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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

ever, are pure speculation, aud too
high or too low Is generally the yer-
diet. But before the ammunition hoists
can jerk up more food, the distance
has decreased and $500 yards will be
the sight BY that time the work Is
warmer for some of the smaller guns,
the siXinch and l2-pounder quick
firers, are being worked by sweating
crews. Already too, the Via Dolorosa
to the cockpit is marked by It's sig
nificant trail Ammunition is being
flung up 20 rounds at a time 70 be
spent as fast as guns can speak, for
to a ship IN the midst of the work
everything has ceased 10 exist hut the
enemy's hull in front of It, l}y this
time small casualties have oyertaken
the ships. With the best of good for
tune she cannot hope to escape being
hit somewhere. The mighty. yet deli
cate mechanism Of battleship is vul-
nerable at hundred points. Batteries
are working with diminished crews,
hydraulic ammunition hoists are
smashed, and consequently supply par
ties are passing up shot by hand and
forward a stoker fire brigade is ex.
tinguishing small fires.
"The fleets are now but 500 yards
apart, but the best gunners being dead,
accuracy of fire viii have diminished.
Possibly too, the lighting line viii
have been replenished by staff addi-
tons from slokehold or magazine, for
a modern battieship carries no re-
serve Of men. Now, though the range
is hazardous, the luck of the torpedo
might be attempted by the enemy,
Rendered desperate, the losing bat
tleship must now resort TO its last
weapon OF offense, the ram On the
first busle, Prepare to ram, all guns
are laid on the bow and made ready to
pour a broadslde on the Opposing ship,
Every man not working the quick.
firers must protect himself from the
enemy's projectiles and take cover.
Granting your opponent, however, un-
impaired engines, rammng Is con
summation infinitely difficult TO
achieye, Miscalculale your distance by
a score of yards, and, missing your
mark, your adyersaly's 40 tons OF steel
itself must be showing into you. And,
further, as fact the torpedo will
even prevent nayigable ships coming
too close together Nor Is II fair to
say viii many ships surrender For,
though its yltals be torn and bare,
only absolute destruction can put all
It's weapons out at action. Defeat
must mean not retreat, but annihlla,
ton"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26
NOT WAR, BUT MASSACRE.
English Sailor Describes Conditions as
They viii 6e on Sea.

Naval warfare to-day resolves It.
self into a problem of mathmatics
and death is gagged by the figures of
Euclid and matter of revolutions to
the minute; it is a cultured massacre"
The speaker was Admiral Sir Al
bert Hastings Markham, X. c. b., of
the British royal navy, who arrived in
New York recently, en- route TO Can
ada on a visit, in the course of a chat
ut the Metropolitan club. TIE admiral,
who has seen much active service in
the British navy and held many inn
portant commands in it. besides Incl
dentally accomplishing valuable serv-
ices in Arctic exploration and writing
several books, was asked to give a
mental description Of life on board a
battleship as he knows it during the
progress of an actual fight. In view
of the great increase in naval strength
which is taking place In every nation
and the immense warships that are
being turned out, Admiral Markham's
vivid description of a sea fight gives
some idea OF what the horrors OF the
next great naval battle will be like.
Let MS consider ourselves, then, on
frstclass battleship as spectators of
the next naval fight" began the ad-
miiQl, "and that the time has arrived
20 prepare for action.
Boats are filled with water and
surrounded with aplinterproof ma
terial or TO follow the example of the
Japs, they must be thrown overheard,
Sacks Of coal are placed round the
funnel. About the smallest machine
guns, unprotected by armor, canvas
sheets are hung and In this way the
precise number of men and guns is
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26
VIZ as rNEATeR eyRNEp.
lightning Rod Agent Refused to Take
Blsme fer Disaster.

Speaking Of a billpu3tor,s excuse foi
not promptly posting his paper II. II
Whittier Of AT Martins Uncle Toms
Cabin says "Once / ASKED Kan
sas billposter when he would post MY
paper lie replied Wen, II II rains
tomorrow | win post youf paper; If
it's a fair day, cant DO IT, as shall
lave 70 dive the sprlnkling wagon. 4"
But the champion excuse, Whittier
says, he heard in che town where q
country manager had two costly light.
hing rods placed ON his new opera
house. Only Q week or so later there
came violent thunder storm, the
theater was struck, and in few
hours all that remained of Il was b
heap Of black refuse Next day tho
manager sought he lightning rod
agent
Fine Lightning rods you sold me, ''
he shouted Here's nay new opera
house struck and burned to ashes"
What" said the agent, struck By
lightnng?"
Yes, sir, by lightning"
"In the daytlme?'
No, at night--last night
The agents puzzled face relaxed a
little, "Ah, he said. 1T was dark
night, wasn't lt?"
"of course It was" said the man.
ager IT was pitch dark"
Were the lanterns burning?"
What lanterns?
The agent looked amazed, then in
credulous,
Why he said, you don't mean 10
tell me that you didn't run up the
lanterns on the rods on dark nights? p
u never heard of such thing,
shouted the manager. Run lanterns
up! Why"
"Woll' said the agent, "lf you
don't know enough to keep yonr light
ming rods showing you cannot blame
mo-"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

