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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
SPANISH COAST NEXT.

Decided to Expedite tho Sailing Of
Watson's Fleet.
WASHINGTON, July 5. The war board
was in session with President McKin.
ley for considerably over an hour dur.
ing the day. The most important &C
ton taken was decision to expedite
the departure of the feet under Com.
modore Watson to the Spani sh coast
The administration is DESTROYS Of be-
ginning the commandment of the i'm.
portant coast cities Of Spain, and the
events of the past "a hours make the
plan all the more feasible. With all
opposition to Simpsons feet removed,
Watson will sail at the earliest mo-
ment, and this announcement was
made by Secretary Long with great
satisfaction.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
DELHI.
DELHI TRAIN TIME TABLE.

DELHI TRAIN TIME TABLE.
East hound passeuQer. Lv. IL :28 A. N
West bound passenger, SaE n
West bound freight. 7:45 n
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
East Bound freight, $500 n
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays.
G. NJ BROWNE Station Agent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
State Flower

State Flower
and San Malo cigars to be had all ov-
or town, made by Dominick & Murray,
Redwood Falls. Try them and you
will like them. 37-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
Hope for Hobson's Release.

Hope Tor HobsOn's Re1ease.
WAsHINGToN. July 5.-Friends of
Lieutenant Hobson, hero of tho Merri.
mac, now hope for HE early liberation.
He is still believed to be in Santiago,
and the next "a hours should bring his
liberation. If. however, he has been
spirited away, the capture Of Admiral
Cervera and other prominent Spanish
officers affords excellent opportunities
for exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
French Steamer La Boruoyne from
New York Sunk In Mid
Ocean.
COl1lded with British Steamer In \
Fog at 5 O'clock a. M.
July 9TH.
Only 200 Lives Saved Out of
800 Passengers and
a Crew.
HALIFAX. N. S., July 6.

HALIFAX. N. S., July 6.
GAZETTE cable:- The French steam
or, LaBorgoyne, sailing from New
York for Havre, France, was sunk
Saturday, in a collision with the
British steamship Cromartyshire, sixty
miles south of the Sable Islands.
The collision occurred in dense fog
at FIVE o'clock Monday morning, July
4th.
There were eight hundred passen-
gers aboard, only two hundred of
whom were saved.
AM. PRESS Assn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
Can adian Troops at Seattle.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 5.-The fea.
ture of the days celebration was the
participation of regiment of Cana.
dian militia and about 1000 citizens
from Vancouver and Victoria, B. G.
The Canadian troops occupied the place
of honor in the procession. p
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
Notice..

All persons are notified not to pay a
school order No. 1913 on Dist. As, dated
Dec. 9, 1897. 1t A. ]. SIMPSON.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07

Copfirmed From Madrid.
LONDON, July 5.-The Madrid CORE
spondent Of The Times says: Gan Of.
fetal dispatch announces that the Man
zanillo column Of 5000 men with q
large quantity OF supplies has reached
SANTIAGO de Cuba.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07

500 bushels of corn for sale at 80
cents per bushel by j. A. McGet-
trick. At. f.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
Allen Opposes Annexation.

Allen Opposes Annexation.
WASHINGTON, July Sin the senate
Mr.. Allen (Neb.) began his speech in
opposition to Hawaiian annexation.
During the session large number Q;
pension bills were passed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07

Just out-San Malo, best 5 cent ci
gar. Try them. 37-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07

to put an end to the duel, when 1t Is
materially impossible for one of the
combatants to continue it,"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-07-07
Just Out.
OVERFLOW LOCALS.

