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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-16

ing work on the Mississippi River VIII
also be displayed. Two Of the Missis.
sippi models-the Hydraulic Dredging
Plant and Hydraulic Grader-were
given the grand prize in the recent
Paris exposition.
In the Signal section of the War De.
partment exhibit will be displayed all
Instruments md appliances used In
communication by flag, Photograph.
wire, telegraph, cable and by wireless
telegraphy. Wireless telegraphy will
be in operation at all times during the
Exposition. one station being located
At the Government building on the
grounds and the other station some
miles away. probably at Fort Porter.
The Military Academy at West Point
has never been represented at any pre-.
vious exposition. A very complete and
interesting exhibit, showing history,
curriculum, plant of the Academy. its
work aud workings, will constitute n
part of the War Department exhibit.
The Enclosure of the West Point ex-
hibit will have the form and appear
ance of regular cadet barracks, the
top of the partition showing battle
mcnts with a tower at each corner. A
committee of professors of the Military
Academy las been appointed by the
superintendent of the Academy to pre-
pare this exhibit. G. W. Larned, Pro.
fcssor Of Drawing. who is member of
the committee, has recently sent Cap
tain Harris plan Of this feature.
In the Quartevmaster's section will
be shown paintings. photographs and
drawings illustrating the Army Trans
port service. Uniforms of the army at
different periods from the Revolution
to the present day will be exhibited OH
about forty lay figures.
The entire exhibit Of the War De-
partmcnt under Captain Harris will be
of most entertaining character, as
the Captain has visited all the arsenals
of the country, gathering such things
as to him seemed Of public interest
and value in order to make an entirely
new and attractive exhibit.
MARK BENNIrT.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-16
GREAT GUNS AT
PAN-AMERICAN

1t has sometimes been said by un.
thinking people that the seacoast cities
of the United States are not well de-
Tended. A food of new light will be let
into such gloomy minds by the Ord.
nance exhibit of the War Department
at the Pan-American Exposition. When
the Exposition opens for its six months
season at Buffalo on May l of this
year, the early visitor will find the
largest and most powerful guardians
of our seacoasts ever exhibited by the
United States Government. Even the
smaller of the two great new guns in
the Government exhibit at the EXPOSE
ton will be larger than any ever before
displayed by our Uncle Samuel. ~
Captain Peter G. Harris, who repre-
sents the War Department in charge
Of the entire war exhibit, has been en-
gagged actively for months upon his
great work of collecting the newest dis
play of the kind ever made in this
country 1t was an absurd question
perhaps that | asked when l inquired
IL his exhibits would be ready on May
], as though there were any other al
tentative for Il soldier. The Captain
looked reproyingly at me.
But of the guns-grcat guns, indeed;
big around as a locomotive boiler thir'
ty odd feet long. with a more savage
muZZle than ever coughed destruction
upon any hostile feet; built with the
accuracy Of watch; SO delicate in adj
justmcnt that little finger may trav-
erse the gun, thus moving weight OF
nearly half million pounds, yet ma.
chine to spout a volcano blast and to
create an earthquake at the will of
man.
The big gun of which | speak Is a
United States Army twelve inch
breechloa1ing rifle, model of 1888,
mounted upon disappearing carriage.
Its weight, stripped Of everything,
even the breech block, is ll1.eoo
pounds Its total length is 80 SS-1o)
feet. The maximum diameter at the
brecch IL li.5 inches. 1t throws an
armor piercing shot weighing 1000
pounds, the length Of which is three
QuI one half feet 1t also throws pro-
icctilc. an amor piercing shell weighing
1000 pounds. four feet long carryinga
Observation-Disclosures Of 3A.4 pounds of gun
cotton. The charge of powder Is 2io
pounds of smokeleSs or 400 pounds OF
brown prsmatic powder. The muzzle
velocity of the p.ojectiles under the
above conditions is 1900 feet per sec
puI, with Il maximum pressure per
SQUARE inch of $1,000 pounds. Tie
muZZlc energy is 3t.fIl foot tons The
power Of penetration in steel at tie
m,,Z2lr is 800 inches, at l,O0o yards
2S.5 inches, at $500 yards BOB inches
and at 3,JOD yards 23.5 inches. Tie
total weight Of the gun and carriage rs
4T7.9l9 pounds. The carriage is TWEEN
tv five feet in diameter at the base,
and the gun when in firing position IS
seventeen feet above the base of the
carriage. When the shot is fired. the
rpcul causes the mechanism to lower
the Gun seven and one-half feet. be-
hind tic parnprt. The gun has an ac-
Curacy of aim for about eight miles,
! lud the extreme range is about double
.l!at distance.
