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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-14

floor of sand. its unrelenting dust and
and it's dreariness, is made into ~
brilliant cavern for the moments md
the toiling men are supernatural in the
light.
In the Rough.
A prosnic time follows, when the
metal in the moulds must cool. When
the sand is finally knocked away the
gun that is to be is only rough mass
of cast steel, indicating only to the ex-
pert its fine quality, and not even to
him in any degree, for the tests must
come to prove that. In the forging
shop this mass is hammered and worked
until it becomes an octagonal ingot of
just twice the weight it will possess
when it is finally turned and bored in
to ''iacket" or Cube" The hoops,
the third part of gun, are cast and
forged hollow, not in solid cylinders,
as the jacket and tube are.
With the carrying away of the rough
ingot of steel from the forging shop
the special work of gun-making COM
mences. The boring and turning
factory is the scene of the first step in
this process.
Completed guns, ready for mount
ing and for fire, are not turned out in
these gun shops The finishing
touches. the actual putting together
of the parts of the gun, the rifing it.
self, are done at the ordnance works
in Washington. 1t is the business
alone of gun shop to make the steel
and to hand over to the army and the
navy the three parts of great gun
the Cube" the Jacket (which is
slipped on over the tube and then
"shrunk on" by contractiop) and the
"hoops," two in number, which, for
the purpose of Strengthening, are fit
ted on tightly over the muzzle end of
the tubes. Once these three parts are
together the metal becomes, practical.
ly, one piece and it would be very
nearly impossible, by any art or sci
ence known to experts, to get the
jacket off.
Finished by the Government.
Only the trough machining" in tech
nical phrase, is done on these guns.
this meaning that the final finish and
the rifiing is put on by the Govern
ment itself. Rough machining
seems, however, strange term, for ii
delicate work requiring the utmost &C,
curacy and preciseness is not done
n bara II navar WOO opvwbara
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-14
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pruned when the superfuous branches
are small and the cut should be made
at the junction of the limbs with the
main stock. At this point in the
growth of the tree the intelligent OBJ
server will note decided seam or
crease running around the base Of
each branch, and if the cut is made at
that point it will heal more quickly
than if made at any other place.
When pruning have at hand guam
tity Of grating wax to brush over the
raw cut as soon as it is made. Graft.
ing wax is readily made at home by
melting pound of rosin with pound
of tallow, adding small quantity OF
linssed oil if the wax is too brittle or
more rosin if too soft. Atlanta Jour-
nal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-14
Old Bank in. Nebrask;

Old Bank in. N ebraska.
The building in which the Oldest
bank in Omaha is located is in very
dilapidated condition. The porches
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-14

over the bubbling sea of metal when
the doors are open. When the doors
are dropped down-that is, shut
there is only revealed single spot of
brightness, an eye that looks into the
furnaces flame, and even this cannot
be approached too closely with the
naked eye
Beginning the Gun.
The gun is under way. Ten tons of
metal are already in the furnace-a
lake of molten, seething metal held in
by banks of sand. Other things of
steel are to be made of this mass, the
gun works being only portion of the
Atha & Illingworth plant. Whethe,
used for peace or war, steel is steel,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
OUR NEW ACQUISITION.

The annexation of the Hawaiian islands
by the United States will rank among the
most interesting events of the nineteenth
this is the end of a long series of events
plainly tending in that direction. Those
who read Alright the teachings of manifest
destiny have seen from the time the islands
were first Christianized by American mis-
sionaries, then colonized by American emil
grants and finally brought under the polit-
ical influence of the United States by the
extension of our boundaries to the Pacific
ocean and of our commerce beyond, that
they must eventually come under our flag
The Journal believes that time will fully
justify the wisdom of their acquisition in
the extension of republican government, the
Strengthening of our national defenses and
the advancement of civilization.
The hand of Providence seems to appear
in the events which have paved the way for
this peaceable contamination. Twenty
years ago the mere suggestion of such a
thing would have caused a shower of pro-
tests from European governments and
probably open opposition by Great Britain.
In 1S4S Great Britain actually seized the
islands, but afterwards relinquished them
under treaty with France. There have
been times since when British influence has
come near gaining the ascendency The
overthrow of the monarchy, the establish
ment of republic and the formal offer of
the islands to the United States smoothed
the way for annexation. and the commence
ment of the present war showed that the
time had come when the United States
should ratify the plain intent of destiny.
No doubt the annexation of the islands will
be regarded by some as a dangerous new
departure, a first step in a policy of i'm
perialism," ETC., but time will show that it
was an act of broad craftsmanship, and
hundred years hence the American people
would as soon think of surrendering Cali
fOrnia as Hawaii.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
THE ANIMALIsM OFF HUMAN NATURE

