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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05

Nafcefs tnlN ~ tNe greatest
gun In the world, n was bulis at ths
Wateryllst arsenal. near Troy. ~. r.
1t II estimated that u will pierce twea.
~ inches of steel plate. eight inches az
wrought iron. ATTY feet OF oak. ten feet
81 granite. swenty-feet OF concrete and
ala feet OF brick
With the HELP Of this and other guns 10
b. placed IN position, New York harbaf.
says the Journal. will b. the bos, defend.
ed IN the world The complete armament
will inelaie eighteen slsteen-inch suns.
TIVE foaxseenslnch gums. forty twelve.
inch guns. twenty ten.lnch guns. ffteea
~sxht-lneh guns ans tti tweive-inch NOR
tare
Tho slxtcen-lneh Eun can throw a she'll
weighing as7e pounds a Distance ef s~en-
ty~one uiics. las force at tho Fnuazia
wsutd lstt ssxtS~fcur ~ the hsgxest
freight locomotives ton feet IN tina air
Tho now siSteen-ineh gun 10 not only
the ionxrmt gun ever built. ID Ia the hsavs.
rst gun IA tbs world. tss length Is q feet
and inchee. and is weight no lesa than
rs tons Gums have been built of a
greater caIihev than sixteen inehas. and
Nv caiicer Il meant the diameter Ss the
bcre TIVE gins built for the Unitra
states during she eiya war rerfod had =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05

dcring sixteen-inch gun built Ne was
assigning a stnpendous task TO the arse
nal authorities This order uecesSitated
the designing and building % special
tools, enormous lathos and planners cap
abia Of handling i1s tons weight. A
special pit had 70 be huilt--ln fact the
preparation for the manufacture Of this
monster cannon Was almost as great as
" new works were 10 be established
The usw gun Il 10 no sense a cast
weapon II is built up In pieces 81 forged
steel ny this built-up process the conai-
uon Of the metal is known throughout.
" would hardly he possible for flaw 10
pass undofected.
FIRST comes = shaft 81 forged sicsi,
which - ssrspiy bored out THIS i known
40 the "A tahe This tube Il pssned
down 70 the required thickness and is
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05

Examination of freight traffic statistics
of the principal countries of the world
shows that the freight traffic of the
United States equals that of all the rest
of the world combined. Every year a
ton of freight for every one of the n
100000 inhabitants OF the United states
Is hauled f,5u miles.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess,
Monster Piece 81 Ordnance
Due 10 the Coast Defense
Plans Of Gen. Flasisr.


AHr gigantic sixteen.ineh coast
defense gun Is ready for us.. II
u to be mounted IN sisei tur-
ret In the Romer shoai to de-
fend the entrance 20 Now York
harbef. This IL thu sraut..s
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05
BROOKLYN BRIDGE NO. z A VAST STRUCTURE.

ROOKLYN bridge No. 2 has
now reached such a stage or
Its construction as to arouse
the daily interest Of all citi-
zens OF greater New York
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-05

N HE country known to English
speaking folk as Thihet, says
| DR.. Henry Liddell. In the Home
| Magazine. hears a very different
j name among its own people. IL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20

Chicago. In the case described by DIR.
Muller the left ear was affected by the
growing together Of the "hammer and
anvil bones, the trouble having origi-
mated during the dentition period OF in
fancy and was so far advanced when the
treatment began that the bone was partly
destroyed. The left ear was apparently
entirely deaf and the right was sympa-
thstically affected. Suddenly the hearing
grew worse and one OF the most danger
GUS forms CT ear trouble developed, caus-
ing Assesses in the brain and threaten
ing meningitis. After a treatment or
twenty weeks the af1llction was partly
cured, a new drum having been built and
the old one entirely destroyed. The right
ear 10 now restored to nearly Its normal
condition, and the left ear is greatly i'm
proved. The case is considered y very re-
markable one. old methods of treatment
having failed and fresh ones having been
invented, The hammer and anvil
bones were separated bv The insertion of
gold plates, this measure enabling the
drum to grow freely in places where this
would have otherwise heen impossible.
This treatment was followed by another
too deeply technical for brief description.
DIR. Muller praised highly the patient
bravery under these most painful opera
tions and reported that she had improved
to SO great an extent that he expected
her shortly to return to Vienna for com
pletion of his treatment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
LOOTING In CHINA.
An Account OF the Acts of Allied Troops
In China.

