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and sides. The sides of the vessel above
the belt armor in wake of the l6-inch bat
| terry and forming the easement, will be
armored with 51a inches of steel, extending
| between the turrets with diagonal armor
of same thickness at the ends, connecting
with the barbettes and working above the
Pinch diagonal armor below. She will be
protected against the entrance of water, in
case of injury to the side, at the water line,
by cofferdams extending for the length of
the vessel on each side, and having general
width of three feet with total capacity
of about l2,5OO cubic feet. for stowage of
iire-proofed corn-pith cellulose. Independent
of the numerous small water-tight pockets
or cells forming the entire scheme of Golfer
dams, the inner bottom and hold, the plat
forms, splinter and birth decks, are divided
into between 900 and 800 water tight com
partments, both for the accommodation of the
motor power and the stowage of COAL pro-
visions and ammunition and other stores
and also for the preservation Of the ship in
the event of rupture of the outer skin, or
injury in battle. All these many compart-
ments are provided with pipes connecting
with powerful steam pumps for the purpose
of removing any water that may get into
them either from accident or design. Ar
rangements are alsd made for flooding all
ammunition rooms in the event of fire on
board the vessel All these compartments.
together with all living spaces, state-rooms
etc, occupied by the officers or crew, have
special pipes or ducts arranged with view
OF supplying fresh air to the occupants, and
to make the temperature of all store rooms,
even in the most remote parts of the vessel
comfortable and healthy. These pipes all
connect with powerful blowers which draw
fresh air by means of ventilators extending
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of Wisconsin, United States Senator Mitch
ell OF Wisconsin and others.
Lieutenant-G Governor Bansch of Wiscon-
sin said in part:
The people OF Wisconsin hail with delight
the launching of a namesake which is to be
part and parcel of the brightest, bravest,
most efficient navy in the world Half
way across the continent they have sent this
delegation to escort one Of Wisconsins fair
daughters that she might christen the ship
with all due form and ceremony. while from
million hearts comes the sincere cheer Of
good luck coupled with an earnest prayer
that the vast strength and power of this
modern engineI Of war will make it a pre-
server and guaranteer of universal peace"
SENATOR MITCHELL
United States Senator Mitchell of Wiscon-
sin said in part:
"Once ranged with our warships, the Wis
consin will have to look lively to keep
abreast OF her match, for the American navy,
man to man, is superior to any navy in the
world, as recent events have shown. The
American navy is the most efficient, not be-
cause of the ships and their armament, but
because its officers are selected with more
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care and are more thoroughly, trained thar
those of any other nation. We hear a good
deal about the man behind the gun But the
officer behind the man behind the gun II
he who does the business. They are taken
not from the aristocracy-because we have
none; none from favored class, but from
the people-the robust people of the whole
land. During their naval training they are
subjected to higher tests, physical, mental
moral, than are required by any other coun
/ try. Those who come out of the ordeal
successfully have no fear. When you say
Cavite, when you say Santiago, you say An
