VOL.
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1897
NO 196
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DOOM OF THE TORPEDO
"Mirex" May Revolutionize
Modern Naval Warfare.
INVENTION OF TWO CHICAGO MEN
They Claim It Will Annihilate War
All i pH at Long Range and at
Small Cost.
' Chicago, Aug. 27. A small brass pro
jectile, measuring fonr by one and one
qaarter inches was thrown in the lake
off Van Buren street from the govern
ment pier, and at a depth of five feet it
exploded. A volume of water eponted
twenty-five feet into the air, and dead
fish bobbed dp to the surface and floated
about, mute testimony to the destruc
tiveness of the explosive.
The name of this explosive, which is
the diecovery of two Chicago men, is
mirex. From recent experiments its in
ventors claim it is not a wild statement
to say that mirex will revolutionize
modern warfare.
Unlike the marine torpedo the most
perfect destroying projectile known to
naval engineers, mirex, a comparatively
email brass casing, can be thrown from a
cannon to any distance desired nnder
twenty miles, and, dropping into the
water at the Bide of a man of war, will
sink to a stated depth and explode with
annihilating results. No wire has to be
connected with the new projective, as
in the case with the submarine torpedo.
The mirex projectile does not pierce the
steel armor of the gunboat, but settles
in the water to the depth of 5, 10, 15, 20
or any number of feet the operator may
wish, and then explodes.
Its discoverers are Herman G. Peffer, I
a salesman for Browning, King & Co.,
and William 8. Darley, connected with
the Clenfoster Hosiery Company. They
are not expert chemists, and mirex in
its perfect state is the result of some
luck and a good dea! of hard work and
enterprise.
John H. EJeloian, a wealthy former
Philadelphian, has such faith in the vir
tue of mirex as a destroyer of ships and
navies that he is backing it liberally
with his money.
Peffer is a modest man of 23 years, and
in speaking of the explosive, said :
"It is neither liquid nor solid, nor is it
a powder. While experimenting with it
Darley and myself smoke our pipes and
handle it as we would so much sand. It
is an odd and wonderful mixture, and
its name signifies nothing. It explodes
at any depth we desire, the explosion
depending on the quantity and quality
of the composition we place in the pro
jectile. We are now having a gun model
constructed in Chicago, and within six
weeks this cannon will be finished and
presented to the United States Davy de
partment. It will throw a projectile
eight inches long and three and a half
inches in diameter. This will blow into
atoms any ship that will float in the
lake. Each one of these shells will cost
about $20, vastly cheaper than torpedoes
now in use and far more accurate and
destructive."
Mr. Darley is only 19 years of age.
He will not divulge the character or
nature of the new explosive.
The projectile used in these experi
ments is about the size of a giant fire
cracker, and the ends of the cylinder
are closed with a substance that lodks
like tinfoil. i
Mr. Darley was once connected with
the navy department.
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San Francisco, Aug. 27. In the
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for his committing suicide.
WAR WILL CONTINUE.
Rebels Not Appeased by President
Borda's Death.
New York, Aug. 27. A. dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says :
The president of the Uruguayan rev
olutionary committee in this city ex
pressed great regret at the assassination
of President Borda, of Uruguay, and
declares that the revolutionary party is
guiltless of any complicity. He further
declares that Senor Cuestas, who has
been chosen president and interim, will
do nothing to pacify the country, as he
is as generally hated in Uruguay as was
President Borda.
The war, he says, will continue if con
gress does not allow the demands of the
rebels.
Situation at Montevideo.
New York, Aug. 27. A dispatch to
the Herald from Montevideo says :
The revolutionists have declared that
the assassination of President Borda will
have no effect on their future. The war
will continue.
Avelino Arredondo, the military officer
who shot President Borda, reiterates his
statement that he had no accomplices.
