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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

Money on call was 1hG1A per cent. with ex-
ceptions al IN per cent. Time money was ia
per cent for sixty days. 2lt per cent for three
months. per cent for four months and per
cent for six months Commercial paper rates
were 3G3N per cent for the best names for
three and four months. 3h@3ie for six months
and above for names not so well known
The foreign exchange market was firm. Actual
closing rates were follows:
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MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.

'Dep. stock. iIn,ercs, added.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23
Drinking Water For Ships.

The distilling OF salt water on board
ship nowadays has done away with q
trouble which in old days was as much
matter of Importance as Is the coal
supply OF a modern man-of-war. Be-
sides using 1t for drinking and cooking
purposes, 1T Is necessary to have pure
water for the boilers that furnish power
to the vessel. Sea water cannot be safe
ly used in them. for the deposit OF salt
would impair their efficiency.
An outfit for supplying fresh water on
vessel includes at least three things.
an evaporation. a distiller and filter.
The first and second resemble each 9TH
er in appearance and interior arrange-
ment, but the distiller is the smaller OF
the two. The filter. through which the
water passes before being stored, con-
tains a supply of animal charcoal.
Sometimes the water after going
through the filter is subjected to anoth-
err process. By means OF an "aerator's
air is made to bubble through the water
and impart more life to It, This process
is not essential, but it takes away the
rather fiat and insipid taste the fluid
would otherwise possess.
The quantity of water obtained in this
manner in the course of "a hours varies
according to the size of the plant. Sew
eral of the small vessels recently equip-
ped at the Brooklyn yard have evapo-
rating apparatus that will yield about
1000 gallons day. The consumption on
those vessels. II was estimated. would
be in the neighborhood of 1000 or 1900
gallons daily. The storage tanks with
which the vessels are furnished need
not be larger than is required to hold q
days supply. Great economy of space
results from the adoption OF this sys.
tenn. The evaporating plants on the
four fast passenger ships OF the Ameris
can line chartered by Uncle Sam are
each capable of producing 10000 gallons
day. A New York house that has
equipped nearly or quite so vessels with
evaporators I'm the last few years has
just been making estimates OF the prob-
able cost of an outfit which would yield
1000 gallons day.
The supply OF ocean water fed into
one of these evaporators is automaticaI-
ly regulated. As the water boils off
more is admitted by means OF a pump
under the control Of a peculiar vaives
and when the accumulation OF saline
matter in the receptacle reaches a cer~
tain point IL is blown off like the sedi-
ment that is found i'm ordinary steam
boilers when the feed water is not alto-
gether pure. In some evaporators the
salt shows disposition to form a scale
on the coils. thus interfering with the
transfer OF heat from the inside Of the
pipes to the outside. But one style Of
evaporator which has met with great
favor among the initiated has pipes OF
such shape that the alternate expan-
sion and contraction that are going on
all the time compel the scale to crack
and drop of.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

cate his family stock. His father was
DR.. Edward Howe Watson and his
mother Sarah Lee Crittenden. a daugh-
ter OF John Jordan Crittenden. a gov
ernor OF Kentucky who later became
attorney general In William Henry Har-
rison's cabinet.
General Thomas l.. Crittenden, II. s.
A., who at the battle of Buena Vista
delivered to Santa Anna the memorable
response, General Taylor never sur
renders" was an uncle to the commo-
dore.
Governor Crittendens second wife
was the widow of John Harris Todd,
and the son by her first marriage, Harry
I. Todd, was the father OF Chapman G.
Todd. a commander in the navy who
has been in charge of the gunboat Will
mington, that has done such good serv-
ice about Cienfuegos and the southern
shore OF Cuba.
When the project of attacking Spain's
seacoast cities was first announced by
the navy department. the warships or
dered to take part in the demonstration
were named. but since then there have
been so many rumors OF changes that
the exact make up OF the feet is in some
doubt. The following ships are the ones
first officially announced as composing
the fleet:
/. The Newark, flagship. commanded
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23
Energy Of Bic Guns.

