Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-07
TEST SATISFACTORY
BrookIyn's Turrets Are All
If Right. ..
T0GOTO CANARY ISLANDS
In the Event OF War the Flying Squadron
VIII Make Dash to the
Spanish Stronghold. still
Keeping Up Steam.


apparatus, put also to see if the hlrrets
after being 50 ma u5aiailyi changed,
would stand the shock ~ which they
are subjected. The test. which was un-
der the dir cu;on Of Commodore Sch!ey
and Captain Cork. was OF a most salts
factory nature and Commodore Schley
said that the Brooklyn wu= in the bSs,
OF fighting TRIM - -I-
The first shot was sent out With a
single charge Of eighty-five pounds Of
powder. The gun being elevated at five
degrees.
1.hIs' 200 pound shelf left the n,uzzle
OF the gun at a velocity of 1000 feet d
second. 1t stuck the water TWO and
1hree-quarter ulGles from rh'=' ship.
sending UP a vast column of water.
Tine SecU,ld shot was Witt the full
powder charge, no pounds, and g. nj
the I;"jecrIle very nearly four miles
puttEr'S it in the water at a speed of
LOCO feet per second. There was no
perceptIbrs' EARRING from the ht't
Cnnmo1ore Schi+y said tonight that
he bad not yet received any orders from
Washington
PLAN OF ACTION coMPL ETED.
"A dispatch received from Washing
ton last might says; The plan IL
action Or t;.e naval forces in the eveEt
or hostilitit-s is now practically o.nn-
pletsu as q result or several week ;
constant work ON the part Of the off
IS.iS TO NHhsHn was entrusted this i'm
ppTtant feature of the war prSpa,uti-,ns
NhLe THESE l-lans at:e naturally mo-
closely guarded it may I've stalled on
arigh authority that ne feature uf them
clIllemplates u dash by thu flying
squadron, under Commander SGil.ev 10
the Nandu'y Islands! This pnopos. iiun
Is as Yet tentative as ali projects sub-
5eot 70 unforeseen con.iitiors must be,
nut mas received most CAREFUL cons.d<-,u-
ron by the naval autt-Jlitie$.''
'4IlCIV lGaS deem i'm
the POSITIONS of THE Vessels Of tbs. tlv-
Eng SQUADRON The Alastsa chusrt,s is
htrM anchored in tie james off the city
AND the Brooklyn, minneapolis and col
AInpIa are Nn-d up i'm Hampton Roads
OF Old Point
Inc divers Working IN the Siassl chu-
IsttS bottom, Ut is understood, finished
utletr work last evening and 1t was re
p polls uhat the b ig battleshdp would
Meagh anchor This mcgning and ioin
the resi- OF the ships at OLD Point. she
Is under steam ind ready to- zapeShuT.
AT what t1oa1r is not known. Captain
E4ggfnson is awaiting orders firm,
n., LIN sehiey. who in turn VIAL
Hiom washington Last evening me
Gs1asi ;sak1ausetts took on 1T tons yf cor,u
The R,boklyn, MINNEAPOLIS and l,nN.
, u1llnla are lined up in flil view or tn,
MunI.sus or guests at TIE hotels. The
brooklyn occupies anchorage r1i,,.r.i1
res Monroe and is 1,ha $50, "a o!s
elai-e cruisers to the Ca pes The, l;n-
lynn and Columns th- y<,, 50 s'iS ni'A1n-
resEt1y off the goyernr7an, 81. ne!hs ul-
The flying sy,uar,7rn,, =. -
PecunS orders ITO put TO sea All .,s RI,
ships have steam nm ana ~, -, al " tle
CHOIR at almost a 1noms.nr.s n, mesh an
The Angola mer1cnn rn,,s
pa nyS Steamship Mimic u-hi.t, N-olh-
yesterday from H. w. s..'e.. arrived
laid torpedo and ssu;brn,,-sn. ~ ms'sse II
Tor the government Is sH;,l ~ ,, 'ls
an The Roads near ta,l t.n,,,,,,.1t. '' st
VIII lay the mines nd sy,ant - .7'ls
ahe cables. - st'sti' 90
A. seems that the mass, r,e.,.,,
safllfIss selected by vih.. hoa.,d - s... ..
aany cruisers for go.-arnT,ran1 M.
lui Inc event cit war have Nor haan .,a,,
couDahry Ito the reports semi ar s's.i
nay but have been ssinlr,ly rf.1,,; 80,
g 60 aor purchase aull lit 1eunaEns f,lr
secretary Long no eay. whether IN. ~, NJ
tAle government is in mead ,f $50 -: