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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1897-6-3, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES Before Retiring.... take Ayer's Pills, and you will sleep better and wake in better condition for the day's work. Ayer's Cathartic Pills have no equal as a pleasant and effect- ual remedy for constipation, biliousness, sick headache, and all liver troubles. They are sugar-coated, and so perfectly prepared, that they cure with- out the annoyances experienced in the use of so many of the pills on the market. Ask your druggist for Ayer's Cathartic PillsofirWhen other pills won't help you, Ayer's is THE PILL THAT WILL. THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELI THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. interesting items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parte of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Sissy Reading. CANADA. Thieves are operating extensively in London South, A youth, 18 years of age, was !lent to gaol in Winnipeg on Tuesday, for mak- ing counterfeit coin. The Dominion Government bas draft- ed a bill to prevent extortionate rates of interest being collected. • Laforce Langevin, only son of Six Hector Langevin, committed suicide at his father's house in Quebec on Wed- nesday. The pilots of the St. Lawrenee are making a hard fight to secure incor- poration, but it is doubtful if they will succeed. The bill to make railway companies carry bicycles as baggage was carried in the Railway Committee at Ottawa by 46 votes to 21. The Quebec City Council on Tuesday night oted twenty-twe hundred dol- lars towards the celebration of the Queen's jubilee. An item of $26,010 to pay the expenses of Canada's military representatives at the Queen's jubilee was passed by the House of Commons. Flora and Maggie McMillan, sisters, living at St. Andrew's, N.S., near An- tigonrsh, were burned to death in their house on Tuesday night. Postmaster -General Mulock announc- ed on Thursday in the Dominion House that jubilee stamps of various denom- inations will be issued to the pnb]ic on the 19th pros. �Q „sees1 QIIERN 9 Doyou ou know of a case wherein BONS KIONP.Y PILLS f ail' d to cure any kidney ailment If so, we want to know it. Over • a million boxes sold without a single complaint THE DONS MEUtCUHE Mud. TORONTO . (hi est cet..:t :re EVEk 1 SHOULD KNOW THAT Zs a very remarkable remedy, both for IN- TERNAL and EXTERNAL use, and won- derful action. to relieve distress derfnl in its o v 4 PAIN -KILLER Is n sore cure for Sore Chills, Dlnrrbme, DyxcuterSCtCr alnUS, Cholera, and all ]towel Complaints PAIN -KILLER is TILE BEST rein. eely known for l5 ora• BlClilteNR AIek Ilcndnehe, I'uin in 1110 hack or Bide, flheauuratism and Neuralgia, PAIN -KILLED BEST LINIMENT is UNQUESTIONABLY Ilse BLADE. It brings SPEEDY AND PERMANENT OSLtDP In all cases of BrulMC8, Coate, Sprains, Severe Brans, etc. PAIN -KILLER is tho well tried an d trusted friend of t o fact all' classes wninFarmer, Planter, dctSailor:, and and SAFE re USE Interntally or externally with certainty of relief. Bewaro of imitations. Take none but the genuine "PERRY DAYea" Said everywhere: cat. big bottle. ' A'lLfS S IMBED-SwOnN STATEIIEX:', 1:Irs. Maggie McMartin, 27 Radenhuret St., Teresa.. .de„ swears that Ryekman's "Kootena • Cure" our: •1' of Paralysis which rendered one aide of her bo.', entirely useless. Phyelciane said there was no chain her ever recovering the use of her limbs. 1001 %:sorted her, but to -day she ie walking around tellin wr friends how Ryckman's " Kootenay Cure" 1 r life and happiness. Sworn to, July 10, 1, • ,: fore J. W. Seymour Corley, Notary Publio. MORN STATEMENT OF A DRATEFi MOTHER. Louisa White, nine yearn old, who suffered vii. Crzoma since her birth, ,hes been entirely cured am• ser general systembuilt up by Ryokmana "Kennet: ,',tie." Tho above facts are given in a sworn eta .nentmado by her mother, Mrs. George White ;.•nson Sb., Hamilton, Ont„ doted July 3, 1S9:' ,acro J. P. Monck, Notary Publie. I COMBINATiON IDISTEBBED - TSOt•Ot.', STATEMENT MADE. Charles 1;. Newman, 13 Marlborough 6t„ Teroni : .nt., had a complication of blood troubles, RI =diem, severe Kidney trouble and constilmtlr ;vas frequentdy•disturbed at night, lost his appe,c, ocl was a very sick man. Itis Kidneys are now it meats. condition, his appetite good, sloop nodi: virbed and r••;tstipation aired ; all this was done I•;. :::•nkmau'� r' liootenay Cols.". He makes e,wori: • •crntent a•; tho above facts before J. W. Seymoa:l t. '-•y, July 10. 