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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06
CREENVILLE.

Daniel Steere is painting his residence.
DR.. E. B. Eddy is able to be about the
house.
Mrs. DR.. Ballou is suffering from an at
tack of quinsy.
L. S. Smith has been confined to his
home by illness.
Miss Boiling, of Providence, is visiting
Miss Zadie Sprague.
The school began on Monday with the
same teachers as last term.
Miss Winnie Angel, of Providence, is
visiting relatives in Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown, OF Bur
illville, visited friends here this week.
Two milliners from Hope were in town
yesterday taking orders for spring millin-
cry.
Temple Lodge, A. F. of A. NJ, will
hold regular meeting tomorrow eve
ming.
John S. Mathewson is making some
extensive additions and changes to his
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Boutelle, of Provi.
dence, visited Mr.. and Mr.. c. A. Brown,
on Wednesday.
A family from Mechanicsville, Conn,
moved in one of Annie Wilkinson's
houses this week
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Hunt, OF Ster-
ling, Conn, visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Barnes on Sunday.
The proceedings of the Smithfield
Council were crowded out of this weeks
TINES from lack of room. 1t will appear
next week.
Er. Fitzsimmons has not removed to
Spragueville as reported in a recent num-
Der OF the TINES. He can still be found
at the oil stand.
Rev. DR.. Durgin will preach a memo
rial sermon al the Baptist church on Sun
day, May 20, at I 80 p. m. Old sold
iers are especially invited.
The funeral of the late Eben S. Angel
was solemnized at the Baptist church, last
Saturday, DR.. Durgin conducting the
services. The bearers were four uephews
of the deceased; 0. A. Tobey, Rufus An
| gell, Henry Tobey and George Olney.
The floral tributes were exceedingly hand
some.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06
GEORGIAVlLLE.

Mr.. William Sargent is confined to his
home by illness.
Mrs. F. o. Martin, Jr. is visiting friends
at Fall River, Mass.
Several French families have recently
moved from this place to Canada.
Mr.. William Hill fell last Monday even
ing and bruised his face quite severely.
There will be baptizlng here Sunday,
when it is expected that nine candidates
will be immersed.
The assault case brought by Mr.. How
ard of this place against Mr.. Pocket will
be tried on the 10TH.
Judge James Harris has made several
trips in pursuit OF the agile trout. He had
string of I6 very handsome specimens
on Saturday.
81. R. Farnum and Alphonso Steere re.
turned on Wednesday from fishing trip
to Connecticut. They brought home a
fine catch of trout.
AT entertainment -ill be given in the
vestry Of the Unlversalist church on Sat-
urday. The farces of a "Pair of Luna
tics and Great Catastrophe" will be
presented.
The petition presented to the Smith
field Town Council on Saturday last for
the enforcement OF the liquor laws in this
village, was signed by over 100 Georgia
vile people.
A young man named Butler was arrested
here on Sunday, by Officer Tobin, on the
charge of stealing pocket-boo He was
arraigned before Judge Harris the same
day and fined $40 and costs, which he
paid.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06

The Best Liniment.-" Chamberlain's
Pain Balm is the finest on earth," write
Edwards & Parker, of Plains, Ga. This
is the verdict of all who use it. For rheu-
matism, lame back, spraihs, swellings
and the numerous slight ailments and
accidents common to every household,
this liniment has no equal. With it in
the house. great deal OF pain and suffer
ing may be avoided. For sale by B. A.
Smith, Olneyville. and @. R. Parker,
Johnston.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06

st. Elizabeth Guild OF this place met
with Mrs. William Shaw Bowen OF East
Greenwich on Thursday afternoon. The
ladies were most delightfully."- entertained
and spent most agreeable afternoon
with Mrs. Bowen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06

The General Assembly to-day passed
the act which allows the people of John
ston to vote on the division OF the town.
A town meeting for this purpose will be
held the last Wednesday in May.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06
LOCAL NEWS.

