Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-26
LAUNCHING TIM WISCONSIN.

Amid mos, demonsirative ceremonies
and with many manifes,atlons Of re-
jolclns. the hull Of the great batileshlp
Wisconsin was al g.gs a. M. today con.
signed 10 the waters witch Will doubt
less be It's permanent home. The vsf-
rel was constructed az the Union Iron
works San Francisco. She IL one
% tfipioiH Just born 90 the
naval service. her sisters heinz
the Alabama and the Tiinola. all 10 b.
when completed H.. fea,iest and most
powerful fighting machines o. their
class anoat The ienEth Of each l. eos
feet. extreme width or length 81 beam.
y b.si feet. displacement from 1000 20
1895 tons and vita power equal 10
she combined strength Of 1000 horses.
The speed ~ these craft IL " ciurs. 10
he technically icieFminef by actual
trial. hut I, will not he far either way
from twenty miles an hour--a great pace
Tor such ieviathan structures. bsirR
superior 10 thu; n some ~ the CRUISER.
II II worthy u note that the same
company ;ha, but, the Wisconsin con.
slfuctcd 'he oregon. IN 10 this ilue
conccdcdly the mos, substantial. com.
plr,e AMI effective bai;icsh'p ana.
From four and onc.haif feet below the
normal load line q three and one malt
feet ahos" Il and % a uniform thickness
of sixteen and ons.hllf Inches between
she ;pr,ris and above tho Lad line the
vessels viii amy a protective nrmcf ~
the toughest lhttintblc steei. .lir other
portions belly als1 armorci. but ltas
heavily. IN proportion 90 the prcbios
,slgenclcs ~ combat. There will he
two batteries, principal ana secondary.
tho former conA,rtlng % four thlrtsen-
inch hrrech.losIing Rites and fourteen
sIS-lnch raph-arr guns. the other viii
have sixteen slN-pouni'r fapld.nre
guns. iva Colt guns aHd Two iield guns
and additionally there will be- four tor
pedo tubes, ~ the latest improvements
have been adopted. thu whole structure
constituting a iioa,ins terror. 10 be let
alone or approached In ihe Mus, perfect
fricndllness.
one thing ~ result OF the late war
u more manifest than any oiher cxcop,
what has already developed; Uncle
sam II mo- golng {, be- caught napplng.
nor even 80 nearly 90 ~ WAS the ease
when Spain made u necessary for him
o. unleash his whr.dbg- and put them
without muExles un3n the oncmy's trail.
Ile Is now proh,lns ~ wha. has long
been recognized as a wise precedcn;-ln
lima % . a
slow. IN she lIght ~ what we all now
know, he seems % have been about A.
And yet 10 was not ait1seihtr his fault
The siren song ~ peaceful s'tiiamrnts M
accordance with more advanced civlll-
zatl1u Was chanted ana chlmel every
time he spoke ~ building ships u war
ana strengthening cast defrnsrs A.
HIST she gp'SlnE barhlrI,les " Spaniel
rule almost WHh.n oar sight and sound
eliminated n the almclous butchery
Of several American citizens and the
destruction 81 their craft without
prlylcati0n or any form or warrant Il
law Then the g1od-naiurrd but asiuls
old follow began 90 realize that barblr-
Ism ha1 ~ yet passed on, 81 thr
Western hemisphere, and that in our
nearest nr.ghh0r M the sel We had an
lnsili1us fUr whose practices we would
sooner ot later boo compelled go pE
quieiua up'ui also, that In dealing de.
ierm!neily with such an enemy the
patient din, and powders shock" was
~ moro avail shan an he songs thas
could Doe suns or aN ihs speechea ever