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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
War Beneath the Seas
Submarine Boat Destroyer of Fearful Power Be Built
by the Russian Government

against, as the submarine torpedo boat
is made to destroy ships and not arm
ed to defend itself.
The strictest secrecy Is maintained
in naval circles concerning the precise
method of attack which will be adopt
ed by the new craft. 1t is said that
this Russian terror of the seas will
ram its antagonist and then dart away,
leaving the crew Of the shattered sub
marine craft to perish in their coffin
of steel. The one important detail Of
the construction and operation OF the
Russian boat, which it is believed is
not definitely settled, is the discharge
OF the torpedo at short range. This
torpedo is SO constructed and it's ex-
plosive force so nicely calculated that
the explosion will not injure the Rus
sian boat in the least, even though it
be in close engagement.
The task of locating a submarine
torpedo boat which the officers of the
proposed destroyer will have to face,
seems as difficult as that of locating
the proverbial needle in the haystack
Science, however. has contributed it's
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

to is the fact that the pressure of
water upon the vessel is at the rate of
half a pound to the foot. Thus the
calculation is simple and the navigator
of the torpedo. boat destroyer knows at
all times just where he is There is
the pressure gauge (which shows him
his exact distance from the waters
surface. Next comes the apparatus
which determines the course of the
beat This~is entirely independent of
the compass, which does not act the
same beneath the surface Of the water
as it does above it.
In front of the navigator is a speed
Indicator which shows him exactly the
time he is making, just as the steam
gauge in the cab of an engine tells
the engineer exactly the amount of
steam that is at his service. With all
these facts in his possession, the navi-
gator is able to perform his duties al
most as intelligently as if he were
laying the course of an ordinary
cruiser Should it be desired to re-
turn to the surface quickly, the water
Which has been taken in as ballast is
blown out by a tremendous blast from
the compressed air tanks. This at
once gives the vessel it's full buoyancy
and rise to the surface follows.
While nothing absolutely definite is
known concerning the armament of
|
will be as follows: One torpedo boat.
which will eject Whitehead torpedoes
by means of either compressed air or
gunpoWder; two submarine projectile
tubes or guns each of which carries
a proJectile in the form of thin shell
charged with gun cotton to the extent
OF eighty pounds. The first time this
shell is tried will be a matter of great
interest to all ordnance people. The
experiment will be, entirely new. and
those who believe or disbelieve in the:
success of the projectile will have a
chance to see which is right The
longest voyage made by one of the
new submarine torpedo beats was that
or TIE French craft, nearly six miles
oelng under water all the time a dis
lance of twenty feet. The Russian
inventor claims that his creation will
travel twice as fast as any other at
distance OF forty feet from the surface
OF the water
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

quota to the makeup of this enemy of
naV1es, and an apparatus has been in
vented, the delicate electrical attrac-
ton needle Of which, superlatively SEN
sltlve to the medium of steel, will at
once impel the Russian craft towards
the submarine victim which it seeks
Inc new boat Iepres entS, as a whole
the most modern thought relative to
submarine warfare and all that can
possibly apply thereto. This much is
known definitely. Every apparatus
that can possibly aid the accomplish
ment of the purpose Of the boat has
been utilized. Even now the keenest
minds are a work striving to improve
just as the most skilled workmen at
tainable are constructing the craft all
the appurtenanceS thereof. The pres
ent calculation is that the boat will
carry crew of four seamen and two
officers, in addition to a torpedo ex-
pert. Oddly enough, in many details.
the submarine wonder will be very like
that United States marvel known as
the Holland, and the accompanying
illustration shows its possibilities Of
terrible execution.
Primarily, it will be an artificial fish
modelled in longitudinal sections very
much like whale about fifty feet
long. The interior is to be almost en-
tirely taken up with the operating
Vlded for living quarters. While SIM
ply moving about from place to place,
its deck and small coming tower, in
which the commander stands, will be
above water. Above that is to be,
perhaps, a foot of deck turtle back in
fashion, and about thirty inches of
the coming tower above that
While a portion of the craft will thus
be visible to vessels on the surface,
the means Of propulsion are to be a
naptha or gasoline engine, opera ting
an ordinary small screw propeller.
When it is desired to sink the boat
for submarine operations water is to
be let into trimming or ballast tanks
in the bottom in sufficient amount to
reduce the buoyancy to a few hun
dred pounds. That is to say when
submerged. its weight, when weighed
in the water, would be within about
500 pounds Of its actual weight on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

