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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20

pubic life Her uncle, William w. died on jun
10 Nhe was residing In Kensington Palace wttk
her mother when, early on the rnorrin -. -
~. the Archbishop Of Canterbury and the Io,6
Chamberlain arrived post haste from win6.,.
castle. 1t was about O'clock. and no ono =.
me palace was yet awake The distineut,,
visitors rang and knocked at the gate for . cc-.
s,aeraoe time before they could rouse the porto,
ann n a lucy were kept waiting in the courtyard
ana again In an ante-room, where fbev CO.
10 be forgotten by everybody FINALLY tbcv 80
the ben again. and asked that the atteDdant 3
the Princess Victoria would inform Her Por.V
Hlghness that they requested an audience. -,
business OF importance The answer wa. ,h.e
mo Princess was sim sound asleep and her sk
tendant would not disturb her.
Then solemnly spoke the Archbishop. .u,o
come on business Of State to the Queen 49,
even her sleep must give way to r.. Tn -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20

Ehsiish observing that, she was an English
sHi' sne would use nothing but the English
language IL Is also OF interest to recall that
Her Majesty was the first member OF the rovaI
family OF England to be vaccinated
AT last the time came for telling her what her
future estate would be. She was only twelve
years old. and still IN the nursery OF Kensington
falace when her uncle. George w. died His
oeath left only one life between the little princess
ana the royal throne. That was the life OF a
childless old man OF sixty-fve. already in r,;ir,
health Baroness Selwyn. the Pr!ncesss govern
ess. placed in tho childs history Of England a
genealogical table Of the royal line After puz.
cling for long time over the branches of the
tree. Victoria looked up with q surprised face
Il cannot see." shs said. "who Is to come after
Uncle William. unless It Is myself" The Baron
ess then explained TO her that she was indeed
heir to the thronA = =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20

.ne literature or Addison. Swift and Dcfoe and
'ne scientific genius OF Newton. And third
We come to the reign OF Queen Victoria which
"'S "c'ohe the longest in duration OF those OF
A' rhshsh so'ereigns. and which. as was re-
Gently shown in these columns has heen tho
most benehcent and the most magnificent NJ
all
VlCroRIAs Personal. INFIurNCr
More than that, ii will he found on examina
, 'na' queen Victoria. far more than any
Oh her predecessors has exerted n personal in
huence for good over her reign. and is therefore
tar more than they. to receive personal credit
tor It's distinction. The reign OF Elizab beth had
military and naval distinction. yet she was not
warrior and gave little announcement TO her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
ALONG Observation-Disclosures
VICTORIA on THE THRONE
THE EVENTFUL. COURSE OF THE ENC.
LISH QUEENS LONG LIFE.

sAiIENr FEATURES IN HER CHARACTER Az
1'N"i~iSH SOVEREIGN. \ CONSTITUTIONAL.
MONARCH AND GOOD AND
NOBLE WOMAN
MI Rushin has observed with characteristics
tehcl'y and in that one OF his works in which
ne reaches perhaps the highest and cearest no,e
OF beauty and of wisdom. that Shakespeare
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
AnAmdavit.

This is to certify that on May 18th,
walked to Melick's drug store on a pair
of crutches and bought bottle of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for lnflammatory
rheumatism which had crippled me up.
After using three bottles am completely
cured. can cheerfully recommend it,
Charles h. Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me ON
August 10, 1894.-Walter Shipman, j. p.
For sale at 50 cents per bottle by J. III.
McNeely. Colfax; DR.. ]. v. Bonnette &
Bro, Pollock, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
Beatty's Organs and Pianos

Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, of Washington,
New Jersey, the great Organ and Piano
Manufacturer, is building and shipping
more Organs and Pianos than ever. In
1870 Mr.. Beatty left home a penniless
plow boy, and by his indomitable will he
has worked his way up so as to cell so
far, over 100000 of BeatU's Organs and
Pianos since 1870. Nothing seems to dis
hearten him; obstacles laid in his way.
that would have wrecked an ordinary
man forever, he turns to an advertise
ment and comes out of it brighter than
ever, He was mayor of Washington,
New Jersey, from 1879 to 1883, five terms,
and recently declined a denomination for
the sixth term. His instruments, as is
we'll known, are very popular and are to
be found in all pats of the world. We
are informed that during the next ten
years he intends to sell 100000 more Of
his make; that means a business of $780,
100000. if we average them at $4,000
each. 1t is already the largest business
of the kind in exitence. Write or call
upon Daniel F. Beatty. Washington. New
Jersey, for catalogue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
Easter goods at J. II. McNeely's
are now being sold at cost.
Overflow News.

