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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

DR.. Charles 81. Blemer, government
veterinary surgeon, is again stationed
In Ell Paso to the satisfaction of his
many friends here.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

The Knights OF Pythias will give q
house warming tonight in their castle
ball on San Antonio street. There will
be music, literary exercises and re-
freshments. All Knights and their
families are expected to be on hand.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

D. G. Upton is in the Columbus.
Ohio, hospital, sick with his old
troubles.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

There is an engine new to this di-
vision running east of here now on the
u. d. viz, 753, which has just been
sent up from San Antonio. Al Mast has
her,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06
An Ex-King in the Saddle.

All EX-hIBg III CH6 OHIuIe'
BELGRADE, January 6.-Ex-King
Milan has been appointed commander
in chief OF the Seryian army
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

The bidding in is reported of the
Chispa road by the bondholders of the
company at Maria for S5O,OOO This
road included 27 miles of track from
Chispa station on the S. P. to the coal
fields along the Rio Graude river.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

Sedgwick Creamery butter 26c per
Id. at Price Bros,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

This afternoons trains are all
late.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

The young and saucy Queen OF Hol-
land has ''turned down" the German
Kaiser to whom she was talking in
French, when Wilhelm impertinently
asked, "Wby don't you speak to me in
German?" "Because 1 prefer to talk
French" said her little majesty, and
all Europe is chuckling over the incl
dent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-06

THE HERALD is a daily
visitor to the HOMES
of Ell Paso.
Evening star., 1898-11-14
SmOkcless Powder


Fer several years this dcnartmor. b
peeh experimenting on smokcless pop,lers
lof seacoast guns, and had completed tho
determination of the speciIicatfons ana va
Gulrements for the smokcless powders for
nearly all the seacoast guns and ,,or,or
Scme OF the powder manufacturers that
had been engaged in the production of those
experimental powders had small plants for
lhelr production. 1t was impossible how
ever, 10 produce the powders fast enouph to
meet the emergency, and in some cases ex-
pt1ehcc IN their use was necessary for
aCaptlng them to all the requirements of
the service. All the companies, however
We're ready at once to take up the manu-
Iacture OF the carbon powders. and as the
requirements for this We're simpler they
could expand their plant for this produc-
tlon more rapidly, and for a time this de-
partment therefore, devoted all it's ener-
SleS TO procuring a sufficient supply of the
cdFDon powders. Later, and as fast as pos
slble, the manufacture was changed to
smokeess powders
1T should be stated, however, that smoke
less powder only was manufactured for
field and siege artillery. The fact that the
field and siege artillery was to be employed
was not determined until about the time
that war was declared, and there We're no
funds available for procuring ammunition
for these guns before that time The prepa-
ration of smokeless powder ammunition for
these guns commenced at once, but was
necessary 10 issue immediately the ammu-
milton on hand for the batteries that were
sent to the front, and this was all char
coal powder ammunition, it accounts for
the fact that only this black or charcoal
powder ammunition was generally used in
actual service against the enemy"
The furnishing of siege and field guns and
ammunition for the war encountered the
same difficulties in other branches of
the ordnance equipment, yet the bureau
furnished such guns for the Manila and
Porto Rican expeditions. The artillery was
not used at Santiago to any extent OF
siege guns twenty-five were taken for sea-
coast defenses at the beginning of the war
SeacOast Armament.
General Flagler says:
1.-The war has furnished no opportunity
for determining by experience the effect of
our modern seacoast armament against
modern battle ships. The reports Of the ex-
perience gained, however tend to confirm
the opinion that the fire from ships can
not silence the fire or seriously cripple the
armament of our modern batteries: that the
ships could not withstand the fire of our
modern batteries, and that, therefore, the
ships cannot attack the batteries
successfully. Whether the ships can
run by the batteries without too
great risk has not been shown This will
depend on the skill and rapidity with which
the guns are served, provided the ships
are not stopped by he mines"
If you want work read the want column,
of The Star
Evening star., 1898-11-14
RELICS OF OTHER DAYS
Workmen Disclose an Old wooden
Water Main,

