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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02

week. Lawrence is noted weather
prophet and he predicts six weeks of
fine weather
D. S. Lohr, manager of the Cor
rhine, Utah, nursery, was in Weiser
this week delivering fruit trees.
j Il. Mitchell, of Seven Devils,
and Doc Lynch, the well known Sa-
lubria tooth carpenter, were in town
during the week.
Some new iron cots have been put
in the county Jail the past week.
They were furnished by Haas Bros.
and w. H Vaughn did the work.
Mace & Company butchered during
the month of October 60 beeves, AZ
hogs 'and used 80 muttons from the
Idaho Dressed Beef company
D. G. Needs bought two lots las
week directly back of Opp q Davis
hardware store, of Thos A. Merritt
manager of the p. & |. n land de
partment, on which he will erect ;
fine cottage He has already com
menced work ON the foundation.
II. j. Duke has discontinued thu
G. o. D. laundry located back of tn
Vendome, and he, in company witt
G. w. Triplow, head clerk in tn
Weiser hotel, will soon open a steam
laundry The machinery will be or
dered in a few days. In the mean
time a location will be selected.
steam laundry is what Weiser need
very much just now
B. NJ. Jenney, who has been i
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02
|OCAL NEWS.

Davis received three cars of
bis week. =.
Joe Mace has returned from
b California.
h. D. Lewis of Salubria, was
here last Friday.
Keefe of Salubria, was in
Thursday last.
N 4. Maxey of Caldwell,
mess here last week.
Weaver of Huntington, had
! here last Thursday.
|Schmerr of Salubria, was a
visitor one day last week.
| K. n. W llsOn OF OaluDrla,
iessional business here Thurs
!. Lowe, who has been at work
n. e. |. n, is now clerking in
tdome hotel.
\ Kurtz was in Portland last
going there with two cal
hogs.
! Ivory is having Il commodi
bne cellar constructed III the
| his saloon
!. Billings of Colorado, was Il
|tion buying horses for east
tsets last week.
J Lawrence, of the Hotel d,
Valley, was in Weiser thi
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02

the drug business in this city for
many years, this week sold his store
to Roscoe W. Smith, of Mountain
Home, who will come and take pos
session soon Mr. Jenney has made
many friends while in business here
and Mr.. Smith is an active young
man who comes well recommended
We hope and trust he will meet with
success here. Mr. Jenney will con
tinue in the watch making business
here
The Macon (Mo.) News informs us
that Will Sommercamp has been
made first corporal of company A
at the Bees Military school A let
ter to his folks states that he is de
lighted with the school, and from
the way he writes, he is evidently
filling the boys full of smoke about
the west At least a dozen have
written home to their folks for per
mission to come home with Will and
spend their vacation in the wild and
woody One boy asked him, Chow
many cattle have you ever seen in
one band?' "Oh, about 5000,
said Will. "Gee, but it must take
an awful big stable TO hold that
many!'
Sidewalk lumber at T. Il. Kelley
lumber yard
The Supreme Judge is safe cigal
to ask for
Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon. Me-. healed u sor
running seventeen years and cured his piles o
long standing by using DeWitt's Witch Haze
Salye It cures all skin diseases. For sale by c
T. Williams. Weser, Idaho
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02

Joseph Stockford Hodgdon. Me-. healed u sore
running seventeen years and cured his piles OF
long standing by using DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salye It cures all skin diseases For sale by c.
T. Williams. Weiser, Idaho,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02

The Supreme Judge is safe ciga
to ask for
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02

Sidewalk lumber at T. Il. Kelley's
lumber yard
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25

But this is not ALL Mr.. Spears predicts
wonderful results from the use Of seq.
ments Or slaves for the care of the gun
and to Withstand the lengthwise strain
With square wire wound around them to
Withstand. the centrifugal strain. The
snail size Of the segments and of the wire
1nsures an enormous elastic limit in the
parts of the gun-say twice that Of the
cid style Of forged cylinders and Jackets
while the possibility Of flaws is absolutely
eliminated. -..
Arn.or plate has formerly been used ur
to q thickness Of eighteen inches, but
now we can make it sufficiently effective
with thickness of twelve or fourteen
at most. This Is particularly pleasins
in two ways. In the first place we saw
much weight on the turrets arS belts
which we are able to use for protectin9
our broadside guns, and in adding to thu
power of the machinery. In the second
piece, it shows US that our steel makers
on whom we depend for our ships, are un.
surpassed. We have come to a state Of
industrial development where we are
building war ships for Russia and Japan
and supplying plates for builder of mer.
chant ships at Belfast, Ireland, as well.
We can make the best quality of steel
at price to compete with the whole
world, thanks to the change Of policy to-
ward our navy that was inauguratad at
the ince7tion of the White Squadron
{ In regard to the four new harbor dc.
tense monitors which are to be added to
the SIX already commissioned. Mr.. Spears
serudgingly admits that, though very
hght sea destroys their accuracy Of fire,
nevertheless, these ten smooth watar
hghtors may give assistance to the forts
about our largest harbors, and give a
blcckadfng force, should one ever come.
something to think of.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25
LESSONS OF THE WAR
And Our New Navy Discussed by
High Authority.

