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Evening journal., 1905-03-03
REGIsTER'S ORDER.
Raclsier. of Willal Offce

Register OF Wills Office
New Castle Co. Del, February 21 1905
TJpon the application OF Philena Hallf-
day administrative Of James II Halli-
day, late OF Wilmington hundred. in said
county. deceased, II Is ordered and
directed by the Register of wills that ths
administrators aforesaid give notice az
granting of letters OF administration upon
the estate OF the deceased with the date az
granting thereof, by causing advertise-
ments to be posted within forty days fron,
the date OF such Letters in six OF the nost
lie. requiring all persons having demands
against the estate to present the same or
abide by an Act OF Assembly in such oasa
made and provided; and also cause fbe
same 10 be inserted within the same
period in the Evening Journal a news
paper published. In. Wilmington Del, ana
TO be continued therein three weeks (e.t
Given under the hand ana seal
OF office OF the Register of vViii.
aforesaid. at Wilmington in New
fsEAI) Castle county aforesaid. the dav
and year above written.
FRED e. BACH.
Register OF Wills.
Notice Is hereby given that Letters ~
Administration were in due form on law
granted unto the undersigned on the TWEEN.
ty-nrst day of February, A. D., 1905, ana
that all persons having claims against Ire
same. duly attested. TO the said admins.
tratrix on or before the twenty-first dav
of February, 1906, or abide the Act or As
sembly in such case made and providcd
PIiILENA HALLIDAY.
Administrators
Address. Walter II. Hayes. Esq, Attor.
ney-at-LaT, Wilmington. Delaware.
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AGENTS

KEEP YOUR EYE GLASSES CLEAN:
Reliable agents wanted to sell
GoGld's Anti-Steam Eye Glass Cleaner,
a scientific chemically prepared fabric,
good profits. every wearer of glasses
viii buy, sample 10 cents by mail.
GOULD MFG. CO., Box SCI, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
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has Resianed Hla Position.

Captain r. n. ellison has resigned his
position as assistant to the vice-president
OF the Baldt steel Castings Company anG
viii 30 TO Mexico TO engage in railroad
work. Since he has been In New Castle
Captain ellison has made many friends
who regret 70 see him leave the city.
Prior 10 his departure he viii be given
a farewell reception.
Evening journal., 1905-03-03
River oreatIY cleared.

Yesterday witnessed a general clearing
out Of ice in the Delaware river and "a
large fleet of ice bound vessels were able
10 make and leave port.
The westerly winds yesterday served 10
keep the channel comparatively clear Of
ice. The tug International, which has
been IN service as an ice boat since the
loss OF No 3 iceboat, has completed her
work and Is now az Coopers Point being
put in readiness for sea towing once
fnoro
Evening journal., 1905-03-03
Boa, Stranded on Land.

Adie Keys had tough voyage on We'd
nesday while bringing a 2i-foot launch,
owned by b. 4. Lank, from Delaware
City 10 this city. The boat was on car
riage drawn by six horses but il became
stranded in the mud along the road and
it was necessary to abandon her ON We'd
nesday night and f. was not until yester-
day that the vessel arrived safely in port
of Lanks shops. a io-horse power nap
tina engine viii be installed in the craft"
Evening journal., 1905-03-03
co. 3 Leaves For canital.

Under command Of Captain c. =. Hol-
comb, Company II, n. G. d., OF this city.
will leave here at 4 O'Clock this afternoon
for Wilmington where It win board cars
Tor Washington 10 take part in the in
augurai parade. The quota OF the com
pany viii be IS men and three officers
The soldiers win leave on special troll
ley cars and upon reaching Wilmington
VIII proceed TO the b. d o. station at
Delaware avenue and DUPONT street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10
Neither the Holland Nor the Lake.

But the submarine which he describes
Is neither the Holland, nor the Lake, nor
so far as is known OF the same type as
any OF those used by the Continental
powers. II Is being used not as a war
vessel, but as part OF the Government
geodetic survey OF the great Central
Sea Still. it Is an ingenious craft. and
probably was the embryo from which
Captain Fuller has developed the sub
marine which ile has submitted TO the
consideration Of the navy's board OF
construction.
The Tracer is described as a cigar
shaped vessel OF 200 feet IN length. bv
20 feet beam, and OF nearly l,OOo tons
displacement when submerged. It's ont
er shell lis made of aluminium brouza
over an inner shell of the finest steel
It was divided longirldinany into two
equal parts and had twelve cross parti-
lions. dividing the entire vessel into
twenty-six compartments. In case OF
any injury 10 the outer shell. by which
water might gain ingress. that particu-
lar compartment could be instantly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10
Would Change U. S. Naval Policy.

Such is the submarine as Lieutenant
Fuller conceived Il twenty years ago.
OF the submarine which Lieutenant Full
Ter has offered to the navy no detailed
description has been given out. and is
not likely to be. as the nations are not
telling Just how their vessels are built.
1t has been told, however. that it is to
be a one-man submarine, which II ae-
cepted would change the naval policy
OF the United States" The board has
not yet accepted il. 1t does not fully
approve it, but this does not imply that
the vessel Will not fulfil the conditions
claimed for il. Its advocates claim that
il is radically different from ANYTHING
heretofore brought out by any nation.
Certainly, its designs show il TO be a
most Ingenious piece of mechanism. and
captain Fuller has spent upon its every
part and action months OF study and the
employment OF hundreds of the most
dlf1cuit formulae and has also illustrated
and explained. by many elaborate scale
drawings, everything from its souter
shell 10 its inner machinery, power and
appliances. 1t is significant of the in
Ventors confidence In these designs that
IN presenting them through the War
Department, he did not hesitate TO make
use of the following strong statement:
Il honestly believe. and am confident.
that had Admiral Rogestvensky been
equipped with these submarines to a
value OF less than that of one of his
battleshipS, he would have routed Adj
miral Togo's fleet IN the battle of the
Sea OF Japan" And again; Il believe
the adoption of this class of submarines
will almost do away with the great and
costly battleships. ="
The board of construction. In consider
ing the boat, was furnished with the fol-
lowing comparison OF submarines now in
use in the navy and the submarine de-
signed by Captain Fuller. The first
figure or item given in each case is for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

Middle West that II at one time prom
ised 10. And the political geography
also remains unchanged. Canada, Mex
leo. and Central America are not clam
oring for admission TO the Union, nor
giving any reason TO believe that they
are likely to. To be sure, It is not vet
A. ID. 1000. and We are not supposed TO
acquire Mexico and Central America
for another ten years. nor British Amer
lea until 1917. But while ne was dream
ing. why not dream OF Hawaii annexed.
and Porto Rico and the Philippines
Why not dream Of the development Of
Alaska into a great mining camp? Why
not dream of a Panama Canal. complet-
ed and in good working order?
To resume: Cobb takes the Pneuma tic
Centrafs continental express at San
Francisco at 1s dial, due at Washington
the next day at dial. He breaks the
journey at the Central Sea, where he
makes the acquaintance of the subma-
rine- 1t interests him. but does not
greatly astonish him, for he says: THE
submarine was almost an accomplished
fact in 1887. and might reasonably be
expected 10 be an actual success in the
year 1000"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10
Pneumatic Tube Express Train.

And the rest Of the oooH is given over
TO dreams Of the things that would have
happened, the progress in science in
invention, in art, in government-in civ
ilization generally during those 113 years
Cobb naturally finds many changes. All
the railroads are operated by the Gov
erDment- Electricity has entirely sun
planted steam as a motive power. and
has itself been suppianted when great
speed is required by compressed air. all
the transcontinentaI expresses being
sent through pneumatic tube. The
electric carriage is an accomplished fact:
so is wireless telegraphy The entire
system OF reckoning time has changed.
The day IS still twenty-four hours long.
but these are not reckoned in two
cycles OF twelve hours each. The hours
are counted straight up TO twenty-four,
and the term O'Clock" IS obsolete.
having been supplanted by dial" Thus
10 diaI is the expression for o'clock In
the afternoon, etc. The years are d.
vided Into thirteen months of twenty
elght days each, the one extra month
thus FORMED being called "Finis" The
extra Gay is know as New Year Day.
anu comes IN between the last day of
RIMS and the first day Of January.
Every other year. as in our leap year.
there is still another day to be account
Cd Tor and that, too, is crowded I'm be-
tween FINS and January. These DAYS
are IN no week. and in no month thev
are simply extra days designed 70 take
UP extra time and make the year come
out straight Every month begins on
Eonday, and finishes on Sunday.
The map has been entirely changed
both physically and politically. great
central sea has been formed I'm the
Ohio basin by the 'cataclysm of 1916. -
~hen through an accident In a foundry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

