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DEVILS OF THE SEA.
That Is What Mariners Call the
Submarine Boats.
Six of Them Are Now Being Finished
and Tested Mt New Suffolk, LII.
How the Boats Are
Operated.

Because of the secrecy which guards
Uncle Sans venture with the subma-
rine torpedo boat little has been heard
of this saucy little newcomer in naval
warfare since the explosion of the
Fulton off Delaware breal1water last
April while it was attempting trip
in the open sea from New York to
Washington, a feat never before I'M
dertallen by similar craft.
The world at large, says the Chi
cago Tribune, is totally ignorant of
the fact that formidable tiotilla of
submarine boats is being Matched out
in American waters. Ploated about
secluded landing in the Great Peconic
bay in a remote corner of Long Island
six of these little daredevils of the
sea are daily exploiting their Won
drous feats, diving out of sight, rising
again in four seconds, firing their
deadly torpedoes under the water at
| targets, and performing all the tasks
laid for them by their inventor when
he first dreamed of this means of de-
stroying an entire navy.
Since the United States navy accept
ed the boat invented by Holland six
others have been built and are await
ing the inspection of experts. They
are the Fulton, the Adder, the Mocas-
sin, the Shark, the Plunger and the
Porpoise. All of them are atloat at
New Suffolk, L. l., the testing and fin
ishing station especially fitted up for
this work.
All of the boats which are now be-
ing finished and tested at New Suf-
folk, L. L., have been fitted with APP
paratus which will make explosions
impossible in the future; and there
can be no doubt that a long step has
been taken in the perfecting of the
| submarine boat.
The safety of the crew from sutfoca-
ton while spending long time under
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
MAD MULLAH AT WAR
Old-Time Adversary Again Menaces
Great Britain.
Ruler of so1aalilnnd In Field with
10000 Men-His Followers Are
Splendid Fighters and Ex-
tremely PiOus.