Norkmen who We're excavating in the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue. in front
OF the new city post office building Satur-
day, for the purpose of lowering the electric
hight conduits that supply the south side
OF the avenue with light, made necessary
by the change of grade Of that portion of
the street directly in front of the building
came across a relic of former days. This
was the old wooden water main, laid in the
south side of the avenue, according to tho
best recollection on the subject about tho
year 1862. The logs forming the main were
from eight to ten feet long Joined at ths
ends by short iron barrel-shaped pine
driven into each log to prevent leakage at
the joints.
When exposed the logs were found to he
in an excellent state of preservation, al
though the wood, even at the very outside
of the log, was completely water-soaked
This added, Of course, greatly to the weight
of the wood, and IL required several able
bodied laborers to lift one when dlsengaged
from its resting place in the earth. These
reminders of bygone days excited consider
able comment from those who noticed
them, and served to illustrate the great ad-
vance that has been made in the matter
Of municipal engineering since the date
mentioned.
Evening star., 1898-11-14

basis Of peace laid down by the United
states, and her attempted reservation of
August q Is evidence thereof. The suspen-
sion OF hosulities was deferred because of
TINS TACT. "A protocol in precise terms was
demanded because Of this fact and NJ
Cambon Cabled Madrid on the same day of
Secretary Days response that the federal
government had decided to state precisely
IN the protocol the basis upon which peace
must be negotiated. II was only when the
United states regarded Spain as having
maue an unqualified compact to leave
fhllipplne sovereignty to commission by
signing the protocol that hostilities were
suspended. 1t was not designed by the
I nlted states to prejudge Spain's rights
put 10 nave them determined under the
protocol 10y the peace conference. AddeJ
TO all the deductions from these communi-
cations the conversations at Washington
throughout the original peace negotiations
left no room for Spain's representative tn
doubt that the United States expected un-
der the protocol to have the right to con-
slider Spain Philippine sovereignty if they
cared to exercise ii.
Evening star., 1898-11-14
Small Arms Discussed.

General Flagler does not claim for the
4''-callber Springfield rife an eruaIitv with
the new 3O-caliber magazine rifle Of the
army, but says that it is a very good arm
ana possesses many merits. This feature
mas heretofore been commented uDon in
discussion of small arms used during the
war. Ihe machinery for the manufacture
ol small arm ammunition WAS none the
peSt' yet the department turned out 90 OOO
W. rounds for the war. For years mast
the report states, the appropriations for
equipments of infantry. caydiry artillery
ana morse have been bar2'y sufficient 10
meet the consumption of the regular army
ana although there We're buildings there
was not machinery with which % roanufac-
Iufe these supplies. 1t was not possihIa IN
Ill requisiticns for the yplu..ear rrooTS
when made. ''o'i9
DttalIS are given of what was done to
Idpldiy increase the coast dcfnnsas p-boo
che war began. He calls attention to tha
Iact that Congress has meyer aprronrioted
WHAT t was asked for of powder ana nro;ec-
,HeS' ana IN consequence the SUNNY ar rba
peSlnilhS OF the war was in,di .ul,ra and
ne gives some instances Of the work dona
ny the department to mage good the I.ri-
der: q" ~ pON-
Evening star., 1898-11-14
Officers RP-EIeefad

AT the regular meeting of the board of
directors of the German Orphan Asylum,
held at the asylum on Good Hope road,
Sunday, the following officers were re-
elected by acclamation: Jacob jose presi-
dent; Fred Imhof, vice president; John F.
Schneider, treasurer, Edward w. Koch,
secretary.
Evening star., 1898-11-14
OISt DeiPilSes.

In regard to coast defense. the general
says:
Attention is especially invited to the ex-
perienc" of the last few months in attempt
ing to provide quickly a coast defense 1t
is be .ievci to be impracticable, and we
will always be forced in any emergency to
rely upon what has been provided in time
of peace.
Il think it fair to state, though not in the
way of complaint, that this has been
urged upon Congress each year for the
past ten years.
The situation is very simple nlan
mas been adopted for providing a complete
coast defense. With the present facili-
ties of the department this work can be
carried on economically and in the mos.
ethc-cnt manner in such a way as to com
pet the present plan in about seven wears
tSumateS ought to be submitted each yea~
Tor So much Of the work as tn facilities
Tor its production will permit. 1t rests with
'cnE esS to determine how much of the
work can be provided for eacn wear con-
slatentiy with the resources of the country.
h", the work cannot progress faster than
tic aplroiria lions provide f)r
1t Is probable that there must be ADDED
- the plans and estimates for the coast
defense some provision for the defense of
added possessions"
Evening star., 1898-11-14
james III. Costello Dead

James H. Costello died yesterday morn
ing at his residence, 600 Q street north
west. Pneumonia was the cause of death.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the late residence
Evening star., 1898-11-14

If you want work read the want column,
Of The Star.
Evening star., 1898-11-14
PERI ECTED
Il ! Z
District Volunteers Will Receive
Their Medals Wednesday.
PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
Escort Selected of Two Hundred
WeII-known Citizens.
P r OG r AM PREPAR E D

