davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

twenty; We have not more than twelve
on the North Atlantic coast. Nearly
one-half of Spain's gunboats, according
to Lord Brassey, the great English au-
thorlty, are small steamers from SG
to 34S TONS In the matter of unar-
mored ships, the commerce destroyers,
Spain has a slight advantage in num-
bers; we have slight advantage in
strength. We could use our torpedo
boats; Spain couldn't get hers over
here, We could use our ram Katahdin
and our Holland submarine boat; Spain
has no such vessels.
In the matter of ships and guns, de-
spite the loss of the Maine the United
States has decided advantage. Bat
tleships are the ones that count In real
lighting. But naval battles are not
won solely by ships and guns. They are
won by men-valorous men, patriotic
men--on board the ships. Our ships
are manned by seamen nlne-tenths Of
whom are American seamen. Span
.ards, of course, man Spain's ships.
There you are as TO men; Americaps ~"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

the five battleships, which will prob
ably not be ready for service until the
latter part of the coming year. 1t Is,
therefore, obvious that the United
States Is not so powerless upon the
seas as some would have 1t understood.
During the past ten years there have
been expended yearly on seacoast for
tlflcations and their armaments and
for submarine mines and torpedoes the
sum of S4O,00O000; our principal sea-
port towns have thus been put In con-
ditIon SO that, with the aid of the
navy, the country could easily resist
the attack of any one of the great naval
powers of the world.
There Is no doubt as to which OF the
two nations, Spain or the United
States, Ia the stronger from naval
standpoint. In ships and armament
we have by far the superior navy.
While Spain has more men In her navy,
we outnumber her In ships, although
she includes some splendid cruisers In
her list. Like us, she Is adding TO her
navy, replacing the boats she lost in
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

available, three first-class and one sec
ond-class, and of which Spain has only
one available, the first-class Pelayo.
The armament of the monitors and ar
mored cruisers on both sides Is practi-
caly equal. The armament of battle
ships Is four to one in our favor, and it
Is the kind of armament that tells ten
to one in naval battle. SO much for
strictly lighting ships. We have ten,
Spain has six. In protected cruisers
Spain has not more than fifteen and we
have ten available on the Atlantic
coast. The armament Of our ten, care
full calculation shows, is q little more
than equal to that of Spain's fifteen.
OF gunboats Spain seems to have
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23
IF WAR SHOULD COME.


1895. She Is obliged to have this done,
however, abroad, as she has no ship
yards of her own. Her limited credit
has kept back this work, and 1t Is not
likely that the boats now under way
would be completed even on ''rush"
orders before two years from now.
Then, too, the classltications made In
the tables favor Spain. placing boats
in the second class of battle-shlps
which, although heavier than our sole
remaining specimen of that class, could
not cope with it.
On paper Spain has about the same
number of warships available for
fighting as the United States has Oh
the Atlantic coast, eliminating torpedo
boats, which can operate, by the ma
ture of things, only in home waters.
But what about the ships themselves?
Spain has only one tirst-class battle
ship, the Pelayo; we have in the East
the Indiana, Iowa, and Massachusetts.
Spain strictly has no battleships of the
second grade; we have only one now,
the Texas, sister ship practically of the
Maine. Spain has one iron and use
less monitor, the Puig-Cerda; we have
four of them, matchless tighters-the
Puritan, Terror, Miantonomah, and
Amphitrite. Spain has six armored
cruisers, all OF them practically In
splendid fighting trim-the Almirante,
Oquendo, Carlos ", 1nfanta Maria Ter
esa, Prlncesa de Asturlas, and Vizcaya.
We have two such vessels-the New
York and Brooklyn. For defensive
lighting our four monitors are superior
to the three armored cruisers which
we seem to lack in comparison with
Spain, but, allowing that they are only
equal, ii may be said that in that class
the nayies of the two nations are of
equal strength.
That throws the comparison back to
battleships, Of which we have four
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

