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would not be directly proportional n II
increase In displacement, the lonGor -
being, ton for ton, easier to drive
IL the four-day liner were buiIt m
present lines. she would be a yespe) =
feet long. of 81 feet beam and = ~
draught. displacing about lO,000 to1k
Engines OF 10000 horse power woulA ~
required, and even II triple screws ~
used, the necessity OF developing IN
horse power on each shaft would staGoe
the best engine builders Forty-1bu
double Scotch boilers would BE- nse1oA
and during each days run mo tor I
coal. costing S,700. would have TO b ~
into the 1852 furnaces. It would rsouIs
900 tons of coal to carry the vesssl n
Plymouth, and $3.50 tons 10 Hambue
the cost OF fuel alone being tss0oa ~
ship would need $3.50 tons OF coal h ~
bnnkers for a single trip across tn ~
lantic.
Increased longitudinal strength would \
required TO counterfeit reverse bendlnG
strains. This would involve running 4
longitudinal stiffened bulkhead from IN
10 promenade deck. and probably camp
Ing steel plating UP TO the promsna1
deck.
IL Is thought that such a vessel ~
- thiift but NHHt tue pFtUt<Io W
be solved not by multiplying engine ~
boiler weights. but by multiplying. ~
sures and speed and by utilizing sve8
refinement of economizers. superhsaies
and feedwater heaters
The prediction is made that the for
DAY boat will he driven by a combnsuea
OF water-tube boilers using hot ford
drauKht. with fast-runnIng recipsoca&ly
engines using superheated steam, or ~
turbines OF the Parsons type. Rcdpelipe
OF weights and saving Of space to sptA
an extent viii be achieved by this chsan
u ~ contended. that II will be pcosee
10 produce, on displacement not no
Greater than that OF the Deutscblan4
ihirty-knot steamer with equal sccoune
cations for passengers.
The four-day boat will carry no frsiGtt
out there will be accommodation 81
=" hrst-class passengers. instead 81 -
az on the Deutschland The maxiusn
receipts FOR a trip would be szx0Q a.
me actual cost would be ss10o. ~
deutschland has earned si4s.gm In fase
on one trip az an expense OF raoA
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seqnently Increased length OF bore flsl'y
go ny friction In the bore and the u
the powder takes 10 be entirely 60
suinedl must give Increased velocity. -
pertinent has shown, however. that =
yono a certain point nothing IL gsipr
ny increasing the length OF the gun, ~
over excessive length means great we4
anu nnwieldiness Of the piece. The -
isnsth OF bore depends on the powder -
otHer considerations. and has genef..4s.
Dten determined by calculation, 10
larger caiiber guns. as II IL too expens"
70 TEST experimentaliy.
inaliy, having obtained increased m~
zie velocity by the use OF good pop%
anu by increasing the length OF the 80
the proJectile may be made shorter
sun be steady In its flight with co.,
quent further increase in velocity.
length Of the proJectile Is detsfmns
'anons other considerations by va.
necessary TO prevent II from "tumpn
or rather by what will keep It's 49, 49,
steady TO the front. on which cona'' =.
It's accuracy largely depends. bu. -
greater the velocity the less the tenos 'sr.
10 tumble. hence a fagt-moying pro1sess-~
need not be so long as siow-mossa-
one 70 obtain this result. But 49,
tion In weight of projectile there ~. n,
less matter to move) still fuTtneS
creaSAs the muzzle velocitx
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NEXT 6bo ! j
SERPENTINE
BOAT. ~

IN MONG thu possibilities for adj
A\ vancement and achievement in
II IN the mechanical world which the
coming century promises no field
Is broader or more president of wonder
full results than that OF transportation
One dare not measure the probable out
come of the twentieth century by the
mighty record of the last one hundred
years: and yet at the opening of the
century that is now about to close the
forecastcr of what has come would have
been more tmorous. Electricity Is sup
planting steam upon the land. and the
masts and spars OF the old sailing craft
have long since given place to the mighty
mechanism of the modern ocean grey
hound. Tho rcmotest corners OF the
earth have come in closer touch. and
the paths of the sea have grown shorter.
