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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07
TREASURE IN THE SAFE.
What a Man Found Who Bought One
at Auction.
london Mail.

LONDON Mall.
The lucky furniture dealer who. as recorded
briefly in Yesterdays Daily Mail. has found,
in an old iron safe which he had just bought.
securities worth over $40 GOO, together with WI a
will controlling the distribution of f5OOOO OF
property is Mr.. Jacob Bitton, of Y High
street Nottinghill Gate.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Bitton told a
Daily Mail reporter the story OF the ind and
it's very interesting surroundings.
six or seven weeks back, ne sald, an
old lady of seventy named Mrs. stevens, OF
horse-ointment fame, died at her house, 3
Holland Park avenue. Her will was searched
for, but could not be discovered. and the
property was therefore divided between her
only children. These are Mr.. Henry Stevens.
veterinary surgeon, of Park lane, and MIS-.
Williams. the wife of Mr.. Williams, OF the
firm of Callow & Son, whip manufacturers
When this old Iady's effects came to be
sold just recently attended the sale. Among
the others present was trade rival OF mine,
whom | had determined to outbid on every
possible occasion, on account or a certain
dispute. into the details of which there is
no need to enter.
when the safe was put up it, was open,
and apparently empty. My rival bid up to
3Ss and as ] was outbidding him in the
way | have mentioned | promptly raised 1t
to G2, at which figure 1t was Knocked down
to me.
always found advisable after such purchases
| discovered on pulling out a drawer the Will
and securities underneath 1t. The will stated
that $4,000 was to be given to the daughter
before the division of the property, and
further, that all the house silver, etc. was
to be hers: so when / called and informed
Mrs. Williams on Sunday last she was nat
urally delighted. l was treated very hos
pitably, and later on called on Mr. Stevens
to make my discovery known TO him.
'',The securities that turned up strangely
were all English governmental stock, now
worth 20 per cent. more than was originally
paid for them.
"About former finds? Well 1t is only a
little time back that ] was able to return to
the rightful owner a gold watch 1 found in
q cabinet had purchased at an auction sale,
and / always make 1t my special duty to ex-
anime all such purchases myself / have
been at sales where the auctioneer has an
nounced beforehand that a will was missing,
and that a reward of 100 guineas would be
given for its recovery.
ION another occasion I discovered mar
riage settlement hidden away in a secret
drawer and letters and other documents of
q delicate and indeed sometimes incriniinat-
ing nature have fallen TO my lot to discover
over and over again. Such tell-tale evidence
never passes out OF my hands. and only re-
mains there until the fire is ready 10 de-
stroy il.
yes, l am stiIl in possession. of the Ste
Vens will. and have been instructed to retain
1t with the other papers amicably until or
dered by a judge sitting in a court of JUS
tice to deliver them up. This arrangement
was agreed to by solicitors acting for Mrs.
williams
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Hattie and Charles S. Felton, 2l37 North Senate
avenue. boy.
Itela and Edward Fisk, 1903 Harlan street hoy
Laura G. and Albert j. kaylor, l4O6 Martindale
avenue, girl.
Anna and j. H. Wright. % Birch avenue. girl
u,, LIZZIE a. and Albert strausburg 1897 West
Louise ara Christian H. Hansen. 1875 Olive
Bridget ana Charles b. Midholf. 2o5 North
Blake street, girl
Marie, ana Frank Newell. 800 East Norwood
:, Katie and John, Mcshea. Sixteenth street and
Mrs, and E. a. Kennett. sls North Capitol ave-
nue.. boy.
Ruby and John Hogan. SPA East Court street,
girl.
Lois and Fred Miller. Isl South Blackboard
street, girl
Maggie and Bruce w. Maxwell 1776 North Cap
itol avenue, hoy.
Nettie ana Charles H. Kurtz. 2ss East Michigan
street, girl
Emily and Elmer Fender, 1s Lafayette street,
boy.
ida and, John Johnston % West Washington
street, girl.
Kate and John o. Conner 5s4 West Pearl street,
boy.
Mary A: and Charles Mcintyre 100 Wallace
street, girl.
Marriage License.
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year On Commission row business Is spoken o.
as pehg quite satisfactory. The apple market ~
oNerstoeked and prices easier. Irish potatoes are
IN goou request and firm. The same Is true OF
caDbdge. Oranges selling at better prices.
The poultry. egg and butter markets rule easy at
quotations Tie provision market is quite active.
Prices on some descriptions of hog proa lets Is
easier. Inc Hour market is unsettled.
inc local grain market continues active Ms
ceipts for ten DAYS past have been the hetHie7t IN
many months but all arrivals are readily ta re.
at the following range Of prices on track as luI-
nishea by the secretary OF the Board OF Trade:
Wheat-No. red. e1c: No red, S14SSc; jan
uaTy. SIC wagon wheat gle. -
CcTr-No white, z7iac No. white, zf5ac, 10
mixed, 26lsc; No white mixed, 265ac: No. 4
white mixed. 2S12c; No. ? yellow. 2szc; no. .
Yellow. 26Ac; No yellow, SMc; No z mixed,
z6lzc; DO. mixed. 26.zc; No. mixed, 2S'sc; ear
oats-No white. 25c: No. white. &c; No.
mixed. &c: Nc. white mixed. 22c. -.
G6.50.
Inspections: Wheat-No. 8 red. 2 cars; rejected.
car; total, 3 cars. Corn-No. white ~ cars,
No white, car; No. yellow. q cars; NO. .
mixed, y cars; No mixed. l car; total "a cars.
OatS-Re1eCted. 2 total. 2
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at 81. Louis, Baltimore
Cincinnati and Other Places