A German American in New York has
Just received letter from his nephew,
who is now serving under Gen. Chstfse
In China; the writer speaks in strong
terms OF the looting and disorder by the
soldiers, saying:
1.-The atrocities committed day by day
by the soldiers are simply hair-raising.
l never would have believed that man
can be SO fiendish. Though of different
pstionalities, in cruelty and wrong
doing they are all OF ons kind, and nat
urally they are thoroughly detested by
the natives. l should not wonder II one
day the poor sufferers were to rise In
wrath and slaughter every one of us. AT
times, even wish they would.
Comparatively sDeaking, the JapaLese
are the best behaved. Understood, but
strong, agile, and smart, they have hut
one fauIt-they steal like crows. They
take everything except fixtures. even thu
mattings. Ii you find house depletsd
from roof to cellar, you can bet your last
dollar that japanese soldiers had been
In quarters there. The Americans and
British do not steal, but when out Of
money or brandy, they hold up China
men in the street. Many are continually
and strongly under the influence or
liquor, ana delight In performing feats OF
strength, breaking and demnltshlng every
thing in sight. l am sorry TO say that
our men ara even leading in vandalism.
"The Russians are ths most nl6hy,
dirty beasts In creation. One can tell
their quarters from affair by les nauseae-
ing smell The French are also dirty,
drunken lot. When absinthe erazed, they
delight in setting houses at1re, amid
dancing and high kicking. The Italians
are crazy tor outraging women ana girls.
Once l saw four OF them bsat and stab q
Chinaman to death, because he would not
tt IL where his caild-daughter Was MD
ing"
"rrne Germans boast much about their
discipline. but, 20 me, they are the worst
devils of the lot. They rob and steal less
than the others, but they intiot the most
cruel and tienulsh fortunes upon the poor
Chinese, for no rhyme and reason, ex-
cept TO torture. They take pride In devils
ing some new ana hellish scheme, over
which they gloat for hours. can tell
you, when / look at tness arch devils,
specially at their disgusting lieutsnants.
feel ashamed OF my German extraction.
ave are much overworked; SO are thoss
attached to the hospitals and sanitary
CORPS. WIN tAG preventing NobooohoAS
in all directions, sickness is rampant and
medicine is scarce. The JaDanese are
best provided, and very obliging when
asked by other troops TO help them out
Ths Russians and French have one pana-
oea; they I'LL the men up with liquor
until they get we'll or die. With German
soldiers it is no pleasure to be on the
sicK-list. I recall one Instance. ga
private was in high fever, for which the
surgeon had prescribed anhipyrine, OF
which, however, there was only enough
on hand for the use OF commissioned OIL
GERS In default the man was ordered
TO take part in an extra drill. A Few
hours latsf this fever WAS gone, but 30
was the man."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20

not only because OF the representations
of the water board as to the damage
which Is being inflicted on water pipes,
but because OF the exDense TO ie OF the
loss Of power when the tiuid goes wander
ing around, seeking what It may destroy.
At the time the grant from the city
to the street railway company to use
electricity in It's street car systam was
under consideration by the street board,
Colonel William h. Gone, then meln-
Der OF the board, was averse to the over
head trolley system because OF the proba-
biiity of electrolysis attacking the pipes
In the streets. He wanted the city TO
walt awhile and see II something better
than that system of car propulsion
couldn't be developed. lie warned the
board frequently that the electric nuid
would sooner or later get in Its deadly
work on the pipes and said that PERSONAL
Iv, however, anxious for better means OF
local transportation, he would prefer to
wait until storage system or some other
method of electric propulsion had been
tried. A. w. Gilbert, the electrical ex-
pert, under whose direction IS engineer
for the street bosrd the trolley system
was established in this city, also ex-
pressed fears OF electrolysis and for some
time the board had under consideration
requiring the street railway company 20
place plates at intervals underground
betWeen Its tracks, to catch any stray
runaway currents. 1t was found how
ever, by experiment, that such would
only act "a encouragers for the current to
leave It's legitimate vehicle and would
attract It. Being heavily charged, they
would then send out the current again
and thus act as distributors, sending the
current on killing around to find some
other affinity.
The present method or returning the
currsnt to the power house Is viaz the
rails, which are bonded with copper wire
so as 60 form q continuity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20

