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Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14

reilrd hf steam. plth 70 r'ufrnl pnddi'- Whcrl To urry twenty guns. with 60 sHs,v1 uf fnur tuats an hour. Ar,vrl lHa tn fhlz pun Che Ye=zel wus ta carry two submarine guns. one nt eueh haW, sa na tu strike fhe enemy below thc water llne Provision was nlso made Tor throwing a lnrgt quantity of water on the enemy at close quartersl
 The ship WIS launched. as proposed, In November. 1Sl4. and h June of the following year the machinery Wns in placy. She was called the prmologoS, and after the death of her inventor Was r,-christened the Fulton The Fulton WIS used as a rsvralying ship at the Norfolk navy yHnl until lS2A steam vessels soon cuIne to he of great Inn peranee ln the eoastlng trade Of both Europe and America. and in ISla a steamer of 3d1 tons c7illed the Savan- nah made the passage from New York 10 LiVrrfool Tn twenty-si1 days but she WAS heavily sparrsl and depended largely on her sails.
 Tn 1s-iO vessels with serew propellers came into vogue. Captain John Fries son made proposition to the English government to apply the screw device to war vessels but his scheme was secuted as visionary. Tn 1S43 Ericsson came to New York and built the Prince ton, which was the first screw mnn-of- war eyer constructed. The Princeton proving a success in every particular, England built the Duke of Wellington, which outranked the Princeton, the lat ter being adJudEed unSeaworthy in lS49.
 The Crtmean war demonstrated the usefulness of the Scr'w propeller. al the-Sh it WAS several years after that the naval authorities of the world werp willing to trust to full-power,1l screw.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14

unaided by sails. About this time the Great Eastern, also called the Won der ship" was built She was con structed of iron and wood, was 6J2 feet long and carried 12.OOO tons of coal She piled between England and Aus tralia and. although not man-Of-war, properly speaking, WAS a formidable vessel.
 The day of the wooden wheels came to a close, however, when in 1860 the French built the nrst sea going iron clad. which was christened La Gloire. She was originally intended to carry ninety guns, but was cut down and plated with several inches of Iron. She was provided with full steam power. with auxiliary sails and carried forty guns. Not to be outdone, England, ever Jealous of her mistressship of the sea, constructed the Royal Oak and later the Warrior, the latter being faster than any wooden vessel afloat and vastly superior to La Gloire. France replied with the Solferino. re markable for her ram bow and for the fact that up to that time she was the only ironclad carrying guns on two decks protected by armor. The Mino- taur war vessels were then introduced by England, but thee' were too un- wieldy for service and were aban- doned
 This see-saw competition was going on when the rebellion broke out in the United States and We found ourselves without single ironclad vessel and practically without a navy. At the out set, the Federal government made a vigorous attempt to get control of the
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14

TITS far cry from fha eI1 Wos-i=
 r1 frislre Constitution tu tAr
 l great Iron ,-lad oregon. shet from nua of w6s,.,. falft,sH- 'Hs.h eHuH. u,.ll aIm,l. would els.iy persuade the ad-fIusr she l4d missl b.s calling and had better sheayc to.= And John fluI Jan,s. whu-st yierusy atvr the srrap.s In revolutionary times has mldt. hls name familiar Co every Nmet lrau sehooltoy. would he quite as much passe on boari "FIghting Bob" Evans Iowa as the Bon Uemfne lih'h- ard. hls flagship. would to In Rear Ad= miral Sampsons zlua1rpn.
 Time makes thr7.sts that the hcst ot naval commanders cannot parry. and
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14

nlEe eIrtsa Hf.ts8-s haHH-zaiF- ef il-z.H tuH# Isplas.uaut fua IfHuf a.l =ru.ssra af If.ltI faHe d5spHurHfIs Twenty euH=f aaI HlrHar drtea4. f's =.Is u.5a -@.5 5-.a f.az dHzH.aamaut and Ir. .=a,ifsl aHI ssrs and alHIsIfs nf ~'5 nttI au= displacement We has. tHf f.,H uf fe#.-l e-dI-ats. He"a1t E.H= t-,aIa lad HEht pfat,f- VI eru.sHr-. one fE-.stfea lsHt. atu twenty fR" Ipr1saios e=,df dts.rsYrrs Thr hHde-aps iuai ann N=. .aenusrtfs aaI ur.5ea have each a d-.5 .semeut of lnsAu t"Es n 1.lt 4ruag af eighteen Inches ~Ift.l and fUrrft Hsluor nf seventeen lachts Th. following Ehle shows the armAu."ut earri,d by our arner,l vessels.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14

