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The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

"Success In war lies in preparation"
These were the significant words ut
tered at the recent opening OF the Ma
val War College at Newport by the
secretary of the navy. While 1t may
be true that the era of the universal
peace among nations and the bloodless
adjustment of international difncultles
will dawn some day, it has not yet ar
rived.
1t is an axiom that the next great
war will be won by the nation whose
army and navy are best equipped with
fighting weapons. And that is why
the performances of the new rapid fire
gun. described on this page, are Of In
tense interest the world over.
There Is now building in the United
States one of the most effective and
murderous long range pieces of artil-
lery in the world, which is exciting all
strategists both here and abroad.
This new weapon will hurl steel
projectile weighing tifty-tive pounds,
having the length of an average man,
the enormous distance of twenty-four
miles, with velocity of nearly 1000
feet per second.
Its extreme range is twenty-five
miles.
At the highest point of its flight the
projectile will rise 81 ,S53 feet above
the firing point, or about ten miles in
the air.
Taking Mount Everest as the highest
mountain in the world. this shell will
go nearly four miles above its highest
peak.
The rapidity of fire of this gun is
said to be about ten shots n minute.
and that it would be possible to fire
eighteen shells and have them all in
the air before the first one struck the
earth twenty-four miles from the gun.
The time of flight of the projectile
is los 3-10 seconds.
After travelling through this unparal-
leled distance of space the shell has a
striking velocity left sufficient to pen
etrate five inches of steel, while its
bursting fragments would kill and de-
moralize n regiment of men in no time.
The new guns, as designed, will rev.
olutionize the science o' e;unnery, as
it will likewise. outclass in its far
reaching and destructive qualities all
existing types of army and navy guns
now in use by any power.
1t is now conceded by military tao
ticians that future warfare on land
and sea will be fought at long range.
The nation possessing the most formid-
able weapon in velocity and range will
surely be victorious.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

Speaking of the summer and win
ter journeys wealthy people make to
various resorts" here and abroad, a
shrewd observer of city life remarks
that the finer the house on the
avenue. the less it is occupied" In SO
far as that is true, it is to be regretted.
At every season, in some favored re-
gion, nature spreads fairer roof than
ever architect devised; but we may
leave paradise behind us when We set
out to find better place than home.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

In the presence of a large number OF
officers frcm the garrison and neighbor-
hood, the famous Tower of Remem-
.brance" erected at Gravelotte by the
Germans in 1895, at a cost OF more
than 100000, was blown up recently
by the military engineers. Originally
intended as a post of observation over
the neighboring country. 1t was after
wards found that the existence Of such
a watch-tower was Incompatible with
the safety of the new fort outside Metz,
which is completely dominated. All ac-
cess to the monument has been prohib-
tied for some time past by the military
authorities.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

Doctor Voges. the director of the
Buenos Ayres National Board OF
Health. reports that during recent
trip to Paraguay he accidentally dis
covered that napthalene is an excellent
remedy for mosquito bites. 1t neutral
ICES the poison. he says. even when the
bite has caused considerable inflamma-
ton, and II fresh bite be rubbed with
napthalene no swelling follows.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

E. A. Martel, the French explorer
of caverns, whose discoveries under
ground have attracted much attention,
reports that he has found in the de-
partment of Hautes Alpes a cavity in
the form of natural we'll" whose
depth exceeds that of any other known.
He has sounded it to the depth of
about 1927 feet, but the actual bottom
has not been reached.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

In East Oakland, Cal, is to be tried
a plan for helping homeless girls
which seems almost ideal in method
as well as in purpose. A rich and gen.
erous- hearted woman has declared her
intention of building ten cottages. each
of which will accommodate ten girls
and be in charge of a "house-mother."
The cottages will stand in a beautiful
mark. with trees, lawns and flower
gardens about them. The inmates of
each cottage will constitute separate
family the older girls helping to care
for the younger ones. All will attend
the public schools as other girls do,
and will have their own outside diver
sions and friendships. Meantime they
will also have in the home thorough
training in housework. AS they reach
a suitable age. each will receive spe-
cial education in whatever trade or
field of work she may select-teaching,
dressmaking, millinery, typewriting,
art or music-so that when she leaves
the home each girl will be equipped
to earn her own living. One of the
most attractive characteristics of the
undertaking is its lack of institutional
restraint and the large individual free
dom which it permits.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

In conversation with a newspaper
correspondent. Arabi Pasha has stated
that he is in difficult financial posi-
tion. He got an allowance of ESQ a
month from the Egyptian government.
which was scarcely sufficient to supply
the wants of his large family, which
includes sixteen children, aged from
three to thirty-eight years.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

