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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
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NORWICH l.INE
For New London woI'ss;s ara p9n,, IS, Ne[ih nq.'2o
and The .d ns' pe S'S 70 r. one 6SE above canal S.
days only at SO r NJ Te T NM sn,r al Dew
mon; Railroads.
FALL RIVER llNF
For Newport, Fan River nos'op Mar'ha.s VINEYARD,
Sg S sSa e S p Sa:F" s Sna Hs' T
a and ru2 X 5aF Of Warren rene ST. week Gn ea and
sundays at 600 p ~
S17GN'NGT0N LIME
a15 all poa rs' Nans ana sly Ha%P
s lsrs ,d iraYf N.Y. r'S =, 3 r NJ
ElunTlsnn R8vara 1DV JDaylighe.
PALACE IRON DAY LINE srEAMEK ,;55p,xr.
SET Sn s%N and tastes. in til. world
Leaves H''s.sE". 'F %::' 81 =
nASY SGeo Ens.5a & G s. Point asa New. "
sn pesi ioGis the cArskdLls SARATOGA. etc
dhnc 9usn from residence destination by NewYork
Nlhnmy IEvan'MT Lime.
nl,au5SS s13s Win i's1;s nS .ss
. :. n w. Vim S' "s.Hs SSrS as aod West ~ w.
II l1lAJ y l0lN.J ~ u S2)1
r,yr LOVER THAN Any OTHER ROUTE
send fo nst rcl,es REDUCED tate tours
the Xdondask af S,,h G on S ana '"'"pH Green
JE.%sGjRsloXs-rKo $3.50. SARATOGA. $3.50.
s,ea,ers leave iVtA a. oa., . 7. Nj except SAT-
u,asy. sanda, .,eameIs ,oaen AZ A.o.n1.
eATSNlLl EVENING LINE.
s,eat@r, lave toot Of Christopher St every
day at JUL ID new oNrEoNA VIII leay.
on S't,dSys at 80 =. NJ MATTERS al. at p 81.
/
A 's"'r. 'iSe HOSES ANA Carriages
J,scrp,'e tolder na.,H nee.
uI'DsON AND COXSACkIE BOATS leave
tegs Of ' GG'i'gs'r r. ii i; ky weekday ate NJ
uI-DSoN RIVER STEAMER Mary Powell.
NJ Ws.i 4 3. : r.; & \ Sn1aaA' Z? o.
ttXNsToN WET Point S%hNNAklt MEWDG RGM:
T ThHk. n hoo&boGT ana KiNdsioN. HIDE
DAMspELL LINE Fo;: NEiv.scNGH calI.
Vest rS fo f' Sol 1nh cG'" fs rI.ss
ni tn' rsFa da5. 1sscee, snIso s,ard.
AZ landing a. i l$S Il No, &c. River $780, sa"'-
LIVINGSTON LINE, West 10Th st-DaiIy p IN.
s Golnn N.nbls n"mbasS %a5 Dor &
aa .iS T. r.. Il all points in catsk Moun'1ins
\'EW HAVEN FARE 81. Excursion, $3.50;
"a s Ess1% a F%'' 81 d GS ' S,d r
IN tine for trains Merden Hartford Springfield and
ro'ri. North
pvERTLsEMENTs ant sits.ripuSSns for The Tribune
"a door n1rth = ai. ug'l o.eioSk p m aiysrt.,e
once Once rates Gnti ccdct n W. 25 saSe
er In ~ ST. =, s Sa 1n Ave. NEAR west 6 ,
West i2i-s, mar dt1-eye: % East l4ths, 2a7 We,
"a ave- seSss"n 18th and 77ts s. 1928 q ave rear
elstst Los ista'' pear sonst; coo sl,ays near
zoos sd-aSe 2ao East 10Th ST.: 1924 acc2 5aav.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24

Ri-Coffee market steady. n Rio. 7sSe5 EXCHANGE.