Last Friday night about 10
o'clock the Biggs levee, about five
miles south OF Delta, Madison par
ish, gave way, and the crevasse is
now more than thousand yards
wide. The water which is pouring
through this opening at an average
depth of IL to Is feet will overflow
the parishes of Madison, Tensas
and Concordia.
Three or four breaks have occur
red in Arkansas and Mississippi,
and also q small break in the La
fourche levee in South Louisiana.
The latter it is thought will not do
much harm. The water is higher
at New Orleans by a foot than ever
recorded before, but ut last &C
counts they had every reason to
believe they would be able to hold
the levees and protect the city, as
only an inch OF two more of water
is to come on them before the
crest of the food will be passed.
To give our readers an idea of
the great devastation caused by
the overflow of the Mississippi riv-
or this year, we will state that it is
estimated that twenty-five million
dollars( $25, 900, 900 worth of stock,
farm products and other property
will be destroyed. It will take two
million dollars to relieve the abso-
lutte suffering and distress in the
overfowed region. The total area
under water is 10, 800 square miles,
embracing $1,000 farms, valued at
$65, 100000, while the stock and
cattle on the farms under water is
valued at 81, 100000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24

On last Monday, Rev. J. /. Hoff-
pauir, of Boyce, accompanied by
Mr.. W. L. Wilkerson, spent three
or four hours in Colfax, on pros
pecting tour. Mr.. Wilkerson is on
the lookout for point to conduct
a mercantile business, and we learn
that he is favorably impressed with
the prospective future of this place,
and will visit us again to more
closely examine the conditions of
the locality for permanent and
profitable business. He can scarce
ly find community with more ia
vorable conditions than we have
right here.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
The Frost Period.

April 20th was record-breaker
in the city of New York, being the
latest day in the spring by four
days that city has ever had q freez-
ing temperature. April 9TH is con-
sidered the end of the frost period
in Louisiana, and it has been about
fifteen years since we had q light
frost on that date, but the weather
last week looked as if we were go
ing to have to move up the record
for this region.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
An Unmitigated Fraud.

The State press of Louisiana is
hereby warned that the Western
Medicine Company, of Kalamazoo,
Mich, is a swindling fraud, and
will not pay its advertising. The
Colfax CHRONICLE has contributed
three months advertising, in silly
moment of overweening confidence,
and it speaks by the card. Sabe?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
New Orleans Bridge.

new orleans Bridge.
The Southern Pacific Company
is making arrangements to build a
bridge to cost ST, 000, 900 across the
Mississippi river at New Orleans.
1--WE have had this expensive un-
dertaking in mind for some time
past" said Vice President Fred p.
Croker this week. ga bridge COM
pany will be Incorporated to build
and operate it, and the Illinois
Central, Texas and Pacific, Louis
vile and Nashville Road will be-
come members of that company in
partnership with the Southern Pa
cific. 1t will do away with the
transfer by boats of freight and
passengers across the Mississippi.
The bridge will have double tracks
and will cross the river about five
miles above New Orleans"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24

The GreecO-TurkO War.

Active hostilities between the
Greeks and Turks began last Sat
urday, and the official announce
ment is made that the war is on.
The fighting has been fast and flu
rious all the week, and the reports
show that the plucky Greeks are
fully holding their own, although
the Turks outnumber them about
two to one.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24

The large Moresque iron build
ing situated at the corner of Camp
and Poydras streets, in New Or
leans, was totally destroyed by fire
at midday on the 18th instant. It
was the property of John Gauche
Sons, who together with B. j.
Montgomery Co., conducted an I'M
mense business within the spacious
building.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24

1t will be an agreeable surprise to per-
sons subject to attacks of bilious collie to
learn that prompt relief may be had by
taking Chamberlains Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. In many instances
the attack may be prevented by taking
this remedy as soon as the first symptoms
of the disease appear. Is and 80 cent
bottles for sale by J. H. McNeely, Colfax;
DR.. j. v. Bonnette & Bro, Pollock, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24

Judicial advertisements. mast be paid
for in adrance or they will be discontinued
after the first Insertion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
To Help the Greeks.

