Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
Society is Now Seeking the
Grouse MOOrS.
FOR NEWWARSHIP
Great Britain Will Soon Have the Best
Fighting Vessel Afl0at-Her De-
Signer Tells of Her Many Advar-
tages-Emper0r Williams Offer.

London, Aug. 12.-(Copyrighted. 1899,
by the Associated Press.)-Bright. warm
weather still prevails throughout Eng
land. the wells and springs are beginning
to run dry and a serious state of things is
expected unless it rains soon. Doubtless,
owing to the fine weather, the holiday
traffic the past week has been the largest
known. The railroads to the north were
especially crowded during the last few
lays with those who were bound to the
grouse moors. The prince of Wales start
ed for Marienbad Thursday, to which
place a large number of Americans and
English are already following.
John Hayes Hammond, the engineer,
has been seriously III ever since he re
turned from South Africa a few weeks
ago. He is at Dinard at present. and VIII
be taken to Carlsbad as soon as he can
be moved.
Truth says F. W. Hawkins of Chicago,
who poses as chancellor Of the National
University Of Chicago and whose me-
thods Were exposed a few years ago. has
broken out again from No. ito Ohio street,
Chicago. offering degrees in musician to
persons in Europe for eco. Mr.. Harkins,
in a letter. says: This university has
proven a boon to nonresident scholars in
the past. but this may not continue long.
Our council expect to pass a rule that will
demand a year resident work for all
graduates, thus barring out all who can
not attend a year here in Chicago"
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sire to furnish three seascapes painted by
himself for the decoration of Queen Vic
toria's new yacht, which is nearing COM
pletion. HIS majesty. as a painter Of
marine subjects. is we'll known. The i'm
perial yacht Hohenzollern IS adorned
with a series Of imperial works which in
clude representations Of Great Britain's
naval victories.
The directors Of the new Carlton club
have aroused a hornets nest by an at
tempt to compel diners at the table d'hote
to don evening dress. Several we'll known
club men have been refused admittance.
and protests are appearing in the news
papers. 1t is pointed out that it is obvious
there must be occasions when it is i'm
possible to dress for dinner. and there is
general approval Of the expressed inten-
ton of some of the victims of the regula-
ton to carry the matter into the courts,
as hotels have no right whatever to re-
fuse to accommodate any Well behaved
person who s able to pay.
His fellow ommoners have started a
story that Sir Ellis A. Bartlett, who was
born in brooklyn. N. y. n VINO is a
conservative member for the Ecclesall
division of Sheffield, contemplates resid-
ing in Turkey and DOMINIC the fez. Prob
ably the story originated from the fact
that he has just obtained concessions fol
an electric traction road from Smyrna tc
Sa!onica. 1t is understood some Ameri.
ans will be interested in these conces.
Eions. Commenting on the subject The
Constantinople palace organ, Ikdam
says MI. bartlett has been one Of thj
most distinguished we'll wishers of thu
Osmanlis for 20 years, and that all hi
speeches have testified to his sound IN
partial judgment and friendship TO
them.
At the moment Emperor William wa,
telling Congressman Foss that the bes
peace conference is a strong navy, plan
had just passed the British admiralty 70
an entirely new class Of warships. Grea
interest is taken in the new vessel whic
was designed by Sir William White, d.
rector Of naval construction, who ha
given a representative of the Associate
Press the following particulars: we be
lieve she viii be the greatest triumph i
naval architecture, DOtn Tor speed an
fighting. She will cost, ready for SCI
about ST. $50, 900, her speed will be a KIN
in excess of any British battleship. an
her gun turrets, torpedo tubes, nuts an
booms will embody IDEAS which eXper
ence and experiment have proved far be
yond anything yet attempted in this
any other country. Her guns will be ger
orally of smaller callibre than those Of tt
Bulwark, now being built. She will h
the longest and broadCst warsh.p eve
laid down in a government dockyar,
while her draught will be shallow. II,
breadth is designed to attain the max
mum steadiness under fire, and from h,
new steering gear very excellent result
are certain. Forward will be circular tor
mounted with rapid firing guns. Her t.
tai armament will be 80 guns. The d,
tails as to their calibre for the presel
must be kept secret. Six torpedo tub,
will complete her equipment. Her pr
lection of Harveyized steel will be lie:
than on the ships now building. III
Spanish-American wal directed our a
} t%ention to coal capacity, and nothing wi
be wanting in that respect. Her di
placement will be 1900 tons. The ne
vessel, which will be laid down in N,
Vember at Davenport Immediately aft,
the Bulwark is off the Slip, should |
ready within a year. She will be the nea
est approach yet attained to a perfe,
combination of the fighting capacity of
battleship. with the mobility of a cruis,
of that type now advocated by one of q
highest naval authorities in the world
lCaptain Mahan."