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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-NOW is THE TIME TO
secure a nice lot at Lincoln Park, $40; 81
down, 30 cents a week; one minute from
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-ON WELCOME AVENUE.
7-room cottage. near South Providence
car station; $1,000. ISAAC l.. GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR LE-MAGNIFIcENT ONE
FAMILY house; IL rooms all improve
ments; good water front; unobstructed
view OF the bay. ISAAC L.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR sALE-l25 CAMP STREET, COR
ner of Locust street. New one-family
house. II rooms; lot about 60x100; fine To-
cation; grand view VIII sell for less
than II cost to build. q. L. & III. j.
GROSS, Managers OF Estates. Banigan
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-s51 PRAIRIE AVENUE.
2-famiiy house with store; rents for $50
per month: price $500. @. l.. e. III. J.
GROSS, Managers of Estates. Banigan
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR sALE-ON LINWooD AVENUE
3-family house; 3 baths: 3 furnaces; IS
1. & ii. ]. GROSS. Managers Of Estates.
Banigan Bldg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

COMMA UENILLts.
In consumption beware of cough mix.
lures AMI prescriptions that contain
opium. Opium paralizes the nerves,
and gives the comma bacillus a good
chance to destroy the lungs. 1t is
always fatal. Brazilian Balm does not
contain trace of any opiate, but stimu.
,ates the nerves wit.I Few life and power,
destroys til. microbe, and restores all
that is left of the diseased lungs to
sound and healthy state which no other
remedy has ever been known to acconaa
piish.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

NO SHIP. HOUSE. TRUNK OR
person should hs out of D.. Harrison's
Pain Curer. Elandtng's. ks Weyhossss
street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09
or.Wonnen.'

Dr. Tolman's Monthly Regulator has brought
happiness to hundreds of anxious women.
There Is positively no other remedy known to
medical science. that VIII so quickly and safely
do the work. Have never had single failure.
The longest and most obstinate eases are rs
iieycd In 5 days without TAIL. No other remedy
ence with work. The most difficult cases
successfully treated through correspondence,
and the most complete satisfaction guaranteed
in every instance relieve hundreds OF ladies'
whom never see. Write for further particu-
lars. All letters truthfnly answered: Free
confden sial advice in all matters of private or
delicate nature. Bear in mind this remedy is
absolutely safe under every possible cendition
and will positively leave no after i'll effect
upon the health. .fy mail securely sealed, $500.
DIR. r. M. TOLMAN Co. 170Tremont ST., Boston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-ON RUTHERGLEN AVE-
nue., one-family house. 8 rooms; modern
improvements; price $1,000. G.. l.. e. III. ].
GROSS, Managers of Estates. Banigan
Rlig. 'Er*
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-ON INDIANA AVENUE,
one-faLaily house. 3 rooms: modern Inn
provements lot 40xS0; price $500. G. l..
< Ii. J. GROSS, Managers OF Estates,
Banigan bldg.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

USE DIR. HARRrsON's PAIN CUR
er this season: gives instant relief to
colds. severe cramps and La Grippe: .
where.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09
q
ROOMS AND BOARD.

