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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04

tn Asia took the direct line to Honolulu
and direct" means on the great circle
and from there to Guam or to Manila by
a line laid out on the fat surface. or Meroa-
tor charts. But the McCalla projections
10 Asia direct did not prove practicable ana
they have been abandoned for reasons
growing out OF the mysteries OF great
circle navigation.
Any one who applies string TO the sur.
face OF a globe representing the earth Will
readily find that the shortest line between
our northwest coast and Japan u one
swinging so far north as actually to invade
the AleItian Islands. In this way the bulge
Of the globe is avoided. When transport
now starts out from the Golden Gate on
the shortest possible Line 70 Guam; 1Uo
miles south OF San Francisco's Latitude. she
sets her prov boldly to the north OF west.
She makes lao miles north OF San Fran.
cisco, all told, In going to Guam on the great
circle before her course loses It's northeTiy
Il does not begin to dip southwark much
before the second week OF the Journey.
Thus, TO 60 south, vessel ACTUALLY saiis
north.
Manila, there is little difference between
the great circle route and that on the par
ailels. because there the parallels are a.
most great circles, 1t Is toward the north.
In every ocean, that the differences arc
most marked.
Capt McCalla's great circle lanes would
have worked well, had all our Philippine
business been outward bound. But In
bringing back invalids and oonyalescents
from Manila. our officers found II Perl!ous
10 expose them to the cold Of the Alsutian
Island region. With the sick IN the hos
pitals Il made little difference, but Tor
those who had progressed toward recovery
Ear enough to Insist on remaining out on
deck, the change from the sutry climate Of
Manils proved too sudden
These great circle routes also threw the
ships Into region OF frequent storms and
heavy currents Aecordingiy, tho acting
marine superintende1t. CAPT ueorgs ~ ~
OF his own, based on q moro comprehensive
survey OF practical conditions.
Capt. Pierce bsgsn by projecting ths
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Senator Frye, President OF the Senate
and Acting vice-President, 10 a widower
still In mourning, but when his wife was
living they did not entertain. Mrs Frye
had her days at home at the Hamilton, but
they gave no dinners, although the, went
to many The Dingleys lived likewise.
There are scores Of distinguished public
men In Washington who live as modestly
as II in q country village. and who do not
entertain because they cannot afford It..
There are others who don't do It because
they don't want to, and the money question
is not considered by them.
II Is the members OF the Administration,
the politically ambitious and the newly nch
who give the entertainments that are
described in the newspapers, and to which
everybody goes that can get invited. Some
members Of the Cabinet who are not rich
oonAne their entertaining strictly to the
Cabinet dinner each is expected to give
during the social season.
The President and his wife and perhaps
thirty others are invited to these dinners,
90 It 10 only a matter Of a few hundred dol
lars each winter. II 10 the poor Cabinet
members one tribute to the law Of noblesss
obRos
TO put 1t In nutshell, public men at WASH
ington entarain II they want to. Other
wise they don't. The two vice-Prcsidents
In recent years who endssvorsd, and most
successfully, TO increase the popularity
OF their Administrations by hospitality
were Morton and Hobart. They entertained
more hvshly than any public men sincs
william C. Whitney Was Secretary Of
the Navy In Cleveland's nrst Cabinet.
Whitney cot q new pace, but Morton and
Hobart kept up With II.
VIcs-Preddsnt AdlL 0tevenson did not
entertain at all. for tho very good reason
chat he could not afford II. but be was Just
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04

with such accuracy and speed that each
gun can make LA hits In minute. These
monster guns throw 100 pound projectiles
80 that. roughly speaking, II the four guns
are brought to bear on the same point,
400 pounds Of steel projeotiles filed with
explosives can be hurled In ono minute and
a quarter.
The e-inoh guns throw projectiles weigh
ing 100 pounds. Tho Alabama carries
fourteen. seven on each side. OF course,
only seven can be fred at the same object,
but II the best average made by the gum
ners was kept up, 45.SS shots could be
fired, with accurate aim, hurting ASS
pounds Of steel through the air each minute.
Eight OF the sixteen Q FOUNDERS can be
trained on the same object at once, 90 with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04