All the plans for the presentation of the
medals of honor to the members of the
District regiment have been completed. The
ceremony will take place Wednesday next
at o'clock p. m. Half an hour previous
the regiment in uniform, but without arms,
Will assemble at 5th and l. streets in
such formation as Col. Harries may direct.
The regiment will be escorted from the
rendezvous into Convention Hall by COM
mttee, of which President John B. Wight
of the board of District Commissioners is
chairman and Commissioners Ross and
Beach vice chairmen.
Evening star., 1898-11-14
Report of Gen. Flagler, Chief Of the
Bureau.
SUGGESTIONS As TO COAST DEFENSES
Experiments as to the Value of
SmokeIess Powder.
SMALL ARMS DISCU SIS ED

Gen. D. W. Flagler, chief of the bureau
of ordnance, has made his annual report
to the Secretary of War. 1t shows that
there was expended during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1898 $7.34s 795, and that
there still remains of the appropriations
made for the ordnance bureau s19, 793, 800
This large sum is derived from the appro-
priations for the fiscal year which were
made for war purposes, amounting to SOL
5O4, ,592.
Regarding the equipment of volunteers,
the general thinks it would be as we'll to
have the government equip, them instead
of their bringing their state arms into SER
vice, saying that it could be done as quick
ly owing to the condition of the arms of
state troops.
Praise for Work at ArsenaIs.
He speaks in terms of praise of the man
ner in which work has been performed at
arsenals and ordnance factories in the rush
that was made in putting the country on a
footing for war with Spain. AS to the
equipment of an army he says:
so long as the principal dependence in
this country in time of war is a large vol
unteer force, newly levied, it is impracti-
cable to keep on hand large supplies of
cavalry, artillery and horse equipments,
as these in the course of a few years will
not only deteriOrate, but will have TO be
materially modified to keep pace with i'm
provementS. The major part of such ma
terial can, by taking advantage of the
resources of Rock Island and the other ar
sendlS and the numerous private establish
nents capable of producing it, be supplied
as rapidly as troops can be raised, mus
tered into the service, and prepared for
camT aisn. There should, however be on
hand ueii and siege artillery with carriages
Il n nf y, l.,. So,
20 900 men. Such guns and carriages can
nor J." turned out iii large numbers until
about six months after initiating the
work"
Tor eqCipGing an army with supply of
small arms he thinks there should be q
supply oi ltHi.WD ON hand of any new arm
and The &rsarals kept in 4 condition so as
to produce 2,.tD Per day.
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me7s Of cur forests. When the timber IS
cleared away the lard is especially good
for sheep raising. With the lumber fruit
and mineral resources. there is very vaiu-
aide territory around he Twin cities.
Citizens Are Progressive.
The citizens Of Seiro and wooley are
tie most progressive and philosophical of
any in small towns OF Washington, and I
hsve been in many. II they viii help bald
the cons1.i1a tel city A. well as they have
the individual places. w Will have a fine
Stirring Western place. Through the efforts
al lie league. new highways have been
bulk % the rural districts. and il Is doing
everything n Its power to advance the
cause OF progression ] can only add keep
your eye on the Twin cities Of Sk8g5t
c0uaty."
Mr.. hetchun is associated with tina
kescaum- Doaae Printing Company. which
acquired eontrol = the Skagit County Times
several months ago. Under their able man
aevrnent fhe Times is rows one % the lead
ing county papers. hrs; for It's horne. and
then Slg tae section al large.
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was to traverse Gilman avenue from North
Seattle, and thence from the bridge at
INTERPLAY along Grand boulevard to the
post site. The wretched condition of the
presen. road impelled Capt. Robinson TO
call the attention Of the municipal author
tiles TO the necessity for some prompt and
effective work. Thus far however, he has
received but little encouragement, he says,
from the city.
The war department stands ready to
complete a boulevard 100 feet wide from
the government line to the post site as
soon as the city shall have provided a road
from the city to the post said Capt.
Robinson. II feel that the city has not
acted with the promptneSs the enterprise
and the circumstances both warrant. /
have already brought to the attention of
Mayor Humes the deplorable and danger
GUS condition of the roadway between the
city and the post. The long bridge over
the railroad tracks at INTERPLAY has been
once condemned but is now in use after
being bracei up on one side. The other
SIDE IS about to topple over, and the floor
ing is fun of holes. which make travel at
any time but especially At night, very
dangerous. I believe these facts are fully
understood by the engineering department
Of the city, and I cannot understand why
some effective measures are not adopted
by the authorities to remedy the matters
spoken of.
THE contracts let by the war depart
ment to date aggregate 100000 The quar-
teimaster general has understood that the
city would dc Its share in the matter of
providing proper approaches To the post.
and he has assured the city that when the
