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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. StOTAY. MARCH 19, 1905. GENERAL VIEW OF YARD FROM TOP OF A GAUNTREE.

REARING SKELETON II THREE NEW SCOUT SHIPS STILL TO SERVE UNCLE SAM steamer Telegraph, supposed to be at Sama-na Bay. As chief engineer he was ordered to the Mayflower in August, 187Q, and went in that vessel to Mexico In connection with the Shufeldt expedition to survey for the Tehuantepec canal. Captain Smith was chief engineer of the United States ship Saugus during the Vlrglnius excitement In 1873. He was chief at the Pensacola Navy Yard during the epidemic of yellow fever In 1874, and saw much service of an unexciting nature till February 16, 1882, when he was promoted chief engineer. Ha was on the battleship Texas from 1894 to 1896 and was in charge of the Norfolk Navy Yard from February, 186, to May, 1898.

In March, 1899, he was promoted to the grade of commander and three months later came to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There has never been any friction between him and the workmen in his department since be first arrived and the condition of the force and plant to-day is better than ever before. The successor to Captain Smith as bead of the office Is to be Captain George H. Carney, now in charge of the Boston yard. Captain Carney Is senior captain In the department and is entitled to the" promotion to the Brooklyn yard.

He would take charge at once if it were not that his residence needs renovating and he will not come here for several weeks or until the house 4b ready for him. 11 i fV v-if 1 TO BE BUILT FOR THE NAVY. Bids for Their Construction Be Opened on April 15. to ARE TO COST $1,800,000 EACH. Will Be Fastest of All Naval Vessels' Except the Little Torpedo Boat Destroyers.

Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street. Washington. March 18 Bids win ha ujj.uch at the Navy Department on April 16 for the construction of the three scout ships which. Congress authorized last year. Much interest attaches to the competition for ships, which will be unique and without parallel In the American Navy.

They will ba veritable ocean greyhounds, rjosseaslnr greater speed than any vessel In the navy, save tne little torpeao Doat destroyers. As the titles of the new vessels Imply, they are designed more for scout and spy duty than for offensive purposes. In times of war they will range over the ocean, far In advance of the fleet, watching for th enemy. At the first sign of smoke from the stacks of a hostile fleet the scouts will turn and rush back to the home squadron with the news. They will also be employed as dispatch boats to carry urgent messages from one point to another.

The scouts will not be hampered by armor or guns, and In a battle would be practically useless. A thin stripe of steel will cover the vitals of the ship, and on the decks will be stationed few three-Inch guns to repel attacks of torpedo boats. The scouts will replace protected cruisers of the Boston class, as well as the lod speedy cruisers, Columbia and Minneapolis. The cost of the new vessels is limited to U.800,000 each, and they must be completed within thirty-two months from the date of signing the contracts. Failure to complete the vessels within this limit will subject the contractors to a penalty of $100 a day for overtime.

The general dimensions and features of the vessels are as follows: Length over all. 420 feet; breadth, 46 feet; displacement, not more than 3.760 tons; mean draft, not to exceed 18, feet; total coal bunker capacity, about 1,250 tons. Tho main feature of the scouts Is to be their speed. They will be expected to cover 24 knots an hour and maintain this average during a four hours trial. In order to secura this high speed the ships will be provided I V.

en, nlnAa, that mnnAtf I' sm, Contractors Pushing to Comple tion the Big Structure Over Blackwell's Island. HOW CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDS "False Work" Worth Alone $100,000 Is Now Getting Into Place and Will Eventually Be Thrown Away. Nine out of the seventeen big bents of steel false work to be raised between the wo Blaokwell's Island piers of the new Black-well's Island Bridge, before the real bridge construction begins, now loom up to a height of 135 feet above tho surface of the lBland. A new bent is put together every two days and it is expected that the entire BerleB of towers or scaffoldings calling for more than 2,000 tons of steel pillars and stringers. In its construction, a great mass of lattice work extending clear across the Island, will be completed within the next two weeks.