And Our New Navy Discussed by q
High Authority. -
New York Herald: r. John r. Spcars
has supplemented his admirable '.History
of Our Navy" with new volume enti-
tied Our Navy in the War With Spain.
which Charles Scribner's Sons have lust
Issued. The brilliant narrative Of tho
events that eliminated in the naval VIC
tories of Manila bay and Santiago Is en-
rhasized by over one hundred illustra-
lions. The final chapter. .'Our New Naval
programme. is an especially admirable
summary Of the manner in which the
United States IS preparing to grarple 18th
the naval problems raised by the war ana
In the ligh. Of this recent experience Is
now aiming to place us among the greet
sea powers of the world.
The war. Mr.. Spears confesses, found rs
In a bad state of preparation IA
. But, after all. our preparations vera
better than appeared on the surface. We
had laid down in the ship yards, In addi.
ton to the force already afloat, five bat.
tleshlps, at least two Of which would have
carried the flag to sea within six months.
had the war lasted that much longer
and the three others would have been
ready within year. These are TIE Kear-
sarge and the Kentucky in one class and
the Alabama, Illinois and Wisconsin IA
another Is ~ -
All Of these five new ships are Of one
size In the hull-36s feet long, ~ feet
wide, and with q maximum draug1,t az
perhaps "a feet when fully loaded for sea.
The department places the displacement
at 1A,525 tons. when two.thirds loaded.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25

rnen the department, as well as the ma
ton, awoke to the value of speed in bat
tleships; to a recognition of the fact that
the best protection against an enemy's
fire is not thick a.rmor, but an efficient
fire of your own. t ,.<
We came to see that battleships fit for
aggressive war were the best for coast
defense, and we contracted for ships of
a speed OF eighteen knots and coal ca
pacity sufficient for lighting voyage to-
well, say to any part of the world where
Subig bay incident may occur. >
But that Is not all to be said Of Them
We have been overhauling our gun con-
structdon. We have been turning our at
tent1on to the production of smokeless
powder, and to lengthening the bore and
increasing the size Of the powder chamber
SO that the muzzle velocity of the old
1O0-pound projectile has been raised from
1900 feet per second to 5000. And the
battle Of Santiago further taught us that
q Pinch gum is the proper maximum for
our battleships. ~. -
Such gun weighs only fifty-three tons,
or 1O.5 tons less than the 13-inch gun,
and yet it has striking energy of not
less than $4,000 tons, or nearly 1900 tons
greater than the 13-inch built for our
Alabama class of ships. And it must be
kept in mind that with this tremendous
increase of power has come a great in
crease IN the amount of ammunition the
ship can carry, and a greater ease of
manipulation, with a consequent increase
of precision.
We have designed rapid-fire s-inch guns
with proportionate increase of power,
and the new style g. inch guns in the
broadside of the newest ships will have
q muzzle energy but little under that
OF the S-inch ON the Oregon, while in
real effectiveness, due to the speed and
o{kS{0 rrr&< ~ I~h.
they will far surpiass the old 6-inch. We
hope we may not seem offensive when we
say that the effectiveness of our new
guns. all things coksidered, Is for the
moment ahead Of the Wprld
With their speed ant ability to make
long voyages, and the power of the guns
our latest battleships will replace the
Maine In way worthy Of the nation.
They are to be pamed Maine, Missouri
and Ohio.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25