lsa receipts 1000 h.gs, cleared Tor me tnlteSl
tstes 6.OCO bags. stock. $4,000 Aags
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o,,n r,t,-es rather indicated hat selling
has been the feature u specuaon curing 'ne lasi
was shaping course f'r turn In sympathy WIN
more favorable set Of cables M ne -F"ip ~ marKet
nan anticipated our market made steady opening with
TIE near monrns 1r. ale, Soon af,er the cali
attended with unrsua. success hereof re- snd sue
sending prices WI several ponts ana IN as
Lodging few lines Of Old ng cotton ta'h point &c
cnA5 uncovered limited buying orders FOR Investment ac
count which caused more conservative shorts -
s.r r,'v regained decidedly s;eadier
feeling prevailed on some new BUY ann . ~
nrivte and public reports and crop accounts
were q most farerinE character anf me ,Hc,a1
fnusa favorable conditions the cotton belt shorts
feared O. take further chances n ne bear see ara g
a1Ss 70 he general support % the market Speculation
part week orders from abroad "ere chiehE iSe
he Of summer deliveries and puTcha ., me
ceiyed from southern points were .'ia,s On
Commission houses Moderate seil'fS on
the decline. but Were ifth'l az "-S - o~t,s a snI-f
of activity the smaller traders fearing = take chances
over ngn and evening ny a.',ln,, W., 3Ss noir',
To- saIo- f,,yr.s were bales An encouraging
feature the early Liverpool news vas ,c,,r,ry
spo: and EVIDENCES tnat ,-,,rl 20
element were willing t. purchase a1lu '"I suIp,'S ~
the basis q current prices me tI', ,o .,r he durne
the coming month The local spot market ruled easy t9'
QuOtati uncf angel. on ne i''s ., ,.,reI
ding ulands and G5sc for niia,h 'eiAs inci56od
SIS bales export. u which 90 "'..S 49, e'ihcr,
spot markets rniddling quoted were as foo"s phtts
Ton quiet, l3-1Cc; sales ~ .aies snaS S1;e,
5&c salee 20 bales Charleston qei ",.n'at' u nm
Sac Norfolk dull Gisc. ~ales. - hai,s na.iaa,F ,cc
lower 81 lGc. sses 40 nal.s - Louis quiet i'-ioe
Memphis quiet &c. sales. - bales - A.s hoo, o.
The exp,r, movement mus iaT th's seas" mas ''' "
follows: ,.-..,..u,
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ctton Exchange special Liverpool cables SPOT COTTON
IN t,v.rs fetor Gales 10000 Da.ce. speculation ana tn
por. ~ baes. Aincrl--n 300 t4.ts ItTIR Ia
Fu'u.es opened auct md sr'.ang,c ~ 80 , ,'r
rai -.-rha,gl % D., GIL decline emp JHh."iS
.sb l,r.,s-t feprall 32Jn. D. .r1aiy pa m "-i'
March Anri a2l izb. June. 49, .ne NY s,e;
tero,1ir - 229izs. Oc,Der tlveTh' I'll. NoNclD ,
I,'c.,.i 30. Manches'er Vans quiet but ste"iy'
Clo.hs "a FAIR business doing g..
The ,ng~ % contract prices 80 locai market to-day
as follows:
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Foreign coffee markets-Santos Coffee market n
active: good average santos $500; stock eos geo
az . 20 y m unchanged to j. pig net lower sales 2o"
bag fIavre-Coffse market opened quiet. = franc
S,tar a. ~ m 4. frame lower dull, IA q /.
,snc lower closed 4gs. franc lower; total sales V"
bsgs
$3.50 July - -
Fsh-uary sc 80 August 30 70
March 80 - September 30 -
Anil 80 - October 90 -
November IS %
y , ~ a. % December ............. 80. .
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E1uIson R8vRn9 by ICaylighe,

" FINES. and fastest river steamers In the world
$500 Daily Sunday.
.... urooklyn Fulton lby Annex....... "a NJ
beS.e' Sea York D.sbr ST Pier. ........S:4U
2ad 81 Pier.
-. ,rp,NY landing YOnkers. West Point New
rvrrn ToughSeepsie. Kingston r9at Catsk'l and Hue
W 81 ,Dut, tn the cATSk LIS. SARATOGA. etc.
a,.. ,lrk.ts NOR1H EAST and WEST. Baggage
l,n,11ust frorn residence u destination by New-York
To
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for half an hour or so. Then IL the
Brooklyn's crew has wrought havoc
with the enemy and IL is only question
of another short cannonading TO end
the struggle the men go back with joy
Gus heartiness TO complete the work.
There are visions OF prize money be-
fore the eyes of Jack Tar as he re-
turns TO the guns with song and as
self satisfied demeanor as II he were
floor manager of a private social
among his intimates at home. HIS al
lotment of priy" money is sometimes a
good figure For instance, the
sailors OF the New York. who captured
the Pedro. will receive 1892 each.