ed above them. The walls were draped
with heavy velour of a maroon color,
so as to confine the sound within the
delegate to be heard. All the sessions
were secret, like the executive sessions
OF the senate. The delegates were prac-
tically negotia til a t eaty, and tire a les
are always negotiated in secrecy.
The presiding officer and president
Of the congress was Gen. George S
Batcheller, an American, and the two
secretaries of the convention were Col
Charles Chaille-Long and Robert
Stockwell Hatcher, both Americans
Col Long was we'll known in Egypt
long ago, and Mr.. Hatcher has been
the reading clerk Of the house of rep
resentatives.
All the proceedings, documents and
data Of the convention were in French
Even the Germans sanctioned the use
of the French language. 1t is the cour,.
language Of the world and Prussia
took the lead in making it so under
the reign of Frederick the Great
Lately Russia endeavored to supplant
the French language in oriental courts.
but failed. The work Of the convention
was filtered through three committees.
They met at specified times and pre-
sented their reports for consideration
The members never resolved them
selves into committee Of the whole, al
though it was thought that action
would be taken in committee Of the
whole before adjournment. The chair
man of each committee called it to
order with a bell, after the French
method. There was some difficulty in
selecting these bells at the beginning
Of the session. The United States gov
eminent paid for the bells. All sorts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

Of bells were offered: Old-fashione.1
Ginner bells, COW bells, sleigh bells,
spring bells and many others. The
chairman of the committees selected
exquisite little tinlllers Something
more elaborate was chosen for th9
presiding officer. Gen. Batcheller. how
ever, never used the bell in openine ny
closing session, or in preserving order
10 use the words of one of the dele
gates, lie brought the convention to
ORDER with club" This NAV mean
tnat ne used a cane in the place of 2
gaVel or bell
Two OF the desks in the hall were
ordpeo IN black. One was in memory
OF the postmaster general at Berlin,
who died from an accident after his
selectlon by the emperor. The other
was draped in memory of the delegate
from Hawaii, who died a few weeks
ago.
The prominent men in the discussion
were delegat ties from Great Britain,
France, Germany and Italy All were
perfectly conWersant with the subject.
ana are fluent speakers. Bruno Fritsch.
representing the German empire Or
gained the military postal service of
Prussia during thee war with France
IN 1S71-72. This work was wonderful.
Letters reached the German soldiers.
whether on picket, or even In the line
vii nc dCS uiailly anu pre-
cision of a city delivery Another re-
markable delegate was Hochi. who has
been speaker Of the lower house i'm
japan for three, terms. His rulings
were made with such vigor and origi-
nality as to lead hist friends to call him
the Tom Reed of Japan" Gen. Tyner,
an ex-postmaster general Of the United
States, was also delegate. Capt N.
M Brooks, for thirty years the super
1Etendent of the foreign mails in the
poStoffice department here at Washing
ton, also represented the United States.
He was delegate to Vienna, and his
long experience made him a valued
member.
Another delegate of distinction was
Spencer Walpole, representing Great
Britain. One of the American dele
gates asked him whether it was his
father or his grandfather, who wrote
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