A dispatch from New York,
dated April 21st, says: The fol-
lowing appeal has been issued by
the Union of Greek Women, under
the presidency of her majesty,
Queen Olga, and Crown Princess
Sophia:
ITO the Women of the Old and New
World, Christian Mothers, Sisters and
Wives, Workers for Civilization and
Progress, Guardians of Love and Justice,
Greeting: Christian mothers, sisters and
wives, civilized like you, earnestly appeal
for your help. Our sons, our brothers
and husbands, fighting for the cross, are
being killed and wounded in sacred
cause. Their blood stains the last page
of the history OF the nineteenth century.
the history of civilization and progress of
which you are the promoters.
Christian women, do not share the re-
sponsibility Of your diplomats. Arouse
in the hearts of your husbands and sons
moreC Christian and more equitable senti-
ments. United and your just protest
will re-echO in the hearts OF the nations
and the people. Prove by your energy
and Christian work that the women, the
true missionaries OF right, with the Cos
pei of love and justice in their hearts,
range themselves on the side Of the
wronged."
(Si0ued.) "HELEN GRIvA,"
President Of the Union"
The appeal was promulgated i'm
mediately upon, its arrival from
Athens. Donations for the funds
of the Greek Red Cross, can be
forwarded direct to her majesty,
Queen Olga of Greece, at Athens,
or to the president of union, Nine.
Helen Griva, at Athens, or to So
Ion ]. Vlasto, editor of Atlantis, 2
Stone street, New York, who is
authorized to collect funds and or
ganize committees throughout the
United States.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-04-24
Plantation Supplies.
Colfax High School.

The Trustees of the Colfax High School
for Males and Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the second
Ten Months Session of this school will
begin on the First Monday of Septem-
Der, 1896. No pains will be spared to
make it q first-class High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
Primary rsDs 1.t Department 8 g per month
Collegiate go
Music. Vocal and Instrumental 5 so {"
Incidental fee rs cents per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
BILE terms. Two hotels in town, and sew
eral private loading houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them in
and give us fair trial. We are in the
race to stay.
r, s. CAMERON, President.
H, G. GOODWIN.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Colfax, La, July 10, 1896.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

or plunges beneath. are found There
fore it will be no surprise to learn that
Britain has two of the submarine de-
-stroyers. They are the Vixen and the
Mermaid. Both are about the length Of
the ordinary torpedo boat and the fish
model is also followed Aside from
these principles the English, craft have
ways Of their own, which it is claimed
other boats do not possess. Each of
them. it is declared, is equipped with
a steel ram, which is SO constructed
that the stoutest armor will not be
proof against them. Again, it is de-
clared, their facilities for destroying
craft by means of torpedoes are such
as to render them exceedingly formid
able. No one except the builders and
the officers who are experimenting the
craft, is familiar with the details. One
of the features of the shrewd policy ef
England is not to take the world into
her confidence unless there is some
thing to be gained by SO doing.
Russia has made open announcement
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

