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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03
influence on German Market,

Berlin, Nov. 3.-Prices opened firm on
the bourse, due to the statement of The
Daily Graphic of London that Major
Marchand is to return to Fashod1 and
then to withdraw his expedition in the
direction of the upper Ubanghi river,
north of the kongo, thus evacuating
Fashoda and the five posts establish d
by him east Of the frontier indicated in
the Anglo-German agreement, but sub
sequently prices weakened in response
to the weakness of western bourses.
Bank shares were firm.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03
sixteen Families Homeless,

Middlosholo, Ky, Nov. 3.-There was
a disastrous fire on Shrewsbury avenue.
Thirteen houses were burned, and 1G
families are homeless. The houses
We're owned by local company and
the Manchester Building company of
Manchester England. They are COW
cred by Insurance in London compa-
mics.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

D. ID. Haley, the tailor, has new
advertisement in another column which
carries straight facts like all his adver-
tisements. lie is not one of those block
heads made into a tailor by the stroke
of an axe and his statements cannot be
contradicted. His competitors have
forced him to the front and now he takes
the lead. See his new samples.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03
Working For Mrs. Maybrick.

London, Nov. 3.-Baroness de Rogue,
mother of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, is
continuirg her efforts to obtain the re-
lease of her daughter, who is serving
a sentence of life imprisonment for the
murder of her husband. The baroness
had conference with Mr.. Henry White.
United States charge d'affaires, and
will visit Mrs. Maybrick in prison.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

Beaver Dam, Wis, Nov. 3.-Adam
Hammer shot II men In the Rowell
shops where he was employed with a
shotgun end then defed arrest until
shot and disabled by Lieutenant Arthur
Tibbcts, Porto Rico veteran. Hammer
Is young married man. He had been
crazed by practical jokes played upon
him by fellow workmen.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 3.-SiXteen coal
cars were wrecked by broken axle on
the Lehigh Valley railroad near White
Haven. The track was not cleared for
hours. While walking on the track Ed
ward Teel and Samuel Steevner of
White Haven were struck by an engine
and instantly killed.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03
Preparations mt Vancouver.

Vancouver r. c., Nov. 3.-The war
excitement in this part of the country
Is now at fever heat. At the Halloween
meeting Of the st. Andrews and Gale
DOMAIN societies of Vancouver the war
spirit prevailed to such an extent that
the speakers offered to raise a regi-
ment of 1000 Scotchmen to fight for
Great Britain should war be declared
Amid great enthusiasm it was resolved
to cable a message to Lord Salisbury
making the offer.
An officer of the Canadian Pacific
railway states that the three empress
boats belonging to that company-the
Empress of China, Empress of India
and Empress of Japan-are to be held
for conversion into war cruisers.
Hongkong has been instructed by ca
BILE to get the ornaments ready for es-
Establishment on the steamships on their
arrival there should orders be received
The ornaments are ready on this side
for mounting on the vessels. Mean
while active preparations continue at
ESuuimault
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

1hirty-f five cents will be refunded to
any person using a bottle of Hendricks
White Pine Balsam and Tar who are
not satisfied.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

Mrs. Briggs of Morrisville has rented
the home place of Mrs. Ella l. Lamb at
159 North Main Street and has opened
the same for table boarders. $50 If.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

Try the 4-70-S cigars at the rarlor
Lunch Room.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

At the Old Bailey Central criminal
court), on February Is of the present
year, Lord William Nevill, fourth son
of the Marquis of Abcrgavenny was
sentenced to five years penal servitude
after having been convicted of fraud in
connection with the suit of Sam Lewis,
the money lender, against Lieutenant
Spender Clay Of the Second British Life
guards to recover G11,113 due on the
promissory notes cashed by the prison.
err, who pleaded guilty Of fraud. but
claimed he was not guilty of forgery.
Judge Lawrence, in summing up,
sternly rebuked the prisoner who was
annarently almost unconcerned. The
judge sad
ON NV opinion. the crime is as great
as if he had distracted the sum from
Lieutenant Clay's pocket or bad Dur
clarified Mr. Lewis office and had stolen
it. If it had been some wretched G ERIK
with a wife and seven childr' n. who
had incurred heavy loss ana had
helped himself to his masters till. | am
afraid there would have been no one
to speak in extenuation. but the hlgh 7
| position the person holds the higher fls
| responsibility. I am sorry to say nave
looked in vain for eXtenuating circnm-
| stances It is as base case of frauo
| as it is possible to conceive. You have
| brought shame and dishonor upon ar
ancient and noble family and sorrow
| and suffering upon your nearest and
| dearest. You have forfeited the rosi'
| ton you held in the word. ord whicf
| should have heen. a guarantee of your
| honesty at least. if not of ''n"r honor
| Your crime is great and your sen enct
must he severe 1t is that you he kop
in PENAL eerv'tudn for FIVE ya'rs."
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03
MARTIN RUCKER FINED
Ills Attempt to Bride Terah llooley
Proves Very Costly.
MORE NOBLEMEN ATTACKED
The bankrupt Promoter Says lie
Paid $4,000 to the Mnrqui" OF
Abergavenny, Father OF the
Convict Lord Nevil.

