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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-13
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5 Spain'S New War Ships {
Z Pushing Work on Three ArmOred Cruisers OF 5:
3 Type Superior to the Vzcaya.
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The Spanish government Il doing all
within rs poger 10 augment the
strength Of her navy. and with that end
In view. orders have been given 10 push
forward the three new armorcd crul-
seTs. the Cardinal Cisneros. Princesa
de Austurlas and Catalina. which this
country is building. and which arc de-
serlbcd In the following articles. taken
from that excellent weekly naval H.
Illustrated paper. III Mundo Naval. writ
ten by Lieutenant OF the Navy harlo
Rubio Munez:
The navy Is an1iously awaiting the
happy completion OF the three armored
cruisers which are being built in the
arsenais Of Ferrol. Carraca and Carta-
gena. The general description given
In brief in a previous number. when
we described 90 our readers the cruis-
ors Infanta Maria Teresa. vizcaya and
Oquendo. are repeated In reference to
their sister ships In all that relates to
the generic type; but there will be a
large number OF new details which
augment their fighting value In the
Cardinal Clsneros. Prlncesa de Asiur-
ias and Catalina.
Armament to lie Heavier.
Apart from the small variations OF
external appearance. the differences 10
which we allude are for the main part
introduced In the armament Of the new
cruisers. which Is 10 be heavier and al
the same time more complete.
The characteristics Of these cruisers
are the following Length, l06 metres.
breadth: Ism. Sem: draught. en-. Gem.
displacement, 1000 tons; engines. To-
900 horse power. and speed 20 knots
Armor. Belt. 3icm.: deck. Sem: gun po-
sltion. 27cm.. and coming tower. 3icm
Armament: Honioria system. 2icm.. 2
licm. quick firing. 10; small callbre
20: torpedo tubes. 8.
If our readers will take the pains
20 compare these official figures with
those Of the lnfanta Maria Teresa, Via.
caya and Oquendo they will find In th,
newly built cruisers an increase oi
200 horse power In the engines. which
OF course will give a large increase OF
speed. In addition 10 this there Is Oh,
finer model which will add stlll fur
Their speed. The armored belt which de-
tends the vital parts Of the CardIna
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An rnlhInI.Ing Mother.

In dry goods store a little boy yet
In dresses disturbed the peace Of hun
dreds Of shoppers. mainly. though. be-
cause there seemed to be nothing they
could do for him. Ills mother, a well
meaning woman Of small judgment and
experience. was buying a hat Sudden
ly the lad by her side began to shrek
as n In severe pain or fright. The wo-
man tried TO soOthe him. but he
screamed more hercely. upon which she
spanked him. a crowd gathered and
an attendant picked up the then thor
oughly unncryed youngsier and car
ricd him kicking and yelling into an
anteroOm. There he struggled and
gasped until a woman put some pink
candy In his hands For a moment II
attracted him. Then ne crumbled Il
hercely and cried hystCrlcally again.
A peppermint from a third woman Inn
pressed him slightly. but he did not
gain self control until his mother ask
ed him n he wanted 20 90 out Of doors
Like a sitting animal he shrleked
Yes" The woman told me that she
could not understand II at all. IIe
never had such an attack before Not
by way Of explanation. but incidental
/ ly. she added that she and the boy had
just landed from the Toutonlc the day
before. lie had been sick In his berth
for six days Poor childl Poorer moth
er, Not TO see any connection between
six days Of sickness In q closed cabin
and a nervous ~ In q close store or
the seventh She never knew. sh,
said, he had such a tempor.-Grace 4
| Drew IN New York Press
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-13