Niss'eIfn ana NlI.-aa.i f.faf. u.'eh. t aH- tuH-Hf vesild iee e.me fH# at#fs lD fhe WHf A.auIIHgi1 .oaarast Uaa nNHrdFd fp lam= H la1- af sf Lauis. fur fhs rtH .rHefiau aI .egr- l ireH,ttH zteuHrr -utte Cor u,az navigation.
 In Urfoher. lsrt. fpffy afr ta1a aft ? hYIHe the krrI fhe ~f lH.a Was muarhel Th.s WIS fhr H-st Iaa'lI1 owned hy fhe nlfcd statns The ID fortunate abandonment ef The Norfolk navy yard. however. had given ta t4e
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14

Our uglted armoFed ships can throw ouc and une-halt pounds ot metal for every pound that spain can give Us In rpturn. although the dons have lco guns. IT our a=norrd force were r,s duc,-d to au average WE would have n ship uf 6T50 tons, with ten-lneh belt, 11.;elnch turrrt ten guns of eight-inch caliter, throwing projectile weighing 2uO pounds, while Spain would have Il hattlcshlp of I.45G tons. with a.6-lnch belt. 9.I.lnch turret thirteen guns of seVen-lnch elliher throwing projet@ tile weighing lSO pounds
 The guns of eight-lnch clllher and over are used to attack the belt of a ship in ortler to disable the machinery and turrets In which the big guns of the enemy are mounted. while the small-harp rapid-hriug guns are used 10 sweep the decks and very often to find the range of the enemy. In sea fight ing thp small guns are used first, the big guns keeping silence until a range l.epO yards or thereatouts is reached.
 Tn the great fight which Commodore Dewey made in Manila hay neither Spnln nor the United states had m armorpd ship. Deweys boats were protected cruisers with steel decks and comparatively small guns.
 Early naval warfare, ln which sailing vessels were used. had to deal practic- ally with guns alone, and the measure of strength was the weight of metal fired In one hrpadSide. To-day the de Signer hns to reckon with shell power. ram power. torpedo power and power of rrS!stancp- The modern battleship Is therefore & compromise, Thus, roughly speaking. the weight allowed for arlnor determines the defensive power of vessel, the weight of hat triieS, ammunition and torpedoes tue offensive power, while the weight of coal and machinery determines the speed and endurance of veSscAthe distance vessel can 20 without re cnallng.
 Notwithstanding the American navy Is rapidly taking rank with the navies of thp world, 1t Is interesting to note that We have 3,00O miles of sea coast, excluding Alaska, and tonnage of licensed. registered and enrolled Amer ican vessels aggregating 4,42S0m tons which is far more than the total mer- cant!le tonnage of Russia, Germany. Italy. Japan and Spain. IL might also be mentioned that We have more prop erty on shore asSailable from the water than any other nation, that We have more property afioat than any other nation and that with the exception of Great Britain we have more merchant ships atioat on the oceans and great lakes than the five greatest naval DOW CTS of the world combined.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14
Cheese Exported from Rome.

The value of the cheese exported from Rome Is only S1.0OO less than the value of the paintings, cheese being second article on the list of exports from Rome.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-14
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
COMPARTMENT BEGINS
Nevada BOYS in Blue.

COMPANIES A and B of VIRGINIA City
arrived on Yesterdays morning local and
Companies c and f who were already in
camp met them at the depot and escorted
them to Camp Sadler. The companies
from virginia CITY were accompanied by
a brass band and the town was strictly in
war paint as the four companies march
ed down Carson street.
Both companies have stored their pri-
waite property in their arlnories. The
odd Fellows agreed to let Company \
have storage room without charge.
Lieutenant Pvue will no accompany his
bat will! remain behind for a
Gav or TWO 10 attend to settling up some
of Company Rs affairs.
District Attorney Noel came down
with The National Yesterday morning and
on the same train came a petition to the
Governor from the taxpayers of Storey
county protesting against his action in
cnrnIling and leaving his Office vacant.
the Governor decided tina he could not
20. Mr.. Noel was greatly disappointed
at the result and went back to the Com
stock in anything but a good hum0r.
The Governor yesterday morning
ISSUED orders to all the captains at Camp
Sadler prohibiting the admission to the
lines of ladies without proper escort and
prohibiting them from entering the camp
at all after : o'clock in the evening.
Yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Stone
received a commission as acting Ad-
"jutant which was greeted by the boys
with three cheers. Company f. has
petitioned the Governor to allow the
officers of the to advance by
promotion which seems the proper way
tO avoid any bitter feeling arising in thu
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
Silver Party Contra! Committee