London, Nov. 3.-Martin Rucker, q
former promoter of bicycle COMPANIES,
who was charged with contempt OF
court in endeavoring to induce MT Ell
nest Terah Hooley, the bankrupt com
pany promoter to alter evidence when
reflected upon the Humber company oi-
rectors, was fined $1,000 and costs ana
was further ordered to pay the money
at once or go to prison. Mr.. Hooley de-
clared that Rucker in behalf OF TOUT III
rectors of the Humber company, o11ereo
him $4,000 to change some OF the EVIL
dence presented in the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings.
The examination of Mr.. Hooley IN
bankruptcy proceedings was resumed
and attracted much attention. Mr.
Hooley continued to testify to the
amounts, large and small, paid to trus-
tees and directors in connection WIN
his promotions. He created sensation
by asserting that he paid Sir Wlll>an
Marriott $4,000 for introducing him &c
the Carlton club and asserting later
that he paid $4,000 to the Marquis OF
Abergavenny, prominent Conserva'
tive, for party funds. The witness &C
not know whether the money reachec
the party fund
subsequently Mr.. Hooley explained
that he paid the Marquis of Ahergaven
nv s25. 600 first and then paid him sec
ond $25, 900 because he was told that NJ
had promised $4,000.
But" the witness interjected, tina
was lie!'
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03
ADMIRAL SEYMOUR

rations, but there is no doubt impor-
tant instructions are expected at any
moment.
A large Russian fleet Is assembled at
Port Arthur.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-03

Entered in the Post Office at Barre VT, a
seoond-class matter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22

Silently can she take her stand, and
by means of range finders accurately
determine her position; then, without
moro noise than a big popgun would
make, she can send her projectiles
gracefully curving through the air in
to the enemy's camp. In short, the We
suvius has a distinctive part to play in
this war we are now waging against
Spain. 1t is purely an offensive part,
for she is so pitiably weak defensively,
being entirely without any protection,
that a we'll directed rifle bullet could
wreck her.
The Vesuvius should never enter
combat unsupported, but always under
cover of some large vessel able to draw
an enemy's fire and receive the punish
ment that would be otherwise directed
toward her. When thus safeguarded
the Vesuvius serves a most valuable
purpose, and the work cut out for her
will greatly conduce to shortening the
bombardment of the Notifications OF
Cuba.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
Grim Vesllvills, Terror
of Cuba's Coast.
The Little Ship That Amazed the Spaniards by
FIineng Earthquakes at the Santiago Hills.

1t is not for a moment thought, even
after the splendid recent performance
of this boat, that she will create a
revolution in naval tactics, as was at
first contended by her projectors. Sim
liar exaggerated offensive capabilities
were for a long time ascribed to tor
pedo boats, and very recently to torpe-
do boat destroyers, but the more sober
minded naval men and tacticians, it can
be asserted, realize that the armored
ship and the cruiser are the true types
Of ships for fighting battles at sea.
These others are serviceable for special
purposes and are necessary adjuncts OF
fleet. They play an important part,
but not the most important.
The Guns of the vesuvius.
The main armament carried by the
Vesuvius consists of three pneumatic
dynamite guns placed side by side, close
together, in the forward part Of the
ship. These three parallel tubes are
built into tho ship, about fifteen feet
of the mizzles protruding above the
forecastle deck, inclined at an angle
of about twenty degrees, the ends OF
the muzzles of the tubes rising about
five feet above the deck planking. The
remainder of the tubes runs down to
the hold of the ship. where the COM
pressed air machinery is, and where
the ammunition and the breech and
loading mechanism are situated.
The tubes are made of light cast iron
are fifty-five feet in total length and
have an interior diameter of fifteen
inches. There are two air compressors
to compress the air that is used as the
propellant to discharge the aerial tor
pedoes from the long tubes. The sub
aqueous torpedo with which ordinary
torpedo craft are supplied is discharg,
ed usually with charge of gun powder
which is quick in acting; hence the or
binary torpedo gun is short, not above
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
How Mr.. Gladstone Lost His Finger

