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COAST DEFENSE VESSELS.
Miantonomah, Terror and Monadnock
Soon to be in Commission.

Mfantonomah, Terror and Monadnock
soon to be in Commission.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Before Sec
retary Herbert left this morning for
New York he set on foot inquiries as to
how quickly the coast-defense monitors
Miantonomah. Terror and Monadnock
could be prepared for service. State
ments furnished by the bureaus con-
cerned show that the Miantonomah, re-
Gently placed out of commission at
League Island, could be recommissioned
within two weeks; that the Monadnock
can be finished by the 1st of February,
and that the completion of the Terror
within sixty days is assured. The Mo-
nadnock is at Mare Island, Cal, and the
Terror at Brooklyn. The reason for the
request made by the Secretary cannot
be ascertained.
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REFUSED TO DO ROAD DUTY.
A Young Englishman Lodged in Jail
at Starke, Florida.

JACKSONVILLE (Fla.), Jan. s.
Charles E. Eyre, a young Englishman,
is likely to cause considerable cores
pondence between the British foreign
office and the United States Depart
ment of State. Eyre has been residing
at Lawley, in Bradford County, for
about eighteen months. A week ago he
was summoned to do road duty. He
claimed that he was not a naturalized
citizen, and tore up the summons. He
was Immediately arrested and lodged
in Jail at Starke, Fla, where he now is
He is very bitter over his imprisonment
and says he proposes to see that the
British Government secures indemnity
for him. A Starke lawyer was here to-
day to see the British Vice-Consul in the
interest of Eyre, and it is understood
the matter will be laid before Sir Julian
Pauncefote at Washington.
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Won1an's Bicycle Race.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-The women's
six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden was continued this afternoon
and evening. The record at midnight
was: frankie Nelson, 226 miles; Helen
Baldwin, 226; Ada Steiner, 226; Mrs.
Browne, 225; Mary Allen, 224; Freda
Rose, 217; Ruth Dennis, 207: Grace
Fisher, 205; Katherine Flanagan, 1877;
Florence Brockway, 1S7: G. L. Steven
son, 152; Kitty Staples. 132.
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Fatal Boiler ExDIosion.

LANCASTER Pa.), Jan. S.-An up
right six-hlorse power boiler in the
butcher shop of G.. f. Fenton, in Mount
Joy, exploded this afternoon, blowing to
pieces the frame building in which it
was located. G. F. Fenton, the owner,
was fatally injured, and Christian Cling
rich. an employe, is in a precarious con-
dition. The loss to property is quite
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syndicate can get a corner in gold is to
purchase all the gold offered on the
daily market. It is impossible to con-
tract delivery of gold in advance of
smelter treatment, as it is not fixed
quantity in any shipment, nor can the
smelter managers in advance calculate
upon their receipts.
A smelter manager here stated to-day
that 1t is not impossible nor especially
difficult for a syndicate to buy up all
the gold in the daily offerings.
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Chess tournament.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. S.-There
was only one game played at the local
club yesterday, which completed the
first sitting in the Fourth round of the
international chess tournament The
result was as follows: Tschigorin
(white) beat Steinitz after twenty five
moves. The record up to date is:
Lasker, won 61aa, lost 355; Pil1sbury, won
61a, lost 3 1-3; SteinItz. won 41a, lost
5la; Tsehigorin. won -. lost 10.
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Fatal Mine Accident.

COLORADO SPRINGS (Col), Jan. 8.
While drilling in an old hole on the
Tinsey- Winsey claim, near the G. o. d.
mine, at Cripple Creek, this morning,
an unexploded charge of dynamite was
discharged. William Corbin was so
horribly mangIed that he cannot sur
vive, and ]. ]. Lappin was seriously in
jured. Both men are married.
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Charged With Grand Larceny.
Costly Fire at New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-The fve-story
building at 596 Broadway was COM
pletely wrecked by fire tonight, and the
three firms who occupy it jointly lost
every atom of their stock. The losers
are the United Shirt and Collar Com
pany; Blumenthal & Steiner, flower and
feather merchants, and M. Wasserman,
flowers. Their joint loss and the dam
age done to the building will probably
amount to $150,000.
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DISABLED STEAMSHIP
Lost All the Blades of Her Propeller
Trying to Reach Port by Sail.


