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| MONSTER DISAPPEARING GUN AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.
lar to that in use at Port Arthur. 1t
is mounted on a disappearing carriage
of the latest type. This piece, which
| is the principal weapon used in coast
defense, is forty-two feet long, weighs
| 131, 800 pounds and shoots projectile
! of a thousand pounds at the rate of
| ten shots in nine and one-half minutes,
Its penetration in steel at the muzzle
is thirty-four inches and at two miles
twenty-four inches. Though not quite
so large, it is considerably more power
full than the great Krupp gun exhibited
at the Chicago fair. The whole appa-
ratus weighs $4,000 pounds. 1t took
twelve large railroad cars to carry it
and two months to place it in posi-
ton.
On firing the piece recoils below the
parapet within two seconds into a
position convenient for loading, with
the breech about three feet above the
platform. 1t is caught and held in that
position by a paul engaging in YER
ticle ratchet; when set free by the
tripping lever it at once springs into
the firing position, in which it is poised
by means of a counterweight, con-
sisting of a hundred tons of lead
plates. which descends into deep pit
through which the wiring enters, and
access to which is given by a manhole
The recoil is taken up in three ways
first, in lifting the counterweight;
second, in moving the top of the car
rage up a slight incline; third, by
means of a recoil cylinder in which
n special kind of oil called hydrolene
is forced through a gradually diminish
ing aperture in a piston attached to the
carriage, the cylinder moving back
with the gun.
On the little elevated platform on the
left side of the gun, as shown in the
picture the gunner stands to take the
sighting. The man in the front has his
hand on the elevation wheel, and the
man behind him is turning the travers-
ing crank. Both of these operations
can be performed by electricity, the
controlling handles being placed on the
sighting platform, conveniently for the
gunners use One of the cleverest
things about this gun is the arrange
ment by which the arm that sustains
the sight always remains parallel to
the axis of the gun, so that the gun
ner can keep his eye to the telescope
without receiving any shock. By set
ting the cross hairs on the telescope at
the proper point on t'.c target or OBJ
iect aimed at the rakes automat
ically the required O.. .at!on.
Inside the carriage there are two
four-horsepower electric motors for
performing the processes of elevating.
depressing. traversing and retracting.
Between the plates Of the gun plat
form are live rollers, with ball bear
ings. on which the gun traverses. As
large as it is, ii moves at touch with
out the slightest jar. 1t can be point
ed without exposing any of the person
mel to the fire of the enemy.
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SENATOR GEORGE F. HoAR.
mate recover,

George Frisbie Hoar was born at Con-
cord, Mass, Aug. %, 1926. After a
preparatory course at Concord acad-
envy, he entered Harvard university,
and was graduated in 1864. Then en-
gaging in the study of the law, he took
the regular course at the Harvard law
school, and after graduation with the
degree Of LIB, he began the practice
of his profession at Worcester
In 1862 he served as a member of the
the legislature and in 1857 as a member
of the senate. In 1860 he was appoin-
ted city solicitor of Worcester and pres
ident of the trustees of the city library.
He was elected in 1868 to the Forty
first congress and reelected to the three
following congresses, declining renom-
ination for the Forty fifth congress. His
service in the house was especially dis
tinguished by his efforts for the passage
Of the education bill prepared by him
rs chairman of the committee on edu-
cation and labor. His service in the
house on the committee on elections
was also especially notable. The re-
ports prepared by him are cited as of
the highest authority in England as
well as in this country in determining
the law in contested erection cases.
He presided over the Republican
state conventions of 1871, 1877, 1882 and
1885, and was delegate to the National
Republican conventions of 1876, 1880,
1884 and 1888, presiding over the con-
vention of 1880.
He was elected to the United States
senate to succeed George S. Boutwell,,
taking his seat March 3, 1877, and re-
elected in 1882, 1888, 1894 and 1900.
The position of minister to England
was offered to Mr.. Hoar by President
Hayes and by President Mckinley.
These Mr.. Hoar declined.
In the consideration of all questions
affecting the elections of senators and
their rights to their seats, Mr.. Hoar had
taken a leading part, while matters re-
lating to the judiciary had also, espe-
cially in recent years, received his spe-
cial attention. The federal election law,
which was the leading public question
for a time in 1890, was ably championed
by Mr.. Hoar, whose committee had it
in charge. The national bankruptcy
bill was also under his immediate di-
rection in the senate. In fact, in the
framing of constructive legislation, Mr..
Hoar may be said to have had as prom
inent part in this service in the senate
as any man in that body.
Mr.. Hoar was singularly amiable and
exemplary in private life. He mar
ried, in 1853, Miss Mary Louisa
Spur of Worcester, who died a few
years later. leaving a son, lockwood,
and daughter, Mary. In 1862 he mar
ried Miss Ruth Ann Miller, who died
a short time ago. His beautiful WOr-
cester home contains one of the finest
private libraries i'm America, selected
by Mr.. Hoar with scholarly taste and
judgment
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DEATH Or H0AR
Distinguished Statesman Passes
Away at Worcester Home
THE END WAS PEACEFUL
Members of His Family Present
During His Last Moments
Had Been Unconscious For
Some Time Before Death