closed and the flow Of water conaned
to it
Added to its LOCO tons displacement
the vessel carried an immense aluminium
covered iron weight OF 15O. 900 pounds.
attached to its bottom. so that It could
instantly be freed. and dropped into the
sea, by the mere severing of an electric
connection, in case, through any acct
dent the vessel needed to be lightened
mat X might rise On the other hand
there was a scheme whereby water TO
Inc weight of fifty tons could be drawn
INTO cylinders in the vessel and in two
minutes elected The weight Of the YES
sci is just thirty tons less than its dis
placement. and by allowing thirty tons
OF water TO enter the submarine the
weight becomes equal to the dispIace-
ment and the vessel sinks
Forty-hve feet Of each cone of the yes
sci was filled with air. 4.500 cubic feet
OK air under pressure of I,5O0 pounds
10 the square inch-a quantity sufficient
10 sustain life for the entire crew for
TWO hours But this was to be kept in
reserve, for the vessel had facilities
Tor depriving the inhaled air of it's car
oonlc acid, and recharging II with oxy-
gen from the pipes and Iipthalene gas
from the receivers, whereby the inmates
could support life for eight hours more
II entirely deprived Of outside air.
The storerooms. messrooms. and
quarters for the men, though small.
were made with every convenience and
lifted up with every continuance for
comfort. and the stateroom assigned to
Lieutenant Cobb is described as "a
coy ANAL" little. but handsomely
furnished room, containing all that one
could desire I'm thoroughly well ap-
pointed apartment. Electric lamps
threw charming subcued light over
everything in the room. while an cleo
trio heater diftused a warmth most
agreeable on such a cold September
morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

submarines now in use. the second for
the -auto-torpedo' submarine, Captain
FuIIer's boat:
Displacement. tons, 10: s.
Speed below fiye-foot knots. s; 8.
Speed. submerged five feet or less,
knots. S; 1919.
Speed. on surface, knots. S; 2o.s4.
Crew. number Of men, o 20 %; L
Cost Of vessel, complete. $4,000, 49,
OeG
Horsepower. $50; $50
Period of life under water. ?; s hours.
Submergence. how obtained, by nilins
tanks; by momentum
Ratio of activity. time TO disappear.
going full speed, ?; Is seconds.
Radius OF action. ?; 200 miles.
Ability to remain quiescent under wa
ter, I: o.
Visibility, I: 05-
Power of weapon, 1; L
Number of charges carried, 5; L
Ability to be reloaded, period OF time
after return to accompanying ship. ?: 8
minutes
Possibility OF escape from vessel u
struck by enemy. ?: full
Chances of rescue OF men If they leave
the vessel. I; 90
Probability Of saving crew II vessel ~
struck by shell. ,; almost sure
Period vessel can run under water.
with periscope. ,; 10 hours. Below peri
scope depth. :: 2 hours
Availability of dispatch boat, o: L
Availability TO defend harbors, in place
Of mines. s: 20
Availability for use in mid-ocean. o: L
Liability to being hit. at surface.
SIS. ].
Availability for use IN any port or
ocean. time: Slow time and difficult:
quick time and easy
The plans of the boat are now In San
Francisco and it is understood that a
company may be formed to build a trial
submarine after Captain Fuller's de-
signs
Captain Fuller Is not the only man
who. having improved on existing in
ventiOns for purposes of fiction, has SO
fallen in love with his improvement
that he has nerfected and patented il.
Morgan Robertson. in one of his sea
yarns. has a submarine equipped with
an instrument which shows what is on
the surface in all directions; while ex-
listing submarines have only a lookout
which reflects what is on the water
ahead of them. Robertson liked his idea
so much that he has worked over il. 7
and made IL practical Then IL is said
that the Holland people were so smitten
with IL that they gave him $4,000 for
ii, and must pay him a royalty of 500
for every. submarine they build which
is equipped with his device and $500
for every submarine they build which
is not equipped with it. Rather q val
liable dream. that. May Captain F'uller's
pay as well.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