ST. LOUIS, Jan 6--F1our dull and unchanged
Wheat IRREGULAR, closing lsc below. yesterday for
May. with July &c off MAY opened &c lower. re-
covered Ac, declined ssGfisc and subsequently, adj
vanced Lice closing with buyers nc below the
top. Spot lower; No. red cash. elevator g2ise.
track, 93c. No. hard cash. SIC. January. 93c
May. 9Sssc bud; July, Toe. Corn-Futures fuctu-
ated with wheat, finally closing within i6c az the
TOD and lac above yesterday. Spot higher: No ?
cash. 2a~ G; January. 26c asked: May. 27iAc hid:
Jnlv. 2SAc. Oats-Futures dull but firm and
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VITAL STATISTICS JAN. g..


annapolis Bright's disease
bic street. old age.
Mrs Rembusch thirtv-two wears 1901 Massa-
chusetts avenue. brain disease
Mary a. Todd, thirty years, "a Gale street.
Madeline Boynton, three years, rs East Wash
Nicholas Fender, 1e Lafayette street. asphyxia-
pneumonia
elizabeth Avery. sxty-eight years, 22Ss North
Capitol avenue pneumonia
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ffrices paid py shippers.I
Poultry-Hen sc; springs, 5GGc; cocks, &c; hen
turkeys, 5Q6c; toms. 546c; young turkeys auSc,
ducks, DC; geese 40c tor full feathered; Soc loi
Butier-Country choice. 11Ql2c; mixed. SalOc.
Eggs-Strctly fresh, &c.,
Feathers. geese. SOC per Id; prime duck.
Beeswax-soc for yellow, Csc for dark.
Honey-12415c per ID.
Wool-Medium. unwashed 19G2Oc; tuo-washeo'
20N25c: bury and unmerchantable, &C less. a. :,
Garne-Rabbits 60G65c: short-bill snipe. $l2oq
$50 per doz; Mallard ducks, s4Q45O per doz'
prairie chickens. $1.50d2 per doz.
HIDES. TALLOW. ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. J. &c; No. q 7ssc;
No. calf, l0c: NO. calf Sl2c. -,
Grease-White. Sc: yellow. 2l2c; brown FAC.
Tallow-No J. &c: No 2. PIC.
Bones-Dry. S12Q13 Der ton.
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aiding futures ranged as follows:

Cash QUOTATIONS were as foIlows: Flour quiet.
No. spring wheat S644@S7c; No. 2 red, 90AG9lc.
25%c. No 2 oats. 22Ac; No white. f. 0. b.. 24G
2Ac; No. white. f. o. b., 2Sm24c No rye
44l4Q44alc. No barley. f. 0. b.. 2S@39c No
faxseed, s1.17G1 2O1s. Prime timothy seed, 81 67k
Mess pork. per brl, 50. 051910. Lard. per 100 lbs
s4124 sh9rt-rib sides, loose s. 4O@4: 20. Dry
sides. loose s4.75G84.S5. Whisky distillers fin
ished goods, per gal, s1.19 sugars-Cut loaf 6i4c;
graduated. Sole.
Receipts-Fiour, $4,000 brIs; wheat. 2S 1000 blu;
corn, 2SS.O00 bu oats, 34l,0O0 bu; rye IL 600 Blu:
barley. $4,000 bu Shipments-Flour, 16 900 brls;
wheat 5000 bu corn 164 600 bu; oats 451 OOO blu
rye, 5000 bu: barley. q 900 bu.
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SAVANNAH Jan 6--Spirits of turpentine firm
at sic; sales 4O1 brls; receipts, 34S brls. Rosln
firm; sales, 4,341 brls; receipts. SIS brls Quote:
l. s175; K s1.S5; M. 81; window glass, S245; water
white, $3.50.
OIL CITY, Jan. G-Credit balances CSC. Certi1-
cates-NJo bid for regular o~tions first bid for
cash G5Nc: closed at 65hc bid shipments 70,S61
brls runs, no brls.
WILMINGTON, Jan. 6.--Spirits of turpentine
firm at 20M301ac. Rosin firm at $115@12O. Crude
turpentine steady at S1.4001.9O Tar firm at $l05.
CHARLESTON. jan 6.-Spirts of turpentine
changed; sales none.
NEW YORK Jan. 6.-Petroleum dull. Rosin
quiet Spirits of turrentine quiet at 35AQ33Ac.
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Pensions for veterans.
Certificates have been ISSUED
lowing-named Indianians:

lowing named Indianians:
Original-Lewis O. Sheets Riley Sc.
Additional-Charles Wooley, National Mil
itary Home Marion 81 to Sc.
Restoration and Reissue-Nathan Squires
(deceased), Auburn, SIT.
Increase-Adam A. Whitehead Goshen,
$l2 to SO; Easton Shipp. Franklin. $l2 to
$l7: John Hymon Loogootee, $6 to $l2.
Reissue-Newton Bledsoe, Prairie Creek
ST.
Reissue and Increase-George Carey, Ma
tional Military Home, Marion, Sc to IS.
Original Widows. etc.-Ellen Watson,
Keystone IS: Matilda j. Rice, Elettsville
IS: Anna c. Sloan, Rock Creek. IS: Mary A.
Struble Ash Grove, IS; reissue, Deborah j.
COllincS Underwood So
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OPTICIANS.