State Flower-lO cent cigar. If
The herald., 1898-04-10

90 m .rots an hour and carries 200 pounds
~ oxnIosive compound directed against the
most vulnerable part Of ship, that OF her
hull under water.
1--WE have been enabled, by the addition OF
large masses of. armor, to fairly protect
the water line, and above 1t, against the
effects of artillery fire, but cannot exteno
this to the submerged portion of her hull
as a defense against torpedo attacks. we
have, therefore, been obliged to restrict
our endeavors, so far as structural ar
rangements are concerned, to give snips OF
war a double bottom and subdividing them
internally into a number OF water-ugnt
apartments, thus seeking to diminish tn
effects of an explosion and restrict the IN
| flow of water at this point.
"As. however, these arrangements could
only give very partial protection at time
| when torpedoes carried comparatively
small charge, it was considered desirable
to stop them before they could reach the
| ship, and for this purpose the present sys-
| tenn of net defense was devised.
"This consists of wire netting suspended
vertically from steel or wooden beams at
tached to the hull of the ship, from which
| they project % to 35 feet. The nets hang
| down to a depth of 20 feet and are connected
together in sections So as to then form
continuous crinoline of netting.
! But, should the ship move through the
water, the nets are more or less impelleo
toward the surface, according to the speed
| of the ship. For these reasons naval OIL
| GERS do not consider that nets can be used
| at sea.
"Thus 1t is evident that, If external pro-
lection is to be relied upon, it must be in
a different FORM and DR.. Jones has devised
! a torpedo guard which is not only novel, but
free from most of the objections inherent
to the net defense. His plan is to have steel
shields made to the form of the ship and
ordinarily resting against the hull. They
are, however, capable of being projected
outward, when required, to distance OF 20
feet from this hull, and this cushion of wa
ter. together with the resistance offered
Inv the steel plating, should secure ship
from material injury in the event of a tor
pedos exploding against the guard. 1t is
obvious that the plate could not be cut
through, like net, nor would it be forced
out of position by a current or the ships
moving through the water.
IAN advantage of this system is that all
the appliances for working this protection
are above the water line and always in
position, thus enabling the protection to be
put in position at the shortest notice. while
it overcomes the difficulty attached to sup
porting steel booms or rams, If projected to
a distance of 20 or 90 feet
"This plan now proposed by DIR. Jones is,
in my opinion, the best which has yet been
put forward for guarding against the ter
rble effects of locomotive torpedo attack,
and, looking to the grave issues involved,
consider that expenditure would be wise.
ly incurred by giving it trial."
The herald., 1898-04-10

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 4.-(Special I
Correspondence to The Herald.) The fact
that Spain s flotilla of torpedo boats is max
ing it's way with what speed it can in the
direction of Porto Rico and may soon be
in a position to strike blow at our splen
did battleships and cruisers assembled at
Key West brings out more prominently the
value of a new torpedo shield for which
much is claimed. The new mode of hull
defense is the idea of DR.. Herbert Jones,
a naval constructor of note, and is de-
signed to act as a torpedo guard for the
vessel below the surface of the sea.
The plan of DR.. Jones is simply to place a
huge shield along the hull of the battleship
on both sides. 1t will consist of number
of large plates in juXtaposition, extending
from stem to stern, and from the keel to a
point just above the water line. The plates
must fit exactly TO the model of the hull,
SO as not to retard the speed of the vessel
when there is no occasion to use them.
The only contrvance now in use to pro-
tect the lower portion of a ships hull from
torpedo attack is Il huge netting of wire
slung from booms on the side of the ship.
and is supposed to penetrate far enough
beneath the surface of the water to furnish
protection for the entire bottom This
apparatus affords protection to some ex-
tent when the vessel has hove to, but when
she has speed on the net is sure to drag
astern and expose a large surface of the
hull. Then, again, torpedoes have been in
vented for the very purpose of cutting
through the netting when it is found al an
obstacle.
With DIR. Jones new device. the torpedo
could not reach the hull proper, but would
explode itself against the preventive hull,
as the guard might be termed. That, of
course, would be demolished, but the hull
itself would be saved from destruction.
AS previously stated the shield must fit
snugly to the hull. The shield consists of
a number of wide plates placed side by
side and hung by hinges on long rod run
ming the length of the ship, just above the
water line and extending to the keel. Above
each plate is davit, securely attached to
the ships side. A tackle is suspended from
each davit, and the lower block hooks into
a ring-bolt into the lower end of the plate.
The falls run into the hull and connect
with a windlass, so that the guard can be
hoisted out by steam. When placed in po-
sition for defense it must be hauled out
board about 20 feet from the hull. Thus,
besides the resistance of the shield, a huge
cushion of water which has been formed
aids in the protection of the ship.
Captain S. Eardley Wilmot, r. N, late
chief torpedo expert of the admiralty, in
his report, has the following to say on
the subject:
1.-THE development of the Whitehead tor
pedo, with which now nearly all nations
are supplied renders the question of pro-
tecting ships against this attack one of the
gravest consideration.
&The torpedo of today travels at the rate
The herald., 1898-04-10