permanent. 3-unfurnished rooms. or small
fiat; central location: rent not to exceed
IS. A-36, News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
ISAAC L GOFf CO.. III westminster s.
/ FOR sAI.E-A FARM OF Is ACRES IN
Moosup. CT. good 10-room cottage; .
o sS'si ish%c has%a1fry f. ooSE tsSs co tTSs' WI" ''ads
FOR sALE--Now is THE TIME TO
secure a nice lot at Lincoln Park, 40; II
depot and electric cars ISAAC L. GoFF
FOR sALE-MAGNIFIcENT ONE
family house.; l6 rooms: 4 all improve
View Of ' the bay is ISAAC ' L. GoEF Co.
FOR SALE-HANDsOME BUILD
ing lots on Arnold avenue, overlooking the
pay mandy TO cars. none inner In Edge
wood. ISAAC L. GOLF co.
FOR SALE-cLEGANT BUILDING
lots on Albert avenue. Edgewood; see
risb, rhs9e lots before yr yoI buy; they are all
FOR sALE--oN MARYLAND AVE-
nue., new l0-room tower cottage; oil
modern improvements; commands hnc
view OF the bay; $500 secures IL. ISAAC
l.. GOFF co.
FOR SALE-MAGNIFICENT BUILD
Roger Williams P%o PARK: Just the place to
build a nice home; handy TO cars. ISAAC
l.. GOFF CO.
FOR sALE-FINE BUILDING LOTS
on Seabury street: handy to cars; the
price, price Is right; terms are easy. ISAAC l..
FOR SALE-FOR $1,000. A 5-ROOM
cottage on Aldrich street, near Broad
ssreet; a coy home for man and wife.
FOR SALE-HAvE YOU SEEN THAT
new cottage on Lillian avenue. just OFT
Broad street? II will make line home
FOR sALE--7-RoOM COTTAGE. all
iathed and plastered; steam heat: electric
Bay Bay at Riverside: % price is low. ISAAC
l.. GOFF CO..
FOR sALE-oN ANDEM STREET. 10
provements; furnace heat: almost on car
line: 5000; make us an offer. ISAAC L.
FOR SALE-ON SMITH STREET,
Edgewood, 4-family house of 20 rooms
large lots; minutes walk from cars;
5000; 5000 can remain on mortgage.
FOR sALE-7 COTTAGES IN ELM
wood district. with all improvements:
10 per cent. ISAAC L. GoFF co.
FOR SALE NICE COTTAGES.
near Red Bridge on car line: all Improve
price Is low. ISAAC l.. GOFF CO.
FOR SALE-SAvE YOUR RENT BY
tages; all modern improvements; almost
on car line; $3.50: same terms as rent.
ISAAC l.. GoFF co.
FOR sALE-IT MEANS MONEY IN
your pocket IL you buy some of our SO
lots: 81 down. so cents week: electric
weeks ssss are sA ES past eosF 5ffss cS St' in fs"
FOR sALE-$2o TOR HOUSE LOTS AT
LINCOLN Park 80 cents down. 90 cents
lcD55' c55' faw'uHs' water ISAAC L. coSS
FOR sALE-oN WELCOME AVENUE.
car station; $1,000. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
FOR sALE-A MODERN, s-RooM
house on Cs.;o avenue; all improyements;
GOFF CO.
FOR sALE.A 2-FAMILY HOUSE. A
cars; $500. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
FOR SALE-HERE rs A BARGAIN.
A 7-room house, a little OF Prairie ave.
nue.; improvements; street curbed. sew
cred; $l2oo. ISAAC l.. GoFF CO.
FOR SALE-ON ALvERSON STREET.
2ie story 2-family house; In excel
lent repair furnace heat 5000 so. It.
land; $4,000. ISAAC l.. GOFF CO.
FOR SALE-ON HUNTINGTON AVE-
nue. 2 story 10-rOOm cottage. all tmprOye-
ments; furnace heat: 2 minutes from cars:
$4,000. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
FOR SALE-ON LAURA STREET. 2
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

ISAAC |. G0Ff CO.. III Westminster 81.
FOR sAI.E-A FARM OF Is ACRES IN
Moosup. CT. good 10-room cottage; .
stables: hennery; fruit trees: Will trade;
$500. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-ON CAPITOL HILL. A
few lots for $50 each; better invest
ment cannot be found. ISAAC l.. GOFF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-BEAWrIFUL QUEEN
Anne House; all improvements; 10 Roa-
noke street Mount Pleasant; price low:
easy terms. Apply at house, I'm forenoon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-BEAUTIFUL 2lk-sTORY
house on Broad street, Edgewood all
l6. 200 50. IT. land The price Is low.
ISAAC l.. GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR sALE--ELEGANT RESIDENCE
on east side; is rooms; all improvements;
stable and carriage room: fruit trees,
etc. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

lots just off Pawtucket avenue; high, dry
and all graded; prices reasonable.
ISAAC l.. GOFF co. y.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09