Worcester, Mass, Sept 3G.-:@cr''--
Frisbie Hoar, senior United States
senator from. Massachusetts, died at his
home in this city at 1886 o'clock this
morning.
The end followed period of uncon-
seriousness that had continued since
early Tuesday and came so gently that
only the attending physicians were
aware of the exact moment of dissolu-
ton. The attending physicians dis
paired of the senator's life six weeks
ago, but such was the vitality ex-
hibited by their patient that even they
were surprised and the public was at
times led to cherish a faith in an ulti-
mate recovery.
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ORDNANCE OF TODAY
BIG GUN AT ST. LOUIS LIKE PORT
ARTHUR FIGHTING MACHINE.

Remarkable Feats Performed by
Monster Disappearing Gun Shown
In Model FostiicatiOns at the
Worlds Fair.
In the contest between the Russians
and Japanese at Port Arthur remark
| able feats in gunnery have been per-
] formed. Military experts expect that
when the history of the siege comes to
be written it will be found that impor-
tant contributions have been made to
military science during the lombard
ment and defense of the fortress. In
the ordnance exhibits of the United
States government at the worlds fair
at st. Louis gun may be seen of sim.
liar type to one of the principal fight
ing machines at Port Arthur Especial
interest is taken in these exhibits at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition be-
cause of the terrible execution that
similar engines of war are now doing
on the coast of Asia. Ordinarily it is
not possible for a civilian to study the
States because it is the policy of the
government to keep secret the details
of the arrangement of its forts.
Near the Government building at the
st. Louis fair model Notifications have
been constructed under the direction
of Captain Archibald Campbell, COM
handing the One Hundred and Nine
teenth coast artillery. There are
breechloading rifle guns on barbette
pedestal mounts, having a range of
nearly five miles and capable of firing
eleven fifteen-pound projectiles per
minute, and six inch guns weighing
nearly 10000 pounds each and capable
of sending 100 pound projectiles nine
miles. These guns have muzzle We
locity of 5000 feet per second, the high
est attained by any gun in the seacoast
service of the United States. There
are mortars and mortar pits and ex-
hibits showing how enormous pro-
jectiles are made to pierce heavy steel
plates, but perhaps the most conspicu-
Gus and interesting feature of the
model Notifications is the great twelve
inch breechloading rified cannon SINH
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NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS

Levi G. Vets, who died at Hartford,
has left to Yale university about $780,
600, comprising the bulk of his estate.
DR.. Merrick Bemis, former superin-
tendent of Worcester, Mass, lunatic
hospital and widely known as an ex-
pert on insanity, died suddenly Of
Bright's disease, agSl 81.
George L. Wright, So a retired paper
manufacturer and member of the Mas
sachusetts state legislature in 1859 and
ir 1860, died at Springfield, Mass.
Daniel Stroud, one of the crew of the
coal barge Independent, lying off Bos-
ton, fell overheard and was drowned.
James HI. Black, SO, unmarried, was
drowned by the overturning of a small
punt in which he was fishing in Port
land, Me-, harbor.
Adelmon Lanpher, whose body was
found in the woods just below Bangor,
Me-, where he evidently had committed
suicide by hanging from tree, disap-
peared last February.
Miss Maurice Lehy, AZ years old,
partially blind and deaf, while cross
ing the tracks at Easthampton, Mass,
was struck by a train and instantly
killed.
De Grasse Fox, proprietor of the
Malvern hotel, Bar Harbor, Me-, and
who did much to make popular that re-
sort, is dead, aged Sc.
Governor Bates was present at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
Quincy (Mass.) Y. M. G. A, building
The building is to be erected at cost
of $4,000.
DIR. Phineas j. Horwitz, so years old,
died at Bar Harbor, Me-, after a very
long illness. DR.. Horwitz was in
charge of the Tampico hospital during
the Mexican war, and later medical in
spector and director in the United
States navy.
Elias E. Pratt, who for more than 40
years has been connected with the
building department of the New Haven
road, has rendered his resignation as
superintendent of the department, be-
cause of poor health.
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STRONGF V GUARDED


Marines Aboar" Il Around the
Connecticut PREF a ed 10 Kill
New York, Oct. 4.-Guarded by ma
rines with loaded rifles on board her
and on shore, and with powerful cleo
trio searchlights playing over her, the
pwly launched battleship Connecticut,
Already the object of three serious at
tacks, lay at her berth in the Brooklyn
navy yard last night.
The officers are using every con-
teiva6le precaution against the recur-
renee of the mysterious attempts to
disa BILE or destroy the vessel, and they
think they have about rendered it i'm
possible. Marines and secret service
men are about her all the time.
While the regulations governing the
construction of a vessel are strict, even
greater precautions will be taken in
future. A naval constructor will be on
the new vessel until she leaves the yard,
giving his personal supervision to every
detail of the work.
A strict investigation involving
much detective work is under way. OF
this the authorities will not talk.
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Great Damage by Runaway Engine

Boston, Oct A wild" engine
with empty cab and no headlight es-
capped from Che Roxbury shops of the
New Haven railroad last evening, and
after running a quarter of mile col
lided head-on with an outbound Ded-
ham train. Both locomotives were
wrecked. The engineer of the pas
senger train was slightly bruised and
a man ana woman were cut by flying
glass from a broken lamp, but not Sc
riously injured. None of the others on
the train suffered more than a severe
shaking up
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NO PARTISAN STRIFE
Democratic and License Gain In

Democratic ana License Gain In
COnnec icut Town Elections
New Haven, Oct A net gain of one
town to the Democrats, and gain of
two towns to the license column tells
in brief the story Of the fowl elections
i'll Connecticut. An enthe absence of
partisan strife for office took from the
elections the chief interest and it was
only where there had been agitation by
the no-license advocates that the vote
bore comparison with that of last year.
The leaders of both the leading
political parties had stated that the re-
suits of the elections could have no
bearing on the November election and
their opinion was well founded, for the
figures have purely local significance.
For officers 12S towns went Republican
as last year, while the Democrats got
33, as compared with 80 last year.
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Garvia Again Nominated

Providence, Sept. 30.-The Demo-
Gratis of Rhode Island, in state conven-
tion, nominated a state ticket, chose
presidential electors and then, separat-
ing into district conventions, named
candidates for congress. The men Sc
lected for state officers are: Governor,
L. F. G. Garvin; lieutenant governor,
Adelard Archambault; secretary of
state, J. r. keenan,; attorney general,
G. L. Brown; treasurer, Edmund
Walker
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Frost Cut Down Corn OUTPUT

Bangor, Me-, Oct. "A prominent
broker in canned goods says of the
sweet corn pack in Maine: 'Just be-
fore the frost of last week 1 estimated
the pack at IS percent of the average.
1 now estimate it at 65 to 20 percent.
For the last two or three years the
pack has not much exceeded 100000
cases, but previous to that period it
ranged between 100000 and 100000
cases"
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Chance For Goodnow to Explain

