerilla warfare
would come in.
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THE STRENGTH
OF THE SPANIARDS
Small in Comparison to That of
America.
VASTLY INFERIOR NAVY.
BUT ONE BATTLEsHIP AND THAT
NOT sEAWoRTHY.

If Uncle sam Should Make Up His
Mind to Tackle Cuba. +. Would Be
Good Deal Like Big Roy whip
ping Little Feilow-Vhe Boy
King and the Queen Regent.
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Hotel Knutsford.

New and elegant in ali its appoints
ments. go rooms. single c. en- suite: Is
rooms with bath
G. S. HOLMES. Proprietor.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-04
AFRICAN METHODISTS.
Annual Convention of the New Eng
land Churches.
Bishop Hood Spsaks on New Legislation
by General Conference.

The SD annual convention of the New
EnglandAfricsn Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, which CONNER d at the Lilac
Street Church yesterday was continued
today. The principal business OF yester-
days meeting was the electing OF the fol-
loving oincers fer the ensuing year;
Rev. W. b. Henderson, s. +. b., Cam
bridge, Mass, secretary and compiler; !;
Rev. r. Is. Hill, Providence recording
secretary; Rev. j. s. Waters, Bridgeport,
Conn.,, statistician; Rev. ". X. Bowers,
Derby, Conn, press representative; Rev.
j. A. Hall and Rev. s. w. Hutchings,
marshals; j. ID Lechin, messenger.
Today's meeting opened with praise
service and prayer meeting at 8 O'Clock,
conducted by Deacon N. W. Howard, af-
ter which the convention convened at 10
o'clock a. m, with Rev. James Walker
Hood, ID. d., LII. d., presiding. Rev.
u. George Biddle presiding elder of
the New York conference and treasurer
OF the centennial fund, was introduced
and made a few remarks of a pleasant
and .congratulatory nature. Rev. John
Mason OF the Ruggies street church fol-
lowed with fraternal words TO which the
presiding elder, A. Z. Bickmore, respond
ed. Rev. L. W. Generette was then in
troduced and spoke feeliDgIy OF the work
ana progress OF the church TO which
Rev. l. Ii. Taylor responded.
Bishop j. W. Hood then delivered his
Episcopal address regarding the new
legislation of the general con ference
which was held at Mobile, Ala, during
the past month. In his remarks the
bishop drew especial attention 10 the re-
muneration OF the general conference re-
gardlng ten cent per capita tax OF the
A. M. Il. Zion connection for educational,
mission and church.work and for super
animated minister respectively. He also
expressed wish that the recommends
tions be adopted by the New England
conference.
The adjournment of the morning ses-
sion followed. At 2 O'Clock the meeting
Je-convened and the following three
hours were devoted to regular routine busi-
ness. About so were present at the meet
ing today. The convention will continue
tomorroS, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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HaWaiianS Still in Favor
of Annexation.
Trouble With England Feared
Over Ashford Case.
Gunboat Expected to Land Him in
Spite of DOle's Refusal.

HONOLULU, May Is, per steamer Ala
media. The Senate and House have pas
sed annexation resolutions declaring on
the eve OF adjournment that the Hawai-
ian Legislature continues to favor annex
alton to the United States, as do the
Hawaiian voters.
Great Britain has made a demand on
this government on behalf OF Volney
Ashford VINO was exiled for completely
in the 1895 rebellion The demand In plain
language says that Ashford must be al
lowed landing here. Ashford has re-
peatedly asked permission to land, each
request .being refused. He finally APP
pealed 10 his government and II has ta-
ken action. IL Is understood that Presi-
dent Dole hes rerlied TO the demand re-
fusing TO allow Ashford to come here. In
semi-official circles ii IL Believed British
man-of-war will come here and Ashford
will be landed without respect TO the
wishes of this government. The Hawai-
ian governmenttwil be firm in this mat
ter and Will probably appeal TO the Unit
ed States for aid. Ashford Is a native of
Ontario, Canada, and Is now in a san
Francisco hospital
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His Silver Jubilee.

BRocKroS. MISS. June Tho silver jubilee
Of Rev. L. l.. Mcclure of st. Patrick's Catho-
lilo Church took place here today with
solemn high mass. The officiating clergymen
we're Rev. E. L. Mcclure. celebrant: Rev. y.
J. 0lynn OF Melrose. deacon: Rev. J. J. Kelly
OF Holbrook. sub-deascon; Rev I. Heating of
Eolbrook, master OF ceremonies Later In
the day reception was rendered Father
Mcclure by his parishioners and he WAS
presented with a purse Of sp0c0. The chit
dren of tho psrochiai schools alto presented
him with five go gold pieces and spiritual
bouuust
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-04
Italian Restaurant.

Several travelling men, as well as fathers,
mothers and babies, have been COM
planning of late because there is no res
taurant in the depot.
When the depot was burned it cleared
out the restaurant kept by MIR. Hart and
since then the railroad people have not
been able to decide upon its re-institu-
ton. General Agent Green states, how
ever, that the matter Is under consIdera-
tion and very shortly there will be a
restaurant there There have been sew
eral applicants for the privilege, but Mr..
Greene says MIR. Hart Will naturally have
first choice.
Speaking of the FIRE, MT. Hart says it
did not start in the restaurant or kitchen,
as hitherto supposed. but was caused by
an overheated boiler and broke out in a
Kitchen. ~