The accounts of the brutalities committed
by the crew and steerage passengers of the
lost steamer La Bourgogne in their frantic
efforts to save themselves are enough to
make one shudder. 1t is horrible to think
of helpless and appealing women being
stabbed, cut, beaten pushed under the wa
ter. in short murdered, by men who ought
to have been their rescuers, and one cannot
help wishing there were some tribunal in
which the perpetrators of the atrocities
could be tried and convicted. The American
reader finds some consolation in the refiec-
ton that they were Frenchmen and Italians
But are we sure they acted any more GRAZ
lily and brutally than Americans of the same
class would have done under like circum-
stances? Is it certain that Americans of the
class who are common sailors and steerage
passengers would have behaved any better?
In fact, is any one right sure how he would
himself act under such circumstances? Self
preservation is the first law of nature, in
men as well as animals, and it sometimes
asserts itself in a most unreasonable way.
1t takes a man of high sense of duty and
great self-control to decide on the instant
and act the self-sacrificing hero at a mo-
ment when his life is in the balance. Any
one can do it in advance. or afterwards
but to do it at the supreme moment must
be harder. How often has it happened in
fire panics at theaters or other public places
that American men have rushed like cattle.
trampling to death women and children
whose cries were ringing in their ears. They
did not hate their victims nor want to hurt
them They simply wanted to save them
selves at whatever cost and regardless OF
| all consequences. Almost any man OF
| ordinarily generous instincts would agree
TO sacrifice himself for others, If he
is given time to think about it in advance
| and argue with himself as to his duty, etc
But 1t is different if he is suddenly brought
face to face with death and perhaps sur
| prised and overcome by his baser nature
Besides, the men who perpetrated these
atrocities were not of class who are ac-
customsd to be governed by principles oil
by generous emotions. Presumably the,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
NORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
recommendations Submitted 10 Ma
tiOnaI Council of Education.

WASHINGTON, July THE morning
session of the National Council of Educa-
ton was devoted to a discussion of the re-
port of the committee of twelve on rural
schools. The principal topic was the sup
ply of teachers, which was made the SUBJ
ject of addresses by President John w.
Cook, of the State Normal University OF
Illinois; Superintendent Charles 3. Gilbert,
of Newark, N. J., and Charles Skinner,
state superintendent of public instruction
of New York. 1t was generally agreed that
some change should be made in the normal
school system, an important recommenda-
ton being that such schools should remain
open during the summer months in order
that teachers might attend and be able 10
teach the remainder of the year. The teach
ers upon their final examination, should re-
ceive graded certificates indicating their
proficiency, and salaries should be graded
according to certificates. Schools should be
kept open ten months in the year and the
teachers provided almost continuous en-
ployrnent in order that they might be able
to make the profession a paying one. Small
country schools were condemned and 1t was
recommended that where less than twenty
pupils attended such school it should be
Incorporated in another in the same neigh
School Maintenance was the subject of
addresses by President A. 5. Draper, or tne
University of Illinois, and Prof. Euler B.
Smith. of the State Normal School, of Ath-
ems, Ga. Superintendent n. G.. DougherIy'
of Peoria nj, and State Superintendent N.
c. Schaeffer, of Harrisburg. Pa. spoke on
the subject of schools supervision. Superin-
tendent Dougherty said that II there was 70
be any improvement in rural schools it must
be brought about by the supervisors, who
should be a superior class OF men. III the
teachers failed to accomplish what was ex-
pected il was because they were misled by
those who directed them. Prof. A. j. Hins-
dale and others also made addresses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
CHEERS FOR THE HEROES.
COngregatiOnaIists Enthusiastic over
Release of the Merrimac's Crew.