Trying to Reach Port by Sail.
BOSTON, Jan. S.-The steamship Yu-
rumuri (Norweigian), Captain Engert-
sen, arrived to-day from Port Morant.
Jamaica, and reports that at daylight
yesterday morning she fell in with the
German tank steamship Bayonne of
Bremen, Captain Won Hugo, from Ven
ice, December 18th, via Gibraltar, De-
cember 20th, for Philadelphia, with loss
of all the blades of her propeller. She
was under sail. Captain Won Hugo re-
quested to be towed to New York, but
as the Yurumuri had scarcely coal
enough to enable her to reach port, and
had a perishable cargo aboard, the lat
ter was unable to render assistance.
When the Yurumuri left the disabled
steamship she was about 110 miles off
South Shoal Lightship
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Brutal Crime i'm Kansas.

HOLTON (Kas.), Jan. S.--Unknown
men called at the home of Ed Welch
last night blindfolded him, threw him
to the floor cut off his left hand with
an AK and robbed him. The community
was aroused by the outrage, and blood
hounds were put on the trail of his as
sailants, who took away the severed
hand.
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several Ahvssinians killed

ROME, Jan. S.-The Government has
received advices from Abyssinia stat
ing that the vanguard of the native
army, under Ras Makonnen, has had
a skirmish with the Italian forces, in
which several Abyssinians were killed.
The Italians had no men killed.
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MORE MEN FOR THE NAVY.
Important Bill Reported by the Senate
Committee.


Committee.
WASHINGTON. Jan. S-A very i'm
portant bill urged by the Secretary of
the Navy was favorably reported from
the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
to-day 1t authorizes the Secretary to
add 1000 additional men for the use of
the regular navy, this number, the low
est estimate, being needed for the new
ships that have been placed in commits
sion. The bill also gives the Secretary
authority in any emergency that may
arise to enlist the service Of the naval
militia of the several States for mal-
ming the auxiliary cruisers, and if this
should be not sufficient to enlist as
many more as may be sufficient for the
purpose. The bill carries an appropria-
ton of $30S,000 for 1000 men added to
the regular navy
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Uneasiness at Port-au-Prince.

KINGSTON (Jamaica). Jan. S.-Ad-
vices received here from Port-au-P Prince
state that there is an increased feeling
of uneasiness throughout the Honduran
Republic, and that the Government of
President Hippolyte is breaking The
elections will begin on Friday, the 10th
inst. when trouble is anticipated.
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OoLoRADo.s GOLD OUTPUT.
The Story That It VIII be Controlled
by a Syndicate Not Confirmed.

DENVER (CoL), Jan. S.-The story
that the bond syndicate has secured
control of the gold output of Colorado is
most indefinite. Gold obtained by sluic-
ing and from stamp is sold to the
branch mint in this city. The gold
bearing ores are sold to the smelters,
who in turn sell the bullion product to
the Philadelphia Mint. or to brokers and
raflners in several cities of the East
one smelter Of Denver has contracted
20 deliver its gold bullion in Chicago to
an Aurora, Ill, refiner at the mint price:
another sells at a slight premium to a
New York City ref1ner; a third ships its
product to New Orleans.
The gold, after refining, is sold on the
open market, and the only way the bond
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LYNCH Law IN TENNESSEE.
Incensed Citizens Put to Death Two
Negro Fiends.

MEMPHIS (Tenn.), Jan. S.-Harrison
Fuller and Frank Simpson. two negroes.
were to have been placed on trial at
Lexington, Tenn, to-day for an out
rage upon Mrs. Pomeroy and her six
teen-year-old daughter (whfte). A
number of incensed citizens took the
law into their own hands.
The outrage upon Mrs. Pomeroy and
daughter occurred last August and was
thoroughly atrocious. Fuller and Sinlp-
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victor Nine Disaster.