Great Britain is again in trouble.
This time it is the mad mullah of So
maitland, who is disputing the right
of the English to govern himself and
his people, and at the head of a con-
siderable force of fanatical followers
has declared war against King Ed
ward and all his minions. Several
years ago he was found to be tough
customer to deal with, having been one
of the chief obstacles to an early set
Element of the war in the Soudan. He
was finally overcome, however, and it
was hoped that his rebellious spirit
was effectually broken. Such does not
seem to have been the case, however,
for he is now said to be as full. of light
as ever, and we'll equipped for carry
ing on protracted resistance to the
British authority.
Somaliland is but small country
situated some 10 degrees south of the
| equator-near the northwest coast of
Africa. 1t is for the most part des-
ert, and the people subsist by trade
with the surrounding tribes. They are
| nO1naGlc, like nlGSt ueSefl QMelleIS,
and all attempts to civiliZe them have
proved futile. Their religion is Mo-
hammedan, and like all followers of
the prophet they fight with despera-
! ton, deeming it sure passport to
heaven to fall in battle.
The operations of the mad mullah,
Hail Muhammed Abdullah, says the
Chicago Chronicle. began early in 1899,
when he led a raid against a neighbour
ing tribe on the preteSt that it's mem
bers had stolen camels from his peo-
pie. He was then an ordinary mullah,
or priest, but after a number of sue
cessful raids he proclaimed himself
the successor of the mahdi assuming
an antagonistic attitude toward the
British protectorate government, and
announced that he intended to rule
the interior, leaving the coast to the
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Europeans. Great Britain, with the
furnish sufficient protection to the
friendly or neutral natives, with the
result that thousands of them joined
the mad mullah, being given the choice
of doing so or being raided. In March,
1900, he attacked an Abyssinian eN-
pedition of 500 men sent against him,
and although he lost 9, 500 men and re-
treated, the ferocity of his attack in
spired Menelek's troops with such a
dread of him that no attempt was
made to pursue him. Three years ago
he had 5000 followers, with only 60
rifles; now he has 10000 men, a good
percentage of them armed with rifles
secured in raids on caravans.
The mad mullah is so deeply re-
ligious that half the soldiers in his
camp are engaged in prayer when they
are not drilling or attending to their
camp duties. The natives are abso-
lutely fearless of death and believe
that defat under the mad mullah is i'm
possible and hold to the view that
heaven is the reward of all those who
die by the bullets of the hated foe.
Great Britain is in no humor for an
other war. The boer campaign cost
$500 ,e00.00 and is not over yet. OF
course, India has an enormous army
of native troops, Differed by English
men, but to send them away would be
to invite another uprising andlthe old
mutiny is not forgotten.
Enough English blood has been
spilled already, the English think, but
! tllA mad mullah mutters and Great
! Britain shudders.
Personally the mad mullah is an ex-
traordinary man. He, while despis-
! ing the. civilization of the etrete west t,
has secretly made a study of every
invention the news of which came to
his own city. 1t is rumo1ed that among
| the prisoners taken years ago by this
queer chieftain is an English officer,
who was, as most English officers are,
graduate of Sandhurst, which cor
responds to our West Point. The story
| is that This man has taught not only
his own language to the mad mullah,
but has shown him the mysteries of
telegraphy, the telephone and other
things, including the science of mill
tary strategy and that of arms in gen
eral.
The muTlah is personally so strong
| that he is said to be able to break an
| iron bar in two as easily as the average
man snaps a walking stick. He has a
host of soothsayers and priests about
him, whom he consults on all possible
| occasions.
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terror to malefactors, rich and poor
alike, and tower of strength tc
honest people. Since his first elec'
ton as states attorney in 1896, Mr.
Deneen has been the means of con.
victing many men of prominence in
the community, and of breaking uI
all sorts of grafters, gangs" ana
other offenders against the law. A
few of his noted cases were Luet-
CERT, Rollinger and Becker, wife mur.
derers; Spalding, Dreyer, Robert
Berger, Paulsen and Magill, bank
wreckers; a number of jury fxers
including Alexander Sullivan and !he
O'Donnell crowd; men guilty OF
breaches of public trust, including
w. S. Young, public guardian; C. e
George, lawyer; George Bognrt
treasurer of Evanston, and u lang
list of other malefactors. Mr.. De
neen was born in Lebanon, H., il
1863. He served in the legislature in
1898, and for one year just prior tic
his election as states attorney was
counsel for the drainage board.
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inherits an eXalte I'd ideal of his pro-
preserved throughout his long and
distinguished career the private life
of an Italian gentleman of the high.
est rank, and the family has been
honored as much for it's social posis
ton as Tor its gifts.
Gustavo Salvini enjoys the robust
physical proportions of his illustri-
Gus parent, although not to the same
extraordinary degree. He individual"
ICES every role he undertakes with
peculiarities that engross the most
fascinating study of characterization.
While he plays Shakespeare with
enough conventionality to avert
startling surprises, he invests every
part he undertakes with PERSONAL
ity that has about it something
which captivates with it's originality.
Gustavo is a superb reader. He is
possessed of voice of marvellous
range, controlled with the ease and
directness that formed such fasci-
nation in his fathers delivery. His
face is manly, his expression digni-
fed, his bearing heroic.
1t is an interesting circumstance
that after he had for some time been
pursuing dramatic career, Gus
| tavo, in Difference to his fathers
wish, gave up the stage; but after
some years it's attraction became too
strong, and he returned to the
boards. For a long time his father
could not be induced to see his rep
reservations, but finally he was pre-
vailed upon to witness ''Oedipus, the
King" with the result that he was
much affected by it, and became en-
tirely recqnciled to the actors
choice. Among the sons other roles
are Petruccio, Lear, Romeo, Hamlet,
| Shylock and Marco Cralievich. His
expected visit to America is of inter-
est to all lovers of genuine dramatic
rf
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to the invasion of our civil system
into their lives, and that they bear
no i'll will to American citizens or
American soldiers.
"When l first went to Samar it was
a case of fight your way everywhere,
and protect yourself while so doing.
A soldier could not venture much
conquered towns without being set
upon and killed by sava"r natives
Now an American can go anywhere
and go unarmed. One of our sol
diers deserted for some reason or
other, and he braved all sorts of
dangers and made straight for the
interior of the island. He met ma
tives armed to the teeth, but none
of them showed any disposition to
modest him.
"This particular soldier, whose
name / have forgotten, was being
court-martialed when i left, but his
experiences with the heretofore I'M
tanned and savage natives brushed
away doubt and left the authori-
of knowing that the island was con
quered.
"The Moros, of course, will com
nit deeds of depreciation now and
again, but it needs only a strong po-
lice force to hold them in check.
"When l first went to Samar | had
Sc garrisons and 5000 men under my
N
that the forces were gradually with,
drawn, and when | left there were
but half as many men and only IA
garrisons. This force is more than
is necessary to keep insurrectiou
down. The natives are showing a
lively interest in the march of civil
ization that our government has
started. Of course, they are a low
type of manhood-not low type in
their physical development. They
are brave and strong, and have good
intellects, but they lack education.
They do not know how to read or
write. In fact, their education con-
sists of their knowledge how to en-
gage in all sorts of piracy and revel
III liz uiy Will COHG;
however, when these natives will
reach creditable stage of advance
ment.
"The natives are not quite as prim-
tive class as our Indians, but they
are still wholly uncivilized. We may
expect a little trouble from the ma
tives of the Holo group. They are
ruled by sultan, but they owe him
"a sort of informal allegiance.
don't think he will prove very strong
with his people if ever the time
comes that they get into serious
trouble with our troops. They are
an ignorant, low-bred class and less
susceptible to restraint than any
other of the natives OF that coun-
try
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the water in the air-tight boats has
been proved by recent exploits of the
Fulton. The boat was sent to the bot
tom of the sea and held there over
night, four persons being locked with
in its iron hull. They were supplied
with great tanks of compressed air,
to be turned loose when needed, but
the men all declared that they did not
turn on any compressed air whatever,
and that they experienced no ill eff
fects from the close confinement. They
played cards and read books at the
bottom of the sea for Is hours, and
came up perfectly astonished to find
that terrific storm was dashing the
white caps over them.
The submarine boat is nine-tenths
submerged even when "Atloat." This
means that while it is travelling under
naphtha motor power for cruising it
shows But a small speck of it's cigar
shaped hull. Barely enough room is
left on top above water for its crew
to stand upon a little table-lile plat
form on its back around the coming
tower. When ii starts about the bust
ness it was fashioned to perform, the
crew retires to the inside of the boat
through the coming tower or man
hole on its back, first trimming" it
for the dive.
Every opening is closed air-tight
and the man who stands at the pilot
turns big lever which allows water
to rush into huge tank under the
boat set aside for this purpose. The
thrush of water decreases the buoyant
force of the craft and it sinks or dives.
The buoyancy can be regulated at the
lever. When it has been lowered SO
that no sign of it is seen above the
water, it is started on its course
towards the foe; electricity Is now
taking the place of naphtha as the
motor power. When within firing
range of the ship it has been seat to
destroy, the torpedo is exploded by
impact upon the sides of the ship. The
fuse is touched off by a plunger which
dashes against percussion caps when
the torpedo strikes the ship, this sets
off the gun cotton III the torpedo, and
there is enough to destroy the biggest
battleship afloat.
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tween Germany and the United
States, and to extend these relations
to the fleets of both nations. 1t is
this which induces the kaiser to part
with Prince Adalbert, probably his
best beloved son, who bids fair to be
sailor.
Prince Adalbert is physically fine
type of young fellow with an open,
frank bearing, perfect manners and
thorough knowledge of idiomatic
English. He will devote much time
to the study of American naval mat
tiers while in North Atlantic ports.
1t is the llaiser's most earnest wish
that constant communication should
be opened up with the British and
American squadrons in the North
Atlantic, and with this object in
view the German North Atlantic
squadron will not only visit numer-
Gus stations in North America, but
will also visit the Bahamas, Ber-
mudas and the greater Antilles.
In this way the kaiser hopes to
make beginning in carrying out his
favorite idea that the three German
ic nations of the world-Germany
Great Britain and the United States
shall form strong and united
front in the van of the worlds prog
ress. 1t was this idea which found
eloquent expression in the letter he
wrote to Mrs. Kipling when her hus-
band was i'll in America.
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PEACE NOW IN SIGHT
Gen. Fred D. Grant Brings Good
News from Philippines.
Inhabitants of Snmar Will Make No
Further Trouble and Moros Can
BE Controlled by n Small
Force,

Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
who pacified the dark and bloody
Island of Samar, has returned from
the Philippines after three years
service in the islands. He came on
the transport Logan and brought
with him bushel of facts about the
situation in the island, together with
a rather concise idea of the situation
down there. Since Gen. Smith, of
the ''kill and burn order fame, re-
linquished his authority over this
blood-stained island, Gen. Grant has
been in charge. He began the work
Of bringing the fiery native spirit of
the islanders under civil and military
control, where Gen. Smith left off,
and he pursued the task with
mixed combinatio of aggressiveness
and diplomacy, qualities that pre-
dominated in his father, the late
president of the United States, U. S.
Grant.
Gen. Grant has been in the Philip
pines since the first outbreak, and
during that time he has only been
home once, and that was on a two
months sick leave. He goes to San
Antonio, Tex, having been appointed
to take charge of the department of
Texas.
"samar is enjoying the first period
of peace it has ever known" said
Gen. Grant, ''and l am entirely salts
fed that the inhabitants of the
island will not attempt to make any
further trouble for our government.
"Now that they have been forced
by the stress of military operations
to cease their hostility, the natives
for the most part seem actually and
absolutely contented with the new
order of things. An incident which
occurred just before l left has con-
WINGED me that even the natives who
live in the thinly populated portions
of the islands are no longer opposed
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THE COMING TRAGEDIAN.
European Critics Think That Gus-
tavo Snlvini Will Become the
Equal of His Father.