DIVER OF THE WRECKED MAINE.
10 give themselves a bicycle. Tor In
stance. or enough Of any healthy eaer-
else and diversion. enough Of afternoon
maps. perhaps In such cases the hus-
band Is often 10 blame, because be
gives nag for nag instead Of looking
straight for the fundamental cause %
the trouble There are many cases
where such a woman begins by show
Ing a longing Tor a little more at'en-
ton. little more tenderness. an in-
yltatlon 20 @ concert. or cosy l.t,l, dim
ner out with her husband The man
who does no. take that a. a sign is
responsible Cor pretty much all that
follows. and sometimes % amounts 20
something very Ike criminal Iespousi.
bii'ty."
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~. and may rightly be accounted the
noblest In the world. The motto Of
the order OF the Garter. and the mon
archs Of England "Honi colt qul NAL
y pense is Gaid 10 have originated IN
this wise: The garter Of the mar
chloness Of Salisbury falling on while
that lady was dancing. Edward Ill,
observing the accident. and 10 prevent
imm0dest remarks az her expense. ad-
yanced 10 where Il lay. and. picking It
up. handed Il 20 her. observing 10 his
courtiers. in French. Evil TO him who
evil thinks" This observation was
subsequently adopted rs the motto Of
the order
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sailing at the rate Of Eve miles an
hour.
Many forms OF mines were used here
and abroad. and they were success
fully employed against as In the civil
war Every system OF coast defense
concerns itself with their distribution
and use. and every well-known harbor
OF the world Is al this day so mapped
out that the planting Of these mines
may be done on a plan which promises
the greatest utility. Some Of these
are constant depth mines-that "a.
such as will float always at certain
depth below the surface. no natter
what may be the state OF the tide;
some are fitted to explode on contact,
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Marine Tragedies and Their Secrets
FAMOUS VESSELS BLOWN UP.
Fate Of the Maine Recalls Other Disasters Of the Deep
Equally Horrible and Equally Mysterious.
THE TORPEDO IN MODERN WARFARE.


No navy Is free from sad stories Of
explosions in rs powder and ammunl-
tion magazines. and since the begin
ming Of our civil war the number Of
vessels destroyed BY torpedoes In
some form. or by submarine mines.
makes grewsome list. Il Il gener-
ally known. for example. that In the
civil war seven monitors and eleven
wooden vessels OF war were totally de-
{etroyed by submarine mines7 Had
HE confederates possessed the same
1knowledge At the beginning Of the
war the struggle would have been.
1t the least. much prolonged. and the
disaster 70 life and tonnage been
greatly Increased.
During our early struggles several
vessels we're blown up. notably the
Randolph. Of immortal memory, Jht
e most memorable case. and surely
S--Aetie. was the de-
stfuctlon OF the Intrepid. commanded
hy the gallant somerH she was fitted
out az a floating mine. and on the
= fight Of September 4. 1904. started
|om OF shore under sail FOR the inner
larbor OF Tripoli. Anxious eyes
watched her from the blockading feet,
and az ten o'clock n thunderous report
was heard. a column OF fame was seen
vibrating In the skies. and then the
roar Of hundreds OF guns mounted
ashore. No one came back 10 tell the
story. but lt Is believed that somers
kept his word not 10 be taken alive
BY the enemy. and blew up the ship
60 escape capture. II was learned that
the Intrepid had grounded on the
north ledge OF the harbor. and that she
had been attacked by three gunboats
II was surmised. but never known
Ithat. 10 prevent the valuable supply Of
~ ammunition falling Into the hands oil
y the enemy, Somers fired her. destroy
Ing his own people and the Tripolltani
warming out OF their boats Into the
aapiess American tender. In June
! 1873. the wooden ship Fulton. ther
stationed a. the receiving ship on
e. Brooklyn, blew up from causes never
revealed. seyenty-hye persons were
killed and about thirty were wound
ed. Tradition has woven many a 70
mantle. many an impossible storl
about this disaster One yarn toll,
treepingly how a gunners mate ha'
been punished as he thought unjustly
and In revenge destroyed the ship. II
20 doing he lost his own life. bu
failed In killing the object Of his Ia
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!. an oficer, who had left the ship
city a short time before the com
4 vsslon OF tho crime. The real story
GEMS 10 be that a fuddled gunners
&mate by some error made his way
Into the magazine with an exposed
lighted candle, stumbled into the pow
der barrel OF the period and thus blew
|the ship skyward.
The Amphion's Destruction.
Nd In the English service there have
been a number OF notable cases OF ex-
bloslon. but mainly In action. One
we'll known In time Of peace was the
destruction OF the frigate Amphlon.
3 apt. Israel Pellew commanding, on
lymouth. England. Here. too, a gun
aers mate appears as the god In the
nachine7for. apocryphal or not. Il Is
4elleved 10 this day that the seaman
IN question went with a lighted lamp
into the magazine 10 steal powder.
which then had a ready market. Sew
eral hundred people we're destroyed.
among them prominent officials and
citizens OF the town who were dining
on board Among other crimes laid
80 uniustly 20 Irish sympathlzers by
the English press and people was the
destruction OF the British gunboai
Dotterel In the Straits Of Magellan
She arrived on Punia Arenas about
nine a. m. on April 26, 1851 The
captain went ashore soon after 10 pay
MA Uficial call. and about ten a. m
two terrible explosions were heard
and an immense cloud Of smoke wal
seen lowering over the ship In the per
feet calm OF the morning. Proiectilei
of all kinds. masses OF human beings
of ship equlpage and Of general wreck
age we're discovered flying through th
Air. and the water for a quarter Of
mile around the ship was Uttered will
debris. Boats put of from the shore
and out OF the whole ships oompan'
dof over 15o souls only eight wer
sayed. Fenian plots were held to b
the cause OF the disaster and sou,I
america and Australia we're III
eeenes OF police inquiry for months
II a now Believed that the exploalo
xas due to the spontaneous ignitIo
az palnt then used in the BIRTHS
navy. This. under deterioration O
when exposed 10 heat. was found I
give on a highly infiammable gas, an
I. as the irrt explosion occurred In III
+ neigh borhood Of the paint locker thi
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plausible thefy r. now accepted.
During the laf twenty years two 9th
or cases havk occurred-One. when Ia
1850 a spanllh gunboat was blown up
in the harbof Of Santiago De Cuba. and
the other 4 1893, when a most dam
aging and distressing explosion oc-
Cured on board OF the German ar
mored shil Baden, then at anchor OF
Kiei.
OF the FAR inventions employed 10
destroy slips by submarine or aerial
projec;lle3 or BY mines the number Is
legion. W. were among the earliest
10 employ these. and our eontribu-
lions the history Of torpedo war
fare(haye been very many and very
notable. The famous Battle Of the
Kegk" has been sung In mock heroic
fse, and the PhiIadelphians Of i777
had many a merry Jest over the valor-
Gus attack made by the British gren-
adiers upon these innOcuous barrels.
Capt. David Bushnell Of connectl-
cut was one OF the earliest expert
mentors with torpedoes, though Rob
ert Fulton was the first 20 call maya
zine Of powder intended for use under
water by this name. This great in
ventor made many experiments. and
the partisans and opponents Of the
new system filled the journals Of that
day with acrimonious discussions.
The failure OF torpedoes in the war Of
1919 and the general feeling against
this mode Of warfare 90 inhuman and
barharous caused. however. It's prac-
teal abandonment for many years.
The Confederats Torpedoss.
Submarine boats had been generally
employed In all experiments up to the
beginning Of the civil war. and II was
really not until 1868 that movable or
fixed Isolated torpedoes were brought
into general use. The confederate
torpedoes we're usually made Of cop
per and filled with powder, varying
in weights. according 10 circumstances
OF employment. from fifty TO one
hundred and fifty pounds. These
we're carried on spars attached 10
ships or boats. we're anchored on the
bottom. or we're sent drifting slngly
or in pairs. connected by long lines,
down tide streams. The fuses were
generally Of the percussion type. and
illuminate OF mercury entered largely
into their composition.
The Housatonlc was destroyed by
a submarine boat. but the AlbemarlS
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-13
An Artl.t., aIoaeIa Card.

