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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

st. Johnsbury, Aug. 20. - The
Republicans here nominated Harry
Blodgett for town representative. He
favorS Ross for United States Senator
with Grout as a second choice.
At Barnet, George T. Blair was
nominated for town representative.
He is for Grout.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

Cabot, Aug. 20.-At republican
caucus here Saturday evening prac-
tically the full republican strength
was present. DR.. NJ. d. Warren and
George Hoyt were candidates for re-
presentatives to the next General AS
sembly. DR.. Warren received 96
votes to his opponents "a ana was
declared the nominee Of the Caucus;
uninstructed as to the Uri-Cd States
senatorship.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20
Especial to TELEGRAM. J

Northfield, vt. Aug. 2O.-The re-
publican caucus to place in nomina-
tion candidate for town representa-
tive, was held here Saturday. The
ballot box being open from three in
the afternoon to eight in the evening.
The result of the first ballot was this:
Whole number votes cast 133
Necessary for choice 81
II. r.. Brown had to
]. L. Mosely had 81
w. w. Holden IA
Scattering 8
On the second ballot II. r. Brown
was elected the nominee, the result
being:
Whole number 1z3
Necessary for choice 62
II. r. Brown had 64
j. L. Mosely o.
Mr.. Brown made a brief speech of
acceptance. He has twice previously
represented Mortified in the legisla-
| ture, is president of the Northfield
National bank and held in high re-
| spect throughout the town generally.
Worcester, Aug. 20.-M. P. Wheel
or was nominated here Saturday night
by the republican caucus as candidate
| for representative. He is a Dllling-
ham man.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

St. Johnsbury, VT, Aug. 20. - Re-
turns from 10 towns in Caledonia give
the nominations of eight republican
representatives who will support
Grout and two towns for Ross.
Waterford nominated Frank Brown
and the Ross ticket won by ten
votes.
Harry Blodget, State senator IN
1898, was nominated in st. Johnsbury
as Ross man without opposition.
The following towns nominated Grout
representatives; Burke, Barnet, Dan
Vile, Lyndon, Peacham, Ryegate,
Sheffield and Sutton.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

Berkshire, Aug. 2O.--At the Re-
publican caucus held in the town hall
at Berkshire Center Saturday after
noon, j. G. Towle was nominated for
town representative. Although Mr..
Towle has not declared his views on
the senatorial question it is under
stood he is for Dillingham;.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

Bennington, Aug. 20.-The repub-
licans of Readsboro have nominated
NJ. O. Hicks as their candidate for
town representative. b.
He will support Dillingham;" lor
United States senator.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

Brandon, Aug. 20.-At the repub-
lcan caucus on Friday evening, after
a spirited contest, George II. Church
i'll was nominated for town represen-
tative. Mr.. Churchill represents
the sentiment of the town for Hon.
w. P. Dillingham; for United States
senator. His opponent was for Prou-
tY.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20
E. E. KNOTT WON.

st. Albans, Aug. 2o.-At the races
here Saturday f E, Knott won the
frce-for-all. Following is The summa-
ry:
Frec-for-al.
+. E. Knott c. g. Bailey l l l
Judge Swing b. S. Latemore , 2 =
Goliath b. g. Boutwell, ) 8
Time-2.17l, 2.154 2.l64.
Onera House, Wednesday night
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

Washington, Aug. 20. - A. II.
Pepper was nominated by the repub-
lican caucus Saturday afternoon as
candidate for representative. He
is a Grout man.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-20

White River Junction, Aug. 90
The Republican caucus for the town
Of Hartford here Saturday nominated
George H. Fuller for representative.
Nomination papers for Samuel e. Pin
gree were filed.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
during the Dombardment q San Juan, Porto Ricoi

