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Publication Rests Wholly With the
War Department
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
I'll Ooaontt ('uinnianillnc Coarl the
Unttra War unit Dlil Kot l'orgct to
Mcotluti tho Trtrt l'lnycl by Buuftor
ami Secretary Alger.
WABiiiNOTOtr, Nov. 9. Major Gen
eral Nelson A. Mllcn has completed
nnd submitted to tlio war department
lils report covering tlio entire period
of hostilities iH'tweeu tho Umtod
Btaton and Kpaln. It could not bo
learned nt tho unr department whoth
cr this report In lis cntlroty will bo
given out for publication. It Is hlntod
that certain portions of tho report may
Lo withheld. The sum and substance
of the reasons for withholding it, It Is
asserted, la tho fact that tho report is
said to deal squat ety with matters that
certain officials prefer to keep in tho
background.
Vriends of Gneral Miles who claim
to bo cognizant of tho content fi of the
report say it is cxhaustlvo In dealing
trlth the minutest dotiitto, and many
things which Imvo not been clear to
the general public as to tho conduct of
the war aro fully and comprehensively
ex lalncd.
That tho roport la thorough and ex
haustive is Bhown by tho fact that It
cotcrs nearly 00 sheets of closely
typewritten manifold paper and In
cludes nil dispatches scut by and re
ceived by General Miles. It, iu fact,
covers all tho part taken by tho army
ia tho war nnd deals lu the moftt
m nute details with tho poriod begin
ning with General Miles' landing lu
Cuba and until ho left tho island of
Porto Uleo to como home,
Tho referenco to the Santiago cam
paign alono lakes up many pages. The
invasion and oecupanoy of l'orto Rico
in given in detail. It is nlso mentioned
Vitt General Miles conferred with Ad
miral Sampson aud asked tho odmti-jl
to protect tho landing of United States
troops on Cuban soil, which was done.
Tke report also refers to tho warn
In General Miles gavo to General
Shifter and its plain Kngllsh criti
cises General Shaf tor's conduct of the
campaign in Santiago. Tho roport
o y makes brief mention of tho work
of tho inspector general's department,
which General Miles thinks was satis
fajiory insofar as tho Inspector gen
eral bad power and authority to net.
Vrom this tho Inference is drawn that
i inspector general was curtailed by
authority greater than his own iu tho
conduct of his work.
Tho report nnvotloilty states that
tho muddled condition of matters re
la'.lng to the army status is due to the
faotthat muoh Information that Mas
g van out was pontradlotcd by thu
Oe "rctary of war.
Ouitalnod In the report aro true
copies of every telegram that passed
between Gonoral Miles nnd tho war de
partment. None of them is curtailed
cr mutilated, and it is said if tlio re
port is published in full many of these
telegrams and portions of others will
Ira mado publio for tho first time
These tolcgrama, it Is further said,
will toll trnthu that it Is alleged, have
been bo far suppressed. Tho report
makes no referenco to tho so-called
Alger-Mllos controversy, but somo of
the statoment? credited to General
liile aro reiterated. A friend of Gen
eral Miles said:
"Tho general will not make the ro
port rb'lQ. but the secretary of war
trill givo It ont. He will not dare to
beep it baok. It rill bo a bitter pill
for Alger, but when It Is known that
the report boo been submitted the dc
nsand for it will bo great."
A SHAM BATTLE OFF ENGLAND.
MILES
M
Dawaaart Iltttarlas 1'raatlea Ilopslllnf;
a Flack Canadian Pl.iu of Campaign.
Nbw York, Not. 9. A dispatch to
the New York Times from London
ays: Many naral officers have arrived
at Deronport, and tho superintendent
of compasBca for the admiralty ha be
gun his adjustments there, which Is
always tho Inst thing undertaken be
fore ships sail. The Curocoa, a train
ing eralsor, was lntcroeptod by thu ad
m ralty off tho tipaulah coast nnd
trought back to Deronport.
A aham attempt to foroa a passage
In the harbor against tho fire of bat
tarlea and nowly mounted quick-firing
puns, took plaoo last night, t Tho' In
vaders failed.
tr. Johns, Newfoundland, Nov. S
The Hrltlsh government haa tele
graphed tho colonial ministry asking
tit tiumler, tonnage nnd capacity o!
tcamors available in this port to 'con
vey coal from Kidney for tke use of
Ilrltiah warships.