and brought forward the three opin-
Ions concerning such matters, viz-the
theory which holds that we have no
more use for navy comparable to
that of the great nations Of Europe
than we have for standing army like
that Of Great Britain, Germany,
France or Russia; the stand that the
money put Into our navy would better
have been expended in coast defenses;
and lastly that opinion which demands
that on land and sea we should be
equally powerful to any nation on
earth.
1t Is now over half a century since
the guns of this country were turned
upon foreign foe, and this long period
of peace has inclined very large pro
portion of American citizens to the first
named course of reasoning. The mid
defense theorists. They believe that
with our coast defended by modern
fortificatlons and guns we can almost
dispense with a heavy navy altogether
The third party believes In the widest
possible display of our naval power.
At the present time the only country
with which we are likely to become
embroiled in strife is Spain, and as a
war with the Spanish would be largely
a naval one it is therefore of interest
to consider what the possibilities OF
such war might be.
Since the Maine went down numer-
Gus reports have been spread broad
cast that Spain Is now superior to us
as naval power, and many persons
have grave fears as to the outcome of
conflict. Let US see. Since 1888
Congress has authorized the construc-
ton Of seventy-seven war vessels, at
a cost of $134, 439, ,70O.10. Sixteen of
the vessels have not yet been COM
pleted. The vessels authorized since
1883 are as follows: Battleships, first
class, nine; battleshlps, second-class,
two; cruisers, IS; gunboats, 10; harbor
defense ram, one; monitors, SIX; dyna-
mite cruiser, one; torpedo boats, 21
submarine torpedo boat, one; training
ships for cadets, two; dispatch boat,
one.
OF the sixteen ships of war now un-
der construction, the Secretary of the
Navy estimates that all will be COM
pleted during the present year except
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

tor would Immediately touch n buttoI..
me explosion which followed would
completely wreck the warship and
would doubtless kill all on board.
The work of preparing these mines
has been done very secretly, and no one
outside of those in charge of the har-
Dor defenses knows where they are.
The sunken casemates, too, have been
built with caution, and their situation
is not known either. The necessity for
this caution is apparent when it Is re-
membered that any interference with
the wires by the subject of some for
eign nation might disturb the work sc
that none of the mines could be used
Another great means of defense is in
the big disappearing guns, which work
as If they have human intelligence. Nc
fort Is necessary for these guns. The
gunners are absolutely protected by
big parapet. When the gun is at rest,
it, too, Is concealed behind the parapet,
where 1t is loaded When firing be
comes necessary ponderous machinery
raises the big cannon so that its mouth
points over lue pdTdpel. III lulrtS SEE
onds the gunners have trained the can
non properly, and an enormous projec-
tile Is sent flying ten miles over the
sea. Woe TO the vessel 1t strikes, Ar
NOR has not yet been made strong
enough to stand against the shot fred
from these enormous machines:
At present the inner harbor of New
York is guarded by two 12-lnch, three
l0-lnch and five S-inch disappearing
guns, as well as thirty-two 12-neh
mortars. These are all completed and
put in position. Work is now going on
for other disappearing guns which will
be finished this year. The southern
and eastern entrances to the harbor
are more fully protected than the inner
harbor itself. Here is an armament of
21 12-inch guns on lifts, 10 10-lnch and
8 S-inch guns on disappearing car
riages, 176 Pinch mortars and many
submarine mines operated from live
mining casemates. -.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

cruisers, could do us almost irrepara-
bic damage. The power of the mod
ern ships guns enables them to do
their fighting at comparatively long
range. The deadliness of these arms
is great enough under those circum-
stances, as China and Japan know to
their cost. What the result would be If
several Spanish and United States bat
tleships met In closer quarters may cas-
lily be imagined, and 1t is no exaggera-
ton to say thas the chances favor the
destruction of nearly everyone engag-
ed
Modern gunnery and armor-maklng
have kept such steps together that no
sooner has plate been invented which
would resist the most penetrating
projectile of that time than a gun was
speedily devised or an explosive discoy-
cred which necessitated the invention
of plate of still greater resisting
power. This game has gone on, until
the modern ship is gigantic floating
hulk, the propulsion of which through
calm and known waters is no easy
task, to say nothing of its manage
ment in heavy seas or during an en-
gagement, where rapid action Is neces-
sary.
But besides the things visible with
which modern cruisers must contend
Is the problem of submarine warfare.
The invention of Ericsson has been I'M
proved upon, both as regards the abil-
ity of warships TO eject the deadly tor
pedo itself and the torpedo-boat capa-
BILE of submerging itself wholly or in
part. Inventors all over the world are
working upon the submarine torpedo
boats and rams, and, while they have
not attained the success of Jules
Nerue's fancy, 1t Is believed that II
they have not already solved the prob
lem it Is matter of a short time till
we shall have boat capable of sub
merging itself for time sufficient to
do terrible damage to the largest bat
tleship and still not be in sight during
the engagement.
This is not speaking of the establish
ed practlcahility of the sunken torpedo
or more to be used in harbors and dis
charged by electricity from a distance
These last can be utilized for coast de
fense and are very effective. They
could destroy any cruiser anchored o.
sailing over them, but are only useful
under those circumstances.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23
UNITED STATES sTEEI PROTECTED CRUISER COLUMBIA.