during the bombaramenr Of San Juan, Porto Rico,
There were no disappearing mounts ior FOR
those Spanish guns ibey u successfily wthstood
fhe fire from the very latest types OF naval wtsp az
Including rapid hre and machine Mn ere Of Poft
Arthur to the English bombardment OF IA ,orv
earlier still. to the siege OF senasIopos % versus
is the same. THESE are iae's III
As originally submitted to Congress in 1880 tns
report OF the Endcott Board and the s. system ~ ~
coast defence outlined therein were as pefIeSt anu
as comprehensive as the highest technicai hno"'
edge OF the day could ptopoGe srs q, Furope during
the period from 1872 1886. covered by tne usnu
randum mentioned were favoraoiS 9,TP9 and tha 4
many guns of this type had become part o, ther
COAST defence from time TO time since the beginning
of the century down TO ana during TINS P0''
chiefly for trial and experiment
In the closing paragraph of my letter 20 "hISh nS
exception has been taken. l referred only 10 sHe
fording striking contrast. The statement therein
I believe be literally true and based upon IN IN
formation received personally from tne hshsS,
nance authorities j deem IL most unfoIt Ituhate
that we should take up. develop and place sOs os
sole dependence upon type or mount that mas
been tried and practically abandoned abroad.
In the fourteen years that have elapsed since
1856 methods and means of defence throughout the
step with. If not in advance OF pgif progIeiSfs "ILs ,
abroad Rapid fire guns on recoh contToing car
guns up 10 and including 6-inch calibre, while the
ing
Protection TO gun and gunner can rule. only
be secured the expense OF rapidity ana accuracy
of fire ane the best protection that can be given 10
both gun anc gunners is to make the fire as accu-
rare TapiS and destructive as possible. This was
the Spanish fleet with guns all barbette. and not
bette carriage was adopted ano ahnounceG az a
type by the Board of Ordnance ana tortihcatlon
ing ammunition be much improved. and IL
one-quarter of the time money and ingenuity al
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

sensations, for this new craft which is unnamed
yet, goes far ahead of everything afoat both in
size and speed.
As was SAID in The Tribune last week, she is to
be built at the Vulcan shipyards. in Stettin Ger
many and in TWO years she will into this
port on her maiden transatlantic voyage. Only the
most meagre details about her at hand,
but one of these says that her length will be 752
feet. Another gives her a guaranteed speed of
twenty-four knots, and this means trip from
Queenstown New York in less than five DAYS
and from Plymouth. Southampton or Cherbourg 10
New-York in five days and a few hours. Such
figures may well cause the ina gination 10 run riot
and ask what the future will bring forth
The new boat will be a most perplexing and in
teFesing result of the last fifty years steamship
history. When the Great Eastern. the first of the
great leviathans, was built. people stood aghast at
her size but they said that she a monstrosity
built for a particular purpose. that of laying the
cable, and that she not properly a sea going
craft She was $50 feet long and So feet BEAM and
her immense bulk was propelled by both screws
and side wheels She had a gross tonnage of
S2l6o and 5000 horse power. She was not 9 ship,
but floating cable warehouse, and people heaved
a sigh of relief when they had stopped talking
about her and settled down smaller and more
rational figures for sea craft For many years there
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

and more than seven thousand people were rem
dered homeless.
All of the principal buildings in Hull, with
the exception of the Catholic church, were con-
sumed The burned part OF the city from east
to west extends over Laurer-ave., Alma, Inker-
man, Queen Britannia Main Albion, Kent
Lake, Duke. Church Chaudiere, Brewery and
Front SITS. From south to north, going from
Charles-st. to the Suspension Bridge which,
warped by the heat. fell into the river, the
streets that were swept were Charles, Albert
Philemon. Wright, Wellington and Main
The majority of hOuseholders burned out in
Hull are poor people, and that they are
deprived of work in the lumber mills they
in a sad plight.
The Ontario Government promptly sent
$4,000 for the temporary relief of the fire suf-
ferers, and the Government officials are trying
to relieve the distress far they are able
The Bank of Montreal sent $4,000 and the
Bank of Ottawa So 600 while the City Council
of Ottawa voted $4,000 for temporary relief.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