many years. In 1925 Mr.. Clay declared to
France that we could not consent to the
occupation or these islands CUBA and
Porto Rico) by any other European po W or
than Spain under any contingency what
ever" and in 1S40, when British aggression
was feared, the assurance was given to
Spain by Mr.. Forsyth, ard repeated in
1913 by Mr.. Webster that in the event Of
any European power attempting TO wrest
Cuba from her Spain might securely rely
upon the whole naval and military re-
sources of the United States to aid herfn
preserving or recovering it,
rights We're constantly violated by Spain
Dur:ng these stirring times, one daring,
lawless act of Spain almost brought on a
The herald., 1898-04-10

down their arms and surrendered all prom
ises were broken.
The present conflict differs very Nt.le
from the ten years war Its features are
almost ~ i.r. as.------- ~. ro,e
civilized war methods are pursued by
Spain. When intervention IS spoken OF
Spain offers the same liberal promises OF
autonomy to Cuba. Spain's liberality in
concession and promises is unbounGed,
but she is slow TO fulfill. If the United
States should ever feel /; her duty to inter
vene in the affairs of Cuba for the sake of
humanity and American interests, it will
certainly be an armed Intervention, and
when once undertaken must be carried to
completion without the least regard for
Spanish promises of reform.
The herald., 1898-04-10

The famine in Cuba has harvested fifteen
times as many lives as the Graeco-Turk-
ish war. and twice as many as the bubonic
plague in India.
hi ,Wyhapr the Sultan Of Turkey was, through
ing the Armenians by the thousands. the
people of America were highly incensed
because the European concert of powers
did nothing to stop the bloody work. Our
sense of right was outraged when for po
litical reasons the Christian nations of
Europe permitted such wholesale slaugh-
ter to be continued. Only year passes,
and our nation is guilty Of the same Of
fense.
Every day we parley and wait hundreds
of innocent people die of starvation. One
The herald., 1898-04-10

to concentrate themselves in their re-
spectve county seats. Here the people
were huddled together by the thousands
and the Spaniards fortified the town. Nc
oue was permitted to pass outside the for
tifications under penalty of being shot.
These people lived for a time on the charity
of the residents of the town, but the drain
was so great that for the past six months
starvation has been general in every city
Starving by law in sight of the rich soil
of their own farms, where they might be
raising abundance of food. A half million
people starving to death on an island about
eighty miles from our country. The latest
figures are over 900 deaths from starva-
ton. And still the law is strictly enforced
and the dread reaper continues his work.
The herald., 1898-04-10

preston that we wish to acquire the island
of Cuba; that we wish to annex it to our
country. 1t certainly belongs to Spain. 1t
was hers centuries before we became ma
ton. I do not believe it is the intention of
of our government to rob Spain of her pos
sessions. This charge made against Amer
lea that We are selfish in the matter is un-
founded, yet is thoroughly believed by
Spain, and has been the most powerful in
fiuence in causing us to stand aloof from
Cuba. There is even an unwillingness on
our part to be responsible for the future of
the island, if wrested from Spain.
Prime Minister Sagasta states that Spain
will not assent to arbitration. Neither
would we consent to arbitrate whether we
owned Long Island or whether it should
be made an independent government. We
The herald., 1898-04-10

have great financial and commercial in
terests in Cuba. Americans own fifty mill
lion dollars worth of property and they
hold mortgages on fifty million dollars
worth more. Our trade with Cuba amounts
to eight-five million dollars per annum.
This property is being wasted and our COM
merce wrecked and, worst of all. claims
for damages are worthless, which serves
to widen the breach between our country
and Spain. These MISUNDERSTANDING
coupled with our financial losses are at the
bottom of our present difficulties.
Let us take a chapter in early history
Instead of trying to divorce Cuba from
Spain, as the latter country charges we
have in reality. through our Monroe doc
trine, held Spain in possession of Cuba for
The herald., 1898-04-10