had surrendered they we're as gentle
as American women"
Rear Admiral William II. Emory,
who commands the Fourth division,
was born in the District of Columbia,
and entered the Naval academy in
1862. He iwas a member OF the Greedy
relief expedition Promoted to lieu
tenant commander in 1887, he was de-
tailed as naval attache at London, and
was next assigned to the command
Of the Petrol subsequently he was
chief of staff on the flagship Brooklyn,
then became a member OF the board
of inspection and survey. and, after
lis tour of duty there, was assigned
to the Monongahela
or the 16 captains in this feet, per-
haps Capt. Richard Wainwright, in
command of the battleship Louisiana,
is the most widely known. Few need
TO be reminded that it was this gal.
the little gunboat Gloucester at the
time Of CervGra's sortia from Santi-
ago, when the Gloucester made a dash
for the two Spanish destroyers, and
the rest is history.
There is a sentimental reason why
Capt. Herbert Winslow, whose pen,
nant flies from the battleship Kear-
sarge. should be in command of that
vessel. Capt Winslow is the nephew
of Capt. (afterward rear admiraD
Herbert A. Winslow, the officer who
commanded the old corvette Kear.
sarge when she engaged and sunk the
confederate cruiser Alabama off Cher.
bourg in 1864 During the first part
of the war with Spain Capt. Winsow
was attached to the auxiliary cruiser
st. Louis. lie was shortly afterward
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26
Striking Personalities of Three
Rear AdniraLs and Sixteen
Captains to Whom Are in
trusted fhe Men and Millions
Who Represent Americas
Might on the Ocean.

New York-With the coming depar-
ture of the Atlantic fleet to Pacific
waters-waters which may he any
thing but pacific before the "far-hung
battle line" is withdrawn from these
seas--considerabl interest arises in
the personality Of the men who are to
command the vessels of this vast
armada.
Who are they. these sea warriors to
whose vigilance and skill will be in
trusted the management Of the most
powerful fleet that was ever gathered
under one flag and which is soon to
undertake a voyage unparalleled in
It's character--one that was recently
ineptly likened to Nelson's splendid
sweep from Brest to the West Indies
and back to the world-shaking day of
Trafalgar"
There may be no Trdfalgar-like
clash of armaments anywhere now
impending in the path of this great
fleet OF walships; yet it is still inter
osting TO recount the records Of the
flag officers and captains, says a
writer in the New York Times.
New Yarn About Evans.
There are now three rear admirals
and 16 captains upholding in this
feet the honor of the flag, The rank
ing officer, Rear Admiral Rohley ID.
Evans, is not only the senior in the
Aeet; he is the senior rear admiral in
active service-the officer next in rank
10 Dewey. admiral of the navy.
The record of Rear Admiral Evans
is too well known to require any eX-
ended reference in this story of the
feet and commanders
Many anecdotes have boen told Of
Eyans--the man whom Kipliug has
described in verse as the one who has
lived more stories than most other
men-himself and Zogbaum incluCed
could invent.
Here is one that has been recalled
by an old notebook which the writer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26
MANSFIELD WAS eupERsrlrlous.
Despite His Great intelligence the Act
or Took "signs" Seriously.