napolis.
There is another reason for our superior.
| ity. Our discipline, while strict to nicely,
is more humane than that of any other navy
Our men are treated as if they had souls and
not like dumb cattle.
"The Wisconsin will have mascot-no
pungent billy goat, but badger-a badger
in bronze to be placed on the forward turret
of the ship. Underneath the badger will
be placed the motto of Wisconsin-the single
word Forward ever forward, till the last
| armed foe expires.
Before we leave our ship we leave wishes
| for her welfare. May she never pound on
| the pitiless rocks. May she never be pur-
sued by the wild huntsman of the storm
| When she drops slowly into her last haven
may she never have had the necessity for
| firing a shot save in practice, nor of burning
powder save in salute"
GOVERNOR GAGE
Governor-elect Henry T. Gage made the
| following response to a toast to the ladies
| and gentlemen from Wisconsin:
Mr.. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen
and Fellow Citizens of Wisconsin-Califor-
MIA, with her great agricultural mining
manufacturing and industrial and CONNER
cial interests, with her cheering hopes and
enlarged possibilities for the future in conse-
quenee of the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands an accomplished fact, and the inev-
liable further extension of our territory in
the near future, the result of the indomita-
BILE courage of our soldiers and sailors in the
late war, bids her fellow citizens of Wiscon-
sin most cordial and hospitable welcome.
1t is our greatest glory that we are a
part of this indestructible union; that we
share in its achievements by sea and by
land; that its flag is the sacred and common
property of all, and that in defense of its
honor all are ready to sacrifice fortune and
life.
The grand battleship that for today for
the first time embraced the waves. con-
structed by the skill of California mechanics,
bears the proud name of the great state of
Wisconsin, and in her future careervn de.
fense OF the flag and the union she will be an
other bond between the two great states.
Ladies and gentlemen from Wisconsin, we
thank you for this visit, and our best wishes
60 with you to your far-otf home May you,
your state and all you love have peace, pros
perity and happiness to the latest genera
ton.
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inches; maximum displacement, all ammu-
milton and stores on board, 1895 tons;
maximum indicated horsepower (esti,
mated), 10000; probable speed, l61a knots;
normal coal supply, 800 tons; coal supply,
loose storage, 1900 tons; full bunker capac-
ity, 140O to 1900 tons. Complement of off.
GERS, 40; seamen, marines, etc., 449
The main battery will consist of four 13-
inch breachloading rifles in Hichborn bal
anced turrets, oval in shape, and placed in
the center line of the vessel; and fourteen G
inch rapd-fire guns The secondary battery
will consist of sixteen 6-pounder rapid fire
guns, four l-pounder rapid-fre guns, two
Colt guns and two field guns. She will carry
four torpedo tubes. The l3-inch guns have
an arc of fire of lS5 degrees on each side OF
the center line, and the 6-inch an arc of 90
degrees on the broadside, with the advan-
tage of those on the upper deck OF a direct
fire ahead and astern. Any injury to, OF
near either of these 6-inch guns, will be con.
fined to its own compartment, as lA-inch
steel splinter bulkhead separates each OF
these guns from it's neighbor.
The armor belt, which extends from the
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Los ANGELES HRAlD SUNDAY MORNING. N0vEMBER u.

