New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-13
NEWS NOTES ATTHE CAPITAL
SECRETARY HERBERT ANNULs THE CON
TRACT FOR THE BROOKLYN ORYDOCk.

FAST AVERAGE SPEED MAINTAINED BY ADMIRAL
MEADE.s sQuADRoN-MoNEY FOR THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
Washington April l2.-Secretary Herbert this al
tornoon annued the contract with John Ghlhes' OF
RroolIyn for the New-York Navy Yard drydock
md advertised for proposals to compete the WORK
The contract made on November H. ls'-' 'he
dock 10 be delivered to the Government IN liIs'!
TWO months The price be paid was siS2oiS ~
and m TO date payments TO the amount of about
SI65O 900 have been made TO Gilies II mas Detn :.
forcgone conclusion for time that the contract
Would never be completed and several days az"
the department permitted other Du. ,i 81 tbn S
measurements with view 10 eS''''ia'''S va Wv
naming work
Poccntlv chroncled runs of Admiral Meade
SQUADRON at the maintained speed of thirteen KNOTS
az hour have called attention to the lac' 'n'' ~
marion has hitherto assembled under one COMMAND
a floating force capable OF such hiGh speed III III
formation. The best earlier record on snort CRUISES
vas twelve knots and the customary rate mas oeeh
only ten knots. where several vessels are oo"0'i"'
The. slowest ships now taking their cues from III.
flagship -Yorks signals are the Cmchha' anu
the Raleigh which have no difficulty IN steai'hs
y. 49, ,hir,e.nknot rate The New-York. Minneap-
ol,s and Columbia are able to preserve their 'dc"-
cal distances easily while running az sNteen-Nno'
GAIT and it is believed that the two latter VeSSe'
Tau,liarlv known as the Pirates. keep each other
company for at least day at time rdc'"e q"
the rate of about twenty knots an hour'
While II Is conceded that at least one Europea"
nation might assemble such speedy feet OF IOeI
or I'VE GrS spd NAT iG American Admiral s the
first officer who has ever atteinp,ea an. an or had
squadron movement in thirt-n-knot time' Vi "''
any chance of succeeding in the aeI InpeSd certain
The mac. One of which Admiral Meade
has reported 10 the Navy Department Al 5GCn
SPEEDS - o prserve considerable leeway the YES
sells on the extreme right and LETT OF t ram the
SasShp At this distance it is something's foa ar DIS DIS
GcGlt 10 read the Adrrals signals which de" sonare
Of about
Strung from the yards -Four such naSs, feet and
the modern military maSts Of arm9Tgd ,hsf ths
usually do not permit OF TINS on her return
to this country.
Secretary Lamont has decided on the main fea'-
ures Of the official exercises authorized oS W
gross in the dedication of the CAlcNaihausa Gnu
.Cbattanoosa National Military Park. Inc cere-
monies will begin on the battlefield OF enc "dl''u7'
ON Senternber 49, and will comprise the formal an
nouncement of the opening Of the PARK ny Two ora
Department represeRuHg me ,roinence and the
lions by speakers of NatonaI piVliIi .io, dav ex-
proper military display on the loOMn,s seting 70
the battles Of Lookout Mountain ana Mlssom .hat
Ridge will he held at hatanOcsd Win d yaNre -
have ali the armies represented in the bates par par
tcipate in the dedication by setting apH ar
mics of the Tennessee and the n5ht OIL Inc y Tg,n
the Armies OF the Poonla he I ed by the
lieutenant and detachllent ~ r,oii ,5l
So5 is regular annual reunion al Chatianoosa On
the evening of September - pfeCculs; raoresanta-
lion and 10 this all official visitors ana reprfseH'a
lives OF the other army societies Will be invited
Secretary Lamont to-day approved the project SUD
roitted bv the Mississippi River Commission Tor me
,nonrovement of the Mississippi River from the neaa
OF the Passes to the mouth OF me OIo ~ ss ae1 in
cne s5 BY the unaffected appropria'iNn, OF
1894 remaining uneXpended;o ,o lhis RAVES an ''
bic appropriation of $2o'SVn
Secretary, Hoke Smith did not to discuss the
cal combination had been made by which "t,d ,.
Gordon would run for Governor and Secretary sintn
would make the for the United states oeHa. o;
be a candidate for the Governorship
Meredith H. Kidd, of Indiana, has resigned as
member Of the Dawes Commission to investigate
the condition Of the five civilized tribes. and Will be-
come chairman Of the Ute commission
An excellent Photographic counterfeit OF the %
note Of the American Exchange National BANK oI
New-York City, was to-day discovered in the money
sent 10 the National Bank for redemption. division
of the Treasury for redemption. TIE note is OF
the 1892 series. check letter f. with the portray
OF Garfield on II. \ warning has been SEM OUT pS
No fear Is expressed here that the japanese Gov
eminent may insist upon more equal political priv
ileges being extended TO her subjects in Hawah
than they now enjoy. While the number of Japan
csc in the islands is relatively large-22o or more
the convention under which they We're sem 10
Hawaii gives them no political rights Whatever.
can be learned few If any OF the number have a
desire to remain permanently in the country The
convention under which they remain in Hdwa was
framed in 1856 and viii expire three years hence.
II may be renewed again or not. botn Parties de-
sire The japanese as laboTeTs, nave proved sSuS-
factory in the sugar fields OF Hawaii. and their
presence In the islands therefore, is desired oy the
planters. The only japanese. II Is asserted who
may seek the advantage Of the suffrage, viii
be the merchants. who do not number at the pres
ent time 100 all told and who are not likely at any
TO WELD any political Influence.