The cruisors Cordelia and Pelican
vrill be bold at Sidney to captnre St.
Pierre and protect St. Johns In the
event of war. The cruisers aro also
instructed in case of hostilities to
break tho French cable between St.
'rTCiJ'Iijfre nnd Itrckt, France.
WAR SHIPS TO GO TO SAMOA.
Amatlaaa InlemaU Mijr He Pro! at tn it by
Two VaaseU burin? lalnnd Bloat Inn.
Sxh Fraxciroo, Nov. 0. The cruiser
Philadelphia has b:an ordered to Hi
tnoa and will leuvu within a few days.
The Yorktown will probably follow
ber It la fearod that tho forthcoming
election of a naw king may rotialt In a
revolution, aud It Is desirable to have
war veaseki thero to jf itect Amcrluau
tateraea.
CUBAN CAMP SITES,
Garrisons Belcctnd for tha Army of Oe
cupatlona Nertr Havana.
Wasiiixotox, Nov. 9. Colonel Heck
or, with Colonel Lee, of the board
which was sent to Cuba to solcct camp
sites for tho American army of occu
pation, has reached Washington, nnd
has had several conferences with tho
President and Secretary Alger.
Becrotarv Alirer has nnnroved thn lo
cations sol octet! by tho Itecker board
lor tlio principal garrlwon, which will
bo iu tho neighborhood of Havana.
Tho plaoo salectcd lies about eight
miles south of Havana. In thn nMcrh.
borhood of. but not directly In the
town or Mariano, for Colonel Mocker
ndvlscd wry strongly against tho quar
tering of unaccllmato 1 troops iu per
manent structures whtoh may bo in
fected with fever.
Two camps will ba pltchod nt this
point, ono on either side of the splen
did aqueduct which supplies Havana
with water. This aqueduct will be
tapped and tho water drawn by steam
pumps from It to bupply tho oainpi,
which will bo pitched on a. platteau,
about 109 feet nbovo the sea level.
Tho greatest care has beon given to
sound hygienic conditions in tho se
lection. A PARIS PLOT.
Aiitl-llrerfiMltot rinn n Herniation In
liven of Ittirlnloiu
Loxno.T, Nov. 9. Tho Dally Chron
iclo says: "We have received informa
tion from a reliable quarter of a well
organized plot in Paris, lu tho event
of tho Inquiry beforo tho court of cas
sation proving favorablo to Droyfus,
to fomont a riotous outburst in the
French capital, to attempt to over
throw tho civil power and to nssassi
nato tho leading champions of Drov
ftu." '
IIIr Tire nt Emporti.
KwroiUA, Kun., Nov. 9.Flve alarms
of flro were turuod In at tho Qro Btn
tlon yesterday af tornoon within fifteen
mluutvs. Threo of tho fires woroamall
atTairs, but two proved to ba very ok
ponstve and threatened groat destruc
tion. Tho canning factory, tho warn
housoiof Ij. W. Lewis, part of Kvans
& Thomas' lumber yard and savoral
dwellings are an cntlro loss. The
amount will rench nearly 330,000.
Seven cars of freight, including ono of
eggs, which wcro standing on a side
track next tho canning factory, wcro
nlmost an entiro loss. Very llttlo In
a u ran co was carried.
Drait In IIU CnK
Kausas CiTr, Mo., Nov. O.Wille
tho fast meat frolght on tho Chicago &
Alton road was speeding swiftly
toward Glcndale, fiftcon mllos east of
Kansas City, at 4:15 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, Engineer Richard A. House
sat dead in his cab on cngluo No. 30.
his hand on tho throttle, his glased
eyes flxod straight ahead on tho track,
n emtio of peace on his face. How
long ho had been dead boforo the fact
was noticed by Fireman John Varndcll
cannot be known.
Cabana la Ilnnl Lino.