PORTLAND. Ore. July 1.-THE tenth tri-
ennial National Council of Congregational
Churches of the United States met to-day.
In the absence of the retiring moderator,
Hon. Nelson Dingley, of Maine, Mr.. Arthur
H Wellman, of Massachusetts, assistant
chairman of the provisional committee,
called the body to order. The election Of
moderators was taken up and DR.. F. A.
Noble, of Chicago, was chosen on the first
ballot Vote was as follows: DR.. f. A.
Noble, 70; DR.. A. H. Bradford, Montclair,
N. J., Go. c. v. Coffin, of Connecticut, and
Rev. George C. Adams of San Francisco,
wereselected as the moderators.
At the afternoon session the moderator
appointed committees on business, creden-
tails and finance Rev. A. w Alderman. of
the First Church, of Portland, in brief
address, welcomed the delegates to the city.
The remainder OF the afternoon session was
ports of standing committees.
The interior of the First Congrega tonal
Church, where the council holds its session,
is generously decorated with flowers, and
the American and British flags are draped
together about the pulpit and the front or
the council this morning announcing the
exchange of Lieutenant Hobson and his
men, the entire body arose and cheer after
cheer was given for the Merrimac crew.
The report of the committee on ministerial
relief, submitted by the Rev n. H. Whttle
sey. of New Haven. Conn.,, showed receipts
of $51, 314; distributed among pensioners, $lO,-
466: Salaries and expenses, $l2 173. The net
growth Of total assets was $2S,500, the fund
now being a little over $4,000
The report of the committee on denomina-
tional conference recommended the appoint
ment of a committee to invite to an infor-
NAL conference leading representatives OF
other denominations and to unite with these
brethren in calling a formal conference to
promote Christian fellowship; not TO ind
common creed or polity, but to secure prac-
teal cooperation on the basis of existing
difarancaG
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
Gen. Kent's Division Suffered Most,
the Killed and Wounded Being
693 Out of 5,1OO Engaged.
NEW LISTS OF CASUALTIES
MANY OF THE INJURED STROLLING
ABOUT KEY WEST IN PAJAMAS.
Some Are COnvaIescing and Anxious
to Return to Cuba and Take a
Few More shots at Spaniards.
Copyright, 1898. BY the Associated Press,

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
CAMP SlBONEY July 5, per the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch boat Dauntless, via
Port Antonio.-The general health of the
United States troops is excellent. Not case
OF yellow fever is reported, despite the fact
that Santiago de Cuba is recognized as a
great fever focus, as far as Rio Santos. OF
over one thousand wounded treated in this
division only two have died-John Myers,
Company c, Sixth Infantry, whose limb
was amputated at the thigh, and Private
James e. Mccartney, of the same company
and regiment, who succumbed to a brain
operation. Both We're buried this morning
after religious services. There have been no
cases of blood poisoning. The behavior of
the patients and wounded is heroic There
is not moan or a murmur among the
whole seven hundred. Last night many were
lying on the hard ground outside the tents.
surgeons and nurses worked INCREASINGLY for
forty-eight hours without rest or meals, and
there are two hundred wounded vet to come
from the field. The hospital corps is short
handed and the doctors from the vessels of
the fleet are working day and night The
wounds show that the Spanards are not
only using explosive bullets, but also brass
covered bullets with the ends filed. The lat
ter make most CHASTITY wounds as, when
they strike, the brass lining spreads out
tearing the flesh like barbed wire.
The Spanish sharpshooters are firing al
the Red Cross Society people and at the am
balances. They shot one driver who was
returning with wounded.
The raging surf makes the shipment OF
the wounded to the transports and hospital
ships very difficult, as there is no pier and
landing facilities are meager.
Writing from headquarters in the field
before Santiago, July 4, a Correspondent OF
the Associated Press said: The weather
continues bad, with heavy showers almost
every day. 1t has made things hard for the
wounded. Despite all the care bestowed
upon them by the medical staff. two officers
died to-day in the hospital, Lieutenant Put
man, of the Sixth Infantry, and DR.. Dan
forth, assistant surgeon Ninth Cavalry. The
latter was shot down by Spanish sharp
shooter while attending to the wounded al
points along the roadside. Out of one thou
sand cases treated at the hospital of the
First Division only sixteen have died. and
there has not been a single case where a
wound has suppurated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08