Among other "reminiscences of the
great English statesman, a writer in
the New York Independent gives this
observing that Mr.. Gladstone had
lost a finger of his left hand, later
learned that nearly sixty years ago,
and soon after his marriage in July,
1889, he was shooting at Hawarden,
with Henry Glynn, younger brother of
Mrs. Gladstone, and rector of Hawar-
den, a position now held by their Sec
ond son, the Rev. Stephen Gladstone.
Having discharged the right barrel,
firing at a rabbit Git was in the old
muzzle-loading days., Gladstone put
down the butt Of his gun among some
brambles in order to reload. Contrary
to rules the left barrel was cooked.
A bramble in some way caught the
trigger, and off went the gun, carrying
away the index finger of the left hand
close to the knuckle. Looking out of
one Of the windows at Hawarden the
young wife saw her husband approach
with his arm in sling, and her brother
with face as pale as death. That
Wesley Richards muzzle-loader is pre-
served among his son Herbert Glad
stones numerous heirlooms at Hawar-
den castle"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22

eighteen or twenty feet long; but the
slow, steady action of the compressed
air cannot reach its maximum intensity
for some time after impinging on the
base of the projectile 1t begins to
move the torpedo gradually and, rap
idly increasing in propulsive force,
drives the shot out of the long barrel
at high velocity,
The great benefit derived from the
slow, steady, gradually increasing pres
sure of compressed air is that it allows
the use of thin gun barrels or tubes
and the employment of immense guam
titles of the highest explosives. There
is an absence of all shock and con-
sequent avoidance of the danger ordi-
narily connected with the firing of dy-
Mantle or gun cotton.
The charge of explosive at first tried
in the pneumatic dynamite gun was
five hundred pounds of explosive gela-
tine. This has been changed to about
three hundred pounds of gun cotton
the latter being safer to handle. This
charge is held in the front end Of CT
gar-shaped shell seven feet long and
not quite fifteen inches in diameter.
The rear end of the shell is fitted
with wings rfans to insure the tor.
pedo's preserving its horizontally dur
ing its time of flight. This torpedo Is
loaded to the gun at the breech, near
which there is a revolving chamber
holding five other torpedoes, quite after
the manner in which the cartridges of
a Colts revolver are carried; hydraulic
power is used to manipulate this car
rier. Once in place and the breech
closed the air valve is opened, the
compressed air rushes into the firing
chambefs and away speeds the most
deadly projectile mans ingenuity has
thus far devised
The one respect in which the dyna-
mite cruiser, speed excepted, is inferior
to the torpedo boat destroyer is in the
important matter of aiming the guns.
These being immovably fixed in the
vessel cannot be trained and handled
like other guns, they cannot be laid to
hit the target by moving them to the
right or left or up or down; instead the
Vesrvius herself must be Unanswered
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22

so as to get within the range. She thus
becomes the gun carriage, her helm and
Ter screws being the means employed
by her for the accurate laying Of her
guns.
Herein lies an objection to the dy-
Mantle gun as 1t Is emplaced on board
the Vesuvius and for long time II
was thought to be insuperable. SO
convinced were naval men of the I'M
practicability of this method of point
ing that the navy department made
preparations for removing all the pneu-
matte fittings and dynamite guns and
substituting automobile torpedo appur-
tenances. A lack of funds alone pre-
vented the carrying out of this inten-
ton.
The ship being laid fair for the tar
get. the range of the dynamite projec-
tile is controlled by means of the
amount of compressed air admitted to
the gun. No torpedo of the Whitehead
or Howell type can approach this,
thousand yards being an extreme range
for them, and for effective work not
over eight hundred should be attempt
ed.
For getting in her fine work the best
distance at which the Vesuvus should
operate is about mile off, and to land
her projectiles on shore or at target
at this remote distance would require
an air pressure of about eight hundred
] pounds.
| Attack Against Forts.
The tremendous efficiency Of shells
charged with large quantities Of high
explosives having been thus demon
strated, even the most bitter opponents
Of the Vesuvius have conceded that
wherever one of her shells struck de-
struction would surely follow. Doubt
less many Spanish soldiers within a
large radius of where the projectiles
struck in the Santiago batteries can at
test the value of the dynamite gun as a
weapon to oppose the Notifications.
Herein lies both her uniqueness and
usefulness, and her superiority to YES
sells of the torpedo type.
The Vesuvius was not designed to
attack Notifications, yet it would seem
as though for such role she is adj
mirably adapted; better than for the
role of ship attack where the time
needed to get herself in position for fir
ing would expose her to hot rapid
fire that would certainly annihilate her.
But give her time and fairly dark
night and a Spanish fort for an object,
and no shot or other destructive mis-
sile thus far known can work such
havoc.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
THE NEW HONEYMOON.
Bess Man Arranges Everything Now
Tho Ono Disadvantage.