Nhw Yoiuc, Nov. 9. Tho sixteen Cu
ban insurgents who wore recently re
leased by the Spanish government
from tho governmont prison at Ceuta
and who nrrlvcd in this country last
week on tho Kaiser Wilholm II., were
to-day released from tho bargo office
aud nllowod togo, penniless and home
less, luto tho streots. They nppllod
for help at the Cuban junta, but were
turned away with tlio reply that no
funds wcro available for them.
Ilait NeTor 3nrn Ilor Iloforo.
Wichita. Knn., Nov. 9 N. W. Kin
kennou, known lo "Itlack Joo," the
scout, loft for Enid, Okla. Tcr.
yesterday, taking with him Ills li
year-old dnughtor, whom he had
norcr aoen beforo. Kinkonnon dc-a.-rted
her mothor in Arkansas two
months boforo tho child was born.
Recently he heard ahownsln Wichita,
nnd, by aid of tho po ice, ha found her
yesterday. She was In destitute olr
cumsluucca, and he is wealthy.
Lynstilns In Illlaoti.
Laco. 111.. Nov. 9, Tlio first lynch
ing in Central Illinois In many "years
took place hero rarly yesterday morn
ing when a hundred miners from To
luca, a mining town a short distance
east of hore, broke into .tho county
Jail, took out V. W. Stewart, a Tolucn
negro, and hanged hi in to a tree.
Stewart's crlmo was assault, on Fri
day night, upon Mury O'Hrlen, the
daughter of one of tho Toluca miners.
Huproma Court llai Moyert.
Washington, Nov. 9. Tho supreme
court of tho United Statos sat yester
day in tho room of tho Senate commit
tco on the D.strlct of Columbia. The
committee room is qulto n commodious
office room, we.l furnished with tables,
chairs, dodcs andothorolllco furniture,
so that little dtfilcutty was encountorud
iu transforming it into a suitable
placo for the court.
Thin! MUiourl UuttrrM Ont. -Kansas
City, Mo., Nov. 9. The
Third regiment of Missouri volunteers
now exists In namo only, as every
man, from colonel down to private,
was mustered out of tho sorvico of the
government yesterday. Tho regiment
is still apart of the National Guard of
Missouri, however.
Marshfleld, Ore. Two maskod rob
bers entered tho postoflleo at Arago,
which is located In tho residence of W.
II. Hehroader, pottnustor. Schroader
was in the upper part of the houc
when the men entered, but a man
namod Petsr Crow was In the ofUco.
Tho robbara took Ciow to tho river
bank and acouraiy tied hut foot and
hauda. They than returned to tho
nous aud foro I Mhrooder, at the
xlnt of a ravalver, to open the Bife.
Tli a robbari uarsd J'.,8u0 beloniriair
to tha Artke C.wMuvry and 13JV of
poatal taaix. fliisriff Gai?o and a posse
ro la parauit aX tha robber.
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
mm cup lis
An Iowa Division Surgeon Says tlio
Water Was Slush,
SHORTAGE 0FTENTS AND COTS
Ordinary lUtlmit Xtaaad to tba Hick
Utllo Mutlclno tit ltn Hsit Floora
Ijt1 r..r tha trifttt Mluoarl noil Ottion
Aftrr the llr-RlmaiiU Movod.
CmoAoo. Nor. 9 Tho war invcstl
gating commission continued tho ex
amination of witnesses to-day. Dr.
G. A. Smith, .of Cltntou, Iowa, waa the
first witnesa to-day. From August 9
to September 10 ho was In ehargo of
tho tiecoud division, Third army corps
hospital, nt Camp Thomas. Dr. Smith
said: "When I uwiinod my duties,
July 14, I found a ahortago of tents
aud cots. Tho patleuts in the hospital
were crowded on account of tho tent
shortage. Somo of the patients wcro
lying on tho ground on account of hck
of cots. Thcro was no provision mado
for feeding tho sick other than tho ra
tions Issuod to tho soldiers lu tho reg
ular service, except suoh as wero
brought In by charitable organizations
chief of which wore tho Hod Cross so
ciety aud tho National Relief associa
tion. "In tho pharmacy there woro nt that
time no internal nutiseptlcs, although
tho commanding ofllcor Informed me
when 1 mado a requisition that ho had
made repeated efforts to got them.