No more absorbing or fascinating field
for speculation as to the future offers
than that which has 60 do with marine
travel Tho clipping OF hours. and even
minutes. from the time OF ocean voyages
In noted with interest and chronlcied with
care. The clipping of days from the
present transatlantic record at one fell
swoop would be an achievement beyond
even the limit Of belief OF present day
marine engineers; and yet. such n pos
Ribillty. nay probability. Is held forth
by a man In Brooklyn. who has devoted
many OF tho best years OF his life TO tho
problem who has experimental carefully
and extensively, and whose previous in
MENTIONS in the mechanical world entitle
his present claims and promises to care
full consideration, 81 not absolute certain
" OF belief In their fulnllment.
on February ", 1896. James Gresham.
who now resides at $40 Carlton avenue.
Brooklyn. nlcd with the patent office at
WASHINGTON an application for letters
nn an ipkssNfiQn which afrtNfssH
of It's technicalities, may be termed n
',eorpentlne boat" The idea upon which
the now craft was fashioned was not
new one and there stood tn the way forty
odd patents. but ono by one they were
superseded by MIR. Grcsham's invention
aud at last letters patent were issued
Now the practical development OF the
vessel viii be carried out.
For more than twenty years Mr. Gresh-
ana has been az work upon the details
Of what he believes will rovolutiouiEe
ocean traVsi-at least the present rapid
ity with which distances % sea may ba
covered. Al the outset u may be said
IN all fairness that the inventor does
not maintain that his strange craft Is 20
supplant the great ocean soing vessels
~ today. OF IN the immediate future HIS
hope rs not 10 provide a freight carrier
or a passenger craft Gpon a large scale.
Rather Is his Invention intended 10 mi
upon the sea tho place taken By the
limited or special railway express train
upon the land That the means ~ B. ro-
pulSiou employed In his craft can ac-
complish wonderful results IN the Way
81 speed DE has established with work
ine models upon small scale II Is IA
application OF the principles Involved TO
larger seagoing types that remains yet
so be satisfactorily proven.
The primary idea upon which the ser
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each will also have twelve lf-pounders
and twelve S-pounders, mounted in COM
manding positions ana having very large
arcs oil nre. IN the TWO io"er .ops ei,ei re
VIII pe TOUR autuihatc i-pouiusis Gnu "a
'he upper tops iour siiis i-pouiu-
ers, e..
experience having SHOWN ina. aoose
water torPeuo .upes are no' on,s inein
cieht weapons, ou, d nlehaoe 70 ehsir pUS
SCISSORS, the Vessels are n''Tu ois WIZ
submarine 'orPeuo .upes. We Vi 'nese
are iocatea IN ofe lump a, .lene, one az. III
each SUE ,,'tv , 70, lhs uisena' u ene
larse is-incn "i,i.eiieau soIpeao, an p.o
VISION 10 niaoe tvl s ss.,a "a ,ie
torpeuo rooin siA VI 'Aese ioi in'uao'e
ehsiiies VI wal
The magazines OF tnese vessels VIII De
specially ntteo 10 ehapie them TO carry
with apsoiute saiety IN an cnnates, tne
new smokeiess powder ana with TINS enu
In view provision Is pelns maue LOT 'neir
artlhciai cooilng' py pipes leo from the
cola storage system OF the Vesseis III
sucn cases as may De necessary. frovi-
sion WIN De niaue IN lhe riasaAihes lor .ne
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sells flagship. and to do this 1t Is neces-
sary to make provision for the accommo-
dalton of one flag officer, one command
ing officer. one chief of staff, twenty
ward room officers. twelve junior officers.
ten warrant officers and 65S crew and
marines. making a grand total of 703.
Both officers and the crew will have wash
rooms. bath rooms and other similar con-
veniences such as will place the comfort
and healthfulness OF these vessels very
high in the SCALE
The applications OF electricity on board
are very much wider than In the case Of
any other battleship in existence, with the
possible exception of the Kearsarge and
Kentucky. All of the turrets have cleo
trical turning gear, and the ammunition
hoists, blowers to the turrets and general
ventilation, the general workshop, and
practically all OF the auxiliaries, outside
OF the engineers department and except
ing capstan and steering gear are to be
electrically driven. To provide for the
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FOUR-DAY
ATLANTIC
LINER.

H A DILL vessel ever cross the At
NA\F lantic in four days? VIII pas
NN sengers be willing to pay the
excess fare that will be neces-
sary to make such a vessel pay? Is the
four-day liner mechanical and financial
possibility?
These questions are discussed in a re-
cent issue OF the Scientific American, and
they are all answered in the affirmative.
