The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
WARSlllPS IN A LONG RACE.
FIVE or THyM NOW sTE<HTNs
sRUIN Nh THE a. OLE TO MANILA.

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intere"en IN 'ne race no" eoiuR "p nnionk WV
we "ar'nps o"unu .oI "a ~, -.
pepE "'aue Us '" WY" WV y. VIZ nc. -.
rive nn' 'ns per'oru,ence " vi. 's'.
10 pelng mn"e we sul'.e' " o'ne. -
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anu az U"'' e.e WIZ" ~ o.,
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Bowman d "c""na o' NV ""as Wv.
from, san Francisco and has the shortest route
MI. thu otb.r. Ie,t iron, various POINTS
,Ions tn. Atlantic Coast. and hav. sew
.ral thousand miles more to travel SIN
Oh, eon,s., among the four .ast-bound ships
will he a pretty one heCaIan QUE possesses
ESPECIAL interest for the reason hat 1t Ia I'M
known w" -, ~ """s
isknown a. great circle sa'hns' ana take the
northern passage. via Yokohama. as that 10
,, 80 hnrd,.a r,i,.. .bo,t.r ,b.n an,
sn'o'' '"' ~"'
Tho sending OF the warshlrs Is the result. of
-. ,r,o, bx Admiral Devev sbor,Iv sf,.r
~. 'r rstutn to this country. ltwa, Also though.
that Admiral Watson should have q larger ship
sn'. ~ ay nis aau II was decided TO civ.
on Nn'h !" w "'' ""N' :, "%' 800 w 50
him the Brooklyn, an armored cruiser. to COM
p.u,a,e him for the oss OF the Olympia which
was oIouRn' away W D"'
other four shlrs are the new orleans. NASH
villa Maristta and Newark. OF course II
,,s; hs'S,vh y. aJmi,tsJ officially That th.r.
"ou'' "a, w, W ~ -, ,h., .,i,. o.. AZ.
mia Nevertheless. when ships are ordered to
sno,,, ~h.r. ,b.r. 4. going to be trouble. tho
~ who I.n1s hi. ye.seI Their, t,rst n consid.
cred To be A pretty fine fellow
Al, ,bs .h,p. ars no, N the s,p. class. I'm,
the test will not b. altogether roor one. for
thv distances they will uaveI vary. and the
time, ~. G,Ie r., s 10 onr f.r r, .hs
r'.,,fI ol mel 10 enable H., n, To- 20 their best
VIZ Su,zCtnnI may ten sum bling Gl"rk 10
sSaSi o. ' onr tESn q a%Sibcr Goal s.ras
IA. to te ,sk,n mt ne -. ca Gu s.ons The
iaHlps sa.''.ti I'ir.. az nx.r WI
U .r nsGsy With S sme Iess~. tnan viii others
,sTs wn s"s sE counts fS very W NV
man Thee mg.tet 6 to ,uqhE" s:n G s IN.
rms 81 " y1a len sV u these wurss Wi Mi
wsa,htJy ,, IL, G., r,,,o,.., =, ~, 20
and !. rJSried to Lave arrived at Homo a MI
on OCT 20 ssps. ,S Set ala Tho &C. c9mmanded
cred ons . i: NOV r.Iss, ror:eI. - il.
nav, NJ TaIa.y ,Ir by otssrs cnmn G
IS ctasrIs..y a. hims.f He v ! undoab, .dly
eet ne one to rrash anna nf-,i Tor me New
sGod a.a ,hor,sr than ,G' G1 S y which the
psniaIlJ protected cruise, o, t'US IONS s s
cAiries a MA u battery, OF tNel guns she
has coal capacity o. 40 tons. ana a. her
sySrsse .pse. o. r'ssn En2s shs mas asa ing
,ar without beng comn-Ied to Goa again.
Cart, Nc, Ia had s40 ,c OF several r W
ISlu. ,,Hpr.ng at Guam; or going direct from
Hopo,4,T W.T., OUT ~ ,s.p M dl.tS o from
Honoluln to Guam, 1897; 9Gam 70 Manila.
s, qLets 9iH5fsI u, BY wy
n T.: Ss s de- G TSaa Is Mccall,
The BroGS'yn; qh.sr the command o. Capt;
siy:s s nSp"9 q t .Ss oct 10 , sad
, Tor so 9ns Journey the B[oo.lyn is az
.wnys9Es ts ter ma n battery. She ha. a
|TFrn 40 OF i;4ou tons. wltha ,siIihRra lus
sstpu sustained speed Of .f,ssn enos N
s .sysa ! tsS; From Trta5 II Mia ne
rs distance from & oras;at 70 Allen on tne
from Gib,sI,sr 10 Port Said a. X. i snifsdc- S @;
,outhws,t.rn rnrt ~ Gov On y. y iin u, y, tns
Then comes the long NJ .rfe,1h rom INC CoIon,bo
via Penang to snEoror.;, $50 miles. From
p i,., ."e ~ i" ,nr hnr'hrhst 10 Ma-
io,ai N isaps Of the Erootlxn ,rta ns, ,,.e
miles " Wv 'i''''' """' e''
nth. New orI.,n. u,Jar IN. coun,rd =,
Cav, tT,ngn-ntsa a., W, ~ ypnin IN, q, OF
.np ,r 81 -, p,, ~ n'-a'. II II ~, ~
On Oct 3l r.. Iisinuc. iro., Ssw r YYHILrIc
,ha l,o,.. A.. . nos ~ IL. ,ty - ~ LIE 90
-, az, i IL, i III ~ rom .ne tIoie1
sH ,ssns 't u5y mics %, Is ,nTneh, thsl the
Tb'ch ar,,y,,d NY ., pon'n ~ me harisu a.
Jsys .b..g ~ "a ~, Z. =, I" ohJ mrs.
~ M nrinan.' spriys 'rhn M .hS ny nt
- nsr,i,Iiv me-, .,,,.t cr,,r cyyHH ~ rhns
nd - ~, h,' 80 , ,n,, ". 80 ."u-
o. na,,..HY ", IN *. ~ III H. umr ohr ms
IL" eaHc,D ~ cUV on snn MI s"lihs "a gu.
cI.ya, - ,Dt" N.Y. az spr"h "t
below mai y,,s III. ,n,s, 81 bs- "t,,,s -
Se'Irr p',r ~ IT, inc '"'" OF heF Journey VIII
pa,n-,.r"I p.nn..,a ,.""ISsse ~ Npm manner