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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
UNIQUE YANKEE WAR SHIPS
-Four Types Not Duplicated Outside tho
United States Navy,
WATCH DOGS OF THE SEA COAST
Tbc Monitor, the Ram, the Dynamite
Cruiser, and the Holland submn-
riuc Torpedo Bont-striIing
Features of Each.

Copyright. 1896. by s. S. Mcclure. Limited.p
English naval experts have not only ao-
knowledged publicly In recent years that
the quality Of the new navy Of the United
States Is better than that Of any anoat, but
they have declared that all nations must look
10 this country for decided advance in the
art Of naval warfare. Yankee ingenuity, they
expect. will solve many difficult problems 3.
Ship for ship our naval vessels are known to
be superior to ships of similar types In other
navies. The superiority of our battleships
Of the Indiana class to those Of the Royal
Sovereign class in England. although the
Englinh vessels are nearly 1000 tons larger,
as hey 1nd dispute. Undoubtedly the fact that
the United States has always excelled in
quality in naval matters leads the officials
OF other countries to expect great things.
Whatever may come Of this expectation
IL 10 not known generally that already this
country has four types CT vessels not pos
ses,ed by other nations. Each of these types
marks an advance In naval warfare. and al
Though perhaps only one Is new, their de-
velopment has given the United States navy
q defensive strength such as the navy of no
other country has. These types are: The
Monitor type OF battleship, the best example
OF which is the Puritan, soon to go into com
mission; the so-called dynamite cruiser We
suvius, 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 torpedo boat, de-
signed by j. T. Holland and now being built
In Baltimore.
Although the monitor type Of war ships
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Ii well that their completion has been de-
layed. for they have twin screws, improved
arInor and modern guns, which they would
not have had had they been finished ac-
cording TO their original designs. Although
they do not belong strictly to the new
navy they are as modern In their line as
any az the new navy, vessels. So thoroughly
American is their type that one of the
strictly new navy vessels has been con-
structed ON their principle. That vessel is
the Monterey.
SEAWoRTHINESS OF THE MONITOR.
There is a mistaken notion that monitor
boats are not seaworthy. II is true they
are not adapted to transocean voyages be-
cause they lack coal carrying capacity, but
they are thorough seagoing boats. They
are wet" boats, but they are staunch. That
was shown conclusively three years ago
whom the famous old Kearsige was owing
one OF the old civil monitors from New York
TO Ncrth Carolina. They got in a furious
gale en- the mouth OF the Chesapeake. The
Kearsage thought the monitor would sink
before their eyes. The tow line parted. 1t
seemed Incredible that an old monitor with
limping eng'les and leaky joints could live.
She waa nothing but a chip of iron floating
in a terrific sea. At first those on the mon
itor thought that their time had come. They
would not give up, however. and found that
they could maintain steerageway with the
antiqrated machinery and that they would
live II the force Of the seas did not start
the r'yets and open up the ship. II was an
anxious time. but they put for Norfolk. and
after forty-elght hours struggle, when Il
was generally believed that both the
ksarssge and her tow must have gone down.
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Is nearly thirty years old and its success
is beyond dispute, other nations have been
content to let 1t remain an American type,
for which, OF course, there Is a reason. That
probably Is that monitors are good for de-
fensive purposes chiefly. Foreign navies
want offensive as we'll as defensive ships.
MO country possesses a ram Xix the ka-
tahdin. Doubt as to the success of the We
suvius has prevented other nations from
copying after her. Many nations have tried
submarine boats and some have had par
fial success with them, notably Russia and
Turkey, but their vessels have been small
affairs compared with the Holland boat which
the United States Is now building, and which,
1t is believed, with all the confidence that
Science can. assert In the domain Of specu-
lation, will be a complete solution of the
problem of navigation under water.
FINEST FIGHTING MACHINE AFLOAT.
American naval officers have asserted for
years that the Puritan will be the finest
fghtirg machine aloat. She will have four
guns of 12-inch bore, which Is next to the
largest size available. for use on vessels.
At a distance of a mile these guns will be
able to pierce the thickest armor on any
ship anoat. What makes the Puritan es-
pecially formidable is the fact that she pre-
sents such a small target in herself. She
has less than two feet of free board when
fighting. She can lower herself several
inches In the water by flooding tanks. She
has fourteenth 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 inasmuch as this armor
is curved, 1t is as effective for protection
as II 1t were several inches thicker. The
vessel draws only eighteen feet 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 for
eign battle ship that might have slipped by
her.
The Puritan, like the Terror, Monadnock,
Amphitrite and M.antonomah, has been
twenty years in building. On the whole, it
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to write the return properly get some ex-
perienced person to do it for you." Some
time afterward the writ was returned by
the officer, properly sealed and signed, with
a letter reading substantially as follows:
II do not know whether this return will be
satisfactory to you. l have lost one finger,
but l wrote as well as l could. II for any
reason you are unable to read 1t, get some
Intelligent person to read 1t for you"
An action was once brought In the court
OF the late Sherin Galbraith of San Fran
cisco, In which the plaintiff sought to recover
the sum of $40 lent on a bill marked pay
able on day of judgment. The defendant.
looking to the terms In which the bill had
been drawn up, thought he was safe, and
he stated quite glibly on oath that he actu-
ally received the money, and was prepared
to pay on the day alluded to. Sheriff Gal
braith eyed the man with a severe express
sion and in the most solemn tones declared:
This is the day Of judgment; enter judy
ment for plaintiff, with COSTS
In addition to giving the convicted man
a term OF ten years in prison, says the In
dianapolis Journal, the Judge imposed on
MIN the gratuitous punishment of listening
to a long speech made for the benefit Of the
reporters, In which he set forth specifically
the reasons for his action.
You needn't of done all that apologizin'
fer imposln' on a feller-man," said the cul-
prit, kindly. They amt no hard feelings
on my part. ! know as well as you do that
a man can't hold the job of Judge and act
the gentleman at the same time"
Gentlemen Of the jury" proceeded coun-
sci for the defense, II warn you that the
evidence against the accused is wholly cir
cumstantial. All we know is that the de-
ceased gave the prisoner his seat In the street
car. and was subsequently found dead. We
have not a ~scintilla of proof that yonder
woman thanked him."
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The old monitor came iimping into port,
having actually beaten the Kearsage. which
had been making for the same refuge. The
new monitors could probably outlive any
gale, 80 long a. tho water did not food the
smake pipes aud thus put out the fires, Such
2 contingency has not happened to any
large vessel In recent years. and hence it Is
safe to declare them absolutely seaworthy.
Their chief mission, however, is that
Of harbor defense, and the bat
tleship has not been built or even
planned that the Puritan. the largest OF
these old and yet new monitors could not
cope with on equal terms In or of of New
York or any other harbof. Indeed the adj
vantage would be with the Puritan because,
being 80 small a target. probably her shots
would be 50 per cent more effective than that
OF an opponent OF equal theoretical fighting
capacity.
THE DYNAMITE CRUISER.
There can be no doubt that there has been
so much opposition to the s~o-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 an
tagonist. 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 powers Of destruction the like Of
which have not been dreamed Of until the
present generation. Moreover, this platform
of guncotton guns can be moved from place
to place at high speed. II she were hidden
in some cove in a harbor no battleship
would dare for a moment to- try to come
within the possibility Of her range. One
of her air torpedoes striking the water within
100 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 IL actually struck by one OF the
cartridges that the Vesuvius could throw.
1t is no wonder that the Navy department
h~esitates to discard such an engine of war,
even though It be shown that dynamite
guns arc more effective on land than on a
floating platform where It is difficult to
regulate the distance of hurting missiles 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 showing, even though the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
LABOR AND INDUSTRY,

