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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-20


The health board Of Hyde Park has
been compelling the people of that
town to conform to the sanitary laws.
Water through corrals has been shut
Off, some outside buildings declared a
nuisance, and q general roundup eff
fectcd. This will be conducive Of
much good.
Henry IIancey has fine residence
In course of construction.
The farmers have started to plant
beets.
Thomas Duce returned to Canada
about one week ago. John A. Woolf
expects TO return the latter part Of
the month";
The speakers at the Sunday meeting
were Jed NJ. Blair ann Fred Turner,
of Logan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

the speed which the strokes are given OF by the
number g. for instance-the pilot next tries 10 fnd
It's exact direction from him II the source Of the
sound Is not directly ahead the latter will loud
er on one side than on the other because the dia-
PhI@Fn nearest 10 the bell viii respond
reIdIIy to IT. strokes than VIII the other. There
rate diaphragm, the sounds In will Re more
9lsunct IMAM those In the other. more satisfac-
tory plan has been found. though The two tele-
phones are used. bur both are connected with the
house. The bow OF the ship is then swung alter
ItSty 10 tort and starboard by altering the helm.
When she is so headed that the bell on the same
side as the connected diaphragm rht. sound will be
Learu 4etter tha3 when II IS not perceptible de-
grouse IL strength IS perceived when the alteration
M me ships course brings the bell from the right
20 70 1hc wrong sac ard marked Increase when the
sup wings inc other way With = little practice
a navigator can thus determine the bearing of the
ne eds 10 come to exact knowledge II seems prob
might otherwise result IN fo can thus be avsrtei
Sea captains who have studied the new system
telling the navigator where he is than would the
fog whistle with which every lighthouse Is pro-
ships ana 6tH bGoys above the surface of the sos
Water is much better conductor OF sound than
unfortunate freaks Again. the duplex telephone
assists one TO determine the direction from which
Favorable I19preesor a., rr,1 vbn ne bad 49,
experiences the sea, and who examine the an
Eventually. It is probable. steamers will carry
bells that can be submerged md used for sending
Feen Considerir tha wisdom Of forr1aII adontiS
Of critical points on the Atlantic Coast and the
shipping companies would procure tho NECESSARY
equipment for their vessels IL Is understood thar
the Canadian government has authorized TIE in
staIaton Of apparatus at several points on the ST.
Lawrence and that the Allan Line VIII place
Tho United states NAVY department has also in
veStigated the workings OF the new method OF sig
mailing. and the officers who made the Inspection
credited with eyilciDg high admiration OF H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
SUBMARINE SIGNALLING.
Promise of Increased Safety for
Shipping.

Mariners who realize the perils with which navt-
cation In fog is beset are alert to the expert
ments that have been tried on the New-England
coast in the last few months with a system
of giving warnings to shipping under such cOndi
lions. Especial interest viii therefore be felt in
one or two Improvements which have been intro
duced since these tests began
The apparatus required consists of two essential
features-a bell so suspended that it he struck
mechanically while submerged and an ingenious
adaptation OF the telephone by which the sound is
picked up by a distant vessel With the approval
OF the Lighthouse Board. five hghtships have been
temporarily equipped with such bells. One of them
Is used for relief duty The others stationed at
the entrance to Vineyard Sound at Pollock Rip on
Pollock Rip Shoal and near Boston. On certain
days OF the week. when the steamers Of the Metro
politan Line (from New-York TO BOSTON, are ex-
pected 20 pass in either direction the bells are
operated for an hour so. These steamers and
some others are provided with means for p-oftina
thereby
Near the bow OF each vessel below the water line
and on each side are attached small diaphragrns
winch correspond In their service the nouthpiece
OF an ordinary telephone. Their interior eonstrue
ton is different from the latter however ana this
Is one or the secrets Of the invention Originally
the dlaphra8ms were placed outside the huh. Now
they are fastened inside From these buttons as
they are called. wires lead up to the piIot house
and terminate In instruments which look ike COM
mon telephone receivers. and which are used in
the same way, though they are exceptionally sensi
i've. MOST or the time these receivers hang from
hooks. unused When the pilot knows by dead
reckoning or not by obseryatioal that he is In the
vicinity OF one of the lightshps Just mentioned he
taxes down the telephones and applies one to each
ear In this way with good hearing can.
detect the strokes OF the bell three or four miles
away. Sometimes the signal has been picked up
at greater distance. Even IL does not hear
the bell until within mile or a mile and half he
still has ample time in which to shape his course
IN accordance with the warning received. The
working OF the apparatus has recently been i'm
proved In such a way that ex traneous noises
when formerly obscured the faint sound of the
bell are excluded.
Having once identified particular Iightshiu by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

President Roosevelt may get a letter from Devu,v
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
CAN RUSSIAS MINES FLOAT TO AMERICA
CURRENT SPECULATION ABOUT THE DESTINATION
OF 100 or THEM REPORTED TO BE SET ADRIFT

Singapore 10 Manila. perhaps lodging in the drift
weeds would reproduce a condition of war with
mined channel IN peaceful land. With the
further aid the Kuro Shwo current. whose exist
cnce Is deoied by Mr.. Hodges. circling the whole
Pacific il is difficult find single port where this
hotIa might not go carrying destruction.
Stin another striking feature is the character of
the damage done by G mine. The Hatsuse. a splen-
Gid batt-salp. new, and protected in the most ap-
proved stylc sank IN few minutes after striking
the mine. Would not the effect CO such an ex-
pIcsion on a Puget Sound sailing vessel he almost
imrnodiatc2 Some who have followed this subject
OF explosives declare that If IT be true that the
Russians have launched this huge fleet Of
plosives the next few years OF navigation in the
Pacific may carry the record of a number Of ships
lost At sea-vesseis whose fate will never be known
ships that encountered these mines either in the
high seas. following the broad northern circle OF
the Kuro Shiwo. where the British and American
liners from Puget Sound navigate. or in the narrow
channel OF the southern islands.
Mr. Hodges says that it would take a mine four
years, under the most favorable circumstances TO
float from Port Arthur 10 America; but these
mines retain their destructive powers for much
longer than four years.
In appearance these Russian mines closely re-
senile the buoys which mark the channels in har-
bors They have much the same shape and vary,
as do buoys. sone resembling the usual type Of
pointed buoy. others the keglke marks found IN
less frcQuented channels while some are almost OF
cigarette shape bOt clumsy ana huEinieSS as lhey
are in appearance. these mines destructive in
the highest degree. Charged with from 20 FIVE
hundred pounds OF high explosive. covered with
and other protective substances. they are entirely
impe-vous 10 water. and experts declare that there
is practically no limit to their life
When moored floating mines sometimes become
coated with barTlacles and IN this way rem
dered useless. The battleshlp Texas stiu carries
such mine which she foUled with her propeller In
Guantanamo Bay during the Spanish American
War. But floating loose on the high seas the
mines VIII not be affected by this kind OF growth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

In connection with this latest phase OF mines st is
interesting TO note that Admiral Makaroi. Hho
went down on board the Petropaylovsk. the
recognized authority upon the subject OF submarine
mines in the naval circles OF the world. Il was
under his direction that submarine miEcs were
used successfully against Turkish ships during the
war OF 1871. and he also developed the OF tor
pedo boats. That he should be 4 victim. n sys-
TEN which he largely developed is a striking coin
cidence
From an international point OF view. however
the question OF these floating mines pre-
sents an intricate problem, for It Is likely
that. II these mines have been set adrift
the Russians viii claim that they were
anchored in territorial waters. but loosed
from their moorings By the severe storms which
have prevailed IN the Yellow Sea, and will point
out that their own flagship. the Petropavlovsk was
the first victim OF this accident. But yitaly are
the great commercial nations CT the world affected
by this new phase Of marine warfare that prophe-
cies already heard OF fresh conference The
Hague, where international agreement about
toTpedoes and mines, such as only partially at
tanned IN the Of dum-dum bullets, may be
reached In the mean time Widespread apprehen-
sion has been aroused, and nothing in the whole
progress OF this latest AMI most modern Of wars
has created greater international distrust than the
alleged silent launching OF this armada Of deadly
mines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

