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Devices That the Nexf War Will -Bring Into Use.
In all European armies now great
attention is being paid to the signal
corps, and each nation every now and
then vaunts itself over the others with
the announcement of the discovery of
some new method of signaling,, says
the New York Press.
The really reliable systems pf mili
tary sigualing-.are few, and none of
them is exactly new. In our own
army the heliograph and the “wig
wag” system of flag signals are most
relied upon. The captive balloon at
Santiago was only a qualified success,
but it has not diminished the ardor
with which European powers are
peeking to solve the balloon problem.
'The bravery and the efficient work of
the signal service men in the war with
Spain received high praise from all
the foreign attaches and from our own
Government, but Europe seems loath
to take up our system of signal’’ %.
With every nation on the Continent of
Europe military signaling is a military
hobby, and each rides its own especial
bobby hard, and spends great amounts
of money on it.
All over Europe experiments are
going on constantly in military signal
ing. Every bright young officer and
every crank regards the signal corps
as the body which shall make his fame
and fortune by utilizing his invention.
And it would seem as if every King
and Emperor and every field marshal
lay awake nights to think up some
new invention for that branch of the
service.
No matter what branch of the ser
vice has to go short on funds in a Eu
ropean army, the signal corpß gets
what money it wants. That the sig
nal service of an army is of the first
importance is not to be denied, and
our own corps will compare in ef
ficiency with jny in the world. Hut
in Europe the corps is a fad.
WiiIWAGOERS OK THE FRENCH PIONEERS.
The German Emperor is credited
with having said the other day: “So
important will he the jiart played by
military telegraphy in the war of the
fnturo that the army having tbo moat
efficient system of signaling will hold
a trump card which may ho of most
decisive influence on the conduct and
auccess of the war.”
Another German authority says:
‘‘Electrictelegraphy, with and with
out wires, is a main branch of the
service, and not only with the
•pioneers,’ hut with every troop, iu
fautry, cavalry, artillery and railroad
ers. The German army, adhering to
its principle of meeting the enemy on
the latter's own territory, must needs
possess greater alacrity in and better
iaeilities for building electric tele
graph lines than ilia French and Rus
sians, the Austrians and Italians, who
might he eager enough to keep war
out of their own territory, but who
sre behind Germany in the rapidity of
mobilization.”
Neither the German nor the other
European armies rely exclusively upon
the electrical telegraph, which may
fail for various reasons, the principal
one being that the ordinary com
mercial lines, as well as the field lines
established in their stead or for the
THE UPPER PICTURE REPRESENTS FLAG SIGNALING BY AUSTRIAN MOUNT
AIN ARTILLERY. THE LOWER PICTURE REPRESENTS THE BRITISH ARMY
IN INDIA USING THE HELIOGRAPH.
purpose of supplementing them, may
be flwtroyed by the enemy or the ele-
(®nts, thus robbing the commanding
general of the means for com
municating with his subordinate com
manders.
Tbe Germans, like other nations,
rely largely upon optical methods of
signaling. The favorite device ofthis
kind in the German army is the sema
phore, which is made more efficient
by Kedi’s system of cones. The sema
phore proper is quite an ancient de
vice. It was first introduced by the
French in 1794 for conveying in
telligence from Paris to the armies on
the frontier. As the illustration shows,
the German army semaphore is
LIME LIGHT SIGNALS IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
similar to our railway signal poles and
is worked by arms. There is also a
telescope in the top which commands
the must at the next station. The
mast can bo inserted at any place. As
to the cone, each one represents a
number, 1,2, 3or 4. If 1 and 4 are
down, that means 5, and similar ad
ditions are made with the other
figures.
Signals can also be given without
the cone by moving the arms
horizontally against the body, r by
placing them in any other position
agreed upon.
At night lantern slides of various
colors are placed in the ends of the
cones.
Personally the Kaiser has more
faith in the captivo balloon than in
any other optical means for telegraph
ing. The German captive balloon is
furnished with means for photograph
ing, and the parties in the car com
municate with those on the ground by
means of the telegraph or tele
phone. For telegraphing an instru
ment similar to the Morse apparatus,
arranged in compact form, is usod.
The system is practically that used in
this country. S
For the signal corps of the Germnn
army the brightest men of each bat
talion and regiment are selected. They
are thoroughly drilled in all the man
oeuvres connected with the transpor
tation, the erection and operating of
the apparatuses. Each German signal
station is manned by five privates, a
non-commissioned officer aud a lieu
tenant.