Those impatient citizens of Queens who have been finding fault with Bridge Commissioner Best because of the apparent lack of progress on the Blackwell's Island Bridge, can now see on the ground a portion of the ast mass of 50,000 tons of steel that is to enter Into the construction of this the larg est of the four great structures to span the East River and connect Manhattan island and Long Island. The hundreds of folios of detailed drawinss and specifications and the working out of hitherto untried problems that have occupied scores of men in the offices of the bridge commissioner and of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, working In unison for many months, are now about completed and the preliminary work of the rolling mills and machine shops, in getting out steel girders and beams, some of them great pieces weighing from 50 to 60 tons euch, is well unaer way. Nearly all of st. el for false work 1b on the ground and many of the big girders to be used in the permanent structure are ready to be put in position. The contractors have a strip of land about 240 feet wide and 70 feet long extending -across 'the island filled with material such at steel beams and girders piled up to height in places of 20 feet and it is coming in almost daily by the train load The niafs of false work of substantial steel construction capable itself of supporting safely a heavy railroad train of 135 feet in air, gives one an idea of the great Iiess of the undertaking of building the real bridge for the work of which alone this great scaffolding is being built at a cost of over 1100,000 to be afterward thrown into the scrap heap as so much old metal.

Each of the many columns or legs of the false work upon a foundation 14 feet square and designed to carry a weight of 5C0 tons. The first two bents of false work were constructed by means of a great derrick raised to the top of the big stone pier on the westerly side of the island. The raising of this powerful derrick to top of the pier, 13" feet from the ground, was of itself a difficult feat. By this derrick the teel pieces for the first two bents were raised In position. The remaining bents are being built from a traveler or a pla'iform upon wheels, upon which is located a great derrick, by means of which the pieces are lifted into place as fast as the workmen handling them and bolting the frame together are ready for the material.

The heavy girder: and other pieces for the permanent bridge, some of which weigh 5 ions, win oe lifted from the loaded cars on the uHrge moored at the bulkhead at the west side of the Island hv mDn of derrick and powerful hoisting engines having four main shafts, three with 18 Inch by 42' Inch drums and spools. There are five of these engines. One of them is for the big hoisting derrick, two are for the gantries or great movable bridges with 85 feet span resting on four leg, rolling over two tracks by means of which the heavy 65 ton pieces can be carried clear across the island where necessary; one for hoisting the Piece, to the top of the false work and one for moving the traveler on the top of the ih- r'VeT front on th0 i'le of the island, six boiler, with a capacity xo generate steam for 500 horse power and wh.V.UB.,,POWerful alr nprr plant rill, PW'r fr ins riveting machines on the entire ork I elKntrlC a current for the two gantries. There i. "'Uon r1 con" generator, win 62' vgual to a.

i at u) Mual to abuut nn Th. hF A(ui rn i i 1 the i con.ractnrs for current on ehe easterly of the ,1 It I. ImtwslNp to tnonr ,1 It is to have the big rn-rnnm nt fet rfc of Tt.in 1 1 rlln fm th mtci'llr the ehnn few rir-t RniiHi I I ne In Ixing Inland on the thr itV ir Suiwtsntlsl tirojrr In tij. wv of sc in l-lnt nn l.rrn f.Mslni- In UO. UUl.E, 1 lust 11.

fan la Ih. Navy Department Will Use Him After Retirement as Inspector of Shipbuilding. REACHES AGE LIMIT MARCH 21. long wid Creditable Record In the Brooklyn Yard To Have Supervision of Many Yards. Captain J.

A. B. Smith, head of the steam engineering department of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, received a telephone message from the Navy Department, In Washington, late yesterday afternoon, stating that he had been appointed general Inspector of the shipbuilding yards on the Atlantic coast, at which ships are being built for the government. This news was In confirmation of the first announcement, which was made In the Eagle a month ago, that the service of one of tho of the most popular officers ever in the department would not be lost to the navy. This office has been created for Captain Smith.

The last day of Captain Smith's control of the department of steam engineering came to an end yesterday, as be will be retired for age next Tuesday. However, ho has been directed to turn over the department tomorrow, so bis period of active service as head of the office closed yesterday. All the afternoon his office was filled with officers and foremen and workmen, who came In to say goodby and wish him many years of life and honors. The captain will retire with the rank of the next higher grade, so that on' Tuesday next he will be officially ad dressed as rear admiral. It is this raising of his grade by virtue of retirement that prevented blm from remain Ing at the head of the department.

In spite of his going on the retired list. The bureau in Washington, on account of his success at the Brooklyn yard, would have kept him In charge without any change had it not been that there would have been two rear ad mirals in the yard, and this would never, never have done, for the etiquette of the service could not endure such a plethora of admirals In one yard. So Lieutenant Commander H. P. Norton will take over the duties of the office to-morrow.