COLORADO SPRINGS (CoL), Jan. s.
The rescue gangs at the Anna Lee
mine at Victor have been working hard
since Saturday, but no bodies have vet
been recovered. The air in the shaft is
very foul, owing to the decomposition
Of the buried bodies, and the shifts have
to be changed every fifteen minutes. 1t
is expected that the first of the eight
bodies will be reached within the next
two hours.
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Cheap Fare for the Encampment.

CHICAGO, Jan. S.-The Western Pas
senger Association to-day practically
agreed on the rate for the G. A. r. Ma
tional Encampment, to be held in st.
Paul next September. It will be on a
basis of one cent a mile with very
short limit, giving the people only a
going and coming allowance.
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DOUBLE HANGING.
Execution Witnessed by Three Thou
sand People.

Execution Witnessed by Three Thou
sand People.
HATTIESBURG (Giss), Jan. ST.
D. Hathorn, white. and Thompson
Wade, colored, were hanged at Augusta.
twenty miles inland, at 1904 to-day,
both men dropping simultaneously
from the same scaffold. The execution
was witnessed by at least 5000 people,
many of whom walked for twenty miles
and a few as far as thirty-five miles.
This was the first legal execution in the
county for twenty years
The men were hanged for the murder
of Mrs. Hathorn on the evening Of
October 7th last, the negro shooting
the woman at the instigation of the
husband. Hathorn had become infat-
uated with young woman, Josephine
Marriatt, with whom he was intimate
for several months, and from the gall
lows to-day he declared that she sug-
gested upon him the killing of his
wife.
The father of the young woman was
among the crowd to-day, and when
Hathorn stated that he (Marriatt) knew
of his relations with his daughter, he
interrupted the statement with a de-
mand for proof. Hathorn merely re-
piled that Marriatt's actions led him
to so believe. The two men INDUCED in
spat that caused much excitement
Hathorn endeayored to prolong his
harangue indefinitely, claiming that
his paramour should be hanged with
him, but Sheriff McCullum called
time, adjusted the moose and black cap,
and dropped the wretches. Both necks
were broken, the white man dying in
five minutes and the black in eight.
A Train Robber Killed.
HUNTINGTON CIV. Va.), Jan. s.
-Four months ago a train was wrecked
and robbed in Illinois and w. C. Hogan,
formerly of this State, was alleged to
be one of the robbers, and reward was
offered for his arrest. He returned to
Lincoln County, this State, recently,
and this morning Charles Berger and
Harry Brumf1eld decided to arrest him.
They found Hogan in the house of a
friend. He refused to surrender, and
began firing on Berger and Brumfeld,
who also opened fire and shot Hogan
through and through, he dying instant
ly. Berger was shot in the arm and
head by Hogan, but not fatally injured
Charged With Grand Larceny.
DENVER, Jan. S.-Henry E. Wied-
errecht, a matchmaker at 1724 Larimer
street, was arrested to-day by Consta-
BILE Duggan upon a charge of grand
larceny Of bullion from the Omega and
Grant smelter. The watchman had a
bar of bullion in his possession when
arrested which weighs 135 pounds, the
value being mostly in lead. The smelt-
sra- -rNvaT-rx L, L.
able bullion of late, and it is hoped to
develop from this arrest the extent of
the robberies, as well as to locate the
thieves
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HEAVY sIEGE Guns.

Jan. S).-Four heavy siege guns have
just been disembarked at La Machina
in this harbor They will complete the
several forts and sea batteries of this
city. They are the heaviest and most
destructive guns in the West Indies. A
temporary railway with which to trans
port them to their several positions was
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Resulted in a Draw.

PROVIDENCE Or. ID, Jan. S.-The
twenty -five-round boxing contest be-
tween Jim Kennard, the st. Paul Kid,
and Jerry Sullivan OF Providence az
Central Falls tonight resulted in
draw
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LOOTED THE Safe.
The Bank Of Fayette, Ohio, Entered by
Burglars Tuesday Night.
Every Cent of Cash and a Number of
Valuable Papers Stolen.