In the English army a similar num
ber of signal men are employed with
each company, squadron of cavalry
and battery. The French employ eight
instead of five men; the Russians think
four meu of each company sufficient
for the service.
The French army employs as opti
cal telegraph flags and lanterns. The
flags are worked according to the naval
code and Morse alphabet. French
sigualers are said to be able to execute
120 movements per miuiite. To sig
nal the dot of the Morse alphabet the
Frenoh hold up one flag. Two flags
represent the dash of the Morse al
phabet. After each letter there is a
short pause, after each word a longer
pause, the latter being accentuated by
the is
finished the signal man repeats the
last word three times. If the receiver
doesn’t understand the operator he
raises a flag with his right hand to his
head. Of course, flag signals can only
be used in daytime.
At night the lantern is employed
when search and flash lights are not
available.
Signal lanterns are bandied after
the fashion of the flags, dots being
marked by opening and shutting the
slide respectively. A dash is marked
by exposing the flame four times
longer than in case of a dot. Thus
dispatches cf twenty words can be for
warded in a minute.
The Austrians follow the French
method of signaling in all but the size
aifll form of flags. To the standard
colors of black, white, red, blue and
yellow they add green. Green plays
also a part in the Italian flag signals.
The English largely employ the
heliograph. By means of the helio
graph trained signal men can commu
nicate with each other at a distance of
fifty miles, whether they have a tele
scope or not. General Roberts once
sent 1200 telegrams by heliograph in
a single day. That was in Egypt,
where the sun is very strong.
The English mode of signaling by
flags differs from the French in minor
details, which are kept secret. But
this secrecy doesn’t amount to much,
considering that the Britishers, like
other nations, use the Morse alphabet.
The Russians have adopted the
French lantern system for distances
from one to two miles. These lanterns
are constructed on the lines of bicycle
lamps, having a bulls-eye lens, and
being fed by oil. On long distances
the Russians use lime light appara
tuses constructed as follows: There
SEMAPHORE APPARATUS IN USE IN THE
PRUSSIAN ARMY.
are two tanks filled with oxygen and
hydrogen respectively. The hydrogen
is lit and, the oxygen gas mingling
with it, produces a colorless flame. A
lime block placed in the flame is ren
dered incandescent and its light, re
flected from a mirror, is sent forward.
The mirror is a powerful parabolic,
resembling in shape the end of an
egg. The concave portion is the re
flector. This apparatus is so con
trived that the beam light can bo sent
in all directions. The telegraphing is
effected in the same way as the tele
graphing with lanterns by the French.
All the apparatuses described are,
if possible, set up ou natural or arti
ficial elevations. The sigual officers
must also be careful to find a suitable
background for their operations, so
that the signals from the other side
can be readily interpreted. There is,
however, one great drawback to all
these systems. As all armies use as a
basis for their systems the Morse
alphabet, friend and enemy alike are
capable of reading the messages sent
out.
Moose and Caribou Cemeteries.
The Forest and Stream contains the
following contribution from a Quebec
correspondent concerning the habit
moose and caribou have of going to
the same place, season after season, to
shed their antlers:
“The idea of the animals seeking a
definite place for this purpose was
quite new to me, but lately the effi
cient Superintendent of Game and
Fisheries at Quebec, L. Z. Joncas,
Esq., has told me that they do fre
quent such places, and that this habit
was quite well known to him. He
knew of mauy and mentioned several
places where horns could almost cer
tainly be found at any time. And not
only do they go to shed their horns,
but they go there to die. These
places are known as cemeteries, and
whole skeletons are occasionally
found. This, however, would be rare,
as the bones would usually be torn
spart and scattered by bears and other
carnivora'.
“Mr. Joncas instanced the case of a
gentleman going to a certain region
for geological exploration, who asked
for a permit to shoot a moose out of
season in order to get a good pair of
antlers. He was told that by diverg
ing a little from his route he might
reach a place where he would find
plenty of them. He did so and sh
eared five excellent specimens.”
Happenings In the
esting Import,
Fair Committee iVfee-ts.
An enthusiastic meeting of the ex
! ecntive committee of the state fair was
! held in Atlanta a day or two ago, pre
j sided over by President J. Pope
I Brown of the State Agricultural So
| ciety.
The meeting was an important one
i in that the different members of the
j committee were made thoroughly ae
; quainted with the vast amount of work
i which lias been accomplished by the
j local committee, which has in charge
i the Atlanta end of the fair. The re
-1 suit will be that the non-residents will
go to their homes the possessors of a
i valuable fund of information which
| they will use to advantage in working
up interest in their several localities.
