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Arizona republican., 1898-03-11
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

John Lyons returned yesterday from two weeks visit to his Dead Dog mine in Yuma county. He reports mining active in the section he wis ted.
 Prescott's shelter proposition seems to have gone a glimmering for the present. The Los Angeles Times of recent date contains an item to the eff feet that the smelting company which talked shelter for Prescott had been attached for $3.600.
 Prof. G. A. Treadwell, one of the best known mining men on the Pa cific coast, came up from Phoenix this morning, says the Journal-Miner. Dur ing his stay in that section he will visit the Buster mine, of which his son is superintendent.
 Edward Langford, who is putting up the machinery at the Golden States mine in the Dragoon mountains, came in yesterday on business and returned this morning to the mine. He states the smelter will be ready to blow in by the first of next week.-Tombstone PrOspector.
 The differences between the other members of the Springfield Mining company in Yavapai county and Dr. Underwood have been amicably ad- Justed to the satisfaction of all parties, and, by mutual agreement, Jack Mar tin has been made receiver. It is ex- pected that the camp will resume it's accustomed activity in the near future.
 Charles McFadden, one of the old time miners in Cochise county, and we'll known, died at the hospital We'd nesday in Tombstone after a lingering illness, and was buried from the un- dertaking parlors of c. B. Tarbell. MT. McFadden was an indefatigable pros pector and covered the mountain ranges of the whole southwestern country. He was recently taken seri- | ously i'll and was bed-ridden for some time, until death came to his relief. w. l.. Barnum, president of the | Watervale Mining company, who is in Tombstone thsi week was resident of that place during the days when the company had several hundred men at work in their mines, the Bunker Hill and Rattlesnake, and the Watervale mill kept pounding out the bullion from it's ores. MT. Barnum states the mines of the company are now in as good condition as during the halcyon days and thousands of tons of good ore can yet be hoisted without further development or prospecting. The properties have produced over S300,- 900, and the average cost of it's pro- duction was 70 cents per ounce.
 w. A. Scott, representing the Min ing and Scientific Press, is making i his annual tour of Arizona, and ar rived in Prescott yesterday. He will leave for the Bradshaws tomorrow on horseback. He comes direct from southern Arizona; his visited Bisbee Nogales. Crittenden, Schultz, Table Mountain, Mammoth, Vulture and l Wickenburg. While he saw nothing startling, he noticed substantial i'm provement since his last visit and a healthy condition as to mining. He says a great deal of mining machinery Is coming into Arizona at present. Al
Arizona republican., 1898-03-11
Notice of Hearing Petition

In the Probate Cours of the County of Nari
 copa, Territory of Auzona. In the matter of the estate of Anna T. F.
 Eastman Marsh, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Lewis w. Cogs.n .n has filed in thls court his petition praying for the proof and probate of the last will and testament of sid deceased, and the is suance of letters of a6 ministraticn with the will annexed to said petitioner and tha4 the same will be heard on Saturday. the 18th day of March. 4. D., 1898 at ' o'clock in tse forenoon of said day, at the courtroom said court, in Phoenix County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizons, and all persons interested in ssid estate are noti- fled then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have. why the prayer e said petitioner should not be granted.
 Da ed March 5, 1898,
 C.. W. GROUSE. Ceti w. s. SCOTT, Deputy Clerk.
 First published in The Arizona Republics March 6, ls9s]
Arizona republican., 1898-03-11
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of William Lacy, deceased.

Estate of William Lacy, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undertignek administrator of the estate of William Lacy deceased, to the creditors of and all persoaE having claims against the said deceased, ts exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers- within four months after the first publicstioa of this notice to the said administrator at hzs office in the Club Livery Stable On North Cen ter street, Phoenix, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business q said estate, in said county of Naricopa.
 H. L. GEORGE, Administrator of the Estate of William Lacx Deceased.
 Dated this 4th day of March, 1898.
 First published in the Arizona Republiea8. March 5, 1898.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-11