61Sc Exnorts 4SO beeves. Calves-Receipts, 80.
Teals sass; grassers, s3@S.25; Western calves,
1925.
SLIGHTLY easier. Sheep. $s5Oa4.S5; lambs, $3.50
6.S7h .o-
LOUISVILLE Jan 6--Cattle-Recepts, 800.
Market quiet and unchanged. .
Hogs-Receipts. A.. Market opened 10c up. all
the heavy and mediums selling at $3.50 light shin
pers, So SOG3.5o; pigs, sO4S25. Market closed &c
Sheep-Receipts, 100. Market steady and I'M
changed.
CINCINNATI Jan. Clogs active at 5000. 621a.
Cattle easier at s225G4.65.
Sheep steady at S2.75@4.S5; lambs steady at "a
Q5.S5.
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white. 24LG25c. Rye lower at Hke. Flaxseed
higher at VIA Corn meal Sl.te Bran firm ana
track. 52Ga4lsc. Prime timothy seed. $50 Hay
sasy on account Of heavy receipts: prairie. sag
$50; timothy, $659Q9.50. Butter dull; creamery
17Q22c; dairy 9Q17c. Eggs firm at 1Sc. Whisky
s1l9. Cotton ties and baggng unchanged Pork
prime steam s4.55: choice, 81 s2is Bacon-Boxed
lots-Isxtra short clear. s5l2 sAG5SI3e; ribs $-S4
shoulders and ribs. ss.75a5: extra short-ciear
S462@44.eli5 shorts %.N12a5l2l2. Recelptso -
bu; oats 25OC0 bu. shipments-F'lour. 1000 brls;
wheat. $1,000 bu; corn 10000 hu; oats, 3lOO0 bu
BALTIMORE, jan 6.-F1our INACTIVE and
ports 4S,eS5 brls. Wheat steady az decline; spot
and mont s5ssQ95hc; February ssises s6'. NAY
81 G2s bu: exports aa790 bu: Southern wheat by
sample 90MSGc Southern wheat on grade. Sos4at
sSe Germ Im srot mo month t5Oa and segrsry 10
bu; exports. 2o2 025 bu; Southern white corn 2slt
BIC: Southern yellow. soqSSc; Oats firm No, Z
by, 52lsc; No: Western 5sGl5Ss4ci receipts Is ll6
bu; exports 25,714 bu Hay firm: choice timothy
S1S. Grain freghts quiet; steamer in limited de-
mand rates UNCHANGED. Butter unchanged Eggs
and cheese steady and unchanged
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6--Wheat-No. 2. nominal
at Gle Corn firmer; No. mixed, &c. oats
firmer: No mixed 24c. Rye easier; No. :, 45c
Bacon Steady at $50. Whisky quiet at SLID.
Butter quiet Sugar firm. Eggs steady at lo42c.
Cheese firm.
TOLEDO. Jan. s.-Wheat firm; No. 2, cash.
90Ikc; May. 92c. Corn active No mixed, 27,sc
Oats dun and steady; No. mixed &c Rye duli
and lower: No 2, cash, DEC. Glover seed active
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 5.--Pork firm and unchanged
Hams-Short-cut firm at SIS Bacon-.CleaF pei1
. ~ % % oi So st,rs ,,ist January As I7gd:
February. 2s led; March. IS 1asd
DETROIT Jan G.--Wheat-No: l white and NO no
red. 90lsc: May, 91isc. Corn-No. mixed quo.
N white IN z,
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NEW YORK Jan. 6.--The feature of the dry
goods market has been the slump In print cloth
prices the report of sales at 3l6c being verified
This is a new record for low prices on print
cloths and sales have had ,.Sc.I1s..y .ioprt ssng
effect on the market. No further sales were re-
ported to-day, but this is accounted for by the
statement that bids are now being made on a asis
OF 2IAc for spot extras. This is in consonance
with the depressed condition of the cotton goods
market. The market for staple cottons has been
dull again to-day. In prints the business passing
is still limited. Agents actively employed,
but business does not come up to expectations.
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Quite dangerous Enough.


Stapleton-That man Midway is a good
deal Of milksop-spends his vacations bot
anizing and that sort of thing. Now | like
a spice of danger in my amusements.
Caldecott-Well. you and your football are
not in 1t with Midway when 1t comes to
danger He discovers new varieties of mush-
rooms and eats them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07

Chicago Tribune.
Young man. come herei
The assistant came forward.
Keep you eye on this motor. III IL moves
while / ain out send me word immediately
Yes, sir.
With an anxious look at the machine In
ventor Kelly grabbed his hat and ran out
to take hurried Christmas dinner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Pig iron warrants dull
at s6.6506.7O Lake copper unchanged at lOS5gllc
Tin quiet at 1375@t soc. Spelter quiet at 39OQ4c
Lead very dull at 3 65d3 72l2c. The firm that fixes
the settling price for miners and smelters calls
the lead market firm at 3.55c.
ST. LOUIS Jan. 6.-Iead dull at 3.45@3. 52kc.
Spelter dull at 3.75c, sellers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07

NEW ORLEANS. JAN 6-Cotton steady. sales,
s. CSC bales: ordinary. 5-16c; good ordinary;
4 III Ice; low middling sc; middling, 5-16c good
middling fair, &c; receipts, 1902 bales stock,
513, GIL bales.
MEMPHIS. Jan. 6.-Cotton steady; middling.
53kc; receipts 2774 bales; shipments 1851 bales;
stock 1876 ISL bales; sales, 1900 bales.
NEW YORK Jan. 6.-Cotton closed dull; mid
ding uplands, 15-16c; middling gulf, S-16c;
sales l. G78 bales.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07
LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Rainy Day Checked Trade Somewhat
prfeea Firm, ana Sta.x

The rein Of yesterday more or less curtalled
trade IN some Zines but grecers. druggists and
commission houses had q very good Say. In sey-
eral lines. saeh as dry goods. hats ana caps and
millinery, Il Is between seasons. stiI more is DO
ing II the last lines named than in January List
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07

Hogs-Receipts. 1900; shipments, 5000. The sup
ply was only fair compared with the first half of
the week. The market opened strong and usu-
ally 2Ibc higher for exceptionally fine. but others
were sc higher. Packers and the order trade
active and liberal buyers. All sold in good sea-
con tho closing being steady.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07
The Difference.