By a singular coincidence the last of the winter series of officers' hops In the Navy Yard came off yesterday. Now, there Is no officer In the service more popular with the fair sex than Captain Smith, and he enjoyed a levee when he appeared In build- Ing 23 in the afternoon as head of the committee to close the dancing season. Some of the more jocular ladles of the younger set rallied the captain on his Ignorance ot church duties which led him to date a dance In the Lenten season. One charming matron, wife of an officer who saw service in the Philippines, gave expression to a bon mot, on meeting Captain Hmltb. "As If Lent did not furnish us with sufficient heaviness of soul, my dear captain," she said, "you have asked us to dance on the day of your departure." After this compliment there was nothing left for ths handsome captain to do but to ask her band for the next dance.

As general Inspector, which new position he expects to assume next Wednesday. Captain Smith will supervise the building of government ships at the following yards: Bath Iron Works. Kore River, Qulncy, Morris Heights, Harlem River. N. Bab-cock A Wilcox Boiler Company, Bayonne.

N. Cramps. Philadelphia; New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N. Keanney Neaflc, Philadelphia, and the Newport News Shipbuilding Company. Ho will bo president of the board of changes at each of these places, and his will bo the final voice In all matters of changes In the construction of ships.

It Is not generally known that the construction of ships Is changed materially after they are begun and that these chsnges often Involve dullest questions. It has been thought tbst to hsve a general Inspector lo whom these changes could be referred would result In a ttnltormlly which has been lacking In the past and of which th department has greatly felt tho need. Captain Smith leaves Ihe Brooklyn yard with a record of having had the longest service as the head of sny department In the yard. It was June 3. that Captain Hmlth took hold of tho Brooklyn yard by orders of Rear Admiral of the Bureau of Ktam Engineering In Washington.

Captain Smith was brought up from Norfolk, whers he had achieved splendid results. There was new machinery lo be In the Brooklyn yard snd the shops had to bo rebuilt. This wss a work of such magnitude that the department felt II needed a man of Cat. tain Smith's shllltlea to supervise the work. Captain Smith look hold of the task when the rnndlttons wers by no means propitious.

There had been differences with th man snd much frleilon had Interfered with the pror work of the yard. The machinery wss put In at a cost of about IHOO.OOO, while the cost of the nest shops wss shout So smoothly wss this lar appropriation eipended thst It Is on record thst not a complaint was mad to Washington by any manufacturer of tools nr contractor that be hsd not received a square deal. This wsa the biggest lob ever undertaken by the bureau ol steam engineering, and Ihe success of Captain Smith was so marked Ihst only the other day when Admiral Mclvill was In New York he told sm nsvsl nftVers thst the raptsln wss he best yard officer and eaeruilv officer the steam engineering department ever had. Som Idea of the sit nf the nndensk-lugs of the department In the ysM msy he formed from the fart that from ISoe.ona to II oon.ooo Is eipended ea y. ar In repairs snd In hew ma'hlnerr for shins and ilwt from 'H) to mm era kept ronatanilr emploied Captain Smith has had rharg of ihe maihlnery work on the new battleship Cnhneriirut and only about 10 per tent, of that work remains lo be done by his department This la the official record of Ihe career of Csp'sln Smith II entered ths eervlr from civil Ufa April II.

Ism. as third ssatatanl engin-r It was not long before flsnred In one nf th moat slotting Incidents of lb civil War In Jons, 111. he was ordered In the I'nlled SfSteS ship lloiiaatonle, off snd wss with h-r until she waa blown tip by a torpedo on th tiisht nf Kvt.nisrr If. I4, Csplalo Smith was anions handful of officers who were resmed lr a boat whtrh put off from the t'nlied S'ates steamship Csnandsicos II wss sent to the Wahsah and served on her until Mar. IM.

and then was ssslsned te th 1'snl Jones Me served on that ship. In Stono Inlet sod tin Sound after the Water Wltrh waa raptured In August, ssi. was ord-nd lo the Mohnnao, then building at Jersey City, and wss promoted in serotid asslstnt engineer September iS, IWI After vsrlee) s-rvi, nn ether ships he was assigned in ihe I'nlled Stales ship nilnnl. beij she Ms seal out lo capture Hit ratf PINEHRUST NEWS. PInehurst, N.

C. March 18 The annual rustic dance of the Tin Whistle Club is generally regarded as the season's merriest frolic, and thlB year's party held at The Carolina during the week, was the most brilliant, as well as the most novel event of Its character in the history of the village. The special feature of the decorations was a rustic Interior in the alcove at the head of the hall where the refreshments doughnuts, gingerbread, crackers, cheese, apples, and cider were served. Upon one side was a huge basket of apples, and on the other a roll towel with a tin wash basin, water pail and dipper. In the alcoves at the right and left were pens, one containing three razor-back shoats, a pair of kids and two puppies, and in the other stood a donkey.

Prises were awarded for the most representative and most ludicrous costumes by a committee of Judges, including Mrs. Leonard Tufts, Medford, Mrs. H. W. Orms-bee, Brooklyn; Horace Waters, Manhattan; E.

N. Wright, Newton Center, and W. S. North, Chicago. Conspicuous among the ludicrous costumes worn by the women was Mrs.

M. B. Byrne' of Manhattan, who Impersonated Carrie Nation. She wore a red dress, partially concealed by a blue checked apron; a large poke bonnet lined with red and adorned with two monster purple ostrich plumes; a hatchet completed the most amusing getup. Mrs.

-M D. Peterson, of Manhattan, wore a dainty girl's costume of pink, with hat to match. Mrs. C. A.

Lockwood, of Manhattan, made an attractive milkmaid in a gown of pink organdie white apron and large hat. Mrs. B. De Mossin, of Manhattan, made a winsome flower girl In a gown of pink check, with a sunnonnet to match. Mrs.

H. G. Rand, of Manhattan, was very dainty In white with pink apron and sun bonnet. Miss Helen M. Fisher of Manhattan was a dairy rr.aid.

in white and a checked apron and sun bonnet. Among the men in costume were Charles E. Kaltenbach and G. R. Wallace, of Brooklyn; J.

Foot. M. B. Byrnes, Kvsrett B. Lockwood.

H. 8. Gordon, W. J. Gordon, M.

K. Watsra, of Msnhattsn. Then? were souvenirs for sll the participants, appropriate to the occasion, which wars distributed by Mrs. H. 8.

Gordon, of Manhattan, and Mrs. Herbert It. Jlllson, of Worcester, Mass. Ths officers were remembered first, a sly hit in Jlnsls vsre being read ss th gifts were handed them. For Instsncs, Prsldent C.

A. Lockwood. of Manhattan, formerly of Brooklyn, was grssud thus: This is for Lockwood, our president. His coming Is a great event. At the traps he's a very tins shot.

But when hs plays golf his collar gets hot. One of ths novel entertainments of ths wsek wss a queue party at ths Berkshire, In which participants were called upon to fasten the missing nueus In its proiisr location upon a dummy I'hlnsman. When ail had finished ths queues adorn-d nearly svsrythlng in ths room but the Chlnsmsn. Picnic psrtles are being much enjoyed thsss rare spring days, ths iartlclpasts either walking or rldlns to som nearby point, and Thasards Mills Is a popular rendsvoiis. 1'romlnent smong ths week visitors waa W.

Foes of llaverstraw. N. for many years the amateur billiard champion of tha Itnlted States snd who lost ths inlernatlonsl championship at I'srls by a very narrow msrgln. Mr. and Mrs.

A. ('. Scrlmaeouri of Brooklyn, are spending aeveral weeks here. Mr ami Mrs. o.

Gates and Mr. and Mrs. H. il. Adams of Brooklyn ar hsrs for several Henry II Kail.

Miss Hall and Miss Kilts-heth Hall of Brooklyn ars making an extended Visit. Mr. and Mrs Rueaidl A. Kleld. of Brooklyn, ars msklng a short visit.

M. R. HuM'S of firnoklvn returns for another sesaon snd Is welcomed by old friends. Manhattan srrtvals Include Mr. and Mrs.

11 llraill.y, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Itauchra.a. Mlsa Mml-llne Itauchfa.s. Mrs.

Jarnea Taylor and rh.Mren. Mr. It. V. 1'iir.

Mlas Poor. Mrs. I. M. Norton Mrs.

tionaM.on, W. P. Norton. Mr and Mr. Kthsn Allen.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. altrnbTa.

Mr. and Mra. John f. Outnnhy, Jars. M.

K. Pairlnglnn. Miss P. A. Wrlshl.

HUGE CRUISER LAUNCHED. The Washington Will Be Most Powerful Craft of Her Class, and Fast. Philadelphia. Msrrh Th armored cruiser Wsshlngton. which wss launched to-dsy at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company, Is a sister ship to the cruiser Tennessee, launched here Isst December.

While not designed to be quit as fast sa some of Ihe lighter armored cruisers, she will have greater battery and defensive power Ibao any vessel classed as cruiser. The armor plat protection ranges from nine Inches for Ihe turrets 10 five Inrhea for tha belt- The main battery will consist of four 10-Inch tuns and sixteen (-Inch guns. The secondary battery will have twenty lhre 1-Inch rapid-fire guns, twelve I poiinder seml-auiomallc guns, Iwo 1-pound-er automatic and Iwo 1-poundar rapid fir guns, two 1-Inch Held pieces and three small eaMber rapid fire machine guns. Th Indicated horse power of Ihe engines Is 21.000 and Ihey are designed to drive th veaael al a speed of at least 11 knots an hour. JUDOE H0LBR00K DEAD.

Was Chief of Law Division, State Department of Education. Alhsny. March I News was received her lo-dsy of th desth of Judge Edwin Hoi-brook, chief of lb law division nf the Stale lirpsrtmenl of P. lui at lun, yesterday, at Boa-Ion. II was Ti years old.

For twelve ytara Jtnlg llolbronk waa law clerk of th Ix-parliiii ul of Public In. traction and when ih department was rrurganlsed a year ago and msil th tnpsrimenl of Education was msd chief of th law division II- win ha sumo. )rd by Thomas K. Finns-sn. WIFE OF CONGRESSMAN DEAD.

Wsrsaw. Ill March lk-Th wlf of Congressman It. r. Marsh died al ber hon.s here In day of epoplny Mrs Marsh waa aiaier-ln law of Chief Juellr Kuller ef the I'tilted States gtiprern Court, and wss of W. Cltlcsfu tsiiscr.

New Scout Ship. Sixtieth streets, in Manhattan, over the two channels of the East River, Blackwell's Island and a large southerly section of Long Island City to a plaza abutting on Jackson avenue, just east of the Queens County Court House. It has now been determined to extend the Queens approach over t'Je network of tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the mouth of the big tunnel, and which will cover a space over a quarter mile wide at this point. This extension will increase the length of the bridge to 12,000 feet, or about two and a third miles. T.ie bridge will be a double deck structure.

its widttt si feet. On the first deck will be I four trolley tracks, two on each side of the I first floor, and a thirty-six-foot roadwav, al- I lowing for the passage of four two-horse! teams abreast. On the second floor there will be two ele- vali tracks in the center and two broad promenades each 11 feet in width, from I wnicn at a Tieintit of about 175 feet the ue uuoraea one or tie Uncst views Manha" "rooklyn. ard the Bron. ana False Work of the East River, nnd the opening Irilo Long It land to be hud anvwhere alicu- fir' ater New York.

Tne entire to.t about Exclusive of land EEACH NOTES. Palm IS The in reRiark.ili. this year In the fact that the llde of 'lav. still continues In this direction from the Xt rth, aail there set mi to be i hln' of a let up In the trend of travel and card panda us well as "liiinr, heons ant milling parties continue to as if It were the beginning of the s'aMjti, at I'nlri) lb-itch, end each cnming T.ifn from the North brings a full of pai s' rir. rs.

and Indications are it almost looks as if verv one de sir. to May ll aloiin into April. I )td I hjn- h- I tic- rno-t I tie I.v tlati ml 'I tie K.il te r. .11 Th' on Four on Two Ti .1 I au. it4 an ill.

Si.J l.sr.sn iKliiint rf' 1 Mra. James Cox Brady of New York City. The bride was the charming Mies Elizabeth Hamilton. dauKhtor of Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew Hamilton of Thurlow Terrace. Albany, N. Y. Arthur Pearcf! of Manhattan arrived this we'k from the North and joined hie parents, Mr. and Mrs.

HU'hard l'earce, who have been pleasantly located at tho Breakers for the past two Among tha rocent arrivals at the Breakers Is Miss F.the! Waterbury of Manhattan who joined her frimls. Mr. and Mrs. H. Humphreys, who have valued patrons of the hotel tor several week.

hti'I Mtk. R. Walter Creaibaer of Brooklyn are a very pleasant couple who are enjoying the social lite at Palm tach Hotel. Mr. ami Mr.

Alexander H. Hevelt of Ohic.lfTO entertained MoOjiay a breakfast party Riven en the -m- boat al the inlet. Tneir Kueais were Mr and Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, the Itev. t'" 1 Mrs.

ftonaM 8. MaeKay. the ltev Dr. ar.d Mrs. George Morcin Ward.

J. J. Sinclair and Colonel William Hester of the Brooklyn After breakfast the, party enjoyed fishing at the inlet, returning to tho 1'oinciana for luncheon. K.bn.ls-e T. Gerrv.

Miss rierrv an Mtaa who are verv nrcuninpnr momkira v.m.. -rk's muft exclusive eet. are at th Polnrlana 'and" wiTt vyvy Jztu and Tower. utensiveiy nntert.nned Mr tlerrv hulnnv in a numtit-r New Vcrk'a su.lt Bri.i i. nxune in street.

the muit J. lurhtful -use host luncheon, the a mien on Sunday by Mr. ami M- Houaril 1 he lahle vn ib-c- fite. with r.ranx; l.l.jM.ma sn. Ul excee.llnsty and OUHtf to th t-'e -t.

who were Mi rjrrv Mim Oerry. MM Ionian M.a r'lic Mrs A Mrs Ftsh-r llans.n. H.oeard Colly. I r. 1 In-Tian.

h. N. Mr, Hug- Mr. Haveniev-i Mr. II.

Mr Per- Mr Ut: K. of Atlamle Cf have at (he I'alm Ilea- Hotel In ten st'-nm ya' ht. the iltii'-rai I. They f.r.y warm i- rem.il frl. ri Is st the wn uere rt.id to see them naf-h back th-lr er.i tLnemh th- caruile K.orela.

where tVy -1 nil kinds of curios. Ii'f-e Mvlfg I'slm ltea Mm. M.lba mi a iv tie- KtKle c.irrert for her i IMIro li.a. Ii Mine. Mel r.

"I'sIti it I'alm llcuch' It Is ran w'v l. itifiil. anl I it much I hsv-miili til ii.iiel to return in-xt winter fc. 'if nil sr.d Mrs Howard Carroll, of Manhattan, ri a lre ner In ihe (trill nt-" nl''" of Mr Mrs .1 All I awir-r; I M.o (i wlio are prononeni n.em-t'eis colon and recnr arrltsl. Ire table was I 1 1 ul arl toe no nil of iinuuol Iteoeral n.

Mrs bav Imiii eotci la ln-rs their Slav i Isloi II. I so Invitation tu ne their alf i.r a is s. l.t-.m M- i.icl Mr. i of en. t.tt..in..

at tacutilav roil. I al Ihe 1 lr il.t. for i. A ir Mr i II, I'SIK', li.rBO'C f.r It.acleoi 1" II. XI of N.

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o.l!:.f.,. Livlhsst l.rl.l i aid o. itl Mr. aril ii. lano Mr u.i Via.

Ivlw Ce kcr.rft, of Manhattan. a no loeir s-in. I'o'kClofl uromln-iit arrivals at the ree. Uanhatlsn. on- of th.

ncl of ih- men who ha v. si.nt lie fc Uft mrrk r' Miami, wiwr- ha will anaM m.t nshlial rrank IOI14 of Jwr tlful sice. M.a Wll.oa. h.11 a rec-ftl. on Ih.lr arrival .1 I'alrn Ilea- l.yrnan ai-Seeretarr of lh Trasgrt oarly of Mel.

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HI in Ua I i 2 GF FLEET OF FIDE MASTERS Seven Coal Carrying Schooners Battled for Supremacy in 500 Mile Run. ORIENT SKIPPER THE WINNER. Singleton Palmer, Captain Potter, Out- footed Pursuers Finish Very Close. Captain Dined by Men He Beat (Special to the Eagle.) Orient. March 18 Word has been received hnre from Boston, telling of a novel and exciting boat race, in which Captain William H.

Potter, of this place, won. Xho race was between the live-masters, Singleton Palmer, Bonghton, Rebecca Palmer, Elizabeth Palmer, T. Charlton Henry, Gardiner J. Deering and Samuel J. Goucher, all engaged in the coal trade between Balti more and Boston.