He now says, however, that he murder
ed the president to Bave his country from
bad government. The fact that he and
all his family belong to the colorados,
the party of which President Borda was
the leader, seems to prove that the rev
olutionists had nothing to do with the
crime.
Congress will assemble at once to con
sider the situation. In the meantime
the president ad interim, Jose Cuestas,
is taking steps to form a new cabinet.
Dr. Francisco Banca has been named as
minister of the interior. AH the leading
military commanders are coming to
Montevideo to consult with the new ad
ministration as to what policy to adopt
against the rebels. In the meantime
reports from the field show no decrease
in the fighting.
General Flores has issued a manifesto
calling for a complete union of the color
ados against the rebels.
Pearls in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 27. A Ga
zette special from Mount Adams, Ark.,
says : '
White river above and below here for
miles is . lined with pearlhunters.
Wagon-loads of men, women and chil
dren are arriving from all sections. One
party of campers found a large number
of fine pearls today. They were taken
to the store of N. B. Price and he valued
them at $350. The pearls found here
are as large as large as buckwheat,
round and brilliant in color.
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CHABIKG A MURDERER.
Detectives Pursued Him Half Wtj
Aronnd the World.
Port Townserd, Aug. 27. The steam
er Portland, due from St. Michaels, has
on board a murderer who was chased by
detectives half way around the world.
He is in irons and under constant watch
of two Pinkerton detectives. The pris
oner, William Smith, was pursued over
the continent, to Dyea, and across
Chiikoot pass, over the lakes and down
the rivers to the goldfielda ot Klondike,
where he was taken into custody.
Smith was storekeeper in a town near
Cedar Rapids, la., up to eeveralamonths
ago. One night the store was burned
and in the ruins was found the charred
body of a man. Smith's relatives
claimed that he was burned to death in
the fire. His life was insured for $35,
000, and a demand was made for the
money. An investigation led to the be
lief that the body was not that of Smith,
but of a watchman. The theory was at
once advanced that Smith had com
mitted a murcler and burned his store in
hope that the body would be roasted be
yond recognition, and his relatives ob
tain the insurance money after he had
disappeared.
Pinkerton men were put on the trail,
and after one of the longest chases on
record, arrested Smith at Dawson City
on July 12. He was taken to St.
Michaels to await the sailing of the
Portland.
Murderer's Name is Kuvak.
Cedes Rapids, la., Aug. 27. Smith,
the prisoner on the steamer Portland, is
apparently Frank Novak, storekeeper at
Walford. The man murdered by bim
was Edward Murray. Novak's relatives
claimed the body was Novak's. The in
surance companies fought the collection
of the policies and placed a detective on
the trail.
MINERS ENCOURAGED.
Settlement of the Strike Believed to Be
In Sight.
Pittsburg, Aug. 27. The miners'
leaders are encouraged over the pros
pects of the early settlement of the
strike. Efforts are now being directed
to the Pennsylvania railroad and the
central field of Pennsylvania.
District President Dolan addressed a
meeting at Claridge, Westmoreland
county, last night, and the men decided
to quit work. President Dolan says six
mines have been closed in the Central
district and that work wil! be suspended
in that region within a short time.
Sheriff Lowry went to Bunola this
morning, accompanied by several dep
uties, and ordered the strikers off the
public roads. The first attempt at start
ing the mines was made at the Cham
pion mines, near McDonald, this morn
ing. Two carloads of foreigners were
sent to the mines about daylight and
put to work loading slack into the
cars.
About 500 women marched against
the miners, attacked them with stones
and clubs and drove them from the cars.
The foreigners fled to NobleBtown. The
women then dumped the slack from the
care. They were met by 1000 strikers
and marched a short distance from the
mine where the? are now encamp
ed. Slabtown, the plague spot of Unity,
where the negro railroad laborers have
been holding high carnival, will go up
in smoke before the day is over. Twenty
deputies have been detailed to assist
Constable Kersten in applying the
torch.
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Constantinople, Aug. 27. The po
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