The Newberry library at Chicago has
secured the Prince Lucien Bonaparte
collection of $4,000 volumes, said to be
among the best pathological libraries
in existence. The prince spent n for
tuno in getting it together and his
heirs offered it for sale at 100000. but
the Chicago institution is said to have
bought 1t for much lower figure.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09
A Fortun. to be Given Away,

give away his fortune to charities and no
doubt much good will be accomplished.
There is another agency that has also ac-
lcomplIshed much good. namely, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters the medicine with
fifty years of cures back of 1t. 1t pro-
notes appetite. insures digestion. cures
the bowels regular. also prevents belch-
ing, heartburn or fiatulency. Don't fail
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09
THE HERALD.
SPRINGFIELD. COLORADO.

The air In the English channel was
go clear one day recently that the dome
of Boulogne cathedral, twenty-eight
miles away, could be clearly seen from
Dover with the naked eye.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09
Public E.pendlture. In MEXICO.

The Mexican army of more than 25,-
600 men is supported upon n trihe
more than 1.OOO.OOO Mexican dollars a
month. The Mexican Congress does
not cost $1.OOO,OOO year.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

wide reputation throughout the coun-
try.
During the year 1883, at the earnest
solicitation of his friends. DIR. Hawes
wrote history of Cahaba prison, in
which he gave Il sketch of his own ter
rible sufferings while confined there.
me book is entitled "Cahnba." and IS
Il work of rare merit. He also las
written extensively for medical jour
nails, and was known as Il close stu
dent.
DIR. HaweS was at one time n MEM
Der of the board of trustees of the
State Normal school and later was
professor of Obstetrics in the Univer-
sity of Denver, president of the Stale
Medical Society, president of the State
Board of Medical Examiners, n mem
ber of the State Board of Health and
vice president of the American Medi
cal Association, also acting as Union
Pacific surgeon here for IL number of
years. He has been in ill health for
years and never con:idered himself
physically sound after his confinement
at Cahaba. He has kept up his prac-
tice. however, to the time of his last
illness.
He leaves wife and one daughter,
Miss Mary Hawes, who was summons
The funeral will take place from the
residence next Tuesday Mt 3 p. m.
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group of officials of the United States
Steel Corporation. headed by ]. +. Nor
gan and President G. NJ. Schwab. AT
the end of an hour the conference part
ed, having failed to reach an agree
ment.
The second conference was partici-
pated in only by the officials of the
Amalgamated association. 1t was
secret session, lasting over two hours.
If there are no further efforts Mt con-
citation and the strike is extended, 1t
may develop into the largest conflict of
the kind in the history of the country.
Figures at this time as to the number
of men and properties that would be
involved are pronounced unreliable by
conservative men who know the trade,
because many of the claims of
strength put forward on either side
are disputed and can be tested only in
actual conflict.
What the great steel strike has done
and what 1t may do. are shown at n
glance by the following figures, as Civ
en- by the New York Herald:
Number of men now out, 10000.
Number of men who may be idle to-
morrow, 10000
Loss in wages to the men up to date,
$3,SO6.OOO. Loss to the companies up
to date. S5.120,000. Total loss up to
date, $S.92G,0O0.
Men on strike in steel hoop, sheet
steel and tin plate mills, 10000. Other
men rendered idle. $4,000. Men in Ma
tional Tube Company who may be af-
fnptnI in
Company who may be affected, 1900.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09
UNCLE SANS NEW GUN
DESIGNED TO SHOOT MORE
THAN TWENTY-FOUR MILES.

HurIs u Projectile Ten Miles High-Can
shoot Ten Shots n Minute-Shell
Weighs Fifty-Five Pounds-Wiu BE
Able to Fire Eighteen Shells Before the
First Strikes the Ground-Couid Shoot
Over Mount Everest.
The Springfield herald., 1901-08-09

Seven of the largest sugar refineries
In st. Mary Parish. Louisiana, have
decided to discontinue the use OF coal
in the manufacture of sugar. and Will
hereafter use oil as fuel. These re-
,fneries use $l50,O00 worth of coal an
lnually. and they get it largely from
western Pennsylvania. 1t will cost
s35 900 to adapt their furnaces to the
use of oil, but it is estimated that less
than 1000 worth of fuel oil will do
the work of s1500OO worth of coal
If Is probable that next season all the
sugar plantations in Louisiana will be
using Texas oil instead OF coal.
, 1901-10-24
TO AGGIE.
Malvar is Named by the Filipino Com
mittee.