stem to abaft the after turret, is to be l8h
inches thick at the top and on inches thick
at the bottom, except at the forward end,
where it will be tapered to inches at the
stem. This belt armor will extend from
feet below the normal load line to 31k feet
above it, and will maintain the full thick
ness amidships between the turrets and for
the distance occupied by the engines and
boilers. Diagonal armor II inches thick,
connecting this belt armor and barbettes
and extending from the slopes of protective
deck to top of the side belt, on each side,
is worked to give protection from rakins
fire. Abaft the after turrett the protection
will be completed by thickening tho protec,
tive deck to inches on the SLOPES, with 2%
inches on the fiat On the slopes of this
deck forward it is inches thick and ~
inches on the fiat. The armor on the l3-
inch gunturrets will be II inches on the
front and Is inches on the rear and sides;
while on the barbettes for these turrets,
which are circular in shape, will be Is
inches on the front and 10 inches on the rear
The herald., 1898-11-27
LITTLE LUCILLE TOUCHED THE BUTTON

jbined efforts of 800 children of the Irving NJ.
Scott public school, who, at the suggestion
of their teachers, commenced work upon the
flag on October Goth of this year.
| Following the presentation of the flag, the
following poem, ''To the Wisconsin" was
read by Miss Clara LA Price, its author:
Go forth, thou ship with the we'll loved
name,
The waves of the sea to breast;
Leap out, like a line from life bark flung
To the billows' waiting crest.
Thy charge, stand firm, should foe draw
Nigh"
AS firm as the pine-clad hills
Of the State whose name thou Dearest
her boast,
The training of mighty wills.
Stand firm as her shores by the lake waves
lashed-
Ice eirt as the years roll by
Flower decked when the sun laughs out in
JOY
And the spring birds northward fly.
Go forth as the eagle skins the blue
Defiant, brave and free;
A challenge to might, menace to wrong,
Wherever thy path may be.
Ten thousand hearts with hopes leap high,
Wisconsin, for thy veal.
Sail fearless, swiftly, proudly forth,
Thou giant armed in steel,
Claim foremost history on history's page
Thou proof of finite skill, go safely forth,
Thou proof of finite skill.
Go safely forth, thou gallant bark,
Mans trust, beneath Gods will.
AN EVENING BANQUET
This evening the management of the Union
Iron works entertained 200 distinguished
guests at banquet held in the private dining
room of the Palace hotel Speechet were
made by Irving NJ. Scott. general manager OF
the Union Iron works; Governor Budd,
Governor-elect Gage, the latter native of
Wisconsin; Lieutenant Governor Baensch
The herald., 1898-11-27
LIFTING A WARSHIP SLIDE
INTO THE SEA
THE BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN
Launched With Due Ceremony and
Christened With Two Bottles of
Wine-Constructi Detasli
Associated Press Special Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.-At 9:22 this
morning at the Union Iron Works another
great marine fighting machine was added
to the already large fleet of Pacitic-bullt
war vessels. The vessel which slid from
the ways this morning was the battleship
Wisconsin. the largest of the vessels built
for the United States Government by the
Union Iron Works. The launching OF the
big vessel was effected without hitch,
and she now rests calmly on the waters OF
the bay.
All morning long the street cars let down
their loads of people at the shipyard and
all the available boats on the bay were
pressed into service by people anxious to
see the baptism of the great vessel. Thou
sands OF people saw the plunge from diff
ferent points of vantage, and the platform.
especially set aside for the guests of the
Union Iron Works, was crowded to its full
capacity.
The Wisconsin delegation of "christen-
ers" which journeyed all the way from the
Badger State to witness the event, Were
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given places of honor upon the platform
with the representatives OF the State, the
city and the great iron works responsible
for the safe delivery of the craft to the
Government
For an hour before the plunge, large
force OF workmen tore away chock after
chock which supported the vessel, and
they finished their task almost to the min
ute Of the prescribed time for the launch
ing, leaving only one chock to restrain the
monster, and this was the support that
little Miss Lucille Gage, daughter of the
Governorelect Of the State, had been as
signed to remove by means of a guillotine,
and the inevitable electric button Al a
given signal the little Miss pressed the but
ton and the crash Of breaking timbers an
n0unced to the thousands Of anxious spec
tators that the vessel was about to leave
the ways. Slowly the iron monster moved
towards the bay and all eyes turned to
watch Miss Elizabeth Stephenson break
the bottle of champagne upon the bow CT
the vessel. Just as the mass of iron and
steel touched the water, the fair chrstener
raised the ribbon-bedecked bottei and let
1t split on the nose OF the vessel. The roar
OF applause which greeted this final act
was almost deafening.
When the big vessel slid down the WAYS.
the warships in the harbor fired sautes and
there was terrific din from the steam whis-
Ties. The controversy over the kind of wine
to be used in the christening was settled this
morning by the use of two bottles of cham
paign, one of French make provided for bv
the Wisconsin Christening Committee and
another OF California champaign provided
by the Union Iron Works.
The vessel gathered momentum as she pro.
ceeded to the water and after leaving the
ways tloated calmly along until brought to
stop in the basin where the work of com.
pleting her will 90 on.
An amusing feature of the launching was
the wettlng OF a number of people who were
standing on the adjoining beach, The rusl
of water following the baptism was so prea,
that the people on the beach could nor es.
cape 1t and many of them were thoroughly
wetted. number of whitehall boats mar.
rowly escaped capsizng.
Prior to the launching gigantic fag ot
the Union, measuring 81 feet long and IA
feet VIDE was presented in honor of the Wis.
consn. The flag was the result of the com.
The herald., 1898-11-27
Wine-Construction Details