As have said. guns Of this type
have never before been exhibited by
tue United States Government, and
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laboring to obtain satisfactory one.
The one shown ut the Pan.American
Exposition Is considered the most per-
feet in the world.
The ten-inch breechloading rife ID
from the model Of 1895 and weighs g.
100 pounds. Its total length is 3O.7G
feet, and the diameter Of the breech Is
thirty seven inches. The projectile Is
an armor piercing shot or shell. The
shell carries bursting charge OF "a
pounds of gun cotton and weighs 5I5
pounds, having length of four feet.
The solid shot is three and one-half
feet long. Tho powder charge Is lio
pounds of smokeless powder. and the
muzzle velocity of the projeclila Is
2,3OO feet IN q second. The maximum
pressure per square inch Is $1,000
pounds. The muzzle energy with the
charge Of smokeless powder Is 2loS6
foot tons. The gun has a penetrating
power of twenty inches in stee! at
$500 yards.
At the right Of the ten-inch gun q
twelve-incli mortar has been mounted,
and it is no small affair. Farther to tho
right is n fve-inch rapid fire gun. All
are mounted behind sections of para
pet, and the four pieces represent one
gun of each type used in scacoast forth
ilcations.
TO the left of the great twelve inch
disappearing gun will be exhibited the
old scucoast ordnance of the United
States, arranged in n historical series,
the twelye-inch gun Itself representing
the climax. Near the small building
specially constructed for this purpose
will he displayed the mountain. field
and siege guEs of the present day, to-
gcther with types Of old guns used in
the different wars in which the United
States have been engaged,
The Ordnance exhibit will show the
historical development of ordnance in
the United States, 4 gun representing
every type adopted by the United
States and showing the evolution or
guns. morthrs and hOwitzers. Among
the hOWilZerS VIII De ole mate III 1900
There will also be thirty or forty tro-
;ohy guns displayed according to peri
cd of capture. A novel feature will be a
trophy fountain representing burst
Ing shell, with water spoutng from its
crcvices. This will he mounted en- a
ollie Of projcctiles. surrounded by tro-
ply guns.
The largest guns mounted in any OF
our seavoast batteries during the war
OF. 1872 were twentyfcur poquders, the
diameter Of bore being less than SLY
inches and the weight Of guns $500
pounds They were little over ten
feet long. and tie powder charge was
six aul eight pounds Of black powder
They were mounted upon wooden ear
"iHges. III 1870 the thirty-two FOUNDER,
with rnii,ev of Gil inches, using O
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AMUSEMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
RICHARD CARVEL,

hlCIl M VA II Eli
At the Grand Opera House, Mr.. John
Drew appears as Richard Carvel' next
Monday evening. The play, adapted from
Winston Churchill's novel, must afford
Mr.. Drew fine scope in the portrayal
of the hero. Orchard Carye" is a pat
riotic young Marylander wh> predicts
the revolt OF the colonies from British
rule. King George III Occupies the
throne OF England and his followers at
tempt to thwart the plans Of the Ameri-
can colonists.