Manila, Oct. 23.-Nothing has been
heard from the Island of Samar for
three days, owing to the typhoon hav-
ing blown down the telegraph lines,
excepting one cable message II mail
advices. Admiral Rogers has received
a report by gun boat. He has notified
| the troops at the ports to be on their
guard, owing to the surprise and mas
sacre Of the company of the Ninth
regiment at B%alangiga.
At Pamujan, Island of Samar, all
the buildings in the vicinity of the
barracks were raZed. General Smith,
on his arrival at Calbayoga. Island of
Samar, sent achievements to Weyler.
They found the garrison of that place
numbering fifteen men, besieged by
over one hundred bolomen.
The transport Summer leaves here
tonight with thirty-ive men of the
Twelfth infantry. The cruiser New
York was delayed by coaling and TAX
ing supplies on board, but she left
Manila last night with $50 marines un-
der Major Waller.
There are $500 troops on the Island
of Samar. General Chaffee does not
anticipate any further disasters. He
considers that there is no cause for
alarm. The garrisons he says, have
been increased and every ~precaution
, 1901-10-24
DEFEAT OF GiLkISON
STRENUOUSLY DENIED

Yesterday afternoon The Republi-
a reprinted from the Cheyenne Tri-
bune an item to the effect that Mr..
Duncan Hines of that place had de
feated Prof. Gilkison, the champion
goifist of the state, in a match on Sun
day. The item was correct except in
some minor details. 1t stated that the
game was played Sunday afternoon.
That was incorrect. 1t was not played
Sunday afternoon. 1t was not played
any afternoon. Mr.. Gilkison was not in
Cheyenne Sunday afternoon, except
for twenty minutes between noon and
IL: 20, when the train left for Laramie.
Prof. Gilkison reached Laramie about
the time, or sooner, that a game would
have been played in Cheyenne and al
though he is a good %''putter." he could
hardly expect to put from Laramie
to the Cheyenne links, with the noun
tain intervening.
Mr.. Hines may have gone over the
course by himself and done it in
shorter time than Mr.. Gilkison con-
sumed in the match game, in which he
met and defeated the best players of
the Cheyenne club, but that, of course.
would not have counted" as a game.
, 1901-10-24

COMING TO FACE HIS ACCUSERS
ON CHARGE OF STEALING
SIX HEAD OF HORSES.
He Was Held by the Arresting Con-
stable at Grand Encampment and
Turned Over to Sheriff of Carbon
County Without "Requisition" Pa
pers-Horses Being Driven over
land.

Sheriff Alfred Cook left Oh the
morning train for Walcott, on the I'm
ion Pacific, vest of here, and expects
to get possession of w. G. Churchill
charged with the theft of six horses
from Cook Brothers, the dam %contrac'
tors. He was arrested at Grand En-
campment.
By using some strategy and a little
flattery, the sheriff was able to coaX
the constable to keep the prisoner un'
til Sheriff Daniels of Rawlins could get
down to Encampment and get posses
sion of the fellow.
Mr.. Cook was advised by telephone
at 9:45 this morning that the sheriff
and his prisoner had started from En-
campment for Walcott, and the Lara
nie officer expects to return to this
city tonight with his prisoner.
One of the Cook brothers, who was
at Grand Encampment at the time the
arrest was made, left there with the
horses this morning, coming out by
way of the Rambler mine. and will
reach this city tomorrow.
The horses alleged to be stolen will
be identified here and the Cooks will
be allowed to proceed with them to
Canada, where they have a railroad
grading contract. They have ship
ped their other stock from Lookout.
and will follow with these, if they are
able to identify them to the satisfac'
ton of the local authorities. This they
say they will have no trouble in doing,
asserting that Churchill himself will
identify them as having belonged to
the contracting firm.
Churchill will probably be given a
hearing tomorrow, before Justice Hay,
ford, who caused the warrant to be is
sued for his arrest.
, 1901-10-24
RAILROAD T