Wickenburg he noticed ten stamp mill going up on the Garcia mine. He reports considerable work being done at and around Rich Hill, where Rich
 Hill Gold company, composed of Gin cinnati capitalists are doing develop ment work on it's operties.-Courier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

led (somawhat differently from 1851 AND
thar ss tho tine troops of the t)ld bay
State swdng along. the population proke
forth.
On the fashionable streets the scene
was wonderfully brilliant. Vollevs OF
flowers we're thrown by pretty girls ana
hand some women, and the men and the
BOYS oheered and called. and the bapos
added to 1t ell by alternating
Doodle" and Dixie" and the wild oe-
lirium grew with the march. After inci-
dents which would require columns 20
describe, the regiment succeeded In Ieacn-
ing tue train, In the small old STATION
that IL was so glad to reach In 1851, ana
there the men found Baltimore hospital.
fty. coffee galore, be xes of sand wiohes u
fruit for every mau. and u con slant tier
alton CT FORGET the days OF '6l, but fe-
member the Maine" In this last Q nga9e-
ment the Mass iohuset's men lost some
of their nervs IND hundreds OF hearts
Wreatns surrounded many. and most OF
the runs were decorated with flowers. II
kindness killed. the list CT fatalities
would bave dacimated the command.
Altogether, IL was one OF the most remark
Nile dem constructions this country has ever
witnessed, n 1t wiped away every yes
tice of bitterness from m Of the bitter
est parts Of the Civil war.-Leslie'i
Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
Guarding Against rorpedoes.

Since the moonlight ceased Admiral
Simpsons fleet off Santiago has resort
ed to new night tactics. Every night
launches from the New York, Brooklyn
and Massachusetts, put into the mouth
of the harbor under tho protection of the
searchlights Of the Oregon, Iowa and
Massachusetts,, which are concentrated
ON the channel inside, the ships rSoving
inshore to get in the proper positions.
Each launch is in charge Of a cadet,
who has orders if any craft inside moves
toward the entrance to fire a torpedo
signal, two red and m white rocket,
regardless of themselves or their crews.
Special Cable to New York Sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

In view OF the growing belief that
Spain Is seeking to initiate a peace
movement the ~precedents bearing ON
negotiations are being looked into.
They disclose many interesting features
in the negotiations following a in
which the United States has engaged.
The peace negotiations closing the Rev
olutionary wsr came about In q roman
tic "A Franklin and Jay were hv-
ing in Paris at the time, having suo-
ceeded in enlisting the active assistance
of France. Among Franklin's neighbors
was q Mime. Britton, with whom the
famous statesman scientist formed q
fast friendship. Nine. Britton spent the
summer at Nice, where she met several
English noblemen, among whom was
Lord Cholmondeley. The latter, on
learning that she was q friend Of Frank
lin. asked for a note Of introduction to
him, saying he would call and drink
tea with him at Passy. The letter WAS
given, and Franklin and Lord Cholmon-
deley were brought together on friendly
terms. His lordship stated that he was
an intimate friend Of Lord Shelburne,
who had just become the ruling figure
| of the British ministry, and 1t was sug'
Qested that Franklin write q letter te
| Lord Shelburne, which Lord Cholmon
deley undertook to deliver in person.
Acting on the suggestion, FRANKLIN
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
In
WARFARE.
How They Will Be Employed in the
Conquest Of Cuba--They Are
Useful on Land and Sea.

also py reason OF the fact that 1t IL con-
stantly moving in the air. IL sways
back and forth to q considerable angle
aud those operating it from below may
change its elevation at will. A balloon
flying at the height of half Q mile 10
Ibevond the range of field guns.
: Austrian artillerymen attacked o
balloon 30 feet in diameter at a distance
sof somewhat less than three miles, mr..
inc so shells at it. When it was hauied
down. only three Insignificant holes
we're found In it. The 80 shrapnei
shells represented 10000 balls anc
pieces of broken shells. The balloon ID
TINS case was about half o mile nigh'
that elevation being considered the max
imum for good observing. AT h same
time, a skilled observer, provided with
a good glass, can distinguish artillery,
cavalry and infantry and roughly esti-
mate numbers at eight or nine miles.
This makes it easy for the balloon to
keep we'll out of range under ordinary
circumstances. 1t has been found by ex-
pertinent that rife balls do not harm a
balloon much, the holes they make be-
ing SO small that the escape OF gas Is In
significant.
From these facts 1t would appear
that our b~alloonists in Cuba have very
little to fear from Spanish marksman
ship. Without any danger to ourselves
we shall keep watch over their cities
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