President Brown called the meeting
for the express purpose of presenting
a plan for further advertising the fair.
The feature of the meeting was a par
tial adoption of this plan, which con
sists in sending four canvassers to dif
ferent sections of the state to person
ally talk with the farmers and impress
upon them the importance of making
exhibits. The original intention was
to send a much larger number of can
vassers, but owing to the fact that the
transportation furnished by the rail
roads is limited, the plan was found
impractical.
President Brown called the meeting
to order with a few remarks. He ex
pressed gratification at the success
with which the fair was meeting and
touched at length on the great good
he felt sure would result to the agricul
tural industries of the state through
the medium of a popular exchange of
| ideas among the farmers who will visit
! Atlanta next fall.
“There is one point, however, that
I want to stress,” said President
Brown, “and that is the necessity of
arousing enthusiasm among the farm
ers. This is absolutely necessary if
we would make the fair a success. In
certain districts where I have talked
with farmers I have found them lack
ing in interest without any apparent
cause except, possibly, the fact that
they have suffered from hard times
during the past two years. Now, it is
to prevent this state of affairs—‘hard
times’ among the farmers—that the
fair will be held. In many of the
sparsely settled districts they have
heard little of the fair. We want to
reach this class and stir up enthusi
asm-impress upon them the impor
tance of coming to Atlanta and ex
changing ideas with other farmers,
and receiving the benefits of the prac
tical object lessons to be gained in
witnessing the different methods in
vogue in other sections.”
,* * *
A Queer Strike.
The Central railroad had one of the
queerest strikes on record on its hands
at Savannah the past week. About
300 negroes went out on strike, refus
ing to work because they are not paid
off on Saturdays. The company pays
them on the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th
of the month, instead of on Saturdays.
Between the 25th and the 4th of the
next month there are usually two or
three days additional, and the negroes
do not like to wait that time for their
money. They also demand it on Sat
urday, so that they can have the pleas
ure of spending it on Saturday night.
Because the eompnny would not ac
cede to this demand they quit work.
The road’s officials say it would dis
arrange the whole system of accounts
to change the time of paying them,and
they refused to do it.
* * *
Disagree Over Assessment.
The assessment of the property of
the Chattahoochee Southern railroad
is a matter concerning which Hon. W.
A. Wright, comptroller general, and
the president of the road disagree.
Consequently, under the state law ar
bitrators have been appointed to ad
just the difference and fix the valua
tion upon which the road is to pay
state and county taxes. The comp
troller general has appointed Hon. L.
N. Trammell, chairman of the railroad
commission, to represeni the state,and
the road has name A. C. King, of At
lanta.
* * *
A Railroad For Dahloaega.
Dahlonega may soon get a railroad
connection with the outside world. This
time the movement seems to have in it
more than previous plans have had. The
names sigued to the application for
charter indicates business.
Dahlonega is twenty-five miles from
the nearest railroad and is a pictur
esque town in the heart of a rich gold
mining country. The distance from a
railroad has always handicapped
Lumpkin county. It was difficult and
expensive to take mining machinery
over the mountains, but nevertheless
a great deal of it has been packed in
during the last fifty years.
A few months ago some Ohio peo
ple organized a mining company and
bought the Wahl gold properties.
They capitalized their company at
$5,000,000. An order has been placed
for 125 stamps and a chlorination plant
with capacity to handle the ore from
250 stamps.
The officers of the new mining com
pany are among the incorporators;
others are Colonel Price, Captain
Frank Hall and Solicitor General
Charters.
* * *
Bryan To Speak In Atlanta.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan will
be in Atlanta July 4th and will deliver
an address at a banquet to be tendered
him by the Young Men’s Democratic
To Meet In Atlanta.
A meeting of the board of trustees
of the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary is called to convene in At
lanta on the 29th of this month.
Dr. J. P. Green, president of the
William Jewell college of Liberty, Mo.,
■who was called in May to fill the presi
dent's chair occupied by Dr. W. H.
Whitsett, in the Southern Baptist
seminary, declined the invitation re
cently, and the object of the meeting
is to discuss means for supplying this
vacancy.
This is one of the most interesting
subjects now before the Southern Bap
tist church, and the meeting will be
attended by some of the most promi
nent Baptists of the south, and will
attract wide-spread attention.
* * *
Post Office Salaries Readjusted.