with all his intelligence and rcvl
genius Richard Mansfield vas as sn-
persti,ious as any man J have ever
met said a young woman the other
day, who had played in his company
ior several seasons
"lt was probably his nervous TEN.
perament that was responsible for this
ircaKish development of his charac.
ter. Whatever the oaHse It is Ger.
tain that he was made miserable by
unpleasant omens aud frequently
would be made unbcayabe for days
by some utterly unimportant' trille no
other man would have noticed.
He had none of the foolish super
stitions Of the stage and, I'm fact, was
contene1tuous Of those who observed
the traditions of ages and ghuddered
when gome one whistled at dress re
hearsal or made any of the breaks
that are supposed to bring misior
tune TO production. Il is true tha,
no one ever dared whistle near Mans,
field, save some foolish grip who
didn't know; but he never regarded
the whistling as q portcnt of-evil
He was worried by dreams, how
ever and frequently built up nm
canny warnings out Of trivial and un-
important things that occurred dur.
ing his daily HE.
81 remember thai ON one occasion
| was In his private car. We were
hiking along somewhere toward some
place where we we're to pla1 and
Mr. Mansfield was indulglng in his IA.
yorite amusement, solitaire. He had
a most difficult game that worked out
about once in thousand times, and
he was always as pleased as q, child
with package OF nrecrackers when
It worked out just right.
"On this occasion, after he had
achieved a brilliant success in max.
Ing all the cards fall just right, he
dropped the game and pushed the
cards across the table.
Il picked them up and suggested
that ! would ten his. fortune.
IT was apparently a suggestion that
appealed 20 him, and he was us,deop.
~ Interested as any believer In the
occults as ! ran the cards oyer and
chattered away with the usual foot.
lshness that goes with fortuNe telling
with cards
But before ] finished he was badly
frightened
You win suffer greatly before
your death said, reading from the
cards. You will pass through q
irightful ordeal
WIN ] go insane? he asked. and
then for the first time realized that
he had taken the utter foollshness of
The whole affair very seriously.
THE cards don't say, / replied.
But this dldmot satisfy him. lie ask.
ed q hundred questions, and / humor,
ed him as much as / could and tried
to relieve the force of the impress,
sion made upon him It was impos-
sible, however, to take his mind Noa
the fear of some unpleasant ending
to his life, and II was evident that
there lurked in his mind the fear
that insanity would grip him before
death.
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concealed Furthermore. tho sheets
are drcnched IN alum as a trotection
AGAINST nre. All spare wood has been
jettisoned, and ERE and collision par.
ties stand TO quarters. Watertight
doors are closed and at each man is
stationed, and collision mating is
prepared 'Upper deck quarters; ont
collision mating, would be the order.
steam pumps are also in readiness.
Each ship has been marked by dis
tinctive band of color round her fun
mel for In the smoke of battle, YOU
know, it is good to know your friends.
Gunnery instructions have taken
charge of the barbettes, which contain
the great t2inch guns, aud the cap
tains of the smaller weapons are at
their posts.
whether by quiclifirer. shell ROOM
or torpedo tube, every man, through
months of training. has learned his
place. Even the hand knuws its sta.
tion-it is to collect thc wounded.
Guns are loaded aud TIC ammunition
hcists seem to be in order; and sup
plies of drinking water are arranged
plong each deck
"The coming tower Is the brains Of
the ship. and the captains place of ac-
ton is there 1t is the cynosure Of the
enemy's guns; the post OF signal honor
aud aculest danger. Beneath him is
10000 tons mainly steel and before
him Is the something be has either to
burn. blow up, or sink
Sight for 5000 yards" wings down
the tube. aud The game of long bowls
commences The two great forward
guns eoar out a welcome and the
sighting lieutenant bends forward to
mark the damage, First shots, how
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

kept during the war with Spain, and
when his dispatch boat was with the
fleet that was then blockading Ha-
vana
Many Of the navy men had grown
restiye under the restraint which had
been imposed by an order from Wash
ington. prohibiting the ships from
firing at the Havana defenses until
first fired upon This was in the early
days OF what has since become TO be
known as the Christian Endeavor
blockade and To many 1t was little
short of exasperating to remain in
active and 10 watch passively the
construction of Hue after line OF de-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

detached and detailed to the command
of the Fern, commanding that vessel
throughout the rest OF the war.
Next in rank to Capt. Winslow, of
the Kearsarge, is Capt. Samuel p.
Comfy, of the Alabama. This officer
is also one of the old war veterans,
having served throughout the cam
paign on board the battleship Indiana.
The Minnesota, one of the newest
of the big battleships, is commanded
by Capt. John Hubbard. This officer
is well known TO New York's naval
militia, he having been attached to
the cruiser Yankee which carried the
citizen-sailors to the Santiago cam
paign.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

an authority on international law, and
there are few in the naval service to
whom the government would sooner
intrust an important matter of diplo
macy. But his diplomacy is suggestive
OF his 13inch guns, cleanlipped, GER
tain, and direct lie has no subter
fuges What he thinks he says, and
what he says all the world may know
And he has the kindliness whict
ever goes with strong natures. This
had expression in the brief report
which he made after the battle o.
Santiago: so long as Athe enems
showed his flag our men fought like
American seamen, but after the foo
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