Even artists models nowadays use
the latest form Of advertisement. One
lady In Paris leaves the following visit.
ing card az the house Of certain famous
painters. X. model. Fine and
spiritual figure. civil as we'll as mill
tary uniforms OF all epochs worn with
the same style Of excellence. "-Das
Fremdonblatt, Vienna.
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the vell-knoNn principle Of the gro
scope. Its speed and surety Of direc-
ton are given by the functioning Of
an inner wheel. which IL relatively
very heavy on the periphery. and re-
wolves With such velocity and In such
cous;int plane that high speed and
great Etralghtness Of trajectory are
secured. There are many other forms
but these two are employed In our ser
vice. and the whitehead Is used by
nearly all the nayies Of the world
submarine Nine.
The term submarine mine" Is ap-
piled 10 defensive mines or 10 those
wt'h would be used 10 obsiruct the
channels Of a river or estuary. or the
approaches 10 a fortified or unprotect-
ed seaport. Col Samuel Colt. the in
ventor Of the American revolver. hrEt
demonstrated the pracilcabllity Of
blowing up vessels by submarine mines
fred by electricity. In 1882 he blew
up the old gunboat Boxer and In 1888
he destroyed 4 brig In the Potomac
river, while the vessel was under way.
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and most are so arranged that they
may be exploded at will by observers
stationed at points Of refuge, In bomb
proof and lookout stations ashore.
u the harbor Of Havana 30 guarded
and 30 protected. and could the Maine
have been anchored close TO one OF
these submerged volcanoes operated
so easily by the simple twist Of a hos
tile hand ashore?
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-13

The commonly received story which
attributes the original foundation OF
the Order Of the Garter TO the drop
ping Of the countess Of Salisbury q
garter says an English paper, Is con-
tradictcd by many recent writer's. who
attribute It's institution TO Richard !.
He tied thongs Of leather as marks Of
distinction around the legs Of several
Of his officers at the siege Of Acre. In
the opinion OF DR.. MeyrIck the garter
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A Misunderstanding.