with a substantial foundation, built ON
a commanding height and connected
with the guns, perhaps half a mile DIS
tant. by telephone. At the top is q
large telescope, adjusted on a polished
steel circular table. A dial on the tele-
scope frame is cogged with the edge OF
the circular table and gives ct any
slant the direct reading In azimutn.
Another dial is so arranged that eieva-
ton or depression Of the telescope gives
its indicator q corresponding move
ment. This is like the ordinary transit
fitted to read vertical angles, but u
this case, instead of reading angles OF
depression, distances are Indicated In
wards to the point where the line OF
sight pierces the water. An ad1ustment
corrects for height of tide.
'It is only necessary, then, to point
our telescope at the water line Of the
ship and read directly azimuth and dis
lance. These are rapidly transmitted by
telephone to the guns and plotted on q
piece Of drawing paper. Three OF these
observations, 90 seconds apart, are plot
ted, and the gun has to DO fired 80 Sec
onds after the last observation is taken,
or at tho end of two minutes, total time
We have the location Of the target al
| three different times. 1t is now neces
sary to compute where it will be at tn
| end of the 80 seconds.
/, "a vessel running 10 knots an houl
will pass over I, 200 feet in n minus
or 1, 600 feet in so seconds, so that !
we fired at the point where she was o
the last observation we might miss he
1000 feet or some fraction Of that, dc
pending OH her direction Of sailing wit
reference to MS. II we fired point blnnl
that is, aiming right at her-w
would miss as much al she would pas
over In the time Of fight of the projee
tile. This, for a 10, 900 yard range
might be 20 seconds.
1--WE have now tho position of th
target at o given future instant, but
is referred to tho position Of the rams
tower. We must now correct our dat
to refer to the guns position. The
we ere ready to make corrections II
drift due TO rifing, effect Of wine
condition Of atmosphere and abno
NAL powder and projectile. The ~
is laid with the resulting data
means of degrees, and minutes mark'
ON the traverse circle Of the gun pls
form and elevation arc ON the side
the carriage. and we are ready TO M
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
.AimingOf
BigGuns

A reporter for the Boston Herald gives
this interesting account Of . talk win
enc Of the regular army officers as Fort
Hamilton, IN Boston harbors
Sin the days Of the civil war ranges
were SO very short that the gunner had
no difficulty in seeing his target and
laying his gun directly upon 1t. Wind
and speed Of target cut no figure, De-
cause the projectile had such q short
distance TO pass over that neither had
enough time to act to make any appre-
ciable difference. But now when hring
at a target eight miles away all OF these
things make themselves felt. There 10
the rifing in the bore. which gives the
~projectile the rotation necessary to keep
IL from tumbl;ng and which will IN
our service carry the projectile to the
right: then the direction and force OF
| the wind, the direction and speed OF
| target, the temperature and barometric
pressure Of the air, which affect the re-
| sistance of the air to passage OF the pro.
jectile, the kind of powder and weight Oh
projectile. All these things have 20 oe
taken into account, and they each vary
under all sorts Of conditions, SO that they
can only be figured out for each partic
Mar shot at the time the gun Is fired
But they are not such difficult problem
20 the officer who lives in an atmospher'
of such things.
"Most of this information must b
worked out from data obtained iron
firing tests and must be thoroughly az
simulated by the expert artilleris'
Then by taking observations at tn
time of firing data are obtained fror
which results can be computed. In
most important part of the operation
of course to locate the target. n II
vention which has enabled us to do tn
Is something wholly Americana a
velopment Of our regular army, whic
in certain localities it Is 80 much q
fashion these days to run down. In
invention is the range finder. 1t looks
} simple affair. A tall modern towe
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