Carvel, heir to Csrvel Hall, is made
the subject of political intrigue. His
enemies plot his overthrow. and to this
end be is kidnapped. His betrothal to
Dorothy incurs him the enmity Of the
Duke OF Chsrtersea, who attempts to kill
the young hero. Abducted and in the
tolls of his enemies, an uncle of Richard
Carvel attempts to deprive the hero OF
his estate and inheritance. Richard
makes daring attack upon his foes and
frees himself In time to cave his be.
trotbed from a marriage to the crafty
duke. His betrothed remains loyal ia
him and her father finally consents ia
her marriage with Carvel. The scenes
are strong and picturesque, and the play
is regarded as one Of absorbing interest.
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Schedule In emect November & 1900
All trains illuminated with Pintseh
! light.
! ~ EXPRESS TRANS.
Trains leave Wilmington, Delaware Ave-
hue Station, for
.le52 a, m; .is;1s, ~. :s,Ss. sig laoyl
h% n g 40 e: ;. - es' s n az, ssnd z
! $50, $50, Iso, .sS, .ss ro.ts, mos a. m,
, i12l0, s23l, 800, ass. ISIS (Royal Limit.
sd). '525. 'e27, ss5. "7l2. slO.be p. m. Bum
s:xs So 49, IL, t. III IL !s Rey IL In 1s s
Chester, week Z days, $50. $3.50. TN. .sA
eSs, r052. 1l.0S a. M: '2N. 800 'b.25, SIS.
'742 'lO.52 p. m. Sundays. To. $50, -.
k05s. '1ls6 g. NJ; '2.A. 500. az. T.E, sOS
Al. Atlantic City, week days, $50 a. m ;'nls.
2s! and '6.8 p. m. Sundays. 7.N g. m;
Cape May. Ocean CITY. week days
$50 a. m; .2A p. m: Sundays. ~ q. m.
Sea Isle City, week days. $50 = mt
Baltimore and Washington. week days,
Nls, s55, 1904, '110l a. m; 1885, 100.
CIV, $40, a57. $3.50 tRoyal Limited. 40.
=. 'as ? l, n .i ss":sEs ~ ia teoy.i l.n sS
baltimore and way stations. sbs Q. m,
els D. M. daily except Sunday: s.0e a. MI
as p. m. Sunday only.
MOI a. M: 'i2ss. sis ~, as. 'sl
p m. Sundays, AIS 'a94. 1@ a. M
s25s, 4b7. 6%S, 1852. 1904 p: m.
Pittsburg, week days, 1904 q. n; ~,
s1o.1s p. nj. Sundays. 800 g. M; %ss.
Chicago, daily, 800 a. M; '47 p. m.
Cincinnati and ct. Louis, AIS a. m.t
1855 and s10ls p. m, daily.
6ingerly accommodation. week dayA
Ob5 a. M; $40. 82b p. m. Sundays, a0o Q.
m. 643. 1872 p. IN.
Landenberg, accommodation, week days
ais. ls7 p. m. Sundays, S.t3 p. m.
LEAVE MARKET ST. STATION FOR
Baltimore. week days. $40 p. m. a..
Iandenberg, week days, $40 a. m; $40
500 D. m. Sundays, $40 a. M; IS p. M
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA for VII.
minxton, week days s3S5, $50. T.3o. 10.26.
Fl 90 a. m; IL. %, '1s7. 21b. 1907. APO 80.
| Is 80, .549 (Royal Limited. bB6. $50 'IU,
ss 10. s11S5 p m. Sundays: '335 .7S SWo
| and II 90 a. m; 1920, I.H. :S 3o. ~,
| Is As Royal Limited, CSC, T.N. $40, lo.U
Speimsrvia Telephone No las.
Rates to Western points lower than We
any other line.
n. A. Miller. Passenger Agent. VII.
mIngton. Del.
q a AARTIN. Nan Of Pass. TransA
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ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE.

Charles II. Clewell performed
very deserving act yesterday when
he had the gutter cleaned at Sixth
and Delaware streets. 1t now re-
mains for the members of Council
10 have the heaps Of unsightly dirt
hauled away.
The Presbvterians Of New Cas-
tie like all others in The United
States are deeply interested ia the
General Assembly which began in
Philadelphia this morning. Rev.