steam for one hour would require one
ton of coal and thirty-one tons of water,
while to operate il by lipthalite requires
twenty-three pounds. In ether words,
a ton OF Iipthalite will do the work of
ninety-six tons OF coal. The engines
were beautiful specimens of compact
strength, and the engine room large.
clean, warm, and brightly lighted with
electricity.
In the pilot room Lieutenant Cobb IS
shown thermometers for measuring in
terror temperature and exterior tenn
peraturs; electric dials giving the hui
Nudity in various parts Of the ship; yet
other dials which show the motion of
fans and dynamos, and all the other
machinery on board. The interior pres
sure is noted, and the exterior; the
purity OF the air IS Indicated, the speed
OF the vessel shown. A series OF little
bells gives warning of the entrance of
water into any one OF the bulkheads:
two buttons release the iron weight at
the bottom. the equilibrium Of the YES
sci is recorded automatically by an al
cohol cross combined with a double
pendulum. And there is sort OF
camera. capable of being turned to diff
ferent angles, which will reflect the sur
The main deck of the vessel was of
small area and almost flush with the
water. and inclosed by an iron railing.
A single metal mast stood at the bow.
At it's top lens. controlled by buttons
in the pilot room, revolyes and reflects
a perfect image OF the surrounding
water. This mast also serves TO carry
an arc light for night travelling. and
the flag by day. When the vessel was
submerged this mast was dropped until
its top rested on the deck of the vessel,
and the top closed automatically to pre-
vent the ingress of water. A large cir
cuiar float with air valves was loosened
from its fastenings on the deck and re-
manned on the surface, while the vessel
was attached to IL by hose. so
that constant supply of fresh air
could be obtained by suction without
using that stored I'm the vessel except
In an emergency. OF course. in case of
war. when it was desired 10 keep the
approach of the vessel secret. the float
could not have beer used. But the
Tracer. be it remembered. belonged to
the Geographical Bureau and was benz
used ter geodetic surveys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

N I EARLY twenty years ago Lieut..
nj Alvarado NJ. Fuller, L. s A,
dreamed a fantastic dream,
which he set forth in a tale
Laird & Lee, of Chicago. published it.
AT Its last meeting the board of con-
strtiction OF the United States Navy
considered a submarine invented and
designed by Capt. Alvarado NJ Fuller.
L s. A. apparently the realization of
one feature of this Enthusiastically inter-
esting twenty-year-old dream
IL was about the year 1887 that Lieu
tenant Fuiler's dream was licked into
literary shape "A d. COCO tells the
story Of Junius Cobb. lieutenant in the
Second Cavalry, u s. A, stationed at
the Preside in San Francisco. Lieu
tenant Cobb discovers means of in
definitely suspending animation without
producing death. He persuades his
friends. Lieutenants Craft and Hath
away. to help him to Theoretically seal
himself Up in chamber. which he has
had prepared under a monument in San
Francisco-the place. IL seems to him.
least likely to be disturbed during the
century that he proposes TO sleep.
His plan for his automatic release at
the end of the century fail through "A
characterization of his own. Some pa
pers concerning his case which his
friends have deposited with the Gov
eminent TO be opened at the expiration
OF the hundred years. are mislaid. and
do not come TO light until A. d. GOO.
when the authorities at once send Of
ficials TO rescue him, without any very
great faith that he win still be in a
condition 10 rescue. These bring him
TO life after his trance-like sleep of 1l3
years
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10
Many of the Dreams Have Come True

1t ia jules Verne sort of a yarn:
and II is interesting 10 note how many
of Captain Fuiler's dreams that he
dreamed in 1857, as capable of realiza-
ton by A. d. 20oO. have been accom-
plished full century earlier: and on
the other hand. how many OF them are
apparently further from accomplish
ment now than they were twenty years
ago. Electricity is daily supplanting
steam in transportation, but the pneu-
matte tube idea, as applied to trans
pOrtation. still looks visionary. Auto
mobiles are very much here. Wireless
telegraphy is an accomplished fact
though there is still much to be learned
about il. Aerial navigation is so nearly
achieved that IL is merely a question
OF time and experimenting.
On the other hand, natural gas, which
about the time the dreams were being
d3eamed. seems 10 have petered out Il
has certainly not changed the physical
geography Of the continent. Nor has IL
even proved the industrial factor in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

