Show WAK WAR JUST A ft II 11 ir today od a athe the report of th the e board of inquiry instructed to investigate the sinking ingot of the maine in havana harbor will be made to 0 o the president Pre eident from all indications the findings undines of the court will declare that the warship was destroyed by design and that an indemnity will A be asked ot of spain and that spain will refuse to accept the findings of the board and will haughtily decline to make reparation for the de destruction truc tion of american life and property what then it is said the president will allow the dispute to be submitted to the arbitration bit ration ot of the powers but american p sentiment will lorce force the issue to a declaration of war if it it cornea comes to a etrig le of arms the tie battles will be fought almost entirely on sea what a modern naval conflict in which monster steel armored warships supplied tup plied with mighty gurs way be like ie is graphically graphic illy described by one ct of our naval commanders who says the few minutes that elapse before the fleets meet for this first crucial test I 1 of the modern iron roust must ho be 8 of the most extreme and agonizing tension and in them the fate of the battle cony may be bo decided some of the best eight inch guns can fire tour four pound shells in a minute the rain of metallic hells hello poured from guns firine smokeless powder will vi reck reek all parts ot of opposing ships except where they are protected by heavy armor in three minute minutes six six inch guns fire seventy two pro octile Jc tile the par partially ally lally protected ceuleers cru leers will suffer most in tha to blast of alre the e forward will be blown away aay or riddled like sieves watertight water tight doors ale ate useless when there are no watertight water tight walls valls the ships will be covered with debris the upper works and the tunnel funnel willbe will be gone few ships ol 01 the barbetta type hare have the barbutes properly supported the explosion of shells under them will looten them and in some ol 01 the vessels these masses maese of metal weighing bing or long will sink and go down through the bottom the vessel of course soon sinking striking under the water in its turn the annela will be cut down soon and with too we draught cut off speed will be reduced the ship will be filled wilh with the smoke from the furnace men in the bold will bo be stifled all fled and fire may way be expected to break out the mechanism or 0 a warship is as complicated as the nerves of a human body it is to ba expected that the bebock of battle will disarrange it and that at any time the electric communication of the commander from the con ning tower may be cut off the electric electrice light wires too tco may be disconnected and the whole interior of the ship be left ia in utter darit bareness da reness ness now comes theotime the time for the use of the big puns guns which could be fired bat but once antho in the time of approach at close range rind which would be reserved undoubtedly till the firo fire would be accurate at a distance ol 01 COO or goo yards the volleys would be exchanged there has been no experiment yet of the result of volleys fired fram the deck of modern warships with a 1 1200 1 or 1800 1900 pound shell and a full charge of several hundred pounds ot of powder what ite its effect would be on the tangle of mechanism is uncertain but there are many who think that it would reduce the already hall half wrecked ship to hopeless chaos like the explosion of a magazine the moment of collision is at hand the shattered chips ships are close on one another driving their battered bulls hulls low in the water to ram So meare halting because their captains are dead or their steering gears disabled in all fights with ironclads iron which may be taken as an index of what may come the mortality among captains and officers has been particularly great some ram and eink sink their opponents with all on board some miss and fire volleys at close quarters there may be even a return to the old style of boarding an enemy it they came together then it will be the turn of the torpedo boats or the reserve it if there is any they will settle the trouble and the fight will be over in ten minutes with frightful loss of life from the foundering of or and the explosion of shell it is a somewhat picture bat every detail of it is a parallel of some incident that has happened in the career of some modern man of war THE lagan logan journal is authority tor for the following it is reporter reported that president wilford woodruff in hie his official capacity ae trustee in trust of the church of jesus christ chris t of latter day saints has signed guaranteeing the payment of bonds of the union light and power co pioneer electric power co bait balt lake lk a e au and ogden gas and electric light co 13 aa g cottonwood power co Ci citizens electric lesht co and the little cottonwood water and power co these various properties are united and nawt to secure the tasu issuance ance of bonds for four and a half balf million dollars with president nire irs official signature as additional security what connection too choich has with tilis creat great trust that its property should be jeopardized to 0 o promote interest apparently so foreign to it is a question that is I 1 being very generally asked |