The pharmacy at that tlmo and, In
deed, until It was ordered closed Sop
tcmber 9 never had auy proper equip
ment for doing pharmaceutical work.
Thcro wcro no scales to measure with,
tho hospital stewards usod a board for
a tlmo and an ordinary jacknlfo for a
spatula. Thcro wore no pill boxes or
powder papers."
In speaking of tho wnter supply fnr
nUhed tho hospital, Dr. Smith eald:
"Tho water that was furnished for tho
use of thoao hospitals up to August 1
was that taken from the plpo line from
Chlckamauga creek, nnd It was so full
of sediment that it was aluiply aluah,
and was not water.
"There wcro no ilooro in any of tho
hospital touta nt the tlmo I reported
for duty nt that hospital. Tho first
tent wns floorod soon after tho middle
of .Tuly.although somo wero not floored
until long after that The floors In tho
tonts of tho Flfty-scooad Iowa, tho
Mrstmaino ana tlie lifth Missouri
were all laid after tho troops had loft
tho park and woro never occupied by
the soldiers. Ia foot, I might state
that tho floors woro laid nfter orders
had been received to pack goods pre
paratory to leaving for Anuiaton.
"In regard to nursing in that hos
pital, wo had no trained nurses. All
tho nursing was dono by orderlies and
many of them were douaoly ignorant,
and when I was lu charge of tho wards
of tho Second brlgado I had two men
who could neither read nor writo and
threo men who did not know tho
meaning of . in.' or p. m.' when
written.'
NO PEACE SESSION,
American Comtnlailonara Fat Off DU
eaMlntr tha riilllpplna Qnodlun.
Pahib, Nov. 9. The Sponlsh-Ameri-can
pcaco commissioners liavo notified
the minister of foreign affairs, M. Dol
casse, that tho Joint oesslon wliloh won
to have taken place to-day will not be
held and that they will notify the
minister whon they kavo determined
upon tho dato of another meeting.
At first It was reported that tho
Spanish commissioners had broken off
tho negotiations. Inquiry developed
tho fact that tho fulluro to hold a
meeting to-day was duo to a request
ny tho Americans for a postponement
of tho Joint session until to-morrow.
Nbw Yonn, Nov. 8. A dispatch to
tho New York Herald from Madrid
says: Tho Madrid Liberal's leading
article says tho Spanish government
should conoludo tho negotiations for
peace with the wtuiost rapidity to
avoid Germany, Russia or any other
country mixing in the questiou, which
could only mean fresh dlsattera to
Spain. Tho article has crcatod a
great sensation here.
Premier Sngasta this afternoon said
that It was by no means certain that
Spain would send a memorandum to
the powers on tho subject of the Paris
peace commission.
London, Nov. 8. The London Dally
Moil this morning nrgca tha American
people to pronounoj boldly In favor of
retaining tho Phillpplne3, "for other
wise thoro will be a scramble for coal
ing atatlona that will endanger tho
poaco of tho world.0
fat Dynamlta lo ConaaL
Saw Fuamowoo. Nov. 9. Two atlcks
of dynamite, weighing nearly half a
pound, nrrlved through the malla on
tho Overland train Sunday morning.
The sticks were In separate packages,
and both were addressed to George F.
Hall, Turkish consul, 6n Franclsoo.
The postmarks woro indistinct, but It
it thought the dynarallo waa mailed In
Montana, Several weeks ago Mr. Hall
received a similar package. It wan
opened safely.
flha Waa a Chlaaga Itanaty.
New Youk, Nov. 9. Mrs. Alice Snell
Green, ono of the noted beauties of
Chicago teu years ago, dlod In tho
Now York liospltnt last night as tho
result of an operation. She waa tho
youngest daughter of Amoa V. Snell
of Chicago, wuo wai killed by a burg
lar in USX. A half million dollars
came to her at her father'a death. Sho
was married to Y. U. McCrca, but se
cured a d ivor co and waa married to
Ilfillrrlaft (li-Ajti a linnl.. In icrvt m..
waa than 84 years old. Mr. Green had
a svlfc liviuarat tke tiaae of hia mar
riage, tut aba sooa gat a divorce.