S. b. Wvlic will be 10 attendance.
Rival dances are on the prog
for Frieay night. John Wright
has the Opera House rented and
dances will be giveu there tonight,
Friday and Saturday night. On
Friday night there will be dance
in the Armory.
The Daughtersoi America Lodge
members are working bard to maze
the straw berry festival to be held
on Saturday evening a grand sue
cess. The festival will be held in
The Armory building.
Neglise shirts vita or without
collars Biggs
Arrangements are under way
for May party to be given at
Riverside PARK.
Hosiery from SC. up. Bi~ys.
Plans are being outlined by the
members Of the Methodist, Church
to raise the required amount al
lotted for CLEARING off the Confer
ence Academy debt.
Owing to the caving in OF fur.
mace at the Chester mill several
New Castle meu are at HON. III S
week.
Several New Castle men are ma
chinists at work ia Wilmington a d
there ore New Castle will b. l..
ected by the proposed strike ncAt
week.
Workmcn are at work digging
the cellar Tor the res dcneeo Of James
T. Challenger on Sixth street. The
lines tor George Hastings house
were given Yesterday by City Sur
veyor KINNEY.
Sheriff Mcdaniel summoned wit
nes,es last evening Tor the II lnler
case.
Complaint is heard about the
fish boxes being allowed to remain
on the street at Second and D.ld-
ware streets. Not only are the
boxes IN tie road but they are
like y to scare horses.
In St. Peter $ Church this morn
ing masses were LIBERATED at 5 Sc
and : o clock, as today is Ascen.
SION Thursday and is a church
holiday.
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HOQpERS hNODYkE
Sporting Notes.

Win Clarke has secured the franchise
OF the Portsmouth baseball team and
will man lge its affairs the remainder OF
the season.
At Newport track, Cincinnati, Tues
day in abe iith event, II horses crossed
the wire heads apart after running in
close bunch all the way.
The annual lawn tennis tournament OF
the New England Intercollegiate Associ-
alton will be held on the courts OF the
Longwood Cricket Club at Longwood,
beginning on Monday, May p.
The Carlisle, Pa, Golf Club will hold
its first tournament OF the season next
Saturday in the Fair Grounds large
number OF entries have been handed to
Secretary E. NJ. Biddle, Jr.
Petty, Cornelrs veteran oarsman, is
laid up with the grip and may not be
able tic take part in regular crew work
for some time.
A resolution introduced in the City
Council OF Chicago Monday night to
license boxing in Chicago was turned
over to committee. This means delay
of at least two weeks before boxing can
be revived there.
Jockey Hall Mayberry had his skull
fractured Tuesday at Cincinnati, while
working the year old Martha D. -Four
years ago at st. Louis, Mayberry met
with similar accident and was uncon.
scious for two weeks. His condition il
serious.
The Harry Lee boat crew Of Washing
ton and Lse University, at Lexington,
Va, has been selected for the final re
gatta. as follows: EIgin, stroke; Ellis
No. 2; Worrell, No. 8; McNulty, 4; Nc.
Crum, coxswain. Elgin, Ellis, McNulty
and McCrum are old men on last years
crew. The crew is above average
weight.
The University Of Pennsylvania Hen
ley crew has been officially selected anc
will consist OF the same men who rowec
against the Naval Cadets on Saturday
The crew will be made up in the follow
ing order: ]. Gardiner, stroke; W. Gar
diner, No. 7; Allyn, No. 8; Flickwir, No
s, Crowther, No. 4; Kuhnemunch, No. 8
Eisenbrey, No. 2; Zane, bow; Smith
coxswain.
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n Or. FENNER's n
] Blood & Liver !!
REMEDY AND az
NERVE TONIC.