fensive works. But the order to re-
frain from firing unless the shore bat
teries took the initiative was impera-
tive. and the navy obeys orders.
1t was at this time, when the feet
was chatting most at the inaction i'm
posed, that the battleship Iowa, then
under the command Of Evans, found
one morning a hitherto unknown and
as yet mchartered current.
1T was certainly a remarkable cur
rent" the IOwa's commander eX.
planned few hours later. This
morning at early daylight instead Of
being some three miles out, the dawn
showed that we were close inshore
and not more than n pistol shot from
that new battery that the Spaniards
have been emplacing near the MORO
Luckily all my men are night owls,
and they were all awake at the time
and were all sitting about their guns
all except those who belonged down
below, and these were down in the
magazines and hoping that some day
The Spaniards would break the mo.
notony by firing.
A strsight-out Diplomacy
"Well, we were so close in that
there was considerable trouble in turn
ing going ahead on one engine and
backing on the other But at last we
got straightened out and both engines
were sent ahead at fun speed, That
might have made IL look as though
we had suddenly discovered that we
were in a bad place and We're in a
hurry TO get out.
But may ! be keelhauled," Evans
regretfully added, IF they would FIRE
ever then"
Bet no one gain from this a wrong
impression Of the distinguished officer
who is to conduct the flower of the
American navy from one ocean to an.
other
Besides being eminent in his profes-
sion, he is recognized as student and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26
An oIeott EavorIte.

Chauncey Olcott likes this story:
lie had bought her pot of real Irish
shamrock grown on the onld sod, for
1t was st. Patrick's day, and she, too,
had In her veins the blood of Erin.
Oh she cried, how good of you!
liow perfect they are! How freshl
Why, ! believe there is stin a little
dew on themP
Yes he answered, flushing. 4
knows there is, but it will all be paid
off tomorrow
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26

Miss Mary Lawton, member of the
New theater company last season, will
head the cast which Harrison Grey
Fiske is sending out to play "Tess of
the DUrberyilles." Her support will
include Stella Gober, Mabel Wight,
Emma Bolton, lone Ch9mberlln, Helen
Ormsbee, Violet Sewell, Frank p,
Conway and Hearn Collins.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-26
OSTEOPATHY
DIR. b. X. rIANSFIELD,

A graduate of American School of osteo-
pathy, tho only osteopathic Physician In
tho county, except DR.. IS, O. Dugsn. who IL
a graduate of the same school.
Formerly DI Criswell's onice, 4lf W. C,n-
ter street. city Phone.
ofnce Hours Tuesday l0-l9a.m n. IN
and Thursday l0--l2 a. m. l--b mn
DaSs saturday lO-l2 a. m. 1--b . IN
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before ! left his company he re.
ferred to the fortuue-tening incident
many tines and made me miserable
by trying 20 force ne 10 learn some
thing more OF the gHilire for him, Tho
whole AFFAIR had been only joke t.
me, but il was much more than joke
to him"
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open LADY
4.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-07-19

Mrs. Bertha Ellis and George Bar
of Mrs. Felix Grant, are visiting with
her at 1923 York street and expect to
spend the summer here.
The German-American Trust Com
pany, 143O Sixteenth street; capital,
$500, 1000; general banking and trust bus
mess; fire insurance, loans and invest
ments; four per cent. on time deposits.
An elaborate dinner party was given
at the Albany hotel Friday at noon by
Adolph Morris, w. Degan, and j. X.
Stern, in honor Of their cousin, Mrs.
Goetz, a recent bride from Texas. After
the repast was served, the party attended
the Symphony concert at Elitch's Gar
dens
Among the visitors who were in the
city during the past week were Misses
Matilda and Blanche Straus of Terre
Haute, B. A. Lang and G. II. Hurst OF
Springfield, Illinois; Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Smith of Boston; Moses Jacob
son of Shreveport, Louisiana; DR.. j. III.
Hess, of Chicago; r. j. and Max Blu
menthal of Cincinnati, Mrs. Grace Hill
and Miss Geneviene Hill Of Elgin, and
Sarah Haas, Hattie Lang, Alma We'll,
Rose Haas, Edna Loebner of st. Louis.
The picnic of the Jewish Alliance of
Denver at Crystal Lake on Sunday, July
28th will certainly be a success il tickets
continue to be received as they have
been so far. Sports, games and dancing
have been arranged for, in addition to
other features. An excellent orchestra
has been engaged. One feature will be
a prize waltz open to all. With last
years success in mind, all are certain
that the second summer outing will fur
nish surprising entertainment and en-
joyment.
Denver Lodge No. III, I. o. B. B.,
will give it's annual outing and picnic
at Palmer Lake on August 4th. This is
not only an affair that comes around
annually regular as the calendar works,
but it is an affair that is awaited and an
ticipted by all l. o. B. B. members with
much pleasure. This years outing
promises well to uphold the reputation
gained by past successes. Messrs. Isaac
son, Tishler and Rothschld make the
broad assertion that it is the chief topic
of conversation at the present time, and
they, noting the fiery enthusiasm that is
already manifest, are given still more
zest for completing in detail the extra
ordinary elaborate plans that are almost
perfected for the entertainment of both