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a pressure of $50 pounds: there are four
propeller shafts, and with horsepower of
%, 900 the speed will be about twenty-one
knots. Apart from the novel feature found
in the abolition of the secondary arma-
ment, there are several other notable de-
partures from accepted design. Two stern
posts and two rudders, placed some twen-
ty feet apart. are provided. The ten
twelve-inch guns OF the main armament
are arranged In three barbettes, each
mounting pair of guns on the keel line,
one on the poop one abaft the tunnels
and one on the high forecast1e. The other
two pairs will be in hooded barbettes, To-
Gated on either bow, so that the fire
ahead will be from six guns, the fire
astern from two and on the broadside
from no less than eight. This is a very
great gain indeed, for there can be small
doubt that broadside is far more i'm
portant than end-on fire. The Dread
nought will, when need arises, be good
ship in a chase; her stern fire is. of
course, weak, but then she is not likely to
be found showing her stern to anything
that floats The torpedo defense gun is
now spoken of as an eighteen-pounder,
but the number to be mounted Is not
stated"
It is, however, claimed In other quar-
ters that the foregoing disposition of the
main armament is not accurate, and that
the twelve-inch guns (45-cal1Der In lengthy
are to be mounted at nearly the same
level on the upper deck. Two of these
are to be carried in a forward and two in
an after barbette, situated on the fore
and aft line of the ship. Three are to be
mounted each in a single barbette on
either broadside. This disposition of the
big guns is, therefore, a close reproduc-
ton of that installed in the Lord Nelson.
the only substantial changes being the
substitution of Pinch ordnance for the
9.2-inch intermediates Of the earlier de-
sign. Whichever plan is adopted. the
cumulative effect of eight guns fired to-
gether in broadside must be enormous,
and the effect even Of a single shot. owing
to the great increase in energy of these
latest gun types. must be most destructive
even at the new fighting ranges. 1t should
be kept in mind that future actions will
probably be fought at ranges so extended
that only the heaviest shots will in any
Anal sense count. The fiat trajectory-the
line of projected fight-can also be so
low that no zone of safety will exist with
In effective torpedo range.
What, 1t may be asked, will the Ad-
mtralty do with ship OF this tre-
mendous power when she is commits
stoned? With the ten 12-inch guns OF
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now historically famous as the first sea-
going ironclad-and of the Monitor
aroused so much technical interest and
excited so much public curiosity.
1t is at this stage impossible to describe
with exactness all the elements Of the
Dreadnought's design, for its secrets have
been kept with such admirable close
ness that the facts are known only to
a limited circle Even so eminent a critic
as Sir William White, late chief con-
structor of the. British navy, seems to
have based an adverse opinion of the type
on wrong assumptions; and it is safe to
say with the London Engineer, If a per-
son of his enormous experience could be
led into error, how less likely Is it that
the opinions and deductions of lesser
lights will prove correct. 1t may there
fore be well to add that the general de-
scription of the Dreadnought has been
taken from conservative and apparently
reliable accounts that have appeared in
such trustworthy journals as the En-
gineer and Engineering of London and
the Naval and Military Record of
Plymouth.
During the Ave months that the Dread
nought has been under construction suf-
ficient truth has, however. been whispered
to prove that the new ship is an incorpo-
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tice. one minute being followed by
others, the effect will be annihilation-
To this length has the contest for sea
power gone. and even this Is not the
end
These possibilities result from the as
tonishing advances IN heavier ordinances.
Until within a few years the British II
inch gun was 40 calfbers In length and de-
veloped a velocity Of about $500 feet
per second. 1t is interesting to learn
that each OF the 45-caliber 12-inch guns
of the Dreadnaught is to be something
like 80 per cent more powerful than the