FOR SALE-ON NORWICH AVENUE,
new 2-family house: separate en-
frances; all modern improvements; steam
heat, laundry. open plumbing, etc.
ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-09
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
ISAAC [. G0FF co, III Westminster 81,

FOR SALE-A PRETTY GENTLE
mans residence on Nyoonasquatucket
avenue; air improvements; stable: acres
of land; is bargain. ISAAC l.. GOFF
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18
PRESERVING VALLEY FORGE.
Patriotic Women to RehabfIitat.
washington's Headquarters.

| washington's Headquarters.
Pennsylvania patriotic women, under
the auspices of the Valley Forge Chapter
of the Daughters Of the American Reyolu-
ton, are about TO undertake the repairing
| of Washington's headquarters at Valley
Forge, and will give an operate entertain
ment for the purpose of raising the neces-
sary funds.
Among the hundred of Revolutionary
| patriots buried at Valley Forge during the
| encampment of Washi'gton's army in the
terrible winter of 1777 and 177s, only one
grave is marked and that the grave of
Capt. John Waterman, the Rhode Island
| patriot. Waterman's grave is on an emf
! hence several hundred yards back from the
SchIylkil River on the farm OF l. Heston
Tcdd. and about equidistant between Val
ley Forge village and Port Kenne
dy. 1t is a picturesque spot. overlooking
the valley of the Schuylkill on the north
and the beautiful Chester Valley on the
south. 1t is near where the big log huts
once stood, and in one of which Waterman
is supposed to have died.
About three years ago and soon after Wa
terman's grave was located the Governor OF
Rhode Island and a number OF prominent
members Of the Rhode Island Historical
Society visited Valley Forge and completed
arrangements for the erection of proper
memorial to Waterman. The matter was
brought before the Legislature of that
State and $4,000 was appropriated TO erect
a granite monumeao over the grave. The
shaft WAS prepared in Rhode Island and
sent. 10 Valley Forge. and placed over the
grave, a number OF prominent officials OF
the State being present at the time.
The monumnet is "a plain shaft of Rhode
Island granite. with simple inscription,
as but little data concerning Waterman
could be obtained. The shaft stands about
seven feet high and is four feet thick at the
base and has a rough. unpublished finish.
Quite recently strong wire covering was
placed over the grave and monument by
patriotic Rhode Islanders to keep the rel
iehunters from desecrating the stones, as
they had begun to break chips from the
granite shaft as souvenirs
As soon as the weather will permit thir
~ granite markers will be erected at the
different places of historic interest at
Valley Forge, the surveys for the work
having just been completed. These mark
ers are all on the ground. and when plant
ed will be about seven feet high.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18

torpedo boat des.royers. II torpedo boats.
and submarine torpedo boat total Of
81 fighting craft
OF these the following are expected TO be
completed during this year: Kearsarge.
Kentucky. Illinois. Alabama. and Wiscon-
sin, s bsttieships: Albany, sheathed pro-
tecsed cruiser; Chesapeake, training YES
sci; Bainbridge. Barry, Chsuncey, Dale,
Decatur, Lawrence, Mscdonough, Paul
Jones. Perry and Preble, 10 torpedo boat
destroyers; Dshlgren. T. A. VI. Craven,
Bailey, Goldsborough. Stringham. Bagiey.
Barney. Biddle. Blakeley. De Long. Nichol-
son, 0'Brien. Shubrick. Stockton, Thorn
ton. Tingey, and Wilkes. IL torpedo boats
These fighting vessels are all 10 be built
on the NEST approved lines of naval archi-
lecture aid equipped with the most effec-
tive ana latest ordnance.
During the year 1901. the battleship
Maine. the monitors Arkansas, Connect
cut. Florida, Wyoming. the torpedo boat
destroyers Hopkins and Hull will be COM
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18
GERMAN STREET CARS.
Teutonic Devices to Prevent the E,a-
sion of Fares.

