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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28
COST MILLIONS.
New BattIeship Iowa Will be
Launched Today.
EQUAL I'd ANY FOREIGN SHIP OF
SIMILAR TYPE,

Her Construction Was Begun in July 1898
How the Machinery Is Protected
The EShip's Armament Deadly Tor
pedoes.
Today the Iowa will be launched at
Cramps shipyard, Philadelphia, and
then amid the mysticism of that oere-
mony, the cheers Of crowds, and the
shrieking blasts of every nearby whistle,
the largest of our frst-class battle-ships
will glide down upon the waters of the
Delaware, and the ship will be one i'm
portant stage in her history nearer the
beginning of her active service and that
career in which she is to help maintain
the might. majesty and peaceful domi-
nance of our flag.
Appropriated for by act of Congress APP
proved July 10, 1892, the work of her con-
struction was awarded to VIM. Cranp
& Sons on February II, 1893, for the con-
tract price of 5000, 900, and ON August 5
following her keel was laid.
The vessel has a thousand tons greater
displacement than her prototypes, the
coast-line battle ships Indiana, Massa-
ohusetts and Oregon, the difference be
ing carefully adapted to the betterment
OF the latter craft; and she may be said
to bear the first impress of possibilities
suggested by the Harveyizing armor pro-
cess, a method Of manufacture by which
the face of the steel Is hardened to any
desired depth, thereby greatly increas-
ing its defensive properties.
The ship is 800 feet long, has a maxi
mum beam of 72 feet az inches, and will
draw. when ready for sea, a trfe over ~
feet of water. In all the suge estiye light
ness of white paint one would hardly i'm
sgine her floating mass of H. 40 tons of
steel, but such in fact she will be when
fully equipped and prepared for service
PROTECTING THE vITALs.
The motive power and machine ~ of q
ship, aside from tho guns and their pro-
lection, are termed the "vitals," and to
shiel them from an enemy's fire is a
prime consideration. To that end, on the
Iowa, waterline band of armor, ~ feet
wide and IA inches thick, feet above
and ~ feet below the load line, running
forward and aft for distance of 1856 feet
smidshlp, offers a'broadside protection.
The ends of this belt are then Joined in
board by athwartship bulkheads 10 inches
thick, and resting, like roof, upon the
four walls thus formed is a protective
deck of steel 234 inches thick, strong
enough to defect any shot passing in
through the fve-inch armor, which rein
forces the sides from the top of the heavy
band up to the main deck
Above this roof and extending to the
sides are many feet of coal, so wisely dis
posed that its presence may give added
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

miles of cooling pipes, it is turned out in
the form Of hot water ready for recon-
sumption.
THE WONDERS OF THE INTERIOR.
Steam will spread its cheerful glow
throughout the living spaces and keep
them dry and warm under the hardest
of weather conditions, and great blowers
will send fresh air into the bilge and coal
bunkers and drive there from the noxious
fumes and gases that may gather there.
An electric plant will develop the light
needed to shed the refulgence of hun
dreds and thousands of candles within
her darkest corners or to guard without
against sudden assault at night; distil-
lers, with daily output of 1900 gal
Ions, will supply plenty of fresh, pure
water; large galleys will cook in ample
bounty wholesome food for the Grew; a
refrigerating plant, with daily capacity
of a ton Of Ice, will grant that comfort
and preserve unspoiled the fresh proyend-
or that home food may welcome the
sharpened appetities and replace the
sdlb DOIs6 Auu nhru thcK Oh former
times when far at sea.
The miles and miles of rope which
formed the rigging of our ancient craft
have modern substitute In the thou
sands and thousands of feet of steam and
water pipes that do a like transfer of
power and hold control over all the me-
chanism and every one of the many
water-tight compartments into which the
ship is cut.
AS A FOE.
The offensive phase of the ship will
consist primarily Of guns and torpedo
discharges. The main battery is COM
posed Of four twelve-inch and eight eight
inch breech- loading rifles mounted in
pairs in six turrets; the secondary bate
nv consists of six four-inch rapid fire
guns, while twenty six-pounder, four one
FOUNDER and two gatling guns constitute
all auxiliary force.
The four twleve-inch guns are housed
in two barbettes, balanced turrets, and
poke their long bodies out through walls
of hardened steel fifteen inches thick.
while the mecbanisins that turn the tur-
rets through their arc of s7o degrees,
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der the control Of powerful pumps, hay
Ing individual capacities of thousands of
gallons minute. The entire interior of
the ship Is further cut up into other but
larger compartments, that can be filed
or drained at will TO quench FIRE or to
overcome leak.
way down in the depths of the craft,
beneath the water and under the protec-
tive Geek and those tons and tons of coal
each in its own compartment-are five
ponderous boilers and two sets of triple
expansion engines, which must develop
ehe power needful to drive the ship
through the water at-.the rate of sixteen
knots AN hour.
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POWERFUL MACHINERY.