cdent that killed Babcock happened 10 Chicago
player last year He hit by an opponent s
Uaet in the same part Of the head where Bah
cock received his injury. Like Babcock. he was
momentarily stunned. but he finished the game
and gave a dinner TO his friends the evening
In his case there serious result from the
accident
Without multiplying examples OF this sort OF
mishap further it is interesting 10 note the opinion
OF r. 3. Dryburgh. EnglIshman. who has writ
ten a book on the game. In a chapter devoted 10
the dangers Of the sport he says:
Most frequently accidents at polo come. think,
from reckless uupardonably reckless) use OF
sticks" This then would seem TO be the sole ad-
mission that the seasoned polo player can be
brought % make g moment later he rudely brush
as aside the protests Of tho critics OF tho game
with the following comment on the dangers IN
cideu, to t..
'Yourg ladies going along paved streets In riding
classes run more risks OF accident than polo play
crs in the toughest matches This. and rather
grim comment ON "a personal encounter With an op-
poucuts maIIet. make up the admissions, while In
a later page no remarks that twenty years ex-
pcrlsucc has resulted little more than a few
scratches
Moreover n The criu, be candid. Ia will be forced
by the weight OF evidence to admit that beyond the
possible recklessuess I'm the use OF the mallet
which occa sions the more serious accidents he mas
made only n poor case. FOR the statistics snow
amazingly few really serious accidents. This. the
polo players explain, is the result OF the careful
training that is a necessary preliminary 20 playing
The polo player musc be. not merely physically ht
Ike the football player. but he must also be
trained rider. ablr TO keep his seat under all cir
,rir.ettnce- Thus trained. his danger is more ap-
parent than real, while the seeming recklessness
OF the riding is in reality carefully limited by OF
side rules more stringent than those in football
and carrying even heavier penalties
Blu, the last line OF the dcfeuces OF the polo play
crs IS even stronger Ask the average polo en-
thuslast about the game and he will tell you that 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
AMERICAN HUMOR.

Lance Thackeray and Tom Browne, the Eng
lish illustrators. dined recently with Richard
Garfield. of New-York.
The young men said they were 1nxious to OBJ
tain specimens OF characteristic Yankee humOr,
as they hoped TO write a funny book about
America their return home.
We'll" said Mr. Garfield "the only item I
can give you for your book is a letter that a
friend of mine in Anaconda wrote to news
paper. Anaconda is a Western town. and my
friend is a miner there. His letter contradicted
an obituary about himself that tho newspaper
had printed. II like this:
Sir: | desire to call your attention to a few
errors in your obituary of myself of Wednes-
day last. | born in Washington. not in
Wheeling, and my retirement from the -four
and feed business in 90 was not due to i'll
health but to hard times. The cause of my
death was not pneumonia D."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
NO NEWNESS TN THE WENT
Some Experiences IN the Unsuece,.
fill Search for 1t.

IRON A SPECIAL C1REEsPOXDENr OF THE rpr,,- :,
Yaggy. KAN May 26-There IS little nevvns,s -.
in the West and Southwest. Your corrss,or -,
has been going about Santa Fe express ana ~
commOdation trains for the last week or tvro 4
search OF that raw. unironed down state OF sht'
Central Park and COney Island like to read -
He didn't find it, Perhaps there is some AZ :.
eft off the lines OF railway travel but II lsN
as IL we have little more new country Yasrv -
miles west OF Kansas CITY. is one of the new -
lions opened by the Santa Fe. Your corresnond.s.
thought perhaps it would be little biz per -
1t isn't. A girl with clothes that would nor h ~
been criticised in the TenderOin on srnrv ave
agent she had been EpiscoDalian srIs. oa The
ing school in Topeka. and then she killed tn CsIs,
paper printed IN New-York. In the first Ss9sSety
minutes OF her waiting she told ten-yes ,,teI9
hansdn that Il he wanted to be a gentlo-,e-- oia
would have 10 Keep his finger nails clean ne
On the train to-day was a New-Yorker h.
ward bound His name was McShane 81 ~
down here two weeks ago TO ger out of tn -
said ne Il lived in Alen-st.. close to the So.
ave. track, and 1 used to to sleep with tho ~.
cars rumbling by at all hours. / got bookas
with Kansas farmer near Hutchinson H ~
four miles from the railroad 1t was So orts.
couldn't sleep nights. and I'm going back 10 Az,
ST. to get some good nights rest" His aTa..,
experience is not vastly different from thar -
prominent Pennsy lvania Railroad official -.
about at Amarillo. Tex
G. ". Creighton is the general superin1endsn. .
the pennsylvania system east OF Pfttshurg - ~
Hves IN Altoona. back of the Pennsylvania Sf, ~
with the steam cars on one side of him niob, va,
day and trolley cars on the other He UsS SH, anu
70 DeinlnS. y. NJ. III his private car to ger ia !,
insomnia. His car Sdetracked az rba T.. ~
station. and he thought he had things axa9 9 nItle
erly TO Kill OF his sleep destroying aiImsnf 0p y
was so quiet the first night he couldn't GET m ell
He missed The familiar whistIing and boTiSE - Z,
engines and the growing of the Altoona tro7syoAa
Al clock IN the morning after tossing abont ~
MS bed all night! the station agent began to ham
baggage around in getting ready for the nia ,s
express. The agent ran the baggage truck nm 80
down. threw around lot Of crates and SSot "Ae
an Owl on the fence across the track Mr. Crei.SS
like Altoona. - vas
President Roosevelt may get a letter from De1u,r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