\ Red-Hot Fight in Oklahoma Terri
tory Over the Question of Statehood
Between the Rival Cities Which
Aspire to be Selected as the Seat of
Government-The Convention for
Furthering Statehood Now in Ses-
sion at Oklahoma City.
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laid. Some days will be necessary to get
them in position.
Their extreme length is 81 feet, cir
conference at breech 8 feet, diameter
of bore 13 inches, muzzle 3 feet. They
are of steel and rif1ed, having 6S groves.
The weight of each gun is 106, ,773
pounds, or over 80 tons. Their pro-
jectiles are of two kinds, both shells,
one having a bursting charge of 13
pounds, the other As pounds. The guns
are breech- -loading. The weight of the
projsetiles is / lob pounds, hight of shot
36 to 46 inches, and range nine miles.
REPORTED BATTLE.
HAVANA, Jan. ST is reported here
this evening that a great battle has
been fought near Arternus, town near
Guanajay, the base of operations of the
rebels. The report mas it that the in
surgents were surrounded by Spanish
troops under Generals Suarez Valdez,
MADAM and Navarro. and it is believed
they met with a complete defeat No
details of the fight can be obtained. 1t
is said that the rebel leader Nunez was
killed in yesterdays battle with General
Navarro's forces, and that the rebels
lost 200 men.
INSURGENTS DISPERSED.
HAVANA, Jan. S-After an engage
ment lasting three hours the Spanish
troops under Generals Garcia and Ma
varro yesterday dispersed the rebels at
Guanajay, forty-five miles from Ha-
vana, which place was chosen by the
insurgents as the center of operations.
Another battle took place late in the
evening at Crba del Aqua between the
rebel bands, under command of the
Headers Gomez, Maceo and Saracas and
Generals Garcia and Navarros forces.
The insurgents were again defeated and
dispersed, but the direction in which
they fled is unknown Their loss was
232 killed, and one taken prisoner. The
Spanish forces captured seventeen
Remington rifles and a number of
machettes, besides a number of the
rebel horses. Their loss was four Off
GERS and one soldier wounded
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it been -phrased thus: "The rifle that
viii send a bullet far enough to reach
me has never been invented. -Roches-
ter Democrat.
After Bismarck gets out OF his pres
ent troubles he might get job as
snake editor on one of New York S
sensational Sunday papers.-Cleveland
Leader.
Now that Senator Butler has read
the so-called Democrats out Of the
Bryan party there seems to be moth
ing left for Tom Watson 20 say
indianapolis Journal
OF course, no one Is going to be rude
enough to say anything about it, but
plain statement of the case would
be that Lord Salisbury found it advis-
able to retire from the perch.-Chicago
Record.
An Italian scientist has invented a
machine for Weighing thoughts II he
will try 10 on Colonel Jones now and
the machine isn't smashed we will be
ready to believe I'm its worth and prac-
ticability. Times-Herald.
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giving night at the home of the bride.
The marriage was a quiet one, owing
TO the illness of the brides sister.
Mrs. R. G. Houston and Mrs. A. B.
Robinson, of Georgetown, attended the
Equal Suffrage convention here yes
terday.
Mr. Speakman, of Smyrna, was in
Wilmington yesterday afternoon.
Charles NJ. Wharton. captain of the
U. of p. football team, was in VIII
mington this morning.
Secretary Jones, Of the Board of
Public Education, went down the road
on short fishing trip this morning.
Rev. o. G. Buddington returned this
morning, after a visit of two weeks to
some relatives in Connecticut who
were i'll.
Mrs. Howard B. Manlove. of Cecil
ton, is the guest of Wilmington rela-
tives.
Mrs. John r. Nicholson, of Dover. is
registered at the Clayton House
Mr. and Mrs. William b. Clerk are
visiting relatives In Massachusetts.
Mrs. II. Mcintyre, of Colorado. and
Miss Stimson, Of New York. are regis
tered at the Clayton House.
Miss Elizabeth Doyle, of New York
is visiting Miss Brennan, on Adams
street.
Ex-State Senator John Pilling. Of
Newark, was in Wilmington to-day.
Colonel George II. Raymond. Of
Smyrna, visited a number of Whining
ton friends to-day.
George Lodge is in Philadelphia to-
day.
The engagement of Thomas H.. Sa-
very, Jr., and Miss Ida Moore, daugh-
ter of the late William Moore, of Hoe
kessin, has been announced.
Charles B. Gray, George Gray. Jr..
George Capelle John Neary. Henry
Jackson and Harold Canning are home
from Princeton University
Miss Adele Hukill, of PHILADELPHIA.
is visiting her parents in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Davis and
children are visiting relatives in Mil
ford.
Evening journal., 1896-11-28
A BRILLIANT DANCE.


