Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1898, Page 9

————— Close at 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1 pm « MOSES «ds Maitress Factory. Ist and D. B st. evr. sith. Vurviture Factory, 12th and B. Storage, 22d & M. Moving, Packing and Furniture Repairing. We're Appeal= ing To Your Sense of Economy. —If there's a piece of furniture that you need this is the season to pick it up at a bargain price. —Warm w er is inclined to take the enthusiasm out of business. But we fight against it—instilling enthu- siasm at the cost of sacrificing goods that don’t deserve such fate. China Case Specials. A good Ouk Ch nt Case, with bent glass eh . polish finish, glass door shelves re $10.25 Thiffonier Specials. Large Oak drawers, redu fonier, with 5 I from'$8 to... 95-20 A beautifal Enameled Chiffonier, 5 drawers. French bevel plate =r wns Teancea fever gu tore ZS And you'll find like throughout the house. W. B. MOSES & SONS. values it Raising the breeze] The weather is never so hot and stifting but what you can raise a good healthy breeze by means of electric fans. Resi- dences and offices use them for solid com- fort—stores use them because by cooling the store they attract trade. Full informa- e tion by writing or ‘phoning the + . Pe erereeeoccoos ° 213 14th st. nw. "Phone 1877. 3g1,200 § oecesesccscessese sees seee Great Reduction in Hair. ches. $2.50, formerly $5.00. formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly $5.00. Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly $6.50. Brrst-class attendants in Hafrdressing, Shampooing, etc. Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. ‘Wever fails S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. SAVE VOU fore Threat, Pimples, Copper- AVE VOU cotored spots, Aches, Old Sores, Ulcers in Mouth, Hair-Falling Write COOK REM. EDY CO., 1688 MASONIC TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL., for proofs of cures. CAPITAL $500,000. Worst cases cured in 15 TO 35 DAYS. 100-PAGE BOOK FREE. _jell-im $1.00 & pair. Suits Cleaned, $1.00. Firest Dry Gieaning. " Expert Dyeing. Wagon calis. E. E. WHEATLEY, AMERICAN DYER AND SCOURER, 1068 Jeffersoa ave. (Georgetown). Established 1833. no23-1y-14 Rhee att . <2 croc erro Tees. } Plen’s $3.00 Shoes. Kid, Willow Calf Tan and Black Vic? and Patent Calf. Bulldog, opera and plain tees.“ Hand-sewed. end just such shoes as are sold ali over the city for $3.50. Robert Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. N. W. Established 1838. my10-3m-28 DOPEPIPOSEPO LG SE OOPPIPPES Save [Money & Trouble, GET THE BEST, “TheConcord Harness,” Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases and Leather Goods. Lutz & Co., 407 PA. AVE. N.W. e 3 (Next National Hotel.) P. S.—Trunk Repairing by skilled hands. mbl6-24d The Robinson Oils, “they lubricate more and cutlast other oils." Wm. C. Robinson & Son, apll-stt BALTIMORE. Ma. Go to Siccardi’s FOR BARGAINS IN HUMAN HaIR. Hair Switches at Great Bargains. $5.00 Switches reduced to $1.50. $5.00 Switches reduced to $2.50. $5.00 Switches reduced to $5.00, Gray aud White Wair reduced im same proportion. Mme. Siccardi, Til lith st., next to Palais Royal. Private rooms for hairdressing, shampoving and fyeing. sel3-16,tf A heavy charge of —weuld hardly rend apart his splendid 2-tray Dress trunk of ours —so strongly $5 on. A bargain at......... © Have your old Trunk repaired. Es- timate free. KNEESSI,« withstand the roughest Jy2-28a iis Corns That Ache _ Ought to come out. You rie Lg gunpowder “S. & S." CORN CURE. That removes both bard and soft corns without the least pain. fF own preparation—so you ma! sure ‘Only ie. si eeee sees eeee it's effective. Steveus riuaruiacy, COR. 9TH AND PA. AVE. jy2-14a cS No matter what foot discomforts ORNS! Sa"suter we'll ‘essure you ine stant and permanert relief. Painless and armless treatment. dvice and book free. ES & SON, Foot Specialists, 8 to 6. ‘Sundays, 9 to 12. In the Cuban swamps a bottle of DR. SIz- GERT'S ANGOSTURA BITTERS will co woulers to keep digestivs organs in crde: — = eee A French chemist proposes to impart to yarious vegetables iron tonics, which may De easily assimilated by the human body. His plan is to use iron as a fer- Gliser, ‘are still |OLDEST INHABITANTS Public Meeting, Patriotic Addresses and a Collation, CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY Officers Chosen and Other Routine Business Transacted. MR. SIMON WOLF’S THEME The Assoqciation of the Oldest Inhabi- tants celebrated the day, as has been their invariable custom, by a public meeting. To- Gay they met in the hall of Masonic Tem- pl, and after transacting some business, the members and others who attended the meeting listened to the reading of the Declaration of Independenc> by Mr. Allison Nailor, jr., and