The battleship Alabama steamed into
port few days ago fresh from a training
ground In Eastern waters, where her gum
ners had worked like Trojans and had
added new laurels to the American Navy.
They had shown that the American sailor
can shoot and they had placed their vessel
at the head OF the list for marksmanship.
They had shown that with such men behind
the guns the Alabama in time Of war would
be perfect fighting machine.
The Alabama has an armament Of four
1s-inch guns in turrets, fourteen e-inch
rapid-fre guns, sixteen e-pounders, six
l-pounders and four machine guns They
are Of the latest pattern-up to date In
every particular.
The full record done with these weapons
has been sent to the Navy Department
at Washington. There It will be carefully
compared with the records made by other
vessels Due allowance will be made for
the excellence Of the armament Of the Ala
bama and for the older guns which are
used on other vessels, such as the Indiana.
But with all the allowance that can be
made It 10 not thought probable that the
title Of champion battleship will be wrested
from the Alabama.
Briefly the Aabama's record IL this:
With lS-inch gun two hits were made
on a target In two minutes. Gunner Bright.
with No. 4 gun in the after turret, made
four hits In minutes 8 seconds--thi
while the target was 200 yards away and
the vessel was steaming at the rate Of 8
knots an hour
Seamen Allen and Fletcher. gun pointers
Of No. 8 gun, scored LA hits a minute, the
highest average up to date for gun. OF
sixteen shots fred all hit the target except
one and that struck the floating frame on
which the rectangle Of canvas 81 feet by II
feet high was erected. Had it been fired
at battleship 1t would have struck the
water line Of the vessel. The percentage
of hits with the big guns was ss.75.
With the 6-inch rapid fire guns the work
was Just a. remarkable. Seaman E. W.
Weber averaged 8.55 hits . minute on a
target II feet long by feet high, at l,eOo
yards range, while the vessel was steaming
at 10 knots an hour. Seamen Merchant
and Minchien averaged 6.2S. They lost
because one shot went over the target.
Private Marine B. G. McHenry. with q
FOUNDER, averaged 1889 hits minute.
Soon after the Alabama had made her
record the Indiana arrived, announcing
that her men had done something In the
way Of shooting and that, considering that
her equipment Is not so modern as the
Alabama e, it was every bit as good as that
made by tho msn on the newer vessel
Notably, shooting with s-inch guns Sea-
man Treanor made four hits In minutes
10 seconds and these shots hit within four
feet Of tho target. This Is better than has
ever been done on any vessel In any navy.
With the ia-inch guns, which are worked
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04
OCEAN LANES OF THE PACIFIC.
ROUTES OF THE TRANSPORTS ~
AND FROM MANILA.

Some Mysterlcs OF Great Circle Navigation
why Vessels Bound From Frisco TO
Guam steer NOrth-Three MAIN suee''
OF the PacIhc-The Ocean Tramp
WASHINGTON, Oct 3.-The new cable is
likely to change the ocean lanes OF the fa-
cifc Within a few weeks officers OF the
Quartermaster' Department Will take up
this question In reference to the transport
service.
When the recent American moyemeh1 10
Asia began, Capt McCalla OF the navy con
osived the idea OF plotting out routes acfo7"
the Pacific which should be adoPteo py
all the transports and to which the mer-
chant ships should be invited. The opjec'
Of this plan was twofold
For one thing, II any accident neieh .
ship, it could, by being on beaten track.
BE- picked up by the next vessel that came
along When II .s recalled that " Is very
rare exception, In twenty-six Gays 'ou
ney across the Pacific Ocean. TO sight soi'
tary ship Of any sort, even on TINS recos-
nzed lane the importance OF getting ni.o
the range OF possible companionshiP DE-
comes very manifest.
The other advantage to be gained by bhe
use Of uniform course comes In the nc
cumulated knowledge OF It's peculiarttiss Ano
dangers. Each shipmaster keeps record
OF the winds and the currents. the tempers.
ture OF air and water. ~ well AZ constant
watch for reefs and rocks on the route Ing
results OF all these findings are rnade avail
able To every navigator through tns pug
locations Of the photographic Once.
Capt McCAlls projected two direct hnss
10 Asia out OF fan Francisco, one 70 MANIA
and the other 10 EagasakL 4 third route
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the record Of 1859 hits minute with tho
eight guns. s4.72 shots would be falling ON
the vessel each minute.
And meantime the Founders and the
machine guns would be throwing hail OF
steel. Naval experts figure that with such
perfect shooting a marine battle would
not be Of long duration. Three minutes b
tho latest estimate for vessel to endure
that hail.
When the size Of a ls-inch gun Is known
it seems impossible that such records
should be made with such weapons. Tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04

ls-inoh gun mounted on the American
battleship weighs eos tons. 1t Is 40 feet
long and the length Of the riAing. that Is
from the muzzle to the charge chamber,
is s7O5 inches. To fire one OF these big
guns requires $50 pounds OF black powder
or 2sO pounds Of smokeless powder. Black
powder is not used now.
The projectile leaves the muzzle at the
rate OF 2, 100 feet a second and II 1t were
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04