With bare breasts and arms, corps of
coal beavers and fremen will shovel fuel
INTO those thirty odd glaring mouths and
torment with long slice bars the furious
masses of writhing flames that the boilers
may be goaded to their working pressure
OF 100 pounds under the added draught
or numerous fans. Delft engineers and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

tended sweep. From these rifles and the
smaller rapid-fire guns could be main
tanned perfect storm of explosive SHE'LL
before which the unarmored parts of a
foe would yield like paper and through
which it would be impossible for a tor
pedo boat to pass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-28

Her Construction Was Begun in July 1898
How the Machinery Is Protected
nedoes
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
THE DONAHUE FOUNTAIN.
May Surpass in Artistic Merit
the Phelan Monu.
ment.
IN HONOR OF MECHANICS.
In Selecting Design Competition
of Artists Will Be
Invited.

Among the provisions of the will of J.
Mervyn Donahue is one that fountain,
to cost $25, 600, shall be erected at the in
tersection of Battery. Bush and Market
streets. 1t was the idea of the testator that
the fountain should be dedicated to the
mechanics of San Francisco.
The executors of the estate, Peter Nc
Glynn and ]. F. Burgin, have long been
anxious to execute the desire of the testa-
tor in this regard, but litigation has pre-
vented a final settlement of the affairs of
the estate and thus precluded action. A
decision of the Superior Court was re-
Gently rendered which held in effect that
the estate was not liable for certain claims
presented by the Seligmans of New York.
Should there be no appeal from the judg-
ment of the Superior Court to the Supreme
Court, the residue OF the estate will be dis
tributed and the $4,000 be set apart for
building the fountain.
The executors will take particular pride
in fulfilling this obligation of the trust
imposed upon them. They appreciate the
fact that Mervyn Donahue desired beau
tiful fountain to be erected, which should
stand as monument expressing the kind
ness which he and his father entertained
for the mechanics of this City. The testa-
tor, it is well known, desired that the
fountain should be work OF art and an
ornament of San Francisco. With these
impressions in mind, the executors will
open competition for designs and offer
such inducements for a design of recog-
nized merit and beauty that leading artists
will be tempted to compete for first honors.
1t is acknowledged that the design of the
Admission Fountain, to be erected by
James D. Phelan, is a work of art, yet this
monument, it is claimed, will be surpassed
in grace and beauty by the Donahue
fountain.
Messrs. McGlynn and Burgin are Of course
anxious to begin work at once. Should an
appeal be taken to the Superior Court
final decision would not be reached before
Tu1v DoYf
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
GOSPEL RESCUE WORK.
New Society Pledged to Works of Char
ity and Evange1ization.

New Society Pledged to Works of Char
ity and Evangelization.
Much interest is being shown in religious
circles regarding the new Gospel Mission
ary and Rescue Society organized in this
City on New Years dav this year. The
society has at its head as president J. D.
Barton and as general manager f. l.. Gau-
thler- These two gentlemen, with large
corps OF devoted assistants, have been
hard at work since the society was formed
and have found many friends both able
and willing to aid them. Donations of
money, groceries and other necessaries for
the work have been received and are CRATE
fully acknowledged by the management.
Among the most welcome gifts was large
tent with chairs and pulpit furniture for
the meetings of the society. Mrs. Elizabeth
Aver, secretary of the organization, is en-
thusiastic IN her conviction that the work
W i'll prosper
"Our main object she said yesterday,
us to organize missions and rescue homes
wherever We can. In these missions we
hope to be able to aid the deserving poor
by means of donations from mpathizing
friends. This is one of our objects-to
remedy human suffering in a purely
human way. Our great end is, however.
TO bring wanderers from the right to
sense OF their unhappy state and induce
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
FOR FORGERY,
Special Session of the Grand
Jury on but Short
Notice.
The Two Men Suspected of Passing
the Bank of Woodland
Check.