One of the brightest and prettiest
dances ever given in the New-C Century
Club building was that of last evening,
given by the young men to their young
women friends. The room was very
prettily decorated with handsome
palms and chrysanthemums. the or
chestra playing behind screen of
those plants. Exceptionally handsome
gowns were worn by the women. The
debutantes of the season were present.
and everybody combined to make their
entrance in the social world a pleasant
and memorable one.
A pretty and unusual feature was
the presence of next seasons buds.
who viewed the scene of their future
triumphs from the gallery. They also
had a small dance of their own in the
parlOr.
The chaperones were Mrs. Danforth
Biggs, Mrs. James H. Wilson and Mrs.
James - Winchester.
The debutantes present were Miss
Natalie c.. Wilson, Miss Julia Dupont,
Miss Edith Spruance, Miss Elsie Swift
and Miss Irene DUPONT.
The committee which arranged the
son, Rodney Cause and George p. Bis
sell
Among others present were: Miss
Alice Dupont, Miss Eleanor DUPONT,
Miss Lulie Dupont, Miss Ethel Dupont,
Miss Isabelle Wales, Miss Marie Morse,
the Misses Gray, the Misses McIlvaine
Miss Carrie Bush, Miss Edith Bring
hurst Miss Elizabeth Bringhurst, Miss
Lily Bancroft. Miss Aimee DUPONT,
Miss Frances Swift, Miss Emma Swift,
Miss Belts, Miss Richardson, Miss
Katharine Wilson, Miss Elizabeth
Candy, Miss Cause, Miss Louise Du-
Pont, Miss Mary Cooper, Miss Mary
DUPONT Miss Wier, Miss Alice Lea,
Miss May Candy, Miss Mary Swift,
Miss Bradford, Miss Julia DUPONT,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marriott Candy, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry G. Morse, Harry Morse,
Bryan Morse Mrs. Francis DUPONT,
Mrs. ]. Ernest Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
James p. Winchester, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Bancroft. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Hotfecker, Jr.
Andrew c. Gray, Christopher L.
Ward, George A. Elliott. Henry c.
Fritz, Leonard q. Wales, Jr., Joseph r.
Wales, Rogers d. Wilson, Rodney
Cause, James W. Ponder, John Bird,
John p. Nields, Henderson Wier, Harry
Bringhurst Charles Smith, Thomas F.
Bayard, Jr., Francis II. Hofecker,
George p. Blssell, Latimer Tatnall,
George r. Hofecker, Harry Candy.
Edward Bringhurst. Jr, Arthur w.
Spruance, Harry Tatnall, William r.
Budd, Fritz Cause flannel Rumford,
c. L. Mcllvaine, Irenee DUPONT, La
motto DUPONT, Philip DUPONT, Mr..
Tremaine Alexis Dupont.
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LYONs-CHAMBERs.