The announcement from Wc:-FIsi-Wei that the
Russians At Port Arthur had set adrift four hum
dr-d floating mines following A. 1t does swiftly
upon the destruction of the japanese battleship
1Iatssse which Il IS reported struck nine and
went down. carrying with her almost her entire
crew. raises a and formidable question OF in
Sensational INV 10 the right OF belliserent TO
act mines anoat IN neutra! waters and also aa
intensely practical and serious problem with refer
enc 70 the mines already ahoat.
Obviously. II these mines were so charged that
shey would explode only when hit by japanese war
rails the situation would not be that would
concern neutral nations. But the uncomlortab bic
feature 90 a mine is that like hornet it strikes
without reagson
Moreover these four hundred mines believed TO
be floating to-day tho yellow Sea, win not. it IS
thocEit by many. be confined 20 that body Of
water for Of the most interesting and striking
phases Of the oceans ways is the manner in which
b. means % currents it hears driftwood. bottles
and debris au the world.
While the masters OF international law are
wrestling with the problem of law the sailor folk
particularly those who navigate the nearby waters
md even the waters OF the Pacific anywhere. are
calculating where rext the mines may be heard
OF and for how many years hereafter they may
be met with. foT along this Asian coast. mapnakers
say flows the Kuro Shiwo. sometimes called the
Gulf Stream OF the East in a broad circle. touch
ing the Aleutian Islands and then coasting the
shores OF British Columbia and California. As
early 1852 It is recorded that japanese junk
ives carried by a typhoon into the huro Shiwo. and
ten months later the few survivors OF the wretched
crew sighted the shores OF Oahu. in the Hawaiian
Islands The whole record Of shipwrecks in the
Pacific filed with the accounts OF similar drift
fngs Obviously what has happened IN the ease
OF ships OF wreckage OF trees. IS possible in
che case OF floating mines
Nevertheless. r. II. Hodges. the naval hydrogra-
xher at Washington. declares that the theory OF a
continuous cuet7ent moving northeast from Japan
10 the Carbohydrates Is exploded one and that
there have besn no bottle records made showing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
FoREsTERs' MEMORIAL SERVICES.

The united courts OF the Foresters Of America.
Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. will hold
memorial services at Carnegie Hall Fifty-seventh-
st. and Seyenth-ave on Sunday afternoon, June ).
at z. m The supreme and grand officers of the
Foresters Of America will be present, and the city
officials have also been invited to attend Adms-
sion will be by ticket only 10 be obtained from
member OF the order Adam Brown. of Court
Abingdon No. 90 is chairman of the executive com
mittee and ~ w. Brennan. OF Court Jackson No.
GIG. Is secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
ENCOURAGED.