D. c. Bacon shipped five cars of
sheep from Lookout to Fort Collins
yesterday.
The crossing gates are being repair.
ed today, the air pipes showing some
slight leaks.
An Omaha telegram says President
Burt is going to Chicago while from
another source it is said he is coming
west with Mr.. Hartman.
Western roads generally have in
mind more new equipment, notwith-
standing the fact that thousands of
cars were ordered last year
All the available empty cars are be,
ing rushed to the coal mines to be
loaded. Stock, gravel and Old mer-
chandise cars are being pressed int"
service.
Yardmaster John Crooks and Pat
Walch will leave tomorrow for a few
days hunting in the mountains. They
will take anything that comes their
way, but prefer mountain lion and
bear.
Charley Mckinney, the yard fore
man here, who has just returned from
a months vacation i'll Omaha and 9TH
er places in Nebraska, will resume
his position Monday. He had a very
pleasant time in the east.
F. b. Parker of Evanston, until a few
days ago assistant superintendent of
the western district of the Wyoming
division, is at the head Of one of the
Uinta oil companies Il will devote
his whole time to the business of that
company.
Sheriff Cook yesterday inspected
forty-seven head of horses belonging
to Cook Brothers at Lookout, and
they were shipped to Omaha. From
there they will go to Canada, where
the Cooks have a railroad grading con
tract.
, 1901-10-24
WYOMING MEN GET
THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE.

At the executive session of the SUI
preme council of Scottish Rite Masons
for the southern jurisdiction at Wash
ington. D. c., the following from Wyo-
ming were elected to receive the hon
orary thirty-third degree: United
States Judge John A.. Riner of Chey-
enne; William II. Bancroft, vice presi-
dent of the Oregon Short Line, located
at Salt Lake. To receive knight com
mander's degree. Colonel Frank NJ.
Foote. one of the inspectors general
for Wyoming and Utah, presented the
following: Charles A. Henry, F. C.
Schramm. Ogden; Charles N. Potter,
G. C. Rafter, United States Senator F.
f. Warren, Louis Kirk, Cheyenne;
William Daley. Rawlins; w. T.
Beardsley. Christopher Diehl, E. H.
Airs. Salt Lake; B. B. Brooks. Casper;
Isaac Trumbo.
, 1901-10-24
HALF MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.


Chicago. oct. 23.-Half a million dol
lars worth IF buildings and slaught-
cred cattle were destroyed by fie which
broke out in the plant Of the G.. II.
Hammond Packing company at Ham
mOnd, Indiana, tonight. At midnight
the following buildings were ruins:
Export beef cooler, Il four-story brick
and frame structure containing thou
sands of head of slaughtered cattle:
the cold storage warehous" and the
sheep Strengthening house. Besides
these half a dozen other buildings OC-
cupicd as residences by officials of the
company. and a brick structur" occu-
pied as a general office. were also de
stroyed.
The one engine company in Ham
mOud, chartered Il mile from the fire.
was helpless against the flame, as a
high wind was blowing and sent a
shower of sparks upon the unprotected
buildings on every side.
An appeal was cnt to Chicago for
help. Several engines were loaded on
/ cars, and Il detail of Chicago's best
frcmon were started for Hammond at
the rate of - miles an hour. When
the Chicago force arrived they found
the four buildings in flames. The
sheep and cattle slaughter house had
been destroyed and the last portion of
the walls tumbled down as the" men
were discriminating. The tircmen sec
ing there was no chance to say" the
burning buildings devoted their "ner-
gies to checking the advance Of the
/ flames. At l2:45 the flames were I'M
der control II the fire marshal said
he was confident there would be no
further spread of the fire.
More than 1000 persons were en-
, 1901-10-24
GL|TTERSW WITH GOLD
GREATEST STRIKE IN THE HIS.
TORY OF THE CRIPPLE
CREEK DISTRICT.
Fabulous Extent and Richness of the
Find Beyond BeIief-Hundreds of
Tons of the Mineral in Sisht-As-
say of Ore Runs Into Thousands
of Dollars Per Ton.

The greatest gold strike in the his
tory of the Cripple Creek camp, and
probably in the world, was made in
the Elkton mine today, says a special
from that place to the Salt Lake Tri-
bune of the 23d.
Drifting at the 1O0-foot level, 100
feet from the main shaft, the miners
struck what seems to be the dome of a
great crater, the fabulous extent and
richness of which is beyond belief.
Five feet wide of flOrine tale has been
opened. and neither wall has been
found. This fairly g%litters with syl-
vanite and rich quartz.
The vein radiates from a large
chimney, III which is a lake, the bot
tom of which is unfathomable. The
dome is thirty feet in diameter. The
roof and sides show that the matter
has been burned all the way from a
yellow to a deep black. The decom'
posed matter, when brought to the N
face, shows a blue color.
The substance is like dough, spark,
ling with grains of precious metals,
like sand in mortar. There are hun
dreds of tons now in sight, and when
it is opened out more there will be
thousands.
The Elkton was recently flooded by
the lake being tapped. Great pumps
are lowering the water rapidly, and
then the true extent of the richest
strike eve known will be revealed.
, 1901-10-24
DEATH OF MAN
INTERESTED LOCALLY.