Any man who knows anything about the
horrors of war, who realizes that it means
desolaton. the destruction of thousands
of men, the ruin of families. the piing up
Of 9 gEeah hY var n9ePbSr fiimpia bl ps hrni
of evils which naturally follow, will say,
we do not wish for war; by all means set
tie the difficulties in a peaceful way
Yet it must be peace based on right.
Gods way is: First pure, then peaceable." "
We would rather have war with honor
than peace with dishonor There are GER
tain things now transp!ring in Cuba which
no civilized nation should permit to ex-
ist.
Gen Weyler passed law compelling all
the uuarmed men, women and children
The herald., 1898-04-10

war with the United States. On October
81, 1873, one of our vesseis-the Virginius-
was captured on the high seas by the Tor
nado, Spanish war vessel, and taken TO
Santiago de Cuba. Gen. Burrill, who was
in command of that city, in the face of the
protest of our consul. summoned court
martial and executed the entire crew and
passengers TO the number of fifty-three.
But in spite of this aggravation the
American government did everything pos
sib,e in the ten years strife to close the
war in peaceful way. She offered her
friendly offices, through Gen. Sickles. but
they were .O the end not accepted. AT last
the long, destructive conflict was brought
to close by many promises being made 10
the insurgents but as soon as they laid
The herald., 1898-04-10

The United States certainly has duty
to perform to herself to Cuba and to Spain.
The wise man generally keeps hmseif free
from tangling alliances which Will get
him into trouble. bu; sometimes his posi-
tion compels him to interfere in matters
which do not directly concern himsef.
Sometimes circumstances make 1t crlm-
inal for him to shrk his duty in reference
to others. The policy of our nation has
always been to avoid international COM
plications. but 1t frequently happens that
the situation of a nation is such that GER
tain duties and obligations cannot be
avoided. l am convinced that such case
confronts America today,
1t is our first duty to secure peaceful
settlement of the difficulties II possible.
The herald., 1898-04-10

, be known that the United States is op-
posed to war, that she would never lift a
hand to defend herself, Spain would bonn
bard our coast cities in less than twenty
four hours. The advocates of such doc
trines are producers of war.
The second class are those men who are
at the other extreme: who have consider
able dynamite in their makeup; men
whom we now call "jingoes;" men who at
the least provocation demand war.
1t is the desire on the part of the Ameri-
can government and people that we shall
have peace with honor.
OUR TROUBLE WITH SPAIN
The cause of our trouble with Spain
Is a misunderstanding
The Spanish people are under the i'm
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22
Curiosity.

Missoula. Dec. ga curiosity that
attracts general attention Is being
shown by Jerome Jacobs at Wallace,
Idaho. II consists Of a pair of deer
antlers firmly imbedded In a fir log.
the wood having grown o the
base OF the horns and half way up to
the tops. The section of log which
holds the antlers measures % inches
in diameter and vas taken from the
tree in which II grew - feet rom
the ground. When discovered there was
a second pair OF horns locked with this
but in Telling the tree this pair was
broken. Nobody seems to be able to
account for the horns being found I'm
such a peculiar position. The height
above the ground Is the strangest part
of the proposition.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22
Christmas Activity.