Chicago Record.
women are smarter than men.
why do you think so?'
when a widow marrses again she gener-
ally surprises all her friends. but when a
widower marries again all the women who
know him say ne showed signs of it the
day after his wife was buried
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-07
Thursdays Bank CIearings.

At Chicago-Clearings. $1,000 .s26 New York
exchange Sc Foreign exchange, posted rates.
Al Baitimore-clearings ss2ssosa; balances,
al PhiIadeiphia-cIearlngs. sIs.oss.47o; balances.
So 33S. 631.
AZ St. Louis-clearings. $5.s24.4o2; balances.
At MISUNDERSTANDING. sss4.27i: balances.
AT New Orleans-Clearings So 2F, 4s9
At Observation-Disclosures So 493 zoe
Al New York--Clearings, sl57. s24 $40: balances.
Al Boston-cIearings l23; balances.
e ts7. AS
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choice s5G5:5O; alfalfa choice. a. 1904 60; crimson
or scarlet clover sag 90: timothy 45 lbs. 81 500
u lbs. SOL 70 extra clean sQa!5c; orchard
English BLUEGRASS. "A lbs. 81 80. rs.
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Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Butter- Receipts. Sl99
&c; LI-ips &c; factory, 12G15c. Cheese,Receipls
$40 packages; market steady; large White S Se v
955c; large colored September, Sl29S%ci small
colored September. 94@91zc; light skins, Ggt6lsc'
mart skins 4ibG51sc full skins. 2laI3iac. Eggs
Receipts 2G21 packages; market quiet; state and
Pennsylvania 21024c: Western 20q22c.
KANSAS CITY, jan 6.-Butter UNCHANGED !;
increasing but still light and in good demand;
The market is firm. Fresh candled Missouri anu
Kansas stock BIC dozen, cases returned; storage
12G14c loss off. cases included.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-Butter steady; fancy
Western creamery, 2212c; fancy Western prints
24c Eggs firm; fresh, nearby. Bic; fresh West
ern PIC. Cheese frmer: New York factory, cholce
5 a,g,ec: factory. fair to good, SA@S%c Refined
sugar unchanged.
CHICAGO Jan. 6.--On the Produce Exchange,
to-day the butter market was steady; creamery,
1502Ic: dairy, 12m1Sc. Cheese quiet at SuSl4c.
Eggs steady fresh, 22c.
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and Steady-HOgs Active
and Hfgher-Sheep Steady.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6.-Cattle-Receipts. 40O
shipments, light. The market was not quotably
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Marriage License.
THE LETTER WHEAT DEAL.

John NJ. PRESLEY and Anna L. c. Coleman.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-09
ALCOHOLISM AMONG ANNALS.

The taste for alcohol, says the Re-
vue Scientitique, is not the privilege of
man alone 1t is well known that the
horse will eagerly drink "A quart of
red wine and that dogs love beer. The
exploits of Gideon i'm Zola's La Terre
attest from the standpoint of litera-
ture the bacchic tastes of the ami
NAL. The Medicine Moderne tells of
demonstration, made by Mr.. Tut of
London, that even butterflies may go
on spree. In public lecture, Mr..
Tut shut up in a case male and fe-
male butterflies with flowers of divers
species. Now, while the female butter
flies quenched their thirst modestly
by slipping few drops of dew in the
calyX Of rose, the males INDUCED
in characteristic intemperance. They
went straight to the flowers whose
distillation produced the most alco-
hol, and INDUCED in their juices till
they fell seseess where they stood.
The butterflies were dead drunk To
further convince his auditors, Mr. Tut
introduced into the case glass of wa
ter and several glasses of brandy. The
male butterflies without hesitation
chose the brandy. The fact does not
admit Of doubt. Male butterflies in a
state of freedom are often attracted
by the carnations of a glass of gin
that has been felt on a garden table,
and having drunk of it to excess, sleep
the heavy sleep of drunkenness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-09
GREAT BALLOON ASCENT.
SCIENTISTS REACH 4 HEIGHT OF
$4,000 FEET.
This Height has Only Once Been EX-
ceeded-Scientific Results Far in En-
cess of Any Before Made.