County Treasurer Reals was notified
this morning of the death at Pittsburg,
Pa. of W. H. Denniston, who visited
here about a year and a half ago and
was interested in property in Albany
county. He owned 224 acres in the
Hart ranch, about twelve miles from
Laramie. When he was here he was
offered a price for his holdings but re-
fused it, and died possessed Of the
land. He was a wealthy man, but is
said to have lost considerable in this
county in real estate deals.
, 1901-10-24
DAY" At
THE PENITENTIARY.

Archdeacon Weber will address the
convicts at the 2 o'clock service at the
penitentiary on Sunday. the occasion
being the annual prison day" observ-
ed all over the country on that day.
Chaplain slosson says no special must.
cal program has been prepared. The
music will be by the chapel choir.
, 1901-10-24

Mr.. Murray, of the firm of Hebeler
& Murray, was seen on the depot plat
form as he left for Rawlins this morn,
ing, and added some details to the
forgery.
He said that Travis presented both
checks to Sid Morris. One Morris had
paid, but the other he refused to pay.
Morris told Travis that the signature
was not like the signature made by
Mr.. Murray, and the fellow explained
that by saying that the check had been
signed by Mr.. Hebeler. This was very
foolish or the part of the forger, for
Mr.. Hebeler is but recently home from
a three years stay in South Africa,
and he has not signed any of the
firms checks. The writing on the
check. Mr.. Murray said, was less like
that of Mr.. Hebeler than his own, and
that Morris was well acquainted with
the firms signature, he having cashed
checks given to harvest hands on fire.
Quent occasions.
When Travis presented the first
check Morris paid it. and Travis sat
down and lost the whole amount at
cards. He presented the other but
payment on that was refused.
This was on Sunday evening, and
the next day Mr.. White took up the
check, giving Travis $50, nearly all of
which he succeeded in getting rid of
before he was arrested here by Sher.
if Cook the evening following.
Mr.. Murray said the cashier at the
First National bank would have pro-
nounced the checks forgeries the mo
ment he set eyes on them, but they
we're not presented directly to the
bank.
Morris says he hesitated some time
before paying Travis the money, but
he told SO straight a story about Mr.
Hebeler having signed the check, and
knowing that fellow had been work
ing for several months for the firm,
Morris thought 1t possible he had that
much money coming and he would
risk it. His loss will be very small,
| as all Of the $50 was left in his place,
, 1901-10-24
SECOND
CHECK IN THE TRAVIS FORGERY
CASE COMES TO LIGHT FROM
CARBON COUNTY.
Although It Was the Last to Reach the
Officers, 1t Was the First of the
Two to Be Uttered, and Travis
Spent the Money He Secured BY

The second check in the George
Travis forgery case cache Sheriff
Cook this morning. 1t was the second
to reach the officer. but it was the
first of the two uttered, and the sue,
cess with which it went through prob.
ably emboldened Travis to try the one
worked on Mr.. White.
The check that came this morning
and was for $50, the same as the other,
and was signed as if by Hebeler &
Murray in exactly the same handwrit,
ing as the other,
A reporter called upon Travis at the
county Jail this morning, out could get
little from him not already known.
Travis was told hat the check had
been received, and he acknowledged
that the face had been paid by Sid
Morris, a saloonkeeper at Rockdale,
and that he had spent the whole
amount in Morris place hat same
evening. He said he had nothing to
say as to the forgery, and would make
no statement.
Travis has no attorney. and one will
be assigned him before the sitting of
the December term of the district court
if he cares to have m He is still
morose and given to silent meditation,
and is evidently considering the ad-
visibility of surrendering and making
a clean breast of the whole matter.
He talked with Sheriff Cook on some
private business matters, and said he
did not yet know what was best to be
done in the matter.
Mr.. Murray, Of the firm of Hebeler
& Murray, went to Rawlins today to
hunt up all the evidence obtainable
in the case, and it is not altogether be-
yond reason tosuppose that he intends
to prosecute in both cases. The mon
ey owing to Travis oy the firm will
possibly be turned over to one Or the
other of the victims of Travis, but
which n is rot yet known. Travis
also owns a horse and saddle which
will be attached unless the prisoner
consents to relinquish them voluntari-
ly.
, 1901-10-24

c. M. Phelps, Forestdale, Vt, says
his child was completely cured of a
bad cast of eczema by the use of De
Wits Hazel Salve. Beware Of all
c%ounterfeits. 1t instantly relieves
piles.-Laramie Drug company.