Pinch employed two years ago. II will
have double the power OF the s2-inchs.
nearly five times the power OF the rs
and eight times that Of the s-inch. Be
tween 1892 and 1902 the collective muzzls
energy from one round OF battleship guns
increased p per cent. whereas between
1902 and 1906 the advance has been 147
per cent.
Moreover, the maintenance OF energN
and penetrative power at long range Is
favored by q greater weight OF projectile.
and heavy guns have as = corollary the
advantage over light pieces. At long
ranges the improved optical devices for
sighting and range finding demanded
have been speedily provided by inventive
ingenuity, and this combination OF the
various devices with natural aptitude
for getting on the target and with q ra-
tiOnal and progressive training Is pro-
ductng results that are nearly marvellous.
The maximum fighting range OF tho
Dreadnaught's 12-inch guns, for az
ample, is FIVE miles, and the chances OF
hitting targets at this distance are
quite good Since we have been devel-
oping larger battleships," declares Cap
tain Wainwright. u. s. N, IN the Pro-
ceedfngs of the Naval Institute, "ths
power of hitting with big guns has been
increasing by leaps and bounds. All ord
nance material has improved. and the
training Of officers and men has become
scientific. Now the heaviest guns can be
fred as rapidly as the intermediate guns
could be fired formerly. and with them
they can make more hits than the light
er guns could make in earlier times. The
old theories OF q 'smOthering fire. and =
greater number OF units must be allowed
to die, as one or two hits from the big
guns can destroy soft ends and wreck
weak battery spaces. and such guns alone
are able to attack the life Of the ship.
What use is there in having large in
termediate battery II its power is de-
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the latest type opposed to the four
mounted in even the best foreign bat
tleships, she should be equal to any two
vessels now afoat. In defensive quail
ties she will, thanks to the thickness
and quality of her armor. be immune
from damage by gunhre at ordinary
battle ranges. 1t Is generally believed
that the Dreadnought will be assigned
to the Atlantic fleet, which is the
pivot" force of the British navy. In
the late battle practice the King Ed
ward VII, flagship OF this fleet, when
steaming at fifteen knots, fired eleven
shells from her four 12-inch guns and
hit ten times a target distant nearly
three and a half miles Thirty-one
rounds were discharged with her four
9.2-inch guns, making fifteen hits. and
out of seventy-one rounds twenty-six
hits were scored by the 6-inch guns. If
the Dreadnought, with ten 12-inch guns,
equals the record the target will, under
similar conditions, be pierced twenty
times. In addition to the Dreadnought
the Atlantic fleet will include. irrespec-
tive of armored cruisers and other COM
ponents and auxiliaries, seven battle
ships OF the King Edward VII type.
each mounting four 12-inch, four 9.2-
inch and ten 6-inch guns. Assuming
that circumstances enabled each OF
these eight men-of-war to put in full
broadside every minute, the following
weight of shells would be discharged:
Pounds.
Dreadnought ..-.... .............. $500
Seven King Edward Wis.,. 81, $40
Total oo,f4V
The calculation is based on the mod
est assumption that from each 12-inch
gun one shell will be fired a minute,
from each 9.2-inch two and from every
6-inch five This rate is frequently ex-
ceeded, but it may suffice as an average
for fleet of eight ships. On this basis
the total discharge each minute from
the Atlantic fleet firing broadside-on
at an enemy is more than twenty-six
tons of metal. Presuming the stand
ard of the King Edward Wis 12-inch
guns is maintained, twenty-three tons
would get therefore home in the ships
of any foe that chanced to be the OBJ
iective. Nothing so overwhelming as
this concentrated destruction has ever
been conceived in the brain OF man. 1t
is impossible to picture the result OF
one minutes we'll directed fire at an
enemy's ships. and when the gunners
get the range and fire as at target prac-
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Continued on Page g.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
SUE 8 pEAp MANS IL
Members spiaahedJto Pieces IN Loco
motive Works, But Relatives
Want ThemAnyhow.

