Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 13 September 1890 — Page 4
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SATUEDAY, SEPT 13. 1890.
This Date in History—Bept, 13,
81 A. D.—Death of Titos, Roman emporor. 1593—Death' o£ Montaigne, French essayist born W33. 159S—Death of Phillip of Spain born 1S27. 1806—Death of Charles James Fox, English statesman born 1749. 1814—Battle of Fort McHenry. near Baltimore. 1847—Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico. Chapultepeo is an exceptionally strong Mexican fortress, situated a boat tut) miles southwest of the nietropolia It consists of a rock rising to the height of ISO feet, and it is crowned by a castle. Inside the castle were the military college of Chapultepec and the army buildings connected with it. It was captured by the Ainertoras beforethe City of Mexico. 1859— Steamer Austria burned at sea BOO lives lost. 1870—LyonR, France, said to be ruled by a committee of safety redOae raisod and a reign of terror. 1870—Tlw German army In seven oorpe advanced on Paris. 1888—Battle of Te^el-Keblr, Egypt
REPUBLICAN T1CK.KT.
For Congress—JAMES A. MOUNT. For Judge-E. C. SNYDER. For Prosocutor-W. T. WHITTINGTON. For Representative—T. J. ARMSTRONG.
For Joint Representative—THOS M. BUCK For Auditor—JOHN C. WINGATE. \Fer Treasurer—A. F. RAMSEY.
For Sheriff—FRED C. BANDEL. For Surveyor—J AMES M. WAUGH. For Coroner—GEORGE W. TUCKER. For Commissioners— 2d District—MICHAEL PRICE. 3d District—AOU1LLA W. GROVES.
TH£ STATE CONVENTION.
The Montgomery delegation returned from the State Convention Wednesday evening happy in the consciousness of duty veil performed. The ticket nominated from top to bottom is composed of excellent material and of winning qualities. The Montgomery delegation had two objects in view. One was to assist in selecting a ticket that would make a harmonious whole and the other to have a Montgomery county man in the person of Prof. J. M. Coulter recognized as the proper man to round out its completeness. The delegation organized by making Jacob Joel its chairman and quietly went to work to achieve success. Under the leadership of its chairman the delegation retired from the tield victors in the friendly contest.
Prof. Coulter hod 950 out of the thirteen hundred aud odd votes, thus completing a ticket that will challenge the admiration of the voters of the State. It was a good humored and earnest convention throughout. The good news from Maine was an inspiration and the proceedings throughout were characterized by enthusiasm and determination to place Indiana in the lino with the Pine Tree State. The platform is long, too long in fact, but every word, sentence and paragraph cun be endorsed by all genuine republicans. It puts forth no uncertain sound on all public questions aud is evasn on none. The campaign is now on. The light will be short and it ought to be sharp and decisive.
After sitting in mourning and solitude for some years Nevada begins to rejuioe onoe more. It would not be strange if in the course of some little time she tarns up as a great and prosperous state. The silver mining business begins to show signs of unusual activity, due partly, of coarse, to the passage of the silver law, but partly, too, to natural movements. In the twenty years in which Nevada has been resting improved processes of mining have boon invented which will work wonderful chaises in some of the mountain states, Nevada RTTx-mg them. Nest must come, and will coma, cheaper and moreeffiective methods of irrigation.
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STATE CONVENTION.
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE STRONG STATE TICKET.
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A Sound PV.form Adopted nM the Campain Is Now UnderWay.
IsuiAJiAPOLia, Ind., Sept. 11.—The Republican convention was called to orderby Chairman Michener, of the State Central Committee, at 10 o'clock with nearly all the 1,820 delegates present. The committee on organization made its report, recommending Colonel R. \V. Thompson, of Terre Haute, for permanent chairman, and C. 11 Landis as permanent secretary. Colonel Thompson was then introduced and addressed the convention, saying ho had attended a convention in this city fifty years ago whoso object was to form the Republican party.
The platform was presented by Chairman DeMotte. It denounces trusts and and combines, champions cheaper transportation, indorses Governor Ilovev's administration, indorses Speaker Reed, demands that the benevolent institutions be pla.ced abovo the level of party politics, denounces mobs, deprecates the influence of the saloon in politics, denounces as unpatriotic the condemnation of judges of courts by party conventions, opposes any increase in taxes and condemns free trade. The Harrison plank is as follows
We indorse the administration of Benjamin Harrison and the able statesmen selected as his colaborers and advisers as being wise, vigorous and patriotic. It has kept its pledges to the people, has carefully guarded and zealously promoted their welfare and elevated the public service.
