The morning call., 1893-07-13
Yorktown Ordered to the
Pacific.
LIKEWISE THE CHARLESTON.
Harveyized Steel Will Hereafter Be
Insisted On for the Armor of
New Cruisers.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

naval review continues, and as fast as they
can be made ready the white ships are be-
ing sent to the four quarters of the globe.
The latest to receive orders to sail is the
Yorktown, now at the New York Navy
yard. She is in the dock being painted,
and next week, if everything is ready, she
will proceed to the Pacific station, by way
of Cape Horn.
The VOYAGE will take nearly three
months under ordinary cruising power,
and it Is probable that the chip will bring
up at San Francisco unless events in Peru
seem to require her TO stop there. She
will then be cleaned and put in shape for
service to relieve one of the vessels of the
Hawaiian Islands-probably the Boston
which has been long time ou the station,
and is in need of an overhauling.
The Yorktown will so out under a
new commander, for an order was issued
at the Navy Department to-day detailing
Commander Harrington from duty as in
spector of the fourth lighthouse district
and ordering i'm to the command Of the
Yorktown, relieving Commander Frank
Wildes, who is detached and granted one
months leave.
The cruiser Charleston, which has been
undergoing repairs at the Norfolk Navy
yard. is now ready for sea and will leave
for the Pacific station in few days. She
will go from Norfolk to VALPARAISO, and if
no orders await her there she will proceed
to Callao, Peru, where instructions will be
sent her.
One important result of the armor-plate
tests yesterday will be TO extend the use Of
the Harvey process. Secretary Herbert is
satisfied with the tests as far as they went,
but he has reached the conclusion that
while the plates are as good AS could be
expected from plain nickel-steel, they did
not show the resisting power OF the Har-
veyized nickel-steel plates.
The contracts under which the plates
are made permits certain pieces to be made
of plain nickel steel. The reason for this
is that the Harvey process Is very difficult
of application to curved plates or pieces OF
Irregular form.
But notwithsta tanding there are practical
difficulties, Secretary Herbert is deter
mined that the armor protection of our
new ships shall be of the highest resisting
qualities. and believing. that American In
genuty can meet the requirements of the
case, he will insist hereafter that all plates
shall he treated By the Harvey process.
Secretary Herbert has decided to make
permanent the suspension Of the order for
Commodore Kirkland to take command of
the South Atlantic station, and will allow
him to remain as commandant of the
League Island (Pa.) hayward. This
will probably result in sending Commo-
dore Staunton to the South Atlantic sta
tion.
Secretary Herbert to-day accepted the
resignation of Commodore Wilson as
Chief Constructor OF the Navy and ap-
pointed Constructor Philip Hichborn to
succeed him. Commodore Wilson resigned
on account of Ill health.
The report from Caddo, !. T.. 10 the
effect that Governor Jones had stated that
the Choctaws under sentence of death will
surely be shot, is dscredited at the
Interior Dep partment. General Arm
strong. acting Commissioner of In
dian Affairs. said to-day he did not
believe Governor Jones made the state
ment ascribed to him, and further did
not believe the Governor ever intended TO
shoot those under sentence, except possibly
one or two Of the more desperate ring
leaders. From an official source it is in
timated that in case Governor Jones in
ssts upon the judgment of the Choctaw
court beng carried out the Government
might withdraw the protection of
troops, when Locke's adherents would
make short work of releasing the
prisoners. However, no trouble is feared,
as 1t is not thought the Governor will
deem it expedient to ignore the expressed
wishes of the President in the matter. 1t
is very pointedly said that 1t is only the
presence Of United States troops at Ant
lers that keeps Governor Jones in his
seat, and that be is in no condition to
make threats against the United States,
for the rival faction would probably clean
him out in short order if the protection of
the United States was withdrawn.
DR.. Warner Holt of Missouri, dismissed
by Commissioned Raum March last from
the position of clerk in the Pen sion Office
because he stated to Represen tative Tars-
ney during the last Congress that pensions
had been granted for badness, was to-day
reinstated, the substantial truth of his
statement having been ascertained.
United States Minister-elect to Brazil
Thompson of Santa Rosa, CAL. who has
been in Washington fer few days, will
remain here until about August 1, when
he Will take passage from New York for
Rio de Janeiro.
Benjamin d. Hyam died yesterday at
Garfield Hospital he had been in bad
health Tor some time past. Mr.. Hyam
was conspicuous at one time Ia Masonic
circles. He was the first Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of California and was
secretary of the convention which estab-
lished the Grand Lodge in that State. He
was man of marked ability and of wide
information and was an entertaining
talker. He leaves two sons and three
daughters.
The Chinese Minister'S wife. Mrs. Tsui,
left yesterday for San Francisco. Her
little son is very i'll and will be taken to
China. Minister Tsui expects to be re-
lieved by his successor within the next
few weeks. 1t is said the new Minister
will leave China next week.
The following coast patents have been
issued:
Grove S. Barthol omew, Garvanza, CAL.
wire fence. lock and stay; Joserh P. Far
ralt cee;o,or OsRriap q