1890. . THE, OF AMY EX iTprmES 1laR other totwns to join in the New York strike m overspent. Adolph L, Luetgert a sausage manu- facturer, is charged at Chicago with having murdered his wife and after- wards burning her body. President McKinley has sent a mes- sage to Congress recommending an ap- propriation of fifty thousand dollars for the relief of the destitute Americans in Cuba. The United. States Senate passed the joint resolution recognizing the exist- ence of a state of war in Cuba and de - daring the neutrality of the United States by a vote of 41 to 14. A war of extermination against sym- pathetic strikes in the bulldog trades has been declared by a combination of Chicago contractors, employers, and other business man. Private Allan of the 9th 'Ii, S. In- fantry at Watertown, N.Y., has been indicted there by the grand jury for the murder of Mary Crouch and Mary Daly, near Sackett's Harbor. Former Governor Alfgeld, of Illi- nois, bas been taking the Kneipp cure in Milwaukee. ILte is suffering from se- vere nervous prostration, and, it is said, is affected with locomotor ataxia. Mr. George A. Kittredge, who has been a merchant in Bombay since 1862, has arrived in New York. He says there is great distress in India, and contributions are urgently needed, but nateonota single person has died of starv- •. Twelve firemen were frightfully burned by the explosion of a tank con- taining 80 gallons of gasoline in a Chicago grocery. The explosion was heard for several blacks, and many win- dows in the vicinity were shattered. Mr. William Southam, one of the shareholders, has taken action to have the Homestead Loan & Savings Society of Hamilton wound up. The steamer Diana, which will carry the Canadian Government expedition to Hudson Bay, has arrived in Halifax, and will be provisioned at once. A deputation waited on the Govern- ment to ask for a bonus of $1.000,000 to- wards the construction of a bridge over the St. Lawrence at Quebec. Mr. Laurier promised consideration. It is understood that Mr. G. K. Domville, Mechanical Superintendent of the Grand Trunk Railway, will short- ly be transferred from Hamilton. It. is not known where he will be place ed. Mr. Thomas Fyshe, cashier of the Bank of Nova Scotia, has been appoint- ed joint general manager of the Mer- chants' Bank of ('lanada,- Mr. Hague, the general manager, having asked that a coadjutor be appointed. Joe Racine, a former well-known re- sident of- Montreal, has been arrested on a charge of murdering Leo Mull- ions, an old man, whose body was found in a swamp near Rouse's Point, N.Y., on January 8th last. Mrs. Gordon, widow of one of the virtims of the Point Ellice bridge dis- aster, has got a verdict for 810,000 against the ('ity of Victoria. It is said there are many more suits of a similar nature to follow. It is reported at Victoria. B. C., that the Transvaal Gold Fields Company, of London, England, has acquired the charter and coneessions obtained by the Cassiar Central Railway Company from British Columbia. The Governor-General has received a letter of thanks from the Viceroy of India, in which it is stated that Can- ada stood next to Great Britain in her contributions to the India famine fund. The worst of the famine is past. Mr. Belcourt of Ottawa has drawn the attention of the Government to the necessity for the erection of a national museum to preserve the very fine col- lection of specimens of various kinds now indifferently stored away at Ot- tawa. The movement to establish a volun- teer corps in connection with Toronto University, to replace the rifle com- pany which existed for nearly thirty- three years, but was disbanded some four years since, was advanced a step on Wednesday afternoon, which an in- fluential and very representative de- putation brought the natter to the notice of Sir Richard Cartwright, Act- ing Minister of Militia, who promised to give the matter his favorable consideration. ,Arrangements have been almost com- pleted foraubilee thanksgiving ser- vice, to be held in Notre Dame church, Montreal on Sunday evening, June 20th, in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne of Great Britain. It will surpass anything of the kind ever be- fore attempted in Canada. The decor - actions of the church will be carried out on a magnificent scale, while the music will be the great feature. There will be a choir of six hundred voices, and an orchestra (i1n addition to the great organ) of fifty or sixty pieces. Many distinguished personages will be pre- sent. including Lord and Lady Aber- deen. . GREAT BRITAIN. n 1: l CENf A TgBCHTI � AN E ONt TWO NEN AND ONE WOMAN BE- HEADED IN SIAM. The Swordsmen Were W*'elly Drunk - Hacked and Slashed] the d'icttuts tris it Sickening Manner -A Toting' Girl Lind Been .Tortured to Death By Breaking Ilea- Bones One By One. Late maids from the far East bring details of tbe barbarous execution of three criminals who some time ago tor- tured a young girl whose sole offense was an attempted elopement with her lovier. The ,girl died from the terrible results of the torture inflicted upon her, and when one considers the astro- city of the Crime of those who caused bar death he can scarce blame the au- thorities of Bangkok for avenging the public in the manner hereinafter de- scribed., The three murderers had with fiend- ish: ingenuity proceeded to kill tbeir young victim by incbes by breaking bone by bone. allowing her to die slow- ly. Fifteen Clays were occupied in this diabolical work, after which the girl expired. For this crime a Siamese and hia wife, appare itily about 40 years of age each, and a "lukphin" were arrest- ed and TRIED FOR THE CRIME, Rear -Admiral Miller, of the United States Navy, will represent his country at the Queen's diamond jubilee. He will command the cruiser Brooklyn. It said that he has beenrovided with a liberal sum of money for the, purposes of entertaining. Riverton .R. Chapman, the sugar trust witness who refused to answer a Senate committee's questions as to whether he had acted as a broker for any Senators in speculations in the suugar trust, has been given 25 days in jail in Washington. A Cuban memorial has been sent to t f State e the United Secretary ed States Sec y a by bankers, shippers and manfactur- ers fn New York, Ptiiladelplhda, St. Louis and other cities asking. the Gov- ernllnent to take steps to bring about a reconciliation between Spain and the Cuban insurgents. There is little or nothing new in the trade situation in the United States. The indi,•ations are, however, favor- able, and a fair amountof new business is being done. Wheat is lower on the week by 3 1-2 cents, and corn is weak. Cotton has advanced and then retro- graded. There is an advance in some :branches of the iron industry, due to an improved demand for plates, pipes, and cars. Some large sales of copper have hardened values. The trade in boots and shoes has much improved on a alight fall in prices, and shoe. fac- tories are mostly working full time. The commercial failures in the United States for the week just ended number 248, as compared wall 227 for the cor- ree,ponding 'week of laat year. GENERAL. The Madrid Liberal says the Cuban insurgents have raised a loan of three million dollars in New York. ;It is reported that a plotto mur- der King George haus been discovered at Athens and that many arrests have been made. Brazil's Minister for .War, General Bernardo Vasques, has resigned. and has been succeeded by General Mercado Bitencourt. A man in South Africa claims to be the youngest brother of the late Duke of Hamilton, and therefore heir to the title and estates. The residents of Hong Kong have de- cided to erect a hospital for women and children and a training school for nurses as a memorial of the Queen's diamond jubilee. Macedonia Fransto, the 17 -year-old boy, wtho murdered four persons at Monctova, Mex., and then elee d with the daughtex of a ranchman. has been captured. Lord Edward Somersetfourt hl Hen son of the Duke of Beaufort, is dead. Be was born in 1853. Cambridge University an Friday, by a. vote of 1,713 to 662, rejected the pro- posal to confer degrees upon women. The Duke of Buccleuch unveiled the memorial bust of Six Walter Scott in Westminster Abbey on Friday after- noon. Anne, Dowager Duchess of Athol], was a daughter of the late Henry Home Drummond, of Blair Drummond, New Brunswick. Oscar Wilde, during his imprisonment was givlen the minimum of treadmill on account