the History of England" He smiled
and replied: Neither; I am the man
Another delegate was the Hon. Emidio
Chiaradia, member of the Italian house
of representatives. He is to go to the SEN
ate this fall He wears five little gold medals
strung together. They represent the only
compensation received from the government
by a member of the Italian parliament. One
of these medals is given to each member at
the end of each term of service. Among the
associates of Signor Chiaradia brother
of the Count Brazza the great Italian
plorer. He has an American wife. The dele
gate f.SAn Transvaal was an honored relative
of Dom Paul. its president. While on an
cursion with other delegates to Fortress Mon
roe the other day he asked his associates to
drink to the health of his son. This
done AT that very hour his son lay dead in
Pretoria. The sad information was received a
short time afterward.
The treaty which these delegates have been
engaged IN securing Will not go into effect
until Jan. l, 1899. Prior to this it will be rati
fed by the various governments. China, Corea
and the Orange Free States are the only ma
lions that have no vote in the convention.
Their delegates were there by courtesy only.
as the countries are not members or the postal
union. At the next convention. however. these
countries will be thoroughly represented.
The delegate from Persia brought auto
graph letter from the new shah to President
Mckinley announcing his accession to the
throne. The shah, remembering that the con-
vention to be held in Washington.
quested him to represent Persia. and gave him
the proper credentials. He spoke French like
a Partisan.
The United States occupies a prominent
position in this postal brotherhood 1t has
900 postofices, twice as many any other
country. Germany comes next. with about
half this number while Great Britain has less
than third There are 900 officers and
employees in our service. Germany is not far
behind us. Germany has the lead in the
number of letter boxes for the use of the pub
lie, France being second and the United
States third. We occupy the sixth place in
the Proportion of postoffces to population. and
the sixteenth of postofices to area. In New
South Wales the average Of articles of mail
matter received by each inhabitant is go; in
the United States 70. Curiously enough in
this respect Hawaii is fourteenth, outranking
many countries supposed to be more ad-
vanced. such Italy, Norway, Sweden
Chile Russia and Japan.
No other country approaches the United
States in Its railway routes. 1t has nc 900
miles of such routes. Germany is next high
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

land. 1t cam be maneuvered up to
1000 pounds buoyancy. but not much
above that.
When in motion. vertical rudders will
effect the lateral direction of the craft.
On each side Of the center line. and
forward of the propeller, are two hori-
zontal rudders. These rudders are
piVoted and regulate the depth of the
rising and diving of the boat. When
1t is desired that the vessel shall dive,
the rear edges of the rudders are push
ed downward. This causes the stern
to move upward and the bow down.
ward and the diving follows To OBJ
tain reverse motion, the action should
be reversed.
1t is possible to hlse the gasoline en-
CINE in the Batery but 1t is not con-
sidered advisable, because the air sup
ply of the interior of the boat is limit
ed, and the demand for air resulting
from the combustion of gasoline is 80
great that If 1.-THE engine were operated
any length of time, the air supply Of
the interior Of the vessel would be
completely exhausted. To the uninitiat-
ed it would seem a. very difficult prob
lem for the submarine navigators to
tell the exact depth at which their
craft was located. This information
is gained, however, by means of a
guage which registers inside the yes
sci the pressure of the water upon the
outside. From this pressure is cal
culated the distance Of the vessel from
the surface of the water.
The basis Of the calculation referred
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

completion, a few months ago, of a
submarine torpedo boat for the United
States at Baltimore, in that country,
excited the liYelieSt interest among
naval officers here. Following this, the
success of the Holland submarine tor
pedo boat, news of which was immedi-
ately cabled here, set the wits of ev-
cry one to work and resulted in the
presentation of the plans of the strange
craft that is now being constructed
The inventors name is Sergius Rokos-
fpky, and he is a member Of the corps
Of marine architects the Russian gov
eminent employs, with the rank of lieu
tenant. He has long studied the prob
lem of submarine navigation, his cal
culations being based, strange as it
may seem, upon some of the princi-
pies laid down by Jules Verne, the
anOvelist, in his description of that ia
nous vessel known as the Nautilus
Lieut.. Rokosfpky told no one but an
intimate friend Of his plans and his
ideas, until the news of the success
achieved by the submarine invention in
America and France excited such
marked alarm. Then, upon advice of
his friend, he laid the whole matter
before the czar's ministers of marine,
and within forty-eight hours his idea
was Endorsed. and an order given for
the construction Of a submarine YES
sci according to his plans.
Thus Russia proposes to make its
own position superior to that of other
governments by placing in commission
as soon as possible an engine of de-
struction that will cause the objects
of its attacks to sink to the bottom
Of the ocean just as the submarine
torpedo boat now seeks to blow up
warships that lie helpless and unaware
of its attack. To be sure, 1t has not
the consolation of being altogether I'M
seen in its warfare upon the submarine
torpedo boats, but it has one tremen-
dous advantage, and that is that it
has no defensive armor to contend
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
Buffalo, New York, Boston

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

Special to the Globe.
VLADIVOSTOCK.J June 26.-The Rus
sian government is about to build a
submarine boat destroyer which will
be the first craft of it's kind ever con-
structed. 1t is the invention of a Rus
sian marine architect, and this secret
OF his brain is guarded by the cars
officials as miser boards his gold. The
car feels now that he has a craft
which will place the submarine boats
of the United States and French gov
ernments at his mercy. 1t is at these
boats that the new invention is aimed
In the first place. the submarine tor
pedo boats of the navies mentioned
have been looked upon with some
thing approaching awe by naval Of
ticers everywhere. There has SEEM
ed to be something uncanny about
them. darling about under the surface
of the waves. and apparently the great
warships Of the worlds navies were
practically helpless against the attacks
of these artificial marine monsters. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

different states ''Hat" is in IRWIN county.
Georgia, and Coat in Simpson county.
Mississippi "A B. c." appears in Ten
nessee: Ire" in Texas. ''Ka" in West Viz
ginia Jolly in Ohio, ''Jollytown" in Penn
by in Indiana
But the fifth postal convention is no more
It's work is done and It's delegates are scat
tered over the country in search of infor-
nation. Meantime the letter carriers and
clerks of United States postoffices will re-
sumo their efforts to induce congress to
give them at least so per cent of the pay
Of en- ordinary New York police officer
Amos ]. Cummings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

The John H. Woodbury. Genealogical IN
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win 1t only the most skilled and experienced
physicians, who devote their entire time to
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Irregularities. Dermatologist John H. Wood
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and make 1t possible for the surgeon to mold
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John II. Woodbury. also manufactures Wood
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Powder, and Dental Cream and will mail
sample of each for 20 cents. Address all
letters to 163 State-st-, Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
milwaukee, and Return S11.7O,
Via ''Fhe Milwaukee,

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Secure sleeping car space early.
For tickets and berths apply at the
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Toledo,

The beautiful Lake City at the mouth
of the Maumee, entertains the Annual
Congress of the American Whist
League, July 9Th to 10th. The Chicago
Great Western Railway will take you
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certificate Plan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
A Natural Question,

He-No, I couldn't go to Europe this year.
because l had to have my plumbing done
over.
She-When does, your plumber sail?-Truth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
Bathing in Electric Light.

Science Discovers New the Greatest
Is of ALI uluminants.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
SPECIAL SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

John H. Woodbury's special New
fork surgeon will be at his Chicago
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roe, July 5, for one week, to perform
operations for changing and correcting
featural irregularities and deforn1ities
OF the face and body of every nature.
appointment for this special wors
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
low Mntches Are Made,

The body of a wax match is made by draw
Ing cotton strands. twenty or thirty at a
time, through melted stearine.
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-16
SERMONS BY TELEPHONE.
Al Ingenious Method of Hearing Dis
courses Delivered at "A Distance.

In Freehold, n. j., Mr. Bellamy's
sermons by contract pan recently re-
ceived a practical demonstration.
Mrs. MargaretS Forman has revo-
lutionized the cEdrch methods of the
quiet little New Jersey town. She is a
stanch Scotch Presbyterian, and up to a
few months ago attended services reg
nlarly. Then she was taken i'll, and the
doctors announced that she was des-
timed to be confined to her house for a
long time.
Then telephone arrangement came
into play.
A complete circuit was formed from
every room in the church to her sitting
room, and now, at rest in her easy
chair, Mrs Forman is sole authority as
90 what she may and may not listen to-
If the sermon be slightly unorthodox
and displeasing to the ear of Scotch
Presbyterian, the receiver is hung up
and the pastors voice is stilled.
Even the choir has its critic, miles
away, for "a receiver rests in front of
the choir rail. Perhaps it is an unpleas-
ant reminder that music over tele-
phone, as through photograph, al
ways sounds as if group of Broadway
cable cars had missed the cable and
were tearing round Dead Mans curve
in an effort to telescope one another,
but in Freehold this should be reduced
70 minimum, especially on Sundays.
In time the habit may spread to New
York, and the nervous and weak heart
ed who quail before the utterances of
the Rev. Madison G. Peters, or DIR.
Parkhurst, or the Rev. Mr.. Dixon may
have a megaphonelike arrangement in
their houses, and even the cook and the
coachman may listen freely. New York
Telegram
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