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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-06-13

Gibraltar June 13.-The man taken
into custody at Algecras, Spain, Fri
day night on the charge of having in
his possession plans of the fortldcations
at Cadlz, has been released the sus-
piclons which led to his arrest having
been shown to be groundless. The
prisoner proved to be a British sub
ject, not an American as was at FIRST
reported.
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JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
Which is Better, Try an Experiment
or Profit by a Shenandoah
Citizens Experience.


Something new is an experiment.
Must be proven TO be as represented.
BE successful at homo or you doubt 1t.
The statement of a manufacturer is not
convincing
Proof of merit
But the endorsement Of friend is.
Now, supposing you had bad back
A Lame, Weak or Aching one.
Would you experiment on it?
You will read of many So called cures.
But they come from ~ away places.
It's different when She rnlorocunt comes
from home.
Easy to prove that it is so.
Home endorsement is the proof that backs
every box of Doan's Kidney Pills
Read this case.
Mr. y Rouse, of the Ferguson House,
says: 81 was taken with a lame back about
four months az, There was a continuous
pain acros, my .o'us and great deal of
headache rhc .Incy sccrctions were not
normal and every movement | made, such rs
stopping. bending forward, OF attempting to
lift anything caused shHrn twingcs to pass
through me which held Inc motioncss for n
second or two on account of their severity
l learned about Doans Kidney Pills in some
way and procured them at Kirlin's drug
store. The first box did me 50 much good
got another, but did not have to use half of
the second box, before the whole trouble and
annoyance were things of the past. Since |
took Doan's Kidney Pills there have been no
traces of my former troubles and give them
all the credit"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers.
Price 80 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name Doan's and take no
other.
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One Minute is not long, yet relief Is OBJ
tainod in half that time by the use Of one
Minute Cough Cure 1t prevents cousump
tion and quickly cures colds, Group, bronchi,
It's, pneumonia, la grippe and all throat aud
ung troubles. g. IL. HagcnbuCh.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-06-13

The human machine starts but once and
stops but once. You can keep it going longest
and most regularly by using DeWit's Little
Early Riscrs, the famous little pills for con
stipaton and all stomach and liver troubles
g. IL, llagenbuch,
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OLD GLORY STILL WAVES
Over the Shore and Harbor Of Guantanamo
Bay, and Direct Communication
May Soon Be Established

May oOOu De bSldDllSuCus
Kingston Jamaica. June 13-FOt .
four days the scene of the chief mill /
tary and naval operations has benH
Caimanera and Guantanamo bay Ihr|
American flag is flying on the shoI. .
and i'm the harbor first planted ou
Cuban soil last Friday by United STATE. .
marines from the transport Panther .
under Lieutenant Colonel r. w Hunt .
ington. covered by the guns of tha
cruiser Marblehead, Commander Me-
Gala.
The battIeship Oregon has already J
coaled in the smooth water Of the har-
Dor and sailed away. The batteship
Texas was coaling Saturday to be fol
lowed by other ships.
The squadrons Of Rear Admiral
Sampson and Commodore Schey arc
still off Santiago, maintaining a strict
watch day and night to prevent th.'
possibility of the escape of Admiral
Cervera From men who have landed .
to take observations of the harbor .
is learned definitely, all agreeing OH
the point that the Spanish cruisers
and two torpedo boat destroyers are
thcre but these vessels are regarded
by naval experts, after ALL as "men i'm
bucl1ram"
As a high naval officer remarked
"Spain throughout her whole history.
has ncvor sought naval fight. and
neyar win She has alwavs lodged
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Philadelphia y
Reading Railway
Engii,ls Burn Hard Coal-No Smoke
IN EFFECT MAY 2sth, 1898.

Trains leave Shenandoah az follows:
For New York via Philadelphia, week days,
2 30 81 "a. M, II 27, 3 10 and 8 O7 p. m.
For New York via Mauch Chunk, week days.
2 80 a. M, IL Il and 10 p m.
For Beading and nd Philadelphia & week days.
For Pottsville, week days, n 80, 81 a. M,
II 27, 10, 6 o. and ! 25 p. m.
For Tamaqua and Mahanoy City, week days
2 10, 81 a. M, 70 %, 3 10 and 07 p. m.
For WillRmsport, Sunbury and Lewisburg,
week days. IL 30 a. M, l2 "a % p. m 900
For MahanoS Plane, weekdays, 80, 81, IL 80
For Ashland and Shamokin, week days, 80,
IL 80 a, M, IL p, 10, 607, 2 25 and So p. m.