Missoula, Dec. 20.-In every place of
business in the city Christmas activity
prevails and additional clerks are en-
ployed TO take care Of the rush holi-
day trade. Last week was a little dull
In local mercantile circles. but This
week seems to be making up for IL,
and all of the local merchants report
good trade and plenty OF u. The farm
ers are coming In with crates of geese.
turkeys. ducks and chickens for the
Christmas timers OF the city. and the
woodhaulers have their wagons heaped
high with Christmas greens. The
streets nave been thronged with holi-
day buyers since Monday morning N
the scene presented by the town IL "A
pleasant n There have been few
years when Mlssouia has been in a
frame of mind that tended to make
her Christmas a pleasanter n Q There
will he no home In the whole town
where there will be no Christmas cheer.
Prosperity has smiled upon the city
this year. and the relief committee re-
allied sufficient funds from the enter
tainment last week to be able to take
care OF the few cases where there
would not otherwise have been a holt
day feast. As Il is. the day promises to
be one Of the happiest ever celebrated
in the city.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22

transferring George T. Slack. post engi-
neer. from Fort Missoula to Fort Keogh.
Mrs. Slack inc daughter Will remain In
Missoula for the winter. II Mr.. Stacks
transfer is permanent IL Will remove
another candidate from h race of the
p~ostofice here in Missoula- From the
orders received IL Is believed that MI.
Slack will be absent only a few weeks.
In which case the p~ostofice contest viii
not be changed. As stated in the stand
ard to-day. Mr.. Slack is one of the
strongest candidates In the race for the
Office.
Hizzoner. Justice Myers. is
ed to-day as a candidate and his en-
into the ace may put a new
phase upon the matter. as he a con-
siderable strength. IL Is said In regard
to his question that Mr.. Dowell. the
present postmaster. will retain his office
till July. 1899. In this case the
for the position seems to be somewhat
premature.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22
The ChrIstmas Recess.

Missoula. Dec. 2l.-The public schools
will close for the Christmas recess
Thursday afternoon and will reopen
Thursday morning. In all of the
grades there will be appropriate public
exercises at 2:30 o'clock Thursday aft
rnoon to which all friends of the
schools are invited. In the first and
second grades at the Central building
the pupils Of Misses Sloan and Phelps
will present a cantata. All of the rooms
are prettlly decorated and the exercises
promise To be very interesting. The ex-
hibition of freehand drawing in the
room of the Eighth grade is very fine.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22
Regarding OuigIey.

Missoula. Dec. 20.-Frank Dierman
has been I'm town for n couple OF lays
from the mouth of Rock creek. He
reports matters up there as very I've
ly these days n his hotel IL doing
the same big business that IL used to
do In the old days OF the Quigley
boom. He has three sawmills at work
In his territory. %Johnson's. Jennings
n Shoup's. and all OF them are turn
ing out plenty Of lumber.
Regarding Qu.gley. Mr.. Dierman
says that there ave been several par
ties OF experts looking at the Golden
Scepter mines recently. A party OF
three went up Rock creek Monday. &C.
companied by j. r.. Mcdonald. who has
the bond on :he properties. A month
z a mining expert spent several days
al the mines and aroun the mill. He
tool IA 10 Ions of the orc. which he
shipped away for a mill test. The
samples he look himself in the mines
in order TO max certain hat there was
no doctoring, and his unofficial opinion
was that the mines were all right. IL
is hoped that there will soon be some
thing definite come from the negot'a-
tions that are now pending I'm regard
to the property upon which so much
money has been expended. There are
so many scientific men who have TX
amined the mines and reported favor
ably regarding them that IL does net
seem that all of them are mistaken.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22
SHE CAN SHOOT STRAIGHT.
She Proved 10 on Her Husband's
Employer.

Missoula. Dec. 2l.-Missoula has a
woman that can shoot straight. This
may not be generally believed. but II
was satisfactorily demonstrated to-day.
The woman's husband was In a fight
with his employer at the place OF bust
ness where he was employed when the
woman came into the Don At that
tim her husband was getting some the
worst OF the encounter and her wifely
feelings were at once IN
seized the first thing that came within
her reach and let IL go at her
employer. Her aim was true and the
Musician inkstand-struck the man
I'm the ear. The contents of h bottle
deluged him and while he was sputter-
ing over this the woman threw a second
bottle with more deadly effect than the
first. The result was that the employer
was utterly vanquished, though the
opinion OF witnesses of the affair is that
the employer would have won out had
IL not been for the Interference Of the
woman. AS II is. the husband is out of
a job. but has the COM 'ousness of hav-
ing won the fight. II VS. a good one
while IL lasted.