more than 10000. with 25- foot twin screws. and
with a guaranteed speed of a knots. This beats
easily the prospective records of the Deutschland
The new vessel should fy from Queenstown TO
Sandy Hook in days and 20 hours. and from
Plymouth, Southampton Cherbourg to the Hook
might board this great boat Queenstown on a
Monday afternoon and wake up in New-YorlS Har-
Dor early the next Saturday morning Such things
are hard 10 believe, but the Vulcan Company have
never yet failed to keep a promise They built the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse and the Deutschland
What the future will bring forth one fears TO
predict many times has the Limit been
reached and so many times has it been extended
further The idea of slow boats with large freight
capacity as the principal, not the auxiliary, boa Is
Of a great transatlantic line has been dispelled.
1t must be conceded that the Germans now the
leaders Perhaps the American and British lines
will try to outstrip them But they will find their
hands full And the North German Lloyd and
Hamburg American are still battling for the lead.
perhaps before long, shall / 1O0Ofoot giant
ess speeding across the Atlantic at a 36-knot
gait, and making the voyage in less than four
days. Mr.. Parsons, the inventor of the steam tur-
bine, used in the British torpedo-boat destroyer
Viper. the fastest craft in the world says tha I
her through the water at 30 knots an hour There
have a glimmering of what may be. Perhaps
electricity will come into play a motive power
for steamers and work marvels But ii is fair to
presume that steam will do ii unaded The day
of arshlps is still far off for the boats are going
TO make such fast time that the airy craft will not
be able 20 improve the leviathans below When
the skipper of oldtime sailing ship crosses the
Atlantic In four days steamer A fifth a
mile long, then ne may well think that the limit
tinue 10 fight one another. one name a
limit.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
4 TOYNBEE HALL IN PARIS.

From The London News.
Information has reached Toynbee Hall. wnf...
chapel OF the establishment OF university settle
u1ents in Paris somewhat on the lines % those
Toynbee Hall and other settlements 50 well known
in London IL may be remembered that some three
years ago VI. Max LaZard, who had been staying
at Toynbee Hall. left for Paris, and took rooms in
the East End OF that city. gathered some friends
round him and endeavoTed to start a settlement IN
the gay city. Unfortunately, his fathers death
called him home. and the work died a year ago
some Tovnbee friends spending Christmas IN Paris
found him more In East Paris, living In
small house in the Rue Paul Bert. where body cs
workmen had formed small club for lectures aa4
discussions. NJ Max Lazard Is now Ia Nsw-York
but the club in Rue Paul Bert has 50 Increased in
importance that il has opened new premises AZ
old cafe in the FaubOuTg ST. Antoine There the
hrst OF a series OF Universities Populatres has been
founded. and the number Of members exceeds three
thousand At the present time ten % these organ
izations have been opened in Paris. and others
have been established .u the various large Of
France. Each mas its supporter drawn mainiy
from the universities. and It's body OF nernoeFs.
usually paying monthly subscription 0f nfty
centimes In each lectures ana discussions are ar
ranged In one settlement only is there any at
tempt az residence, and at al every form q re-
ligious political propaganda - absolutely for
hidden.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
NILES on COAST Defence.
A PROTEST TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR
AGAINST DISAPPEARING GIN
CARRIAGES.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.l

Washington May 5-General MIes's protest to
the Secretary of War against disappearing gun
carriages has been made public. II is long letter.
dated April 26 and traverses the history of the
present coast defence system and its gradual de-
parture from good practice After definitely fixing
the responsibility the engineers and ordnance
officers. General Miles continues:
The conclusion TO mount upward of 80 per cent of
modern high power coast defence guns in deep
pits disappearing carriages apparently
reached after long continued academic discussion
of the subject in successive annual reports of the
Chief of Engineers. This conclusion is not be-
iieved be based upon practical results OF fire
from shpboard land Notifications obtained in
service. The history of all recent naval OPP
erations is distinctly opposed to such a conclusion,
better example of this could be desired than
that furnished during the with Spain.
when the fire from the vessels of Atlantic
SQUADRON was directed for than month upon
fences Of Santiago de Cuba. with the net result
that two guns dsmounted and probably
more than $4,000 total damage was done 10 the
fortifcations. Old Moro Castle, the eighteenth
century masonry work. exposed on bluff less than
two hundred feet above tideWater and armed with
four eighteenth century smoothbore cannon. with
stood occasion the concentrated fire or
fleet at close for three hours, with the result
that one corner of the masonry was struck and
damaged, but the parapet wall remained intact, and
was injured, so far as known A
similar experience was met with two months earlier.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

