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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-24

in Chief United States Naval Force,
North Atlantic Station
"Maj. Gen. W. r. Shafter, U. S. ""
July 3d-The sortie of Admiral Ger
vera's squadron and its destruction has
been made the subject of a separate pa
per and need not be repeated here.
This event closes the purely naval cam
paign, GROWING with complete success
the anxious work of almost two months"
: It Is apparent from the following dis
patch from Acting Secretary Allen to the
comma nding officer of the feet, and
which appears in the correspondence that
the department
FELT SOME, APPREHENSION
regarding the movements and designs Of
the Austrian gunboat Maria Teresa,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-24

Facts about our Country
Handlerait and lnserilcn
Time and It's Landmarks
Language, its Use end Mlsuss
Poetry and General Literature
Mythology and Folk Loso
Industry end eoaRssce
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
Our Un-American Navy.
baltimore NeWs.)


The large number Of desertions OF sea-
men, which has been much discussed OF
late. has directed attention anew 10 the
difficulty Of securing recruits for the
navy. For many years it has been prac-
tically manned by men Of foreign BIRTH
and the question OF inducing Americans
TO enlist has been often discussed. The
Ancient Mariner OF the Wabash" Rich-
ard w. Thompson, while Secretary Of the
Navy in President Hayes's Cabinet. gave
much care TO the naval apprentice sys-
fem. which, 1t was thought. would serve
as A sort Of nursery for. the navy; but
IL has been found that few Of the boys
would re-enllst when their terms Of ser
vice expired; that many OF them DESERT
ed. and that all who had friends or rela-
tlves who took any interest whatever
in their welfare were constantly appeal
Ing for release from the training-ships.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
thinks that the cause OF the dislike or
the navy on the part or American young
men is the impossibilty Of promotion.
An enlisted man cannot become a com
missloned officer as IN the army The
Bullotin saws that III the American navy
is to be made what Il should be I'm per-
sonnet as well as I'm ships and batteries.
honorable advancement 10 the highest
stations must be placed within the reach
OF those who earn N and deserve It," a
suggestion which the Washington Post
holds II "mav lac worth while for '""-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
TIE MACHINERY UNDERGROUND.

by electrolysis. led me 20 look for a.
system which would decrease the initial
cost and overcome at the same time
the loss produced by olcctrolyss Ny
system does two important things in
street railrOading. First OF all, ~ cuts
the construction price just I'm half-that
u. all other roads have two cOnduits.
and this has only one. I'm the centre OF
the street, that IS between the two
roads, one conduit answering for both
lines. The up and down cars. BY filling
In between the two slOt-plates of the
conduit and two inside car-rails about
four feet wide) with concrete you will
have one OF the very best bicycle road
beds located in the very centre Of the
street. where II naturally belongs on a
busy thoroughfarc. The only alternative
FOR the overhead trolley. heretofore in
use, apart froTa horse-cars has been
the cable system, and the objections TO
the cables are numerOus-amOng them,
hrBt, the great cost of the plant. the
enormous wear and tear, ana. consc-
quently the constant renewal Of cables,
and the difficulty Of regulating speed.
&c, such as Is needed In turning cor
ners and sharp curves The underground
system combines the advantages OF both
systems-namely, the cheap operation OF
the trolleys and the easy control Of the
cars with the absence of the unsightli-
ness or poles, wires. &c, and, most Of
all, elecuolysis"
CURRENT WILL LEAVE RAIL.
TEL me-" said the Dispatch man.
"fomething about the electrolysisY
Wen, just 30 long as the return cur
rent IL permitted 10 run through the rails
o. the trolley tracks amy size rall and
ihe best raii-bond that has eyer been in
NtnteO the current will leave the rail and
70 10 pe pipes for the reason that the
overhead trolley-rails, carrying the return
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
The sinking OF the Maine.


