Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-16

WV N'fNf July NN."N NIN'fANN q" WV
Tribune from Washington nysi
The "raidiur squadron" IL expected
CO. start for the coast ~ spain saiur.
dHN The navy department under
stands That Commodore Watson has
his Hh.r1 coiicd 60 the limit Of their
bunker capacity and nothing should
koup him another day 40 Gu1ntan1mN.
iic ought Co., r1as Mole b. Nicholas on
Sunday, and. BuUUriiuE fp schedule, n
| dispatch should be sent by him
through a dispatch boat m 49, Thomas
nrrt "Wednesday announcing bis nc.
tunl departure irm that vicinity, upon
the 500 miles fnighibwuy course f1r
iha Cau1r'oa.Uh.IH Die formidable force
should appear un.ut August ., COZ IL
low DAYS later depending upon the
state of che weather encountered iu
mhHtluntIH and che maximum speed
NJ hiF rpil"rs. which mug nN h.s raiU
of progress
After two days spent under the lee
Of one W. fhr uunrt|u-d Canary
Islands. rrplruiah.ug tha bunkera of Dol,
lighting chip. with oul the hnil as-
mult on Spain. scarcely two days dlH.
iant, will b. promptly made. and u the
last Spanish naval resources. rcpro-
scented hy CHmnrtH rcoi. cannot br
cutiuHd from CauaEona Co prut,et Ca
diz. che American battle flag VIII quick.
~ d. displayed ln The Mediterranean.
The Beet. aH % prHont constituted.
includes two Of the best bltusshlrs in
The navy. the Oregon aud the Mnssi-
churatta. the protected cruiser New
ntk. tho auNilllrira Yankee. Dixie and
NnH wlio, With nix cuihrra ana n SUP.
] ply hin Tho ..ssln has become the
fllgshlU uul N" yankee a. now ut
Hampton Roads, prepared 90 starr with
final orders uu Sunday 10 meet fhr rot
uf thH squadron July 80 on a. Thomas.
The COLLIER carry 5000 toms ~ thr best
rHal, rui'iyl.ut qulutity 60 steam the
frni 40 tho way On the Philippines and
half way back the rfrrruifor ship
Glacier having itcsh food 90 lart two
muuthn
q BE- unlikely b1t tho f1uldrun Will
Keep ~ an average OF moro than ten
Knots an hour across fhH ocean 90.
thHusn uuhuWpHr0d hy their cIliierH nj.
Ter leaving thrtau1rlrH a HprDd rAtrr,l-
lng ~ knots viii hH constantly main.
three uuNIlHrlrH 90 uunri protection
Geo the cnllirr- and 90 the supply shin
ut ull tm.s, leaving the tNo hAttloHhiliH
and The Newark 60 undertake often
rlvc operations.
Tho departure nf Commodore Wat.
sons tup.r viii leave the Iowa, the
Indiana, th" brooklyn. thr SuU York
The lrAnH md enc Puritan ns thr ar.
unrd NtHalH under Admiral F.tmp4
fuUf direct command 10 batter down
thu ilrunCHtiuna at Porto Rico ana me
cruisers Columbia, Minneapolis. Suu
FftuuiHpu, New orleans. - troll Mont.
s'mUry, ana MHrblrhutd TO- shHH
landing place Cor tho dlHHmp1thHI
NJ the army pf occupation under i.u.
Aiilra, largo number Of gunbuIls
AMI other auxiliary vessels Wlll hr
available 60 convoy the transports 90
the Porto luuIn expedition without
lmpalrtuE the UiiT lruyy Of the guhuu
blockade by uIihdrrWIug any uf the
numerous vessels unN ON inst duty.
The auth,rltlrs az Washington ara con-
udrui mat lu rnt.rU army corps will
hr landed In Porto i,irp before no
"rNdiuF H4Wliuu' reaches thu Cana
urH. ana that thF acquisition uf ula
island viii bn compl fsl almost stimuli.
tuuDuGsly with Commodore Witstr's
WHufru 90 ihH SpluIsh peninsula. That
thyar two terrible blows, following $50
quickly upDu the rurrudgr M stntl.
$50 thls week and thH occupation "
Manila, which wI'l probably occur nest
MnHki VIII compel spain Co Hur tur
u.uge. hardly admits or the f..sht,a
doubt,
sQUADRoN's MAGNIFICENT
FLAGSHIP
New York 10 "A special 90 me Trlb.
uur from Wa h.UEtur says.
IN" unparalleled performance or the
hItttHhIp OREGON BOO cruising 1000
miles il tuk0 un active pIu 100 thg /
WuI against spain FOB speedily fOl- .
lowed hy her magnificent race past /
ihr American ru.t iu pursuit. " tlH
Crstobll colon lass thau Two weeks /
ago. now la 90 hr rewarded hy nylng I
thr g0mmaudHr-iu.uhirrr nag lu
transferring thu Hpit OF uuHtilIilrH a. j
spain Itself has scarcely been fully ap-
preriuted. though 10 har evoked he lp- I
pluuHg of thn world, until today when I.
the steam los NJ ihr vessel reached |
Commodore Melville. tp be- nlod iu the /
records OF tho navy department in ac- /
cufIIuuH with the regulations
The Official volume with itF hundreds I
of entries relating t0 every minor oc- /
currruDr M che engine room lf the /
superb vessel since thH nrst of the year I
tho most remarkable proof .
uf the hIEh efficiency ana tho peerless .
cuplbllitIrH of "a wir-hlp that ever csc
Iftad showing simply the main rp- I
suits OF the urpguus run from Puget .
Sound. whore the vessel was In dock /
AT the time the Maine was blown up
DO her arrival 40 Jupiter Inlet about .
two months later viii permit NJ a
moro accurate statement Of her w0n-
irrful endurance than has been possI-
blr up 90 the present time.
She len Puget Sound on March
az san Francisco on March
Q, making $50 knots In l2 hours, aver
aging HAS knots Hu hour
Left san Francisco on March 49, 4
arriving 40 Calll0, Peru, on April g.
covering ill2 knots In $40 hours aver
aging 1896 knots am hour
Lott Clllau ON April z, arriving at
Tamurl April 49, a run M 1850 knobs
AZ The rate Of ne knots an hour.
Left Tamaro Aprll A., arriving al