Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-23
NEWPORT NEWS.
The Big Guns for the Battleship
illinois Have Arrived.
There arc Threc Candidates for tho prcsi-
dency of the City CounciI-A Dangerous
Counterfeit Turns Up-Benoft Baso
Ball for Hospital Fund -Kanawha's Big
Cargo.

Newport News. Va, June 22.-It IS
hoped that the Newport News Ship
biuling and Dry Dock Company will
secure the job Of building the new
warships. There will be strong COM
petition for the work, as the Cramps,
Union Iron Works and Neafil & Levy
Ship and Engine Company will proba-
bly, bid on the work.
It would be a big thing for this sec
ton to secure the work, as there are
to be constructed five battleships and
six armored cruisers. The William r.
Trisg Company, of Richmond, Va, the
Bath Iron Works, Lewis Nixon, of New
Jersey. and perhaps other firms will,
1t Is understood, hand in bids for the
construction OF the three armored
cruisers.
A BAD BILL.
Yesterday considerable surprise was
created at the Custom House by the
return from Washington of a ten dol
lar bill with the information on it
that it was counterfeit. When the
matter was investigated here 1T was
found that the bill had come from
local bank in payment OF duties
amounting to $4,000.
1t is very clever counterfeit of one
OF the isue OF 1876 and Is one of q
most dangerous and we'll known spu-
rious issue that it was supposed had
all been taken up and destroyed.
The only defects in the bill are in
the engraving. Where the bill should
read Legal tender for ten dollars"
the spacing IS left out between the
words flor" and ten" making only
the one word "forten." In another
place the last three letters of the word
printing" are printed in italics instead
nlain 1attnrG With theca
tions the bill Is almost perfect. The
bank officials are at a loss how to ac-
count for the bill.
The bill will he returned to the
United States Treasury officials to be
stamped counterfeit, after which it will
either be put in the museum with other
specimens of the forger's art or de-
stroyed.
MORE BENEFIT BASEBALL.
The letter carriers are trying to ar
range n game of baseball with the en-
ployees of the custom house for the
benefit of the hospital building fund.
the game to be played on the Fourth of
July.
The city officials and lawyers are also
thinking OF playing 4 game, and it is
said the coin counters in the local
banks desire to battle with the picked
men Of the allied druggists and doc
tors teams. All of this will increase
GUNS FOR THE ILLINOIS.
In regard to the guns for the I'LL
nos the Morning Herald Of to-day
says:
1.-TWO of the huge thlrteen-inch guns,
with which the battleship Illinois will
be equipped, arrived yesterday.
The guns were cast and finished at
the Washington gun foundry and the
remaining two guns will be forwarded
as soon as they are completed. The
eight inch guns for the same ship are
being worked on and will be forwarded
to the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company in n few days.
Work on the Illinois is being rapidly
pushed at the yard and by fall the big
ship will be ready for her builders
trial. The Illinois will be the last of
the battleships to get the thirteen inch
guns, that calibre having been dis
carded and twelve inch guns substi-
tuted.
The ribs for the rst-class battleship
Missouri. the latest type of ship con-
tracted for by the Navy Department.
are up and the vessel is beginning 10
take shape.
The monitor Arkansas Is moving
along rapidly and the date for her
launching will be announced at no dis
tanr UIre.
ANOTHER BIG CARGO.
Yesterday the British steamship Ka-
tof Inv .a11 O lnd