For Baltimore, Washington and the West via
B. 4 o. X. r., through trains le8"' Reading
Terminal, Philadelphia. Up. Il r. R.) at 20,
2 55, IL 20 a. m, 10 and 7.27 p In. Sundays,
8 20, 90, Il 20 a. m, 46 and q p, m. Add
nut streets station, week days, 10 30 a. M II 20.
l2 l5 40 pm. Sundays, 85, 8 % p. m.
TRAINS FOR SHENANDOAH.
Leave New York via Philadelphia, week
days, II IS, 30, 8 90, II so a. m, and 45, So
Leave New York via Mauch Chunk, week
days, 4 80, Q 10 "A. m, 80 y. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal, week
days, 3 40, 3 86, 10 81 a. IN. and &c. C6 p. m.
Leave Reading, week days, co. IOO OS, a, M
II u, II, 90 p. m.
Leave Pottsville, week days, 10, z 40 a. m.
~ 80 4 10, G 10 and 30 p m,
Leave Tamaqua, week days, SO, IL % a. M.
Leave Mahanoy City, week days o O5, IL A
a. M, 2 %, 8 u, 6 "a, z A p. m
Leave Mahanoy Plane, week days, $50, rs
10 25, IL 80 a. m, al, 532, GAL 2 81, m,
Leave Williamsport, week days, 7 AZ, 10 90 a.
m., II "a and 90 p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION,
Leave Philadelphia Chestnut street warf anC
South street wharf for Atlantic City.
Weekdays-Express, 800 a. M, u 80 Sat
urdays only, 2 90, 90, 4 go 90 p. m. Accom-
mediation, 6 10 a. m, 8 10, 6 80 p. IN. sundays
Express, 8 90, 800, 10 90 q. m. Accommodation
9 10 a. n., 40 p. m.
Returning leave Atlantic City depot, eorne
Atlantic and Arkansas avenues.
Weekdays-Express, 7 90, 45, 90 a. M, 30
8 80 p. m. Accommodation, 25, 05 IA. m. A O
p. IN,
Sundays-E Express, 90, 8 80, 90 p. m. AC
commodation, 2 10 a. M, 10 p. m.
For Cape May and Ocean City, i5 a. M, 2 81
4 10 p. m. Sundays South street, Q 90, Chestuu
street, o 10
For Sea Isle City, As o m, l5 pm. Sunday
South street, 9 90, Chestnut street, 10 "A IN,
Parlor Cars on all express trains.
For further information, apply TO neRres
Philadelphia and Reading Railway ticket agen
or address
| 1. A. SWEIgARD, EDISON j. WEEKS,
Genl Supt, Gen'l Pass'r Agt
Reading Terminal, Philadelphia
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ends NJ that line. and the two lenses
are focused upon the object against
which the shot r. TO be fired. Then the
observation in taken, a mathematical
calculation n made. a reference to the
book Of tables 10 given. and the sguu-
nor Immediately knows whether the
cruiser or fort 10 Ga or ~, miles or any
other distance away. The apparatus u
so extremely sensitive and regulated
10 such a tine dggrto that by turning "a
key gun Weighing 100 tons or more
can be Instantly adjusted so that with
a specified quantity Of powder II viii
shoot proicctllc ~ given weight cN-
actly the distance that the range finder
has determined. The gunner mtnt nee
eHHnrlly know the contents OF the car
fridge, Tor that " an essential factor In
the solution OF this problem. Then
there must he allowances made for the
resistance ~ the wind, which may he
greater or loss; Tor the curvature " the
earth and Tor the movement OF the obs
icct II II " ship or body ~ cavalry
on shore The range finder Is much
more accurate than the human eye.
Those used on shore are attached To
disappearing gun carriages, 80 that the
enemy does not see the cannon, nor does
the gunner View his target, Hut II is
not shooting In the dark" Absolute
reliability ~ assured. and the gunner
feels that he IL doing superior work as
he manpulates the delicate machine,
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for halt un hour or so. Then II the
BrooklynH CROW has wrought havoc
with the enemy md IL 10 only question
OF another short cunnonadlng TO end
the struggle thH men go back with Joy
GUS hvuftlnuHT 20 complete the work
There ARE visions uf prize money be-
fore the eyes NJ Jack Tar Us he re-
turns 90 thc gums with aong nud nH
SELF satisfied demoanor as II be- were
floor manager N private social"
among his intlmntea nj home. Ills al
lotment ~ prize money 10 sometimes a
good iruto Too. For instance, the
sailors ~ the New York. who captured
the pcdru. VIII receive ti32 each.
