Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-11-03
LAUNCHING THE OREGON.
Another Great Battleship Added to Amer
ica's Navy.

Another Great Battleship Added to A mer-
ioa's Navy.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 26.-The day is
to be made memorable in naval annals
by the launching Of another great Ameri-
can cruiser, the Oregon. She ranks with
the English cruiser Blake, 5000 tons the
Russian cruiser Pamiate Azova, 5000
tons; and the Argentine cruiser Nuevo
de Julio, $500 tons, all of whom have
about the same dimensions-from $50 10
1888 feet in length, and from A to IS feet
in breadth, as compared to the Oregon's
1888 feet of length aud go feet of breadth
In armament the Oregon will far out
strip any of the batteries of the above
She will carry four l3.inch, four S-inch,
and four 6-inch breech loading rifles,
sixteen 6-pcunder and six FOUNDER
rapid firing guns, and two Gatlings, be-
sides twelve torpedoes, seven above
water. Now almost the heaviest battery
carried by any foreign cruisers is that of
The Russian fleet, which carries two II
inch, four 9-inch, eight 6inch, ten 8
Founders, four machine guns and six
torpedo tubes.
The Oregon has been building at the
Union Iron Works here.
But the most important person in that
great throng on this important day will
be II young lady who will stand at the
bow of the monster of the deep and say
as the last block is knocked sway and
the FIRST tremor OF motion manifests
itself:
81 name thee Oregon"
AS these words are said bottle OF
fixing, sparkling wine will be broken
against the bow-a baptism of peace
for an engine of war-and the young
woman who said the words and broke
the wine will be one object to divide
the throug's attention with the gliding
battle-ship.
That young lady is Miss Daisy Aims
worth, of "Roselawn," the country pace
of the Ainsworthp, few miles out oi
Oakland. But at heart she Is an o ego
girl, born in the Webfoct State, ano
having the largest OF her family's tinan
cial interests there. She is the daughter
of Captain j. G. Ainsworth, known il
Oakland and San Francisco as q banker
and capitalist, in Redondo as the maker
of the place, and in Oregon as promotes
of some of the states most importan
enterprises.
Miss Ainsworth herself is charmin,
brunette personally, a belle in the societ,
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novels of hundreds of the poor. Sh'
was born in Oakland twenty-five year.
ago, and came to Oakland with he
father when he transferred many of hi
business interests to California something
like dozen years ago.
Miss Ruth Dolph, daughter of Senate
Dolph, will represent the navy at tn
launching.
| THE SHIP LAUNCHED.
Shortly before noon the Oregon wa
launched from the ways at the Uniol
Iron Works, in the presence Q
one of the greatest crowds CT peopl
which ever assem- bed here to witness
similar event Representatives of tn
army and navy officials of the genera
government and the states of Califosni
and Oregon and a large number OF invite
guests were present. At the momen
the several thousand tons OF steel com
menced to glide down the ways,
hundred salutes were fired, bands o
music played national airs, thousands G
spectators gave cheer after cheer ant
every steam whistle within radius of
mile of the works joined in the chorus
the new battleship now lies in littl
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awaiting her com pletion, which will b
pushed as rapidly as possible. The Ore
gon is what is technically known as
sea going coast-line battleship, and is tn
most powerful ship in the United State
navy. She will have maximum spec
CT seventeen and two-tenths knots an
will carry crew OF four hundred an
sixty men. She cost. exclusive of tn
armament, four million dollars.
Quite large party OF Oregonians wer
present. They included General Conn
son of Portland, the representative {
, Governor Pennoyer. AT given signs
i Miss Eugenia Shelby, representing tn
city of Portland, touched the eiectri
button which started the vessel down tn
ways. Miss Daisy Ainsworth, represen
, ing the state of Oregon, christened tn
> vessel. Miss Ruth Dolph, daughter {
Senator Dolph, Of Oregon, who was
have assisted in The christening cer'
3 monies, representing the United State
navy, could not attend, by reason I
sickness. Before the launch poem b
Samuel L. Simpson of Astoria, Oregon
was read by Mrs. Narcissa w. Kline,
of that city at the request of the Astoria
.tho bpr of Cop,