The1. 3 and 6 pound guns on a war-
ship are usually mounted in the fightin0
tops of the masts. where they can conn
mand full sweep of the enemy's decks-
They can fire 100 rounds a minute.
The muzzle energy Of a ~ inch gun
represents $4,000 foot tons, or a power
that would raise $4,000 tons one foot in
a second. II carries a projectile weigh
ing 900 pounds distance OF IL miles,
At fighting distance those projectileo
will pierce 26 inches of armor steel.
The 13 inch guns have a muzzle en-
ergy OF $4,000 foot tons. Five hundred
pounds of powder is used TO hre pro-
jectile weighing 1000 pounds. which VIII
pierce three feet of steel. i.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

eight inch guns. four 6 inch. twenty
rapid firing Founders. six / Founders
and four machine guns Her length is
34s feet, beam 69.3 feet. Technically
described, she is "seagoing coast line
battleship of 10.2sS tons" She has one
military mast. Her Commander is Cap
tain Charles e. Clark.
In the great fight off Santiago the
Oregon. very materially assisted the
fleet armored cruiser Brooklyn in round
ing up the Cristobal Colon, and her
big guns did an immense amount Of
damage to several Of the Spanish ships.
The Colon was new cruiser and was
probably the swiftest ship in the Span
ish squadron. but the big Oregon. plung-
ing along at speed of 16 knots, was
able to practically overhaul her and
compel her to surrender.
3. The Iowa, which many naval men
consider the ideal battleship OF the
navy, but one in which greater speed
and coal endurance are sought at the
expense OF armor and armament. is
commanded by the famous Robley d.
Evans. Fighting Bob" who is just
seven steps lower than Barker on the
list Of captains. The steaming radius OF
the Iowa Is 1000 miles. She is our great
est battleship. being Of 11,525 tons dis
placement. and our fastest as well.
credited as she is with q speed OF II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23
The FiOhtin0 Men and Ehe Bio
6hiD5 That Are 10 Menace
The Spanish Coast.

went into the action was hurt by burst
ing shells or flying splinters. Her II
inch guns were served with terrible
precision, and the $50 pound projectiles
crashed through the armored sides OF
the Vizcaya, Maria Teresa and AL
mirante Oquendo. The 5attleship Mas
sachusetts has been mentioned as a
possible substitute for the Iowa In the
squadron and the cruisers Columbia
and Minneapolis as possible additions
to the roster of the fleet.
4. The three auxiliary cruisers, the
Yankee, the Dixie and Yosemite. were
formerly the Morgan liners Ell Norte, Eel
Sol and El Sud. The first is command
ed by Commander Willard II. Brown
son, who at Rio Janeiro fired the shot
that was never answered and resulted
In the collapse of the revolution there;
the Dixie by Commander Charles III.
Davis, who in two months from now
will be captain. and the Yosemite by
Commander William II. Emory of Gree
ly relief fame and who was a silent
spectator on the Petrol at Port Arthur
during the war between China and ia
pan. New York naval reserves man the
Yankee, Michigan reserves the Yosem-
ite and Marylanders the Dixie. The
last named has battery OF ten inch
guns, four Founders and two Colts
machine guns. The other two cruisers
are supplied with batteries OF ten inch
guns, six Founders and two Colts. A
number OF colliers and a supply ship,
originally merchant ships that have
been purchased by the government also
accompany the expedition. Unless there
is some serious accident. however. there
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

ships, the armored cruisers New York
and Brooklyn OF 21 knots speed, the CO.
lumbia and Minneapolis of % knots, the
Cincinnati of 20 knots and the aux
iliaries st. Paul and ST. Louis of %
knots. III was Captain Alfred Il. Ma
hans convincing arguments that result
ed in the plan of sending this initial
squadron To harass SPANS coasts, and
whatever subsequent suggestion he
makes may be adopted by the govern
ment.
1t is the general belief in naval circles
that no sustained attack will be made
on the Canaries, but that the fleet may
stop there under the lee OF the islands
10 replenish their bunkers. leaving the
supply on the colliers untouched, and
then proceed directly to Cadiz to bonn
bard the city. as Santiago and San Juan
were bombarded. II may happen, how
ever, that naval base viii. be seized in
the Canaries.
! Spain's available ships in ana near
Spain are the old cruisers Vitoria, Nu-
mancia, Lepanto and the Cardenal Cis-
neros, with three torpedo boats, the
Aricta, the Ragor and the Aristo. at the
Canaries. or the four cruisers mention
ed ii is known that the first two are
comparatively worthless, and the last
mentioned has for weeks been undergo
ing repairs. No information as to her
condition and state of efficiency is avail
able. but she cannot compare favorably
with our second class ships. The Prin-
cesa de Asturias. it is said. is being has
tily completed. In addition to the ships
named. Admiral Camara's fleet return
inG from the abortive Philippine e, di-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