Great rivalry has existed for some time between these schooners, and a few days ago, wiieu, the seven boats all cleared from Baltimore for Boston and were towed down the river at the same time, passing by Cape Henry under a fresh westerly wind, it was decided that the chance for a test of the speed of the different schooners, which their skippers hal long eagerly waited for, had come, and without any signal gun they started In the 500 mile ocean race from Cspe Henry to Boston. All of the schooners are practically duplicates of each other, and for days and nights, although the captains and crews of each vessel worked their best, the vessels kept together. Gradually, however, the T. Charlton Henry and the Singleton Palmer took the lead, and so closely did these two sail together that It was a question for a long time which would be the winner. Owing, however, to the great skill of Cap tain Potter, who Is considered one of the ablest skippers who ever stepped aboard a five-master, the Singleton i'almer came off triumphant.

So closely was the race run that the last one of tho Beet to enter Boston harbor, the Goucher, was only one hour behind the winning vessel. All of the cuptatns, who are close friends, took their defeat good naluredly, and upon nathlng Boston they gave Captain Potter a reception In honor of the occasion. ('onuiderable surprise was caused by the Singleton Palmer winning ihe race, as she Is a new boat, having only been built shout a your, and previous to the race had shown no Hlgns of being very last. It will be remembered that conslderanie anxiety was Mt here this winter over the fate of Captain l'otter, who commanded the Singleton Painter, when he sailed on Iiecem-br 6 from Boston to Baltimore and was blown out to sea lor twenty-six days, having encountered nine gales nnd two hurri canes. It will alsotin rememiMTeo: mat iwo years oko.

on le ember ll, Captain Potter lost his flve-msnted sihooner, the Louise II. Crary. in rnlllslun with the five-masted schooner Frank A. Palmer, when for four days and nights the crews, or rather parts of them, for only a few were iiaveil, drifted helpleasly In op.n boat, slowly starving dying of thirst and freezing lo desth. Only one of the crew of the Crary braids Captain Putter survived the awful exposure.

U. S. GRANT POST FAIR. It Will Open In th Twenty-third Regiment Armory on April 6. The fair, iin'b the suspires of U.

8 Gran! Post Lsdles Aiulllsrr, on April 7, and I. Is to be held In tin drill hall of the Twenty-third xlment Armory; lh us of h. has been granted through t.i courtesy of Htnkna. There rs lo be from twenty-fit to thirty booths, all of which will be appropriately decurati-4 nudT lb auper-vIkmjii ot a i-fofi ssiotml dccorstfir. Th fair will ba npf tu i'b appropriate ceremonies St I o'cioi on the evening of Wednesday, April 0.

The four days of lb fair era lo Ii" slgnaii'd "lirstit ly," In honor of Oenrral tirsm. 'Twenty-third ItiKiimiit lisy," in licmor of lh rrgioi'nl; Army I In honor of the llrsnd Arm of the ft. inihli' slid "Hrooklyn I'sy," In honor of th i of Brooklyn. Many prott. ritisrns bn Invited to fa.r, woo inny be looked forward to oh" of tho aortal ev.

nts Of the a'aaoo A i oio rt will In- given rsi evrnlog the I i l.r Mo-lo if la lo I ouarti triers' Hand of Hrooklyn. and oh H.m4 Th nhj-rt of th" funds pertnsn. tit ti. j. I t.ranf fust.

tAILID FOR HONO XONO. IUr Sterlings Asiatic Fleel Lenv.s Cavl'e for China Station. Msrrh H-Ur Admiral hii-rlii llli the Astastle first, tatil'-l Navy lopsrimnt Hint ho has loft it lbs flagship Wis. ori. in ar.

roiiuii.t I i ilia battleship Or-son, tha gunboats and On'-ral Alava and ha i atroyars Halnbridgn, lo-nmr. I i. i i end for lloliskoi a. lot' hniral will haul down his flss on i lost, and tmnsfi-r th i-otu-n at I station lo Admiral Will-Ii in. i t.ow eottitnsixlina ih i.i fleet.