The chances of evading fares on the
street cars of German cities are very slight
When passenger steps on ear the con-
ductor Immediately asks where he is going
and then prepares his ticket which serves
also as receipt for the fare. The prepar-
alton of ticket consists only in detaching
it from block and punching it or mark
ing IL with pencil. This process involves
much more work than the simple process OF
ringing up the fares. as conductors do in
America but the task is lightened by the
fact that only certain number OF persons
are permitted to ride on car at the same
time The number of sitting and standing
places is plainly marked on each ear. If
ear is designed TO carry thirty persons. no
more than thirty persons will be permitted
to ride on that car at the same time.
When anything in Germany Is forbidden
1t is settled once for all. In order that
every person who rides shall get the pre-
seribed ticket inspectors are employed who
spend their time In ascertaining wnether
the conductors are doing their duty. These
inspectors step into the cars aud ask the
passengers for their tickets. They note
the numbers OF the tickets and whether
they correspond with the stubs retained by
the conductor. The clerk who gives out
the blocks of tickets to the conductors
notes the number OF the upermost ticket
and at the return of each block collects
from the conductor who returned il as
many fares as there are tickets detached
The rate of fares varies from 10 cents
to cents. according to the distance Small
children are carried for onehalf fare. and
anyone for the sum Of $3.50 may secure
a ticket which entities him to ride as muck
as he wishes for one month. When a.
is full the conductor displays u
bearing the word Occupied"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18
WRECKING A MINISTRY.
The Ease with Which French OH
ciaIs Arc Driven From Power

Orchard whiteine. in the Century,
| The wrecking of the ministries has be-
| come a mere trick. like the spot stroke in
billiards. and in the interests OF France it
| s..JIld be barred. IL was a reproach as far
back as the time Of Louis Philippe. MUIR
| gers Bohemian. on moving into new lodg
| ings. orders the concierge to wake him
/ every morning by calling through the key
/ hole the day of the week and of the month
weather and the Government under
| which We live" Amid Moderate Repub-
j licans. Radical Republicans, Radical So
eialists, Socialists dyed in the wool Reac
| tionary Monarchists ditto. and Rallies.
| who have graciously accepted the republic
under the promise of reasonable share
of the loaves and fishes, there is always
sure to be somebody to offend. II you hold
| the disinterested position of a mere OBJ
server, and have access to the Hobbies, you
may spy the tempest on the horizon when
| the cloud is no bigger than mans hand.
/ have seen VI. Clemeneeau as storm fiend-
in-chief, and NJ. Clovis Hughes in sub
charge of the Cave Of the Winds-the lat
ter perhaps with a twitching palm which
| manifestly itches for its threatened APP
plication to another members face.
The cloud bursts as BY order; the minis
try is laid on its back. Sometimes there is
no warming, and the catastrophe comes as
by bolt out of a clear sky. The machine
of course, is no more disturbed BY 1t than
the solid rock would be in the like case
but the moral effect is none the less to be
deplored. The worst evil Is the way in
which 1t uses up the governing men. They
get tired of being laid on their backs for
nothing and at every fresh crisis there Is
a greater difficulty in finding entries for
this foolish sport. The postive-refusals
to serve become more numerous and more
embarrassing and the fear grows that the
president will finally have to advertise in
the newspapers for minister. There
ought to be a club of exministers, or a
monthly dinner of them, where they might
meet and compare notes on the futility of
all effort to please a people with disease OF
the nerves.
As the bell gives the signal. and II is al!
aboard for the descent, 1 reflect that
France will have to watch herself. or she
may find this disease ineurable. Her mis-
fortune is that she has been taught TO live
from this part of the organism in public
affairs. Her private life is free from all
reproach OF the kind. There the nation is
serious. calculating. close. ever haunted by
the melancholy of too keenly prophetic
vision of the possibilities of i'll. Il must
find an outlet somewhere for the mere
spiritual waste OF it's dependency. and.
like the rest Of us. IL has a tendency to
dump its rubbish into the public domain.
am convinced that 1t would be less fFi"
olous in conduct If 1t were less sad ut
heart.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18