Attention is called 10 the advertisement
Of the Meshanticut Park Nursery that an
pears in the TINES this week. This nur-
sery has large and we'll selected stock of
trees and shrubs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06

ga good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches" This is too true to
allow even an argument. 1t is also true
that good piano is a most desirable
piece Of furniture. H. L. Eddy, Hoyle
Building, has fine stock of instruments.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-06
Fit as a Fiddle

The clothes you have
made at "Elias the Tailor"
have the happy faculty
OF fitting. 1t is the way
they are made.
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NO. SO.

two guns, each nearly 81 feet long and
almost big enough for man to crawl
inside. The dots flash fire, and from
each of the guns, propelled by 425
pounds of powder, leaps a mass of
steel weighing $50 pounds, and travel
ling at the rate of 25 miles minute.
1t comes in silence, for it is moving
with twice the velocity of sound, and
the report of the gun is left so far be-
hind that when it catches up it is swal-
lowed in the explosion of the shell.
Striking the fortitication with force
sufficient to pierce two feet and half
of solid wrought iron, the huge pro-
jectile tears through the feeble en-
bankment as if there were nothing in
its way. Then, converted by its burst
ing charge of 35 pounds of powder
into flying torpedo, it explodes, and
stone, guns, sand and men soar into
the air together. AS the red rain
comes down the belated report of the
distant gun arrives, but the watcher
who saw the flame leap from the mou-
itor's muzzles ten seconds ago is no
longer there to hear it.
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often run directly within the prescribed
limits of approach before they have
the faintest notion of the proximity OF
cruiser or a battleship. The moon,
which is nightly waxing in power, will
help greatly in quick Identification,
but the Dauntless recently succeeded
in getting night order for signals
which will be better still.
Sitting near the Dauntless' pilot
house, recently, off Ell Moro, with a
pair of marine glasses that brought
the saffron bastions within half mile,
it was impossible to keep from specu-
lating on the condition of things with.
in that city, where for two mouths
many of us lived on patience and the
hope of bonn bardment, which, it now
seems, is not to occur. We knew, as
well as if we were eyewitnesses, that
famine is within that it is not confin-
ed to reconcentrados, most of whom
must be dead by this time; but en-
braces the lady of quality aud her
liege lord, the professional man and
his family, the small storekeeper and
his brood, the artisan and his help
meet.
Probably, as yet, the Spanish officers
and the wealthy contractor have food
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tions of the great guns is the penetra-
ton of the enemy's armor, either at
the waterline belt or on the turrets
and gun positions, while that of the
rapidfres is the destruction of the un-
unarmored parts or the disabling of
the guns not armor protected. The
six, three, and one-pounders direct
their rain of shots at the turret port
holes, gun shields, or unprotected
parts of the ship, having also an eye
to torpedo boats, while from the fight
ing tops, the Gatlings rain thousand
shots minute on any of the crew in
exposed positions. With such storm
of large and small projectiles it would
seem to be rather question of who
would be left alive rather than who
would be killed.
The guns in use in the United States
navy are the 13-inch, 12-inch, 10-inch,
s-inch, 6-incb, 5.inch, 4-inch, 6-pound-
ers, 3-pounders, 1'pounders, Hotch-
kiss 81 nm. revolver cannon, and the
machine guns. In the following table
is given the length and weight of these
guns, as we'll as of the shell they carry !:
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ed the random statement which ha
fallen from Katia.