Buffalo has 10000 and Louisville $4,000
unionists.
The habit OF wearing wooden shoes is
growing among the poorer people of Gin
cinnati.
The iron molders Of the United States have
gained twenty-four local unions and 1000
members during the past year.
A Chattanooga Judge has ordered a COM
pany to refund to its employees Sc, 900 de-
Quoted for rent and medical services.
Printing pressmen say that there has been
a great boom In organization since they
Joined the American Federation of Labor.
Wooden mills In Massachusetts employing
LOO people have gone on half time because
the proprletors have more goods to sell than
they have a market for.
French engineers who have been inyesti-
eating the work on the Chicago river dam
age canal have decided to duplicate the ma
chinery for removing dirt and stone on the
Panama canal.
Since the labor troubles In the upper
peninsula of Michigan. 10. 900 iron and copper
miners In Michigan Wisconsin and Minne-
sofa have become organized and two ad-
yances In wages have been secured.
Just a year ago the trades unionlsts OF
Dayton, o., established a free employment
bureau. The first annual report shows:
Males who applied for situations, $3.50; fe-
males, 4.451; situations secured for males.
S6S; for females. 1881.
The Denver Trades assembly at its semi
monthly meeting voted to print for dlstrl-
button through the east 5000 circulars set
ting forth the number and condition OF un-
employed now In Colorado and warning COM
rades from other states not to come there
with hopes for employment.
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II only one Of her thirty shots hit the
mark, even though she might be lost her.
self, she would be a success In an engage
ment.
Open hostility has been shown In the navy
to this boat. Certain naval officers have
declared that use of gun cotton and similar
explosives belongs TO the army. Wholesale
b~utchery work. such as the use OF these
explosives suggests, Is not to their liking.
There can be no doubt as to the success OF
the dynamite" guns on land, but why the
government should reject their use on a
moving platform, simply because they are
not as effective as on a stationary platform,
has not been explained. Many persons who
are familiar with the facts as to the op-
position in the navy to the Yesuvius do not
hesitate to assert that IL arises from motives
which are highly discreditable to any man
whose profession is that Of warfare. The
Vesuvius draws only eleven feet of water,
has a speed of nearly twenty-five knots and
$500 horse power. Darling about a harbor
with little regard TO channels and with
enormous powers OF destruction in her hold
her poHer and value. She IL useful In time
Of peace In blowing up wrecks along the
coast and in time of war would be of great
value. for any agency Of destruction is
valuable then.
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RAM.
The ram Katahdin does not rest on specu-
lation merely as TO its value. The loss Of
the Victoria In collision with the ram OF the
Camperdown In the Mediterranean sea three
years ago showed the effectiveness Of the
ram. There were instances OF II In our civil
war. Numerous accidents At sea have shown
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
THE HOLLAND SUBMARINE BOAT RAM MING THE ENEMY UNDER WATER.

