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MOtSTOV MOMMY M tY 11 NI4
TEN PAGES TODAY
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Noon nf one day t Washington bnfore
noon panic dsy at Houston 1 a m ot next
day at MnnlU
run Ilinue ami tin hailuavs
Tho Washington Post has ralledRpeclat
attention tn ho rorcnt address of President
M K InBnIIfl of thtu Chesapeake and Ohio
mid he nig Four railroad companies before
tho railway commissioners convention an
address In which tho railroad side Its fears
and dclrci wero presented
Tho sptuker was amply able to speak for
tho railway corporations and made some
practical suggestions that doubtless had
their weight Tho point of special Intercut
however to which attention Is directed Is
tho showing of tho largo number of
tho common cltlsenn tnt tho Nation
who aro affected as well nfi capital by pall
way legislation and regulation Mr in
Sails as tho Washington Ioat points out
hows that onofltth ot our 7i > 000000 pto
Mo are directly Intcrestod In thq railways
Conditions which injuriously affect the
railroads which dwnoralUo their vait husl
ntas and render It unprofitable must Hoe
warily provo hurtful In somo way to tlilo
largo dependent population und to the
country at large
Thin paper has often Bald that tho resit
lallon of railways should bo pursued n tho
amo spirit that necessitates tho rcgulu
tlon ot any other largo business There
should ho 110 prejudice nor persecution
merely brcauto tho railway interest Is nu
overshadowing one but tho controlling ob
Ject Bhould bo the protection of the masses
asalnst extortion discriminations and
co-
ercion Tho fact that from 12000001 to 15
000000 peoplh aro directly and possibly uerl
ously Involved In all matter arfcctlns the
railways nhould secure caution and a sense
of justice toward tho roads In rcgulatlvo
measures but should not prevent the cloth
Ing of commissions with plenary power
nor cause tho commissioners to hesitate to
rt for tho Rwd of tho palest number
when the caso demands
As Mr itiKalls nrfitips tho prohlom Is a
momontous one reaulrlug wisdom con-
servatism and dellberntton for Its solution
Undoubtedly tho lntcMUenc of tho Nt
Uoa Is without prejudice toward these
rcat corporations but It Is equally truo
that the problem demands the constant
watchfulness of tho
statesmanship of tho
country for the protection of tho general
publics Interests
iRAnKixa nfiiTTs5 x < i < v
The shortsighted economy socallel of
congress Is costing us Just now a hlfi pile
ot money more than
any gum thai ww
supposed to lwo been saved nml Is likely
to cost us many hundreds ot lives that
otherwise woutd not need to b < v risked
This narrow policy has been pursued for
years past over the protest ot InteltlReat
officers of he government
Tho Nation acta jus t
now as t never
uw before the need of a fow Mb cirmorod
orulsers Tho naval constructors hayo bon
forced to provldo battleships and small
probers only because tho appropriations
for
f the noyy tycro limited and the first
> i lt iW5SJt hoTi uPP > emented with V0
pur
cheap
JlstJS foflB ryce The Hghtlng ship
MW tX ° iA < w we now seo for
1 Uy ° > lD t noajlle flying squadrons
SKt f l rroinblnlni 0me qt
3 tei K l > btIwhip and
SS p 4i h ufter nnd
k 1fl bie
Hwigea
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could have chased Iho Spanish squadrons
and destroyed them whether the latter de-
sired or not to glvo battle
As It In the speed ot the Spanish fleet
on this side Is eight knots an hour fajlcr
limn our firstclass fighting ships atll It
etui nnnsy us almast at Its pleasure This
Is a dangerous advantage Tho battlfshlr
having to wait for and watch for the enemy
on tho scii nro prevented from attacking
tho land fortifications nt Havana The
want of such nn Independent bombarding
fleet Is preventing the military occupation
ot Cuba
Wbat Is the further result The dis-
patches tell us Havana is twice as strong
as three weeks ago both on the water and
land side It will cost heavy loss to cap-
ture the city by nssault now when It would
ha been comparatively easy to ntoimtjllsh
such a feat without great loss a short
while dnce
For this condition of affairs tho congress
Is chiefly responsible Tho spread eagle
patriots for effect have vottd against de-
partment suggestions and requests and
boastfully answered that wo could lick
tho world and get ready to it after
war had commenced That would bo time
enough We arc now on tho cvo of paying
for this neglect of the Nations Interests
and this Ignorant overconlldcncc and dema-
gogic false economy
Ktill tbo bureau of naval construction is
not wholly blameless Three or four
armored cruisers might have been built
as was suggested by nival officers for
what a dozen practically useless gunboats
havo cost Cruisers like the Italclifh and
Cincinnati tho Columbia and Minneapolis
ought to have waited until tho at 1110el
typo had been constructed
Iltlt possibly It takes experience of
actual war to teach us the real needs of