troyers; 80 steel torpedo boats; | subma-
rine torpedo boat; 1 wooden torpedo boat
Another class which proved itself OF
great value and efficiency in the late war
must be added 10 the above described ma
val fighting force of the United States
This consists of iron and wooden
steam vessels. wooden sailing vessels.
IL steel, iron. and wooden steam tugs also
II wooden steam vessels which sre unit
for sea service. but are used as receiving
ships, or Naval Militia practice ships, and
wooden sailing vessels which are housed
over and are used By the Naval Militia of
different States and as receiving ships.
The total number Of vessels in the reg
ular Navy Of the United States, is 2l5. in
GLIDING 1863 modern warships and So less
modern and effective in war time. In ad-
dition to this there is an auxiliary Navy,
consisting Of Z merchant vessels of aver
age displacement of 5000 tons and a speed
OF 15 knots: % converted yachts, q con-
yerted tugs. II steamers converted into
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18

made. and work on them is progressing
| rapidly.
Since the rebuilding of the feet began in
1888, there has been appropriated by is
of Congress for hull and machinery, SOL,
1852 for armor and armament. SOL
521, 0S2; for equipment S2.43g.62S. The &C
tual cost of finished vessels amounted to
SOS, 529. 511.S5, and the estimated final cost
of vessels now in course of construction
is s62,570, 61O.2S.
The Naval Fleet Today.
TO the above described fleet which is I'M
der construction must be added the follow
ing vessels which have been acquired. since
the beginning of the new Navy" and
which are OF most modern construction,
and have proved themselves capable in
service:
neutrality-suspicious., Iowa Massachu-
sets, and oregon. Second-c!ass battIeship
Texas. Armored cruisers-Brooklyn and
New York. Armored ram-Kathahdin.
Donhleturreted monitors - Amphitr.te.
Monadnock. Monterey. Puritan. and Ter
ror Protected cruisers-Atlanta, Balti-
more, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Columbia, Minneapolis, Newark,
Olympia, Philadelphia, Raleigh. and san
Francisco Protected cruiser. sheathed-
troit. Marblehead, Montgomery, and Reiua
Mercedes. Gunboats-Bancroft, Benning-
ton, Castine. Concord, Don Juan de Aus
tria iron gunboat. Isla de Cuba. Isia de
Luzon. Machias Petrol, Topeka, and York
town. Light draft gunboats-Helena. Nash
Vile. and Wilmington. Composite gum
boats - Annapolis. Marietta, Newport.
Princeton. Vicksburg. and Vince ing. s eel
despatch boat-Dolphin. Steel dynamite
gunboat-Vesuvius. Gunboats under 500
tons purchased by War Department and
attached to Asiatic station-Albany. Belu-
can. Calamianes, Guardoqui. Manileno
Mariveles. Mindoro. Pampango, Panay
paragua Samar. Urdaneta. tVasco: cap
tured from Spain. Alvarado, Callao.
Leyte. Minanao, and Sandoval. Torpedo
boats-Barcelo. Cushing Davis. Du Point
Ericsson. Faragut. Fox, Foote. Given.
Mackenzie. Mckee. Morris. Porter. Rodg-
ers, Rowan, Somers. Talbot. Winslow,
Worden. and Stiletto.
All OF the designated vessels. wiki the
exception Of the nineteen gunboats under
800 tons purchased by the War Depart
ment, or captured during the Spanish war
have been built and equipped since 1883.
They constitute the new Navy and the
most modern array OF fighting ships in
the world and comprise IL first-class bat
tleships; first-class battleships. sheath
ed; / second class bsttleship; armored
cruisers; 3 armored cruisers, l armored
ram: 1 steel single -turreted monitors: 6
double turreted monitors iron, single
turreted monitors: Is protected cruisers:
S protected cruisers. sheathed; 4 unpro-
tected cruisers: IL gunboais; light-draft
gunboats; 8 composite gunboats: training
ship; special class; l6 torpedo boat des-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18