Across the broad Atlantic, near TO Cuba's
blighted coast,
sailed our Maine the massive warship
yea, our nations pride and boast.
She had anchored in the harbor, wit
her banner all unfurled,
Ignorant Of the brewing danger that
would startle all the world.
Up above her in the heavens, with her
gentle rays Of light
Sat the Queen in all her glory, giving
unto al her light.
Meath her were the calm. blue waters,
as they gently rose and fell
Near her a conspiring Spaniard planned
q deed as dark as hell.
Meath her hull the mine was planted,
devastation sealed therein;
Twas a base, seditous cartridge. twas
a package full OF sin.
Who was he who touched the button?
Did his conscience feel no pain
AS he deal, the blow OF terror that de-
sroyed our warship Maine?
No. his conscience was in slumber, and
had slumbered well and long.
Never had It been awakened by the
thought OF doing wrong;
yyrapDed I'm deeds Of darkest promptings,
ah his end must be with woe,
Never Will a mortal prosper who IN
secret deals a blow
See how gracefully she fingered on the
lmpid briny deep,
With her anchor in the water, while due
vigilance she did keep;
Ne'er the thought adOwn beneath her
death had stationed batteries there
That would hurl her into atoms, minute
atoms, through the air.
Soon a subterranean rumble, then a
crashing. then a wave,
Echoed Ger the briny ocean as It made
Watery grave;
ave. the waters grandly parted, and
with arms extended wide.
Closed them round our Maine forever
meath the seething, surging tide
LIZZIE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

alarm and telephone companies gives no
remedy The return current must be
shut off in every possible way from the
ground. Insulating the trolley wires,
and the third rail, as in the third-rail
system. is like locking all the doors and
leaving the windows on the ground floor
wide open. 1t is the leakage from the
return current that destroys the struc-
turc. Now the most infinitesimal frac-
ton Of a volt will start the destructive
elCctrolytlc action, though the stronger
the intensity Of the current the more ac-
tive its work Of destruction. II is just
Ike a stream OF water against a bank
OF earth. a feeble spray will loosen
the earth. increase the head, and II you
get a stream such as used in hydraulic
mining. You could tear down the strong
est building in Richmond.
WILL SAVE THE PIPES.
"Wnl your system prevent this eating
Of pipes?" was next asked OF Mr.. Jen-
kius. and he promptly replied:
eyes; for there is one conduit, two
slots or openings for the trolley shank
10 pass along, 10 pick up the current
from trolley wheels or shoes 1.-TWO for
rght-hand car going up and two for left
hand car going DOWN. four iron bars or
trolley wires Owo for each carr. the re-
turn bars or wires are insulated just as
well from the ground as are the feed
bars or wires. The current never enters
the tracks. and therefore cannot enter
the ground
This new underground system Is very
simple the conduit Is constructed some
thing ike the cable system. This sys-
TEN uses one conduit for a street. while
the cable and other underground systems
use two. All use man-hoes at intervals
OF thirty feet, and sewer connection
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NEW SYSTEM FOR EQUIPPING
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAYS.
INVENTION OF A RICHMOND NAH.
mr. jenkins, in Discussing his Plan,
Says 1t VIII Minimize EiectroIysis II
Not Annihilate II, and Lessen The
Danger 10 Life and Property.

Mr.. Wilton I. Jenkins, Of this city. who
has devoted several years to the study OF
underground systems for the operation
Of electric railways, and has done good
deal Of experimenting along that line
has just completed the development Of
a system which ne thinks Will prove 10
be entirely practicable.
The inventor has not yet sought to
Introduce his system on any railway
line, but has obtained patent and fully
worked out the details Of his plan, which
he explained quite fully in a conversation
with a representative OF the Dispatch.
Asked TO explain what his invention con-
sisted Of. and the reason that induced him
10 work out the problem, Mir. Jenkins
said:
Il will tnsw Doe last question first.
The great Co.'S underground systems,
as at present laiu haviug two couduts
each. where my system has only OueJ.
and the loss in the water and gas-malns
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