of the condition of his heart. His !principal duties were bookbinding and marking coal sacks. Owing to the fear of hydfrophobia in England, an order has been issued by the British Board of Agriculture, enact- ing such stringent regulations as vir- tually to amount to the prohibition of the importation of dogs. Oscar Wilde was released from prison on Wednesday morning with great seo- reey. He will pay a short visit to Par- is, then return to London and resume his literary labours. He is in splendid. mental and physical health. The Bench of Bishops in Dublin on Wednesday elected the Right Rev. Tos- eph Ferguson, D.D., Bishop of Meath, to be Anglican Archbishop of Dublin in succession to the Right Hon. and Most Rev. Lord Plunket, D.D., who died on April 1. UNITED STATES. About ten thousand tailors are out on strike in .New York, and their num- ber is being increased. Efforts will be made to induce the tailors in Syracuse, • Rochester and Irr BOY AND CASH KISSING, TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH GONE. Roston Baric Messenger Diaap>7ears, and all Trace of iiia and. the Money is Lost A despatch from Boston, Mass., says: -Albert M. King, the nineteen -year- old messenger of the Boylston National Bank, at the earner of Washington•and Essex streets, is missing, together with about $20,000 in cash and a $10,000 United States certiticate, not negotia- TFI D RDD MARK to guide the beadsman's aim, and all was en reoeliness for toes ]asst and 'final art. Yet still matters dragged en. There was more whispering between this red -toted exeoutioneal>s and the victims, more teljustments to be made and a few final touches to be given to the positions of the cendemined or to their general toilet turrangeanents. At length all was finished after what ere peered an unnecessary and erusily prolonged wait for the three chief actors. "The I,ix-blood-red executioners retir- ed with unsteady steps -for they were all more or less under the influenee of drink. to a recess under a bamboo, and there prepared their toilets. Sevres were unsheathed and heads bound with reed cottotn bands. These preliminaries completed the six brawny headsmen, like huge blood. clots against the innocent green foliage. with bare arms and gleaming weapons, knelt and tsalaamed six times in the direction of the prisoners. This ceremony over the ,six men of blood entered the small arena with fantastic gambols, a weind waving of their swords, and a motion little calculated to give accuracy of aim an, i shoat dispatch. Amidst a deep and deadly silence, the execution- ers. in pair, sidled up to. their prey. Three They were sentenced to death, and after some considerable delay the death mrareants were signed by the lying, and the 25th of February was set for tbe triple execution at Wat efabakasan, behind the trifle butts. The ground chosen for tbe expiation of the terrible crime recorded album was a barn patch within the wat grounds and along the edge of the lelong at Spatoom. Though the locality is well removed from tbe city and very difficult of (ap- proach, except by beat, the execution ground was craveded, from a very early hour, by officials, Europeans and crowds of natives and Chinese, who fill- ed the klong in boats, or were perched in every possible vantage ground to view the gruesome proceedings. A small ciacular spot had been inclosed by a blue cloth, and inside this space of a few hundred feet circumference Europeans, to the number of 20 or so, officials, police, soldiers, and execution - ens were crowded. The scene was as perieliar as it divas kle%lareening, A few feet away could be seen the newly dug and shallow graves of the criminals about to be beheaded], while moving in and out of the crowd of natives could be seen THE GRIM EXECUTIONERS with their weapons of office tucked un- der their arms. and with a matter- of-fact air of business which somewhat jarred on the nerves and attraiitedcon- siderabltt comment. All attention was fixed on the move.nents of these per- sonages, conspicuous in their red uni- form fringed with gold lace, and sev- eral of 'whom were of herculean propor- tions for Siamese. It was remarkeld bow tenderly and with what apparent solicitude the ]small bamboo crosses were placed in the dry earth. 