It did not require a very big crew u
manage the little vessel. her complement
consisted of two engineers. two pilots,
an electrician, cook. assistant cook.
captains boy. two helpers. >and two
officers Everything was so admirably
arranged. and machinery played such
wonderful part in the power required
TO handle the vessel that larger force
was not only unnecessary but would
have been detrimental 10 a satisfactory
working OF the vessel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10
Washington Becomes the "City Beau
tiful.'


lie finds Canada and Mexico and all
the central American States part OF the
United States. thereby making fits terri
tory include all OF North America. He
hnds Chicago the metropolis OF the coun
try. with 4 population of between seven
ana eight millions. and poor old Gotham
poor second Both cities have their
streets built in two stories, and have
become marvelously beautiful, though
Washington IS the dream city in that re-
spect- He finds that the secret of max
Ing malieable glass has been rediscoyer
cd. and that glass has become the build
ing material Of the age. and the paving
material, and. in fact. the most generally
all-round useful material that the peo
pie know anything about in the year
1000.
He finds himself a colonel in an en-
tlreiy reorganized army He finds the
great-grandson OF his friend, Leut.
Hush Graft. President of the United
States, and the great-great -gra ndson of
Lieutenant Hathaway one OF the ueu-
tenants in the regiment which he is to
command as colonel. He finds the whole
system OF election and government
changed. He takes an airship belonging
TO the Government. improves IT a bit.
and discovers the north pole in It, On
his return he is handed a commission as
admiral in the aerial navy, and told that
his improvements on the airship will
re"olutionize modern warfare. Finally
he IS united TO his sweetheart-his sweet
heart OF 1Ss7-whose father has obliging
ly suspended her animation for a hun
bred years also. no that she will be ready
for him when he comes to life, and the
story ends in marriage and millions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

On the Ohio. the natural gas strata of
the Ohio basin, from above Pittsburg to
the Mississippi river, with pockets in
Vulnerable and ramifications in every d.
rection' ignited and millions and mil
mons OF cubic feet Of gas exploded The
crust OF the earth was torn and rent,
and the earth sank and crushed into the
great vacuums. and formed a vast hol-
low, into which the waters of the en-
ire surrounding country poured. sub
merging Louisville. Cincinnati. Evans
vile, Pittsburg, and hundreds OF lesser
towns and villages. and forming the
great Central sea. covering an area OF
10000 square miles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10
Lipthalire Vapor the Motive Power.

hptfalite vapor. or lipthalene. is the
usual motive poVr of vessels in the
year 2eoO. and Kmali quantity of it
goes a very great way. A cubic inch of
lipthaIite, Lieutenant Cobb is told. Will
make 800 cubic feet of lipthalene. a COM
Of nitrogen. carbonic acid, and
other gases. To operate The vessel by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

Prominent Army Officer Wrote a Novel in
the Eighties, Which He Called "A. D.
1000, and in Which he Describes a Sub
marine Of tie Twenty-hrst Century---To
day the Navy Department Is Considering
d Submarine Invention Which Is the Prod
uct of His Genius, dnd Which Is Appar-
emily Practical Adaptation Of the Idea
Used in His Story.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1905-05-05
Leads Base Ball Team.

Jake Thompson, who will be at the
head of Leads league base ball team
this year, last night solicited subscrip-
tions in the matter and secured consid-
cradle encouragement. At present he
has several good players in the city.
Mitchell will probably otficiate behind
the bat, while the old favorite, Cheat
wood, will be in evidence; Peterson,
who has played for several seasons in
Desdwood, it is said, will have place
on Jake's team; Untank, a new pitcher,
will arrive the first of the week. There
are now but few positions left open,
and it is expected that active practice
will commence next week. Let the
good work go on, and the sooner the
better.-Lead Register.