\ remarkable balloon ascent, says
the Scientific American. occurred at
the Crystal Palace, near London, on
September 18th, by Professor Berson,
of Berlin, and Mr. Spencer The bal
loon reached an altitude of more than
five miles. the exact height being ~
800 feet. This altitude has only been
once exceeded, and that was by Glai-
sher and CoNwell in 1852, when they
assembled $1,000 feet. \ complete
equipment of instruments was car
ried, and the observations and scien-
tific results were most satisfactory.
Mr.. Spencer says the balloon went
straight up at the rate of 1000 feet Il
minute for 10000 feet when it struck
air currents which turned it toward
the southeast; at $4,000 feet it took a
southwcsterly course: at $4,000 feet
there was a decided feeling OF dizzi-
ness and breathing became difficult.
The aeronauts then began inhalng
compressed oxygen, and the result was
instantaneous. The men would have
been unconscious had they delayed
using the oxygen "A moment longer,
but with the aid of this gas they were
able to attend to the manipulation of
the balloon and the instruments.
At 1880 feet there were only four
bags of ballast left, and it was decid-
ed it would not be safe to throw away
any more. The thermometer showed
30 degrees below zero and the aero
nauts shivered and trembled. though
they were warmly dressed. All metal
lie articles, such as a steel tube of
compressed oxygen, were coated with
ice. The sun was dazzling, so much so
that they did not dare to look at it.
The descent was made at terrific
speed in the upper attitudes.
When the ballast bags were thrown
out to steady the balloon, sand scatter
ed in the air and played around the
car. When within 10000 feet of the
earth the balloon began to descend
steadily. and the aeronauts alighted
in safety in a field of stubble after
accomplishing one of the most remark.
able ballooning feats on record.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-09
NEW GALLoPING GUN CARRIAGE

NEW GALLOPING GUN CARRIAGE.
On the cavalry drill ground in Wind
sor Park recently, a trial took
place of the galloping gun carriage
| invented by the Earl of Dundonald,
commanding the Second Life Guards.
One of the principal merits of the car
riage is it's extreme lightness. Built
of steel, and of the same width as the
ordinary service pattern, its weight,
inclusive OF gun, and ammunition, is
less than 500 pounds, whereas that of
| the ordinary Maxim carriage is up
ward of 900 pounds. AS IA result of a
! lessened weight only one horse is re-
quired. instead of two: while a single
man can if necessary move the car
riage for considerable distance with
very little fatigue. 1t is obvious that
! its use is not restricted to cavalry,
but that it is just the weapon of the
! kind required for a landing party.
| The shafts made of hickory and steel
are promptly detachable, so that the
vibration caused by the parting of
the horses is got rid of, and quick I'M
| limbering and steadiness is secured.
| BY clever contrivances, the man can
! Timber up at any angle, the harness
can be shifted on to any other cavalry
horse in case of need, and the tenden-
cy to upset if one wheel goes on high
| er ground than the other is neutraliZ-
ed by breaking the continuity between
horse and carriage. The Wheel itself,
which is also made of hickory and
steel, carries narrow steel tire. A
notable feature of the invention is a
rotary ammunition carrier, which has
| capacity for $50 rounds, while an all
round fire is possible by changing the
position of the carriage. Lord Dun
donald contends that the use of the
gun carriage will lead, among other
things, to considerable economy in
men, since two guns can be worked by
three men, one of the latter holding
the horses while his comrades fire. Ii
was on this principle in conjunction
with troop of Life Guards, that the
trial was conducted with two gun car,
riages recently, and in the opin.
ion of military experts, with much
success. The cavalry drill ground
was not rough enough to test the gun
carriages very searchingly, but it was
stated that on former occasions they
had stood a severe trial with the most
favorable results. In addition to the
new galloping gun carriage, which
was regarded on all hands as likely
to prove of the highest value there
was also on view a light squadron
cart designed by Lord Dundonald as
supplemental to his more important
invention.