Carlos v.-Captain Jose Juerez; SCI
men.
Audaz.-Captain Guilletino de Avila:
73 men.
Proserpina.-Captain Sances; ~ men.
Osado.-Captain Sinners; 72 men.
Rapido.-Captain Federico Compagon;
crew, 23S; troops. 200.
Patriota.-Captain Barriere; crew,
$50; troops, 200.
Buenos Ayres.-Jose Grau; crew, 1893;
troops, 1,044.
Isla de Panay.--Captain Baste; crew,
102; troops. 703.
Cavadonga. Prestelia; crew,
III; cargo, coal.
Colon.-Captain Louis Campos; crew.
l20; cargo, stores.
San Francisco.-Captain.. Marrosig
crew, 6S; cargo, ammunition.
In all this fleet the only fighting ships
OF Importance are the battleship Pc
layo and the Carlos ". The Pelayo is
the first and only battleship Spain has
ever built. Mighty as she is, our naval
officers believe she will speedily meet
the fate of the other crack ships of her
country, though manned by American
officers and seamen she might prove a
formidable antagonist to the Iowa or
the Indiana. She has a length OF $50
feet and a beam of 66 feet. with a dis
placement of $500 tons. Her coal ca
pacity is 500 tons. which will allow her
to steam 5000 miles at IL knots an hour.
She has two 12.5 inch guns in barbettes.
one forward and one aft; two IL inch
guns in barbettes, one on each beam
nine 5.5 inch, one 3.5 inch, two 81 inch,
three Founders. twelve 1 FOUNDER re-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23
POWERFUL COMMODORE JOHN cMTTENDEN WATSON

will not be the slightest necessity of
coaling at sea, even when the minimum
rate or speed, ten knots. across the At
lantic Is accepted as the probable ratio
OF progress. Two Of the colliers cannot
exceed ten knots. and this fixes the
maximum speed OF the squadron. The
most economical speed OF the Newark Is
ten knots, and at that rate, with full
bunker capacity. she can steam $500
miles. The distance from Santiago de
Cuba TO Gibraltar is less than $500
knots, or about 1000 miles.
The Oregon and the Iowa have an
economical speed OF 12ik knots an hour
and at that rate can run 1900 miles. At
ten knots an hour IL will take the feet
IL days TO reach the Canaries. or a fort
night TO place IL outside the fortifica-
tions OF Ca1iz. II is possible the squad
ron may be followed by our fast going
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

knots an hour. Her length is 800 feet.
her beam 72 feet, and she has an arma-
ment of four IL inch, eight s inch, six 4
inch rapid firers, twenty Founders. four
i FOUNDERS and four machine guns. Her
high freeboard makes her a better sea-
going ship than the Oregon, and she
can fight better In a heavy sea than her
companion. but In calm weather she
could not pour out as many tons OF
metal and would be a better target for
the enemy. But either the Iowa OF the
Oregon can successfully fight Camara's
entire fleet. on Santiago the Iowa bore
the brunt OF the battle with Cervera's
ships. She was the main object OF at
tack and yet was hit but nine times.
Four OF the Spanish projectiles struck
her unarmored sections and FIVE her ar
mored parts. but none penetrated the
armor, and not one OF the 500 men who
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

tion must be reckoned with. The flag
ship Pelayo, the armored cruiser En-
perador Carlos Quintos (Charles W. the
armed cruiser Patricia, late the Nor
MAMMA. carrying ~ guns. a few troops
and marines; the Buenos Ayres. with ten
guns. stores and few troops: the tor
pedo boat destroyer Audaz. the armored
cruiser Isla de Panay OF two guns, carry
ing stores and few troops; the Rapido,
late the Columbia, OF IL guns. carrying
few troops: the Colon, a storeship.
without guns or troops; the torpedo
boat destroyers Proserpina and Osado.
the transport Cavadsnga. no guns. and
the coalship San Francisco compose the
Camara fleet.
The officers and ships compliments
are as follows:
Pelayo.-Rear Admiral Camara, Cap
tain Fernandez Jose; crew, Sc men.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