'A bird might have pulled these stakes up, yet they tivere intended to maintain the prisoners in tensa 'while the sword of eeetice did its awful duty. The stakes, about a foot in length, having been arranged, fresh banana leaves were placed at the foot of each stake as a vesting place for each pris- oner, a little attention that was curi- ously noteri in viely of the agtproaoh- ing tragedy. - These few persparations made and after examination by the Governor of the jail, it only remained to await the principal actors in the scene. The exe- cution had been fixed for 6 a. m., shut it was now 7.20 and the condemned had not arrived. A few minutes later, bow - ever, ble except between banks. King start- ed for .the clearing -house at 10.15 a.m. on Wednesday to settle the balance existing these against the bank, and on the way, according to instructions, transacted other business involving something like $45,000. As he did not return to the bank by one o'clock the officials grew anxious, and made a search for the messenger, beside in- voking the aid of the police, but up to the present hour they have been un- able to ascertain his whereabouts. Deputy Superintendent Burrow and Chief Inspector Watts sent telegrams to New York, Montreal, and all the large oitiee in New England, giving a description of King, and asking the police to look out for him. King has been employed at the Boylston Bank about two yeas, com- ing highly recommended, and his hon- esty was never questioned. Ile has carried as much ass ,$100,000 of the ban'k's money at a time on previous occasions and bas never lost a dollar. The fats simile :igaature( oC In an i.re every THOSE UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS. He had lost control of the wheel, and the wheel left him to his fate. He rose in the air and then pitched upon the dusty. road, gathering great quan- tities of dirt and acoumulating aches end bruises. A. few moments after- ward a sympathizing countryman came along. lELad a fall, eh? No. re didn't? Then what's happened? I climbed a. tree to lootk, at. the 'scen- ery. How are the crops, and what are you ch charging $ doze's for Franco-Ger- man FLASHING SWISHES, three, thuds, three bright red torrents of Wood, three prone figure's writhing In agony, now met the horrified gaze of the spertatoes. Each pair at execu- tioners bad struck in turn madly and blindly at the nook's of the oritminals, and the etix unsteady slerer& df the law bead hideously bungled. The un- fortunate iwotnan received aghastly blow otrr the side of the head, and was probably Istiiltrned by this first bletw. A .second llarbasous slash divided her arm tfrom her bony, while four or five blows were needed before the head was severed from the bony` fl'he lukchin was more fortunate, and his head fell after three ,slashes from the two executioners told off to decap- itate him. The Sinanese, was, however, backed about in a manner hotrrible to contemplate. CDCs the wife hail been rudely butchered, so was the hus- band. iWhi.le the body was writbink otn the ground one of the. exeeutionerssvas saw! at the head with bis blunt -edgy ed weapon, and was only cut short in his ghastly laiot' by the butcher who had so cruelly mangled the woman, severing the banging Bead witb one blow. Where were no two opinions among those present as to the horrible mis- management of the six executioners. They bungled theitr work and caused unnecessary rain and suffering. Their unsteady and fantastic g:tmhols.which. appeared unnecessary in these circum stances, aitbgk'd to their libations, con- tribute to maim the last a^t in this dreadful srexie a barbarous butch- ery rather than a. wveiler anaged exe eution. THE PRTSON BOAT was seen approwihing, and with chains around their necks the three unfortun- ates were led by their jailers into the small arena reserved for their just pun- ishment. The two male prisoners did not appear to feel their awful posi- tion very keenly, hut the unba,ppy wo- man tvas scarcely able to walk, and had to be borne along by her jail - ems. As is customary, a few , minutes' tgraee-or agony --was !granted the condemned. They sat down in a group in front of the middle stake,,,. and gnietily and passively enjoyed w•Ibat little time was left them in chew- ing betel -nut. The lukchin seemed par- ticularly unconcerned, and chatted free- ly with those about him. The Siamese woman was. however, in a complete state of