CUBANS WILL NOT WORK,
Main rmtilama to Ha root Aro Thiwe
v of Capital nnd iJitmr.
Santiago tih Coha, Nov. 9. Tho
main problems to bo facod by tho
provlnco of Santiago, In fact, by tho
ontlro Island of Cuba, tit Its ufforts to
throw oft tho lethargy of ceuturlua,
nro thoso which, to n greator or less
dosreo, afflict all communities, namely,
capital nnd labor.
With regard to the first, thcro are a
very lnrgo number or people coly de
alrlug nnr opportunity to Invest In tlio
Island as soon as a nettled form of gov
ernment is decided upou, but who
naturally, under present conditions,
knowing nothing regarding tho future
safeguards to property or tho amount
of taxes to bo levied, or tho stability
of tho future government whon It Is
formod, hesltato to risk tholr monov.
In this provlnco nlone, It U cstlmatod
that thcro nro fully 530,000,000 only
waiting for an nssurod form of govern
ment to be nt ouco invested lu busi
ness enterprises.
A still greater problem to lw solved
is tho labor quostlon, for oven the
existing industries nro crippled for
wnnt of hnuds, this particularly apply
ing to tha mines. Tho pny Is from 75
coats a day upward, or about the samo
as paid in tho phosphate mines of
Florida, nnd tho mines will board tho
laborers nt 23 cents a day.
It may bo taken as an established
fact that tho present generation of
Cubans will never become minors.
They nro far too enervated and Indo
lent nnd tho negro raeo bore find
means of n lany subsistence too easily
at hand to havo any Ineoutivo to labor.
Tho Cub.iu may do n llttlo light work
In tho shade; ho may mako rt fow
cigars, or ho may ovon condoscond to
do a llttlo houaowork, If you do not
expect too muoh in tho way of clean
ing, but what ho profcrs la to put on n
fow stars, a huge pair of boots, enor
mous spurs, nnd, a handsoino thing,
wondrous to behold, mount an ooay
going Cuban pony and parade tho
prh.alpal streets. Glvo this to the
Cuban, while or oolorcd, nnd you havo
him as pleased as a child with a now
toy, as proud an a peacock, and about
as senslblo ns an onlrlch.
In Santiago, there Is another ele
ment adding to tho labor troubles,
namoly, tho Jamaica negro, who is
ono degrco worse than his Cuban
brother In the matter of Industry.
There aro 2,000 of his typo hero, all
wanting jobs as waiters, stewards,
valotu, or soraothing equally easy; but,
as to tho real work of tho islaud, tho
digging, raining and labor that will
bring the sweat to a man's brow, thu
Jamaica negro wants nono of it. Tho
problem wns long sinco solved In his
own country by the Importation of
Indian coolies, under contract to work
for flvo years.
Tho mine owners and tho other
largo employers of labor nro counter
ing somo plan wheroby they can over
ooino tho difficulty of obtaining men.
Thn Spanish-American Iron company
has sent to Spain for BOO men.
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Philadelphia, Rot. Dr. II. L. Way
land, ono of the most omlnont Iiaptlst
divines, dlod at Wcrncrsville, Pa,, nf
ter un illnoos of several months' dura
tion. Hamilton, Ohio. Hamilton promot
ers, having just completed the organi
zation of a plug tobacco trust in Now
York, aro now about to consummato
another big combine, which Involvos
the consolidation of nlmost overy man
ufactory of school desks and furniture
In tho United Statos.
Now York Mr. Losllo Carter, tho
actress, filed a petition In bankruptcy,
showing liabilities of 03,773, and no
assets except wearing npparol valued
at 120(1. Somo of tho claims extend
back for aoveral years, and among
them are accounts for gowns aud cos
tumes from Paris makers, several
claims for cash loana nnd a hotel bill.
navana, Owing to tho constant
rains which have fallen recently, tho
streams lu tho province of Mntanzis
havo overflowed, flooding over 1,000
acres In tho lloquo district of that
province. The land Inundated hnd just
been planted with sugarcane and fruit
trees after threo yoara of neglect, and
tho disaster has again plunged tho In
habitants of tho district into tho doep
est misery. Tho Vumurl valley has
also been flooded.