sluerarlon or the very latest development
In guns. He notes that wktn first we be-
gan building modern rifles we quickly
placed our weapons beside the very best
IN the world. but when 1897 came we were
practically at standstill; with q 6-inch
rapid fire gun that mad muzzle energy
of $500 tons; an S-inch slow fire gun with
muzzle energy. Of SOIL tons, and 49,
inch gun with q muzzle energy Of 80 1927
tcss. with guns that efficdency we
! swept the Spanish from the sea, but we
would better keep clear Of the fools pera-
disc and not imagine we should have had
such an, easy time of It with other E:-,,-
pean peoples. For the British !s1d 6eve!.
oped 6-inch quick fire gun witt: Il re..z.
gle energy of 5,373 tons. and the Germans
had carried the rapid IRE principle in
guns up to the caliber Of 9.A inches. The
term rapid-fire means practically that the
gun can be fired nearly five times where
the slow breech leaders are fired once
But what Mr.. Spears considers Of great
| er moment was the development OF the
battleship. We have 13-inch guns for our
Alabama class. They weigh 6O.5 tons
and their muzZle energy Is 33 627 tons
! The contemporaneovs British 12-inch g,,n
has muzzle energy of 1850 tons. al
though it weighs but 5o.25 tons. "ob-
| serve the saving in weight of gun as well
as the enormous increase in power for
with the saving of thirteen tons in weight
OF gun there is saving in weigh Of am
muniHon for. each shot, and thus many
more charges can be carried. Nor is that
all, for the lighter gun can be handled
with greater speed and precision we our
selves at Santiago landed two Pinch
shot in the enemy, but not one of the.
larger caliber. We went into the war
with Spain very far behind the standard
of excellence In guns. $50
But out OF this war has come a new era
for our navy While we were providing
for the needs Of actual battle we looked
ahead for the needs of the future.
On May provision had been made for
three more battleships. These were to be
practically of the Alabama class, with a
speed Of sixteen knots, four guns of 10
inch calibre and fourteen Of the finch
rapdd-f But before the contracts had
been closed news came Of Sampson's VIC
tory at Santiago and of the important
part borne in It by the swift Oregon
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25


if ever they see real service, the idisnlace.
nlent will probably be consiGera blv more
than $4,000 tons. Horse power 10000 tn
drive them sixteen knots Is provided for.
but 1t Is hoped that they will do half :
not better at least.s ~
So far they are:.alike. In guns there
Is a remarkable difference. In armimp
the Oregon class the mistake was made
Of piling four turrets for 8-inch guns on
each ship in addition to the 13-inch gun
turrets. It was thought that this would
enable us to throw two 13-inch shot and
four 8-inch in "a round either ahead or
astern, while double that number could
inch shot and hail Of the smaller pro-
jectiles that, as WE know, are so tze-
memdously effective against unar1nofsd
supeGstructure. Bot experience proved
1t was impossible to fire the 8-inch guns
fore and aft, because the blast of the
the 13-inch gun turrets, to the excruciat.
Ing distress, If not the destruction, of the
men --the9e:---6eo1fR4 are now placed on
these turrets, SO That the guns cannot
come nearer than an angle Of ten degrees
to the keel. =
In the Kearsarge class a new plan has
: been tried. Two-story turrets were built
"a big turret for.Sthe two 13-inch gums
and a smaller turret above for two 8-inch
guns The number OF S-inch guns is thus
reduced by one-halfs But in a broadstde
the Kearsarge will be able to use as many
guns Of the two calibres as the Oregon
and to fire two s-inch guns dead fore and
aft where the Oregon cannot fire one OF
that caltbre. What Is saved in the weight
OF two turrets and of four 8-inch guns
Is used In broadside guns. The Kear.
sarge class carry fourteen 5-inch rapid
fire guns where the Oregon carries but
four 6-inch gums, a very great increase
IN effectiveness. At the battle of Santi.
Ego. 1t will be remembered, it was guns
OF 8-tnch calibre and less that did the
greater portion Of the work.
Even the 8-inch guns are entirely aban.
doped in the, Alabama class on the
theory that they are better replaced with
the 6-inch rapid IRE guns, fourteen In
all. But there are two turrets with two
13inch guns each.
This brings Mr Spears to a brief con.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25

rats scamper across their earthen floors,
and the only aperture, for air and light IL
the narrow grating In the face of the
elm. During strong norther the sea
dashes up to the cells, and In many cases.
caught like rats in a trap, the Hlinfortu.
mates immured have stood for hours knee
9eep IN water. AS these cells stand to-
the soldiers on guard, and it Is question:
aole II they can ever be thoroughly disin-
1ected and cleansed. Many Cubans favor
waning them up, and thus forever pre-
venting their use for abiding places Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25
attacks OF the devilish, u,

