Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-04-22

tic liners from Halifax. Being convinced
that all hope of peace is over the minister's
personal desires are that the remaining for
malities be dispatched as speedily as possible.
PERTH AMBOY, Nj, April 2l-Inventor
John 2. Holland is happy man. He has
demonstrated the ability of his boat, the
Holland, to make an extended trip under
water. The boat had already made short
dives. but had never been under water for
more than a minute or two at time, until
late last week. OF Old Orchard shoa light,
the Holland went down until there was
betwean three ana four fathoms of water
over her deck. and then for IL minu
tes scudded along at full speed, nearly
10 knots an hour. The boat made three
dives. and when the inventor came to
the surface after the last one he de-
clared himself better satisfied than ever that
his submarine wonder is a success. 1t has
hitherto been impossible to adjust all the
machinery necessarily used in controlling
the boat under water. The run of II minutes
allowed time to examine every detail and
test every part of the mechanism. Mr.. Hol-
land unhestatingly declared himself fully
satisfied. He said he would be willing, If
necessary. to take the boat anywhere and
be sure of her fulfilling all that has been
claimed for her. Part Of the time the Hol-
land was under water she was scraping bot
tom. but the pressure gauge in cunning
tower showed that at times there was
fully % feet of water over tower.
The iay poles were removed and the
boat was in actual fighting order, with
nothing in sight above her deck but her
tower and a four-inch brass tube into which
| the exhaust of the gasoene engine which
propelled the boat on the surface is now
discharged This tube which gives the boat
an odd appearance, rises four feet above the
| deck Just abaft the tower. Those on the tug
were alarmed by the failure of the Holland
to come to the surface during her longest
| trip under water, and even engineer Morris
began to look very much puzzled, but when
she again appeared, fully a mile and half
from where she went down, the doubtful
looks changed to smiles, and the tug hur-
| red to the little boat, which lay motionless
on the water. 1t took the tug IS minutes to
reach the Holland.
| LIVERPOOL, England, April 21 - The
| steamship Bowie, which has just sailed for
| New York has on board large consignment
! OF Lee -Metford rifles, ten Maxim guns, so
Krupp rapid firing guns and 200 tons of am
munition.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., April 21-Captain
Charles d. Sigsbee, who commanded the
battleship Maine ut the time of the explo-
sion. has taken ccasmand OF the st. Paul
Ho will take her from New York to Cramps,
shipyard at Philadelphia, where she is to
undergo the changes and alterations neces-
sary.
NEW YORK, April 2l-Col. VIM. f. Cody
better known as s'Buffalo Bill, !" has gone to
Washington in response to a telegram from
! General Miles. General Miles sent for the
colonel at the time of the Indian trouble In
| 1891, and thinks very highly of him as a
scout.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., April 21-Great
Britain has taken steps here and at home
not only to maintain passive neutrality in
the Spanish United States imbroglio, but to
enforce 1t with arms If necessary.