From The Cleveland leader.
why does he persist in calling you all these
years?"
because I encourage him a week by say
ing no."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
GODDARD CHAMPION PREPARATORY VERMONT

team came to Barre the Goddard team
was in good condition, and DEBATED the
New Hampshire boys
Montpelier Seminary has twice suf
fercd defeat at the hands Of Goddard
this year.
The team started practice early in
September under Coach Camel and
Capt. Durham
Knapp, Turner, Durham White and
Pike were members Of last years team.
Martin had played before on western
team, but the other men were green to
the game. Booth improved SO rapidly
that he was put in as left end and has
filled his position well.
Capt Durham played half back as
usual, and there is almost no need Of
saying how he played, for every one
knows that he IS something out Of the
ordinary. Turner kept up his former
Reputation IN creditable way, especially
in the games with Montpelier when he
played full back Martin has been as
good d man ut quarter as Goddard ever
had, his end runs being feature Of ey-
cry game Knapp made a good reputa-
ton for himself this season, both at
end and at half back. White was a tow
err of strength ia the line.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
BATTLE an zEIGLER
Report Has Two Killed and Fonr Wound
at Letters Mine,

Duqnoin, H., Dec. News has been
received here from zeiger, H., that q
clash occurred there early this morning
between striking miners and armed
guards employed by Joseph Letter to
protect the property Of the Zeigler Min
ing Company, which has had strike on
its hands for several months.
1t il reported that two men were kill.
cd and four wounded No further par
ticulars Of the conflict have yet been re-
ceiyed here.
Serious trouble Is feared tonight, and
it is believed that an additional force Of
militia will be asked for. Gov. Yates
sent company of the National Guard
to 2eigler Several days ago.
There has been one previous fatality
in the Zeigler strike, which was begun
on July 10. A carload OF non-union
miners who had just been imported was
fired upon from ambush on Nov. t6 and
an Austrian miner was killed The
mine entrance, shaft houses where the
miners are quartered at Ziegler are sur.
rounded by q atockade--a tight board
fence about fifteen feet high which en-.
closes an area 500 feet long and 40C
feet wide. AT either end il a block
house, in each end Of which is said IA
be mounted a machine gun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
BITTER AT vARDAMAN.
Cotton Men Do Not Want Him to Pre-
side at Convention.

Shreveport, La, Dec. 1.-The pro
gramme Of the national cotton conven-
ton to meet here Dee. 10, for four
days session, carried the name of Gov
James X, Nardamau Of Mississippi al
permanent chairman.
The Shreveport Journal editorially at.
tacks the executive committee Of the
convention for appointing such man
as presiding officer. saying;
This heralda Nardaman as man oil
consequence, representative in conduct
character and kind OF those who are the
creators and distributors Of the South's
chief source Of wealth. He is peanut
politician aud slanderous demagogue
seasoned with blaekguardism"
The Times also has d bitter attack on
the committee Members of the com.
mittee declare the appointment was
made without their knowledge and
threaten TO resign If Nardaman Is not
warned that he cannot preside.
The cotton convention viii be attend.
Cd BY over 1000 cotton growers, repre-
senting every cotton growing state, and
the purpose OF the meeting is to discuss
plans for combating the work of de.
struetion ~ The Mexican boil weevii
The governor Of everv cotton growing
state has named 100 delegates to iepre-
sent his state at the convention.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
OF Goddard Foot Ball For the
Year 1905.
HAS PLAYED HALF BACK
Seminary's Foot Ball Record Of the Year
Has Been Most Brilliant, the Cham
piOn Prep. School Team
Of Vermont.

Goddard seminary football team has
held its annual election Of officers and
disbanded. kit" Turner was chosen
captain.
This eleven has without doubt won
the championship Of Vermont secondary
schools for 1904.
There are several good teams ii the
state, viz: Vermont Academy, st. Johns
bury Academy, Middlebury High school
and Brigham Academy, which were chal-
lenged but did not accept, but God
dard has defeated teams that have either
beaten or played an even game with all
Of these.
No preparatory school IN the state
has beaten or even scored on the local
team. Norwich University, the cham
pion college team Of the state, succeeded
in making one touchdown against God
dard, but Norwich beat the University
Of Vermont team Is to 0. When the
Goddard boys went to Meriden, N. III,
to play X. u. a., the latter team won
but two Of the players on the Barre
team were i'll and in no condition 10
play and there were no substitutes to
put in their places. When the X. u. A.