Line voiced popular opinion and built the Oceanic,
which was not designed for speed. It said that
the days Of clipping records over: that il
cost the steamship companies much money
and was too expensive advertisement. Here
after il said, slower steamers with great
cargo capacity would be built and used freight
earners and moneymakers. The Oceanic exempli-
fed these opinions. She is 70i feet long, and thus
the largest vessel afoat; 6s feet beam, with a
gross tonnage of 25 900 and S 900 horsepower. She
carries a tremendous cargo. and is a regular
seven-day boat, regular "Wednesday boat as
she is called, always leaving port on Wednesday
and always arriving at her destination the next
Wednesday. seldom sooner. but never later. But
in the lead, they supreme in the ocean
greyhound matter but each of the rival lines
wanted the individual lead. The Kaiser Wilhelm
der Gross holds il for the North German Lloyd
SO the Hamburg American people have set out 10
take il away They have built the Deutschland
which has just been launched She is 6s61a feet
long. 67l2 feet beam, with gross tonnage
of 5000 and 35 200 horsepower. The Deutsch-
land will thus be the second largest vessel
in the world being second TO the Oceanic only and
she will also. if she fulfls expectations, be the
swiftest. She is guaranteed to make % knots. and
if she fulhls this promise she will not be long in
smashing the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosses record.
But the latest CHI Dter in this marine struggle
leaps far ahead all former chapters in audaciy.
II is the old German rivalry. and II consists in the
building of craft which will be the largest
and the swiftest steamer in the world if she meets
expectations She will be 752 feet long IS feet
longer than the Oceanic, with horsepower OF
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

stanch and economical boats withal. for these
crafty Teutons kept their eyes open, and where
the Americans had p Gifted by the mistakes Of the
British the Germans profted by the mistake mistakes and
successes of both. The Hamburg American Line
built the First Bismarck and the Auguste Vic
toria and threw the glove down before its rival
The North German Lloyd Line accepted the chal-
enge promptly and eheerfully and turned out the
ur-flInneled trinity built Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse which Immediately proved her worth. She
went in hot pursuit of the Lucania's records, and
lowered them all, and finally, January of this
year. she sped from Sandy Hook to the breakwater
at Cherbourg in days and l6 hours fiat That Is
still the champion record. and II makes the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse the fastest steamer afoat The
distance covered in that time S0I knots and
this of speed applied to the Lucania's course
from Queenstown lowers the iatters record by
several hours. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is
$40 feet long 6s feet beam. with a gross tonnage
OF 10000 and IS 900 horsepower.
GERMANS IN THE LEAD.
When the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosses record had
settled into the peoples minds the White Star
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
THE GREAT OTTAWA FIRE.
RUIN WROUGHT BY THE FLAMES ILLUS
TRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS

The most disastrous fire in the history OF
Canada was that on April %. when the flames
practically wiped out the city of Hull ana
burned about one-half the buildings in the
Dominion capital Two thousand buildings
were burned to ashes in ottawa and eighteen
hundred in Hull with total loss of close to
S11 100000 and insurance of about
S5,OOoO0O There We're at least six lives lost,
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
NEW ERA FOR THE SIXTY-NINTH.
BELIEVED THAT THE REGIMENT WILL BE
BROUGHT UP TO THE STANDARD
GRIFTIN'S CASE.

The election OF Putnam Bradlee Strong to the
lieutenant eolonelcy of the 69th Regiment is looked
upon the beginning of a and prosperous
era for the regiment, and many officers who had
despaiFed of the life of the regiment now believe
that IL will be restored TO good standing in the
National Guard. The dsbandment of Compa MES
and F did much to improve the attendance at
drills. and further Improvement is looked for
The case Of Captain Anthony J. Griffin stil hangs
fire, and the friends Of the regiment believe that
the decision in the will have much influence
on the regiments future After his COMPANY had
been disbanded he ordered TO assemble tba
men that they might be edited with their time
OF service but he failed 10 do so. and was co,Irt
martaled for wilful disobedience of orders Tha
findings Of the court have not YET been M a.
public, and the rumor has been current for
days that Il is the intention of the authorities to
let him down easy by repTima ndine him @1 ~
IF this is done" officer of the Fifth T2raa
said. If Griffin is severely dealt Wi - ~
chances for bringing the regiment up 10 the ronar
standard will be reduced and Colonel strnrap,s
task VIII be more dihcult than he thought Il
would be -
General Smith. tbs commanding officer of thu
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
MoUNTAINs MOVING IN BOHEMIA.