mined and wires run to underground
easemates where the operators work.
The harbor Is divided Into sections
and squares each of which Is known by
of war. If a Spanish war vessel were
sighted, word would be telegraphed
from one of the coming towers to the
officer In charge of one of the under
ground casemates near Sandy Hook.
The message would be read something
like this: "Vizcaya op %, IA S. E."
That would mean that the Vlzcaya
was then passing over a certain sec
tlon of the harbor In which was To-
Gated a mine or a torpedo. The opera
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23
Harbor Mistress EuIler

Miss Fuller, a newspaper woman, has
lately been appointed harbor mistress of
Tacoma, Wash. 1t is said that thus far
she has done remarkably good work,
keeping all records pertaining to the
extensive shipping business of the city
in perfect shape. Last month she made
out the harbor masters report for the
year, the first report of the kind ever
made out by al American woman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

The sensation of homesickness has
been variously described, but never more
graphically than by little girl who,
miles away from home and mamma, sat
heavy eyed and silent at hotel table.
Aren't you hungry. dear?" asked
her aunt, with whom she was travel.
ing.
NO"
docs your head ache?"
"No.n
"What is the matter?"
The child's lip quivered, and she said
in tone to grieye the heart:
I'm seasick for home. National
Farmer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

powder and shot in the magazines that
decides naval contests to-day. The
man at the stokehole is just as import
ant as the man behind the gun. Spain
can't whip Us on this side of the Allan
tic, that's sure; we shall not fight on
the other side.
One Serious Disadvantage.
In naval war with Spain we would
have the disadvantage of tremen-
dous coast line, east, south and west, to
defend, We could do little damage to
Spain's commerce, because she has
comparatively small amount, Willie
some of her second, third or fourth-rate
boats, while keeping away from our
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

The war department has guarded
with absolute secrecy the plans for all
its coast defenses. Ii Is scarcely known
outside of army circles that New York
is one of the most strongly defended
towns in the world. No vessel could
get within fifteen miles of the battery
without meeting a worse fate than that
which befell the Maine.
The entire ha-hor Is thoroughly
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

one side and Spanlards ON the other.
Need more be said?
Stronger than any reason yet given
as TO the result of a fight between us
and Spain Is the one TO he dedueed
from the scene of action of war. The
war would take place in and around
Cuba. We could get coal easily and
Spain could not. It's the coal in the
bunkers as much If not more than the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

ton as to the real value of our navy and
Its relative Importance among the
naval armaments of the world 1t has
revived the discussion of what the re-
suit of a war between the United
States and a foreign nation would be,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23
HE recent teri

HE recent terri
ble occurrence
In the ha,bor of
Havana, which
resulted In the
destruction o +
millions of Fed
eral property in
the shape of the
b a t t | e $ h | p
Maine and the
death of nearly
300 $ all ors =,
startled a great
deal of specula-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

The humming bird, in protecting its
nest. always flies at and pecks the eyes
Of its adversary. Crows have been found
totally blind from the humming bird s
bill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

Ibid you ever" asked the young
husband, "have your wife look you in
the eye when you came home and ask
you if you had not forgotten some.
thing?"
Many time, me boy, E." answered
the old married man. "She does yet
In the early days it used to mean kiss;
now it is usually reference to wiping
my shoes. "-Cincinnati Enquirer
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