At the conclusion qf the reading the platform was adopted as an entirety and also a resolution designating the eagle as the party device for the bead of the ticket-
On motion of a delegate a telegram of congratulation was sent to "Thomas B. Reed, formerly of Maine, butnowof the whole United States."
J. M. Wynn, of Jennings County, Perry Schultz, of Franklin, and Milton Trusler, of Payette, all farmers, were put in nomination for Secretary of Sta.te. The first ballot resulted: Trusler, 783 Wynn, SS5 Schultz, 103. Trusler was declared the nominee.
Colonel N. Walker, of Marion, and William Har-en, of Wabash, wore presented for Auditor of State. The ballot resulted in tho nomination of Walker, who received 828 votes and Hazen 49&
John N. Lovott, of Madison, and W. T. Noble, of Wayne, were nominated for Attorney-General and Clerk of the Supremo Court, respectively, by aocla mation, neither having opposition. John Worrell was also renominated by acclamation for Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. James H. Henry was nom inated for Superintendent of Public Instruction and John M. Coulter for State Geologist
Pensions for Indiana Veterans. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Pensions for Indiana soliiers issued Wednesday were as follows: Original InvalidHenry Orff, Fort Wayne Ambrose Coop er, Rockport: Elijah L. Foster, Scott Frank Weismantel (deceased), Fort Wayne Samuel Lucas, Linton John Smith, Mentone Absalom H. Hower, North Manchester Rosell Chapin, Uellmore. Reissue John Y. Slick. South Bend. Original Widows, Etc.—Elizabeth C., widow of John L. F. Thomas. BluiTton Margaret Doyle, widow of Ignatius Doyle, St. Mary's Caroline, widow of John Ford, Ilymera
Hannah, widow of John Burns, Connersvillp Anna M., widow of Henry C. Dickorson, Seelyville Rebecca G, widow of John D. Beaver, Hillsboro Mary J., widow of James Martin, Salem.
Klectluu lleturns from Matiio. LF.WISTON, Me., Sept 11.—Returns fpom practically the whole State foot up: Burleigh, (53,505 Thompson, 44,844 Clark, 2,848 scattering, D5tt. Republican plurality, 18,721. The remaining places voted in iSStk Republicans, 925 Democrats, 814 scattering, 100. The Senate stands 4 Democrats to 27 Republicans. House, US Republicans to 88 Democrats.
MOUNT'S CAMPAIGN.
Dates for Speaking in tie Different Counties of the District. The Eighth District Republican committee met at the Senate chamber, Indianapolis, on Tuesday evening and arranged that Mr. Mount should open the campaign in Yigo county the 18th and 19th, his first speech being at New Goshen thence to Vermillion county, Perryville, Sept. 20 Cayuga, 22nd Newport, 23rd Dana, 2-ith Clinton, 25th Rookville, 20th aud other places to be selected, September 29th, 30th, October 1st and 2nd in Montgomery oounty, at Crawfordsville, Friday, Oct. 3rd iu other places to be seloated, O ct. 4th, Gth, 7th, 8th and 9th in Suliivau, October 10th, 11th,13th, 14th, and 15th New Goshen, Vigo oouuty, Octobo 1 lGth Prarieton 17th Kilev, 20th,Seolyville 21st. In Fountain, October 23d, 24th, 27th, 28th and 29th. Clay, Oct.. 30th, 31st, November 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
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RISKS AND DEATH ROLL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL WAR CRAFT.
The Charleston Cigar Boat—She aiet with Disaster Again and Atfirin—Crew Aftor Crew Added to the Ghaotly List—Slve
Went to the Bottom at Last.
[Copyright by American Press Association^ OR instances of individual daring of the sublimest type we need not go farther than the pages of naval history of tho civil war. Cushing, the crew of the Confederate Albemarle, the 00mmander and men of the Confederate ram Arkansas, the Confederate boarders of the Underwriter in the North Carolina waters, the Union defenders of the Harriet Lane in Galveston harbor, the participants in the battle of Mobile—these and many others deserve to live in history, not alone for the grand results accomplished, but because of their deeds of unexcelled bravery. The Confederates, being on tlie defensive, and for that reason having umple incentive to heroic outbursts, probably put on record more instances of individual daring than did their antagonists. They had the desperate end of tbe conflict to bear up. Unfortunately for history their records are sparse, survivors of the hour have since passed away, and much is left to unauthenticated tradition.