BY hydraulic power, Coxswain Riedel made
four hits in S minutes 81 seconds.
Whether the modern guns Of the Alabama
were worked better than the older ones
on the Indiana, the Department at WASH
inston will have to decide. Anyway, with
such records made by American gunners
nobody need worry about the defence Oh
our coasts and commerce.
The Alabamas 1S-inch guns can be nred
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-28
Order for Hearing on Claims.

q TATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
- Redwood, IS. In Probate Court. Special
Term, Jan. Sd, 1908.
In the matter of the estate of David lib
belts. deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
said deceased being this Gay granted unto
Daniel Mclean of said county,
1t is ordered, That all claims and demands
of all persons against said estate be pre-
sented to this Court for examination and al
lowance at the probate office in the city
of Redwood Falls,in said county on Monday
the 9th day of July, "A. D. 1908, at IL o.
clock a. m.
It is further ordered. That six months
from the date hereof be allowed to creditors
to present their claims against said estate,
at the expiration of which time all claims
not presented to said Court. or not proven to
its satisfaction. shall be forever barred un-
less for cause shown, further time be al
lowed.
Ordered further, That notice of the time
and place of the hearing and examination
of said claims and demands shall be given by
publication of this order for three success
sive weeks prior to the day appointedfor such
examination, in THE REDWOOD GAZETTE.
weekly newspaper printed and published
at Redwood Falls. in said county.
Dated at Redwood Falls, the Sd day of
January, "a. D.19O3.
[sEALl GEO. L. EVANS.
22-St Judge of Probate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-28
Order to Examine accounts.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
~ Redwood, IS IN Probate Court, Special
Term. Jan 23d, 1908
In the matter .o1 the estate of Fred
=. Jones, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
ThOs. Mcmillan, administrator of the estate
OF Fred Il. Jones, deceased repre-
senting among other things, that he has
fully administered said estate. and has in
good faith paid certain debts and claims
against said estate which have not beer
proved nor allowed, and Iraying that
time and place be fixed for examining and
allowing his account of his administration,
Including said debts and claims so paid by
him ana not proved or allowed, and for the
assignment OF the residue of said estate to
the parties entitled thereto by law.
ed, and petition and application for the all
'lowance Of said claims and debts so paid by
him and not vet allowed according to law
be heard by this court on Thursday the 10Th
day of February, A.. d. 1908. at II O'Clock
q, m at the Probate office in Redwood Falls
In said county.
And ii is further ordered that notice
thereof be- given to all persons interested
BY publishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks prior to said day
of hearing. in the Redwood Gazette week
sly newspaper p1inted and published at
Redwood Falls insaid county.
Dated at Redwood Falls the 2sd day Of
january, A. p. 1903.
BY theCourt,
[slAL. GEO; 4 EVANS,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-28
Summons.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF
y Redwood, District Court Ninth Judicial
district. :
w. H. Gold Plaintiff VS. John G Smith Fred
Hauert and Mrs r. A. Stone. Defendants.
The state of Minnesota to the above named
defendants
You and each of you are heceby summon
ed and required to answer the complaint of
the plaintiff in this action. which has been
filed with the clerk of court, and to serve a
copy OF your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber at his Office in Redwood
Falls, in the county of Redwood and state OF
aforesaid, within twenty days after the
service OF this summons upon you, exclusive
of the day of such servicE and ii you fail to
answer the said complaint within the time
aforesaid. the plaintiff in this action will
apply to the court for the relief demanded
in the complaint
Dated January 10th, 1908.
S. L. PIERCE
Plaintiffs Attorney
25 6 Redwood Falls Mimi
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-28
Coroner's Inquests.

warrant No.
1914 II Schlegel M d deputy
cor fees ipq VIM Kramer 1896
$40 H Helgeson juror inquest
unnamed baby boy 1.2O
800 same .s...... -. 's ......s ~ s,s5
.6O4 II Dredge cor fees ing
Hac exert hoy. 11.45
s665 e p Gibson services in
post mort GundersOuinq 7.60
1878 WA Palmer depty cor fees
ing Peter Jorgenson.... 1896
94O15
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-28