N. on the contrary there has not
been any pronounced success " there
Is neither captured nor destroyed ship
and but little damage has been infiict-
ed upon the enemy. " there is any
doubt of ultimate victory the fnan-of-
wars man viii give his trousers q
petulant hitch and go back To his duty
not 80 cheetfuily perhaps. but Just ~
detefminedly.
The seaman who rolls the powder keg
and trucks the big shell is only require
ed TO display ordinary intelligence. The
man who swabs and primes and works
the hosting gear and other apparatus
is merely giving evidence OF strength
and obedience 20 orders. but the gun.
ner's mate and the seaman gunner are
Of trained experience proud of their
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our Countrys
Great Resources

Dne result OF the war which ever~<
American citizen must contemplate wte
pride is the centerlng OF the attention
the world upon the fact OF the eue'
nous resources OF this country. On4
thing Is surely accompiished--the COM
Ninclng of other nations Of our great
power I'm producing everything needeo
In the event of hostilities being pro~'
ionged. Not only are the spanish army
and navy now eating our -four, but W4
can feed several other nations ~ tuo
same time.
All of the war material, as we'll a. the
supplies for our army and navy, ts pro-
duced here and by citizens whose rattt~'
otisnl In well known. Our armor plate
Ia the best I'm the world. and Russia "
50 far convinced OF this fact that sno
has recently placed an order with Amer
lean manufacturers for q quantity SUM
clent for two battleships. Japan IL afro
buying. The armor piercing and deck
piercing shot ana shells made here are
not equalcd on the face OF the globe.
Other countries understand this and
purchase literally. Our dynamite guns
are so far ahead OF the rest OF the world
that they practically stand alone. Ask
the struggling Cubans about the de-
structivencss OF these guns. The au-
tomobiIe torpedoes made in the United
States after the Whitehead pattern ara
so much more effective than the orig
nal that the English and Austrian maf,-
ufacturers are despondent Our dirtgi-
| bic torpedoes eclipse everything OF the
kind in Europe and are being sought
after by foreigners.
| Everything Is produced here. Moth
ing IL lacking. from hard tack TO IL
| inch guns and from armor piercing
shells to a simple lanyard, and great
| credit Is due to American genius ana
enterprise and capital. which should be
patronized In preference to all others.
| While this government has been OF
late buying vessels for the navy to meet
an emergency nobody questions our
ability to build warships as good as the
best Our shipyards are well equipped
to turn out fast and powerful fighting
ships and while we are congratulating
ourselves on this grand showing those
In authority should remember that we
will need more battleships two or three
| years hence and that now Is the time
| TO make the contracts. Very many
| small yards are ready 10 rush out patrol
boats. torpedo boats. dispatch boats and
smaller craft. At no distant day the
| United States will be the best markct
for war material OF all kinds. and the
attention of other nations IL already di-
rected hitherward.
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How the Powerful ArnOrCIad Is Manipu-
Iated--Dangers and Difficulties and
Methods Of Overcoming Them.

Is no opportunity TO re-enforce. and II
would be taking desperate chances TO
mount to this top during the strain OF
battle, the crew there would be mate
rally weakened in efficiency. and this
msadven.ure might delay success or
even actually turn the tide Of battle. A
big gun In the turret or on the gun deck
may burst from too constant firing, or
from some cause IL may become In
effective. Then IL is nothing more than
useless steel and a hindrance instead OF
an aid.
There are tragedies enacted from
bursting guns that strike terror to
mems hearts. II is like barroom
brawl on the frontier, only accentuat-
ed in horror and noise and casualties
twentyfold. Again. there il limit TO
human endurance. The mental and
physical tension is enormous. liz little
matters whether the sun is beating
down with tropical heat or the cold
winds OF autumn are swirling about the
waves The cannonading. the burning
of gunpowder. the rapid jumping, lift
ing, pulling, running 20 and fro, all re-
suit I'm such violent exercise that in the
stiflingly close quarters where the arti-
fetal temperature has risen TO 100 de-
grees or more, the men working the
guns. shirtless, bareheaded, sometimes
without shoes. are bathed In the most
profuse perspiration.
AS Admiral Dewey did in the bay Of
Manila. halt must then be called, or
the men will drop dead at their posts
from exhaustion. A rest and meal may
then be provided, ending In "a smoke"
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tons, will dive into the holds Of the col
liers. grab the coal. lift it out and then
drop IL into the sheds through matches
I'm the roofs.