municipality has done this the government
would do likewise
The necessity for better road from the
city to the post is crying one. Supplies
must be hauled over the road. which 4,
now little or no better than an Indian trail.
Residents OF the locality have informed
me that they have petitioned in vain for
repairs TO the road Some tgifling work
has been done, but matters today are no
better than they We're six months ago"
The history of the movement. begun four
years ago, for the location of the army
post at Seattle is too familiar to necessitate
at this time narrative of the steps that
finally ended in the selection of Magnolia
Bluff by the war department as the site
for Il military post In this undertaking.
as in many others. the enterprise and en-
ergy( Of the business men of Seattle were
brought into effective use and with bril-
liant rsults Other cities on the coast were
competitors against Seattle for the post.
There were interninabe obstacles TO ba
overcome. How well the committee whica
undertook the work Of raising the neces-
sary funds by subscription and otherwise
performed its task is we'll known 10 every
citizen of Seattle The benefits OF this
labor are already apparent. The work AZ
the post has Just begun. II viii require
several years TO complete the post Il
| is planned by the war department II "a
estimated that the cost Of the post, when
| large enough to accommodate q regiment
| OF men, Will not lie much less han $.co,tpo
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The distance from the captains quarters
to the farther corner of the clearing Is
something over an eighth OF a mile The
intervening ground has all been cleared
and grubbed and plowed once, SO that the
dark loan yields softly under foot. Ar
rived at the edge OF the clearing. magni-
iicent panorama is presented. To the north
one can see for over twenty miles; to the
west lie the Olympics and to the south
the view extends as far az the eye can
reach. One is Immediately struck with the
exceedingly fortunate selection made by
Capt Robinson of the army post site. Tn
til the trees and underbrush are thinned
out, the full beauty of the scene viii not
be apparent, but It is easy to imagine how
magnificent the view Will be when once
this is done
North and west of the site lies the
busting town of Ballard. Salmon bay
separates the biuff from the busy mill
town, but one can see the vessels lying
IN Billiards. splendid harbor waiting for
their cargoes of lumber. Out Of dozen
smoke stacks in the distance pours volumes
Of white smoke. To the west one may SEE
the white smoke clouds coming from the
mills at Biakeley, while on the south lie
the wooded slopes of Nashon island
There have been as high as 100 men en-
p.oyed at the post during the past six
porarily owing 20 the inability of the con-
tractors, Messrs Nichols & Crothers, TO
procure enough stone TO Keep masons busy
The contractors on the grading and clear
ing have employed upwards of sixty men,
while Capt. Robinson has nearly thirty at
work clearing the north site OF the site
proper. The work at the post is progres-
sing rapidly and there is every reason to
believe that by March !. the seven build
ings included In the contract with Nichols
& Crothers Will be finished.
Necessity for BETTER Road.
Capt. Robinson has planned to thin out
the trees and underbrush surrounding the
post site so az 10 make the view from the
officers quarters perfect. This can be
done with the expenditure OF small
amount of money. Roadways are to be
built throughout the reservation, so that
ii viii he possible in another year to drive
over the post for an hour or more without
covering the same ground twice Indeed
1t is easy 10 see at this stage IN the con-
struetion of the post that the drive from
the city 10 the barracks will become fash
ionahle in year or less forming one of
the most delightful features of the city
The distance from Seattle TO the post site
is a trifie over six miles. and with a good
road 10 tho government line the distance
ought to be covered in half an hour.
Before anything can be done however
roadway must ne built To the post When
the work Of securing the site for the pn~t
was in the hands of the citizens commit
tee, 1t was planned TO connect the drive
ways within the post with boulevard ex-
tending 10 the city proper. This boulevard
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CONDEMNED Bx FRUIT INSPECTOR
Tanr~ton County Apples Not Passed
by MIR. Brown.

4 consignment Of apples from Thurstan
coU-,N Was condo niucd yesterday nv Fruit
Inspector u. IL EF@WTa. Fer some time
pasi A!g Er3wr has lti tne Information
;aat a s@cai flrEaa ~as receiving apples
RON Is2Ts;oD Gosa1tF which were rot I'D
~ t4e standard Yesterday "a his rounds
ne came across = CcfaS gSnaeut which had
c~-asa passed o1 5y r1s Insect ard fruit IN
SsNect0T OF TElGrsta7 county. On exaTnirA-
;ion, tAe coas3 Eume-t proved 20 be in
fe9te3 an Saa.lng sno3a. and was con-
St94er&3g csn4e snue6-
Nj sECR1 is gl4A4uS = thorough search
sEsiorE tie commission ssouSes OF the city
.1-1 $50 t4as ae wuGia ccG1e1aa al fruit
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shipped into King county which ala not
answer the requirements Of the law. He
stated that the pruning season was at
hand and fruit growers would do Well 10
prune their trees When the spraying
tina arrived the trees would then bg all
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