N, on the contrary. there has not
been any pronounced success II there
IA neither captured nor destroyed ship
and but littlr damage has been lnnlct-
"d upon the ouumy, " there IL any
doubt NJ ultimate victory. the man-of-
warn man viii giya his trousers "a
pctulant hitch md go back 10 his duty
not so chreriuly perhaps. but just as
dotetmiuydly
Tho seaman who rolls the powder keg
and trucks tho hlr she'll Is only requlr-
cd Co display ordinary Intelligence The
man who Hwahs and primes and works
the hoifling gear and other apparatus
D. merely EIyIng evidence ~ strength
ana obedience 90 orders. but the gun
ners mate and tho seaman gunner are
OF trained experience, proud OF their
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vocation and feeling the dignity Of em-
bryo electricians.
II the admiral or commodore. or who
ever may be In charge. Is wounded Sc
riously his feet captain Immediately
assumes command. In turn. II that or
Ger becomes incapacitnted. then the next
ranking captain becomes the leader. II
that officer. In succession. Is obliged TO
quit his post or dies among his men,
then the next ranking captain or COM
mnnder or Lieutenant commander, as
the case may be, takes charge Of the
fleet and directs Its operations and ma.
Mowers.
While the officers are all masters %
scamanship and gunnefy and are capa-
Die OF devislng new and original means
VI attack and defense. IL would be I'M
falr tu Ignore the humble gunner. upon
whom much dependence IL placed. lie
directs the shot. the lowering or raising
or swing % the gun. and when u IL ut
the exact position he announces the
fact TO the officer IN charge. who gives
tho command 10 IRE. Hut there are
necessarily variations from rules Of
procedure In the heat Of battle. The
action IL episode Most dependence Ia
given 10 the range finder Its complete
name Is the range. position and de-
preston finder" Apropos Of the sub
jcct II may be stated that the govern
mcnt some months ago contracted for
the placing Of range finders az an tho
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 II mum
bercd. Then the gunner. surprising an
enemy 10 be located on one OF those
squares. fires az the spot. The result
Of this trial shooting IN that We are rap
Idly creating gunners Of experience.
AZ sea when the vessel IL In motion
the base IL fixed and measured upon
the deck. A telescope II placed at both
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How the Powerful Arn1orCIad Is Manipu-
Iated--Dangers and Difficulties and
Methods If Overcoming Them.

pouring n broadside from the port. as
she goes by NJ the fort. foftihcatlons OF
ship and then. after putting the holm
down hard either 20 the right or left.
laundering starboard broadside at tho
enemy. The men In the forward or aft
~ turret are continually showerlnE shot
ana she'll into their antagonists. while
from the nrhting top murderous. new
or ccasinF cnnlading FIRE II going on,
Tor while the men NJ there care nothing
for the points Of the compass the long
swing ~ the mast as the warship rolls
disconcefts their aim at times and gives
the constant Impression ~ being about
to topplc over into the briny depths be-
low.
nut the enemy are not idle. II their
batticahips are being woratcd. their de-
fonses Of stone and iron crumbllng I'M
der the monster projoctilcs thrown
against them. they still have hope.
But what II this new dangerl Just
az the Brooklyn puts her helm hard
aport 20 swing by a heEdland or a
fortress on the point a lonE. low, rnk.
iah looking torpedo boat steals out from
along the shore until II reaches what Il
regards MS coiEn ~ vantage and from
the cover Of q bank OF from behind a
shcltcring cove ur perhaps even from
the open water projects an automobile
torpedo. ~ set a. To travel nvc OF ten
feet below tho surface Of the water. with
sure aim toward the side ~ the biz ar
morcd cruiser. n IL II not seen In time.
another David has perhaps slain rs 90.
Hath
Bui there have been mon detailed for
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Our War Against the Pirates.