Two Southern men have designed
motor for use in churning, which con
slsts of a framework carrying shaft
having a windreel at one end and
crank at the other, which operates the
dasher
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23

No woman hater Is a single man
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-03-23
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had In the Market
AIR. Thomas win conduct nothing but nrst
class house. and a cordial welcome VIII DO s1'
tended to all guests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
OLD GUARD ELECTION.
Present Officers Continued, With Ex-
ceptiOn of Secretary.


ceptiOn of Secretary.
The mohthly meeting of the Old Guard
was held last evening, Capt. ]. NJ. Edgar
presiding. The attendance was large on
account of the annual election for the civil
officers for the present year. The incum-
bents were unanimously reelected, with
the exception of Comrade N. NJ. Merrill,
recording secretary, who declined re-elec-
ton. unanimous vote Of thanks was
rendered him in consideration of his faith
full services. The choice of officers resulted
as follows: Recording secretary, Geo. r.
Ferguson; financial secretary. Chas L. Pat
ten; treasurer, A. J. Cunning; board of
trustees J. NJ. Edgar, A. F. Dinsmore, Ar
thur Hendricks, NJ. Mahaney. w. H. Fuss,
r. Bennett. ]. M. Miller, R. z. Boyd, j.
E. McCabe. ]. H. Hewlett; finance commit
tee, A. N. Thompson. w. E. Boyd. R. c..
Patterson, J. Edison, w. c. McEuen; re-
cruiting committee, F. H. Mooers, ]. F. Col
Inns. w. H. Fuss; court-martial committee,
Arthur Hendricks. judge advocate; T.Stew-
art, T. c. Calver. P. o. Bryon, A. Brust,
J. NJ. Miller, NJ. NJ. Lewis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
ACCUSED OF UNFAIRNESS.
Robert Il. POrter's Answer to Com
missianer Mrisht.n Statement.

In the Senate today Mr. Gallingsr pre-
scented 4 letter from Robert p. Porter.
superintendent of the last census in which
the statements of Commissioner Wright on
the subject of census taking were strongly
objected to- This letter was in response
to request by Mr. Galinger that Mr..
Porter give his opinion in relation to the
cost of the eleventh census.
Mr.. Porter began his letter by stating
that he had had no idea that Colonel
Wright was responsible for the greatly eX-
aggeFsted figures going the rounds as to
the amount of money which would have
been saved had the employees of the elev-
enth census been placed in the classified
service.
o Mr.. Porter says the work of the depart
ment of labor is not comparable with that
of taking a census in statistical sense.
He accuses Colonel Wright of unfairness
in comparing the work Of his bureau with
that Of the census on a basis of printed
pages of the reports. and says that such an
attempt is ridiculous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
Dates of Examination Changed.

The civil service commission has ordered
that the usual dates for the regular semi
annual post office CLERKS and carriers,
custom house and internal revenue eNami-
nations be so changed as to allow the wild
est possible use of the first. second AMI
third-grade series of examination qucs-
ticns in all examina tons of corresponding
grades. This means that all the spring ex-
amira lions for the services named will be
held during the time the departmental ex-
aminations are being conducted. The ex-
act dates cannot be fixed at this time, but
it will be safe to say that all post Office,
custom house and internal revenue eXami-
nations for this spring will be held be-
tween March Is and April %. of which fact
all applicants will please take notice. No
application will be accepted unless filed in
proper form by March l. No exception
will be made to this requirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
CONDENSED LOCALS.

Howard Herndon, alias Hansboroush. COL
o1ed. today pleaded guilty before Judge
kimball of stealing a hat valued AT "a
from Nj. Robert F.. Thompson He was
hred $40 and in default OF payment the
accused went to Jail for thirty days.
For assaulting and cutting Virginia
Fletcher in the hand with knife Mat
thew Hin was today fined SO by Judge
kimball. Roth parties are colored. Hill
went to Jail for thirty days.
Jesse Thorn called on a friend on 10th
street southeast Sunday night and when
he got ready TO depart discovered that his
oVereoat had gone before him. In The
pockets OF The coat he had his kid gloves
and small amount of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
A BABES PERIL,
Fire Came Near Destroying a Two
Year-Old Child