an oration by Mr. Simon Wolf. The singing of patriotic hymns was aiso a feature of the gathering. After the exercises a collation was served in the ad- joining hall. Mr. Marbury Presides. The meeting was cailed to order by the president, Mr. John Marbury, jr., who oc- cupied a seat on the platform, which ‘was decorated in patriotic style. Over the stage were the words “For justice and humanity our flag will be there,” and there were flags and bunting which expressed not only the significance of the day, but also the special war events which distinguish this Inde- pendence day. By the side of the president sat the recording secretary, Mr. T. F. Ma- guire, who read th@ minutes‘of the previous Meeting. The treasurer, Mr. Joseph Prather, did not take a place on the plat- form, but was stationed at a table directly in front, where the members who wanted their dues could easily reach him. . J. A. Wineberger, the marshal, was also on the floor looking after the various details connected with his office. The ora- tor of the day and the reader of the Decla- ration of Independence had places on the platform. There was a geod attendance of the mem- bers, and when President Marbury rapped for order he looked upor about the usual number that attend on such occasions, al- though it was thought the weath:r was rather warmer then usual. Address of Welcome. As is customary, President Marbury made -U.S. Electric Lighting Co.;|an aaaress of welcome, which was deliv- ered in the cordial manner which charac- terizes his uttzrances. He said it gave him special pleasure to attend the celebrations this year, because of the war news. He wanted to congratulate thosa present, in view of the irte!ligence from our forces at Santiago, that they were American citi- zens. He went on to‘say that the war was r.gking this country known in a way that it was nev2r before known. He quoted the werds of Senator Hoar, to the effect that this was a war of humanity, waged by those who are free, on behalf of those who do not enjoy liverty. He spoke of the sad- n2ss with which the news of bravery must be received, owing to the list of those who had been killed. He said that the record made by our brave men made one proud of his coun- try. In this patriotic strain President Ma‘ bury spoke, evidently arousing by his stir- ring words a responsive chord in the hearts of those present. The Declaration of Independence was read by Mr. Allison Nailor, and, while he announced that he did not profess to be a good reader, yet he gave to the words of that document the emphasis which brought out clearly the meaning. America was sung, and, amid applause, Mr. Simon Wolf was introduced. Mr. Wolf's Address. Mr. Simon Wolf then said: One hundred and twenty-two years ago the state house bell in Philadelphia rang out the gladsome tidings that the states of this western con- tinent were united and proclaimed freedom and independence throughout its borders, and also sent the message to the outside world that man had again assumed those franchises from which he had been denied and deprived for ages. ‘The thousand and one thoughts that flash through the brain in connection with the Fourth of July and all that the day signifies have been time and again pro- nounced, and by some of the ablest and most profound thinkers of our country. But at no time since 1776 has the day brought to our recollections more vividly the import and gravity of what the Fourth of July historically means than today. A nation is like an individual—when prosperity and success have showered thelr choicest blessings one is apt to forget the past, indifferent to the teachings that pro- duced this result, and looking to the fu- ture only as a solution of all problems and dangers. But the teachings of history con- vey a different lesson. We find that ya- tions that have stood on the very pinna- cle of prosperity and renown have gone down with the same velocity that they ascended, owing to the violation and ig- noring of fundamental principles, which sooner or later, if persisted in, are bound to make themselves felt. Questions of High Importance. And thus we are confronted today by questions of the highest importance. The future, no matter how much our pride may suffer by the admission, 1s by no means assured unless we continue on the lines on which our country was founded and through which it has been possible to reach this unexampled prosperity and greatness. The various countries of the world have contributed to our physical, mental and moral advance, and the emigrant, coming as he did with the habits and traditions of his native land, had to be taught as a child the needs of his new environments. It required a high order of intelligence on the one side and patience on the other to bring about an assimilation