The Mediterranean sea less than ne
years aEo was infested with pirates.
who took Into captivity the ships and
crews of such nations ~ had not In
some way made peace with or paid
tribute 90 the narbary powers. Several
American vessels suffered NJ the hands
Of these buccaneers, ana at one tlmu lu
a single cruise ten u our vessels wofa
captured. and In November. i59l. tho
number " American prisoners at AL
Hicfa was rs,
10 the dey OF Aiglcra the United
states. like other powers. paid enor-
nous tribute. ana 10 fulnll one treaty u
cost nearly 100000, In i7Ps, having
fallen behind In our payments Of tHb.
ute. we sent four armed vessels TO ita
dey for nrrcaragea. ana our consul. IN
presenting these gifts. was forced 10
kiss the hand OF the pltntlcal potentnte.
The cost Of buying freedom for our
ships from the liafhnry powers hnd
amounted In 1901 60 more than t2,00o,.
900.
The United States finally made up ~
mind that this was a condition which
no longer could be endured.
on the 18th u May 1901. after re-
peatcd Insults and demands. the panhA
OF Trlp0li cut down the finFntan of tho
American consulate IN Tfipoll and mott.
ned the consul that he declared war
Under Commodore Dale the Enter.
prise icft Hampton Roads ana arrived
nj Gibraltar az the beginning % july,
1901. II appeared on TTipoll and Tuna
before the pirates of the Mediterranean
had any thought OF such visitor and
met the Tripoiitan corualr, the Tripou.
and left II after an engagement OF three
hours a complete wreck. having Killed
or wounded 20 OF the men aud escaping
/ with every man of ita own crew un-
harmed. This was the real beginning
u the war with Trpoli.
President jefferson was dlaincllned 10
engage further In hostllltlea without an
act ~ congress Notwithstanding Trip
VII had declared war. Although some.
thing was done against the plrhtlch
powers In 1901 and 1909 nothing In tho
way Of actual. elaborate war was again
on until 1894. congress having passed
an act two years before which was viz
tually declaration of war.
Commodore Prcble In 1908 left for tho
Mediterranean with new squadron ~
two frigates, two briga and three
HchoOners. Iiy an accident one of his
best ships foll into tho onemya hands
hut he nfterwafd found opportunity %
destroy this vessel and deprive the en-
envy Of itH use.
on tho 2jth OF July. 1901. after much
wandering IN and down the waters N
tho Mediterranean Commodore Pfeble'h
entire squadron took It's station before
Trlpoll. and with the bombardmcnt ~
tho capital on the "a Of August began
a series u engagements that developed
nm energy ana n hcroiHm In the Amer.
can navy which We're the admiration oi
tho world. II was here that the famous
Constitution did such effective work
Before the end Of the year the Tripoll'
tans were clad 10 make terms with thll
country. and the treaty then established
ondod forever pirntlcal assaults on
American commerce by tho Barbaiy
| powers.
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Il no opportunity TO rc-enforce and II
would be- taking desperate chances to
mount 10 this top during NO strain Of
battle the crew there wouii be mate
rally weakened IN efficiency. and this
misadventrto might delay success or
even actually turn the tide Of battle 4
big gun In the turret or on the gun deck
may burst from too constant firing. or
from some cause It may become In
effective. Then II ~ nothing more than
useless steel and a hindfance instead Of
an aid
There arc tragedies enacted from
bursting guns that strike terror to
mems hearts II ia like barroom
brawl on the frontier. only accentuat-
cd In horror and noise and casualties
twontyfold. Again. there " a limit to
human endurance. The mental and
physical tension Ia enormous. II little
matters whether the sun II beating
down with tropical heat or the cold
winds Of autumn IRE swirllng about the
waves The cannonadlng. the burning
~ gunpnwdcr. the rapid jumping. lift
ing. pulling. running 10 and FRO. all re-
suit In such violent exercise that In the
stiflngly close quarters whore the artl-
fetal temperature has risen to 100 de.
grccn or more. the men working the
guns rhirtlcsH. barehcndcd. sometimes
without shoes are bnthod In the most
profusc Precipitation.
A. Admiral Dewey did In tho bay OF
Manila. a halt must then be called. or
the men viii drop dead nt their posts
from exhaustion. a ruat and meal may
then be provided ending In "a smoke
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lcal idea. n they did not dash and fire
and stab, the enemy would, II ~ all a
trick " the trade" How does the ship
nght In battlc7 what are the circum-
ntancca and conditions surrounding her
In the heat OF contcHt2 Possibly the
following theoretical analysis may give
some idea " nght On the sea;
There are two ships In our navy
known dlstluctycly AZ "armorcd ctulH-
ers," the New York and the Brooklyn,
There are several protected crulscrs"
all these vessels being named after
cities ~ are also the unprotected
cruisers" and there arc san others
known simply as cruisers"
The hrmorcd cruiser brooklyn, Tor In
stance, has steel huh an indicated
horsepower Of is,lGl, lH propelled Boy
twin screws ana has main battery N
20 guns and a secondary battery ~ the
same number, Her displacement h p.4i5
tons. She can mako 30 knots which be-
more than 80 land miles. am hour Her
cost was S2psG,OOO. In the main battery
are eight inch and twelve inch rifles.