IL takes lot Of coal to run a war
ship. At Rio de Janeiro recently the
Oregon shipped 1900 tons Travelling at
her ordinary cruising rate OF II knots,
she consumes about 75 tons In "a hours.
so that she could keep going at this
speed for q days, covering 5,54t knots,
or 6.396 statute miles. Under forced
draft the Oregon Is capable of making
nearly IL knots, but her fuel consump-
tion would run up TO $50 tons every "a
hours, and her supply would last her
only six days
Every ~ tons taken on board sinks
her one inch. The big cruiser New
York can carry i.2o0 tons OF coal and
can make IL knots burning 100 tons q
day Going at the rate OF II knots. she
uses more than three times that euans
tity.
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THE CRUISER BROOKLYN IN A BATTLE.

vocation and feeling the dignity of en-
bryo electgiclans
IL the admiral or commodore. or who
ever may be In charge. is wounded Sc
riously. his fleet captain Immediately
assumes command. In turn. IL that Off
Ger becomes incapucitatgd. tnen ice next
ranking captain becomes the leader. II
that officer. I'm succession, Is obliged TO
quit his post or dies among his men,
then the next ranking captain or COM
mander or lieutenant commander, as
the case may be. takes charge OF the
feet and directs its operations and ma
neuvers.
While the officers are all masters of
seamanship and gunnery and are capa-
BILE Of devising new and original means
Of attack and defense. II would be un-
fair 10 ignore the humble gunner. upon
whom much dependence is placed. He
directs the shot, the lowering or raising
or swing of the gun, and when IL is at
the exact position he announces the
fact TO the officer in charge, who gives
the command TO fire. But there are
necessarily variations from rules OF
procedure In the heat of battle. The
action is episode. Most dependence is
given 10 the range finder. Its complete
name is the range, position and de-
preston finder" Apropos of the sub
ject, II may be stated that the govern
ment some months ago contracted for
the placing Of range finders at all the
principal seaports OF the country. Shore
practice consists in plotting the waters
of the adjacent bay. lake or sea into inn
aginary squares. each OF which is num-
bered. Then the gunner. supposing an
enemy to be located on one OF those
squares. fires at the spot. The result
OF this trial shooting is that we are rap
idly creating gunners of experience.
At sea, when the vessel is in motion
the base is fixed and measured upon
the deck. A telescope Is placed at both
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pouring a broadside from the port. as
she goes by. at the fort, fortifications or
ship and then. after putting the helm
down hard either 20 the right or left
laundering a starboard broadside at the
enemy. The men In the forward or att
er turret are continually showering shot
and shell into their antagonists. while
from the lighting top murderous, new
er ceasing enfilading fire is going on.
for while the men up there care nothing
for the points OF the compass the long
swing of the mast as the warship rolls
disconcerts their aim at times and gives
the constant impression OF being about
to topple over into the briny depths be-
low.
But the enemy are not idle. If their
battleships are being worsted their de-
fenses of stone and iron crumbling un-
der the monster projectiles thrown
against them, they still have hope.
But what is this new danger? Just
as the Brooklyn puts her helm hard
aport to swing by a headland or a
fortress on the point. long. low, rak-
ish looking torpedo boat steals out from
along the shore until IL reaches what it
regards as coign of vantage and from
the cover of a bank or from behind a
sheltering cove or perhaps even from
the open water projects an automobile
torpedo, so set as to travel five or ten
feet below the surface of the water, with
sure aim toward the side OF the big ar
mored cruiser. IL it il not seen In time.
another David has perhaps slain its Co
Hath.
But there have been men detailed for
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magazine active preparations are made
for the coming combat. Kegs Of gun
powder and dynamite and packages of
gun cotton, with piles OF shells and 9th
er projectles, have been hoisted up the
hatchway. There is no longer a line OF
men extending from the guns TO the
magazine ready TO receive orders for
further ammunition and execute them
with great celebrity, as there was In the
days of the old frigates. Machinery OF
steam and hydraulic motive power fur
nishes the shells and even fires the
guns. There are still, however. buckets
of water for the swabbing OF the guns
and to mop away CRIME, powder and
possibly blood. These are regularly
placed i'm certain positions, while every
man and officer has his distinct place
and duty TO perform.