Just now Gustavo Salvini is the
reigning favorite of Italy. AS a
tragedian he holds a position in
popular esteem approXimating that
so long enjoyed by his distinguished
father. For half a century the elder
SaNini and Ristori were the dramat-
ic regents of Italy. Now it is the
younger Salvini and Duse, writes w.
A. Lewis, in the Century.
The prominent characteristics of
Gustavo Salvini beam in his frank
countenance. He is modest, self-re-
liant, ambitious, and supremely de-
voted to his art. From his father he
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AMBASSADOR TO ROME
Henry White, One of McFin-
ley's Proteges.

In compliance with the wish of the
late William Mckinley, Henry White,
the present secretary of the United
States embassy at London, will be
made ambassador to Rome. The late
President Mckinley intended thus to
reward Mr.. White for his efficient
services as secretary of the London
legation, but found no opportunity
during his incumbency to do so.
Henry White bears the distinction
of being one of the most accom-
plished diplomats in the foreign serv-
ice of the government. He is con-
sidered an invaluable assistant to
the United States ambassador in
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Richest Nation on Earth.

The Usage Indians, OF Oklahoma
afford the best example Of socialism
in the world. The tribe is said to
have $s,000,0o0 cash on deposit in
Washington and to own 100000
acres of land, worth another $1,000
900. Their realty holdings give a per
brave, squaw and papoose in the
tribe. The interest on their money
in Washington affords annually lit
tie over $500 to each member, old
middle-aged and young. This makes
the Osages the richest people in the
world.
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London. In fact, despite the adage
that there is always a man ready to
fill any place that is vacated, there
is tradition in London that the
American embassy could not exist
without it's efficient secretary, Henry
White.
To his friends he is Familiarity
known as Harry" White. He is a
recognized authority in Europe upon
all matters diplomatic and American.
1t is said that he knows personally
a greater number of Americans than
any other man in the diplomatic serv-
ice. Tens of thousands of transat-
lantic travellers have availed them
selves of the courtesies of ''the al
fable secretary of the American en-
bassy at London"
Mr.. White has frequently been left
in absolute control of the embassy
as charge d'affaires. He is about AZ
years old His diplomatic service has
been extensive. He was secretary
of legation at Vienna for short
time in 1853, and was then trans
ferred to London as second secre-
tary. He was promoted to first sec
rotary of the embassy in 1856. He
has held that position ever since, ex-
cepting during the Cleveland admin
istration-1S93. to 1897
Mr.. White is wealthy. He has a
charming wife, and lives in London
at an expense double the amount of
the salary the United States pays
him as secretary of the legation.
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Bnllooning md the Lungs.