IN following are the members of the
Silver Party State Central Committee
from the various counties i'll the State:
Churchill-Lem Allen.
Douglas-C. w. Dake.
Elko-E. p. Hardesty. T. G. Plunkett. J.
b. ~Dougherty, f. Reinhart, J. II. Weiland
Esmeralda-A. J. Mccarthy, Daniel
Holland, 5. l.. McNaughten.
Eureka-1A. Jackson, J. T. Wheeler. Fl
4. MckinnOn, John Hancock.
Humboldt w. Gurthie, w D Morey,
w. c. Pitt, Henry Schmidt. G. s. Nixon
Lander-Wm. Eaton, ]. 4. Blossom. J
3 Fitzgerald.
Lincoln-H. E. Prudential, A. S
Thompson, r. j. Osborne
Lyon. f. Gignoux, D. c. Simpson
Angus Mcleod.
Nye-George Ernst. A. Maute.
Ormsby-H. r. Logan, f. James, s. l
Davis.
StOrey-J. q. Mccarthy, 7. NJ. IIutfake,
p. kerWin. {. \. Ahern. w. f. Sharon, II
NJ. GOrham, John Crowley.
White Pine-Sol Hip, Frank Paul.
WashOe-J. f. Crosby, B. F. Leete,
Rvland, G. G. Powning, J. +. S~nuchereau
Members of the Silver Party Stat,
I Central Committee are requested to NEE
( It Reno. a, July lG. 1893, Maxim,
, The @~3nortionnlents of delegates to tn
stale Convention, fixing the date of pri
maries, and the date and place of holding
the convention and such other business
as may be presented will be considered
BY order of c.. c. PvwNING,
Chairman.
n. w. Rolf,
SacrnfarU
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
ROMBARDiNG SANTIAGO.
linares Refuses to Surrender and
the Fire Opens.


Washington July 9.-The Senate ad-
iourned sine die yesterday.
Before doing so, and while in executive
session, it confirmed all nominations sent
in by the President.
The House adjourned precicely at ,
O'Clock amid cheers, followed by the
singing Of patriotic songs. Representa-
tive Cromwell of Ohio proposed three
cheers for Presidsnt Mckinley, which
were given twice over by the Republic
cans. Then followed cheers Joined in by
the entire House, for Admiral Dewey
and General Joe Wheeler,
The whole House was one vast demon
s@tration and flags were passed about to
every member and were enthusiastically
waved While the members sang.
UNCONDITIOSAL SURRENDER.
Washington, July 9.-General Linares
sent word to General Shatter asking on
what terms he would accept a surrender
render. The armistico to end by Sunday
moor otherwise the bonbardment to he
gin a. once Linares refused to accep'
these terms.
BOMBAEDMENT BEGINS
Washington, July 9.-The War Depart
ment notified the public that the BON
bardment of Santiago by land and sc;
has commenced.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
Supt. Carson Water Company.
Carson, New, July 9th, 1898.

For first class Photographic work go to
Painters. He gives his customers a fin
ish and effect not to eXcelled. If
The Nevada Volunteers at Jackson
vile have had their first experience Of
the stern realities of war. The company
was ordered ont a few days ago to wit
ness the execution of a Spanish sympa-
thizer, IN, ictnd of poisoning the water
used by the soldiers. The prisoner was
shot to death by a squad of soldiers.
T. N. Stone, Commissioner of De ed
for California, and Notary Public for
nrmsby county. Office: Capitol Build
ing.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
The Promenade Concert.

The promenade concert and drawing
will come off Monday evening at S. 3.
Cohen's. The Carson band furnish the
music and the public invited.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
Pure Ice.

If you want pure ice frozen from run.
ming water, call on Doc Benton. Ice de-
ivered to any part of the city. tt
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
Notice to Water Consumers.

On and after this date the irrigation of
gardens ard lawns will not be permitted
this is absolutely necessary. as the water
in the reservoirs is entirely gone and the
town at the present time is without fire
protection, and will be without wafer for
domestic purposes if irrigation is not
stopped. Consumers will please take
notice and strictly obey this order, if
they do not the water viii be turned off
f. s. DAUGHERTY,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
BORN.
n. w. Rolf,
Secretary.

In this city July 9TH, 1898 to the wife of
Eli Barkley a daughter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-10
Republican Committee Meeting.