ed the random statement which had
fallen from Katia.
cit will probably be agreeable to
you," sneeringly remarked the procura-
tor, turning to Katia, Ito know Of
your protege's grateful feelings toward
you"
He handed her the note. Katia read
it, but understood nothing. She only
felt that some sort of crisis was over
and that in some miraculous way Vladi-
Mrs position was improving.
"Be so kind as to return the doou-
ment to me, =" said the procurator. "We
have to present it in our report. l
Think" he went on, turning to the
officer of gendarmerie, "that it will be
useless for US to continue our search
any longer or to interrogate the other
servants. -
The officer agreed with him. Vladi-
mir was saved.
They at once wrote out their report,
short one, stating that, from the evil
dence of the lady Of the house and Of
the nurse and also from letter found
during the search, it appeared that the
person unknown living under the
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six guns atloat. Plainly, however,
this calculation is not based on Spanish
management of the land weapon and
American craftsmanship from the wa
ter. 1t would have been interesting
to see what such batteries as those OF
Malanzas could have accomplished
against such ships as the New York,
Puritan and Cincinnati, representing
three distinct types Of fighting craft ;
but as the Spanish gunners could not
hit anything, the opportunity for STU
dies of this sort was lost.
The old-fashioned bombardments
with little round cannon balls, like
croquet balls, are familiar in litera-
ture, and we know pretty we'll how
they used to affect the people that
were subjected to them. But bonn
bardment with projectiles like the 12-
inch shells of the Puritan is something
whose psychology has meyer been writ
ten. Imagine poor devil of Span
ish conscript at Matanzas watching
the queer war monster man9uvring in
his bay. AS the turret swings around
he sees in the distance two black dots
that represent the yawning muzzles of
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TO BE CONTINUED.
atliseellantons Reading.
GREAT NAVAL GUNS.
The Various Destructive Machines De-
scribed.

The Various Destructive Machines De-
scribed.
That naval battle between modern
fleets, armed with modern guns, will
be terrible destructive one, both to
the ships and to the lives of those who
man them, is conceded by all naval
authorities. The destructiveness will
come not only from the tremendous
power and effectiveness of the guns
but also from the fact that the shell
has replaced the solid shot in all cali
bers down to the one-pounder, so that
to the penetrative effect of the pro-
iectile is added its explosive power
and the scattering of its fragments in
destructive and deathdealing circle
many feet in diameter.
Shell fire in warfare has always been
terrible thing, but now that the pen
etrative effect Of the solid shot has
been supplemented by the explosive
effect of the shell, one may well Won
der as to what will be the final result.
The modern armor-piercing shell,
made of hardened steel, and with its
conical point carefully fashioned for
the greatest penetrating power, has
all the armor-piercing effectiveness OF
solid shot of the same shape, while
its explosives makes it infinitely more
destructive. For the modern shell
does not explode when it first strikes
Of
ship, but after it has pierced the side
or armor and has exhausted its pene-
trative effect. The percussion fuse is
in the base of the shell, and is explo-
ded by a plunger driven against it by
the force of the impact of the shell Oh
striking. The time between the i'm
pact of the shell and its explosion is
sufficient for it to have done its full
penctrative work.
An extended discussion of guns YER
sus armor, however, is u subject that
must be handled chiefly with technical
phrases. 1t is the intention in this
article TO give concisely some facts and
figures as TO the guns carried by the
ships of Uncle Sans navy, the pro
iecliles which they throw, their power
of penetration and their effective
range.
1t first must be understood that all
modern guns on ships-of.war are
breech- loading and riiled, and that the
smooth bore exists only as Il relic, or
to be brought out in all emergency for
coast defense, when modern gums are
not available. From the 13-inch down
to the 4.inch, the guns are designated
by their caliber, the diameter Of their
bore, and the shot they throw, while
from that to the 1-pounder they take
their name from the weight of the shot
Everything below the 1-pounder is
in the machine-gun class.
The base of rapid-fire work is the
bringing together in one cartridge OF
the primer, powder and shell. When
the limit of weight of cartridge, easily
handled by one man, is reached, the
limit Of rapid-fre action is also reach
ed and, although the quick-moving
brcech mcchanlsms have been applied
abroad to guns of as large as S-inch
calber, such guns would rank as quick
rather than rapid firing, and would
require powder and shot to be loaded
separately.
On the modern battleships the func
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ern flank and the Iowa on the western
could not have been less than 80
miles. Lookouts in the lofty tops, with
long telescope glasses, can sweep the
coast line and the sea for many miles
without letting the smallest of coasting
vessels escape their observation, and
as long as the blockading vessels are
within signalling distance, one with
another, the longer the blockade line
the more effective it is.
Results in the way Of captures have
proven the truth Of this. None the
less true is it, however, that Rear Ad'
miral Sampson could use to great ad-
vantage a number of small vessels.
They would render the blockade ab-
solute and, ut the same time, relieve
the crews of the bigger ships from con-
slant calls to quarters. These calls
are harrassing, and as only one out of
ten probably amounts TO anything, are
apt to prove irritating as well.
Newspaper boats give the fleet much
trouble at night. 1t is unintenLional,
of course, but true for all that. All
the war vessels are as dark as pitch at
night, and the correspondents boats
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THE LAW OF THE BLOCKADE
There are complexities in the law Of
blockade, and its essentials are simple
enough.
|. A blockade must be proclaimed
so that ships Of all nationalities may
be notified of its existence.
2. Ships already at sea when proc
lamation is made must upon arrest be
notified and permitted TO depart iol
some other than the blockaded port
Until such notice the ship is not liable
to capture. -.
3. Ships so notified, and ships sail
ing after proclamation of blockade has
been made, are liable to capture upor
attempting to pass the blockade.
4. In case of capture they and theil
cargoes are contiscated, but neither
their officers nor seamen, if the shiI
carries Il neutral flag, are subject to
any other penalty. They are guilty
of no crime.
5. No neutral nation is bound tc
respect any blockade till it has beer
made effective. If it is not so neutrals
resent and resist the seizure of theil
ships attempting to trade with "paper'
blockaded ports.
6. Ships of the enemy are subjec
to capture anywhere at sss, without
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ANGL0-AMERlCAN ALLIANCE.