Approved and respectfully submitted to
the tax payers Of Redwood county Mimi
sofa.
u Dated at Redwood Falls, Minnesota this
9Th day Of January "a. D., 1908.
C. w. MEAD.
j. w. CARLILE.
lAUD1roR's sEAL} GEORGE Posi-
ID 4. McCORQUODADE
). II. CAIN.
board Of County Commiss4 oners Of Red
wood county, Minnesota.
Attest: /. NJ ToMPK1Ns,
County Auditor and ex-Omcio
slefk Of Board.
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aSI,ooo.o9
Repairs and Improvements.

saT arrant No.
sol Il A Mason & Son plumbing
at JAIL. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
a55 Laird-Norton yard lumber
for sidewalks. ............
157 Diebold Sale and Lock Co,
repairing treas vault
do + ...-s.-..-...l..-
a6l y w Parkhill repairing
alarm bell at jail.......
sos E a Mason & Son plumbing
at jail...-..
"A 407 S J Race plants for court
house lawn, ........
4 408 Richard Behrens work on
court house lawn ........
N403 Michael Uric same-.........
x a1o Nelson Bros cement walks
and floors
1850 Laird-Norton Yards lumb
er for court house ......-.
1863 e A Mason s. Son putting in
water closet at CT house
aa70 same plumbing at ct house
1871 M o Byram capenter work
on cloSaan Xix windows
e72 n G Engiund painting root
and clos at court house
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-01-28
Probate Court.

T arrant No.
-F4 He Schiegel NJ D, juror in
sanity G ii Iahoou.
SO Alvin small fees insanity
of Mrs Anderson and
Mrs s....s.......as..s.s.-..
IS same fees insanity. G
Jeiphin and G Cahooh :.
81 fees Insanity OF Q Albert
son an1 Hannah Wei
lage..~- .....-......s I
9S Geo Alexander Wit insani-
ty Geo Joplin ...........
90 Favid Alexander sa ne. -.
215 f w Lee conSt fee insan-
ity Joplin ....-...... :.
t.ss24 DR. G P Gibson juror misty
Martha Harris. .......
1925 same -..............
s6S Alvin Small fees insanity
And Rasmussen
974 DIR G. K PeaSe juror insani-
ty A Rasmussen and
CahOO1-..-. .-..--s
979 DR. w A Palmer, juror in
sanity A Rasmussen. .....
T7f536 Alvin Small Jees insanity
G Anderson. -. ..........
1886 Fred Mclaughlin. fees in
Andrew RasmuSSen-+
1880 Peter Pint, Const fees
same
2I16 DR. C p Gibson juror insan-
ity Caroline Anderson
2135 HI Schlegel same ......-.
2f37 Alvin Small fees insanity
Matte Wonsyld ......-..
2s69 same fees insanity Peter
Schwab ....ss.............
Total
Less amount charged in
sherin's fees. .....-...-.e ;.
Balance. 1890. ..............
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Contagious Diseases.

Warrant No.
6Ss NJ Clark treas Lamberton vii 70 SO
669 Treas vii of Vesta. ....s........ 21.OO
go same town of New Avon. 50 20
671 same town of Delhi. ......... 1922 90
672 same town of New Avon...... 1855
6T3 same village OF Wabasso.-.... 1912
147S same town of Redwood Falls 500
1479 same town Of North Hero... 81 So
1850 same town Ut Charlestown.. 1900
I4S1 same town of Granite Rock. $3.50
1882 same village of Sanborn..... 64OD
14S3 same village of Wabassu. 5000
1898 same town of Vesta....s..... 10000
1899 same village of Sanborn.. 1880
190Ossame city of Redwood Falls. -. - 1888
1901 same city of Redwood Falls. !. 1872 90
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-16
Cofln's Odd Adornment.