of forces such as a republic must at all times have to harmonize differences. And this emigra- tion has changed vitally the framework created by the colonial fathers, for none of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence in their wildest flights of imagi- nation dreamed that this country was, in the space of a hundred years, to be the greatest republic known to history, and that it should have been materially caused by the influx from other The thir- teen colonies have grown into forty-five imperial states, with several territories rip- ening to assume statehood, and this great federal District, and the limited vision, en- gendered by colonial conditions and state pride, have almost entirely disappeared un- der the grander sweep of the onward ten- dencies characteristic of the close of the nineteenth century. Acquisition of Territory. ‘The acquisition of territory is not a new or novel experience for this country. Jef- ferson, who in many respects was the great- est American who ever lived, knew the value and importance of acquiring outlying land necessary and essential to the repub- lic. And under this inspiration Louisiana, Florida, California ‘and Oregon were en- rolled in the grand galaxy of states. There- fore we must not be shocked by the advo- cacy of principles which are claimed as contrary to the spirit and genius of our institutions and our national history. The republic stands not only for its own happi- ness, but as a text and example for all liberty-loving people on the face of the earth. The sounds of the independence bell have not yet died out. Its reverberations Tinging through the dungeons where political prisoners are languishing, and are caught up with gladsome hearts by the struggling patriots of every clime. This is the lesson of the Fourth of July. Therefore, it was but natural and truly American that when right at our door the natives of the soil, who had been most in- humanly and barbarously treated for cen- turies, and who were struggling to eman- eipate themselves from the thraidom which had galled and fretted them, that we, the representatives of a higher and nobler hu- manity, should not only extend our sym- pathy, but also intervene with the force of arms. And thus the present war with Spain was engendered from no desire to enrich ourselves with the possessions of others, but to aid in restoring to its real masters and citizens the land of their fathers. But the evolutions incident to history, espe- cially in times of war, are many, and no one can with certainty the “out- THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1898-12 PAGES - come. Therefore if we are cunfronted with new conditions, and if the chitracter tradi- tional. and national of our cquntry is changed. it is simply a repet't‘on of all his- tory, and must be accepted ‘vith firmness, energy and the loftiest spirit of patriotism. “It is not only (as Darwin says) a survival of the fittest” in the individual man, or in the animal kingdom, or in the world of piants and flowers, but also equally true of nations; that nation which tramples upon all the laws of right, which ignores the moral teachings of God, and man, and which knows no other law than that of force, is bound to succumb and disappear from the face of the earth. Position in the Present War. The United States, in this present strug- gle, is the agent of the divine logic of his- tory, and the unerring decrees of Provi- dence—wrong must be righted, the dignity of man uphe'd, the laws of humanity re- inforced, and the enlightenment, created by ard through the institutions of the United States, receive new impulse and impetus, and to scatter their influence throughout the world. If in this development and. on- ward march of the nation it is necessary to arnex Hawaii, to seize Porto Rico, to aid the Cubans in governing their own fair land, to rid the Philippine Islands from the priestcraft and greed that has cursed it for centuries; if it becomes necessary to build the Nicaragua canal, to have a great navy and army commensurate with the de- mands of the hour, to protect our shores and our people, and to carry to the fur- thest confines of the earth the peaceful evi- dences of our commercial activity and en- terprise, who is to gainsay this destiny of the republic? Who will dare to say that Wwe must stop half way and allow other nations who do not carry the banner of freedom and enlightenment, to precede us in this course—not of empire, not of im- perialism, but of true democracy and of the highest Americanism. An Age of Competition. We must not forget that this is an age of competition—vast commercial _ enter- prises are constantly created and deveiop- ing, and the questions of labor and capital are of the most serious importance. To satisfy the