volving cannon and seven torpedo tubes.
altogether a most powerful armament
In competent hands. She has a complete
armor belt OF harveyized steel. Ills to
III inch; in the barbettes. lis inch: in
the bulkheads. 1871 inch. and to the pro-
tected deck, 3.5 inch.
The Carlos v is $50 feet long. with a
beam OF 81 feet and displacement OF
5000 tons. Her coal capacity is 1.s00
tons. which. at the rate of ten knots an
hour. would allow her to make voyage
OF $4,000 miles. Her armament Is two IL
inch In barbettes, one forward and one
aft: eight 5.5 inch, four 80 inch. two 10
Founders. four 6 Founders. four pound
ers. two machine guns and six torpedo
tubes. The larger guns are all OF the
Hontoria make, the product OF Span-
ish inventor.
There are. In further enumeration of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

by Captain Albert s. Barker. late Of
the board Of strategy. She is a protect
ed cruiser Of 4.03s tons displacement,
with heavy protection deck over her
machinery. In nautical phraseology.
the flagship is three masted. schooner
rig" Her length is BILL feet, beam Is.2
feet. She carries twelve 6 inch rapid
firers. four Founders. four 3 Founders,
two Founders and seven machine guns.
Her speed Is 10 knots an hour. She has
a steaming radius OF 10. 900 miles.
2. The Oregon is the crack battleship
OF the navy. No foreign power has a
vessel I'm commission which compares
with her as fighter. European experts
have conceded that she outranks the
English Majestic. A sister ship to the
Indiana and the Massachusetts,. she has
greater speed than either of them, 16.7
knots an hour. Her magnificent voy-
age Of between 1900 and 1900 miles
from Puget sound to Key West has
never been equaled by a ship of her
class. The first American battieship to
cross the equator. she is the first 10
cross the Atlantic. Her four 13 inch
guns In the turrets are supported by
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

Spain's naval strength. two small ves-
sells at Cadiz. the Carea and the Medora.
OF which little is known. and the armed
yacht Giralda at Cartagena. but none Of
these ranks as ships of attack or Is in
tended for effective operations. Then
there are some few torpedo boats In th9
harbors OF the principal cities
The ports on the bay of Biscay are
much farther removed from Spain's ma
val stations and so called warships than
those on the southwestern coast and the
shores of the Mediterranean, but where
Watson will first strike remains TO be
seen. Prizes will be captured with ease
most anywhere along the coast but the
greatest damage to Spains commercial
and financial interests can be inflicted
by an attack upon Cadiz Cartagena.
Valencia and Barcelona. Port Mahon.
In the Balearic islands, a model harbor
well known to the naval officers OF the
world, would form an excellent base OF
supplies. and it may be seized by our
fleet, but 1t Is certain that the navy de-
partment will leave to public conjecture
many details of the trip of INVASION
II will have one beneficial influence
on Spain i'm uniting her people against
the attacks of the common enemy. 1t
may even be her salvation from anarchy
and the followers OF Don Carlos and
possibly end in her establishment OF g
triumphant republic. though favorable
results cannot be expected In the light
of her past history. Her people. stirred
by patriotic motives, are Fastening to
offer their services and their money in
defense Of the country's threatened
ports. Her soldiers can fight better than
her sailors, but there is no reason tn
suppose the United States will attempt
any armed conquest OF the land Im-
portant centers of trade like Santander.
Bilbao, Coruna. Gijon and Vigo are be-
ing put into a respectable state OF SUBJ
marine and land defense, Cadiz harbor
Is being sown with torpedoes, and the
Mediterranean towns have extensive
submarine defenses, but Farragut cared
nothing for them at Mobile. Dewey
scorned them in Manila bay and Wat
son, who was with both these officers 3f
years ago, knows their exact value.
Camara's fleet is the only Spanish naval
problem left for Uncle Sam to solve.
Dewey has smashed the fleet Of Admiral
Montijo. Schley and Sampson have sent
Admiral Cervera's magnificent SQUAD
ron to the bottom OF the sea, and the
naval question OF the hour Is, "Will
Watson smash Camara?" To the at
tentive American ear Echo seems to an-
swer, You bet!"
ROGER p. BARNUM. {,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23