Quietly they all await the signal for
firing from the commanding officer, who
has through his communicating tubes
ordered the engines to be slowed down
or the speed to be increased, as suits
the emergency. Down In the very
bowels OF the ship. under the glare OF
electric lights. the engineers. the fire.
men. the stokers and the bilge cleaners
are all hard at work. with little knowl-
edge OF what may be going on above
them unless an exploding shell reaches
the ships mighty lungs. disarrsnging
the machinery. or an s inch projectile
like that of Deweys Baltimore at Ma
niils brings death OF overwhelming de-
struction TO them.
otherwise the fact OF victory Is soon
shouted TO them. and then they come up
Into the light OF day TO rejoice with
their comrades.
But of the battle who can tel7 The
ship is steaming along I'm an irregular
eillpse. perhaps In concentric circles.
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ica' idea. II they did not dash and fire
and stab, the enemy would. 1t is all O.
trick OF the trade" How does the ship
fight in battle? What are the circum-
stances and conditions surrounding her
I'm the heat of contest? Possibly the
following theoretical analysis may give
some idea of fight on the sea:
There are two ships In our navy
known distinctively as "armored cruis-
ers." the New York and the Brooklyn.
There are several protected cruisers"
all these vessels being named after
cities, as are also the unprotected
cruisers" and there are still others
known simply as cruisers"
The armored cruiser Brooklyn. for in
stance, has a steel hull, an indicated
horsepower of 1879. is propelled by
twin screws and has n main battery OF
20 guns and secondary battery of the
same number. Her displacement Is 9,215
tons. She can make 20 knots. which is
more than % land miles. an hour. Her
cost was S2.9s6. 900. In the main battery
are eight inch and twelve 8 inch rifles.
In the secondary battery are twelve 6
FOUNDER rifles. four I FOUNDER and four
Gatlngs.
The Brooklyn is a model man-of-war.
and as she carries practically all the
types of guns that are. found on the
ships OF our navy her armament Is at
least peculiarly Instructive. That L.
she has the guns, excepting the 13 inch,
that are carried by first class battle.
ships. second class battIeships, cruisers
and gunboa;s.
In case OF immediate battle her main
leck is. in the vernacular OF the sea-
nan. cleared for action" The deck
jciow that, which was originally the
gun deck. In how known as the berth
deck and Is always kept In perfect or
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EVERY EMERGENCY
GUARDED AGAINST.

der. The drum beats ito quarters
The boatswain's whistle has it's mean
ing. Everything movable on the upper
deck IL placed within the confines of
the bulwarks or housed i'm special des-
ignated compartments. The captain
mounts into the coming tower and with
him the executive officer and the navi-
gator and perhaps a seaman gunner.
In this steel cage. about six feet in di-
ameter are the wheel signal board
marking the tubes and an electric but
ton or two by which the captain may
shoot a torpedo II he desires. The COM
manding officer may remain in here
during the battle and steer the ship
with his own hands, or. like Dewey, he
may stand out on the bridge in front, a
target for all the enemy's ships.
Some OF the men. sailors and ma
rines. are posted in the fighting top
with their Gatlings and rifles. Others
the great majority, In fact--are shelter
ed I'm the forward and after turrets with
the big guns. In charge OF lieutenant
or lieutenant commander. The hatch
es are screwed down. and about the
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ends OF that line, and the two lenses
are focused upon the object against
which the shot is 10 be fired. Then the
observation Is taken, a mathematical
calculation is made. a reference TO the
book or tables is given, and the gum
ner Immediately knows whether the
cruiser or fort Is Ga or AZ miles OF any
other distance away The apparatus Is
so extremely sensitive and regulated
10 such fine degree that by turning a
key gun weighing 100 tons or more
can be Instantly adjusted so that with
a specified quantity OF powder II will
shoot a projectile of given weight ex-
actly the distance that the range finder
has determined. The gunner must nee
essarily know the contents OF the car
fridge. for that is an essential factor In
the solution of this problem. Then
there must be allowances made for the
resistance or the wind. which may be
greater or less; for the curvature OF the
earth and for the movement OF the OBJ
jeet n IL ls a ship or body OF cavalry
on shore. The range finder II much
more accurate than the human eye.
Those used on shore are attached 10
disappearing gun carriages. so that the
enemy does not see the cannon. nor does
the gunner view his target. But 10 IL
not shooting IN tho dn"'- T" .-0 be- p
reliability r. assr
feels that " 'r .r
he manipG.ates 80. -.AIs.e ..~.A.-..