one, and to find fields fer the employment of the other, requires the closest attention of the wisest statesman- ship. New channels must be constantly found where this boiling and seethiag en- ergy of the American people can be di- verted, wot only fer the good of our own people, but for the elevation and recogni- tion of other nations. ‘The prosperity of a nation has its origin in the haypiness end contentment of the masses, and the more employment that can be found, and the more you aweken in them, the consciousness and pride of ownership, the mcre we will be contribut- ing to their individual success, and to the further advance of the nation itself. In a juncture of this character, the ‘avens of ill-omen and of dire prophecy have their necks wrung as examples, for this is no time to indulge in philosophical deductions; on the contrary, to remember not only the Lona but to also remember what our forefathers accomplished in the past, through what heroic struggles we have passed within the memory of man, and how much more is yet to be accom- plished to bring to a_full realization all that this republic stands for. A United Péople. The members of the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the city of Washington, the nation’s capital, take a live interest in all that appertains to the growth and pros- perity of their beloved country. There is, thank heaven, no longer any divided coun- try or counsels. Sectionalism has beon relegated to the rear; the flags of revolt have been furled—and the starry banner of this great republic waves not only over @ unit and happy people, but has also been planted by its heroic sons on the soil of other lands, there to stay, and under its folds, millions of people today tyrannized over, will shortly be given their indepen- dence. This is really the first Fourth of July that we can truly say: “The American people are one and indivisible,” and this war will prove of the greatest benefit in cementing into closer union every man and oman of the American republic. It 1s “nianifest destiny” from which we cannot escape. The “irrepressible conflict’ brought on the civil war, and who will now dare say that notwithstanding all of its sacrifices, that it was not a blessing? And 80 when this war {s over, and the assets that we wiil acquire are scheduled, we will find that in the great ledger of human achievements the American republic will have glorious places of new history, that will go down to the ages unchallenged, un- trammeled, immortal. The Business Meeting. A business meeting was held prior to the introduction of Mr. Wo%f to the au- dience, when the following were elected to membership: Peter F. Harnie, Abraham Hert and Charles Baum. A resolution offered by Mr. J. Madison Cutts was adopted, which recited that the causes which led this country to the pres- ent war were patriotic, and that reliance can be had in the patriotism of the coun- try for the proper conduct of the war and the adjustment of the issues which may arise, “‘so that the future of the country may be free from even the suggestion of imperalism or militeryism—always danger- ots if .not destructive to republics and odious to a few people.” Officers Chosen. The election of officers resulted in the choice of the following: President, John Marbury, jr.; vice presidents, John W. Clark, William Beron, F. 8. Kern, N. D. Larner, F. W. Brandenburg, Jacob Veih- meyer, R. C. Wright, G. H. Langley, A. H. Ragan, Philip May, Rudolph Eichhorn, 8. J. Fegue, Allison Nailor; treasurer, Jos. Prather; corresponding secretary, Dr. J. 'T. Howard; recording secretary, Benjamin W. Reiss; marshal, J. A. Wineberger. The following members were present: William Beron, Andrew Barbour, J. Madi- son Cutts, W. D. Crampsey, Rudolph Eich- horn, D, Geneau, Dr. Jno. T. Howard, An- drew Jackson, Thomas Oliver, Allison Nallor, jr., Samuel F. D. Ourand, 8. Thos. Brown, Solomon J. Fague, Peter F. Bacon, A. B. Jackson, Noble D. Larner, J. T. Hayne and Thos. W. Fowler. Se NO CHILD’S PLAY. The Firing of a Big Gun Involves Many Things. From the New York Herald. “You think you could manage one of these guns off-hand, do you?” inquired an officer of the regular army of a reporter recently as he patted one of the monster modern guns in place at Fort Hamilton. “Well, if your ordinary enltsted men can, I think I could, with a few days’ training, of course,” replied the civilian who had been favored with a view of the new ord- nance. “That is one of the most modest speeches I've heard,” was the ironical rejoinder. “I’ve spent four years at West Point, two at the artillery school at Fort Monroe, and Iwas just congratulating myself on my be- ing finally weli prepared for this emergency. And yet my nervous system hasn’t been tried and I may jumble my logarithms