Der, weighing nineteen tons, and when
was on an expanding mounting placed
for high angle firing. THE gun utiliz-
ed was one of great power, range and
penetration. In the series of trials of
the gun the projectiles fired were Pal
User shot, weighing 3S2 pounds each
and requiring for discharge an indi-
vidual charge of 270 pounds of powder.
The gun was fired at various angles OF
elevation, the maximum range obtain
ed not being less than twelve miles.
The elevation was then 40 degrees.
Those who had charge Of the expert
ments carefully calculated the speed
of the projectile and determined that
the extreme height obtained by 1t was
in the vicinity Of 10000 feet, or about
three miles. The time occupied by the
entire flight was exactly one minute
This result is regarded as one of the
greatest achievements Of modern gun
merry. The power of great range and
exceeding penetration which the pro-
jectile undoubtedly possesses under the
circumstances described are unques-
tionably due to the Wire-winding sys-
TEN, which gives high resistance pow
ers to the guns, and thus enables beaV-
Ter charges to be used. The gun which
will in general be used upon the coast
of Britain weighs twenty-seven tons
and has muzzle energy of 1920 foot
tons.
It is doubtful if any experiment with
artillery for thirtyhyems has resulted
in the revelation Of facts SO important
to naval powers. - ID
It needs no elaberatS explanation to
demonstrate that DO vessel can be so
constructed on maderfp lines as to be
impervious to projeetilss dropped from
the clouds as welll1 as Those which are
fired at her sides. yet that is exactly
the position the modem battleship is
placed in by the adoption Of high angle
firing. Of course, M sparely naval bat
ties the high angle system cannot be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
TOLEDO NEXT TIME.
National Letter Carriers VIII Nee
There in 1895.

National Letter Carriers VIII Nee
There in 1895.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers
took action upon the question of equal
ization of carriers salaries, a bill being
drawn up for consideration for the
purpose of raising the salaries of car
riers in first class cities from 81 900 to
81 200. The resolution ii favor of equal
ization was voted down by ZIG to 251.
The question of location of the next
convention was then taken up. Toledo,
Ohio; st. Louis, Omaha and Scranton,
Pa, were the only competitors. After
a short, but hot fight, Toledo was VIC
torious and the next convention will
be held there On the same ballot 1t
was decided that there should be re-
serve fund for the mutual benefit aSso-
citation.
The following officers were elected:
President, John Parsons, New York;
vice president, Conrad Triebock, San
Francisco; secretary, John T. Victory,
Washington; treasurer, M. ]. Connors.
Chicago; executive board, S. +. Stew
ems, Cincinnati; P. j. Rourke, SYRIA
cuse; Chris Loughead, Detroit; b. J.
Curtin, Linn; F. McElroy. Bridgeport:
chairman legislative committee. James
Atkinson, Fall River; members Of the
same committee, w. ]. Morrison,
brooklyn; F. S. Trafton, Cleveland;
committee on civil service. G. r. Rae
del, Canton. O.; J. A. Barnes, NAL
den; J. ]. Scully. Pittsburg; trustee, G.
M. O'Brien, Cleveland: chief collector.
Wilmot Dunn, Nashville. The cash III
the treasury is now S4,7S3. 1t was de-
cided to ask for increased cor1pensa-
ton for mounted collectors. Nothing
was done towards separating the Of
flee of secretary and editor of the Pcs
tai Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

had especial opportunities to study the
progress of submarine navigation both
at home and abroad, and he has been
unofficial adviser of the builders of
the Holland submarine boat. He does
not hesitate to predict that the day will
come when every navy of Importance
will have its submarine fotilla, if in
deed, these boats do not entirely re-
place the present warships. While al
first their duties will be principally IN
the line of guarding the coast of
country from the incurSions of hostile
fleets, he predicts that some day the
submarine boat will be practically the
ruler of the seas. for where will be
the economy or sense of building mon
strous fighting machines which may
be destroyed by a little diving Destroy
er manned by only dozen men at the
most?
In the submarine torpedo boat Hol-
land, the United States possesses, it is
probable, the most dangerous craft Of
the sort in existence. What she really
can accomplish in the way OF damage
only actual warfare will demonstrate.
Sufficient is known, however, to make
the statement worthy of consideration
that she has created more in the ma
ture OF genuine CONSERVATION among
the naval powers of Europe than any
thing Of the sort that has come into
existence. Then there is the Piunger,
which was completed at Baltimore not
so long ago. She will, her inventor
promises, perform wonders when she
is given a chance to show what she
can really do. Theory is not the best
basis in the world on which to deter
mine the usefulness OF craft, but that
is what the makers OF the Holland and
the Plunger have to be content with
in the maiu. One thing is certain: So
far as any one has been able to ascer
tain, no one has a submarine craft
which is in the same class as those
owned by the United States.
The greatest rival of Uncle Sans
navy is unquestionably England. In
the host of vessels which fly the Brit
ish flag representatives Of almost
every craft that floats on the surface
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