ID an ensign on the Detroit. and Mra
Watson and six children reside in Phila-
/delphia.
From 1866 to 1867 he was attached to
the frigate Colorado, the flagship OF the
European squadron. He was trans
ferred to the Franklin when she became
the flagship and later to the steam sloop
Canandaigua, remaining in the Medi-
terranean' till 1869, when he was return
ed to Philadelphia on special duty for a
year. After being attached to the Alas
ka OF the Asiatic squadron in 1871 he
commanded the storeship Omaha at
Yokohama from 1872 to 1873. Then he
was stationed on ordnance duty I'm New
York and from 1874 to 1875 was at the
Mare Island navy yard. He command
ed the wyoming on the European sta
ton from 1877 to 1880 and was light
house inspector from 1850 to 1856. After
two years on special duty at San Fran
cisco and another term at the Mare Is
land yard for two years he assumed
command OF the cruiser San Francisco
In July. 1892. At the expiration OF his
cruise. in May. 1896. he was detailed 20
the Naval home.
lie Is a man OF iron gray aspect. and
his we'll lined, weather beaten face is
the face OF a middle aged man of the
sea. Although he has a keen sense of
humor. he is usually rather grave in
his department. In battle he is cool and
fearless. and from the time the first
gun is fired he is as self possessed when
delivering hard blows as when receiving
them. From the date OF the investment
Of Santiago he was I'm command OF the
Havana blockading squadron, post
that naturally gave him little oppor-
tunity TO become prominent in the pub
Tic eye.
His middle name would almost indi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-23
Copyright. 1851

copyright. 1851
"PREPARE FOR ACTION!"
"All ready. sir!"
"SLOW DOwN!"
AYE, aye, siri"
"MAKE 1T HARD APORT!"
Hard aport II is. sir"
These sharp orders and ready re-
sponses will ring out on each OF Com
modore Watson's big .fighting ships
when the eastern squadron has crossed
the Atlantic, and Barcelona. Cadiz. Car
fagena. FerroI. Valencia, Ceuta or some
Spanish seaport I'm the Canaries seems
TO fairly cover before the big guns OF
the fleet.
Commodore John Crittenden Watson,
No. on the list of his rank, was born
in Frankfort, KY. in 1912. and will be 56
years old on Aug. % He was appointed
midshipman from his native state in
1856 and entered the, Naval academy
at Annapolis, Nd, on Sept. 29, gradual
ing in June. 1860. He became a master,
a grade now abolished. on Aug. 81. 1861,
a lieutenant on July 16, 1862, when he
was ordered to the Hartford as navi-
gator. a lieutenant commander July
25. 1865. commander on Jan. %, 1874, a
captain OH OldTc0 1901, anu II COnlfnO-
dore on the 7th OF last November He
will become rear admiral in the natural
course of events on Dec. 26. 1899.
He is an officer Of long and varied ex-
perience, and his record marks him as
one OF the ablest men In the navy. AS
Farragut's flag lieutenant he was of
great assistance to the admiral in the
battle of Mobile Bay. Aug. s. 1864, and
was twice wounded, once by a shell
from the Confederate steamer Warning
ton. To him and Richard Knowles. sea-
man, also fell the honor OF lashing Far
ragut to the rnizzen rigging on the
crosstrees OF the Hartford. His con-
duct won unqualified praise from the
old admiral.
Lieutenant Watson has been brought
TO your attention in former times" de-
clared Farragut in his official report.
''He was on the poop attending to the
signals and performed his duty, as
might be expected, thoroughly. He Is a
scion worthy of the noble stock he
springs from, and 1 commend him to
your attention"
Commodore Watson was also in the
battles of New Orleans, Vicksburg and
Port Hudson. Since the war he has had
the usual routine duty of a naval off,
Ger. at sea and on shore, and was for a
number Of years governor OF the Naval
home in Philadelphia. In 1878 he mar
ried Miss Elizabeth Thornton, daughter
OF Judge James Thornton of San Fran
cisco. One son, John Edward Watson.