when I’m under fire.” “What are you talk- The civilian stared. ing about?” “Firing these guns. Did you suppose we sighted along the top the way Long Tom Coffin ed to do in Cooper's story, and, pulling a lanyard, landed our shot ten miles away just on the point where we wanted it to go? That was the old way, but today more science is required, and we can tell to an inch where the projectile we fire will strike. “But it is no child’s play, you may be sure, and not only one gunner must be steady, but every man who has anything to do with the transmission or computation of {nformation connected with the ‘laying’ (or sighting) of that gun has to be abso- lutely steady, prompt and reliable. If you will just imagine how much of an errora surveyor would make if he ran a line eight miles long, having set his bearing one min- ute right or left at starting, you can ap- preclate what must be accomplished in the laying of our modern ordnance. “In the days of the civil war ranges were so very short that the gunner had no diffi- culty in seeing his target and laying his gun directly upon it. Wind and speed of target cut no figure, because the projectile had such a short distance to pass over that neither had enough time to act to make any appreciable difference. But now, when firing at a target eight miles away” all of these things make themselves felt. ‘There is the rifling in the bore, which gives the projectile the rotation necessary to keep it from t > and which wiil in our service carry the projectile to th right. Then the direction and force of the wind, the direction and speed of target, the and barometric pressure of Fesistance of air 2 Seventy-cl,ht rolls of extra heavy seaim- less China matting, In on assortment of the choicest patterns imaginable—the identical quaiity for which farniture stores ‘get 20c.—to go for 12gc. Silkoline, 5c. yd. One huadred pieces 36-inch silkoline— in dozens of colorings—such as is regular- ly sold at 12%c. yard—will go for be. yard tomorrow. Shades, 16c. “580° “opaque’® window shades—mounted on heavy spring rollers—in every desir- able color—as good as any 25c. shade to be had—will go for 16c. 40-inch coin-dot Swiss—in all size dots— usually 15e. yard—to go for 10%e. © Lace, 9c. doz. yds. 1,600 yards uarrow Valenciennes lace— will be put on sale at the extraordinarily low price of 9 cent» a dozen yards. You know what you usually pay for this. DOSES OS OOOGOGE yard. 1,200 yards Valenciernes inserting—1% inches wide-—so splendid for dress trim- ming, end which usually sells for 6c. yard—will go for 2c. yard. Jap. fans, 2c. 45 dozen Japanese fancy folding fans will go on sale at two cents each—to think of itt $1.50 “P, K.” Skirts, 69c. Tomorrow we put on stle a lot of fine ‘white P. K. skirts, 5-inch hems and good widths, ggriich sold for $1.00. Clearing $2.50 crash skirts, $1.49. Fine all-linen crash skirts, hem 10 inches deep, with 4 rows of stitching; gre extra wide and tailor made. Worth $2.50—reduced to $1.49. OOS GOSS 02650009 ‘This lot consists of fine all-linen crash and white canvas duck suits, with both Jackets and skirts stylishly trimmed with gither navy, white or cadet duck; jackets Eton, reefer or blazer styles. Also fine English P. K. suits, with the neat blazer Jackets. Not a svit jn this lot but what se pee be cheap at $5.00, and some at GSO @ $1.50 muslin skirts,88c A daring thing to do. A lot of fine muslin underskirts to go at nearly half. ‘They are trimmed with deep cambric em- © D broidery—the very handsomest and most expensive sort you ever lald eyes on. ‘They are splendidly made and finished garments—full in width and of splendid quality—and not one of them should be sold for less than $1.25 and $1.50. We offer them for 88 cents. SOSEOS © £20c.matting, 1214¢ S 15c.swiss,1 034c..* Val. inserting, 2c. $5 & $6 wash suits,$2.98. 924, 926, 928 7th, 9, 924, 926, 928 7th, tunning through Tunning through to 704-706 K st. to 704-706 K st. : “The Dependable Store.” : 2d day of the midsummer CLEARANCE SALE. An era of values the equal of which have never been known. A legitimate redt for a legitimate purpose puts buying opportunities in your way which you’ll admit are remarkable. ction sale .No other store has ever put up sucha solid front of unusual “bargains. Surplus summer stocks must go, be the sacrifice what it may. Spool and embdy. silk at but a Corticelli, 234c. Twelve hundred dozen spools of the cel- ebrated “Corticelli” spcol eilk, in black and colors—full 50-yard spools—perfect in every way —will go tomorrow morning at 2%c. spool. Crochet silk, 5c. 5,000 spools fine crochet silk, in black, white and colors—the best grade to be had—such ag sells as regular 2s day at 23, spool~gocs on sal tomorrow morning at Se. spool—a ssving of 18c. spool. fraction of what’s usually asked. Skirt braid,234c."