In the annual readjustment of sala
ries of presidential postmasters just
announced from Washington, no
change is made in the compensation
of the postmaster at Atlanta. Increase
and decrease in other cities of Geor
gia are as follows:
The increases are: Augusta, s3*loo
—3,200; Cedartown, 81,300 —$1,400;
Macon, $3,100 —$3,200; Waycross,
SI,BOO-82,100; Albany, $2,100—52,-
300; Bainbridge, $1,500 —$1,600; Fort
Valley, $1,300 —$1,400; Marietta,
$2,000 —2,500; Athens,s2,4oo—B2,soo;
Barnesville. $1,500 —$1,600; Griffin,
$1,800—$1,900; Valdosta, SI,BOO-81,-
900.
The decreases are: Cuthbert, $1,500
—51,400; Forsyth, $1,300—51,200;
Eastman, $1,300—81,200; Tallapoosa,
$1,400—81,300; Eatonton, $1,200
$l,lOO.
I>r. Brunner Accepts.
Dr. W. F. Brunner, at present
United States marine hospital surgeon
in charge at Havana, will become Sa
vannah’s health officer. Dr. Brunner
lias signified his intention to Mayor
Myers of accepting the position at the
salary stated, $3,600, and under the
terms named; that is, that the position
shall not be subject to the caprices of
politicians.
* * *
Fine Gold Specimens.
The owner of the Loud gold mine
in White county, one of the richest
and most productive mines in the state,
has presented the state geological de
partment with a number of fine speci
mens recently taken from his property.
Within the past few weeks several
large finds have been made at the
Loud miue; at one place a bulk of
free gold being taken out weighing
eight pounds and shortly after in the
same ledge of rock a bulk of gold
crystals were discovered which weigh
ed altogether a little over six pounds.
To those who are of the opinion that
there is no gold deposited in Georgia,
specimens of the recent finds in the
Loud mine now on exhibition at the
state capitol will serve to convince
otherwise.
Professor Yeatesis enthusiastic over
the result of the investigations in
White county, being present a few
days ago with the owner of the prop
erty when a nugget of unusual size
was fonnd near the mouth of the mine.
He is more confident than ever of the
value of Georgia as a gold state and
has been particulary impressed with
the unexpected .development of the
White county property.
New Pest Discovered.
Farmers in the vicinity of Sparta
are greatly alarmed over the ravages
of anew pest, which comes in the
shape of a brown worm and which is
playing havoc with the corn crop.
These worms are supposed to be the
larvae of anew kind of grasshopper
which came from the west and which
is doing a terrible amount of damage
to cotton as well as corn.
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SMALL SUM MECESSAR 3 TO BECOME
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ATLANTA MARKETS
CORRECTED WEEKLY. —26
Groceries.
Roasted coffee, Arbuckle and Levering
$11.30. Lion SIO.BO, Jess 50c per 100 lb
cases. Green coffee choice 1 lc; fair 9c; prime
Sugar standard granulated. New
York 5.80. New Orleans 5.80.
New Orleans white do yellows%c.
Syrup, New Orleans open kettle 25@40c.
mixed 12J*,'®20c: sugar house 28®35e.
Teas, black 50® 65c; green 50® 05 c.
Rice, head 7}4c; choice 6f@7c; Sait, dai
ry sacks $1.25; do bbls. bulk $2.00; 100 3s
$2.75; ice cream $1.25; common 65®70c.
Cheese, full cream Matches,
65s 45c; 200s $1.50®1.75; 300s $2.75. Soda,
boxes 6c. Crackers, soda 5@6J$C; cream
6c;gingersnaps 6e. Candy, common stick
6c; fancy 12®>13e. Oysters, F. W. $1.85®
$1.75; L. W. sl.lO.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, all wheat first patent. $5.00; second
patent, $4.40. straight, $3.95: extra fancy
$3.90; fancy., $3.70: extra family, $2.85.
Corn, whitei 54c: mixed, 52c. Oats, white
45c; mixed 40c-. Texas rustproof 45c. Rye,
Georgia 85e. Hay No. 1 timothy large bales
90c: small hales 85c: No, 2 timothy
small bales 80c. Meal, plain 52c; bolted
45e. Wheat bran. large sacks 82c ;
smnll sacks 82c. Shorts 95c. Stock meal:
Sse. Cotton seed meal !!0e per 100 lt>s: hulls
s6.ooperton. Peas stock $1.25 per bush
el; white crowders $1.60@51.75: common
white $1.25® 1.40: Lady $1.25®1.50. Grits
$2.95 per bbl; $1.40 per bag.
Country Produce.