LEWES, Nov. 2S.-Miss Elizabeth
r. Chambers and Harry Virden Lyons
were married in St. Peters Church on
Wednesday evening, Rev. J. c. Taylor
officiating The wedding was one of
the prettiest ever seen in this town.
Simeon Pennewin. of Greenwood was
best man. and the bridesmaids were
Miss Hannah Virden, of Lewes, and
Miss Rachael Layton, of Georgetown.
The bride was given away by her
father, Robert Chambers. The ushers
were Dr. W. p. Orr, Thomas Virden
Louis Chambers of Lewes, and Reese
Layton, of Bridgeville The church
was beautifully decorated with potted
plants and cut flowers and lighted
candles.
Evening journal., 1896-11-28
LIQUID FUEL.

a series Of practical tests of liquid
fuel, undertaken at Brooklyn by Off
GERS Of the Naval Experimental Board,
have disclosed many apparent adyan-
tagos i'm connection with this method
Of inducing combustion. These tests,
extending over a period of nearly
eleven months, were devoted chiefly to
the applications of a liquid fuel sys-
tenn TO torpedo boat service. In this
branch of naval construction the Fed
eral government is practically a be-
ginner. Aside from the ten vessels of
this class contracted for recently by
the secretary of the navy, there are
only six torpedo boats on the United
States navy list Other countries
possess these vessels by the
score, while in the American
navy this work of construction
remains still undone The Brooklyn
experiments with liquid fuel for this
class of craft are, therefore, related di-
rectly to the problems of high Ell
cheney which the designers and engi-
neers of the new navy are called upon
to solve.
Up TO the present time. according tC
prevailing opinion and the lessons OF
experience, the practical use of liquid
fuel on board OF any Of our vessels has
has been regarded asa sort or iridescenl
dream. The methods of steady supply
Of the furnaces have been complicated
and unreliable. while the difficulty ol
slowing the liquid fuel-usually the
residuum of oil-retining processes
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MAGISTRATES KELLEY BUSY.

These cases came before Magistrate
Kelley last night: Columbus Neal
charged James Mccoy with threaten
ing TO do him bodily harm. The case
was dismissed. W. j. Johnson, charged
with trespassing on the property at
No 500 Tatnall street, was also dis
missed. James August and John
Tucker, the men who were arrested
some time ago on warrant sworn out
by Joseph j. Bond, chief engineer OF
the Water Department, on the charge
of stealing copper boiler tubes, were
also dismissed.
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increased in proportion with the size
of the vessel While small launches
designed TO use fuel Of this description
have been successfully constructed and
placed in service, only one merchant
steamer has been subjected to the ac-
tual experience Of a sea voyage with
oil as fuel for the furnaces. In this
instance, about three years ago, the
experiment Of a round trip across the
Atlantic was sufficient 10 condemn the
new process, and It was promptly and
finally abandoned.
In regard TO the requirements of a
torpedo feet, however, the objections
to this method of inducing steam pres
sure appear to have been lessened ma
terially i'm the course of the tests and
experiments of the Naval Board at
Brooklyn. The steaming radius Of a
torpedo-bOat carrying coal as fuel may
be stated at an average of 100 miles.
This radius, 1t is affirmed, might be
doubled with the same bunker capa-
city for liquid fuel while by utilizing
all available space for storage of oil IL
might be even more largely increased.
A pound of coal, it was ascertained,
will evapOrate from seven to ten
pounds of water, while a pound of oil
will evaporate from sixteen to twenty
pounds. The difference in efficiency
thus suggested may be regarded as an
ample warrant for the continuance of
the researches and Investigations of
the Naval Board. Other apparent ad-
vantages are in the complete combus-
tion of the fuel, the absence of smoke,
reduction in the number of firemou,
and the increased measure Of steadi-
ness in the pressure developed over
the furnaces.-Newark News
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We always show a fin
sortmenr of these useful
cles.
In Kid Gloves we are L
quarters for fine goods.
not sell a pair we cannot 6
antee to be the right thing
We are ready for busi
tonight if you feel like s
ping in. Make yourselve
home in the store; you
not be annoyed or impoltI
to buy.
Evening journal., 1896-11-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Governor Altgeld and the president
have one point of agreement-the date
Of Thanksgiving Day.-St Louis Re
public.
The United States may not need
Cuba, but the independence of Cuba
would be a distinct gain to this coun-
try.-ChicagO Times-Herald.
Don't lick envelopes" says an ex-
change Advice wasted. We are not
able to lick anything since the election.
Mobile tAla.) Register.
Weyler's remark: The. bullet that
will kill me has never been cast.
would have been nearer the fact had