- 100 dozen pieces of “Crown” skirt braid —in black only—never sold for less than Be. piece—will be sold tomorrow for 2%e. piece. . 15c. spool silk, 7c. One-qua-ter-ounce epoecls of the finest black spool silk, made in all letters—such as Is sold for 15c. spool everywhere—will be offered at Ze. epool tomorrow, Reductions in summer dress goods. dimity, eae 8Bac. Lot of*imported pique, very scarce, me- dium heavy cord--now selling for 25 B0c.—to go for.. Cc. 35 pieces fancy strij fine and sheer, usually SSS tench sheer, English Ipata nons, now selling. at yard, ‘reduced to. i 9I4c. Plain black India Unon—the usual 15¢. sort—to go for. Lite. Full 36-inch Empress lawns, in white and tinted grounds, which sold at 12%. yard—to go for............. 5c. 30-inch sheer imported” all-linen tiste, which has been 25c. a yard—will be reduced to. = ba- Yc. “and Koechlin or- gandies—the genuine French material—the very handsfMnes:_pattcrrs—such as have been 25e. and sods 24 c. to go for.. Lot of American organdfes, dimities, batistes and cords, Swiss, mull, ete.—the most rapid-selling goods of the TAC. season 2t12%c.—now reduced to in skirt 5c. Imported Mutho 2,000 yards of linen crash, length remuants—which sold fro the piece for 124c.—to go for..... Domestics for less than you ever paid. 60 pleces fine yard-wide 100 cambric—to go for..... Se. go for. pieces muslin, full yard wide, Androscoggin 32-inch double twill feath- to er-proot bed ticking — the 36e. 18e. quality -12tge. Ready-made bedwear less than material costs. 45 by 36-inch ‘*Lockwood"’ pillow casing —the material of which costs 10c. yard— will be sold for. +++ -Bige. each 54 by £0-Inch material of which alone 32c.—to go for. qrot™ sheets wcll cost BEC Pequot sheets— of which ecsts alone 39 for 81 by material 50e.—to go fo by 90-inel SSS 6080800965 SeSces a Serges reduced. © ltt of bine End Black all-wool Inj sei solt wat taches wike—a tne quality, sold for 3%c. yard—to go quality as 44-inch . which sold fe of san Bine and blac B¥e.—to go for Summer silks reduced. yy pend India eilk—good black % aster—the " negul ; Be. grade—to go for. ns LEV QCe 27-inch white Japancee eilk—a soft, fine, lustrous quallty—the grade. thee sclls regularly for de.—reduced to oon 3 27-inch printed India silk, in all the newest designs for summer wear, includ- dng vew bine. given, brown, tan, helio trope, old rese apd white grounds, with corded figures—the grade» that sells all over town at 49c. - “ - duced to 2é-in. Black brocade taffeta silk, in a lire of new designs, 2 soft, non-crush- able — and guaranteed "to Wear, the grale that sold for * 59c. 85c.—reduced to.. line, in new de- thread pure sate” 69c. Refrigerators reduced. tors and Ice Chests nu at_a reduction of 20 iid opportunity thi: is? An equal seldom offered so early in the season. Our $11.50 Fly screens at special prices. Special bargains in screens and screen doors. Wairut-stained Docrs, best steel wire gauze, complete with all trim- Tings a > 6gc. Solid Onk-frame Fancy all Screen Doors, neomeey $5.00 complete with fixtures ... Golld Oak-frame Adjustable Win- 5¢¢ dow Scrceus 25¢. Extra large Solid Oak-frme Win- dow Screers..... 390. Two-burner Oil Cook Stoves. . Four-burner Of Cock Stoves (King and Queen make.) BBE ee The sea entrance to the bay of Santiago @e Cuba 1s protected by four forts, the most redoubtable being Morro Castle. This fort has the advantage of being situated upon a very high elevation. The ckannel at its outer entrance is about 800 feet wide, and only one ship can erter or leave the harbor at a time. It is said that the entrance to the harbor has been made narrower *by obstructions in the channel, so that now the safe channel is not more than 100 feet wide. It is also said that new Krupp guns have been mounted on each side of the entrance to the harbor, and that the entire channel had been carefully mined. Horatio Rubens of the Cuban junta in New York makes the following statement: “The approach to Santiago is a very diffi- cult one. It is through a channel naturally narrow, but made more so by the Span- fards, who have sunk block houses and obstructions and have planted mines liber- ally.” 1—Morro Castle. 18—Cubera. 2—La 14—Aguada river. Hea: Fortaleza. 18—Caimanes river. 7—Cabanitas bay. 19—Point Duan. 8—Cajuma bay. 20—Mirader® bay. 9—Ratones Island. 21—Miradero. 10—Juliai 22—Paradas. 11—Point Yarey. 