The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07

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The New Orleans Almost Due.
New York. April Both the Army and
Navy authorities are on a sharp outlook
for the New Orleans. formerly the ANA
zonas which is expected to arrive here
today. The New Orleans was purchased
from Brazil in England, and she is a fine
cruiser. She will join the other warships
. i'm Southern waters.
As for the Army officers, they want to
I see the New Orleans make port for the
I reason that she has a great supply of
4 ammunition, which was obtained i'm Eu-
: rope for the Government, besides thirty
? four Maxim and Nordenfeld rapid-fire
guns Of the most modern pattern. As
7 soon as these guns and stores can be UNI
! loaded they will be shipped TO the forti-
/ fications on the coast. Each fort will get
two OF the guns and supply of ammuni-
I ton.
The Norwood May BE Ours.
Trenton, n. j.. April The steam
. yacht Norwood, owned by Norman l..
Munro, and said to be one OF the fastest
in the world. left here for Charleston. s
/ G. where. IL is said. she will be used by
/ the United States Government as a dis
patch boat.
yard last night and Immediately look on
coal. which was paid for in cash by the
captain. No explanations were made
except as 10 the yachts destination.
Assemblyman Frank Weller said that
the Information h. received from the cap,
tain was that the yacht was being taken
to Charleston with the idea Of selling to
the Government. The Norwood is about
60 feet long and has speed OF p knots
The Bailey.
New York. April 7.-Seabury & Com
pany. whose shipbiulding works are at
Morris Heights. on the Harlem River.
have a contract to build a torpedo boat
destroyer for the United States at cost
not 10 exceed $3.50 Goa. The boat was 10
be delivered within A year and half
from the time Of awarding the contract.
which Was done last fall. Work on the
destroyer. which is to be named the Bal
ley. for Lieutenant Bailey who served
under Farraeut. IS being pushed.
The boat will be 20J feet long. and mus,
cover thirty knots within an hour The
builders believe that the Bailey can be
driven AZ a speed Of thirty-three knots.
She will be- mounted with smaN rapid-fre
guns. and viii have three torpedo tubes.
The Diogen,s.
Gravesend. England. April THE
American cruiser Diogenes. Lieut.. John
J. Knapp in command. passed here at
$40 o'clock yesterday afternoon bound
FOR Weymouth. where the United States
torpedo boat Somers. commanded by En-
sign Z. W. Hazelton. arrived on Monday.
The ESSEX.
Portsmouth. y. H.. April 7--Orders
have been received at the navy yard here
-
United States ship Essex al once. All the
officers and men from the Essex have
been ordered to New York. and the work
OF shipping the modern battery OF the
ship TO New York is being pushed.
The Montauk.
Lewiston, Me, April Two companies
Of twelve picked men each have been
made here from Dana Battery and Au-
burn Light Infantry First Regiment. NJ |
Y. NJ. for duty in manning the monitor
Montauk at Portland.
The NmphItritc.
Capi Simpsons big feet at Key West
will be stin further strengthened in
day or two by the arrival of the double |
iurreted monitor Amphitrite which left |
Beaufort this morning for that purpose. |
The Wheeling.
The gunboat Wheeling. OF the Pacific |
station, arrived at Nanaimo, b. G. yes
terday.
The jason and Nahant.
New York. April Naval miltiamen
in this city and Brooklyn who are
waiting orders TO go TO Philadelphia and /
man the wartime monitors, Jason and
Nahant were pleased yesterday.
Gov Black had asked Theodore |
Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the |
Navy. to assign two OF the new coast
wise steamers purchased by the Govern |
ment to the Naval Militia of this State,
to be manned for the defense of New
York harbor, Long Island Sound and /
any other point designated by the Navy |
Department.
commander w H. Stayton mustered
last night the men who are detailed to
man the Jason. Equipments were serv-
ed out. and all are ready FOR hurry
call.
The Gatania.
New York. April 7-Lieutenant Com
mander Kelley and Chief Engineer Taw-
ressy of the board. went to Erie Basin
Yesterday afternoon and inspected the /
steamship Catania, owned by Slomen &
Co. of Hamburg. She is 3l5 feet long
and measures 1,i72 tons. Her owners are
thinking of obtaining an American reg
istry for some of their vessels. The
members of the board inspected the
Catania with a view to using her as
distilling vessel.
Fast Tugs.
New York, April There was an in
spection yesterday Of the tugs Z. A.
Meade and the Thomas p. Fowler, of the
Cornell line. They are among the fastest
of the Hudson River craft. The steam
pilot boat, the Philadelphia, of Phila-
delphia. was offered TO the board yester-
day. IL is understood that the price was /
$3.50 GOO. she is 1sS feet long, % in beam
and ii deep. She is new boat and can
make IL IL half knots an hour. She is
now lying off the Delaware capes
Lieutenant Commander Mark.
Lieut. Commander Adolph Mark |
United States Navy, who was the judge |
advocate of the Court of Inquiry on the |