men drew lots, having sworn that he who
drew the black ball would commit suicide.
The unhappy loser went to his room and
discharged bullet into his breast, but
missed his heart, and fingered for several
days on his deathbed. His parents were
summoned by telegraph md besought him
on their knees to disclose the name of his
antagonist. but he stcadfastly refused, and
died with the secret locked in his breast.
The students not only excused his con-
d.ct, but praised his courage. and when
his remains were taken to the railway sta
tion TO be transported 10 a distant city
they accompanied the funeral cortege with
torches and music. The students claimed
he was not suicide. for he was killed in
an honorable duel, and they maintained
that his opponent was not accessory TO his
death. because h. shot himself. / had
many arguments with them and never
could convince them Of their extraordinary
regeneration.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-18

The Chesapeake. training vessel for
the Naval Academy, was in course Of CON-
pletion on the first of January of this
year. She is a sailing ship. and her con-
struction was authorized in 1897. Her bat
terry consists Of twelve guns, displacement
| 1.175 tons, and her cost is estimated at
1 s112000.
| The construction of sixteen torpedo boat
destroyers was authorized May 4, 1898. at
contract price of $685., 900 each, for huh
and machinery. They are 10 be completed
| this year. Their displacement. when fully
equipped, ready for sea. all stores and
normal coal supply on board, will be go
tons, their speed twenty eight, twenty
nine. and thirty knots respectively, and
indicated horsepower on trial, 1000, 200.
5000, $500, and $500. respectively. The
type of their engines and boilers will be
the twin screw, vertical inverted: triple
expansion. Their battery will consist of two
long 1S-inch Whitehead torpedo tubes and
two 14-pound rapid fire and five 6-nound
rapid fire guns. all Joiner wn-'S - h" ~
fire PROCEED wood. and each boat will carry
four officers and sixty nine men. Ine
names of the boats are Bainbridge, Barry,
Chsuncey, Dale. Decatur. Hopkins Hull.
Lawrence. Marlborough. Paul Jones. Perry.
Preble. Stewart Truxtun. Whipple, and
Worden. ~ .-OA-
seventeen lDiptuO BOdAS vert III
of construction at the beginning of this
year. and will be completed before 1901
Their average sreed is Indicated at rs
knots, and they will have a complement Of
3 officers and 26 men. The total hull and
machinery contract price for these torpedo
vessels, with the exception OF The String
ham and the De Long, amounts TO S2,057,
$50. They will be equipped wi h three IS
inch Whitehead torpedo tubes, and three
and four /. 2. and 6-pound rapid iire guns.
respectively. They will be propelled by
twin screw vertical quadruple expansion
engines. Their names are: The Dab gren,
20 knots: T. A. VI. Craven. so knots:
StTingham. 30 knots; Goldsborough. 80
knots: Bailey, 20 knots; Bagley, IS knots;
Barney. 2S knots; Biddle 2s knots: Blake
hey, 26 knots; DE Long. rs knots: Nicholson.
&c knots, O'Brien. &c knots; Shubriek s5
knots; Stockton2szS knots; Thornton. %
knots: Tingey. 90 Wilkes. 2s knots.
Another Of the war craft of the United
States in course Of construction Is the sub
marine torpedo boat Plunger. which is 81
per cent completed. The contract price for
hull and machinery was $4,000. She will
be equipped with two Whitehead torpedo
tubes. and her speed is estimated at S
knots. The displacement is los tons, and
at the trial she indicated a horsepower OF
LOO.
sixfy-One ships Building.
1t will be seen from the above that on
January ], 1900. there were under con-
struction s battleships. 3 sheathed battle
ships. sheathed armored cruisers, Z
sheathed protected cruisers. monitors. /
training vessel for the Naval Academy. l6