The Grand Jury held special session
Yesterday afternoon. The member were
called together at O'Clock on short notice
to indict Dean and McCloskey for forgery
in connection with the raised draft from
the Bank of Woodland, which was ham
died in this City by the Crocker-Wool-
worth Bank and the Nevada Bank.
The witnesses called to the jurv-room
were Captain Lees, Mr.. Tompkins of
Woodland, George Grant of the Nevada
Bank, William H. Crocker of the Crocker-
Woolworth Bank and Willis Lyttle, boy
who was employed one day in Deans
office.
There was testimony to the effect that
Joseph McCioskey, who has manv aliases
and IS known to the police throughout the
country as an all-around criminal. was
seen in the City with Dean the day the
money was obtained on the raised check.
The boy Lyttle was present when the coin
was placed in an express wagon by the two
men.
The Grand Jury after hearing the wit
nesses went into Judge Slack's court and
Frank MasKey, the foreman, presented in
dictments against Dean and McCloskey
respectively for forgery. In the usual
form eXtradition papers will issue and an
officer be sent to Minneapolis to bring the
prisoners to this State for trial.
The Grand Jury did not take up any
other business, but ad diourned Immediately
after the indictments were found.
Captain Lees received dispatch yester-
day that Dean, under the name of Frank
l.. Seaver, was convicted on May 90
1891, in the United States Federal
Court in Kings County, New York, of
counterfeiting and circulating standard
dollars and was sentenced to three years
in the State Prison.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
DIR. GHIESLIN DEAD.
He Was SO Years Old, Was Never Mar.
ried and Left an Estate Worth
&4OO,OOO.


DR.. ]. T. Ghieslin, one of the early pio-
neers of Portland, Or, but who has lived
at the Occidental Hotel for a dozen
years, died at the hotel early yesterday
morning. He was 63 years old.
The doctor and the late DR.. Basil Norris,
who also lived at the hotel, were long in
innate friends. Both had been surgeons
in the army, were about the same age and
of very similar tastes. When DR. Norris
died, about month ago, DR.. Ghieslin took
to his bed in moody way. 1t was hard
blow on him. There was at no time we'll
defined ailment, except the asthma, which
had affected him for many years, and
which had caused the change of his resi-
dence from Portland.
Or Saturday last, however, he sustained
a slight paralytc shock. He passed away
like one asleep. DR.. Dorr was IN attend
ance on him.
The doctors estate is said to be worth
$4O0, 600. 1t consists almost entirely of real
estate and buildings in Portland. The
money the doctor made from his profess
sion in his young days he invested there,
and the rise in values made him rich. He
was never married. He has nephew in
the East of whom he was very fond, and it
is supposed he will get the bulk of the
property. The will is as vet unopened.
The BODY will be sent to Portland to-
morrow by the steamer State of California
for hi rial
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
THE TENANTS BUILDINGS
End of the Suit Over the Lin
coin School Prop.
erty.
Judge Seawell Has Decided That the
City Owns the Land but Not
the improvements.

The tenants of the Lincoln School lot on
Fifth and Market streets can do as they
please with their buildings. Judge Sea-
well has so decided in an agreed case sub
mitted to him some days, ago.
The question arose over the uncertainty
as to who owned the buildings at the ex-
piration of the lease-the City or the
lessees. 1t was stipulated in the adver-
tisement for bids that the lessee should
remove the buildings at the expiration Of
his lease. but the lease itself did not con-
tain that provision. Under this omission
the City claimed the improvements. In
rendering his opinion Judge Seawell stated
the law as follows:
At the tine when the act was passed the
land was vacant land unimproved. No leases
could be made for less than the sum specified
in the act. 1t may well be assumed that in
fixing minimum rate the Legislature in
tended that the rent should represent the full
value of the land without any Improvements,
as the tenants could not make any profitable
use of the land without the erection of build
ings. 1t must have been contemplated that the
board should have power to deal with con-
ditions which necessarily arose when leases
were to be made.
In recognizing the right of the lessees to re-
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03

