Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25

petition was drawn and about 800 sigma
lures secured. In 1892 the paper was COM
pleted, and the Captain went in person 10
Washington, where he presented the doc
ument to Secretary Herbert, who re-
marked upon reading it, This is the first
petition that has ever been handed me
from any section of the country, but L
am sorry to inform you that Congress
has recently concluded not to build any
more cruisers than those already named
for twelve years: but IL your people will
make this request one for a battleship TO
be called Kentucky, l will make that
the namk of No. 16."
Not being In position at that time to
accept the offer Captain Hall returned to
Louisville, where, upon consultation with
others interested in the scheme, it was
decided, to use the Captains own lam
guage that the bird In the hand was
worth far more than two I'm a thorn-tree,
so the proposition was accepted When
the Kentuckys keel was laid Captain
Hall was the only Kentuckian present.
And thus the Kentucky got her name.
The Sponsors.
Mrs. Herbert Winslow who christened
the battleship, is the wife of Lieutenant
Commander Winslow, United States navy,
the only surviving son of Admiral Wins
low, the commander of the old Kearsarge.
Miss Elizabeth Maynard was born in
Washington, the daughter OF Lafayette
Maynard, and was married in San Fran
CISCO her fathers then home. Her father,
who was a native of Richmond, engaged
in the navy at an early age, but resigned
a few years afterwards TO accept COM
mand In the Mexican war. In the famous
wreck OF the Atlantic he conducted him
self with bravery and saved many lives,
for which act OF gallantry the citizens
of Richmond presented him with a
sword
Lieutenant Maynard married the beau
tiful Miss Mary Ellen Green, the daugh-
ter of General Duff Green. For some
time Lieutenant and Mrs. Maynard re-
sided in Washington, but subsequently
they moved to San Francisco. and IL was
in the western metropolis that their beau
tiful and accomplished daughter Eliza
beth, became the wife of Lieutenant-Com-
mander Herbert Winslow.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Winslow later
went to China where the former was
attached to the United States steamship
Yorktown, on the Asatic station. They
have but recently returned from New
Orleans, and now reside in Boston.
Mrs. Wnslow, by refusing 10 christen
the battleship with water, won for her a
place in the hearts Of American seamen,
for to add to the bad omen Of having
the vessel christened by a married
woman, the "hoodoo" Of using water in
the ceremony would have been a coinci-
dence beyond the bearing Of the average
Jack-tar.
MISS BRADLEY
Miss Christine Bradley. the daughter OF
William o. Bradley. Governor OF Ken
lucky, is yet a schoolgirl, scarcely Is, and
attending Washington College, In Eek
ington, suburb OF Washington. In
figure Miss Bradley is petite. with a
bright, sunny face. brown hair tinged with
gold. and in her unaffected and frank
manner seemed to feel little Of Them inn
portance and distinction OF the role she
assumed.
Five young ladies assisted her az maids
OF honor-Miss Alice Castleman, Of Lou
isvine; Miss Salle Bronston. of Lexing-
ton. KY Miss Lillian Siege. of Louis
Vile; Miss Abbie Falard. OF Louisville,
and Miss Mary +. Gatewood, OF Mount
Sterling.