The battleship Wisconsin, designed in tlf
Bureau of Construction and Repair of the
Navy Department, is sister ship of the
Alabama. building at the Cramps yard in
Philadelphia, and also of the Illinois, build
ing at Newport News.
The dimensions of the Wisconsin are as
follows: Length on load water line 36S feet
beam extreme, - feet 2ls inches: draft on
normal displacement of II, ,525 TONS % feet
The herald., 1898-11-27
Foolish Economy

SAN JOSE, Cal, Nov. 26-The board of
education met this evening. abolished all
the kindergartens, dismissed five special
teachers and reduced all salaries of teach
ers in the high school one-half and all
grammar teachers 10 per cent. This action
was taken On account of the lack Of money
in the school fund
The herald., 1898-11-27
Had a Good Tin,a

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Nov. 26.-Ernest
Williamson, of Roseville, came here on
Thanksgiving day with a check for $3.50,
and set out to have a good time. He awoke
this evening minus his money. He was
out with prize-fighter. The police have
no clew.
The herald., 1898-11-27

Revel R. France basso at Emmanuel Pres
byterian church, has resigned his position,
owing to continued i'll health, and has left
for the country for few weeks to recuperate.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-13

THE
sun LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
OF CANADA.
Summary of Annual Report for 1897

Summary of Annual Report for 1897:
New Life Applications re-
ceived during 1897 ....$16, 292, 754 90
Increase over $780,. 5,1S2, 462. 73
Cash income for year end
ing Dec. 81, 1897. ..... 2,23S, 1914. IA
Increase over 1896 80. 1896 "a
Assets at 31st December,
1897 ........ ...... 1892 ,371 IA
Increase over 1896 80. 934,226.7S
Reserve for Security of
Policyholders ....... 6,S56,752 9s
(According to HIM. per cent
Table.)
Increase over 1896 ..... 924,5 so
Surplus over all Liabil-
ties, except Capital -. 314,22o. 10
according to HIM. per cent
Table,
Surplus over all Liabil-
ties and Capital Stock. 5s3,271 90
(According to Canadian Govern
ment Standard HIM. Az per cent?
Surplus over all Liabil-
ties, except Capital -. 6Ss,272 90
according to Canadian Govern
ment Standard AZ per cent?
Claims Paid during 1897. 463,67437
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CHEEKY Rooms

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We are offering an exception
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Some beautiful effects in the
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J. M. SARRAT,
ATTORNEY At Inv, REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL AGEI
Searcher of Records and Notary Public Commissioner of Deeds
he of York md
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ALMOST GONE.

That most delicious spring beverage
Book beer, which has been on tap at
the Criterion saloon, is almost all sold
out. Those who desire to indulge in
last drink can do so for a very lin
tied time. at the Criterion saloon.
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No harm in giving us trial. Goods
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suburbs.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10
STILL TALKING OF AN ALLIANCE.

According to the London correspond
ent of the New York Journal British
parsonage of exalted rank. whose utter
ance is considered very significant, ap
peared at the han,1uv. Of the American
society In London on Thanksgiving day
and made speech which delighted the
hearts of all the Anglo-maniacs present
The British official in question was no
other than Lord Halsbury, Il member of
the Conservative ministry, and the pres
ent lord high chancellor of England.
The correspondent declares that Il public
utterance by such a man is virtually an
uttcrance by the house Of lords, that
he seldom speaks in public, and when lie
does he speaks deliberately and with
authority, his voice being the voice Of
aristocratic England. The correspond
ent says that as this high functionary
stood at the banquet table among the
flowers, with the British and American
flags draped ON the wall behind him,
his cheeks flushed and his eyes
flashing and his clinched fist swung
upward, the vast audience half rose
from the tables as he said: II think
1 may say, without fear Of Boosting that,
once united, we may defy the world in
arms" To impress upon American
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10