TO the company on account of the loss OF
pOtentiality OF the current. 1t is well
known fact that an electrical current
will ultimately find Its way back to tbs
point of origin, bit II II goes wandering
around In the strSets, attacking water
pipes and other vulnerable places and
material, for 1t loves to feed on iron
where water Is confined within. IL loses
q great deal OF IT'S strength and Ia In q
dsbiiitatsd condition when it reaches
it's proper station. Last spring the COM
pany employed an electrical expert from
New YORK at a great expense, who came
here and examined the dry batteries
placed at intervals all over the city to de.
termine the loss to the company caused
Oy the vaQaries OF the current, anu II
possible TO apply remedy. Gensral
Manager Crawford and President Fair
field rods with the expert in the mechani-
cal car when the batteries were dug up,
and afterwards both persons were present
at the meeting Of the water board, where
MI. Fairfield presented report as TO
the damage to water pipes so far, and the
probability OF longer continuance OF the
trouble.
When the street board is about to pave
a street with improved paving, the vari-
Gus companies having underground pipes
In the streets are notified to relay them,
the watsr board with pipes which Will
| last at least ten years. MIR. Halrnelu salo
yesterday that the new pipes laid by the
board ought TO last at least twenty years.
Now he Is compelled to take up and re-
place pipes which have been down under
| five years, some for only eighteen months.
| That was the case on Market street, re-
Gently, where the service pipes to NOS.
| so ana 56, which were laid May Is, 1888,
wsrs taken IN last week and found eatsn
through with elsctroiysis.
As to the remedy, how TO conduct the
current back to the power station with
out It's going off on q tangent and imper-
fling the water pipes, MIR. Fairfield said
| that he was satisfied the only known way
at the present time was to have an add
tionaI wire overhead, IN an overhead troll.
| ley system SUCH as Hartford's OF equal
carrying capacity 60 the supply or feed
wire upon which the trolley travels.
Then there would be room" for the cur
rent and Ii would go that way. having
no inducements to leave the conducting
vehicle. In New York, where the un
dsraround trolley system prevails. anoth
er wlra IL provided In the same oondu Il
as the trnllsy wire, which conveTs tn
current back to Its "home MIR. Fair
field Thought the street railway COMPANY
was honest In tsyins % overcome the ssi
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
GORHAM.

Mrs. Mary A. Woodman, widow OF
Tristram Z. WoodmAn of Buxton, died
yesterday afternoon, at the ripe old age OF
~ years. at her daughters home on State
street. Mrs. Woodman was very much
respected in the community, long inter
ested in the School Street Methodist
church, and beloved By all. She leaves
two daughters and one son, Mrs. Olive
A. kidlon, Mrs. Carrie K. Libby and
Hiram ". Woodman. The funeral will
take place FRIDAY afternoon, at 1.5O
o'clock, at the home of her daughter.
At the last monthly business meeting
OF Miznah chapter, Epworth League, the
following officers were elected sor the next
six months: President, Chester M. Par
ker; superintendent of department OF
spiritual work, Miss Jennie Libby; de.
parmentt OF mercy and help, Mrs. Henry
Morrill,; department. OF literary work,
Miss Edith Rankin; department of social
work, Mrs. James Field; secretary and
treasurer, Miss May Mcclellan.
Mrs. j. NJ. Moody aud Mrs. Lord,
High street, visited friends in Portland
yesterday.
Mrs. Thomas Fesnsy, Elm street,
passed yesterday with friends in West
brook.
The class of 1901, Gorham high school,
will give a masquerade complimentary
to the class OF 1909, Friday evening, In
the high school building.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
REPORT ON TAXATION.
That Made BY state Grange COMMITTEES
Not Made PabIIc.

