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Survivor of the Titanic Commits. Suicide.

Boston (Mass.), October 10.- Mrs. Annie Robinson, of Liver- pool, a survivor of the Titanio disaster, jumped from the Loy- land line straner Devonina-last night, while the liner was crop- ing through heavy fog. Officers of the vessel, which arrived ta- day, said Mr. Robinson Lad been in a high state of nervous exc'te- ment because of the fog and the Founding of fog beras.

Cement from Beet Sugar Waste.

A note in the Building News| draws attention to the notable, foot that a French firm is succese-, fully producing cement from the scums formed in the process of boiling beet for engar hans facture. Ia the early stages of boiling the scum that forme consists chiefly of carbonate of lima and waler. Out of 70,000| tons of beet treated is obtained n solid residue of 4,000 lore off carbenito of lime, to which is added 1,100 tons of clay, the re- sulting product being 3,162 teas of excellent cement. The scum is

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for the ref of s: ffrers from Le when they are being shelled, and that the place could not be held to which they can quickly retire exactly carried out my theory,

The United States Army. strongly entrenched linca with except by a strong field Icrea Washington, November 19-effective, obstacles for defence guarding intervals, thoroughly Major General Wotherspoon. when the enemy's inf. ntry comes well en ranched, and not only obief of staff, has recommended close. I got that idea from the provided with obstacles, bus that the regular army he increased Siege of Plevns, on which I wrote guarded with ar illery that could to a total of 205,100 men. He a book in 1879, 11at place was be moved about. also urges the creation of a fret defended mainly by rifle lines, In those days I thought that line reserve numbering half a because the forts were email and the armaments of lines between million, and an increase of the inconspicuoue,

that the forts need not consist of anything militis to 300,000 men. In his Russian fire did not damage bigger than 6in. guns and 10in. statement, General Wetherspoon them. You must have your bowitzers, although I added a points out the unprej aredress artillery defence quite independ number of 6in. and lighter of Hawaii, the Popsma canal, and ent of the forts, placing the ganahowitzore in addition to field the Philippines in the event of and howitz re in the intervals, guns. The forts of Liego and hostilities, snd declares that an well concealed, and to organized Namur could only hold theirown increase in the standing army of that they can be moved atout from against field artillery. Directly the United States is imperative. place to place. The general or- the Germans brought up the big

Manila Bulletin

genisation of a fortress, therefore, howitzera te forta were doomed, Mr. J. P. Morgan to be Sued, woud be infantry redoubts of ond it was clear from their later

· Richmond, Va., October 17.— shallow depth, with good sheltera, attacks that they could have Mr. J.G. Pollard, attorney general and artillery positions, with strong wrecked any forts of this close by of Virginia, mide public to-day infantry trenches in the intervala a few bours' concentrated bom- because that wasafter Pert Arthur, ence. The content or that a instructions from Governor Staart of the forts. This is the principle bardment,

where the Japanese, with cr.at permanent fort of ordinary type to bring suit in the federal courts which I advocated in my book

The Forts at Antwerp Bad. difficulty, brought up: 11-inch is really a shell trap which can- against Mr. J. P. Morgan of New published in 1890.

"The firts of the inner line at howitzers taken from their coast not hold out in the face of the York for restitution of the will of "This principle was strongly Antwerp and a few of the outer defences, and that showed that concentr ted fire of modern bon Mrs. Martha Washington to the confirmed by what happened at ling, which were then being con. gane of that sizecould be truught itzers is traved by what happoc public recorde of Farfax County, Tori Arthur, where the per-raced, struck me as being very into the field. No one know that ed at Antwerp, where neither the phence it was removed while minent forts acquitted them. The latter were similar to 18-inch howitzers would be amoured gun positions ner the Fairiaz Courthouse was occupied selves badly, as usual. It was in these at Liege, but much larger, brought into the field. That is a casements by United States troops in the attacking the improvised defences What has disappointed me about tour de force on the part of Krupp, heavy shells. I imagine that the were proof against on 203-metre Hill that all the Antwerp was that I thought that but we know now that it can be forts at Maqbengo were equally Killing Insects with Electricity, heaviest Japanese losses were in the long time at their disposal done by dividing the equipment unable to resist concentrated fire, According to the Electrical incarred. These entrenchments the Belgians would have entrench into manageable loads. I cannot though a much longer defence World in electrical apparatus has were the backbone of the defence, ed themselves in the intervals so understand how these gans could was made there been invented by Mr. Friggeri, "I went to Belgiam in 1890, at ca efully, and would have been have been mounted, unless upon, Argentins, for killing the many the request of King Leopold, to able to mount so many guns in concrete foundations whoh bal insects which are harmful to the reper: on the forts that were then the intervals, that the 1:se of a been set fome months before. In owth of trees and grain. A being con tructed. I strongly fort need not have compromised our own forts we used to allow six metallic net supported on a two- condemned the defences of Liege the defence. I thought Antwerp, months for this purpose. wheel vehicle is suspended over and Nemur. I said that they thus etrangthone, was es pable of The Best Defences. the ground where the insecte are exuld not defend their intervals bulding out for several weeks, and The experience of bis, ce of to he killed, and electric energy iroperly, that their armamente so long as the outer line of defence other wars, shows that the best at 6,000 volts is allowed to dis-wire weak and elow in nation was held the town could cot have deleness are those which have charge from it to the ground. By and that if the places were to be been hombarded

been prepared in a rough-and- dehing trees with a metallio held at all it would only be done

"When writing in 1880 I did ready way to meet the require energised from the same by constructing field antrenob not allow for the bringing into the ments of war. The conventional ratas it is claimed that any ments, with artillery and good In the second edition of my book almost invariably prove dis

field of these r

very big howitzers fortifications of the great master in the leaves cr. Lark of obstacles in the intervals. I put in 1907 I did contemplate this, appointing when tested by experi

the number of field forces alone

Confederate war,

free can be killed:

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