There is one woman in Chicago, the
wife of young minister, by the way,
who has always had liking for hats
of the flower bed variety. At present
she owns "dream" of "sky piece
that is covered with violets. The
pretty young wife wore this hat to O
funeral recently, at which her husband
offieiated. Going into the room which
contained the coffin, she removed the
hat and placed it on stand. The
sad-faced, sleek haired undertaken
came in few minutes later to arrange
the '.aoral tokens on the coffin. AZ
ter placing the bouquets, wreaths,
broken wheels, anchors and the usual
run of flowers in place, he picked up
the violet covered hat and senderly
placed it on top OF all the rest. Seve.
raj ofehs ''mourEers'' .giggled, and
the ministers wife wanted to, grab her
hat and run. She had to let it alone,
however, until the close OF the seeers:
mony. When she marched past the
bier che lunged for the hat and sue.
cesssully made her escape. Chicago
Inter. Ocean.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-16
Old Time smuqallna,

Smuggling was carried On with
great boldness in England century
ago. When Samuel Pellew was ap-
pointed collector Of customs at FaI-
mouth early last century he found
corruption the chief CHARACTERISTIC
OF the service. One day lie SUR
prised q party Of his own men at
tempting to smuggle in cargo of
wine in broad daylight. Pellew,
who was a conscientious man, SO
worried the smugglers that they
threatened his life repeatedly and
posted bills offering reward for. his
assassination. One smuggler, who
kept Q public house, erected q bait
terry Of guns to defend his illicit
goods and when o sloop Of var ez,
mbited what he considered as too
inquisitive spirit actually fred on
her. The vessels guns were too Low
to reply with effect, bns her crew
landed in boats, attacked The house
an the rear and leveled it to the
ground. I.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-16
BY 5, Thai. Z. Criterion. .

The Clergyman was invited to
dine with the family the other Sun
day. and eight-year-old Jo John1sY. sc
course, made himself conspicuous at
the table. He finished Eli. dinner
before the rest, and he happened to
notice that the clergyman was eat-
ing rather slow. Johnny, who is q
rapid eater, thought this rather
strange. He thought maybe q cler-
gyman had to eat slowly, and he
became deeply interested, watching
every movement made by the min
lister. At last, when his patience be-
came exhausted, he asked: 4
does the Lord say you have to
eat slow ??''
sfOh, no, replied the clergyman,
eniling, 8 but don't you know that
i does not do you any good to eat
too fast ~ &.
ell z respond the youthful
prodigy slowly then 4 must be aw-
fully bad. ~. .}if ga
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-16
etc out a third act of

To out third set Of seeth at
the age Of i93 is remarkable s OCCUR :
renee, said dentist, according to
The Philadelphia Record. but such
things have happe ned. Samuel Csox-
all, the translator of Aesop's fables,
fdie3 at 9s from fever that the cut
/ ting OF his third set Of teeth occa-
STONED. i used to knowa M1nayunk
woman who began to lose her second
teeth at the, age OF %. She LEFT them
5gos and, ss one by oneNwent. one ~
ione ths others succeeded them, till
this woman had ct %; . third full
equipment of very white strong teeth.
A man cams TO me two years ago 10
show me front tooth, . third ono,
that twas growing in behind second
tooth aud the third, ! ter q little psr-
suasion, came forward, and took It's
place. One sfter another, in this way
this man got eighs third teeth. 10
get third teeth therefore il is NOT an an
S5absoiutely unheard Of thing, though it
So uncommon. Thecutting of third
teeth. by the way sis attended with
great paia. 4 ss.sSs]3 81
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-16
Valuable Lands for Sale

NOTICE is hereby. given that on Sales
day In january 1904, between the usual
hours Of sale ct Anderson, g. O., unless
previously disposed Of at private sale,
there win be sold all the Real Estate OF
Aris Coz, deceased, consisting Of about
l700) Seven Hundred Azores, situate in
Honea Path Township, Anderson Coun-
ty, 8. O., on Saluda. River and Little
Greek, and adjoining lands Of 8. N. Iati-
mer, NJ. u. Latimer, E. p. Gaines, Geo.
Cox, d. w. Gambrell, J. G. Milford and
othefe. These Lands are in an excellent
state OF cultivation, are we'll improved
and we'll watered. They will be divided
into convenient Tracts TO suit purchasers,
and plats Of the diferont TrGcts may be
seen by applying at the office of Bonbam
q. Watkins at any time subsequent to
December 18th. &
Terms of Sale-One. half cash, balance
on Q credit Of twelve months, with inter.
est from day Of sale at eight per cent per
annum, to be computed and paid annu.
ally until paid IN full. with leave TO pay
all cash. Purchaser TO pay extra for ali
necessary papers.
s Eor further information apply to Or.
Allen e. Cox, Milan, Tenn, or to Bon.
ham d Watkins, Attorneys. Anderson.
90, or TO DR., p, 8. Cox, Bolton, g. @. q
20 Dec y, 1908 IS Si#f Z @