A fire in the rooms of Mr.. ]. Walter
Mitchell. No. col New Jersey avenue. about
$50 o'clock last night, came near ter
minating fatally. A sofa on which his
son Noble. two years old, was sleepinp
caught fire, and 1t was only after hard
fight that the child was rescued. It an
pears that a lighted candle left in the
room had accidentally upset and rolled
under the sofa. When the child's mother
reached the room she could not get to the
sofa because Of the blaze, but her screams
brought her husband and others to the
room. Not knowing the child was on the
sofa, Mr.. Mitchell began battling with the
flames, which covered the entire sofa. In
doing so he struck the child with a pitcher
and cut its head.
By this time the mother had recovered
from the shock and was calling for her
babe. and when the little one was finally
discovered and rescued there was an ugly
cut in its head and the bed clothing had
been burned. The fire had also burned
through the bottom of the sofa and had
almost reached the childs head An alarm
was sent in. but the flames were extin-
guished before the firemen reached the
house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
Is a. Hero Even in JnU.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The arrest of Charles Manlin, "A sypsy
horse trader. who was locked UP at the Gin
cinnau jail Monday. has deveioped case
OF deserving charity. Manlin has a sick,y
wife, who Is rendered destitute, with two
children, one an infant, the other twenty
one months old. The woman is actually
starving. Since her husband has been
rocked ef she calls a the Jail to sac MIN,
and when they think they are not observed
Manlin hands out chunks of bread and
meat to her. Instead of eating his meals
served at the jail he has been slipping the
provisions frcm the table into his pockets
and passing them out to the hungry wo-
man and babies. The affecting meetings
We're noticed Tuesday, and the Young Men $
Christian Association was notified of tho
aestitution OF the wife and babies Manin
is charged with burglary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
Wills Filed,

The will Of the late Helena Hartong,
dated August II. 1896, was this afternoon
filed for probate. House No. 40 Massa-
chusetts avenue is bequeathed to Clara
Meyer. while the money of the deceased is
left to her husband. Sarach Hartong At
the expiration Of two years, it is directed,
the remainder of the real estate of the
deceased shall be sold and the proceeds
distributed among certain relatives and
friends. Clara Meyer Is named as execu-
trix.
By his will, also filed for probate this
afternoon, and dated November Ii. 1892,
the late Silas Holmes bequeathed his entire
son. The wife ana daughter are named as
executives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
BOycOtting I'm 1873,

From Notes and Queries
This may be read in the Daily Courant of
1875:
There being some Indian and French
silks now selling by auction in this town,
and two or three brewers wives in the Earl
Of Meath's liberty having bought a few
pieces thereof. the master weavers and
dyers, as well as journeymen Of those cor
porations, give notice by beat of drum, that
they would not drink any liquors whatever
brewed by the husbands of the said ladies.
who would encourage foreign manufac-
lures, when there are numbers of Door
weavers in a starving condition in this
town, and all over the kingdom, for want
of employment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
TOBACCO FROM CUBA.
Announcement of the Revocation of
the Embargo.

The following telegram has been re-
ceived by the Secretary of State from our
minister to Spain, announcing the revoca-
ton of the embargo on exports of tobacco
from Cuba:
Tobacco bando revoked. Leaf tobacco
can be exported on paying tax of II pesos
per 100 kiloS. All manufactured tobacco,
except Picardura, free of export duty.
Santiago de Cuba excepted from new order.
Importation of tobacco from all ports into
Cuba prohibited. New order takes effect
January 49,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05

The Commissioners today issued the fol-
Lowing orders:
That the proposal of the Washington As
phalt Block and Tile Company, received
December 80, to furnish asphalt paving
blocks, is hereby accepted.
That the coping along the wall on the
south side of Canal road be replaced where
necessary.
That sewer be constructed in Goth street
between b and + streets
That portion of the sewer in 9th street
from ID street south about ITO feet be re-
constructed.
That gas lamp on east side of 23d street
between q and II streets be relocated 20
feet south Of Its present position, and that
a new lamp be erected on the west side of
the street, 100 feet south of the corner of
H street.
That $40 feet of 6-inch water main be
laid in the north side Of E street between
23d and 24th streets.