The Republican State Central Com
mittee met in this city yesterday and
ii xed the date of the State Convention on
the 18th OF September at Reno.
The times., 1898-01-02

The Professional woman's League not only
into practice. is members can eat, sleep
and drink In It's fOuse when they please
at least SO am Informed. They can write
their letters there. and, under cert ain condi
tions, can receive their friends there,
The Professional Woman's League Is
made up chiefly OF struggling women, not
of ladies of leisure, and am told that, UNI
der certain cir rcumstances, when q member
gets into trouble snbstantia help is rem
dered. Yet the objec,s OF the club are
mainly social, not broadly humanitarian.
There are also several smaller and less
pretentious clubs for artists and working
wrrncI, In New York which have practfea.
. aims ,sand which in most casss attain them.
The girls club In connection with Grace
Church is doing particularly good work,
and the work is done without noise or os-
tentation.
& The newspaper women or New York have
a club which has been In existence eight
years, and has now, II the writer is cor
ractly Informed, a membership Of only
I2S, ~ 80
: The Pioneer Club OF Bruton street, Lon
don, is the. foremost club for women in
England. The clubhouse is a magnificent
private dwelling, located in convenent
yet aristocratic quarter, for Bruif.n street
leads off Berk eley Square, one of tie sci ,ct
residential quarters of London.
The nome has its liveried servants and
other appointments, such as one finds In
The times., 1898-01-02

ship in it is thing greatly to be desired
from an American standpoint. What are
the functions of Sorosis? As far as the
writer can ascertain, they are purely
social
Sorosis tells it's members that the pres
sure of everyday life in New York is high,
and it reads papers upon the best method
of relieving this high pressure. But, while
its theories are, perhaps, good, Sorosis
does not furnish its members With ways
and means to reduce this pressure, as do the
'unproglessive' English clubs. Sorosis
has no building, no home nothing more
practical than theories to offer its weary
members.
Who are the officers and women most
talked OF in connection with this fash
ionable club? Certainly not the strug-
Cling womer of New York; not the WON
en- who have need of Just such things
as Sorosis should supply them with. The
wives OF rich men cortr oil SorosiS; the
wives of rich men, as rule, enjoy what
benefits there are to be derived from such
a club. Yet every American woman in
London cites SorosiS as an illustra tion
of American club. life for women.
The Professional Woman's League is more
practical, more on the lines OF the English
clubs; yet it falls far short of the same
sort OF club in London In real helpfulness.
The times., 1898-01-02

lanG land OF the world. i'll fact-are mem
alone is sufficient to inspire the beginner
with high aims. and this, together with
the kindly interest these great ones take
in the poor girl who sincerely tries to earn
success, Is of inestimable value 10 the
younger and struggling members of the
club
Tile Writers Club is in Hastings Honse,
Norfolk street, Strand, a stones tt-ow
from Fleet street, where the great news
parers are published. The members who
are employed upon the daily papers taye
the privilege Of going to luncheon or tea
at the Gaintily appointed rooms, w.Iere
food of a fine quality and at low price
cnI be had
II a woman wishes To change her room
she puts a notice to that effect On the
i,t.Iletin board, stating The price she wishes
to pay and the locality desired. other
n,en,tiers see IL, aud If anyone OF then
ki,cws of anything that meets with the re-
qurements Of the notice, she at once
communicates with the said members In
this way one can help another without
publicity or difficulty
The members OF the Writer'S Club also
Fave tile privilege Of receiving their friends
at the clubrooms, and for those who cannot
afford TO take friends to their simple
lodgings this is OF immense Advantage.
There are also many other clubs for
women in London, but those mentioned
above are the most widely known aud the
The times., 1898-01-02

the member may be, an introduction 10
tie most IGNORED guest is her right, and
some meinber cf the receiving committee
will see to it that the Introduction with
some kindly speech, takes place. Thus
are brought together those W no need help
and there are few OF Us that do not some
time iurihg orr lives-and those who
are in position to furnish help, by Civ
ing, If not work st least those encouraging
words which Sometimes help the soTely
tried soul almost as much as the !, ,ore
material aid.
Thursdays a lecture and debate in which
members take part, are given. Tuesdays
the usual high tea Is given. and at these
functions such men as Douglas Sladen,
Swinburpe, Hall Caine, Jerome K. Je-
rome, Conan Doyle, Sir Walter Bssant-
in fact all notable in the literary and ar
tistic world are to be m ct.
one OF the most delightful features
of the Pioneer Club is that which en-
ables eyerymember who has not a hone OF
her own--or WHO cannot for any reason re-
ceive her friends. where she is living Ito
have a day" at the beautiful club
drawiug-rooms, where she is entitled to
the same att ention as tue wealthy neniber
In this way tie woman who is earning
friends as nicely rs though She owned her
own private establishment. Then the adj
yantages of an address like the Pioneer
Club address are many and obvious.
Many or the members live at the CLUB
The times., 1898-01-02

