Evening star., 1900-09-24
Dereyv rs n Drum Major.

DeHeyv rs Drum Major.
Senator Chauncey NJ Depew has acted
many parts on life's stage since he first saw
the light in Peekskil, but until Monday
evening he had never been a drum major
in a political parade. There was a senatorial
convention In his district that evening and
the junior United States senator was much
interested in the political fortunes of his
protege, State Senator Nathaniel Elsberg
who was renOminated.
In the meantime there was q parade of
300 republicans with battle axes, full dinner
pals, band and red light in the dis
trict. 1t reached the hall just as Senator
Depew was named as chairman of the COM
mittee to notify the nominee. The music
suggested an idea to the senator. AS he
reached the door on the way to notify Mr.
Elsberg the paraders caught sight of him
and cheered him vigorously Senator Depew
put himself at the head of the band, and
using his cane a baton, led the instru-
mentalists to the Elsberg home. Getting the
candidate. Senator Depew put him in the
van of the procession and led the parade
back to the hail. still waving his baton
in air and directing the musical exercises
Upon reaching the hall the United States
senator made speech, in which he told
how he had acquired knowledge of the way
to lead a band by attending when a youth
the rehearsals of the Peekskill band
The Torpedo Boat Bailey.
After the designers and others interested
complete their figures it may be shown that
the Bailey, the new torpedo boat destroyer
built by the Gas Engine and Power Com
pany and the Charles L. Seabury Company
of Morris Heights, on the Harlem is the
fastest craft Of her kind, not only in the
United States navy, but the entire world
for that matter. 1t is more than possible
her builders claim, that she can excel in
speed the swiftest torpedo boat destroyers
in the navies of continental Europe. The
other day the Bailey was given a prelim-
mary trial on the Hudson river, and at
times she exceeded the thirty knots in speed
required in her contract. She was pressed
at no time, but appeared to develop more
than the contract speed, and 1t Is believed
that on her official trial trip will exceed the
contract requirement by many knots. Under
easy steam she went up the river as far as
Tarrytown. By that time everything was
in readiness, and as she swung into Tappan
Zee she was given additional speed. The
run of ten miles from a point near Tarry-
town to a point off Hayerstraw was made
In a few seconds less than twenty minutes.
This showed a speed of thirty knots. She
had at the time 165-pound pressure in
both boilers. She was developing 1t was es-
timated, a little over 5000 horse power. AS
her capacity is in excess of 6,O00 the test
was more than satisfactory. In the trial
the smoke and flame burst continually
from her stack, and she travelled at almost
express train speed. After reaching Haver-
straw she ahead by momentum and
then swung about and started down the
river. Between Haverstraw and Tarrytown
she went through a series of movements to
catch her tactical diane ter. She turned, 1t
was found, in about her own length when
going at half speed. This series Of tests
completed, she dropped down the river at
about ten or twelve knots and returned to
the yard.
bogus Relic Factories.
Steps will be taken by the Congress of
International nf
chaeologists now in session In Paris, to put
a stop to the operation of bogus relic fac
tories. many of which thrive in the United
States and Mexico The American Museum
of Natural History has now a collection of
from two to three hundred bogus Mexican
relics, which archaeologists of that ins .itu-
ton have bought in Mexico for the pur-
pose of exposing the industry Prof. Mar
shall HI. Saville is now engaged in arranging
them The spurious antiquities will be ex-
hibiteds beside genuine Ones as an object
lesson. Vases and funeral urns made of
Portland cement form part of the collec-
ton One idol, bought in Mexico. is made
from a piece of white marble obtained in
Vermont. There is copper heacdress or
Ramented with gaInets. jade and agate
upon which great skill was expended in the
relic factory In which it was made 1t is
said that this fraudulent business has grown
tn an enormous extent. There are five
thousand collectors in this country alone of
whom four thousand five hundred own ex-
tensive collections Add to these the Amer
ican tourists to Mexico and the field Is seen
to be no limited one. The only plausible
kind of relics that be manufactured
in this country copper flint stone and
clay objects, which rarely command more
than 30 cents to ST. 80 each. Still, 1t is said
by collectors that relic factories have been
operating in Virginia. Wisconsin, Missouri
Santa Barbara, Cal, Tempe, Arfz and
other places in Arizona and New Mexico.
Now 1t fs u Canal Boat Trust.
Canal boatmen who are engaged in the
lumber and grain-carrying business are con-
s,dering q nrnnnsal to form q cnrnnan,r