collapse. Resting her emaci- ated frame in a crouching„ position, with her head falling forward on the clasped hands in the attitude of fer- vent prayer, the figure was pitiable in the extreme, and led to many an ejJa- otelatlon of deep sympathy among the Europeen group of onlookers. It seem- ed impossible almost to conceive that this worn and frail piece of humanity could have eseisted in the commission of so TERRIBLE A; CRIME. Half an hour or so had now been al- lowed these unfortunates], wh'd as- sembled wild beasts led to the slaugh- ter rather than reasonable creatures. The executioners had in turn addressed them, excusing to their victims the poet they would have to play in the terrible drama. Each criminal was conducted to his stakes the woman being placed in the center a distance of eight yards or so separat dig each of the three t;on- diemned persons. Tho same stolid atti- tude Ryas still meintainrid by the criminals. Each appeared a mere ma- chine In the proceetlinge, and but for an occaetional heaving of the breast all signs of .life appeared to have depart- ed. The female paisoner, hoeverrer; o'c- castionally wiped her eyes, and adjust- ed het• cotton cloth, worn by her (ems, her breast. Her Arlene Wes un- doubtedly great, but her oond�itionwas ,pt its abide. The week of blinding uveas finished. The lease off the conclernned had been filled with soft slay, and josh -sticks were •bightcd,in ifrolrt of each prison- er, who seemed quite plead to further promo/tinge. .i'hc ohiet exeoutioner had peeled On the neck of each criminal BRITAIN AND THE POWERS remainder is patrolling the route. thence to Malta, where an immense amount of storea..of every kind, alto- gether out of proportion to the wants of the ordi.pary garrison, has lately been accumulated, while the troops there are quietly beim inereased to suede an extent that within relatively a few biour.s an army corps of from 35,000 to 40,0000 men could be landed on the coast of Greece er of Turkey or of Egypt. Nor is ibis the whole of the naval steles that are being taken. The Indian squadron bas been summoned from its regular station, and now lies off Suez. Meanwhile the ordinary Med- iterranean editerrranean fleet of Great Britain, the largest and heaviest ever assembled in those waters, is cruising about between Crete, Alexandria, and the Dardan- elles. In fact the Mediterranean squad- ron quadron has been so alert of late that DIPLOMATIC ENQUIRIES have been addressed to Lord Salisbury on the subject by foreign Govelrnments. In addition to these preparations a fly - lag squadron of a remarkably effec- tive ch:t-atter,,; is being fitted out in England, and preparations for possible sour are being urgently pushed for- ward. Whereunto all these measures tend cannot at present be determined. but it is evident that while Lord Sal- isbury keeps his own counsel he means to be prepared for emergencies_ That the comparatively isolated position of Ragland makes such a course of ao- tion absolutely necessary none will delay. Au object -lesson of a very im- portant kind bas just been given by the war in Greece. Bat Long before that it had become evident to British states- men ghat she must not only be supreme at sea, but that her military fighting machine must be brought into a state of complete readiness. There seems to exist something more than a possi- bility that nothing less than these con- ditions will meet the circumstances of the present casae. LOOKS AS 1F SHE WAS GETTING THE COLD SHOULDER. Preparing for the Worst -The Navy Being Put in Beadiness for War -The Army, Too, '1Vi11 Be Ready When the Time t'onaee. The rumour of which mention has al- ready been made with regard to the Sultan, namely, that he entertains some notion of using the present junc tare to obtain a more effective recog- nition of his claims in Egypt, seems to be gaining rather than weakening in strength. It is very natural that the Sultan should have this inclina- tion,. He is only the nominal ruler of Egypt, and although he receives a large annual tribute -about $3,500,000 -from the country, he would much ra- ther rule Egypt, as he rules Turkey, in- stead of having it governed by an in- dependent, and to some extent popu- lar constitution, and especially in- stead of having it practically under the guidance and controlling influence of Britain. When