Hint That the Cuban War Is Only the
Beginning of Larger Undertakings.
The New York Evening Posts Lon
don correspondent cables to that paper
last Friday as follows:
"Mr. Balfour is being sharply criti-
cised, especially in Radical quarters,
for his seemingly curt, half ironical
answer in the house of commons last
night respecting Anglo-American rela-
tions, and The Times today thinks
it necessary to publish long dispatch
from its Washington correspondent
expressing Mr.. McKinley's panied sur
prise at newspaper tales of changing
English opinion.
"Yet it would be quite mistake to
assume from Mr.. Balfour's reply that
Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Balfour and the
ministry generally are unsympathetic
toward the movement of Anglo-Amer-
lean accord, of which evidences are not
less abundant here than in the States.
II have the best reason to know
that ministers here await with the
keenest interest the development of
the line of Anglo-American co.opera-
ton they suggested sometime back to
President Mckinley.
"Then the British proposal was for
joint Anglo-American action in defence
of an open trade door in Chiua alone
as against expected Russian German
exclusiveness, and, to quote Mr.. Bal
four's own words when speaking of
the proposal, they were mighty civil
at Washington about that But those
who have talked with individual min
listers in the past few days assure me
that the British government realizes
the far wider scope for Anglo American
cooperation to which the American
intervention in Cuba may now open
the way. The policy of the open door
is threatened in West Africa, East
Africa and South Africa, as well as in
China, and the minister, believing that
the Cuban Intervention marks the
close of United States isolation from
the foreign politics of the outside
world, are convinced that this cause of
unfettered commerce in the undevelop-
ed markets of the world must soon
bring England and the States, not into
formal alliance-that must be mat
ter of slow development-but be q
close, definite, mutual understanding,
and to that end they will continue to
work"
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GATHERING NEWS AT SEA.