der the seas, while above not a ripple
disturbs the surface. These astonish-
ing statements would appear impossi-
bic were it not for the fact that the
submarine navies actually exist at the
present moment
While about the navy department
there is a slight reluctance to make
any general predictions as to the part
the submarine boat is to play in the
naval armament of the future it is no
ticeable that all the officers speak with
respect, at least, of the recent expert
ments in this line, and while some pro-
fess to doubt if the time is yet ripe for
a revolution in the art of naval war
fare, they have seen so many wonder
full developments within the past three
decades that they hesitate to draw the
line somewhere.
Since his accession to Office, Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt has taken the tor
pedo boat fiotilIa under his especial
guardianship, and it is known that he
is greatly interested in the develop
ment of submarine boats, whose prin-
Cipal weapons will, of course, be torpe-
does Mr. Roosevelt has always been
credited, even by his severest critics,
with being an intensely practical man.
While he would not consen to be quot
ed in any expression Of opinion upon
the future of the submarine boat, ne
declared it the purpose Of the depart
ment to encourage and aid in every
way the work now in progress The
constructors of the Holland submarine
b9as have been allowed unusual lati-
tude by the department. Instead of
rigidly experimenting every detail of
construction, the department simply
mad9 out a list of its requirements and
holds the builders responsible for re-
suits which may be secured in their
own way and time.
In the words of .Qne of the officials of
the bureau of construction:
1--WE are going . give tht9subma-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
MIDLAND WRECK
To Be Thoroughly Investigated by
the Coroner.

the Coroner.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Col, Sept.
11-Coroner Clark intends to make a
thorough investigation Of the railroad
accident yesterday morning on the
junction road near Newcastle, Col,
and fix the responsibility for the ter
rible loss of life resulting therefrom.
The jury will begin to take testimony
as soon as the attendance Of the sur
vivors Of the crews OF the trains that
collided can be secured. Engineer
Ostrander, of the Midland stock train,
has not yet been found, dead or alive.
F. E. Burbank, conductor of the Mid
land train. who is under arrest, de-
clares that his orders gave him suf-
ficient time to reach Newcastle ahead
of the Rio Grande passenger train.
The officials of both the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Midland roads are
making a thorough investigation CT
the cause of the accident. They claim
that only thirteen persons were killed,
and seventeen injured, but the fire
that broke out in the wreck reduced
some of the corpses to heaps of ashes,
and makes it difficult, if not impos-
sible, to determine exactly how many
lives were lost The remains of num-
Der of bodies, variously estimated from
six to ten, lie in space less than
would ordinarily be taken by one
corpse and must be buried without
identification.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
Every Naval Power Pos
sesses or Is Building a
Submarine Navy.

rine boat people enough rope to either
hang themselves with or make lad
der" and this ladder may serve to lift
the United States far above the ma
jority of naval powers in the matter Of
submarine warfare.
One of the navy departments most
outspoken enthusiasts on the subject
of submarine navigation is Lieutenant
Commander W. w. Kimball who was
recently detached from his position at
the department and given command
of the new torpedo boat Rogers. In
his former position as assistant chief
of the bureau Of naval intelligence, he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
FIGHTING
L UNDER WATER.

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The start
ling announcement is made that the
val conflicts fought under water.
The naval powers of the world are at
the present moment building up sub
marine navies. England, France, Ger
many, Russia, Italy and Japan already
possess deadly submarine craft and
several other nations are pushing their
construction. Soon each nation will
possess a small f1otilla to wage war I'M
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
NEW DANGER
1 y FOR WAR SHIPS.

Special Correspondence Of the Globe.
LONDON, Sept 4.-Experiments just
concluded at WoolWich have demon
strated that by new method of artil-
lery attack the strongest battle ship
which was ever built may be rendered
absolutely helpless, within a very few
moments This may be done without
the slightest danger To the men who
man the great guns witch perform this
task. The new method is known as
high angle firing. IS -
The one experiment which demon
strated the fact cited Beyond question