American Tourist understand.
Marquis. that you fell In love with
distinguished American lady on ac-
count Of her pretty FOOT" Marquis
Dat Is H. DE pretty way she foots de
bills."-Now York Weekly.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-13

Bergen. Norway, boasts paper
church large enough to seat 1000 per
sons The building Is rendered wat
erproof by a solution OF quicklime. cur.
died milk and white OF eggs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-13

A cynical bachelor says that q widow
should be either married. buried. or
shut mp In convent.
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darlng ere the arguments Of these rAo
seek to show that efficiency Is want
iDs."
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was blown up by Cushing with a tor
pedo carried on the end Of a spar
This torpedo was made Of a stout cyl
indrlcal copper case. filled with pow
der and fitted with a hollow tube
which carried at its bottom a illuminate
cap A small sized grape shot, secured
with a pin. was held at the top. and
by releasing this az the eventiul mo-
ment Gushing destroyed the Able
marie and his own boat at the same
time, and then made one Of the most
daring and romantic escapes In the an
nails Of naval history. Many Inn
proved systems were employed and
much ingenuity was displayed. the
most inventive Of all experimenters
being a confederate officer, who prevl-
Gus 10 the war had been a well-known
dancing master.
Handling Torpedoes.
For season towing torpedoos were
IN great favor. These were handled
from the ship, and by certain dextrous
shlitings Of the connecting lines were
carried on each quarter at a safe
angle. and made TO dive at tho de-
sired moment They proved TO be
dangerous. however. AID all effort was
thereafter directed 10 the dirlgible. OF
the automobile. torpedo. Generally de-
scribed the dlrigible torpedo Is one
that contains its own propellIng and
firing mochanlsms, and is pilotod from
the shore by means OF electric cables
which function the machinery.
The automobile torpedo Is a weapon
that is shot from a tube. generally
called a torpedo gun, and takes up ia
line OF progress by machinery contain
ed In IL body, There are many forms
Of these. like the Howell and IA,
Whitehead, for example. and some ex
traordlnary results have been obtain
ed with both. The Whitehead Is dis
charged from the tube by steam Of
powder and just as II leaves the muz
gle lock automatically opened re
leases the compressed air carried II
a naak and sets In motion the ma
chlnery Three things must be dom
by It. II must 90 through the waite
at a high speed. preserving Us Inca
direction; Il must float at a cons,an
+ depth, and on striking Il must explode
, The ingenuity and simplicity Of IN
! mechanism which effects these tire
, things are really marvellous.
J The Howell torpedo Is based upoi
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Direct deduction from the preceding
figures enables us without any strain
ing OF our conscience to call our three
national cruisers superlores In ahsolu-
TO over their foreign antagonists. but
nevertheless. the eloquence OF those
figures should be sufficient TO inspire In
the pessimists and incredulous the ne
cessary peace Of mind, to close the
mouths Of those who are constantly
stating that the Spanish forces are de-
fectiye and those who 20 freely criti-
else the naval profession In our coun-
try.
Recent experiences OF such import
nnce as that Of the battle Of the Yalu,
In the ChlnO-Japanese war, have dem
onstrated the supremacy OF quick FIR
Ing ordnance. and the former custom
OF trusting 20 guns Of immense CALI
bre has gone out OF date, while to-day
the great aim OF constructors Is mid
die sized guns well protected. With
that idea In mind the new cruisers
have been equipped, for the rapid firing
guns are perfectly protected by armor,
and with special provision for separ-
ate supply OF shell.
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IIetler Thnn OId Type.

"These points will mark the suprem-
acy Of the Cardinal Clsneros, Princesa
de Asturlas and Catalina over the In
fanta Maria Theresa type. The rapid
evolution which has taken place In ma
val construction Of modern times, age
in a short time the most admired and
renowned ships: the sphere Of action
of the critic expands and extends log
lcally under such circumstances. and
Evening journal., 1898-08-23
DIED.