The story that, follows, however, is true and it is substantiated in detail by records of undoubted truthfulness. Seven men, five being seamen of the Confederate navy and one a captain of artillery and the other a lieutenant of infantry, volunteered for an enterprise that had been attempted five times and had met with disaster. On three occasions all hands had perished, and on one other seven out of eight, and again six out of nine had met death. The hazardous business was nothing less than being confined in a submarine boat, exposed to a variety of dangers without one possible way of escape in case of disaster. The time was 1804, the scene Charleston harbor during the formidable operations of the powerful Union army and navy.
The waters were full of Union blockaders aud every foot of vantage ground around the harbor was either occupied or besieged by Union troops. Tbe port was blockaded almost effectually, and many daring attempts were made by the besieged to destroy Union vessels by infernal devices. Tbe New Ironsides was attacked twice, the second time receiving very serious damage. A companion vessel of the New Ironsides was the Housatonic, a noble new ship, lying in North channel and completely blockading that passage. If she could be removed by stealth BOO res of blockade running vessels could pass in and out in a night, giving oomfort to the beleaguered army and people of South Carolina.
The several experiments in destroying vessels by toriedoes that had been made in the harbor pointed to the torpedo afloat as the proper method. The New Ironsides, which was so seriously damaged by a torpedo boat, had onoe stood for an hour over a fixed torpedo of 2,000 pounds of powder, but the wires connecting the torpedo with the shore would not work and tbe gunboat floated away safely. Soon after the Ironsides was successfully attacked (October, 1SG3) a littlo boat was brought by rail from Mobile and accepted by the Confederate commander, Gen. Beauregard, for Charleston harbor. Beauregard was an engineer, a scientific fighter and believed in Bkillful methods, and promptly accepted tbe new machine, although she came with a forbidding reputation. She WAS to plow the deep like a fish, but had no provision for storing air, and on an experimental trip in Mobile bay sunk and all her crew, eight men, were suffocated before they could le rescued. That was disaster number one. Lieut. Payne, of the navy, soon found a volunteer crew of eight men and took charge of her for a series of experiments in the harbor, which were tragic in the extreme, but which by the advancement, of knowledge made amends for tbe dole of blood exacted.
The new craft is known iu history as the "cigar boat." She was made of boiler Iron, was 30 feet long and 4 broad, with a vertical depth of 6 feet, approximately. Ajcoess was by two manholes ooverod by hinged caps having bulimia eyes for steering purposes. While the vessel floated these caps were about afoot out of water. The propelling power was the hands of the crew, operating on a shaft by means of cranks. On the exterior there were vanes or win«s, that oould be adjusted at any angle by interior manipulation, and when the boat was to move on even keel the vanes were kept lev-el. To desoend at in angle of 10 degs the vanes were fixed at. that, angle and the propeller put in motion. The resistance of the water against the vanes caused the bow to dip and the Ixxit to descend on an inclined plane. Br reversing the vanes tho apposite direction oould be taken until surface was reached. A tube of mercury told just how far mder water she was at any time.
The boat was designed to difo and pass under the war vessel it was Intended to destroy and drag a torpedo aftr, to be ex-
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plodtx} violent contact withlhe bottom of the vessel its soon as it touclid tbe keel. of eight
Lieut. Payne and his crev men v.-ere preparing the boat
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dition one night and bad her a near Fort Johnson when thi wave of a passing stearnur waslied ov Bwampct: her. Payne escajw crew were all drowned. She and cleared of tier dead and Pa te secured another crovr, and she went iwn in tbe same manner ao Fort Sumter irf, Payne and two men escaping. It was lain that the cigar boat was simply a cc.fi
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Tha craft had earned such bad odor in Charleston harbor that it vs decided to try her in r.cw waters and sj went to Stono river, where several succpfol dives
were mad^ft At last, however, she went down and did not come up, and after search it was found that she had got fast in the mud at the bottom and all on board had perished by suffocation. Once more she was raisod, the dead removed—the fourth ghastly cargo from her iron bound hull—and she returned to tbe harbor.
Every disaster to the boat had had something about it that was held to be a warning for the future, and anew crew went on board and resumed experiments. She dived beautifully, and, barring accidents, would carry a torpedo anywhere in the deep. One more accident led to a change of plan. For an experiment she dived under the Confederate receiving ship Indian Chief, fouled a cable and all of her crew perished. When she was recovered one Lieut. George E. Dixon, of the Twenty-first Alabama regiment, secured Gen. Beauregard's permission to try the famous David against the Housatonic. Beauregard stipulated that she should be rigged as a torpedo boat on the surface of the water and not as a submarine device. He believed that tbe %vater was too shallow in the harbor to admit of successful diving under a heavy ship.