Seattle, Wash. Lato advices from
Japan stato that It Is likely that tho
seal and ottor hunters will bo prohib
ited from Ashing and hunting oft tho
coast of Japan before the fleet sails
next year. Japan Is trying to foster
deep-bca fishing, and under tho new
foreign treaties that go into effect
next year It is believed that the prohi
bition cau be made.
Santlngo do Cuba A Spanish mili
tary commission of Ave officers, headed
by Llbutenant-General Don Walder
ruma, hue arrived here from Havana,
bringing letters from Major-Genoral
Wade of the United States evacuation
committee, to General Leonard Wood,
requesting tho lotter to extend all
courtesy and assistance to tho Spanish
omcors in ineir eirorts to recover the
bodies of Mator-Ounor.il Kr;ul,.l Tr
and lirlgadlcr-Geueral Huntoclldos.
Milwaukee, Wis. Judge Seaman, In
the United States court, held in .fTnf
that anyone who wishes mav enca..
in the manufacture of wooden rims
used for blovole wheels, as thev
not now a patentable article.
Cleveland. Ohio. Mr. Paul Mevar. n.
New York publisher, was aelecled by
a combination or wealthy man to go to
ram to aecuro tho acrvlccs of Emtio
Zola as a lecturer. He haa r.
turned from there, and la quite certain
that Zola will vlalt this country and
lecturo, sd that within a eompara
Utaly ajutft time.
1EU OIW HIMSELF.
To Control Ships' Actions Without
Wiros at Any Distance
IS A MARVELOUS INVENTION,
Man nti Hhtira May Uoer n Torpedo
Ilwtl Mile Auny Wuntait tn Try It
onCervcrn'a t'lvrt Tha Inventor' Own
Btnry.
Nkw Yottit, Nov. 0. Nikola Tesla,
tho electrician, tn n nawapapor Inter
view, describes an apr "cation 0f elec
tricity whereby one man can control
nnd direct, with nbsoluto cxoctltudo,
tho inovcmontH of any typo of vessol,
balloon or laud vehicle, at any dls
tanco that may bo denlred. From a
station on shore, or from tho deck of a
vessol under way, n torpedo boat
equipped with Mr. Tcsln'n controlling
device, may bo propelled olthor on or
below tho surface, maneuvered at will
lu auy direction nnd finally brought
Into contact und cxplodod against tho
sldo of a hostile vcsiol nt any point
within tho rnngo of the vlalon of tho
operator. More than this, asoumtng
thnt It woro possible to accurately
looato tho position of tho vessel which
It Is desired to destroy, tho torpedo
boat could be dlrcotcd to it, even If tho
ship lay In tho harbor of Southampton
nnd the operator was statlonod at
Sandy Hook.
Mr. Tesla said thnt aorao months
had elapsed Blnoo ho had fully dovol
oped his device, for which ho has np
piled for n patent. When It was
learned that Admiral Corvera was
bottled up nt Santiago It wns lit a in
tontlon to supply hla mechanism to
sevoral launches and Blmllar small
craft loaded with high explostvcs and
annlhlluto the fleet at anchor. Ad
miral Corvora, however, camo out and
mot his fnto under tho guns of tho
American neot ucroro tho necessary
arrangements could be made. Thou
Mr. Tesla planned a raid on tho Span
ish vcssols In Havana harbor, only to
bo thwarted by tho proclamation of
tho suspension of hostllltlox
"Hitherto," said Mr. Tesla, "tho
only incaus of controlling the move
ments of a vessol from ndlsUnoo havo
been supplied through the medium of
n Hcxlblo eondnotorsueh as an electric
cablo, but Hits system la subject to
obvious limitations sueh as aro Im
posed by tho length, weight and
strength of tho conductor whloli can
bo practically usod; by tho difficulty of
maintaining, with tafcty, the high
speed of tho vcstol or changing tho
direction of her methods with rapidity;
tho necessity of effecting tho control
from a point which Is practically fixed,
and from many other drawbacks wh.ch
are Inseparably connected with such a
system.