| officers and crew were not trained in that
kind Of gunnery. At a fixed target, the We
suvius 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 target was in motion
| and the Vesuvius stationary or In motion 1t
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 diepelled.
But there was a serious hitch. None of
| the projectiles which were loaded with gun
cotton exploded. The fuse which was sup
! posed to cause an explosion on impact didn't
work. II was of new design, and 1t was
said that 1t would be easy to remedy the diff
fculty. Even If this were not possible the
fuse that was tried when the ship was ac-
cepted 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 If
a volcano had burst in the river bed and had
| begun to spit fire and water. When those
mud balls began to fall they seemed to gather
the water about them, and they resembled
immense comets with watery tails rushing
toward the earth. No one who saw that ex-
pertinent ever doubted the value of the We
suvius as an engine OF war.
HOSTILITY TO THE VESUvIUS.
1t must be member that the Vesuvius
can be OF no service unless she is within
a mile of her antagonist. Her opponents say
that she would be riddled by her opponents
quick-hring guns before SHE could get within
range. One shot In her unprotected mag
azines would wreck her. That is undoubtedly
true, but the same thing is true Of every
I other torpedo boat. The Vesuvius Is nothing
more than a torpedo boat. She hurls her
| torpedoes through the air instead Of through
the water. She has high speed to avoid being
| struck by projectiles. She would have an
| even chance in a fight and IL she were pro-
tected by a battleship she could approach
near an antagonist with comparative safety.
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Not n Precedent,

A well known naval dignitary has a beau
tiful daughter, relates the Argonaut. A
young ensign, with no resources but his
salary, fell in love with her and asked the
old gentleman for her hand. The father at
once taxed him with the fact that he had
only his s~alary-hardly enough to keep him
in white gloves and to FURNISH his brass
buttons. iT@i
well, admiral, what you say is true. But
when you married you were only a midship-
man., with even a smaller salary than nina.
How did you get along?" asked the ensign.
who believed he had made the most diplo-
matte of defenses. But not so. The crafty
old ssa-dog Numbered forth:
81 lived on my father-in-law for the first
ten years. but III be id If you are going
to do It,"
The Touch of the Lenp Year HIND,
At 8 o'clock last Saturday evening, says
the New York Sun. Algernon stood at the
front door of the house Of the girl he loved,
but to when he dared not say the word.
For a long time he had been sparring for
points. but to the bashful these things do
not appear in a clear light, even though
they clearly exist.
He had rung the bell once. twice. thrice,
but there had been no answer.
Nervously he stretched forth his hand to
ring again when the door was opened by
the one being in all the world who made
his life worth living.
why, Algernon." she exclaimed, "if had
thought 1t was you 1 wouldn't have kept you
standing out in the cold so long"
He thought Of how long re had been
standing out in the cold and wondered when
the courage would come to him to go in out
of 1t.
you know" she continued as she drew
him inside and closed the door, chat the
servants are out tonight, and some of the
family have to answer the front door bell. -
He thought he saw a chance to make a
start in the right direction without alarm
ing her. That had been the trouble all the
time with Algernon; he was In mortal terror
of frightening the girl by some emotional
precipitancy or other. and thus destroying
his hopes forever.
why. Miss Dora.' he said in tender. in
stnuat'ng tones. don't you know my ring
YETI"
She looked Down at her empty fingers
where no jeweled setting shone, and then
looked up into Algernon's face.
mo, Algernon." she said. blushing, 81
do not. But you think it is almost time
that / did?"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
THE RULING PASSION.