Lewiston, December 19.-Ths attsn-
canoe at the Maine state Grange now
in session In City bali has increased by
800 members since yesterday. Inc meet
ings are very important. This morning
the matter OF the equalization of tax
alton was taken nm and two reports were
read and accepted One OF these reports
was from the regular standing taxation
committee aud the other one from
special committee. 1t was voted that
the contents should not be given to the
public at present. 1t is understood that
the recommendations are OF very
sweeping nature ana wAl cause fint-
ter among politicians and corporations
when made known. II Is also understood
that the feeling in favor OF this tax re-
vision as embodied in these reports Is
practically unanimous. -
A long list OF standing comm ittees was
announced by Worthy Sscretary e. ID.
Libby.
Considerable business pertai ming TO
the routine work OF the order was trans
acted. 1t was voted to proceed TO the
election OF worthy lecturer TO NIL out
the unexpired term of tho late Prof.
Cook, but the rush of other business pre-
vented 1t during the session.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20

return vehicle cannot carry the current,
becomes overcharged and the currans
then leaves the rails by which tt is in
tended 90 be returned to the power sta
ton, and finds water pipes There IL
gets in It's deadly work and soon eats
holes in the iron pipes. Then comes the
leak, which may exist Tor some time De-
fore ft makes Its appearance on the sur
face, with Its consequent loss OF immense
quantities OF water, and the labor ana
expense OF digging up the street, put
ting in new section of service pipe ana
repai ring the street."
MIR. Fairfield described several recent
leaks which proved to be caused by she
action of eleotrolysis and said that he
did not remember any such previous 70
his being made president OF the board,
last spring; during the previous two
years while he was member OF tine
board he did not remember any cases be-
ing reported. 1t was, he thought, In the
month of May that the first group OF
cases occurred, four or five on State
street. One was in front Of Long hotel,
another at the government building, a
third in the pipe which supplied the Ma
tional Exchange bank, and another near
Exchange corner. Then came breaks In
Market street, two; Main street near the
Tunnel, at the corner of Main and Tai
cot. streets, Main street near the gang
way Co NJ. ii. Hewin's billiard saloon
Mechanic street, thrse; and the break
In the service pipe which supplies the
barn at the east end of the gangway be
tween tbs Universalist building and the
Rspublican eiub. In all, Mr.. Fairfield
said, about o dozen leaks which had
been discovered within few months had
been caused by electroiysts. While Mr.
Fairfield was talking to the reporter
Foreman Carmody called him up on the
telephone to report q leak on Market
street, near Temple, which viii be re-
paired today.
As 10 the cause, MIR. Fairfield said II
was undoubtedly the failure OF the re-
turn vehicle to carry the current, Ihii
would cause the fluid TO run from tbs
rail and scatter until It found watei
pips. A singular fact was that TIM
greatest damage was done where the cur
rent l,ft the pipe; there It would eat In
to ths iron and make the perforation
which destroyed the pipe. The HartforS
Street Railway company was aware o
che great damage TO water pipes from IL
current and had spent, and was still
spending, much money in the endeavo
20 obviate the trouble, not alone on 40
count OF the damage IL was causing .
water pipes but bscauss OF the exoens
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
ELECTROLYSIS IN PIPES.
Much Damage Being Done Under
streets An Hartford.
Hartford Oourant.)

Hartford Courant.)
Eieotrolysis is getting in Its work on
the underground pipes In this city with
a vengeance, as many foretold 1t would
when the electric trolley car system was
established. SO far as known the dis
ease" has troubled only the water pipes,
principally the service pipes. those which
run from the main to the houses or
buildings, but as the action of the mystic
rious fluid Is discovered only when the
presence OF q leak makes itself known
on the surface of the macadam or as
phalt, there Is at present no way OF de-
termining how far the trouble has
spread. The current hRs an affinity for
water pipes, owing, 10 Is believed, to
the fact that water Is a good conductor
of electricity, but the gas companies
throughout the country, in cities where
the overhead trolley system is in use,
with the electric current returned by the
rail to the point OF departure, have for
some time discussed electrolysis, its raw
ages and the method OF control and n
possible the cure, feeling afraid that the
trouble might attack their pipes, with
possibility Of explosion.
at 10 In my judgment, said Presi'
dent John Nj. Fairfield OF the water
board to q reporter Of "Ths Courant'
yesterday, when talking of the matter
.'the most serious problem now before
the water board. It il not only the pres
emit expense of digging mp and replacing
service pipes, including the large expense
OF repairing asphalt payemsnts where
leaks OCCUR, but the prospect of futurs
outlay. Apparently the troubls has only
just begun to apnear, 10 il increasing
RAPIDLY and there Is no telling how far II
may spread. So Tar IL appears to be
largely confined to the area where large
number of cars stop ana start up fire.
quently, and the best theory 10 that -ths
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
de WEI aETs AWAY.