Eggs 10W®llc. Butter, Fancy Georgia,
15® 17}<fc;choice 10®12Vo'c; fancy Tennessee
choice Live poul
try, chickens, hens 27’~6®80e: spring chick
ens, large 20'a2^2}{l•: small 12J£®14c;
Ducks, puddle, 18® 20c; Peking 25®
Irish ■ potatoes. 70®80 ner
bushel. Sweet potatoes, 65@90c
per bu. Honey, strained 6®7c: in
the comb 9®loc: Onions, $1.50®
SL7S per bu.: $3.25®3.50 per bbl. Cabbage,
lb. Beeswax 20®22, Dried fruit,
apples 7®Bc; peaches 12)^®14c.
Provisions.
Clear ribs boxed sides clear sides
s\'c; ice-cured bellies BJ£e. Sugar-cured
hams California breakfast
bacon 10® 12 ; Lard, best quality 6%e; sec
ond quality compound sc.
Cotton.
Market closed quiet; middling 5%.
HEADED FORCES
Another Big Battle Takes Place
In the Philippines.
AGUINALDO LEADS THE ATTACK
Force of Insurgents Said to Have
Numbered Five Thousand.
Slaughter Was Great.
A special from Manila says: After
cutting the railroad and telegraph at
Apalit, several miles south, for the
purpose of severing connection, the
rebels attacked General MacArthur’s
lines at San Fernando at 4:30 o’clock
Friday morning. They met with an
unexpectedly warm reception,and were
repulsed with a loss of seventy-five
men, thirty prisoners and many
wounded.
The rebels’ force is estimated to
have been 5,000 men. They advanced
stealthily from the jungle north of the
city and then divided, with the evi
dent purpose of surrounding the Amer
icans.
The outposts of the lowa regiment
discovered the enemy and retired to,
their lines, where the entire division
awaited in an intrenched positiou.
The lowa regiment and the Kansas
regiment received the first shock of
the attack. Reserving their fire until
the enemy was within 600 yards, the
first volley of the Americans hit the
rebels, who returned the fire wildly,
the rent of their line failing to ad
vance. The Americans, who thorough
ly enjoyed the novelty of the situation,
nwaitiDg the attack, sallied forth and
the insurgents thereupon turned and
fled into the jungle. Our loss was
fourteen men wounded, and the ma
jority of them are only slightly hurt.
General Funstan’s brigade of Kan
sans and Montanans; General Hale’s
brigade, the Seventeenth regiment and
the lowa regiment constituted the
force engaged.
Aguinaldo is reported to have per
sonally conducted the attack and prep
arations were made for several days to
bring forward troops from Candahaba,
and others from Dagupan were trans
ported by rail.
Along the front of the Kansas regi
ment thirty-nine dead were counted.
The first news of the Filipino advances
was reported by a telegraph operator,
who was sent to the bridge at Apalit to
ascertain the* cause of a break ft one
of the wires. He was compelled to
beat a hasty retreat under fire.
A Spanish officer who has been a
prisoner in the hands of the rebels,
and who was released by Aguinaldo,
has come through our lines to Manila.
He claims to have been a witness of
the assassination of General Luna.
According to his story, the rela
tions between the two Filipino leaders
had been strained to the breaking
point because of Luna's atteufpts to
assume control of affairs, and the final
rupture was forced by Aguinaldo issu
ing secret orders to the provincial
governments. .
Otis Sends News of the Assault.
The following cablegram was re
ceived at Washington Friday afternoon
from General Otis:
Manila, June lfi. —Aujutant Gen l
eral, Washington: Northern insur
gents concentrated large force near
San Fernando and early this morning
attacked MacArthur’s troops; enemy
quickly repulsed and driven, leaving
over fifty dead on field and large num
ber wounded; enemy in retreat. 1 Our
casualties fourteen wounded, mostly
very slight. Preparation for this at
tack in progress several days, believed
to be under personal direction of Agui
naldo.
Two Million People In Chicago.
Chicago’s population, according to
Chief of Police Kipley, has finally
passed the two million mark and is
now 2,088,042. The figures are a re
sult of the census taken by the police
force.
OL1) FURNACES TO RESUME.
Southern Mining:and Manufacturing Com
pany to Start Up New Purchase.
The Southern Mining and
taring company, of Georgia, is,
mg preparations openingJ^^sva,
and coal proper! Mfi
tli iff tkey\ ' |l|g||l
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years.
The company is als
put the old Chattanoi
blast. This propertj
bought a few days agl
for a number of yeal
completely overhauled!
to date. I
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