.....ul, ale not insulated from the
5rO-nL. and because the pipes, being deep
10 The ground. they are always damp,
thereby making a good conductor from
The rails to pipes and from pipe 10 pipe,
foncy-combing the pipes 10y electrolytic
action. There are no lis and aEds' about
q; all experts and writer's upon the cleo
rOlytic action Of currents agree that when
any part OF its circuit is through the rails
an underground masses Of metal that
carry the current TO the earth are de-
stIOycd with greater or less rapidly.
The trolley companies allow that their
rails along the streets. through which the
current must return, after having turned
the car-motors, have 81 per cent. of the
conductiy.ty with the continuous rail OF
The ia sest size and best construction.
The current used IN the trolley wires has
an aupcIage (vOlume) of 100 amperes.
Now. allowing for the 10 per cent loss
admitting that 80 amperes must seek
their way through the structure 10 the
ground, and thence 10 the pipes, one
ampere viii dissolve two tons OF iron
year; so 80 amperes Will take away 800
tons a year. II has been found impOssi-
bic to prevent the widespread obstruction
by electric currents of the metal pipes
AHN'A 6+bNIlH' II ft-4e b'Ny NeslA hADF'NC
against this electric action, he can make
q mint of money all over the country,
where there are single trolley lines.
Whenever the current leaves metal for
the earth or some other conductor, that
metal begins TO dissolve. There is no eS-
ception 10 the rule. The moisture and
earth salts stirred 10 chemical action by
the electric fluid, work insiduously and
inevitably"
10 REMEDY FOR THE EVIL.
Suppose this electrolytic action be
detected is there anything the authori-
ties can do TO stop the destructive ac-
ton of the current asked the re
porter
Experience Of the water, gas. fire
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
A Fine Old Chinese Gentleman.

Washington G. Park in Plainheld Daily
Press)
A fine old Chinese gentleman
OF most eXemppry mind.
Who wears q lowered robe Of silk
And long pigtail behind;
Who wOrships his dead ancestors,
As piOus heather ought,
And tries 90 mind his business
AS good Confucius taught;
Is sad. ahl very sad to-day
Because from East to West
His privacys invaded SO
lie never can find rest.
This wise old Chinese gentleman
Lives on grand estate,
And in his soul considers all
The world within its gate.
He sCOrns confusion, rush, and noise
And loves to contemplate
The lives Of his forefathers, and
Their ways TO emulate.
But, sad to tell, because he Is
Not fully up-tO-date
A grabbing mob is Fastening
His land TO contscate.
This Oriental gentleman.
Who loves not strife, but ease,
Munihcently tries with gifts
This grabbing mob TO please.
And asks. alone, with fearful eyes.
The right 20 mediate,
In silken robe, behind the bars
or his ancestral gate.
But, an! how sad, the air reSoundS
With naught but jibes and jeers
Alarming 10 the sensitive
Tympanum Of his ears.
Some say this Chinese gentleman
Has "darkish tricks and ways"
Which might appear peculiar II
Examined by Y rays.
But, don't you see, his ancestors
Ne'er saw this dazzling light.
So, obviously, what 1t shows
Could never be called right.
"Where ignorance is bliss" IT'S hare
That wisdom should be thrust;
And, after all. to wear out may
BE sadder than 10 rust
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

why its navy shouldn't go along with
the rest. "-Washington Star.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC RAILWAY SYSTEM

why its navy shouldn't go along with
the rest. "-Washington Star.
Success: His success in a financial way
has been something marvellous.
"Yes?'
ayes, sir. I've often heard him tell
how, when he came here fifteen years
ago, all ne owed in the world was
dollar and 4 quarter. and last week he
failed for a million."-Detroit Journal.
II would so with you 10 the end OF the
earth" he asserted passionately.
Not with me- you wouldn't" she re-
lied coldly.
why not" ne demanded.
"For two reasons" she answered.
zone IS that I'm not going, and the other
is that there isn't any" When one meets
the prosaic new woman one has to be
careful what he says.-Tit-Bits.
what did the new nelghbor say to
you. Gussie?"
"She said she thought we had a big
washing on the line"
Did she?"
"Yes'm. She asked me how often we
washed? I said once a week"
"What did she say?"
''She said she was surprised She didn't
think it was more'n once a year"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

gress TO consider in the light Of existing
facts"
Something should be done 10 give the
enlisted man the feeling that advance
ment is not an impOssibility, and TO offer
20 ambitious and worthy young Ameri-
cans a career and opportunities that viii
make naval lie attractive. one OF the
great needs of the country is an Amerl-
can navy.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
The Trooperesses.

cleveland Plain Dealer)
She halted her cavalry squad on the
brow of the hill Raising her pince nez,
she ran her keen. gray eye over the COM
mand.
"At-ten- shionW she shouted.
Her brow clouded.
Don't giggle," she har5hly cried.
Then she briskly added:
Hats straight
FIFTY gauntieted hands arose in unison.
Draw hat-pinsr
Fifty steel lances flashed In air!
"Char-r-geW
And the squad swept down the hill.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10
Funny Thoughts.

