Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1895 — Sparks from the Wires. [ARTICLE]

Sparks from the Wires.

The three-day tests of the pneumatic guns recently erected at the Presidio (Cal.) reservation were concluded. The board of .military examiners expressed their satisfaction with the tests, which exceeded the requirements in every in-, stance. Capt. William J. Emright, of the British steamship Erotia, was presented with an aluminum binocular glass, the gift of President Cleveland, in recognition of his services in rescuing the crew of the American schooner E. 11. Cornell last March. I