Washington, Sept. 30-Consul Gen,
eral Goodnow, at Shanghai, has been
Cabled permission to return home i'm
mediately to answer charges preferred
the affairs in his office. The effect of
the decision to allow Goodnow to be
heard personally will be to postpone
final action in this case for some time.
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Calico Criminal Carelessness

Lawrence, Mass, Oct. Judge
Stone found Fred Gould probably guilty
of manslaughter in causing the death
of Roy Thomas, and ordered the de-
PENDANT held for the grand jury.
Thomas was accidentally shot during a
rehearsal for an amateur play, but
Judge Stone held that the carelessness
which resulted in the fatality was
criminal
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Wife Slain and Husband Missing

Wentworth, n. H., Oct. THE body
of Mrs. Henry Wilkinson was found in
bed with the skull crushed, and the
authorities, assisted by a large posse
of citizens, are searching the woods for
her husband, who is charged with hav-
ing murdered her The theory held by
the villagers is that Wilkinson COM
mitted the crime in an attack of in
sanity
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salvation Army Funds.

There is a disposition in England to
worry General Booth about the Gus
tody Of the Salvation Army funds, for
the army now has an annual income
Of about S5,OOO.OOO. The Britishers do
not make any reflections unon the gen
eral, but they think it would be only
businesslike for him to have Joined
with him at least one other trustee
Exchange.
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Each Skull Held a Bullet

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 4.-Much
excitement has been created in the viii
lage of Sparta by the discovery of eight
skeletons near the town. a bullet was
found in each skull. The region in
which the bodies were found was for
nerly wild one and it is thought that
the bodies may be those of early set
tiers, killed by highwaymen.
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Church Floor Collapsed

Adams, Mass, Oct. 3.-While Rt.
Rev. Thomas d. Beaver, Roman Catho-
lie bishop of Springfield, was laying
the cornerstone of St Stanislaus Polish
church here yesterday afternoon, a
floor collapsed, precipitating $50 per-
sons into the basement. Several per-
several of the priests assisting him
were slightly Eurt.
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Thief Nav Become Murderer

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 4-Frank j.
Sharkey discovered a sneak thief in his
room and while struggling with him
was stabbed in the abdomen and head
and is not expected to live. The in
jured mans sister fought the thief, but
he escaped. The police traced him
about the city for time, but he disap-
pcared and all efforts to locate him
wpra fI1tila
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Endeavorers Show Great Growth

Haverhill, Mass, Sept. 30.-The BIZ
ennial convention of the Massachu-
sets State Christian Endeavor So
ciety was brought to a close last night
with a mass meeting. The report of
Secretary Robinson showed that there
are 1914 societies in tt state with an
active membership Of 1896, and a
total membership of over $4,000, being
a gain of % societies and 1000 men,
bers during the year. The total gifts
for the year amounted to 500, 343.9O.
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Whitinsville, Mass, Oct 3.-Davis
r. Gray, II years old, postmaster of
Whitinsville for 10 years, was found
dead on a sofa in his home last night.
Death was due to weakness attendant
upon age. Gray had held nearly every
office in the town of Northbridge and
had served two terms in the legislature.
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Excursion Steamer Wrecked

Burlington, VT, Oct. 1.-The worst
windstorm of the year prevails over
Lake Champlain. The lumber wharves
of the city are flooded. The excursion
steamer Valcour was carried ashore at
Crescent beach and her captain and
crew of seven men had to swim for
their lives through the surf. The
steamer will be a total loss. 1t is
thought that considerable damage will
be done all along the shore.
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ChadwIck's Body Recovered

Truro, Mass, Oct. 3.-The body of
w. 2. Chadwick of Exeter, n. H.,
chairman of the board of trustees of
Phillips Exeter academy, who was
drowned while swimming at the en-
trance of Barnstable harbor a week
Truro yesterday afternoon, having
drifted across the bay, distance of
Ii miles
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Nothing New From Manehuria

London. Oct. 4.-Small outpost
fights constitute the sum of the activi-
ties reported from the vicinity of Muk-
den. The Japanese blockade of Port
Arthur is so effective that General
Stoessel has been unable to inform the
war office at st. Petersburg of the sit
uat ton there
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Funeral of Mr. Hoar