On Board the Dauntless, Dispatch
Boat of the The Associated Press,
Midway Between Havana and Key
West, Fla, April 2S.-News gathering
at sea has its attractions but it also
has its drawbacks. Incident after in
cident could be written, describing
how out of the semi-darkness rushed
a long black torpedo boat, and the
hoarse order to heave to was followed
on the instant by the threat of a shot.
Then there have been times when all
steam was called for because we were
in grave doubt whether an approach
ing stranger was American or Span
ish, and in no doubt at as to what our
fate would be should the unknown
vessel prove to be a Spanish gunboat,
for the Spauiards would rather gather
in the Dauntless than almost any
other craft that sails these seas.
Off Matanzas, the other night, a
man Of wars man assured some of the
crew of the Dauntless that two Span
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enough, or the wherewithal to buy it,
even with beef at S1.50 per pound (the
last quotation reaching us.)
Beyond question large majority Of
the Havanese would welcome the
bombardment they daily expect, if as
sured that when it was over and the
city, in the bands of the United States
forces, food conditions would change
and the awful uncertainty as to what
the next hour might bring forth be
resolved into certainty in the crucible
of action,
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MODERN BIG GUNS.
Spaniards Saw the Flame; But When thu
Noise Came They Were Gone.

Spaniards Saw the Flame But When the
Noise Came They Were Gone.
New York Journal, Friday.
The rudely disturbed garrisons OF
the forts at Matanzas have one cheer
ing reflection to console them for the
aunoyances to which Admiral Samp-
sons shells subjected them on We'd
nesday. They played a part in
history. They not only participant
ed in the first battle fought in the
Hispano-American war of 1898, but
they had the honor of serving as tar
gets for the most formidable artillery
ever directed against forti6cation,
with the single exception of some en-
ployed by the japanese against Port
Arthur and Wei-Hei.Wei.
1t is usually estimated that one gun
ashore is equivalent to from three to
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ish gunboats had escaped the blockade
at Cardenas and were cruising outside,

ish gunboats had escaped the blockade
at Cardenas and were cruising outside,
seeking to capture any unarmed craft
CARRYING the United States colors.
Probably the yarn was false; but its
effect on the crew was far from reas-
suring, and it was positive comfort,
the next night off Havana, to be hail
ed by the Indiana, ordered to heave to
and boarded by an officer who evident
ly wanted to be we'll assured of our
identity. The big battleship give a
sense of absolute security, and now
none of the crew believes any Span
lard brave enough to come within a
score of miles of this and similar in
struments of protection aid Of offense.
At sea, and visiting them day after
day, the personality of the warships
grows on you, and your regard is total
ly different from that which you feel
toward the same vessels when they are
in home port, or peacefully cruising
up and down friendly coast. If they
seem grimmer, they certainly seem
greater for defense, for honor, for
success.
NOTES OF THE BLOCKADE.
If any persons have the idea that
the ships of the blockading squadron
off Havana remain punched together
opposite the Moro and the harbor's
mouth, they should at once change
their notion. Last night the distance
between the Wilmington on the east
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FIRST CLASS BATTLESEIIP PELAYO.

by the Spaniards and by far
the
whereabouts the of Gibraltar and
either the Indiana
experts a anything
like match foreith O vessels.
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iral, Serial, A9rirutural, and Commercial Sntel


reference to the ports from or to which
they are going. Neutrals ships are
subject to capture only when trying to
break the blockade.
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nV Accident insurance policies have
taken many curious shapes, ranging
from the penny in the slot to the cou-
pom in the weekly newspaper, but the
limit has been reached in London,
where the purchaser of book of Gig
arctic paper is insured fifty dollars
for a period of 70 days. The annual
cost of this amount Of insurance is
about Is cents year, provided the
holder of the novel policy is not u
cigarette fend. The amount Of insur-
ance is specifically set aside for the
defraying of funeral expenses in the
event of accidental death.
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name of Vladimir Volgin had disap-
peared on the day before the search.
Katia signed this document without
reading it, She was still unable to come
to herself
A few minutes later the carriage
rumbled away from the door, and the
gendarmes were gone.