wharf at A. NJ. when the squall came up.
She was headed to all points of the COM
pass inside of ten minutes, and finally the
anchor lost its hold and the revenue cutter
went adrft.
1t was ebb tide at the time and the ves-
sci went scudding down the harbor like a
frightened deer. When off Lombard
street wharf she narrowly escaped going
into collision with the English ship Sierra
Ped ros and then the sweep of the tide
headed her out for sea. When little be-
low Alcatraz steam was on the boilers and
with sixty pounds of steam showing on
the gauge the Rush began to buck wind
and tide. On her way back she ran foul
of the Jebsen and came within a very
short margin of going 10 the bottom.
''It was a bitterly cold night" said
Lieutenant BalIinger yesterday, "aEd the
sleet was so thick that 1t was almost inn
possible to see q boats length ahead.
When we finallv got steam up the Rush
could just held her own against the wind
and tide. Owing to the fact that it is now
the time for spring tides the water runs
like a mlllrace, and that, coupled with
75-mile gale, made things lively. We saw
the Jebsen's lights and tried to clear them,
but owing to the driving rain and sleet
misjudged our distance and failed"
What our damage will amount to will
rem ain to be seen,n said Captain Hansen
of the collier. 1--WE are not getting our
cargo out as quickly as possible. and when
the vessel is few feet more out of the
water we will hold an examination. l
think our repairs can be made without
going on the drydock, as our stem can be
Strengthened alongside the wharf. None
of our plates seem to be damaged, so the
repairs will not take long"
When the Rush struck the Peter Jebsen
the latter was riding at one anchor. Had
the revenue cutter struck her fairly amid
ships the latter would undoubtedly have
gone down. As it was, she lost two of her
boats, had her davits bent up and twisted
and was so badly damaged on her star
board side that eight or ten pianks will
have to be replaced.
The report of the Merchants. Exchange
reporter, who was on the spot, is as fol-
lows:
March g. at A. NJ, the United States steamer
Richard Rush, lying off Folsom street at an
Choir dragged in heavy southeast wind and
drifted down the bay to Powell-street wharf,
where she fouled the Norwegian steamer Peter
Jebsen, twisting the Jebsen's stem badly, and
carried away one of her own boats and did con-
siderable other damage to herself.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03

move their improvements at the expiration of
their terms, the board was not disposing of
any property which belonged to the City.
1t merely consented that the lessees should
not lose the property which they should them
selves create, and without which it would be
impossible for them to make any profitable
use ofthe land. The stipulation as to improve
ments was not made after they had become
fixtures and the property of the City and
County. 1t was made before the bids were
made tor the purpose of obtaining the highest
rent possible.
By this construction the City, at the expira-
ton of the term, receives back all that X owned
at the time when the leases were made, and
this is all that it snould receive. By the other
construction, for which the Board of Educa-
ton contends, the tenants will have paid to
which they were charged but also the valua-
BILE Improvements for which the City has given
no equivalent.
The suit was brought to prevent the
tenants from tearing the buildings down.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
MRS, MATHESON RESIGNS
Mrs. ]. w. Burners Charges of
Neglect of Duty the
Cause.
DR.. Wells AccuSer Has Turned Her
Attention to the Magdalen
Asylum.