between the attacks OF the devilish, un-
seen foe. g ~
1t has been said that Gen Otis is neither
"a diplomat nor a society man. Though
a lawyer by profession, a graduate at
Harvard, man of inherited culture and
gentle instincts, the hard, pra cticaf and
perilous life he has led does not make a
carpet knight 1t does made an absolutely
truthful, honorable, fearless man and a
very able soldier. He Is the soul of honor.
Durlicity, weakness, vaccillation and UNI
truthfulness are simply impossible to him.
He knows the Indian character--th
treEchery and bravery and all the tricks
of the savage. I think that dealing with
the Fdlipinos will be child's play in COM
parisOn. ~ - e.,
I remember on'e in our Indian cam
paign, when our wagon train had for sew
eral days been constantly harassed by
tho Indians the savages one morning dis
played flag OF truce. Gen. Otis dis
patched q runner to say that they might
come within our lines to treat wit him,
and soon q burly, ugly fellow, their chief,
s ea@e n anno S Sa ta,s3 Sss 1ais 70 ST.
Banalo Eagle. He declared that he and
ads people were tired Of fighting and
were willing to quit. He said that he
recognized Gen. Otis as a big chief whom
he had seen at Fort Rice, and the Indians
did not want to fight him any more
] sN10t VOt tA1S0 IaAo your 1OAAOWerS OH
with you. them" Gen. Otis told him.
up the hillside until the gateway to Moro
Is reached. Passing through entry is
made to paved court, after passing the
office of the captain of the guard. In
front are the offices and court rooms, the
barracks of the soldiers and the cells
where suspects undergoing examination
were confined. These are light, airy build
1ngs, we'll ventilated and comparatively
90 f1a LII
storerooms, and further down and closer
to the sea level are the cells Of the pris-
Oners. y. t4@s
For many years but few prisoners have
oeen confined In Moro, but in some cases
where %Cabanas has been overcrowded
they have been kept in the old castle
me dungeons Of the MORO are so in the
real sense of the word Larger as a rule.
than those in the Cabanas, they are foul
e:. hlthier. and. II possible moro naiaorne
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25
VAREFULLY HIDDEN MYSTERIES
ARE EXPLAINED.

Seory of an Exploration of Spain's
Famous Prisons at Havana-Trip
Through Morro's Grewsome Dun
geons-At Last We Have Pene-
trated the Damp Recesses OF HOr.
ror-Ce1ls Whose Secrets Are
More Dreadful Than Those OF the
Dungeons of Ancient Venice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25
'RUSSIA'S DELESSEPS
GEN. ANNENKOFFsS FRAUDS IN
GREAT PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS.

The Great Engineer of the Trans-
Caspian and Trans-Siberian Rail-
roads and His Methods-How He
Was Protected TIL the Crash
Came-Ddd 1T Go to Blackmailerss
Strong influence OF Nine. de
Nelidon, Who Was a Woman of
Beauty, Wit and Cleverness.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-25
SECRETS, !, 7; (! Or CABANSA

corridors ana innumerable dark tunnels
piercing huge piles Of masonry. But ti,s
configuration Of the fort Is not to be
obtained from the interior. From the
crest of the hill to the left one must look
down, and, getting a bird s-eye view OF
the whole, gain faint impression Of
the strength and power Of the place
Seaward the ramparts crown the crest Of
the cliff, which, sloplng abruptly, falls q
sheer drop of two hundred feet to the
beach below. Landward, moat after
moat, crowned and thanked by mighty
6astaons cut In the coral rock, and In
some places one hundred feet thick, pre-
vent access from that side An the ~
sewceo q oed-tame engineering s1Lan have
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03

During the winter si 1867 AI James Reed, one of the lesdingci,i- gems and I'D merchants of Clay, Clay Co.,. W. vs, struck bis leg sgsinst cake 0i ice in sucb . msnner e to bruise 1t severely. It became very much swol len and psined h,m co badly that he could not walk without the aid Of crutchers. He vas treated by phys sic ans, also used .eversl kinds of lini- meBt end two and . half gallons of whisky in bathing it, but nothing gave any relief until be began using Chan berlain's Pain Balm. This brought almost . complete cure in weeks time and he believes that had he not used this remedy bis ieg would have had to he smputssed Pain Balm is une4unled for sprsins. bruises and rh. um~tisn,. For e.Ie by Tonbstene Drug stDie.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03
MAINS CIRCUS
Grand Exhibition at Bisbee on
 Nov. 10th