Honeymoons change with the fash
ion as we'll as other wedding customs.
Once upon q time the turtle doves
went on a long trip, visiting cities thai
they perhaps had never seen before
or never hoped to see again, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. For
the last five or six years cruise on
yacht or a journey in private car
alternated with a sojourn at some
body's beautiful country place lent for
the occasion. But the very newest for
honeymoon sounds more interesting
than any of its predecessors. The new
ly made benedict tells his best man
how long a time he may absent him
self from town or business, gives him
a check for q generous amount and
tells him to arrange the rest. Neither
he nor the bride knows where their
honeymoon is to be passed until they
are on the ship or train, as the best
man accompanies them to the station
or wharf, checks their trunks ana
hands the bridegroom the tickets at
the last moment. When this Is done
the happy man opens an envelope
finds his route all laid out for him,
and is saved the annoyance Of tele-
graphing to hotels and arranging
minor details. "The plan is an awfully
good one in some ways" said wife
of five weeks, who, of course, speaks
as if she had spent her life trying the
different sorts of wedding tours. Ely
ing about sightseeing is absurd when
you have eyes and thoughts for one
person only and staying in the coun-
try is apt to be dull and damp II one
is married in April or very early in
June. The one disadvantage OF the
secret honeymoon is that the poor
bride does not know what to wear.
The best man ought to give her hint
as to whether the Rangeley lakes or
the Keys of Florida are to be her des-
tination. Our honeymoon was spent up
in Pike county, a heaven on earth in
the mountains. We lived at delight
full club house and spent our days
rambling in the woods and fishing. !
had brought several pretty, thin
frocks, but only my travelling dress for
day wear, as we were only to remain
away ten days. You can imagine my
plight when l found that fishing was
the order of the day. I sacrificed the
travelling dress. 1t was beauty and
cost more than my white ball dress,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22

The whirligig of time brings in its
revenges.
Six months ago the Vesuvius was
airily consigned to the junk pile by all
save few desparing zealots. Her day
was done, her reputation was a thing
OF shreds and patches.
Today she is giving new cares to
anxious admiralties; she is the I'M
known, not the discredted, factor in
modern naval warfare. and her whist
ling tubes are awakening echoes that
circle a startled world.
1t is not given every nation to pro-
duce at the automatically exact mo-
ment the automatically exact RENE
dy for q desperate disease. We did it
once surely, when the Monitor, the
cheese box on a raft, defied the flying
wedges Of the Merrimac. That revo-
lutionized modern warfare and ushered
in the clanking age Of iron and steel.
Have we done this again in the first
successful employment of high explo-
sives ah0at? Who may tell but when
it comes to heaving earthquakes at an
enemy, of noiselessly depositing VOL
canoes, eager and ready for eruption,
In mis- midriff we may without undue
boasting believe that the material revo-
luton OF this war will be in this safe
handling Of untried forces, and it is
American to the core.
The Vesuvius deserves her good luck
every ounce of it; and when one con-
siders the fight her champions had to
make before practical proof established
their theories, our regret for their neg
lect is made more poignant by the NOR
al every other inventive crank will
draw from her to adorn their tales of
woe We may expect deluge of dyna-
mite mechanism, Hood of guncotton
fuses, q tornado of desperate devices
which in a jiffy will extinQulsh fleets
and obliterate landscapes. The Span
ssh druggist Cor is he a Spanish bar
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22