SO remarkable as to cause people to suspect
1t was one of the conditions of taking a vote
Is it possible that Mr. Pettigrew intimated
TO one of the senators who criticised the
men who wasted twenty-three days in a de-
bate to which no one listened that they
would quit talking if they could be vindi-
Gated? Whether the Senate says so or not.
more time was taken over the Hawaiian
resolutions than was necessary. When sena-
tors do not listen to speeches and no one
takes any interest in reading them, time is
wasted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
WOUNDED HEROES.
Arrival of the IrOquOis at Key West
with 325 Aboard.

with 325 Aboard.
KEY WEST, Fla, July THE 1926
wounded heroes of Santiago brought here
by the Iroquois are doing well and none is
in danger They are distributed between the
marine and convent hospitals and a cigar
factory which had been previously used
for hospital purposes. All officers and some
of the men are quartered at the Convent
Hospital, where the nuns are doing fine
services as nurses. At all places the utmost
care and skllful medical and surgical at
tention are devoted to the wounded men.
These wounded warriors, returning to
their native soil after their glorious
achievements in the field were, strange to
say received in rather cavalier fashion
Their landing would have been common
place had it not been grotesque. The Iro-
quois entered the harbor about o'clock
and through somebody's negligence went
aground on a sand bar, where she remained
for three hours, a brace of government tugs
struggling to free her, while from the rails
of the stranded ship peered bronzed faces
of wounded men, eager to step once more
on American soil Eventually the steamer
slid off and was locked. News of her ar
rival had brought to the dock a motley
crowd of curiosity-seekers, mostly Cubans.
There was not sign of enthusiasm even
among those very persons for whom the
disabled soldiers had received their hurts
not cheer, not a handicap. 1t was exactly
as if one of the regular steamers had ar
rived on a day trip and was discharging
her ordinary passengers. There was no gang
plank and the wounded men We're Obliged
to Chamber down the companion ladders
as best they could to get ashore.
All the ambulances in the town had been
brought into service but despite their FIRE.
J quent and hurried trips, filled 70 the last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08

There is no occasion for any jealousy be-
tween the respective friends of Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schley as to
which deserves the credit for the destruc7
ton of Cervera's squadron. The credit be-
longs to both in just proportions-to Samp-
son as the ranking officer for the general
arrangements and orders under which the
ships acted, and to Schley for the direct or
ders and for maneuvering the ships. 1t was
proper that the bulletin announcing the
victory should come from Admiral Sampson
as commander of the fleet, and he gave the
credit to "the fleet under my command"
In his official report, which is yet to come,
he will give due credit to Schey and others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08