This circus comes highly recom- msndsd by the press of both the states and the provinces. It iss square dealing show aud neither gam bling or pilfering is permitted near it. Ths attaches are gentlemen end will usts it pleasent for all visitors. Asto the circus, entire space will not permit us to ssumsrste its attractions. Many of the animal dsns will bs open to v,ew, There are some very inc spsci- mems of wild beast creations In the msnagsris. Captain Hugh Themas- on snd his company of Rough Riders, which are the ssnss:ion of the day. who fought under the flag. will appear as every periornancs on the Hippcdroms track, and will give ths most novel and exciting exhibition that hes ever been gwen to the public. They will bs dressed e they were 10 Cubs, where they teok part ID sbs bstsls. of San Juan Hill, Bquiri s,bsny and Fl Csnsy. This great show will exhibit ss Benson eu ths 9th ed ss Bisbes os the 10th sitsenosu and svssing. Three rings ssa hip
 pedsens. Cone ens-Cons all.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03
IOOF

@I>PEE LODGE. NO. 10. MEETS EV' cry Wedresday evening I. CoNsIA- BIS, x. c. EMIL MARKS. R. 5. WIS., ins brothers cordially invited to attend
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03
REBEKAHS

REBEKAHS IT TTY REBEkAH LODGE NO. 3. Meets thrd Wednesday of each month.
 Mas; s. K. WILLIAMS. ". G. EDITH STONE, R. s. Visiting members cordially in- yi,ed to attend.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03

Will soon start up on large re- serves of rich smelling ores, and in a short time there will be no more stock offered for sale upon the mar ket. It now behoves all those who wish to get in on the ground floor to apply at once, as a rise in price will date from the flow of bullion.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03
COPPER K1Ea OF ARIZONA

Regardless of Fluctuations in the Price of Murphys in Arizona, Copper King Stock is not affected thereby, There is a great distinc- tion between the Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms. The Red Metal is still triumphant and will t:.be downed -byfsmall. Potatoes.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03

PARE-Psou Msus asyn a Sngsssnsihsousheo Oposws
 enador had Accomodsuoas
 sUVheSa s sh tai suyA .ss asH' ss'o CT
Tombstone prospector., 1899-11-03
1 O G I

A RIzONA LODGE, NO. Ia. MEETS A every Monday evening. ALBERT WIT TIC. C. T., P. NJ. WILLIAMS. R. $. Visiting members cordially invited.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-17
WouIdn,t Tell a Story.

A boy once applied for a situation.
 We don't like lazy boys here," said the manager. Are you fond of work?"
 No, sir, responded the boy, looking the other straight in the face.
 "Oh, you're not, aren't you? We'll we want boy that is.
 There ain't any" said the boy dog gedly.
 "oh. yes, there are. We have had over half a dozen of that kind here this morning to take the place we have"
 How do you know they are?" asked the boy.
 They told me so.''
 So could L But I'm not liar" And the lad said it with such an air of convincing energy that he was engaged at once.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-03-17
The Bird of Freedom.

The American Eagle voiced his sen- timents on the 4th of July, 1776, in the great and only Declaration of Inde- rendence, but he did not take shape for several weeks after that day. Immedi- ately after the declaration had been read to the Continental Congress. meeting in Philadelphia at that time, resolution was passed creating Benja- min Franklin, John Adams and Thom- as Jefferson, all well-known gentle men, to be a committee to prepare seal of the United States. On the 10th day of August they reported, bringing in combination consisting principally of a Goddess of Liberty, a Goddess of Justice, and an Eye of Providence with a very small and insignificant eagle in one corner of the device. Incidentally also on the device was the legend, "E PIuribus Unum." Although the eagle at this time was net much of bird, t still seemed to the Colonial Congress- men that something was wrong with the report of the committee, and the seal had such a bad effect that the re- QOII " cS lcllQ OI Lll6 IdU1Gs MA6IG It stayed until 1779. In March of that year it took a fresh start with a new committee, but nothing was done until 1781, when among several designs sub mitted was one from William Barton of Philadelphia, who made the eagle prominent, and described the bird as emblematic of sovereignty. Another design was furnished by Charles Tom son, secretary of Congress, and the last design, and the one finally adopted, was endorsed ''Mr. Barton's improve ments on the secretary's device" which made some changes in MT. Tomson's designs, and this was adopt ed June 20, 17S2, at which time the great American Eagle made it's first and genuine appearance in the history of the great republic he is under per- retual engagement to scream for.