A spar was then set ou the bow having a torpedo that would explode by concussion with the object aimed at. The new method of operation may have seemed to lessen the danger, but in reality tho boat had met disaster as often wheu on the surface as when submerged, and tbe chances of her riding tho convulsive waves produced by a torpedo were very narrow. Yet, although some thirty meu had perished in her, Lieut. Dixon found a crew ready to volunteer and destroy the Housatonic. Five of the crew were men of the navy—Arnold Becker, James A. Wicks, F. Collins, Ridgway and C. Simpkins. They were joined by Capfc. J. F. Carlsen, of the South Carolina artillery.
Tho Housatonic was riding at anchor on the evening of Feb. 17, her officer of the deck, Master J. F. Crosby, pacing mechanically to aud fro, scanning around as far as the darkness—it was 9 o'clock—would permit. Suddenly he saw about a hundred yards away what appeared to be a plank moving swiftly toward his ship. It was BO strange that, anxious though he was, he waited a short time before giving alarm over so contemptuous an object. Then ho sounded the cry, and all hands were called to quarters. But he was a few seconds too late. The little boat had sneaked along the beach the night before, and leen hidden during the day not far from the doomed vessel. Then in a twinkling she had darted out of lading, eluded the lookouts, and even while the cry was sounding through the ship Lieut. Dixon rushed upon her sides and fired the torpedo.
He struck forward of the mainmast, and the hole extended below the water line, sinking her in four minutes. Five men went down in her the rest clung to the rigging and were rescued. But the "plank,'r as the Housatonic's officer called it, disappeared in the commotion of the waters. The fate of tbe crew could only
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be surmised. The boat had set out secretly to destroy the Housatonic, but no one could tell the tide of her experience. There were other Davids in the waters, and hundreds of fixed and floating torpedoes in the channels. The men of the Housatonic could give no acoount of the affair other than the shadowy "plank" story, but whether the plank were an automaton, a floating torpedo impelled by cog work, or the missing "cigar boat," no one knew. It had disappeared with the vessel destroyed.
After tho war tho secret came out the "cigar boat" had justified her inventor. The wrecks of the harbor were cleared by divers, and while exploring the depths around the Housatonic they found the rusty iron machine partially buried in drifting debris about a hundred feet away from the hull of the man-of-war, her prow pointing toward it. Of course her daring crow had paid the penalty and were securely coffined inside. The Housatonic was one of the now war vessels. She was a screw sloop, mounting eleven guns, and had been in the South Atlantic squadron since 1802. Her destruction was a warning to the wholu fleet and an encouragement also to the Confederates, who after this made several efforts, some of them successful.
Notwithstanding the reality of this submarine engine, such boats are at this date deemed chimerical, and popularly supposed to exist only in the brains of crazy invent^ ors or the imagination of romancers. Jules Verne puzzled and amused tho reading world with Capt. Kemo's strange craft in his "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." Gen. Lloyd Brke, in a recent satire on American defenselessness, brings Into action a wonderful fish boat, invented and managed by an erratic shirt manufacturer, an though no sane man of science would waste time on a scheme of that nature. What lias been considered a creation of fancy, however, has been proven a fruitful reality, KS in the case of this Charleston boat.
Jules Verne's submarine vessel was cigar shaped, and reoently a Spanish naval officer constructed a boat over which he had dreamed for many years. The Spanish government thought so well of the plan that the inventor, Lieut. Peral, was given the means to experiment, aud his boat, El Peral, was successfully launched and made several trips, justifying the hopes of her projectors. This boat is a little mora than double the size of the Confederate boat, being 74 feet long and feet broad. She is fitted out as a torpedo boat, and can run six knots an hour-under water.
The torpedo boat had its origin in the civil war, and the Confederates developed it to a greater degree than did their adversaries. Since that timeali first class powers have been experimenting, but no satisfactory result has been reached. There are at present boats of throe or four hundred tons armed with torpedoes, small boats carried upon war vessels to be lowered when in close quarters with the (kdvarsary, and a coast torpedo boat, having its hull submerged. All of these are liable to detection and destruction by tbe enemy. The situation calls for a noiseless, invisible engine that can work in all weather and at any hour, day or night, as the Confederate David was intended to do. Tho problem when solved will be by a submarine craft not unlike the ill fated one whose story is told here. But surely no contrivance of this character ever had more devoted ed he rents, inure venturesome anH painstaking operators than the "cigar boat" of Charleston harbor.
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