"Tho plnn which I have perfoctod
Involves nono of thoso objootlous, for
I nm enabled by tho use of my Inven
tion to omploy any moans of propul
sion, to Impart to tho moving body or
vessel the highest possible speed, to
control tho operation of Its machinery
and to direct Its movements from
cither a fixed point or from a body
moving nnd chnnglng its direction,
however rapidly, and to maintain this
control over great distances, without
artificial connections betweou tlio ves
sel and tho apparatus governing its
movemonts, and without Buch restrict
ions as theso must necessarily im
pose. NO ARTIFICIAL CONNECTION.
"In a broad sense, thon, my inven
tion differs from all of those systems
whloh provldo for the control of tho
mechanism carried by a moving object
and governing- Its motion, In that 1 ro
rmlro no intrtnodlato wires, caules or
other form of electrical or mechanical
connections with tho objoet savo tho
natural media In spaoo, I accomplish,
nevertheless, similar results und In a
much moro practical manner by pro
ducing waves, Impulses or radiations
which are received through tho earth,
water or ntmohphorc by suitable ap
paratus on tho moving body and cauao
the desired actions, no long oa tho body
remains within tho active rogion or ef
fective ran go of suoh currents, waves,
impulses or radiations.
"Having explained to you some of
the possibilities of the device, I will
now give you n practical example of
tho workings of the model beforo go
ing Into a detailed description of how
I am ablo to produco these roaults."
Elavnted on stocks on a table in tho
center of tho laboratory stood u model
of a screw propelled craft, about four
feet long and somewhat disproportion
atoly wide and deep. Mr. Tesla ex
plained that it was merely a working
model whloh he had had made in order
to exhibit to President McKlnley and
that no attempt had been mudo
to follow tho usual sharp lines
of a torpedo boat. Tho deck is
slightly arched and surmounted
by throe slonder standards, tho
center ono considerably higher than
the other two, whloh oarry sraMl In
candescent bulbs, it third bulb tulng
fixed at tha bow. The kc.-l vnUt. n
a massive copper plat, tho propaller
and rudder being In tha usual posltlona.
Mr. Tesla explained that tho boat con
tained the propelling machinery, con
sisting of an elcotrio motor actuated
by a storage battery in the hold, an
other motor to actuate the rudder and
the delicate mechanism which per
forms the function of receiving
through the central atandird tho alec
trio linpulsaa sent tlirouy h tba atmos
phere from the dtstance oparatlng sta
tion, which sat in motion the propell
ing and atecratfo motors, ani through
them light or extinguish tha vlcctria
bulbs and fire the exploding cluirje in
a chamber iu tha bjw Ik rasponae to
signals sent by tho operator.
ana, Huujtu uiiibxa lllM, I
"Mow watch," ia,'d tba luvaate, I
and going to a tablo on the other1 side
of tho room on whloh lay m 1IKI
awltoh box about flvo Inohou aqaare,
ho gavo the lovor n sharp turn. " la
ntantty tho llttlo bronxo propaller bo
gnn to rovolvo nt a furious rate.
"Now, I will aond tho boat to etat
board," ho sild, nnd another qutok
movomout of tho tovor sent tho holm
nharp ovor, aud another movonvmt
turned It as rapidly bsck ngaln. At
another signal tho acrow stopped and
reversed.
"During tho day," continue 1 Mr.
Tesla, hta hand still on tho lovor, "wo
should etoor our course by keeping the
two stnudands In ltno, but at night wo
ahould doponil on tho eloctrlo tights,
whtoh would, of course, bo acroencd
so as not to bo visible to tho enemy,"
anil at a elgnol both tho tiny bulbs
woro lllnailnated.
"Now wo will assume thnt the boat
has arrived within atrtltlug distance
of tho vessel to bo destroyed, and tho
bulb In tho bow will servo to aliow
that the explosion has tnkon plaoo."
As ho spoke ho touohod tho lover
ncata and tho ll.rlit iin.i,n,t'.n4 ...
extinguished.
"Imnglno, If you can," aald Mr.
Tosta, as lie wont back to hta desk,
"what nn IrreiUtlliln Imimm.., -
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destruction wo havo In a torpoio boa
thus controlled, whloh wo can operate
day or night, on tho surface or below
It, and from any dlstanoo that may bo
desired. A ahlp thus assailed would
.u uu iiusHiimiiy or escape.