Philadelphia. Relatives Of An
thony Labowski, who was killed q
the Baldwin locomotive works recent
~ have delayed burial OF his body
pending an action against the Bald
win works for the recovery Of Lab
.owskf's feet, which were5seyered tnsthe
accident that cost thesman his life
With this object in view the dead
mans family has retained former
Judge Maxwell Stevenson as counsel,
who Will institute legal proceedings
to recover the fest, SO that the body
in its entirety may be given proper
burial.
When the relatives went to the UNI
dertaker's place to arrange Tor the
funeral they were Mortified to learn
that the body was foot1ess. Burke
went to the Baldwins1ocomotiys works
to obtain the missing feet, but the SUI
pe%rintendent told him that the feet
had evidently been hopetessly crushed,
as hey had not been. found.
The relatives of the dead man frnr
mediately became indignant at the
treatment accorded them at the loco
motive works. They agreed to post
pone the funeral indefinitely until the
feet are recovered and placed in the
coffin.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
FRANCE HAS BIG DEFICIT.
Military Preparations in Moroccan
Crisis Is Responstble-To
Increase Taxes.

Paris-Ftnance Minister Poincara
has introduced the budget In the cham
Der OF deputies showing considerable
deficit in consequence of the extraordt-
nary military preparations during the
Moroccan crisis. amounting to $4,000
600, and also ~s3o,000.O00 owing to in
creased expenditure resulting from in.
ternal reforms.
Definite proposals have not yet been
formulated, but the minister suggests
that in order to meet the first indf-
Gated deficit a loan would be necessary,
and that as to the other item, a rear
rangement of taxation would be neces-
sary, comprising an increase of 80 per
cent. in the succession duty. an aug
mentation Of the duties on sptrituous
liquors and the transfer Of real seate
and the suppression Of fraud in the
manufacture Of alcohol.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
I'M NATURES ~LAB0RATORK


Gus. o~verwotked and -
women contains any aioa
them 10 a place az N
They are neither patent
secret ones either, Tor epeE N1
pr Plerces world iamca
F~lenEpgthe great laboratory h
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~ the inefedienis entering a7e -
conapqslttpn Ihls ~ why -
nupIelnaleed Physicians now
them and Eeeotnmend them y
patients 8 they Wo1ld no.
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sdonseus " The NIX eAtneut ~
authorities OF ~ set9otB
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The exact working fofmuht
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
In a Bad Way Is
m. Y. Democracy
oEmocRATIc PAPER HAS INTER-
EsTlMe STORY CONCERNING
sTATE or AEEkiRss
STATE Of AFFhlHl


TT77TEHt HHP "a &4lt
New York Times iDem
They q little slow dp State
Prof Bristol director d he
1cofneH Summer School and secretary
.of tie Tompkins counts pemocratic
committee, tells correspondent Of
the Evening Post that IS here 81
eyefywherey the spirit d dissatisfae7
ton aronsedFby the insurance investf;
;gattona and whit goes the desire p
punish and that desireiss intense
that the local party viii SUPPORT the
convention nominee, yen e it be
iHeafstS Contempt for Hearst per-
sona1iyY would not lead even intel
1lgent Democrats to bolt the ticket
The insurance disclosures caused
much indignation down here aud the
4desfre to punish somebody vas re-
.iected In the large vote cast for Mr..
Hearst last November. But sensible
men see that the insurance abuses are
durable and being cured; that in fact
they have been substantially cured In
ali the companies save the Mutual,
which remains somewhat impenitent,
but Is under further correction. In
this city excitement about the tnsur-
ance companies has subsidized. Men
are thinking about other things. On.
that issue alone, or the desire to pun
ishR kndled by that exposure. MI.
Hearst would not now be formidable
in the local political field.
we suspect that this is true up the
state, too. The minds Of men are
busy about a lot Of things not at all
Or only remotely connected with the
INSURANCE business. In New York
state as elsewhere they T consider
ing the ways OF the corporations. Of
what is called predatory wealth.
Of the politicians, of the bosses. Of the
two old parties, Democratic and Re
publican. They have been a good deal
stirred up by intiammatory appeals,
they are critical, dissatisfied, and a
good many OF them persuade them
selves that they have grievances that
would be redressed by "aschange.
Now, no conceivable change could be.
greater than a change from Democracy
or Republfcanism to Hearst. and as.
radicalism is nowadays all the go.
they not unnatura1ly turn to MI.
Hearst as the embodiment Of that g x
IRENE spirit, as the At exponent OF
49, s, .aa4Jaae1ase and as hi
most promising political transformer
now "in sight
But that Is not all. The Democrats
New York State like sheep have
gone astray'' because they have no
leader. no. organization,sn no formulated
purposes. no visible object in view.
They are inicoherent in the sense that.
they don't stick together and in the
other sense that their %utterances have
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01

