Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1887 — THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The following is the itinerary of the President’s journey in tho South and West, as telegraphed from Washington: Leave Washington Friday, Sept. 30, at 10 a. m., arrive at Indianapolis Saturday, Oct. 1, at 11 a. m.; leave Indianapolis Oct. lat 4p. m., arrive at Terre Haute at 5:30 p. m.; leave Terre Haute Oct. 1 at6:ls p. m., arrive at St. Louis Oct. lat 12 o’clock midnight; leave St. Louis Oct. 4 at 11 p. m., arrive at Chicago Oct. 5 at 9 a. m; leave Chicago Thursday, Oct 6, at 10 a. m., arrive at Milwaukee Oct, 6 at Ip. m.; leave Milwaukee Oct. 7atlo a. m.; arrive at Madison Oct 7 at 1 p. m., leave Madison at 9a. m.; arrive at St. Paul Oct. 10 at 5:30 p. m., leave St. Paul Oct. 11 at 12 noon ; arrive at Minneapolis Oct. 11 at 1 p m., leave Minneapolis Oct. 11 at Bp. m.; arrive at Omaha Oct. 12 at 11 a m., leave Omaha Oct. 12 at 12 noon; arrive at St. Joseph Oct. 12 at 5:15 p. m., leave St. Joseph Oct. 12 at 5:45 p. m, arrive at Kansas City Oct. 12 at 8:15 p. m., leave Kansas City Oct. 13 at 11 p. m., arrive at Memphis Oct, 14 at 6p. m., leave Memphis Oct. 15 at 1 p. m., arrive at Nashville Oct. 15 at 11 p. m., leave Nashville Oct 17 at 11 a. m., arrive at Atlanta Oct. 17 at 11 p. m., leave Atlanta Oct. 19 at midnight, arrive at Montgomery Oct. 20 at 8 a. m.. leave Montgomery Oct, 20 at Ip. m., reach Washington Saturday, Oct. 22, at 6 ai m. At tho suggestion of the President much proposed speech-making at the places to be visited has been abandoned. Secretary Whitney is pleased with the result of tho dynamite gun experments. A Washington dispatch reports him as saying: The experiment was most successful. Seeing is believing, and I wished to see something actually done. 1 had been incredulous, but I confess that I was greatly impressed with the power of the explosion. The vessel was lifted up bodily and then went out of sight instantly. The resistance of that target was evidently no measure of the power of the projectile. It demonstrates this : that they cau lodge dynamite in destructive quantities a mile and a quarter off with considerable accuracy, and it is a matter of detail merely to increase the range of the gun and the quantity of the explosive so as to render it capable of destroying the strongest iron-clads. It avoids the present contest "between torpedoes and machine guns. The method now employed for using high explosives is in torpedoes. Torpedoes are met with machine guns and steel nettings placed about the ships, but this pneumatic gun is a new method of attack. Taking its range and the line of flight of the projectile, it is difficult to say how it can be met. For coast defense it seems to me the most important arm yet invented. Its usefulness on ships is yet to be established, but its importance generally in naval warfare as an arm can not be overestimated.