ber?) who is to smear the ocean with
an explosive oil and change the face OF
nature Will be nothing in promise when
compared with the threatening shoals
of highly explosive inventive gentlemen
or with what is left of them after
their eXperiments-that are 10 haunt
admiralties and devastate war Offices.
Some good, of course, will come out
of them. but it may be well to state
that the field has long been exploited
that chemists and engineers have striv-
en- for wears to attain the perfect com
bination of tremendous destruction al
lied to safe handling. and that, after all
has been tried and done, the only ac-
tual success is that achieved so won
drously by the Vesuyius off Santiago.
Tho Vesuvius.
The Vesuvius is in every way unique,
nothing like her in any respect exist
ing in any other navy. She is long,
narrow, and sits low in the water. She
il constructed of unusually light scant-
ling and plating, has powerful engines
and attsins high speed though moth
ing like as high as a destroyer. She
was designed especially for torpedo
work. like the destroyer. but was to
fire her torpedo in the air. and not, like
the destroyer, under the water.
The Vesuvius was built by the
Cramps, of Philadelphia, and was
launched in 1883, ten years ago. Like
the monitor CT Ericsson, she was prac-
tically the invention and production of
private individuals, though her con-
struction was authorized b. the govern
ment at a contract price of S95O,OOO.
Her principal dimensions are: Length,
246 feet: beam. 265 feet; depth, IA feet;
mean draught Of water, feet, and dis
placement, sos tons.
There was much speculation as to the
utility of such a craft as the Vesuvius.
Many able men opposed her construc-
ton and style of battery, but quite as
many took an opposite view, extolling
to the utmost the ship, her speed and
especially her battery of pneumatic dy-
Mantle guns. Stripped Of all exagger-
alton the Vesuvius represents a new
and formidavIe element in warfare and
one which can no longer be disposed Of
ny airy critics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
GRAIN MARKETS.

KANSAS CITY Mo-. July 1S.-There was
large demand for wheat to-day from millers,
elevator men and exporters, the latter to I'LL
short sales July was quoted nominally 6Gc,
August 6119c bid, September Coo bid. Some
sales OF hard wheat were cent lower at the
close.
Hard Wheat-No. 1, tic; No. 2. 7lc; No.
8, CSC; No. A, Gle; rejected, 60c. Soft Wheat
No. l. 74075c; No. 2, 70; No. 3, Csc;
No. 4, 5406Oc rejected, 55@6Oc. Spring Wheat
No. ., 67G17Oc; No. 3, 69G6ic; rejected. 5SG5Sc.
Mixed Corn-No. =, 32c; No. 3, 31hc; No. 4,
Bic; no grade 27028c. White Corn-No ::
32l9c; No. g. gee; No. L. 3Oc.
Mixed Oats-No. ., 25Hc; No g. 24Ic; M
T. 231.c. White Oats - No :, 27hc; No
261199Hc: No. 4. pc
Rye-No ., 4Oc; No :. $685.; No L. 3d.
Bran-52c in OO-lb sacks.
Hay Choice prairie, new %; No. 1. 500;
No ., new, &7585.25 No. 3, old and new.
$3.50 Cholce timothy, old $500, new
$3.50; 10. l. old 500, new $500; No. . oil
$500. Glover and timothy No 1, old S60i
new $3.50; No ., old $3.50, new &.5o@3OL
Pure clover, S5OO05.5o; packing S%oJGaOA
Wheat straw, 800.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
A Triple Combination.

The teacher asked her class to put
the nouns boys" bees" and bears"
into a sentence. The scholars thought
intently for a few moments, when one
ragged youngster, with look of VIC
tory on his face, raised his hand.
"Well. Johnnie, what is your SEN
tence?" Boys bees bare when they so
in swimmin'."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
Sheep-Receipts 5,S1S; shlpp91
mn rlret NI-ns Slnrr hut Sfandu
are representative sales


CHICAGO. July Is- Hogs The market
was fairly active; light 1709A0o;
mixed. sss0dLoesS; heavy. S3-sOa sLO71<; rough
SSe09390
Cattle-The market was steady to Zoe lower.
beevcs, sll5la35: cows aud heifers. $500 "a;
Texas steers. SS.610A65; stockers and feeders.
8l0qA65.
Sheep-Market strong; natives 0es0A "a;
Westerns. a.i00Ls5; lambs, q 0060o0
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-22
where Praver Was Needed.

Mrs. Slimson-"My little boy has
been very wicked today. He got into
a fight and got a black eye" The
Rev. DR.. Drowsie-"So I perceive. Will
lie. come into the other room and
will wrestle in prayer for you" Will
lie-"You'd better go home and wres-
tie in prayer for your own little boy.
He's got two very black eyes"