it is taken into con- sideration that the prevailing religion of Egypt is Islamism, and that in con- sequence of his recent successes the Sultan is more than ever disposed to think of himself as a Heaven -inspired monarch, anointed. by Allah to pro- mote Mahometanism against all his enemies, it will be seen that there are further reasons why he should wish to cast off THE YOKE OF ENGLAND, CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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BARBoua, Of Little Roeber, N.B., writes t '•As a cure for coughs Pyny-Pectorsr 1s the best selling medicine I have; ray ons^ VD/Iters will have no other." Largo Bottle, 25 Cts. DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO., LTD. Proprietors, MORTARA!. An Admiral Discourses on the Merits of the Water Tube Boller. The points of advantage which the water tube boiler possesses over those of the Scotch type were briefly summed up by Rear Admiral Fitzgerald in a paper before the Institution of Naval Architects. The admiral is recogniz- ed as one of the most advanced and practical officers of the English navy, and his paper gave the good points of the boiler from the standpoint of the man who has to fight the strip. The type of boiler upon which the observa- tions were based was tbe Belleville, and the experience was that gained on the Powerful and :Terrible and on the smaller range of experiments carried out on two or three gunboats. The points of superiority are: 1. Ability to raise steam rapidly. The Sharpshoot- er, a gunboat of 785 tons displacement, has raised steam in twenty minutes from "fires out" and cold water. She would have taken from two to three hours with her old boilers. 2. Ability to make large and rapid increase of speed, and also large and rapid reduc- tions without blowing off. With a Scotch boiler a ship has to be worked up gradually to full speed • but with water tube boilers even a large ship can start off almost like a toppedo boat. 3. Comparative %safety. The risk from scalding in the event of a shell penetrating the boiler room is far less. Each of the water tube boil- ers of the Powerful holds] only a ton of water ; but each boiler of the Majestic holds 22 tons. 4. Facility for examin- ation, cleaning, and repairs. Unlike the Scotch boilers, these can be cooled with great rapidity without any danger of injury, in order that they may be ex- amined, cleaned, and if necessary, re- paired. In the Scotch boiler such rapid cooling would involve leaky seams and tube plates. 5. Saving of weight. The weight of the boilers, uptakes, etc., of the Powerful for 25,- 000 horse power, with natural draught, is only 1,164 tons. If she had been fit- ted with Scotch boilers, it would have been about 1,862 tons -a saving of nearly 700 tons, or about 40 per cent. He probably thinks that the present would be a convenient time for making a move idl this direction. He sees very plainly that the powers of Europe are somewhat disposed to give England the cold shoulder, and that there are jealousies arising from the present con- dition of Greece. He sees, moreover, the attitude of his friend the German Enver* on the Transvaal question, and further, that the Boers would be only too pleased to start trouble with a view to emancipating Lhemseives from the Convention of London. He also knows that Britain is pledged to the Soudan expedition, and it may be that, raking things all round. lie imagines that a bold stroke for Egypt made now would, if it developed into a religious war, create such a con- flagration that in the hubbub he might not only reconquer Egypt, but that the Armenian question, the reforms in his dominions, and perhaps the ques- tion of Tbessaly, might be arranged to his advantage. He is calling to arms the immense reserves in his Asi- atio provinces at enormous expense. Ile certainly does not want these troops for the_ purposes of conquest; in Greece -his army there is amply suffi- cient foe all he wants to do in that country. Of course he may be develop- ing military strength with a view to reslsting as far as possible clay de- mands that may•;.bre made upon him by the "concert " of Europe, and there is alway,3 the doubt that there may be some privy understanding with, him on the part of either GERMANY OR RUSSIA. 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