New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-25

THE BROOKLYN's CHRISTENING PARTY
SEES HER BATTLE SCARs.
-xAw1NATIoN OF THE IOWA AND OREGON com
PIETEp-rHE CUSHING AND THE ERlcs-
son ARRIVE NJ THE NAVY YARD

CAPTAIN cook ~ the Brooklyn sent su Informal
Invitation % tho Young women ~ the christening
party' who went with Miss May Schieren 70 Phila-
deipnIa whom the Brooklyn was launched. TO visit
tf. ship and see now she looked after the battle
With ,eryera 1ect Accordingly the following
patty rret st rho Hamilton Cluh yesterday al noon
" here they were the guests y Charles \. Schieren
a- luncheon. Miss May schieren Miss Liszka, Miss
Edith swan Miss Agnes Williams, Miss Henrietta
Williams Miss Louise Atwater. Arthur schieren
and Harry schleren After luncheon they were
'alned uy Major George a Price and took the
staten Island ferry going from the landing 70
.ro-npkinsville There they net by the Brook
iyr's launch. md AZ the arding stairs were re-
c,iy,d hy Captain Cook and hts officers
rarfafn cook had written 10 one ~ the young
women from Guap'nnamo Bay. telling her that the
photograph ~ the party bore charmed lie, Tor IL
had escaped al injury. while many other things
were broken Ills guests q yesterday were de-
lighted 20 behold their group picture as perfect as
when ust framed though bookcase doors mirrors
and all other pershahe articles In the room were
shattered fl bits After refreshments had been
served the guests returned taking the 4 n o'clock
boat Tho orieinal party Included Miss May
s-hio~cr Miss Henrietta Williams. Miss Ethel Web
sfcr Ml-s Eii'h swan and Miss Louise At"ater
Naval Constructor Rowles has completed his ex-
animation ~ the hattie-ships now ar the Navy
yard made with n vicw 20 asceraning what repair
ing and cleaning they need. and he sent his report
~ the Nayy Department In Washington Yesterday
afternoon. He expects 20 receive orders from
Washington to-day or tomorrow designating me
yo.sel which is 20 bo drydorkei hrst II IS thought
ma, tho oregon VIII be- the FIRST The channel In
,-o-, ~ Drvdock so has been dredged TO
4,,,b n, tvenfv-eicht feet. and the last 81 the
rrIrg removed 90 that either the oregon or the
Iowa can bo put IN az soon as The order comes
visitors sOarned over the oregon and the Iowa
vesterd7v The oregon WAS In condition 20 receive
. .hc bulldog
sea vas inspected by mo visiting Americans. who
povo not lost interest IN her Such OF tho officers
,s were not on duty cordially served az guides Tor
,b. visitors II ls thought that the Brooklyn. the
Network The Massachusetts and the Indiana VIII
he brought into the yard next week
The torpedo boats Cushing and Ericsson arrived
a, tho ward late on Tuesday night. after an IN
evenffll trim from cuban waters. The tug Mar
kaefa brought two OF the Names anchors. weigh
irr Zoo and On pounds from Tompkinsville yes
terday They were recovered by tho Merritt wreck
f,g co,,o,nv The cruiser Buffalo was taken out
~ Drydock 40 = after being cleaned ana repa'"'-
Cd and was replaced by the distilling ship Rainbow
A. the invitation OF Assistant Secretary Allen OF
the Navy Department three hundred members OF
the County Republican Society. Of Essex county
y j. were among the visitors at the yaIo. ineF
leff Newark y j. early in the day on BOARD 'he
steamer Joanna and went 70 he naval anchorage
OF Tompktusville. Staten Island Aitei Saa,.rs
around Tho war vessels anchored there t9e Joa Nm
vos headed for the Navy Yard hedutd oy N.V,
Tresldent Dr H. G II Herald; OF Newars. the
visitors there marched 20 the Iowa. Thet . ~
,ero received hy the executive officer. LeutenanI-
Commander r = Rodgers. The signal-ooy, j., i.
poaEu who was the first TO see cerVera nee
ron,11g' out Of Santiago Harbor. was on board
IL comes from Newark. md as soon as l2r heroIa
saw ne lad be asked permission for daTkh 20 ac
c"wnanv the party back 70 Newark the eAecu,,
i've oficer granted the lad twenty TOUT nOlts
49, ilsve and ne went away WIKI his townsInen
Alter n brief visit TO the oregon the Jersey men t
retirnod 10 their steamer. which steamed UP me
re, river for brief trip In the Sound before go
INK back 10 Newark o .,,,. ct, A
III Tewe,.'s fleet and would go 10 Manila by
Nv n The suez Canal was denied yesterday II
49, sa,d that the warshp would return 10 the
BE he tho route by which she came East. "a II
- considered the better. although the NOR" ex-
nansiye