CARROLL.-On August 21, 1898, Ber-
tha E., wife Of William H. Carroll, Of
Merrick, Mass.
CTIALI'ANT. Suddenly, on August %
1898, Franklin Chalfant, in the 69th
year Of his age.
CONLYN.-At Newport, Del, on Au-
gust 10. 1898, David S. Conlyn, aged
SO years.
EISLER. this city, on August 20,
1898, George youngest son Of John
and Margaret Eisler, in his 18th year.
Relatives and friends of the family
are invited to attend the funeral, from
the parents residence, No. 713 Wilson
street, on Thursday afternoon, August
25, at 2 o'clock. Services at st. Ste
phen's English Lutheran Church,
Eighth and Tatnall streets, at 2.3O. In
terment Lombardy.
HANLEY.-- this city, on August 20,
J. Curtis, son of John f. and Maggie
w. Hanley, aged years, of diph-
iberia.
Buried from residence of his parents,
No. $40 West Second street.
HANNA.-In this city, on August 10
1898, John Hanna, aged 6S years.
HORTON.--In this city, on August IS
1898, Elijah L. Horton, aged 7a
years
MCLURE.-In this city, on the 18th
instant, William Mcclure, aged "A
/ years
THORP.--In this city, on August 10
1898, Aubruy. infant son Of George
f. and Annie A. Thorp, aged
years.
Evening journal., 1898-08-23
AMUSEMENTS

A DELIGHTFUL EXTRAVAGANZA
THE DEVILS Auction" has ever been
a favorite play with Wilmingtonians,
and the large audience which greeted
il last evening at the Grand Opera
House demonstrated that it still has a
hold on the local play-goers. Since last
season the play has been rewritten, re-
arranged and staged under the personal
direction of Charles II. Yale. 1t is full
of clever specialties which were fully
appreciated last night. The scenery
and stage settings and costumes are
magnificent, and everything about the
performance is productive of whole
some pleasure.
Evening journal., 1898-08-23
Patent
Leather
OXfOrds

ASH oANSS VI OuI
nobbiest and best styles left in
Patent Leathers. Wall Street
and Bull Dog toes. Best stock.
Were $4 and S., now 25 per
cent. off, making them $3 and
1915. ~ few sizes in Russet
Oxford Ties that were $5, now
81. Narrower toes and fewer
sizes make the price as we don't
want to carry them over. 20
per cent. off all Summer Rus
sets. Plenty of styles and sizes
for selection. 25 per cent. off
all Straw Hats. Good styles
and all sizes yet in stock.
Closed evenings at 6 except
Saturdays.
Evening journal., 1898-08-23
HIsToRY REPEATs ITsELF.

Some days ago the Wayfarer read in
one of the local newspapers story re-
citing a circumstance which occurred
in this city during the incumbency of
the office Of mayor by Mr.. Whitley
The gist of the narrative was that an
Irish policeman arrested quite a mum.
Der Of toughs and took them to the
City Hall. Afterwards the mayor ask
ed him how in the world he managed
to run all the fellows in. The response
was:
Il just surrounded them"
The Wayfarer inclines to the belief
that the informant of the local contem-
porary must have been reading the per-
sonal memoirs of u. S. Grant, for his
story of the storming of Chapultepec,
during the Mexican war, contains the
following:
Il was with the earliest Of the troops
to enter the mills In passing through
the north side towards Chapultepec, /
happened to notice that there were
armed Mexicans still on top Of the
building, only a few feet from many OF
our men. Not seeing any stairway OF
ladder reaching to the top of the build
ing, l took few soldiers, and had a
cart that happened to be standing near
brought up, and. placing the shafts
against the wall and checking the
wheels so that the cart could not back
used the shafts as a sort Of ladder ex-
tending 10 within three or four feet oi
the top. BY this climbed to the root
Of the building. followed by a few men
but found a private soldier had pre-
eeded me by some other way. There
were still quite a number of Mexicans
on the roof. among them a major and
five or six officers of lower grade, who
had not succeeded in getting away be.
fore our troops occupied the building
Evening journal., 1898-08-23
WELCOME THE STRANGER.


The officials of some of the local
churches do not go to any trouble
whatever to welcome strangers who
visit their places Of worship. A case in
point comes to the Wayfarer's ears
from the friend of a Philadelphian
who spent Sunday in this city This
Philadelphian is one Of the leading
members of large Presbyterian
church, and a prominent figure in the
sunday school work. Wishing to visit
some OF the Presbyterian churches in
this city he attended morning service
at a church on the West Side. No one
came to extend the hand of welcome
and at the conclusion of the service the
entire congregation filed past without
one person addressing a word to him
In the afternoon he attended Sunday
school in another church of the same
denomination, and received practically
the same treatment. In most of the
Philadelphia churches there are certain
members OF the congregation desig-
mated to meet and greet all visitors and
TO see that they are comfortably seated
and made to feel at home