1919
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many years ago. Dr. tlefce 'onn1 Z
beautiful, blooming plant tne Loos %.
which possesses WondertuA$ snens.oe9
properties ~ o tomec Apr ks5c
tonic, also es an e~itef1slle or DE-
p~urfherana liver sasss
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soothing and healing innnenes
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has s~eyeEaIlocn9 English nal9e ne91g
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forest plant tn possess me4ieInat $Pt
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root the pEoperaesso 9eatlR
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this plant by 3 meu1ea olesslon y
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their NOS E1mPoFtant ngEealenssEn
caused 1.-the. pElees 9 the
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01

aa the fffnot5 ddseier Tnese oc0r
meuts. it was mysteriously explained.
not only % the judges, but to b cab
met 70 the president. 70 parliament
and 10 the press were 50 terrible fnet
their publication would be the signal
for q var With 3 great Continental
poKeE. The power referred 70 q
course was Gernany.
Dreyfus was convicted bg the DOS
sier may be stated heSe that the
gduruinents which made M the los
stef were totgerless Only
them has ever been made&pnbtc =
WAS private letter from Lieut. Col
Won SctWarzkoppen the German mtlt-
tasy attache. TO Lent Col Panizzardt,
his coHeagua of the Italian embassy
written two years before: and when
contained the sentence:
sCette canaille de D. deyient trop
iexigennte This dog OF e y
getting too importantly
IL Was afterwards conceded sbysthe
accusers OF Dreyfis that the did
not refer to Dreyfas at all; but re-
ferred9 to another person.
Dreyfus was convicted and sem
fenced hrst to be publicly degraded
and then to be transported and tn-
~prisoned for life On Devils island, .
barrenEBpot on Cayenne SCuthaAmer-
lea. On January {, 1895 thesfrst part
of the sentence was carried out. The
troops were drawn up In g hollow
square Dreyfuss In full dress uniform
was conducted TO the center Of the
open space. Anoncommfssioned ON
Ger torefthe epau1ettes from his Shout.
ders, ripped the gold braid from his
coat, tore the buttons of. and finally,
as a. supreme mark OF degradation,
broke password across his knee and
threw the dishonored fragments to the
ground. Then the unhappy omcer was
compelled to march to rogues music
along the front OF his regiment.
a Prisoner on DEVILS island.
On February 8, 1896 Dreyfus
reached Devils island. Here had been;
erected a stockade5 like a pen in which
negro convicts are kept. Insthe stock
ade was a hut. In this hut, under the
glare OF an equatorial sun. Dreyfus
was condemned TO pass the remainder
of his life. He ate and slept In the
hut and took what exercise he cared
for in the little stockade Enclosure.
He was permitted to have no converse
with his guards, He was denied the
solace OF books and newspapers. He
was permitted to write to his wife.
once a month and orecelve one let
ter a month from her.
The first clew to the Innocence Of
,Dreyfus and to the identity Of the real.
culprIt came later In the year 1895 by
the discovery by spies of q card tele-
gram Cpetit b1eul written by Lieut..
Col. Won Schwarzkoppen and adj
dressed to Commandant Esterhazy,
calling upon him to give more detailed
Information.
This card Observation-Disclosures ia.
NOUS in the case as the petit bleu'
ct was written on a little blue post
cardl-was taken to Col. Georges
Picquart, who had succeeded Col.
.sandherr as chief Of the secret intelli-
gence bureau. Col. PtcquaTt looked
into Esterhazy's record and anteced-
ents. He obtained specimens OF his
writing and made the sensational dis
.coyery that it was Esterhazy and not
Dreyfus who had written the border
eau.
The struggle OF Dreyfus, friends to,
obtain a new trial for him went-nn
$500 - 7--T77
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01

Messrs. Nixon g Zimmerman, who
have secured from q. s. =. Mcclellan
.Hugh MoTtonlS aThe Jury OF Fate
one Of the pieces which Henry Try
ing. son OF the late Sir Henry, will.
present in this country under that.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
HOWE 1hIs7

h
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF catarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY g co, Toledo. o:
we, the undersigned, have known
f. y. Cheney for the last is years.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and hnan.
.cially able to carry out any obllga.
tions made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnman & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 9.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally aching directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the System.
TESTIMONIALS sent free. Price 75Ecents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family pills for conEti-
patton:
Foreman,s photo Gallery will be
closed for vacation from Aug. i to
Sept. /,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
THEY STAND ALONE.