AFTER a comparison of prevailing types
OF steamships. the conclusion Is reached
that the Atlantic will be crossed IN four
days by the liner of the near future, but
That such vessel will have to be built
for reasons of economy, upon lines es-
sentially different from those employed
In the construction of the fast Cunardefs.
or of the fleet runner OF the North Ger
man Lloyd Company the Deutschland
Economic considerations. according to
the authority quoted, have determined the
lines upon which the steamships OF re-
cents years have been built. The result
has been the evolution of two distinct
types, illustrated by the Jvernia. OF the
Cunard line. and the Deutschland. of tho
North German Lloyd. Cost of construc-
ton and of operation increases at a far
greater ratio than mere speed and this
consideration chiefly has delayed the ad-
vent OF the four-day liner
The Deutschland. for instance, could NOT
to so high speed as would Ia necessary
Tor the four-dsy boat: and II is estimat ted
that IL all the available space were given
over TO driving machinery, her shell could
not accommodate more than one-half of
the power required to transform her from
twenty~three knot TO thirty-knot shin.
The limit OF economical speed, II is con-
Guided, has nearly been reached with the
present form OF hull and motive power.
To drive the Deutschland thirty knots in
stead OF tweniy-three would require 81
90 horse power, or two and a quarter
times as much as she now has.
Diagrams show that the shell Of the
Deutschland could not accommodate rnore
than one-half OF, the machinery necessary
TO produce that power by means Of
Scotch boilers and slow revolving en-
eines. A very much larger boat would
be required for the machinery and cosi
while II In evident that a larger boat
would require more power 10 drive Il.
Increase In power needed, however
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MOST POWERFUL GUN
YET MANUFACTURED.

These striking results in the navy gun
have been obtained by the use Of a very
powerful powder smokeless, a longer bar
rel or bore and a lighter projectlle Let
US briefly consider how these changes
produced the effect desired.
The hxed elements In any gun which
affect the muzzle velocity and maximum
pressure are:
/. Csliber. or diameter Of the bore
2 Capacity OF the powder chamber,
which holds the charge.
3. Travel Of the projectile IN the bore.
4. Weight Of the protectile
The variable elements are:
!. Quality of powder.
?. Weight Of powder charge
3. Density Of loading, that is. the reIs-
tive space occupied by given weight Of
powder.
4. Rate OF powder combustion.
In the same gun, therefore, firing a par
ucnlsx pgaisctilA with particular kind
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HEN congress, in March, 1899,
NJ n " appropriated money for three
MV sea-going coast-lne battleships
wv carrying the heaviest armor
and most powerful armament for vessels
OF their class. II was evidently their inten-
tion to provide more powerful yes
sells that those of any other ma
tion In the world. The unfortu-
nate provision by which the con-
tracing for the vessels was made sub
5ect to an agreement as to the price of
armor, while II delayed the work in con-
nection with these important vessels.
served one good purpose In making IT pos
sible to combine with those appropriated
for by the Fifty-hfth congress the two
provided for by the act of June z, 1900
The bureau OF construction and repair
In the designs for those five vessels, has
fully carried out the evident purpose of
congress. and the designs now approach
ing completion In that bureau represent
nve OF the most powerful battieships
which have ever been projected.
The vessels appropriated for In 1899 are
required to be shsathed and coppered,
whereas those OF the later appropriation
have been held by the navy department
not to be covered by the provision ms to
sheathing, and the bureau Of construction
and repair has therefore designed two
classes Of vessels: one sheathed and the
other not shsathsd. The designs have
been further complicated by the decision
OF the board on construction to At three
Of tho vessels with superimposed turrets.
similar to those on the Kearsarge and
Kentucky, and to provide the other two
vessels with what has been designated
the "quadrilatsral arrangement" OF the s.
inch guns of the main battery. The pro-
visions Of the acts for the five vessels
have, therefore, becn covered by designs.
prepared in the bureau of construction
and repair. for three sbaathed and copper
battleships carrying superimposed turrets,
and two unsheathed battleships with the
''quadriIaterai arrangement" of s-inch
turrets.
The general dimensions and chief char
actcristics Of the sheathed and coppered
vessels are:
Length on load water line. ..... 1876 feet
Breadth, extreme. at load water
line Observation-Disclosures. rs feet 10 inches
Trial displacement, about $50. liz, 900 tons
Mean draft at trial displacement,
Greatest draft full load. about -. 26 feet
The general dimensions of the unsheath-
ed vessels are;
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5TTa he new f2-inch gun made for the
navy has produced something CT
- sensation IN ordnance circles Il
fires a prOjectile weighing $50 pounds with
a muzzie velocity of nearly 400 feet per
second. or nearly Z. 100 f0Ot-seconds, which
makes II, IA the sense that II will carry
farthest, the most powerful gun in the
world Its maximum range. at an eleva-
ton Of ~ degrees. as calculated by Maj.