23—Point Sal. 12—Point La Cruz. passage of the projectile, the kind of powder and weight of projectile. All these things have to be taken into account, and they each vary under all sorts of conditions, 50 that they can only be figured out for each particular shot at the time the gun is fired. But they are not such difficult problems to the officer who lives in an atmosphere of such things. “Most of this information must be worked out from data obtained from firing tests, and must be thoroughly assimilated by the expert artillerist. Then, by taking obser- vations at the time of firing, data 1s ob- tained from which xesults can be computed, “The most fmportant part of the opera- tion is, of course, to locate the target. The invention which hus enabled us to do this igs something wholly American—a devel- opment of our regylar army, which in cer- tain localities it fs so much the fashion these days to ‘run down. “This invention ‘is the range finder. It looks a simple affair. A tall modern tower, with a substantial foundation, built on a commanding helght, and connected with the guns—perhaps ‘half-a mile distant—by tele- phone. At the top is a large telescope, adjusted on a polished steel circular table. A dial on the telescope frame is cogged with the edge ‘of«the circular table and gives at any instant the direct reading in azimuth. Another dial is so arranged that elevation or ‘depression of the telescope gives its indicator corresponding move- ment. This is like the ordinary transit fit- ted to read vertical angles. But in this casé@, instead of ‘reading angles of depres- sion, distances are indicated in yards to the point where the line of sight pierces the water. An adjustment corrects for height of tide. “Tt ig only necessary then to point our telescope at the water liné of the ship and read directly azimuth and distance. These are rapidly transmitted by telephone to the guns and plotted on a piece of drawing paper. Three or four of these observations, twenty seconds apart, are plotted, and the gun has to be fired_ eighty seconds after the ‘last observation is taken, or at the end of two minutes total time. We have the loca-~ tion of th target at three different times. It is now necessary to compute where it will be at the end of the eighty seconds. “A” running twelve knots an hour will pass over feet in one minute, or 1,600 een eighty seconds, so that if we the | on her direction to right at her—we would miss as much as she would pass over in the time of flight of the projectile. This for a 10,000-yard range might be twenty seconds. “We have now the position of the target at a given future instant, but it is referred to the position of the range tower. We must now correct our data to refer to the gun’s position. Then we are ready to make corrections for drift due to rifling, effect of wind, condition of atmosphere and abnormal powder and projectile. The gun is laid with the resulting data by means of degrees and minutes marked on the tra- verse circle of the gun platform and eleva- tion arc on the side of the carriage, and we are ready to fire. It is necessary to allow time—called ‘time of flight’—for the projectile to reach the target at the end of the eighty seconds, so the guns must be fired that long ahead of time. “When you consider that all of this work must be done in eighty seconds, yeu see that one has to count his time by fractions of seconds to work like an automaton. No longer time can be allowed for computa- tions, etc., as uncertainties increase as about the fifth power of the time. This ts where the discipline of the soldier comes in, and it can be acquired only by years of train- ing. * “The aiming of the gun is all science now and needs experts. The firing and load! are the only things which the untrain mind can find to work at. And even in these things, you understand, there is need of coolness and experience, for these big fellows are delicate machines after all, and are worked by levers, have electrical applj- ances and are in other ways too precious to trust to untrained hands. “This may not sound so dreadful here in the calm of a peaceful spring afternoon; but imagine looking up sines and cosines, plotting accurate curves from mathemati- cal data, under a hail of projectiles, with —— — ——- ing ceed Lig # ‘ancy placidly. sighting your telescope the range tower, which a well-directed shot may cut away from beneath you! And your hand must not tremble, your mind must not be disjracted!” The civilian seemed rather impressed. He could only venture, timidly, that it did Seem as if there were great odds against the ships. = eS “So there are, But they have advantages, bolng clever, got ahead of the Gh fiat fee CITY OF SANTIAGO. : a Meight of ¥ Santa Lfigeria : 7 eg, When the Chinese gunners began to grasp that ruse they changed their tactics and would advance slowly at first, then sudden- ly crowd on all steam and speed away, leaving the gunners far behind.” ATROCITIES IN SIAM. Horrible Butchery of Women and Children by Cutthroats. From the Siam Free Press. The unspeakable Turk must look to his laurels, for the events which have taken place this month in Battambong prove that