London, December 19.-It is reported
this afternoon that Gen. Knox had been
forced to abandon the pursuit of Gen.
DeWet, owing to the situation created
In Cane Colony. by the Beers crossing
the Orange river.
1t Is said that 8, 900 Beers have entered
Cape Colony and that a considerable
numbsr have reached PhiIipstown.
The report adds that DeWet. with
about 1850 men, is northeast of Lady
brand and that an attack on Winbur 9
is momentarlly expected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
COLONIAL billiard PARLoRs.

A great many persons have been heard
TO saw: "How / wish L could learn to
play pool or billiards. and yet there are
few games SO easy to master fundament-
ally as these. Mir. l.. ID Mathis OF the
Colonial Billiard psrlors has provided a
resort where the intrioacies of the games
may be learned oheaply and quickly. de
has established fashionable resort where
one may take his lady friends, his
mother or sister, and enjoy the games
away from the unpleasant features which
generally attain in an ordinary pool or
billiard room. The Colonial combines
pleasure, comfort and elegarcs, neither
money nor capital having been spared in
their arrangement. This resort Is the
hest in the East, Is fitted up with modern
tables the best ones, the most cleanly
chalk. 1t is we'll lighted and ventilated,
and artistically arranged. One very rom
m sndable feature is the ladies' parlor,
while the privats room which may be- re-
served for small parties has proved a
great innovation. The Colonial is open
dav and evening, and Is well worth a
visit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
o,CoNNELL CLAIMS ELECTION.

Worcester December 10 Philip j..
O'Connell, Democratic candidate for
mayor OF Worcester, filed today with the
city clerk formal claim to the office,
stating that he received plurality ofthe
votes cast December IL. The registrars
Of voters have given an official state
ment that the election resulted in tie
between Lytls, Republican, and O'Con-
nell. O'ConnelI has a number OF con-
tested ballots and he admitted for the
first time today that 1t Is his Intention
to ask the supreme court to pass upon
them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
ROGERS & BROS Sill
YER PLATED FLAT
WARE.

We are selling agents for Messrs Rogers
s. Bros. and carry in stock OOMPLEIE
ASSORTMENT of their genuine nrst
quality goods Their latest design IL
named the NEW CENTURY, ana IL
is the most popular pattern ever put on
the market. Buttsr Knives, Sugar shells,
Ladies, Pie Servers, Berry spoons, Jelly
Servers, 200. and 81 90; Coffee Spoons,
Orange sSpoons, Vegetable Servers, Fruit
Knives. Cold Meat Forks 100, to Sl.3o;
CHILDREN'S SETS, Knife. Fork,
spoon, In satin box, fOc. $780,, u 20, " w
(pearl handles, Cheesa Scoops, Butter
Spreaders, salad Sets, Fruit Forks, Jake
Servers, Nut Picks, Orange Sets, Bon
Bon Spoons, Carving Sets, mt Cracks,
75c Pickle Forks, UyEter Forks, Cream
Ladles, $50. and SI.0O; spoons, Forks and
Knives, all sizes ONE SPECIAL LOT
OF genuine Rogers Tea Spoons, first
quality. put up IN handsome satin box,
81. 20 complete; Buttsr Knife and sugar
shell, gold lined to match In handsome
satin box, 81 20 sst
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-20
IVY REBEKAH LODGE.

The tsItainmsnt committee of Ivy
Rebekah lodge will meet at the hall
Friday evening TO complete arrangements
for the costume party, which Is to be
given Saturday evening. Every member
of Ivy and all visiting Rehekahs, are
requested to wear costumes representing
some character of the days or "AuIG
Lang Syns." This Will be the last meet
ng on Ivy in this century. An interest
ing programme has been prepared and
light refreshments will be served.