war If we aro to play a great part In the
futtiro history of Nations us seems do
lined for us this war with < i fourthrate
power will bo worth Us cost as u practical
lesson If It shall educate and llburallzo
congress The riaval officers mid the mili-
tary authorities can bo depended on to
quickly learn their part of the leson
Tim Natlopul Volunteer Gvard as au or
ganisation has been badly dlsflguied as a
firm reliance In th > event of war The vast
minority of thn Indlvldjal members of bo
Rtnrd hovcver hno rlicu to thn demands ot
tho erctslnu am relieved tho National em
Imirudiment W iat wo need Is a National
rcscrvo Instead ut or In addition to a Swto
iiulitin
I > c cy Is still the hero of tho war
The Jnlveatoo Clumber of Commerce will
Soil to revive the ronstwlse trado There Is
110 present danger to sue It undo Thu Spun
lib navy la not large enough to attack our
coostwlso umunercr ond until privateers Beck
tbo fens hero Is no occasion for < jur ojsels
hustling tho harbors
Ciiptntn neuenil 1lanu > Is making fortifica-
tion whllo thn sun shines
It begins to look as If wo had tho full and
honest sympathy of llratil Wo nro entitled
to II but wp will not appierlsto It any lnss
from that fuit nor full to rmnomhtr It In i
practical wny when tho big Southern Itcpnb
llu again needB 11 frlrnd
Tho train iohbrr Is not allowing tho war
bulletins lo keep him away from business
Olio of tho Hothselillds la icported to have
paid IKM0 for n buttetfly There Is mjthliig
pnitlculiirly remarkublo about that purchase
however many poor young men pay mor
then that every now and then for butterflies
An esteemed contemporary In tho Kant
seen In John lu ur most enthusiastic
rootu In the grand stand
The Spaniards ate excllabln and bombastic
but they possees tho vlrtuo ot knowing how
t Keep military and navnl secrets In time
of war Ihcro are their tetters who could
prollt by the example
At nny rate Admiral Sampson Is coming
bark irom lorto lllco without having silenced
tli boastful Spanish offlclnls
May Is half gone and wo are still uot saved
from it sanitary standpoint Hut everybody
will be rushing around with
0 couplr of pad
olta to put on the door If tho uoro should
happen to bo stolen
The MMtogy boards nt Washington an
r p l the luslvo rumor
and the
chameleonhucd
tlcoiy
llxMlnlster AVooJfm luTs declined
to bo
lutcrv e c since
quitting
r Madrid ficncrui
oodtord has been a trifle slow
pfc
Mag
I all
through this trouble
t 1pW h > ni nh7 Introduction
Urn Oefttiy Scent
cigar Is going tn destmv
Kury duy delay n attacking tho Aran
rds
m cul
wth ffelf
them nl tq l mi u
Tho Washington fost i wtrA fo
klet coming from the people tJaZ nnv
tbuk a kick would U natural result ot
a steady uuilodlet
TVH Mint IMilllr
tiiitrli > rl >
Tho general passenger deMrtment ot the
Texas and Pacific railway Is publishing a
quarterly magazine that contains a groat
doal of very valuable lnformtlon about
Texas and Louisiana as well as matters In
general It s beautifully Illustrated and
tho articles contained within u3 Pagea
show a literary merit
that Is outto un-
usual in a publication of this character
Tho last Issue bus descriptive articles upon
vera North Texas towns TIm frontls
Zl a b t l f Htone engraving
11 v Bvo IMtlllICU 1
another valuable
feature The quarterly s
gotten nut at Dallas by Mr K P Turner
T r Rt pJss nfic r al eM Bent of the
Texas and
Pacific rHllway
Otlteer Ktenteil
Yoakum Texas May 5Al a meeting of
tho stockholders ot tho Yoakum Improvement
El M Wr In this city the lot
lowlK officers were elected to servo for
the
nohAtiU vlt0 l ldcnf Kd It car
HOUSTON1 DAILY POST MONDAY MORNING MAY J6 1898
THE ASSA
There Is no kind of n naval vessel that
rould ho conscientiously rerornmendtd In
time nf war n 1 sanitarium drawltd
Caplnlu Schley ono day to mo In his ln
linllnbln way Hut of all the various craft
big and little that constitute n modern
fleet thero Is bono so ihoroiigbly undeslr
ftblo lo tho searcher after a safe and easy
berth iib a torpedo boat
The man on the torpedo boat has three
sixteenths of nn Inch of strol between him
and tho sea that 1 hungrily watching itn
rhitneo to swallow hint The boat could ba
rut in two with a can opener Not only
would Its walls glvo wny llko tlsstio papor
ucforo thn flro of grent guns rapid ilro
euns and machine guns but they would not
resist a bullet from a hand rlflo or even
from a good alzcd revolver
NO HOlK
On a 11 ordinary vessel thero Is somo
chance of getting behind sotiuthlng that
might conceivably turn a projectile Tho
crew of a torpedo boat U practically in tho
open air Any shot that strikes the craft
will search It from end ta ond like au X
rayTor
Tor all that thero Is rivalry to ship on a
torpedo boat though it means certain
death Their mission Ik to strike and bring
down Mu a certainty of fulling with tho
victim and all going down together
Torpedo boats nro divided Into threo
< asses Tho third class now Is conslderel
obsolete They wero small enough io lo