Important Information by Phone.
A messenger boy called up the central
telephone office yesterday, relates the SYRIA
cuse Courier. and asked the operator if she
knew what love was.
NO." she replied. Say, If you find out
let me know. will you?"
"All right" said the boy.
In a little while he called her up again
and said: Say, l found that out. About
love, you know"
What is it?" asked central.
An itching of the heart that one can't
scratch" said the boy and he ran of.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

A Somerset attorney who rellshes a Joke
at his own expense says he once sent to a
rural office a writ OF service, with directions
to be very particular In regard to the return,
saying: IF for any reason you are unable
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
BIuTcd the Governor.

BiuHcd the Governor.
There Is a youth in a little Tennessee
town that deserves a monument. After the
usual manner CT his sex and age. he fell
In love. The object OF his affections was
the daughter of the village autocrat. a
man who considered his word law. who
brow-beat his neighbors, ran the affairs of
his church and grew rich by the extortion
OF usury. The young man is a fine speci-
men OF manhood. even among the fine look
Ing men OF Tennessee, has no bad habits, is
reasonably well off and a prime fayor!te
in the social whirl. But the old gentleman
had no use for any one who does not cringe
to him and acknowledge his social SOW
e%reignty. This the youth would never do. For
this reason the father fatty refused the
application for his daughters hand. adding
a sting by naming half a. dozen others to
whom he would willingly see her welded.
The young man slept over the matter and
the next day called at the office of the OBJ
durate parent. Among other charms this
lover has a voice as soft and sweet as a
lutte. Boiling the door as he entered and
sitting down In the presence Of the auto
crat, he spoke throughout in his most
musical tones: you old bald-headed orang-
outang. hypocrite, skinfInt and tyrant, !
am here to ask again for your most estima-
BILE daughter. l do not come bearing palms
or Offering sacrifice TO your silly, p!g-headed
pride. II | were not going to become a
member of your family would use you to
smash the rest Of the trash in your office.
This marriage is coming OF and II you in
terfere even by a word ri make you think
a comet ran over you" The voice would
nave lulled a baby to sleep, but the words
knocked every semblance of autocracy out
Of the old gentleman and he's putting in
all his time getting ready for the wedding.
During the winter Of 1893, r. NJ. Martin
Of Long Reach, West Va, contracted a Sc
we're cold which left him with a cough. In
speaking OF how he cured II, he says. 81
used several kinds of cough syrup. but found
no relief until l bought a bottle OF Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved me
almost instantly, and In a short time brought
about a complete cure" When troubled with
a cough or cold use this remedy and you will
not mud II necessary to try several kinds be-
fore you get relief. II has been In the
market for over twenty years. and constantly
grown IN favor and popularity. For sale at
20 and DO cents per bottle by druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Headache is the direct result Of Indigestion
and stomach disorders. Remedy these by
using De Wits Little Early Risers. aud
your headache disappears. The ~fayorite lit
tie pills everywhere.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-29
VIM. FRANK & GO
ENTER1'AiNMEN EN ITS.
Grand Opera House.


 The admirers of the work of the elder Dumas are countless, who believe that the wonderful story of "sThe Three Guardsmen" was work of creation, having no existence except in the mind of the famous French writer. DAT tagnan did exist, and the escapades and adventures as told in t.,e. work of fiction occurred in real life Dumas himself was pleased at all times to tel of the incident that led up to his great find Engaged upon historical work, while searching for material in the archives of the great library at Paris, he came across book bearing the ti- tie Memoirs of Philippe D'Artag- nan" Glancing over 1t earelessly at first, he became captivated with the contents, and securing permission from the librarian, he carried it home, and from it's material made the books of '"The Three Musketers and Forty Years Afterwards" Charles Fecfter, the great French actor, was the first to see and recognize the abundance of good material it possessd for play of the romantic order, and had an adaptation
 
 made that was used by the late Frank Mayo, as well as now being used by Salvini and the young French actor, Paul Cazeneuve, who is announced in it's presentation as the opening attrac- ton of the Grand opera house next Monday evening, August 31.
 The ideal of the part is a young man, light of stature, handsome and young of person, a finished swordsman and 8 thorough actor. Fechter and Mayo were as near ideal as nature would permit them Salvini is said to be too robust and serious for the part, while Cazeneuve it is said possesses all the attributes, by right of nature and art to fulfll moro accurately the require- ments of the difficult part. Chicago contemporaries tell us that all in all his work and that of his company war rant a. perfect production of this ever welcomed drama. The scenic and me chanical accessories are said to be of the best class of workmanship, and the dressing of the parts are given with historical perfection and worth.