Are you coming 10 my lecture TO-
night, Peter?"
"No. sir; you see, I'm night watch
man, and l get my sleep in the daytime
Yonkers Statesman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

The first revolver ever made
Outdates the human race:
For il appeared when this old earth
First whlrled away through space.
Life.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

Richard: We are always wanting some
thing we never get.
Little Johnny Qnterrupting): When ma
says / want whipping l notice al
ways get it.-Boston Transcript
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

Mrs. c.: see a crusade against the
wearing OF hats in church has been
started in indianapolis.
Mir. c.: Nothing said about passing
them. is there ?-Yonkers Statesman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-10

"Are YOU not at all concerned at the
fact that Spain has started lot OF
ships across the Atlantic"
mo" replied the easy-going citizen.
"Spain's all at sea, anyhow. / don't see
The herald., 1898-02-11
IN THE SENATE
Indian Bills Discussed and Gear Reed
Denounced

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-General
William Booth of London, founder
of the Salvation Army, acted as Chap
lain at the opening of the Senate to-
day.
Mr.. Frye of Maine reported favorably
from the Committee on Commerce n
bill to amend the laws relating to nayi-
cation. The proposed bill relates onIv
to Alaskan waters, he said, and de-
manded prompt attention. The bill wa
passed without division.
The District Appropriation Bill was
then taken up.
Considerable discussion arose over an
amendment proposed by the COMMITTEES
providing THAT hereafter no Indian or
tribe of Indians shall lease for mining
purposes lands that are not patented to
said Indians"
Mr.. Rawlins supported the amend
ment and referred to efforts that are
constantly being made by private in
dividuals and corporations to secure
The herald., 1898-02-11
BUNCOERS BUNCOED
A ST. LOUIS DRUMMER AND THE
"PoKER" DAVIS GANG
Lost $500 at the "Sign of the Cres.
cent" but Paid With Checks
That Were Worthless

Robert Dole is St. Louis drummer
and likes game Of draw" better than
a good dinner. He represents large
firm of rubber dealers, but his experience
with pair OF Poker Davis gang of
sharpers shows that he does not carry
his neck as sample Of the goods he
sells. While he was looking at the goods
In Spring street show window Monday
he was approached by a well-dressed
stranger, who began talking "Klondike." !"
The talk was so interesting that Dole
thought he same an opportunity to make
some money in the business Of stalking
miners. Yes, he would like to know
more Of the business, and his new friend
at once mentioned the "fact" that he
knew man who could tell Dole all about
the company engaged in that business.
The two went to the Sign of the Cres-
cent, which Is the headquarters of the
Poker Davis gang ON South Spring
street, but, of course, the man they were
looking for was not in. To kill time, a
game of draw" was suggested, to
which Dole agreed. 1t was, in part, not
entirely, the same old story. Dole had
only Few dollars with him, but, of
course, his friends would take his checks
One check after another was made out,
all on st. Louis bank, until Dole had
apparently lost $500. Then he was ex-
cused.
Soon afterward he called on Chief
Glass, and, by way of introduction,
asked: Say, chief, do you do anything
to bunco men in this town?"
or course, the chief said he tried to.
Then Dole related his experience. When
he told of the checks, he was advised to
wire the st. Louis banks at once to stop
payment on them. With the utmost
coolness, he replied that such a course
was entirely unnecessary, as he had no
money on deposit there.
The herald., 1898-02-11
S. K. LINDLEY,
106 S. Broadway.