the Siamese are running him close. Our readers need not be remineded that on ac- ccunt of the Cambodian mountaineers re- fusing to submit any longer to the oppres- sion of Siamese officials and to pay the car- damen tribute the governor of Battam- beng organized an expedition against them. It is clear that he did not do so on his own responsibility, for the taxes which he meant to collett from them were to go to the King of Siam’s coffers. The latest dis- patch of our correspor-dent is dated March 17 and reads as follows: After the failure of the first expedition the gcvernor, acting under instructions from the Siamese government, prepared a second expedition. He collected together the most reckless and abandoned characters of the district and, putting himself at their head, marched rapidly and with as much secrecy as possible on the Cambodian encampment. The insurgents occupied a strong posi- tfen, but with the usual carelessness of their race they were preparing their food when the Siamese arrived and there was no one on guard. Many of the able-bedied men were absent, trying to bring down some game which might supply their scan- ty t for the day, and the great- er number of those in camp were women, ckildren and youths. Among the lot there were only six or seven who had guns; the rest were unarmed. When the governor of Battambong and his 80v cutthroats surprised the camp there wes hardly any attempt at resistance; a gallant Cambodian lad killed two Siamese who were outraging a girl, but he was im- mediately cut down end no one else made any resistance. Then began one of the most frightful butcheries of modern times. The governcr and his valiant 800 threw themselves on the women and children and cut them down with savage ferocity. ‘The Siamese rammed the muzzies of their guns down the women’s throats and then ones into the huts and pierced them through the straw beneath which they at- tempted to hide. A spectator says that great pieces of flesh flew about like chips of wood in a carpenter's shop, and in -about ten or fifteen minutes fifty-five per- sons, mostly women and children, lay on th€- ground, mangled and mutiliated in a frightful manner. The rest escaped into the woods, where muny must inevitably die of the. wounds they received, and the women and children who were captured were treated in a manner which cannot be good day’s work the governor and his ao- complices held a big carouse. The war is now at end; a warlike and independent people have been practically exterminated; the remnant have fled over the frontier into French territory, but the main object of the expedition has not been Sained. The cardamon tribute has not been collected, and it never shall be, for the ccuntry is now a desert. If the king wants Money for his harem or for his advisers he must look elsewhere; his faithful sub- jects on the hills of Canbodia have gone to @ better world. “The whole matter,” writes a well-in- fcrmed correspondent, “could easily ha been arranged if the governor had not been. afflicted with an insatiable longing for hu- man blood. The Cambodians were ground Gown to the dust by officials, and if the Siamese government had not been so incur- ably weak as it is an arrangement could eesily have been arrived at. But the king, who certainly possesses the charm of man- ner, also possesses the weakness of the Stuarts, and he did not interfere.” A correspondent who has traveled through the country which has been the theater of these siamese butcheries, de- clares that what vas once a rich district is now practically a desert. All the vil- jages in the hills are abandoned; come of them have been sucked and the inhabit- ants murdered, and no living thing has been left in a wide area save the dogs and some of the domestic animals of the in-” habitants. The Siamese have shown no mercy to man, woman or child throughout all this bloody busiress; they determined on slaughtering every Cambodian they met, and they have succeeded a merveille. The principal actor is Phya Kattathorn, the Siamese governor of Battambong, and one who has been -succinctly described to us by a gentleman who is not given to the vse of strong la as a “drunken brute.” His accomplices are the cutthroats who are supposed to maintain law and order in Battambong. The prime cause of the whole business is the avarice of Bat- tambong officials and the impecuntosity of which has exhausted its hoards in a series of senseless enter- tainments, which have already lasted over ‘@ quarter of a year, ——$—$-e-_____ He Supplied the Line. county, is as worthy of repetition as if it were actually true—and perhaps it is: It was Friday, the day of original composi- tions in a rural district school. Each fiom A late gift with Blur epee San tea, le hair Meped: - “What is it?” e i