The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-05-17
LEADS THE WORLD.
America Takes First Place in
Inventions for Both Peace
and War.
A New Shell That Pierces the Heav-
lest Acknowledgements Canal
Bill to Go over to the Next
Session - Congress to
Adjourn in June.
WASHINGTON, Nav Ia. 1900.

America has for long period led
the world in peace inventions, and
during the last few years it has been
forging to the front in war inventions,
and today stands ahead of all nations.
especially in naval warfare. A naval
officer has invented shell which goes
through the heaviest armor plate
made for battleships as easily as a
rifle ball goes through a pasteboard
box. The results of this extraordi-
nary invention were discussed in Ex-
ecutive session of the Senate, this
week, although the manner in which
those results were obtained is a
strongly guarded secret. In fact. the
invention would have remained a Sc
cret among the officers who partici-
pated in the experiments and men,
bers of the administration, had not
Senator Tillman offered resolution.
which was adopted by the Senate.
asking for information as to armor
tests at the Government testing
grounds, few miles down the Poto-
mac. 1t being out of the question to
furnish the information in an official
communication, Secretary Long gave
Senator Tillman a verbal statement
OF the results obtained. The import
ance OF this invention cannot be over
rated. With supply of those shells,
the United States could destroy the
combined navies of the world as. fast
as their battleships came within
range OF ours. Uncle Sam will now be
showed up another notch in the
esteem of the great nation of the
world.
President Mckinley has very little
official information of the alleged de-
falcation of an official who has hand
led the Cuban postal funds under the
military government of Cuba, but the
moment the first whisper of the
scandal reached Washington he order
ed Gen. Wood, through Secretary
Root, to make the most rigid investi-
CATION and to prosecute to the full ex-
tent any party or parties found guilty
OF having embezzled or misappropri-
ated single dollar, regardless of
their position or personality. Like
Gen. Grant, the President does not be-
lleve that any guilty man should es-
cape punishment.
Gov. Taylor, of Kentucky, has re-
turned to Washington and expects to
remain until the United States Su-
preme Court hands down a decision
in his case. He wisely declines to dis
cuss the matter for publication, tax
ing the ground that it is now in the
hands of the Court of final resort and
is question of law, not subject for
public discussion. He is confident
that the decision will be in his favor.
The bill amending the general PEN
sion laws, known as the G. A. r. pen-
sion bill, because of its having been
drawn by committee of that organ
ization, has passed the House and the
Senate and is now in the hands of
President Mckinley, who will take
pleasure in signing it.
The Senate Committee on the
Library has authorized Mr.. Frank
Edwin Elwell, of New York City, who
made the bust of Hon. Levi P. Morton.
now in the Senate Chamber, and the
equestrian statue of Gen. Hancock
that stands on the battlefield of
Gettysburg, to make bust of the late
Vice President Hobert, to be placed
in the Senate Chamber.
Senator Gallinger made a ringing
political speech, as sound as gold dol
lars, in favor of the following resolu-
tion offered by him several days ago:
"Resolved, That the existing pheno-
menal business prosperity of the
country is largely due the policy of
protection, furnishing conclusive
proof of the wisdom and patriotism of
the Republican party in the enactment
of the Dingley tariff law"
Gov. Roosevelt, who is visiting his
sister who lives in Washington, says
his visit has no political significance.
although he has naturally talked
politics with the party leaders he has
met in Washington. His attitude
towards the Vice Presidency is now
generally endorsed by the party lead
ers, who recognize that he can do the
party as much good by being re- elect
ed Governor of New York as he could
possibly do it as candidate for Vice
President, and he personally prefers
the governorship. He has received
much attention in Washington.
Among the entertainments given in
his honor were dinners by the Presi-
dent and by Senator Hanna.
Present indications are that the
Senate will defer action upon the
Nicaragua Canal bill until after the
Canal Commission makes its report,
which means that the matter will be
allowed to go over to the next session
of Congress.
The regular appropriation bills are
so well advanced that it is probable
they will all be sent to the President
by the first of the coming month, and
the way be open to adjourn early in
June, unless the Clark resolution.
which most of the Senators think