ANY citizen can become candi-
date tor the Board OF Education il
he sends in his intention that he
will be candidate ten days before
the election, 10 the Secretary of the
Beard Of Education. There will
be opposition candidates in every
ward in the city. The Board of
Education is not much of a stepping
stone to those politically inclined
and few men who can be elected to
any other body care to perform the
duties of the position more than
one term. There are exceptions
and some men who labor with their
mouth take especial delight in sit
ting in the Board. We leave the
fitness OF the men who shall COM
pose the Board of Education for
two years more 10 the tax payers
Of the city.
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Jack Bennett and Iadore Strauss have
been matched to meet in a fifteen round
contest before the Delaware Athletic
Climb in this city, on Wednesday night,
MAY % The bout will take place at the
Academy of Music in the sa e ring that
sammy Smith and Tommy Feltz met in
on Friday last. Kid Stein and Billy De-
vine were a'sl matched to meet in ten
round preliminary battle. Another con.
test Of elk rounds is being arranged.
Following the meeting Of Bennett and
Strauss, Tommy Fe,2 OF Brooklyn, and
Sunny Smith OF Philadelphia, will be
brought together again for a fifteen round
battle a. catch weights on June 10.
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lean ExpositionI
they are designed for use In secret
Notifications, to which no visitors are
admitted under any circumstances. Inc
gun was manufactured at Water'llet
Arsenal, near Troy, N. Y. The car
rage was made at the WMerown Ar
seual near Boston. The disappearing
carriage was designed severa! years
ago by Captain Burlington, now Briga'
der General and Ciipt of Ordnance,
and improved and adapted to modern
steel rifles by Captain William Crozier,
Ordnance Corps, United States Army.
II is known as the Burlington Croahsr
,arriage. The mounting of these mann
moth pieces of ordnance has been in
the IN mediate charge Of Lieutenant
Il. II. Kelton and small detail CT
artillerymcn.
To enable the observer readily to
make an intelligent comparison OF the
mounts of our seacoast guns Captain
Harris has caused to be placed by the
side Of the great twelve-inch gun ten
inch rife on barbette carriage. In a
barhette carriage the rife Is at all
times exposed above the parapet The
reader may remember the discussion on
the subject between General Miles and
the Ordnance Board the general not
favoring the disappearing device, chief
ly on account Of its complicated mocha.
nlsm and its liability to get out Of or
der. Each carriage appears to have ita
particular use On elevated sites the
parnpet furnishes all the protection re-
quircd, but on fat coast the disap-
pearing would seen to possess very
great advantage. 1t Is thought that on
low sites the rifle must be mounted
either on a disappearing carriage or In
a turret. The expense Of turret Is es.
timated at about four and half times
the cost of the disappearing carriage.
The Endlcott Bonrd on Ordnance and
Fortihcations a number Of years ago
decided In favor Of the disappearing
| 90 rrioga and AhA- l1ns,n nj .aant hos hnaD
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ATLALTIC CITY DIVISION.

Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street Wharfand
South street Wharf for Atlantic City,
Weekdays press 800 u, M. Saturdays only
LO0.) 200 4 00, BOO, 500 us P, m Accommo'
dation = 20 g. M, $50 p. m. sundays Express,
800, 800, 1000 a. M, 7.l5 p. IN Accommo-
dation. 500 =. m 500 P. IN,
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEPor.Weekdays..
Express 7 IS, 800. 10 Is Q. M, $50, $50, 600
p m. Accommodation $50 a. m, 4o5 =. IN.
Sundays Express 10 10 >. m 30, $50 $40 y
m. Accommodation--7.l5a a. m, 4.Sp p. m,
Parlor cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA,
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN Weekdays
-gl5 q, m, AIS p. III. sundays % Is q. M :,
South St., 800 O. m. Additional for Cape My
FOR SEA ISLE CRY Weekdays only-9l6 ..
m, 500 p. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS
Leaves NEW YORK Liberty street, $40 p. N.
ATLANTIC CITY, $500. IN
Detailed time tables ut ticket offices.