Referring to our recent remarks on
the altered tone of the Irish World,
brought about by the Hay-Hanna-Mc-
Kinley regime, the Boston Republic says:
Our Minnesota contemporary is altogeth-
er too innocent to be engaged in political
discussions, or else its memory is sadly
at fault. The Irish World has support
ed every Republican candidate for pres
ident since 1884. It supported Blaine,
Harrison and Mckinley. There were
times when it seemed to waver. but be-
fore the battle was fairly on its columns
teemed with appeals to Irish sympathiz-
ers to vote for high protection and for
the Republican candidates.
This is the policy which it has pur-
sued without variation for fourteen
years. Like the Chicago Tribune, it is
the most inveterate critic of the party
while in power, but when the cry is rails
ed to stand by the candidates Mr.. Ford
never fails to unite with the friends of
plutocracy against the democratic
masses. All it's exhibitions of political
independence are made in years when
there are no national elections. If Mr..
Mckinley secures the Republican nom
ination in 1900 the Irish Standard will
see the Irish World using its energy to
re-elect him. If Col. Roosevelt carries
off the prize Mr.. Ford will be found
booming the Rough Rider. It has been
ever thus.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10

In referring to the demise by apoplexy
of Rev. Roaring Kane in last weeks edi-
ton we mistakenly COMPOUNDED him with
Johnston, of Ballykilbeg, rampant
Orangeman whose laughter had married
a Roman Catholic despite her fathers
bigotry. 1t appears that Rev. r. R.
Kane was not such a bad fellow after
all. The Dublin Freeman's Journal says
of him: Protestant champion and ultra
loyalist as he was, there was good deal
of the Celt about him. He was impetu-
GUS in his advocacy of principles that he
held to be supreme, ami there waa a
touch Of Irish vigor In his battle for the
many lost-causes that he defended in
his time. His death occurs at a moment
when he had gained upon our hearts in
the south by the bold stand that he
made for justice to Ireland on the flnan-
cial question. That proved that he had
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10

Some United States experts, including
Prof. Becker and DR.. Knowlton, of the
geological survey, and Prof. Holmes and
Prof MCGEE, the noted ethnologists,
have lately made discoveries in Califor-
MIA which place mans age at million
years. If the testimony which they COL
1ected has any value, the earliest repre-
sentatives of mankind discovered up to
date dwelt on the Pacific slope Of the
United States at a period not later than
the middle Of the tertiary epoch, the
mastodon, the rhinoce1os and certain
horses long since extinct being their
companions.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10

Col. Marcus Kavanaugh, of the Sew
enth regiment, 1. N. G., is evidently not
related to FIR. Kavanaugh, the patriotic
author of the history Of 49, The Chi
cago military man recently attended the
banquet of the st. Andrew Society in the
Windy City, and made speech thereat,
after drinking the health of Queen Vic
toria, and listening to oratorical clap
trap about the bravery and proves of
the glorious Anglo-Saxons, by lot of
degenerate Celts. John. F. Finerty
truly says of him that "to aid in honor
ing the English queen, in the midst of
official Englishmen and slavish Scots,
or in any place whatever, is to stultify
the race from which he sprang."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10

The ex-Empress Eugene seems to I'M
derstand the real cause of the American
Hispano war. In an interview with Mrs.
C. K. Davis in Paris, she said: "After
the destruction of the Maine war was
inevitable, although do not believe any
Spaniard was responsible for that sad
calamity. I am sure any nation would
have done, under the circumstances, as
the United States did," We are not in
formed that Mrs. Davis made any at
tempt to explain to cher majesty" that
America was actuated solely by humani-
tartan motives in declaring war against
the land of her birth.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-10

The st. Paul Pioneer Press, which is
edited by a gray-headed Nova Scotian
named Wheelock, thinks that Cushman
X. Davis is the master spirit of the Paris
peace commission. Perhaps he is. I'm
questionably, Davis SURPRISES his col
leagues in his admiration of England's
colonial policy. He is one of the Amer
lean statesmen who would govern the
Philippine islands as England governs
and can be thoroughly relied on to adj
vocate any policy desired by the pluto
cratic classes.