survey their Notifications, overlook
their harbors and keep track OF n
movements of their troops. One fact
we'll worth considering in this connec
ton is that it is very difficult to injure
a balloon mortally, even when 1t Is
struck many times. In an experiment
in England a balloon anchored ut short
range and low elevation, under ondi-
tions most favorable to the gun, was
struck by fragments from two shrapnel
shells, and 90 holes were made In the
envelope, some Of them as large as
mans head. The balloon sank slowly
and did not reach the ground for 20
minutes. In Germany an infantry CON-
pany Of $50 men attacked a balloon at
an elevation of 600 yards. 1t came to
the ground in 10 minutes and had 5000
holes in it. Holes in a balloon IAN be
pasted up promptly ON the spot a
loss Of gas replenished at once from the
extra cylinders.
photographs arc taken from the
balloon by means Of a small camera,
which is screwed to the stock OF q gun.
The observer puts the stock to his shout
der. sights on the object and makes the
exposure by pulling the trigger. Pic
lures taken in this way will show the
details Of q fortress, number and posi-.
ton of the guns, etc., at q distance OF
six miles.
1.-THE balloons employed by the Amer
leans during the present war will be OF
silk. Experiments have been made will
q material which in some ways possesses
great advantagcs-namcly, the intestine
of the OK. The substance is otherwis'
known as gold beator's skin. IL is ligh
and can be made almost absolutely air
tight. Unfortunately it is costly, AM
balloons composed Of it are very perish
able, not standing exposure to ba'
weather and rough use in the field"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

Hon. A. d. White, formey,,y presi-
dent Of Cornell and now United States
ambassador to Germany, has written
from Berlin an anecdote Of the student
DAYS of Hon. o. f. Williams. now
United States consul Mt Manilla, 70
whose knowledge of tho place Rear Al
miral Dewey owed somo portion OF his
now famous victory. When Williams
was at Cornell, the university had only
two buildings, and a ire which broke
out in a large wooden storehouse adJoin-
ing seriously threatened one Of these.
Williams hastily organized an N
promptu bucket brigade to pass water 70
the roof of the threatened building.
and. trusting bis heels to his comrades
grasp. hung head down TO the threatens
ed portion in order to dash the water ovef
It as 1t was handed TO him. IL was :
long, hard, successful fight. and mr-
white expresses confidence that the man
whose courage and presence q mino
were 40 marked in his student days - 9
good consul for the United States -
] have at Maniua. -Conell Nsws1eeeo1e
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
Relics Of the Spanish Armada.

William Frederic Tilton writes OF 1.-THE
spanish Armada in the June Century. ana
Captain Alfred T Mahan furnishes an intro
70 the article. Mr. Tilton says:
One Of the most fatal spots for Armada
ships had been Sligo bay. When Geonrcy
Fsnton went to view this scene OF disaster
ne found Spanish guns sunk half q horse
mans staff in the shifting sand, and mum
tered in one strand Of less than five miles IN
length above eleven hundred dead eorpses OF
men which the sea he'd driven upon the
shore" and the country people told him
..tbe like was In other places, though not OF
lire number" Somewhat later, tho lord
dsputv on his way, as he expressed 1t, to dis
r.toh .those rags, OF the Spaniards which
still infected the country, saw Win smaNo
ment the masses OF wrecksge scattered
along q beach on the same coss'-'impor
enough 10 build "fve OF the ereatess SHIPS
that ever I saw, besides mighty great Doa'.'
cables and other cordage. and some sucn
mrsts for bigness and length ms never saw
any two could make the Ike" A copy Oh
the smiling directions given by meoinS
sidonia. found perhaps In some OF inc cap.
| ,ain's seaohests among the wreckage' fen
into the lord deputy's hands. A grim smlis
mat bav. fitted over his face rs no read the
words. Take great heed lest you fsi unor
the island OF Ireland for fear OF the harm
that nav happen unto you upon hat coast.
An armada relic stii more touching thar
these instructions is part Of . letter writer
| of p,nsle by n spanish captain begging th'
president Of Munster for friendly treatment
| Into q bundle Of state papers which tell II
| the language Of the ~victors. the awful stor!
~ sh,pwreck and bloodshed on the irisl
coast. this fragment, rusty and stained as
bv ssls water, has strsyed like . wall fror
the vsnouished.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17

II IL nsooi6ary TO allow time-cAtled
time Of dtghts--1or the ~projectils to
reach the target ~ the sAd OF the 80
seconds. soIths, gums muss b nrsd thai
long ahead Of time.
"When you' eonsidsv that all Of this
work must be- done in 90 seconds. yop
SEQ that one has 10 count his ttme By
fractions Of seconds to work like an Aun
tomaton. No longer time can b allow
Cd for computations, etc, q uncertain
ties increase - about the NTH powered
the time. Thiiis whore tina discipline
Of the soldier 6mes IN, and It can DO
acquired only by years Of training.
"Ths aiming Of the gun ID all science
now and needs experts- The firing and
loading are tho only work which the
unframed mind find work at. And
even in these things, you an under
stand, there IL noed Of GOODNESS and
experience, for these big fellows are
delicate machines after all, and are
worked by levers, have electrical appli-
ances and are in other ways too precious
to trust to unframed hands.
"This may not sound SO dreadful here
In the calm of q peaceful spring after
noon. But imagine looking up sinel
and cosiues, plotting accurate curves
| from mathematical data. under q hal
| of p~rojectiles, with shells and bombs
bursting around you. Fancy placidly
sighting your telescope In the rang
tower, which q well directed shot ma,
! cut away from beneath you. And you
hand must not tremble, your mind mus
not be distracted
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
PROPOSALS
b. OF PEACE.
Glance at the Courses Pursued
in the Past--HoW BenFrank-
lin Opened Negotiations.

to the state department, Suggesting d.
rect negotiations. Accordingly Henry
Clay and Jonathan Russell were added
to the peace commission, receiving new
instructions, Jan. 26, 1914. British
commissioners were appointed. ana 3
commission met at Client Aug. 8. The
British presented four points, the Amer.
leans three. Among the British points
was that relating to the maintenance q
a warship on the great lakes, which has
since become an established practice
The peace treaty was finally agreed 70
Dec. "a, 1914.
During the Mexican war, while hos
tilities were still in progress, the CHIEF
clerk Of the state department, Nicholas
r. Trist, was sent to Mexico to open
negotiations for peace. He was instruct
ed to demand the cession Of New Next
co and California. These terms were re-
iected by Mexico. Thereupon the United
States recalled Trist. This caused much
agitation in Mexico, for it was feared
the United States would adopt very az
gressive steps. Trist had not acted on
| the recall, but had remained in Mexico.
| de succeeded, as result of the changed
feeling, in making q treaty OF peace
known as the treaty OF G~uadaloupe ~
dalgo, on Feb. A, 1S4S.
At the close of the civil war there
were no peace negotiations or treaty p
the usual sense. Being q rebellion, the
Federal government recognized no power
with which it could make a treaty. The
surrender Of Appomattox was withoue
condition, but an arrangement wa
made by which certain military conces-
sjons were allowed by General Grant to
the surrendering armies. Beyond this
there were no formal peace treaties OF
agreement. +.
The precedent of Franklin's informal
peace overtures suggests that il Spain u
unable to secure the mediation OF the
European powers she might enlist the
service of aome friend, who in an ind1'
JlduaI capacity could take the inlrla-
tive. as Franklin did. That Of 1912 sug'
Rests that formal peace o~vertures are g
be made through commissioners, duly
instructed ON the terms they can grant
If the precedent Of the Mexican wa
were followed, then n OF the oficialI
of Spain's foreign Office could come =
Washington and make personal 9
lures toward peace. The precedent
show that there is no fixed procedure
under international law, toward . res
toration of peace, and that the forI
adopted is dictated mainly by expedl
ency and q desire to avoid the undu
humiliation of the vanquished party
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
one Thing Bridal Chamber Lacked.

Clerk A. N. Shaw, at the Metropolis.
has many experiences with people In
eliped to blow out the gas and perform
other antics Of . serious nature, but tine
latest incident occurred yesterday, when .
Cripple Creek man called to rent Q
room. The man from the land OF gold
Was q good looking fellow, q was ap,
parentIy q ger TO many devices USED
to assist In MAKING rooms roomy In tns
large hotels. He wsltzed up to the desk,
and with q mode Sc blush 70 the
good nstured CLERK:
'ssay, I'm A-aoing to get married mex
week, and I want TO ENGAGE Q room nere
in advance. ! know the prioe'u be pretty
steep. but / don't care for that, for the
GIRL I'm going to marry 10 the biggest
nugget ever dug out Of the camp
FAN riaht sir. " said the clerk. ane
up to the fecond noor they wens, an
, talked of the price per week on y of tn
best rooms In the house..
"'Yts, this is Q sinner. said TIE MAJ