W. 9. BESLER, gen. Superintendent.
EDISON J. WEEkS. Gen. fAss. AGENT
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charge of eight to ten pounds Of BLACK
pow dor, was adopted, and in 1871 the
fUrty-lwo pOundcr, with ralIber or
seven inches and using ten 20 fourteen
pounds Of black powder, came into use
In 1874 the eight and ten inch Column
biads fired shot weighing si%'y-ive
pounds ind used Il charge Of ten to tif'
teen pounds Of black powder. The ten
Inch Slot weighed 1875 pounds, and The
powder charge was eighteen AID twen-
" pounds,
In 1861 the first flftecn.inch Eodman
gun was cast. These guns were
smoolhhorcs Of cast iron. The process
of manufacture was evolved by Gen.
eral Rodnlan, who, to prevent injnri-
Gus strains produced by cooling cast.
ings from the exterior. cast these guns
on hollow core and cooled by q
stream Of water or air passing through
the core Kudman's ffteen-inch gun
fred shot weighing 42S pounds with
Il charge Of forty pounds Of black pow
der and was the first great gun Intro
duced in modern times in any service
Just before the Civil War rlned mus
kets and guns began to displact
smoothborcs. Captain PARROTS rifles
were the FIRST ones of large caliber uset
in the United States service. The lar
gest of these had an eight and tel
inch bore and We're cast hollow Ant
cooled from the interior on the Rod
man plan. They were strengthened b!
shrinking a coilcl band of wrough
iron over that portion Of the gun Whicl
surrounds the powder charge. Tit
eight.inch Parrot rifle fired an clon
gated projectilc weighing 100 pounds
with a charge of sixteen pounds o
black powder The tcn-inch riff" t'r"'
$50 pound elongated proJectile Will
twenty five pounds Of powder.
Inside of the main Government build
ing will he exhibited the machine gun
of all kinds, including the automati
gun now being used by the United
States Army In the Philippines AM
China; also several hundred small
arms, showing the development o
these arms from the match lock, whee
lock, flint lock and percussion cap loci
to the breechloading magazine SINAI
arms of today.
In the Engineering section Of tn
War Department will be exhibited
models Of engineering work, both mil
itary and those constructed by GU
Engineer Corps in the river and harbo
work. Among the latter will be mod
els of the breakwater being construct
ed In Buffalo harbor. A very intel
estinp ro,lprtion nf mnhals Of engineer
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Church Club Dinner.

The semi annual dinner OF the Chulch
Club of Delaware will be held in the
New Century Club this evening. The
SPEAKERS follow: Ten Minutes with the
Dlo,cse Of Delaware Rt. Rev. Leigh
ton Coleman; "a Name Work for the
Cuurch in His Own Social Clase," the
Rev. Richard II. Nelson; Influence OF
Mod,rn Literature on the Extension Of
the Church." Talcott Williams, LII, D.;
"Duty OF Church Clubs to Missions
The Rev. Edward VI. HardcastIe, Jr.
"Ihe Church's Duty in Relation to Our
System Of Educal)on,' Prof, joseph f.
Remington; Church Finance" the Rev.
Lyman p. Powell; doxoIogy, bededi2.
ton.
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DHILA. AND READINGlRAILROAI
(Wilmington Division.)
NJ - = III. Mo l., ar.ot Mo rob 2Nth 1901

Time Table In effect March both 1901
TRANS leave Wilmington, (French Street
GtationJ for Elsmere Junction, Mont.
Chanin, Winterthur. Guyencourt, Gran.
ogue, Cossart, Chadd's Ford Junction.
Pocopson, West Chester, Embresvills
Mortonviile, Coatesville and intermediate
stations, daily except Sunday, at 7.N .
M; daily 2l6 and 4bO p. m. Sunday only
sos a. m
For Waynesburg Junction, Elversoh
Sunday, at 7S5 a. M. daily Els and 40
.. III. Sunday only at sos q. m.
For Joanna, Birdsporo, Reading and in.
termediate stations, daily. except Sunday
at 1876 a. M; daily els and 400 .. m.
Sunday only. sos a. m.
For further informat ton passengers are
referred to the ticket agent at the sta
tlpn