In the secondary battery arc twelve g
FOUNDER rifles four 1 FOUNDER ana four
Catlings,
The Brooklyn IL a model man-of-war,
and AZ she carries practically an the
types of guns that are found on the
ships Of our navy her armament Is at
least peculiarly instructive. That Ia,
she has the guns, excepting the ~ inch
that are carried hy nrst class hattle-
ships, second class battlo1hipl urliseFg
and Eunboats.
In case Of immediate battle her main
deck In, In the yutnnculur OF the sea,
man, cleared for action" The derh
below that which was originally ths
gun deck, Ii now known as the berth
deck and Is always kept In perfect or,
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Our Country;s
Great Resources,

one result OF the war which ever,
American citizen must contemplate via
pride Is the centorinE Of the attention q,
the world upon the fact Of tho enor.
nous resources Of this country. on,
thing Is surely accompllshed-the con.
vlncing OF other nations OF our aroa,
power In producing everything needed
In the event Of hostiiltics being pr,.
iongcd. Not only are the Spanish arm,
and navy now eating our flour but w,
can feed several other nations at IN,
same time.
All Of the war material. M wen ns IN,
supplies for our army and navy, T. bro.
duced here and by citizens whose patti.
otism IA we'll known. our amor plat,
Is the best In the world. and Russin |,
20 far convinced Of this fact that M,
has recently placed an order with Amer
lean manufacturers for a quantity sum.
Client for two battleshlps. Japan IL nia,
buying. The armor piercing and deri
piercing shot and shells made here nr,
not cqualed on the face OF the globe
Other countries understand this ana
purchase literally. our dynamite gum
are 80 far ahead ~ the rest ~ the wout
that they practically stand alone. All
the STRUGGLING Cuhnns about the dc.
a,ructivencss Of these guns. Tho au.
tomobilc torpodocs made Ia tho unItst
States after the whitehead pattern arr
20 much more effective than tho orig.
nal that the English and Austrian man.
ufacturcrs are deapondent. our dirirl
Ole torpedocs eclipse everything Of th,
kind In Europe and are being sourh
after by foreigners.
Everything u produced here. Moth.
Ing IL lacking, from hard tack e. II
inch guns and from armor plrrrini
shells 10 n simple lanyard. and rttsi
credit IN due to American genius unt
enterprise and capital. which should b,
patronized In preference to all othsra
While this government has been %
late buying vessels for the navy 10 me.'
an emergency nobody questions oui
ability TO build wnrshipa M good a. N,
best. our ahipynrds are well equipped
TO turn out fast and powerful hrhtlns
ships. and while We are congratulatlns
ourselves on this Grand showing th1r,
In authority should remember that WI,
will need more battleshlps two or three
years hence and that now II the tim,
to make the contracts Very mnny
small yards are ready 10 rush out patro
boats. torpedo boats, dispatch boats nne
smaller craft. Al no distant DAY th,
United States viii be the best market
for war material of AT kinds. and the
attention Of other nations n already al.
rcctod hithcrward.
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tons, viii dive into the holds OF the col.
Hers, grab the coal, lit n out ana then
drop II into the sheds through matches
In the roofs.
II takes lot Of coal 10 run war
ship. AZ Rio de Janglro recently the
Oregon shipped LOO tons. Travelling at
her ordinary cruising rate Of n knots.
she consumes about 20 tons In a hours.
20 that she could keep going at this
speed for q days, covering b,5A knots.
or 6.336 statute miles. Under forced
draft the oregon Is capable OF making
nearly II knots, but her fuel conaump-
tion would run up TO go tons every ~
hours and her supply would last her
only six days
Every % tons taken on board sinks
hor one inch, The big cruiser New
York can carry 1900 tons OF coal and
can mako ~ knots burning 100 tons a
day Going nt the rate of q knots. she
uses more than three times that guam
tlty,