inrrled aboard a ship for Ihev wero thirty
tenners Tho second class boats were about
Rixtyfivo tons They were Intended tor
huibor sorvleo only and were not seagoing
Tho firstclass boats nro seagoing craft
but aro Intended to operate from n base
for tho coal nnd water storage enpacity la
limited This precludes a torpedo boat from
cruising moro than seventyfive to eighty
miles from Kb base of supplies This is
he kind now rolled upon In the navy
Kllsteluis boats vary lit tonnage from
llo to 17C tons In Iensth from 110 to lK
feet and In draught from n to S feet They
are perfectly seaworthy nnd enn rlflo out
tbo heaviest gnles Tlio armament conMsIs
of threo to four ISlnch WhitMicnd tor
pedoes anil throe or four 1pounder rapd
Ilro guns In addition there Ih It revolver
and two to tin no rllles for each of the
twiiitytwo t thirty men the rides sup
plied with HWonl bayonets to rcpol bould
ers
Din WEAPONS
rho blggent kind ol modern destroyer hm
I h f ° fco1 wU1 ram or sinf
feet iiio borso powor In almut 0500 driving
tho boat at a speed of thlrlyono knots or
more Thu engines are tilplo expansion
with water tube hollers They mrry from
seven to it hundred tons of coal and at a
speed of eight or nine knots can kesp tho
sea for a weelt so thoy nro ludopendent of
K ln il v ° ynSO ot botweou 1300 and
1500 miles They carry a crew ot about
three four ortlcers nnd about forty men
1 no engines ns you can boo nro alt out
of proportion to tho craft thoy drive
the torpedo MotlUa In tho war fleet lying
oft hoy West is tt llttlo llort of Itself com
manded by hleutonnnl Commander W w
Kimball U conulstj of tho Footo Lieuten
ant J L Itogcrs commanding Knslgn U
II Jackson the Cushlng hleutennnt A
0 caves commanding Ensign V P llald
wln tho hrlcsson
hlculennnt It N Usher
commanding Passed Assistant Engineer O
hoester Knslgn U A Hjstwlck tho
S 1 y ° nlul J n emndett cotn
mandlUg Ensign W Ilagley tho Porter
Ue tenant J a Fremont commanding
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nlfo edge bow is shut oil
baft the stem from tho
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URADIaV MISSION PhAlcul rfdHn men nto nctlo ln Kn
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Heady boys raeln
Talk of J
desperation la M
Light BHgudethcro
survlvora at that charge A
dash from which nobod
and In
which
ll > theonly
mcu who make It la thatth
llh 0KOUKMob
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Silently the
below the war heads Afta r e S
tho launching mXi
tubes
eroups stand by the
rflpldf1
donly a searchlight llashMMn
It sweeps the sea from sldeuS
last It touches the torpedo hi
mil1 ns fastened upon It fitl
outlined in merciless sharpS
Bonrchllght of tho enemy it
steam crowds Into
the cjl uJwa
ash of tho forced drauglt A
I imgcs along the path of light b
of death Thero are two milet0
nlrsady
flashes of pattertrj
water
tell that the enemyVi
tcry is finding the rangs
Tho method of attack tnuBtwi
sldored Thero aro two J
steam up to about 600 yarJs torn
flro
and then back straight out T
is lo steam up turn around M
tbo deck tubes while turaltij
bnelc
at fullest speed By tttfc
tho boat Is under flro longerfork
ing speed Is considerably leu llui
ing ahead speed The advaattni
tlio least surface ot theboatlm
target to tho enemy
In tho second case th < oWtcilal
wbllo turning the entire liJstfi
Is at tho mercy ot the entarfp
tho boats stern with st rltj p
is exposed to damage while roil
Tho advantage In this last metWi
tho opportunity of firing theite
tubes and in tho shorter time tit
tinder fire ln tho danger spscil
nlng tbo captain must decile
THE aUNNER
All tho millions of monffii
building ships of war andortUL
naval service all the vasUjKal
docks training schools cMllitl
and gun factories all the pufii
voted to tho education of offlcttil
training of seamen have fortWn
jrct to enablu a mat to iul
gun and to flro It to thobtitfl
man behind tho gun now 1 ttea
portnnt than tho gun Itself or
that carries It
What must bo tho feelings ofA
when ho runs his oy tlongtfctp
rcl of his pet weapon and for thefc
sights an enemy beyond Hlilttl
for which all his previous tralnltlli
tho preparation It is the justlfleatia
existence For years ho bu s
that gun becoming familiar
peculiarities training It on tut
ticlng between times with sBbtift
Jectlles to save expense but ilW
lng toward this supreme inoiMtt
Ho has developed his skill otH
put four shots out of flveilawslr
2000 yards but will his trslnlw
now or will buck fever rt t f
and destroy his aim Yesterday
in practice might havo been ti
foction and nobody outde J
would havo thought anythlni
tho world Is waiting to ba r-
and two nations are hsngWl t
drend on the result h
TUB DIOW
Will tho responsibility
wilder him It all dcpen
tho man behind tho gun Is uMi
Tho hall of projectiles frc
marines
cxtjpt tho
torpedo
Tho captain looks at his picked
d ° w
cnomys battleship go DV i
That is a battle aboard a t l
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