aristocratic homes in England or Europe.
The drawing. rooms are enormous in size;
much of the Furniture is antique, the
tapestries are almost. priceless, and the
bric-a-brac is worth q small fortune. The
tearoom and dining-rooms are large and
are wrting-rooms, library, cloa kroom, re
ception-roona, and two floors of this great
house are used exclusively for sleeping
rooms.
The membership of the club exceeds
5000, anu includes Journalists, authors,
artists. actresses, women of leisure, mothers
OF families, and many noted society ladies.
The dues are only f5 t$o5) year.
The object Of the Pioneer Club is mutual
help, and, OF course, a braa der development
for women. One of the Pioneers methods
Of helpfllness Is that Of Infringing together
on it's public days those Of its members
who are producers and those of its members
and guests who are CONSUMERS.
In ether words, the unemployed jour
nalist is introduced to the weIIknown
editor; the illustrator, who needs more
work, is introduced tot the author and
editor; the artist is commended to future
patrons; the actress is introduced to Henry
Irving. Forbes Robertson, and Others cf
the kind, who can give her helping
hand in her profession.
No matter how poor or how unfortunate
The times., 1898-01-02

there is the velvet corselet made Of an
old velvet waist OF several years stand
ing Acorseets on ball gowns as well as
under then are very much III vogue Dy
the way. the gown on the right OF the
illustration eing II case in point. This
one is combination of rose moi ,se-
line and taffeta with cerise velvet. The
skirt is OF sun pleated taffeta; the sleeves
and guinhpe OF shirIed mousseline. over
the nousseiine guimpe the velvet corselet
is laced with silk cord and aney butto'Is.
The corseIet is finished at the bottom with
tabs, which form sort of basque. Tire
shirred sleeves are useful innova ton, rs
they make the gown more suitable for less
formal occas sion.
Economical young women are not slow
to recognize Lie advantages or the evening
dress witt long sleeves, aud 1t is grow
ing quite fashionable to wear them even
on state oc~ ~asions. The distinction between
a dinner eowI and a ball dress has come
to be what Queen Victoria has made the re-
quirement OF her court ladies, which inf-
poses sleeves upon the dinner gown at the
The times., 1898-01-02

peril OF the Queens openly-expressed dis
pleasure. Most OF such sleeves are of the
mouSque taire type, being made or snirred
mousselline, coming well down over the
hand. The bea uty OF such an arrangement
is the fact that the sleeves can be quickly
removed for IA reception or ball, and thus
the same dress is made to do double duty.
Numerous stuffs are used for the remov-
able sleeves, al! or the gauzy variety, such
as null, net. lace and chiffon. A gray
satin gown, for instance. viii have a
shirred sleeve of white mousseline, with
stripes or steel spangles; pale yellow has
yellow chiffon sleeves with silver spangles
or pearls Some girls refurbish their last
years gowns ty taking out the large puffs
that formed the sleeves of the old fashion
and substituting shirred net sleeves. In
case one wishes to turn an old ball dress
into dinner gownfor this year, the NOUS
quetaire sleeve comes in very handy, but
often the neck also is too 10 ". One way
to remedy this difficulty is to insert a
plain, well-fitting velvet yoke of slightly
deeper tint than the material, bordered with
The times., 1898-01-02
ENGLISH CLUBS AHEApsor OURS
Members DO More and Talk Less.
sPioneer" and "SOrosis" Compa red

Members DO More and Talk Less.
sPioneer" and "SOrosis" C0mpa red.
London, Dec. 2O.--EnglIsh women are
continually being told by. their more ag-
gressive American cousins that they are
far behind them in all matters pert aiming
to the modern progress of women. They
are told delicately, politely, perhaps, but
nevertheless there is no denying the fact.
Naturally, after 3 time, the English woman
comes to regard herself iii these matters
as a most unprogIessiye sort of persen.
Meanwhile the American wDiisan has been
held up by the non CONSERVATIVES Portion
of the English press a s an example to Eng
lish women Of the self-reiiant, independent,
all-round desirable creature.
In view of this state of affairs it may
seem somewhat hazardous for the writer
to take up cudgeis in defense of the English
woman, and to assert that the English
woman is not behind, but ahead of her
American cot sin when it Comes to, real,
honest, helpful work among her kind.
Womans, work for women can only be
gagged by the clubs anatsyarious institu-
tions originated for and maintained by
women. In New York. the most progress
sive American city, there arc many clubs
of the Social kind FOR women, hut few or
the practical, helpful kind of which there
are SO man in London. s.s4 49,,
For :Dstab bces in New York. Seross Is
the club most talked Of and memherT