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 4.-Funeral
services for United States Senator
George Frisbie Hoar were held here
yesterday. In the presence of many
persons representing societies and
associations, the city of Worcester,
commonwealth of Massachusetts and
congress of the United States, the
favorite hymns of the dead statesman
were sung. the Goth Psalm was read
and two clergymen spoke words in
eulogy Of the man who had been their
friend for many years.
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Army Improving In Health

Washington, Oct. AIN his annual
report Surgeon General O'Reilly shows
that the general health of the army has
improved during the past year, the
admission rate per- thousand having
been 1,451.13 against 1,716.51 in the
preceding year. The losses by death
and invading amounted to 1907, per
thousand
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Consolidated Buys a Railway

New Haven, Oct. 3.-The Middle
town Street Railway company has
been sold to the Consolidated Railway
company. The sale was effected at the
rate Of $15 a share of stock, the par
value of which is S25 a share. The cap
ital stock of the company is $4,000.
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"Censure" For Thirteen Deaths

New York, Oct. 4.-The coroner's
jury which has been investigating the
death of the IL persons who lost their
lives in a recent tenement house fire
on Attorney street returned a verdict
in which they found no person directly
responsible for said deaths. The jury
censures the tenement house depart
ment and the building department for
lax supervision of the building.
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Slaughter Begins Early

Patten, Me-, Oct. 1.-The first fatal
accident of the big game season, which
opened Saturday, was that reported
here yesterday afternoon. William
Vlolette was mistaken for deer by
Leo Cody of this town, while hunting
al Ragged Brook. Violette died GU a
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Not Goinq to Buy Big Plant

New Haven, Oct. 4.-President Mel
len of the New Haven road denies the
reports that his road has in contempla-
ton the purchase of the plant of the
Eastern Shipbuilding company as the
site of a mammoth repair shop to take
the place of the one now at Newport.
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conoressionaI Candidates

New York, Oct. 4-COngressional
district conventions were held by the
Democrats in various districts in New
York and Brooklyn last night. Prom
inent among those named were former
Senator Towne. William r. Hearst, w.
Z. Cochran and William Sulzer.
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NIon, Waterman Found Dead

Webster. Mass. Oct. 4.-Nathaniel
Child. IS years old. night Waterman Of
the Intervale mill. was found lying at
the foot OF ladder in the mill, dead.
with his skull fractured. A safety
lantern in his left hand was extin-
guished.
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Woman Danqerousy Stabbed

Bangor, Me, Oct. 3.-Frank Sweeney
of Holyokp, Mass, is locked up, pend
ing hearing in stabbing affray
which took place in resort here Sat
urday night. Myrtle Emery, who re-
ceived long and dangerous cash from
U Knife. is hold rs q Witness
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seauest of s5oo,ooo to Hospital

Hartford, Oct. 4.-By the will of
Miss Mary Terry, who died at Venice
a month ago, the Hartford hospital will
receive approximately 100000. Miss
Terry lived in this city until a few
years ago. when she began travelling
abroad. She was 40 years old.
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eeneflts EIoht Hundred Workers

Ware, Mass, Oct. 3.-The cloth de
partment of the Otis company's cotton
mill will resume full time this week.
Some 500 Of the 1900 hands employed
are benefited by this change. The I'M
derwear department has been on full
time all summer
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Left Deeorated Jimmy Behind

Boston, Oct. 3.-The residence of
Alexander Reid, 13 and 10 Linwood
square, was entered, and property
valued at $500 stolen. The thieves
were apparently professionals. They
left behind them jimmy, around which
was tied a piece of pink ribbon.
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Watson Sentences to Death

Hartford, Oct 1.-Joseph Watson,
the negro who shot and killed Henry
Osborn early in August, was found
guilty in the superior court and SEN
fenced to be hanged on Nov. IL.
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OfnciaI FIoures In Maine Vote

Augusta, Me-, oct. 1.-The official
vote in the recent state election is an
nounced as follows: Cobb, r. 1851;
Davis. d. 1871; Woodbury., Pro. 2756:
Hapgood, Soc, 1876; scattering, Is;
total, 1922.