elimination, explanation and resigna-
ton.
This was the story of yesterdays meet
ing of the Wor-an's Federation. Mrs.
Jane w. Bruner, who recently had a
passage-at-arms with DR.. We'll of the
Receiving Hospital, precipitated the
trouble by submitting report of the visit
of the committee on public institutions to
the Magdalen Asylum. She had not waited
for notification from the chairman of the
committee. Mrs. Florence Percy Matbe-
son, before making the investigation. In
defense of such procedure she alleged that
that lady had never discharged her duties
as chairman of the committee, and de-
manded why she had not.
Mrs MathesOn was on ner feet in
moment, but checked her impulse to an
swer the charge in the tone and manner
employed by the accuser. Shall l?'' she
said, looking inquiringly toward the presi-
dent. Say nothing that will cause hard
feelings" said Mrs. French deprecatingfy,
and Mrs. Matheson took her seat. She
wrote her resignation az member of the
committee, and asked a consideration OF 1t
at once. 1t was accepted.
Mrs. French Immediately called Mrs.
Bruner's attention to the requirements OF
courtesy in such case, but the lady
talked on.
In opposition to the expressed wish of
the president and some of the conservative
members OF the federation Mrs. Bruner
advocated that the City commit the crimi-
nals hitherto sent to the Magdalen Asy-
lum to the Whittier Reform School, her
claim being that it would be saving to
the State OF 81 month per capita. Mrs.
French said 1t was IL direct opposition to
her wish that only public institutions be
investigated, but her veto was ignored.
A communication from the Board of
Health, stating that that body would give
committee from the federation an au-
dence at IL 80 A. NJ. tomorrow, was read.
The committee will present its reasons for
the much criticized action concerning the
Receiving Hospital at that time.
Mrs. French called attention to the fact
that the side-entrance ordinance had been
enforced in the case of Coleman, saloon
keeper. She requested that the proper
committees cooperate with st. Luke's
Medical Society in its work of aiding the
poor. She advised that all ladies who
could do so should be in attendance when
the Judges charge is given to the jury in
the Lane case.
Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Farr
were appointed committee to confer with
the Supervisors in regard to the expenses
of the Magdalen Asylum.
A communication signed by Mrs. Will
son asked that the federation give atten-
ton to the violation of the law by liquor
sellers who send drinks to the dives. The
writer attributed the recent murder and
suicide on Morton street to such lnfraction
OF the law.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
ILLUsTRIOUs NAMES
Given to Good Indians Of the Hoopa
Valley Reservation.


Valley Reservation.
Captain w. E. Dougherty, U. s. A., In
dian Agent at the Hoopa Valley agency,
arrived in the City yesterday. Captain
Dougherty's second term of service at this
agency began three years ego, but prior to
that time he had passed many years there
as the representative of the Government.
at one time he knew every Indian-man,
woman and child-on the reservation.
When civilization in the valley reached
that point where the Indians saw the ad-
vantage of having names for their children
Captain Dougherty supplied illustrious
names for either sex with California prodi-
gality. 1t is not uncommon now to find
Susie, a Fannie or Maude among Indian
maidens named in honor of some belle of
army circles. For the noble red man him.
self names of great chieftains of the army
have been given literally.
When an Indian once gets name in
this fashion he cannot change it, as it is
entered on the records, but be is permitted
to exercise the widest discrimination in
the original selection of a name.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03

them to adopt better course of life and
conduct. For this reason our bylaws
oblige all cur mem bers to Join some evan
gelical religious body of their own selec
ton. We interfere with no church and
desire to aid the work OF all. In pursu-
ance of this design we propose to travel
wherever we can and. establish mission
stations in the interior towns, leaving a
Superintendent and assistants in charge of
each. In each place we visit meetings will
be held in the tent which was given US,
and we hope and trust that our work may
be abundantly blessed. Any material aid
in the way of groceries, dry goods. boots
and shoes, bedding, furniture and worn
clothing as we'll as money, will contribute
greatly to the success of our labors."
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
The Cutter Rush Ran Into the
Peter Jebsen During the
SoutheaSter.
SEPARATED IN CALM WEATHER
Both Vessels Considerably Damaged,
but the Revenue Cutter Suf.
fered Most.

One of the sensational incidents of yes
terday mornings southeaster was the col
lision of the United States revenue cutter
Rush and the Norwegian steamer Peter
Jebsen, The collier mad her stem twisted
all out of shape and the damage to the
revenue cutter will not be known until she
is docked for repairs.
There is a certain air of mystery about
the matter that only time will unravel
The Rush was at anchor off Folsom-street
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03
Ferry Depot Contracts.

The case of Bateman against the Controller
to compel the payment of demand for work
done under contracts for the new ferry depot
was argued before the Supreme Court yester-
day. 1t was question of which law the Har-
Dor Commissioners were working under when
they awarded the con tracts, and so Bateman
did $44 worth of work In order to test the
matter. The questions involved are technical
ones relating to the procedure in advertising
for and allowing bids. The case was sub
mitted.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-03

clude drunkenness and insubordination.
1t is also stated that still graver accusa-
tion will be entered against The lieutenant,
whose ambition. it is alleged, . seems to
have thwarted his better judgment.
Captain Heay is living quietly at Sau-
salito. Nothing will be known of the find
ings of the court until the result has been
finally made public by the authorities at
Washington. 1t is generally believed.
however, that the judgment of the court
has been favorable to Captain Healy.