Ingalls,. OF the artillery. Is ~ miles.
The army i2-inch gun, found In our
coast fortihcations. fires ,0oo-posnd pro-
Jectile with a muzzle velocity OF 2,02S foot
seconds, and OF course a much shorter
range. The army lo-inch gun. recently
completed at Watervliet arsenal. Is eX-
pected 20 give 2,3a0 foot-seconds Of muzzle
velocity TO a projectile weighing 1910
pounds; its maximum range, according to
ton of 30 degrees). No European gun can
Maj. Ingalls,, will be q miles lat an eleva-
carnns-rs wiki this In muzzls snerK9.
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New Type OF Nineteen-Knot Battleships.

Of the enemy finds its way into the vitals
Of the ship. As an additional protection
to stability. a cofferdam belt, three feet
In thickness and packed to a density Of
eight pounds to the cubic foot. will be
worked along two sides, above the protec-
tive deck, for the entire length of the ves-
sci.
The material Of construction will, of
course, be of the high quality of steel
which has entered into all the vessels of
our navy The main or upper deck, in
addition to being built OF steel. will be
the only one upon which wood IL to be
laid. The lower decks will all be of steel.
covered with linoleum or other like ma
terial. The use Of wood in the cohstruc-
ton of the vessels will be limited even
more strictly than II has been in the
later battleships. and all wood, except
that for the sheathing of the bottom, will
be electric fireproof. Bilge keels and
heavy docking keels will be fitted.
1t Is proposed to make all OF these ves-
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power required for these Z .rposss -
will be installed in the tn 20 ships ~
superimposed turrets. eig.t engines -
dynamos, mounted on combination ~
plates; two having rated output q II
amperes at eighty volts. and six vith =
amperes at eighty volts. The two -
with the S-inch guns in quadrilateral \.
rangement will be provided with Ten =,
gines and dynamos, mounted on comllra.
ton bed-plates; two with rated ou,p3
of 1,260 amperes at eighty volts. and ~
with 625 amperes at eighty volts.
All indications seem to point 10 ~
spirited bidding upon these vessels, ~
from the number of inquiries being \.
ceived and the general interest tah1a 4
the new designs, Chief Constructor HicA
born believes 1t highly probable that II
competition for the construction Of -
ships will be even keener than thu q
perienced In the case of any of the sosilr
battleships.
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italian trade with Germany In 1898 reach
ed laiEAooQ lire for imports and nearly
i92, 10000 for exports. The chief German
goods taken by Italy which affect British
trade are cotton, wool and silk goods
and metals and machinery. This last
headins Includes a third OF all the Ger
man exports 20 Italy. and AT one time
this branch ~ trade was almost wholly
in British hands. Germany takes more
Italian Wine year by year. Crefeid takes
a large and Increasing quantity OF italian
silk, while vast quantities of fruit ana
yesetaeles are now being taken by Ger
naAny from Italy.
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9noLlu0lNAL SEXTON.

ultimate development OF the idea may
mean. that IS q matter the future alone
can solve Mr., Gresham has plenty OF
backing behind him and II is now planned
20 develop the idea TO it's fullest.
For thirty years AIr. Gresham has been
known as a successful and practical In
Vcnfor and manufacturing chemist. lie
Was the original dlscoverer x the photo
graphic dry plate and the inventor OF
The phautasmagrsph used for ihr wing
advertisements on the clouds or distant
objects. He Is a nephew Of the former
secretary of state, Walter @ FRESHMAN
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Such q Vessel
70 Thought to 10
Possible. But Somo
Radical Chan6es
Must BE
Made.
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Letters Patent
Granted to an
Inventor Whose
Graft 10 to Make
Seventy.six
Miles an Hour.
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ABScLUTEEX Pure

Boslics Of Minnesota, North aud South I'm.
k"ts b"ys brought Home.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-The bodies
OF the dead that arrived on the trans.
port Peking from Manila, 1893 in all
have been removed to the Prcsidio.
where they will remain until ordered 70
burial grounds by relatives. The fol.
lowing IRE the names of the dcad from
Minnesota and the Dakotas:
Thirteenth 4,
privates G. \. Payson. - Colwell. L.
II. Currier: ID. Private John $. Wood
+. Sergeant Mcrwin S. Carlton; r, Pri
vatc Sydney I. Garrett: &, First Lieu
tenant Frank A. Morley: II. Ptivat.