"I can apply this system of control
to any typo of vessol and of any else.
It Is not ovon necessary to make a
close approach to thn roni t.x k. a-
alroyed. At tho dlstanoo of luo feet
tho explojlon of 800 pounds of dyna
mlto will exert a shattering ofTcot oa s
battleship, but thero la no reason why
wo ahould not load a vessel with t0
or 500 tons, or even moro, of dynamite,
whloh, cxplodod oven n ml Us or so
away, would ralso a wavo that woeld
ovorwholm tho btggcat ahlp ever
built."
M'KINLEY CALLED IN A JUDGE.
Tho mimical ruilol Too Keefc for Che
I'rcililcmt.
CANTjrt, Ohio, Nov. B. Prcoldcni
Mokinloy rexohod Canton at 0:23 a, m.
to-day on n special train ovor the
Pennsylvania lino, occupying tho oar
"Cloopntra," Accompanying him wero
Mm. MoKlnloy, General Hasting,
Assistant Secrotary Cortclyoit and
Uudolph Foster, a stonographor.
A number of tho Prosldont'a
old friends woro at tho depot
to greet him. Tho party took car
riages nud wars drlvon to the M, CI
Harber homo, whore Mrs. MoKlnte
joined hor sister, Mrs. Ilarber. Tba
President tnorely exchangod greetlaga
tit the houso and thon proccodod to do
what had brought htm to Canton to
cast his vote. Aecompanlod by eight
or ten of his old friends ho started for
tho polling placo of his procjuot, throe
blocks away, walking thero and back,
responding to tho greetings of frlenda.'
Tho voting plaoa ia tho carponter
shop of Contractor Klramel. Here tha)'
President proofed tho judges and other
election officers with a hearty hand1
shako. Ills registration nurabor waa
called out as No. 193 and ho wua handed
ballot No. 131 It wua 0:3t whon h
ontered tho booth. The curtain la
closing tho booth caught ovor hta
left shoulder aud was allowed to hang
thero, leaving tho President In full
vlow as ho prepared his ballot. lie laid
his silk hat on tho sholf of the bootk
and proceeded to look over tho big
blanket ballot. He callod onono of the
judges for a llttlo Information, thc
markod his ballot and came out to de
posit It.
"William McKlnley," callod out the
receiving judge, as ho took the ballot,
omitting tho stroet and number of the
vutor. Tho President had beea in the
booth just ono minute and six seconds.
ALVARY.THE TENOR, IS DEAD.
In tha Ilols at Hlacfrlad tho alegar
Actilavet! Ilia Oraateit Baooais,
Ilinux, Nov. 0. Max Alvary, the
famous oporatlo tonor, has died at
Tabarz, Thnrlngla, near Weimar.
Alvary has been til for more
than two years with cancer of the
stomach. Unexpected business losses,
two years' enforced idleness and aa
expensive Illness, with largo outlays
for operations, physicians and nurses,
havo swept away completely tho for
tune that he had gathorod. Ills family
is loft in want Eron tho life insur
ance which ha had takon out la
the day of physical strength and artls
tlo prosperity had to be mortgaged
lately to savo the home ho had beea
building for bis wlfo and children aad
himself.
It was as Siegfried that Alvary mado
his great auccsss, November 0, 1887,
Max Alvary mado his first appearanoe
as Siegfried in tho old Metropolitan
Opera house in New York city. The
overwhelming auoeoss whloh he
achieved carrlod him into the first
ranks of Wagnerian singers. Alvary,
aside from being a singer, was an arch
itect and civil engineer. i
MORE KANSANS SAIL
The Transport Nawport to Take Cateea)
MtltoV llatUllan to Mnnlli.
Saw VnANcisbq, Nov. 9. Tho trans
port Newport wilUauU at 3 o'clock U
uay lur ma i-aiiippifiaa. uonerat
Mil.
ler and hia staff will.
aboard the
transport about aoe
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will be thirteen wo;
cars who aie ff
L?vi war
are at Manila.
The troops Vti
tallon, Twaatl
Lluutanant Ce
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