Ballooning is now receiving atten-
ton as possible remedy for pull
mohary affections. The conditions
are not the same as those of noun
taineering, the change of altitude
being more rapid and muscular ia
tigue being absent. In the trip of
the French Society of Physiology DR..
Henocque purposes to regard the at
mosphere as divided into three zones
Up to about three niles the sur
rounding air supplies all the oxygen
needed, but ascents beyond five
miles are held to require closed
car, as was first suggested in 1871, or
an aerial diving suit.
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CHARLES S. DENEEN.
States Attorney for Chicago and
Cook County Has Become Ter
rOr to NIalefactors.

Charles S. Deneen, states attorney
for Cook county, whose long list of
celebrated convictions has just been
increased by the jury finding of
guilty" in the taN-tiNing cases of
Edward Williams and Luke Wheeler,
has made an unprecedented record as
fearless and incorruptible public
prosecutor. His name has become a
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KAISER's LATEST MOVE.
Will Strengthen North Atlantic
Squadron and Send His Son to
Go with His Fleet.

The kaiser intends to strengthen
the squadron of German war vessels
stationed in the North Atlantic.
Two large cruisers and three gun
boats will be devoted to this pur-
pose, and the whole will be placed
under the command of distin-
guished admiral. Prince Adalbert,
the kaiser's third son, will be at
tached to the squadron, and probably
placed in command of one of the
gunboats.
The object of this move is openly
to strengthen the good relations be-
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United States, entered the service as
n private in 1861, was mustered out
at the close of the civil war as brig
adler commander by brevet, and re-
entered the regular army as first
lieutenant. Gen. Young went to the
front in Cuba with Skaters army in
1898 as brigadier general OF vo1un-
teers. From July 1899, to 1901 he
served In the Philippines, his final
active service being as military gov
ernor of northwestern Luzon. He
was born January 8, 1910.
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1ery, and was professor of mathe-
MATES at Dartmouth college. He
wrote novels, the best-known of
which were But Yet Woman" and
"Passe Rose" During his career as
a diplomat he has been minister res
ident and consul general at Teheran,
Persia; minister to Greece, Rou-
mania and Servia, and minister to
Switzerland, having been assigned to
the last named post in December Of
1900 by President Mckinley.
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A Fire with n History.

At Raby castle, the seat of the
duke of Cleveland, there is an earth
fire in the great hall which has been
burning for many centuries. 1t is
the SPECIAL care of two of the dukes
retainers, and as there is a good
salary attached to the post it is only
reasonable to suppose that many
centuries still will pass before the
tire finally expires
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NEW ENGLAND DIPLOMAT.
Arthur Sherburne Hardy, New Minis
ter to Spain, Is Quite Popular
In the East.

Arthur sherburne Hardy, appoint
ed minister to Spain in the recent
diplomatic shifts, is a son of New
England. His father was the hate
Hon. Alpheus Hardy. Born in
Andover, Mass, in 1s47, he was grad
uated from West Point, served as a
second lieutenant in the Third artil-
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Husbands in Lnneburg, Prussia,
must be home at II o'clock at night
or pay fine of about $3.50, half of
which goes to the complainant, who
is usually the wife.
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ENTERED AS PRIVATE.
Coming Commanders of Regular
Army Began His Military Career
az nm Enlisted Man.

Mai. Gen. Samuel Baldwin Marks
Young, U. S. A.. who, according to
Adjt. Gen. Corbin, is to succeed Gen.
Miles in command of the army of the
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Lieense for Opium slmoI,crs

L1EFHsH TUT VVf1iH s9tfbEtFS.
Formosa is country where a man
must have license before he is al
lowed to smoke opium.