Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12
Vessels Sailed Yesterday.

None. "i7f
CARGO SHIPS TO SAIL.
c, Inc following ahio is revised list of the
port News for foreign ports: n
Rappahannock. Furness. Witty a.
Co dtd.l, Liverpool, June 12 a
st. Marnock, Funch. Edge & C@A&
Antwerp. June IT.. V8 xs
Reindeer. Furness, Witty e, 90.
(Ltdo. London, June Is. @
kanawha, Furness. Witty & Co.
(Ltd.). Liverpool June 81
Leander. Funch. Edge & Co., Ham
burg. June o. "gN fEf4
Greenbrier, Furness, Witty & Co.
tLtdO. London. June "a
oar kyrre. Funch. Edge & Co.. Rot. 4
terdam and Amsterdam, June %.
shenandoah. Furness. Witty & Co.
Ltd). Liverpool. June 25.
Indrani. Funch. Edge 6 Co.. Glass
COW, June IS. 00.8
kaFdan. Furness. Witty & Co.,
Ltd). Liverpool, June 30
Chickahominy, Furness. Witty &c
Co. (Ltd). London, July L.
Albano. Funch. Edge & Co.. Hama
burg, July ..
ST Enoch. Funch. Edge G. Co., An
twerp. July Is.
Alexandra, Funch, Edge & Co.
Copenhagen and ST. Petersburg, July
IS
CARGO SHIPS EN- ROUTE.
The following cargo ships are now
en- route to Newport News and Ha1np-
tho Roads for cargoes and orders:
FOR NEWPORT NEWS.
Lord Londonderry, Funch. Edge &
Co. Ardrossan. May "a.
St. Marnock. Funch, Edge & Co, An
swerp. May 2S.
olive Branch, Shields Nay 2s.
Reindeer. Swansea. June l.
kanawha. Furness. Witty & COD
Ltdo. Greenock. June 3.
Olaf kyrre. Funch. Edve & Co.,
Shields, June 3.
Greenbrier, Furness. Witty & Co.
Utd), London, June 4. an
Ben Corlic. Huelva- June S.
FOR HAMPTON ROADS.
Romolo. Naples. May 10: Gibraltar,
May q.
Adra Marseilles, May %; Gibraltar,
June l.
Hemisphere. Swansea. June /.
Felbridge. st. Vincent. c. ". June 5. |
NEWPORT NEWS SHARE.
The current issue OF the Manufac-
turers' Record contains the following
article, which will be of interest tol
the citizens of Newport News:
In the May number of Marine EnEtX
neering. in which the leading article iS5
devoted to an illustrated account OF
the launching of the battleships Kear-l
sarge and Kentucky at the Newportl
News (Va.) .shfpyard, is published al
list of warships and auxiliary vessels
recently acquired by the United States.
OF these the Cramps built the Wasp.
an auxiliary gunboat. $50 tons displace-5
ment: the Yosemite. auxiliary cruiser.
5000 tons: the Lebanon, collier, 3500k
McCulloch. gunboat. 1880 tons; ST.
Louis. auxiliary cruiser. II ,629 tons. and
the ST. Paul. auxiliary cruiser. 11,629s
TONS a total displacement OF 1858 tons.
Six were built at the Newport NewsE
shipyard-the solace, hospital ship.I
5000 tons: the Yankee. auxiliary crui-E
cruiser. 5000 tons; the Dixie auxiliarys
cruiser. 5000 tons the Algonquin. aux-l
iliary gunboat. 1877 tons, and the Buffac{
10. dynamite cruiser. 1850 tons. a totaIE
If 3I.267 tons displacement OF th6S
fifty-five vessels in the list. fortv-fou$s
were built in this country. Considering
the few years in which it has turneds
out vessels. the share which the New
| port News shipyard has had in the ac-s
nurements of the United States is de-
cidedly suggestive of the position
which it is to occupy in the expansionS
of the navy and the merchant ma
rine." 80
The foregoing list is correct excepta
THAI the Yosemite was built In NeWpoFS
News. while the Prairie was built q s
Cramps. !
NORFOLK AND NEWPORT NEWS.
In commenting" on the exports Of theS
country for the fiscal year. the Norfolk
Virginian and Pilot has this to say. In :
connection with the business of New :
port News and Norfolk: Its woTthys
OF note that Virginia, In. general anaE
her two great ports. Norfolk and New
mort News. have shared In. this In
"rease. The export values for this cisyB
FOR the month of April were IargelyE
over 100000 In excess of the GORE
spending month OF last year,rand 1t ISL
pSfinat ted that 4f1a avnorfc Cf
News will aggregate $50. 000. 900 IN 1885,
"a large increase over 1897.
The export trade of Richmond andE
West Point has been largely directedE
to Norfolk and Newport News. but thisss
IS not Of recent date. however. AnyE
comparison Of 1898 with 1897 would moth
include this gain. as it antedates thes
last mentioned year"
CHIcKAHOMINY DAMAGED.
The Chesapeake & Ohio steamshipA
Chickahominy. en- route from NewportE
News to Liverpool. was slightly dam-E
aged in collision off Gravesend severe
al days ago.
The damage to the ship will cost veryW
little to repair and will in no way in-E
terfere with her leaving on schedula@S
time on her return trip to this port. 4
SHENANDOAH ON THE WAY.s,gslS
g., The Chesapeake & Ohio steamship
Shenandoah left Liverpool on Wednes-
day for Newport News. She will arr
rive here about the ED.
A SUNKEN SCHOONER. Z
The steamer Gmayandotte: at New
York. from Newport News. req
ports that while off Northeast EndH
lightship, bearing NV. by NJ, distants
one mile. she passed the sunkenH
schooner S. v. w. Simmons. within
both topmasts about thirty feet out off
water and very dangerous to naviga-E
ton. 4l.Is.,
THE wALCOTT's LOSS.
The schooner George E. Walcott. st d
Boston several days ago from NewportE
Shoals, and when coming up the har-
Dor grounded on the Lower Middle. Is
but foated off apparently uninNred.
.#.. TORNADO IN TEXAS Il
(By Te1eeraph.l i
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, June 11.-A@