The cold-blooded manner in which Hon.
Charles M. Cooper, the Democratic-Popu-
list candidate for Congress in this district
two years ago, has been pushed to the rear
is an evidence of unprecedented ingratitude.
Mr.. Cooper was one of the earliest and
loudest shouters for Is to / in this COM
munity He not only kept up the shouting
during the campaign, but added a gayety to
the otherwise funereal Popocratic canvass
that no one else could have given if he had
tried. The boys went out of their way to
hear Cooper tackle is 20 l. No man on the
stump used the funo of 16-to-1 ignorance
with such originality as did Mr.. Cooper.
Not many of his speeches were reported,
but if they had been and could now be
printed, it would make the drollest book of
tho season Mr.. Dunn, who wrote a book
to. prove, in part, that it would be impos-
sible for the United States to undertake the
free coinage of silver alone, can, doubtless,
write more scholarly essays than can Mr..
Cooper, but for unusual views regarding 16
to and suddenness of expression Mr.. Dunn
cannot hold candle to the versatile and
vivacious, Cooper. Mr.. Bailey undoubtedly
mas greater versatility than Mr.. Cooper In
writing such law opinions as his chief may
DESIRE but he has never been the ardent and
facetious apostle of 45-cent dollars that Mr..
Cooper has. No one in all the galaxy
of Democratic speakers began to attract
the attention in 1896 that Mr.. Cooper did.
To put extinguisher over so bright a
light and so useful leader as Mr.. Cooper
would be the basest ingratitude and party
cI1i0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
DYNAMITE GUN TESTED.
The Dangerous Explosive Fired from
an Ordinary Cannon.

CITY OF MEXICO. Mexico July IA re-
markable experiment was made here yes
terday by the young American inventor.
Willard Isham. of Vermont, under the aus
pces of the Mexican War Department, and
the Mexican artillery authorities are pre-
dieting that revolution in modern warfare
will result Mr.. Isham will so to Washing
ton to offer his invention to the government.
In brief, he has succeeded in firing dyna-
mite from an ordinary cannon. The feat
was accomplished by the use of shell es-
pecially devised by Mr.. Isham. 1t was twen-
" inches long and was fired from an eight
inch smooth-bore cannon. The test was
made in a deep ravine about three miles
west OF this city. and proved highly she
cessful About ton Of rock was torn from
the side OF cliff. Another test VIII be Civ
en- In a few days in the presence of President
Diaz and United states Minister Clayton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
Tents for the Wounded.

WASHINGTON, July THE very first
care of the officials here will be for the
wounded men. who are to be brought north
as rapidly as their condition will permit.
There was some idea of taking one of the
big hotels at Fortress Monroe standing on
the government reservation for the purpose
of hospital but it is said to be the pres
ent plan to substitute a number of large
tents, which, when properly pitched and
placed, are said to be hygienically better
than inclosed structures for the treatment
of wounds at this season of the year. Mean
while all is being done in the neighborhood
of Santiago to alleviate the suffering at
Santiago that conditions will permit
This afternoon came telegram from Gen.
Shafter to the War Department as follows:
I'm the name of the sick and wounded off1-
GERS and men under my command / thank
Mr.. J. w. Mackay for the ice sent US
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-08
and June /, 1898, are as follows:

Totals ...........$1 500, 434 1856 81 SS9 SOS. 256
These figures show that between July l,
1885, when the Bryan party started the bat
tie cry of 16 to 1 and free coinage, and June
1, 1898. when there was no fear of such pol
icy, the money in circulation increased $685.
,290 This increase of circulation in the
past twenty-three months is more than
three-fourths of the currency of the coun-
try, specie and state bank notes, in 1860.
The increase in the volume of gold in cir
culation during the twenty-three months
has been $194, 666, ST.. The greater part of
this large amount of gold has come from
the mines, from Europe to pay trade bal
ances, and from hiding places where the
owners withdrew it during the Bryan cam
paign. The volume of standard silver dol
lars and silver certificates increased $66, O47,-
$50 during the period referred to. The num-
Der of silver dollars in the treasury and in
circulation July /, 1896. was 4S1, S52,0A,
against 461 1SO, 422 May 81, 1898.
BY the last report the gold in the treas
ury had fallen to $11O,OOOOOO, but that fact
causes no apprehension. The condition of
war does not affect the public confidence in
the financial soundness of the government.
In other words, foreign war does not
check the flow of gold into the United
States, while the war which Organism
made upon the public confidence caused
thousands Of small investors 10 hide it
away.
Even while the war attracts so much at
tcntion the American people should not for
get that the present confidence in business
had its birth in the defeat of the 16-to-1
heresy in November, 1896, and that it can
only be continued by striking down the
heresy whenever it shows it's head.