Charles H. Schwartz.
First North Dakota-C Comranv G. Pri
Yates John c. Bccklcy, Frank Upham
II. Privatcs John Morgan, Frank Har
den; X, Private Ole +. IAkkan.
First South Dakota-First I.ieutcnan,
and Rcginlcntal Adjutant Jonas Lien
Company d. Privatcs Askel Eidsnes
Fred ID. Grccnslita. +. Second Iicu,en
ant Sydney r. Morrison: r. Musician,
Irving J. Willct. J. Berg: G.. Priva,,
Jay A. Smith: II. First Lieutenant
Frank II. Adams. Private Orris J. Nc
Crnckcn; l. Privntcs James L. Link
Fred l.. Green. William G.. loves; X
Priva,cs James NJ. Clark. John J. Ma
honey: ~. Sergeant William b. Smith
There. are three unknown dead.
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MkINI.El'S RUNNING NATE,
Friends of Assistant Secretary Davis Sa
u~ IL slated for the Place.

Friends of Assistant Secretary Davis Say
H~ IL slated for the Place.
KANSAS CirY. Jan 29.-Wcbsicr Da.
Wis. assistant secretary of the interior
and former mayor Of Kansas City, has
nn ambition ,o become President Nc.
kinlcy's running mate this fall. accord.
ing Ia The Star. The Star says:
Davis closest friends here in Kansas
City bclicv. he went ,o South Africa on
some mission other than in search Of
health. One Of Davis warmcst adj
mircrs tells of conversation he had
with the assistant secretary Of the in
terror in Washington nearly year ago
Il called on Davis in relation to IA pen
sion claim. He referred me to Cornc.
lius Bliss. Bliss talked Of the future OF
Davis IN politics. After We talked with
Mr.. Bliss We went over 10 sec the prcsi
dent. Mr. Mckinley declared that Davi.
was destined to b. great man III tn,
nation.
After we left the White House Davi.
told me that he was slated for the nom
inaiion for vice president. He declared
the president had taken up the subject
with him voluntarily. Mckinley b.
licves tha, Davis can carry Missouri fo'
the Republican ticket"
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A DECLARATION
Belief Growing That Congress
Should Definitely State it's
Position.
Further Delay Might Work Harm
to Islands and the Admin
iStratiOn.
Senate Expected to Take the First
Practical Steps to This
End.

NEW YORK, Jan. ga special to
The Herald from Washington says:
The impression is growing among ad-
ministration leaders that there should
be some definite action by congress.
without much further delay, upon the
problem Of the Philippine policy. 1t is
generally felt that further delay in the
declaration Of some sort Of government
policy in regard to the islands may not
only work harm to the islands, but may
be used by the Democrats in the presi
dental campaign.
The senate is expected to take the first
practical steps on this line bu, as vet
nothing has been done. Senator Lodge
OF Massachusetts, chairman Of the Phil.
ippine committee. has. up to this time,
been OF the opinion that there should be
nothing III the nature Of II declaration 81
policy i'll advance Of the ending Of the
insurrection by the capture OF Aguinal.
do and the surrender by the Filipinos OF
their arms. II il understood several
prominent senators on the committee
are urging action for two reasons md:
Gated. that declaration by congress.
would tend IL help conditions in til,
Philippines, and that such action woulf
strengthen the administration
>poon-r Iia. q Resolution.
The only resolution now before III,
senate. legislative in its character, i
that Of Senator Si.puncr of WISCONSIN,
This Is m.Icled OH the similar resolution
Of congress under which the presideu
obtained full authority. legislative. TX
ecutivc and judicial, III the territnr,
covered by the Louisiana purchase unit
such time as congress should itself tax
| charge.
II think il would bc better said Mr.
| Spooncr. Ito iakr that action than I
have the conduct Of affairs remain il
| the hands of the president, slmpl
| through his power as commandment
chief of the army, IA year after peace Ia
been secured. The most practical de-,
| laration we can give the people thcr
| would bc Ia show them that congre>
| recognizes that we have acquired pose
sion of the country and We are legislat
ing for il.
"Of course we shall put down the in
surrcctiun. That is what we have in
creased the army for. and. by showin.
them that congress treats them rs II
surrcctionlsi, and regards their countr
| as part of the territory controlled by II:
| We will. think. do NOR. towards brin-
ing about n settlement than a mel
formal declaration of policy
Senator Morgan oi Alatama agrr.
with Senator Spooner'> view Of wha
| should hc done hy congress.