FOR SALE
ON FOURTH STREET,
JUST WEST OF
BROADWAY,
A SURE THING!
AS is well known, the Santa Monica and
Pasadena electric railroad companies
have bought so feet on Fourth st, be-
tween Broadway and Hill. and will at
once erect magnificent building for the
accommodation of their general offices
and to serve also as their central sta
tion for passengers. This will of course
make of that block very busy locality
and attract goodpaying tenants. Di-
rectly opposite the proposed station and
only 100 feet from Broadway is 4O-foot
lot that can at present be bought for
a fraction over $500 foot, or SIG, 500. The
time is not far distant when it will be
considered cheap at double that price
Bought now. and by the addition of a
good building, it can be made the most
profitable business property, according
to its cost, that we know of in Los An
geles. 1t is for sale by
S. X. LINDLEY,
13 106 S. Broadway,
The herald., 1898-02-11
woRDEN's STORY
Will Scarcely Result in Any Further
Prosecutions

ETOS6CuClOnS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.-Governor
Budd has as yet taken no official cogni-
zance of the confession and plea for
mercy by Salter D. Worden. Before it
was presented he had reprieved the death
sentence of the condemned man. The
prevailing impression is that Worden
will not die on the gallows, but will re-
ceive Communication of sentence to life
Imprisonment.
Harry Knox, Compton, Hatch and
other members of the American Railway
union, whom Worden's confession impli-
Gates in the Yolo trestle train wreck.
which caused the death of Engineer
Clark and three United States soldiers,
persist in their denials of his state
ment. At the time of the tragedy during
the great strike of 1894, it was impossible
to secure evidence against them, and at
this late day there are not likely to be
any prosecutions based solely on the as
sertions of Worden. They admit their
former association with the condemned
man, but emphatically assert that the
charges he makes are merely put for
ward in last attempt to save his own
life.
The herald., 1898-02-11
Business Property

FOR SALE
BROADWAY,
$1,000 PER
FRONT FOOT;
SNAP FOR SOMEBODY.
When it was announced a few days ago
that GS fox on Broadway between Third
and Fourth, occupied by the First NJ. f.
church building, was for sale at $6S,0O0
everybody said 1t will be snapped up
before night. That it was not is only
another illustration OF the fact that,
however great the bargain may be. few
people, at least in Los Angeles, are pre-
pared to invest on short notice any con-
siderable sum of money. Most of them
need time to make other turns and Sc
get themselves ready for any large deal
1t is so in this case. Several people are
Figuring" yet up to this writing no trade
has actually been closed and the property
is still in the market.
That it is very cheap at the price
$1,000 per front foot-everybody comedies
That it will bring, before the year is out
at least $500 foot, and very likely more
is denied by none. But the order to sell
at once is peremptory and will be carried
out. The property Is as choice as any on
the street, barring only the corners on
each side of it. and the street-everybody
knows what that is. For two years it
has been perfectly evident that it was to
lead them all. and today it does lead.
Business is moving to 1t just as rapidly
as 1t can possibly be accommodated, and
the improvements are the finest in the
city, 1t is the one street of which every
body is proud and the future of which
no one questions. This 6S feet is in the
very heart of the best part of it, The
man who buys it will double his money
if he only holds it long enough. 1t is for
sale by
S. X. LINDLEY,
The herald., 1898-02-11
IN COMMITTEE
Pensioners Widows and Children Will
Be Cared For

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The contest
which has been waged in the House
Committee OH Invalid Pensions ever
since the assembling of Congress on the
question of barring from the pension
rolls the widows and children of pension
ers who marry hereafter, came to an end
today in the defeat Of the proposition. i.
This probably ends the effort to secure
the enactment of a general measure
along these lines at this session.
Chairman Ray, who was instructed at
the last meeting to appoint sub-com-
mittee to draft service pension bill.
notified the committee today that he
would appoint the subcommittee in a
few days.
The herald., 1898-02-11
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice For Publication of Time For
Proving Will

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
Los Angeles, SIS.
In the superior court, in the matter oil
the estate of Thomas d. Stimson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Friday, the
18th day of February. 1898, at 10 o'clock a.
m. of said day, at the court room of this
court Department two thereof, in the city
of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles and
state of California, has been appointed as
the time and place for hearing the appli.
cation of Willard Fl. Stimson, Charles D.
Stimson and Ezra T. Stimson, praying that
document now on file in this court, pur-
porting to be the last will and testament OF
the said deceased, be admitted to probate,
that letters tes tamentary be issued thereon
to said petitioners, at which time and place
all persons interested therein may appear
and contest the same.
Dated Feb 5. 1898.
Il. E. NEWLIN, County Clerk.
By c. w. BLAKE, Deputy.
John D. Pope, Esq, attorney for petit
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