Admiral Htsrllng will t'toro in tilted si at his lalaure, i rsllriuimt for a early iu engines shall be of the vertical twin screw, four cylinder triple expansion type, of a combined indicated horse power of 16,000, and arranged for outboard turning propellers when going ahead. The steam pressure will be 250 pounds In the high pressure receiver. Each engine will be located In a separata water-tight compartment. There will ba twelve water tube hollera, placed In three water-tight compartments. The boilers will be of the "Express" type and the steaming capacity will be such that all steam machinery on board can be run at full power with an average air pressure In the firs rooms of not more than five Inches of water.

There will be four smoke stacks, each 73 feet high above the baae line. Each ablp will have a distilling apparatus capable of condensing at least 16,000 gallons of water per day. There will also be a refrigerating plant, with a cooling effect of two tons of ice per twenty-four hours. The scouts will be lighted with electricity throughout. The electric plsnt will consist of three 32-kilowatl steam driven generating sots.

The vessels will have the usual up-to-date fittings, such as telephones, voles pipes, call bells, etc. The batteries of the vessels wilt consist of twelve 3-Inch rapid Ore guns and two submerged torpedo tubes. The rspld fire guns will ba distributed about the decks In places where they will be moat effective In driving off torpedo boats. It Is not contemplated that the scouts shall be of value as fighting vessels. They will cruise here and there and at the first sign of danger will sock cover.

Nickel steel protection will ho fitted on the shell platin for the length, of the machinery space. Including the dynamo room, extending from a point 3 feet 4 imhes below the normal water line to a point feet Inches above the normal water line In wake of engine and dynamo rooms, snd feet 6 Inches In wake of the boiler rooms. The scouts will carry good sited crews. Ample accommodations will be provided for th following complement: A commandln omrer. twelve wardroom officers, five warrant officers and 370 men.

It Is th Intention to have the ships as comfortable as) possible, eonslstent with the military requirements. All msln compartments below Ihe benh deck, except ih coal bunkers, am to be provided with mechanical ventilation. Th volume of air required will be about So.ooo eublo feel per minute. Special attention la tn be given lo spaces subject Id) habitually high temperatures, such as engine rooms and dynsmo rooms. Secretary Morton believes Ihst lhre will be spirited competition for ths contracts, as prsetlcalty every private builder la tha country la anxious for work.

E. V. MOROAN FOB COREA, Ntw Yorker Named for Minister Il-i llnols Appointments Mads. Wsshlngton. Mircb IS The President to-dsy sent to the Senste the following nominations: To be envoy extraordinary snd minister plenipotentiary Kdwln V.

Morgan, of New York, lo Korea. To be consul general llorara Lea Wsshlngton. iMslrlrt of Columbls, at Cap Town. To consuls John II. Rnodgrsss, of West Virginia, at Pretoria; George L.

Dob-son, of loa, at llsngchnw. China; Oeorg C. Mrlniosh. of West Virginia, Is be consul general at lluenns Ayrrs. To be Juds.

Seventh Judicial circuit Christian C. Kuhlaaat, of Illinois To Judge of Ih northern district nf Illinois-Solomon II. Ilcih-a, of Illinois; K.oessw M. I.li'lls, of Illinois. ROOSEVELT TO TALK TO MINERS.

Wsshlngton. Msrrh 1S-A delegation nf smhrselt coal miners, headed by John Mitch-ll. president of ihs tilted Mine Worker nf Amerlts. railed on the President In-day lo Invite him to address a meeting of miners Th President aerptd ih Invitation and derided ihs( he should be In Wilkss bsrrs ou August Vf' i 1 Big BtldRe's 8.nrt Tisvellnn Ih.ihi.I. .1 Kifiy tliti-h HI a I strs ts at I Mm.

hi mil N.w vtk H'ram l. allis I has l- nli a (ri'a-tirw ii, h.Kht ai f-. I la diamei.r stol torn iio ir (,. atru -lur to nuiKe o) roila of tlo-bridge Hit. r'timioLr ot ihr plain not IW l.r-l In.

I paa.li.g ull "or lo lilmka frinn iil.in to hnoiil atrnue will tiH t-v thr rliy In a l.url llm Thla lll Ik. tolloatnl l.y of the liind Ihe loon I' I I Cur apptna. or mile in I'-ngth from Vernon avr-tiop sni-iinrsK to tit" end of Thotnann a'tto. iniottsioii 1 he ptl' Ire atni- I ura ss or lr I nn 1 1 y' pi an to- 1. a to l.a tel In (OK'h rilinil.rw fjeui Hero uj sxnue, brtwcm Kli'-U.

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