The fact that neither DR.. Pferce's
Golden Medical Discovery the great
regulator and blood purifier, norl his
HFayorite Prescription for weak nery=
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-01
DREYFUS V!ND!CATED.
HA1fE OF FAMOUS ERENcH JEW
IS CLEARED
oficer once Degraded CONVICTED
Traitor Wtil Re Retorsd aes
In Asmy-H4story of

49, N4HNL1el
-
Paris-Ihe eomplete y~tndleatton
Of capt Aired Qreytus5 tine charge
oil treason has been pFacttcally as
sured and II = said hesRtn nesg1yen
the ribbon % thsLegion q 2
F~rosecutot Genaral Baudouin. y
concluding his address Q he su.'
preme court tcrmaliIy asked the
court 10 qaash the Yeratet Of ~
Hennes co1gtmartIal without
trial.
THE peaee 81 the country" tho
prosecutor said; sdetnandh Il and the.
whole worldsaWaits the courts sum
mary disppsltton OF the subject, which
The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-11

and times good. Yet so few colOred
people bought property and the few
that did buy it did not hold it. The
lack Of downtown property is now
seriously felt. If coIored man de-
sires to rent a store or office in the
business district one of two things
inevitably result; either colored
people are refused outright or else
they are charged more rent than
others, which in itself is an insult
There is no remedy, no redress.
You must either pay up or shut up.
Will the Negro re-enact this blum
der in 1886? That depends upon
how he acts now. Will he buy a.
home now? VIII he buy some lots ?
Anywhere is better than none at all.
Will he buy some downtown prop
erty. There ought to be one or two
more hall sites purchased before
property begins to soar. There
ought to be some business property
obtained before it gets out of reach.
There is the citizen s investment
Company, the Loan Society and
other organizations that were or
ganized for that purpose. Wake
up. men, and get some land, if you
want to stay here unmolested.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-08-11
A Arru Era lit thr
Art nf Nraltttg
By GUSTAVUS NJ. BLECH.
as individual itzens.

ie IS not without danger and risks While admitted thai
modern methods OF operating enable well surgeon to under
take bold operations without having injury to the
tent from the operation ITSELF the knife rrepec
tive OF the outcome itself undesirable therapeutic agent Few
patients readily operation do to take bath
an electric treatment bottle medicine the majority of in
stances the patient submits the knife because he has failed
obtain relief from less risky methods because there exists
urgent demand o life
For the last medicine surgery have tried
c encroah each others territory Surgery Younger of the
two sciences has become gigantic forward strides that il
looked for time if but little would physicians n do
1t IS indeed refreshing that neither classic
OF medicine nor the and bod surgery has lost av
prestige from this friendly rivalry
Supporting other the combined science and ART of
practice has become noble abreast of the times
enlightened rational broad minded liberal free from the
and the occult 1t has rejected all and preten all
OF quackey and anaticism
Medicine though many respects phosophc science has after
ALL but one uaran movevz. the physical and nsvbic
suffering. F' '
OF the value OF prevention disease the great problems f
sanitation has solved and tried solve of keeping the
nations in good health it impossible an
esima
But the crowning glory OF medicine in the fact a, tho
men, whose specially relieve suffering knife in hand -
the ones who constantly search knees to Obtain M
results. ~
The Roengen first discovery which h
proved useful IN forms of (epheoma sarcoa) and
the surgeons glad aside make ue ~ M
agent Now number of nhammaory treated scs
ods Prof August Bier of Bonn Germany shown that if we
succeed in introducing the kind of blood purely mechanical
means INTO diseased infectious nhammaorv dis
cases will get well without the knife
And they dol This only the beginning era of kneea,
surgery The end is yet 4,ss4x ..g.z