Vienna correspondence of The London Standard.
1t appears that the landslip over the town of
Klappi. in Bohemia has caused the place to be al
most deserted, of the inhabitants having
abandoned their dwellings there The mountain
overlooking he town has undergone seismic dis
turbances which are spreading throughout the en-
tire province of Bohemia between the rivers Elbe
and Eyer The heights of the Bohemian middle
range are moving, and have caused houses and
churches in no less than thirty villages fall in
diverted and roads sunk in the districts affected
and Ii is also reported that the coal mines at Aus
sig, Bruex, fletcher and Teplitz now beginning
TO feel the seismic movement, though up 70 the
present these have escaped the general effect of
the disturbances.
No loss of human lives is yet reported but the
whole population in the disturbed area keep watch
night and day Biologists consider that the hills
which are moving stand upon watery basis which
has been loosened by the accumulation of the
heavy rains of the last few weeks
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
TO ECLIPSE AL RECORDS.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD LINES NEW
TRANSATLANTIC FLYER TO BE
MARVELLOUS CRAFT.

The oft recurring fancy which imagines what
would be the sensations of of our ancestors of
a hundred years ago who should reappear in this
world OF monern inventions and improvements has
received another impetus. II from the sea
this time. in the shape Of the description of new
transatlantic flyer to he built by the North Ger
man Lloyd Line. If of the odtime sailing
vessel shippers OF the last century to be
confronted with this great steamship he would
surely believe himself be in world of miracles
The skipper of ten years ago might have the same
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

ready devoted to the development OF the disappear.
ing Carriage had been given 10 the oarbetts mount
ths advantage 20 the Government would In nv
opinion. have been very great
NV objection 20 relying almost entirely upon IRE
dIsannaaring carriage the result OF personal
Inspection OF a large proportion OF those mounted
and is confirmed BY the consensus OF opinion "a
many artillery officers. Very respectfully,
Mator-GeneraL Comma nding the Army, President
OF the Board FortincatiOns.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
COLER TO MAKE HIS-REPORp SOON.

Controller Coler will soon issue statement show
ing the alleged overcharging by certain people who
sell goods the city, articles purchased by the
Commissioner of Public Buildings, Lighting and
Supplies Mr.. Coer has delayed Issuing the state
rnent because Commissioner Kearny is in Europe.
AS Mr.. Kearny returns the report will be
made public.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
A CINICAL TIEW.

From The Indianapolis Press
II was a very simple wedding" said the Sweet
YOurg Thing
Il never heard OF one that wasn't" snorted IA.
Savage Bachelor.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
ALLEGED EORGER HERE FROE ENGLAND

Nathan Muscher, who has been extradited from
England on the charge of forgery, arrived here
yesterday on board the amshp New York. He
in charge of Detective c J. Sullivan.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-06

brigade. when asked what he thought the finding
of the court would be, said: ut can be only one
thing-dismissa from the service.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-06-06
TURNER HALL.
Program Of Gymnastic Exercises.
New Ulm TurnVerein

NEW Ol1ll i uIl1 VOIO1l4
Boys elias 6 to 10 years) Monday and
Thursday, 4 80 to 4:45 p. m.
Boys class 90 to IA years. Monday
and Wednesday, 4:3O to 5:45 p. m. ...-.
Girls class (6 to 10 years. Tuesday, 80
to 5:45 pm. Saturday 8 so to 10 As am.
Girls class lover 10 years. Tuesday
and Friday, 4:3O to 5:45 p. m.
Boys class "a to IS years. Monday
and Friday, 7 80 to $3.50 p. m.
Young ladies class lover IL years.
Thursday, 1870 to 8 p. m.
Ladies' class, including married la
dies, Tuesday and Friday, 3 to p. NJ.
Active Turner's, Tuesday and Friday,
$3.50 to 10 p. M.
Turner's 80 years and over Thursday,
8 to 10 p. m.
Normal training fer bbys Saturday,
10 AS to II as a. M.
New Ulm Turnyereln.
NEW UEDG, MINN.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-06-06
crone Bros Specials.
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