The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18
.vANDALS IN THE IIE:, CAPITOL
Smashed Desk and Book Case ard
Wrought Havoc Generally. but Left
No @ lue Wv Gen. Baden- Powell XIX
Might Visit Brandy Station
Z IN J - NJ
Tho imcs-Dispatch Bureau,
1T No. 14i7 q Street. N, w.

row than has witnessed the initial dip
Of any fighter sent to the waves from the
Newport News yards. "
Xxi Tho steamer Newport News left hero
tonight at o'clock with ono hundred
i. and twenty people aboard including Of
4 Accrs OF tbenavy. department ON Gals,
embers OF Congress and others. Score
tary Moody expressed his regrets that
he would be unable to attend. tte has
3 Just returned from ayprolonged outing N
" CUBE, and department business claims
E all his attention now. 1f3 E55 "a g S
#is56 Among those who went down on the
Y Newport News asgthe guests Of the New
port News Shipbuild!ng and Dry lloock
y Company were Rear-Admirat O'Neil.
chief OF tho Bureau Of Ordnance; Hear-
4 Admiral Bradford. head OF the Bureau
OF Equipment and Supplies; Rear-Adml al
Taylor, head OF the Navigation Bureaul;
81 D. A. Green, chief clerk In the Bureau OF
CONSTRUCTION and Repairs; w. J. Hughes.
se representing the Department Of Justice;
d Captain s. G. LenIy. Judge advocate gem
4 eral or the navy; NJ. d O Conner. sollcl-
tor Of tho Treasury Department; Hon. =.
& A. Hull, Of iowa, cnaittllan " the t =
4 Committee on Military Afrairs. and these
members OF Congress: Hon. J. G. Can
s non OF Illinois; Hon. Aston g, Dayton,
/ and q, B. Doyener, Of West Virginia; ex--
Senator Charles IL, Faulkner. OF West
Virginia: State Senator G.. W.. swtsher,t
Il OF West Virginia; Ward p White. son
q OF the Governor OF West virginia are are
OF the party as are also tne 3Iol l'2,l ~
& Washington people: Mcssrs. ohn - va, !;
4 D. A. Chambers. w 8. Fawcett, =. =.
I tNicNeely, u S.. Miller. y. II. Warner a y
a Dr.. C. r. Dufour. y z ~ ,ss u, q
There are many ladies IN tho party. Inc
vessel Will reach Newport News about
4 $50 AZ hi, n TO- morrow. The party VIII
lnspect the ma gni1cent yards until the
i.1o o,clock r. NJ. 81 After the launching 2
the vessel n Will ID carry the s8 compan7y'A
b guests 70 Old point to- q luncheon at The
y Chanberlln. q Governor White, OF West
Virginia. and staff, and g oyer1or M ia :
quo. OF Virginia. and stan, VIII attend.
L After the luncheon there viii be q Dali y
Z Ia the hotel ballroom. The aWnost
News will start on the return trip at tl0;o
sP..S III. and reach here about me % wy
Il hour Sunday m orning, {. !.
L 335 Judge Il E. Payson, who represents the
4 Shipbufdipg Company here, has been IN
4. defatignbleE in arranging for4thes c9ultoriI
II the party and there Is no doubt thal
With fine weather the trip VIII DO me s !, :
~ s RECORDS BROKEN.
/ "The Department regards tho Newport
K News yard as probably the finest IN the
world !" he said to-day. Il am sure the
53 V,iests OF the company will be Inter ested
In 4 going over tina yards before the
n launching and seeing the wonderful WolA
uuhich "a being done there. There IS IN
4 tho great dry dock at present 2 German lalt
q warship and an enormous ocean steamer
y undergoing repairs. All German Waf Vefs s
sels needing redocking when IN thls quar-
ter OF the globe are sent 70 ne Nes 'l -
4 News yards. Al 81. VII
Chief Constructor Bowes, OF the Navy
Department. says all records for rapid
construction anywhere have been BROKEN
K nj the Newport News yard on the battles
shin Louisiana, Tho vessel should n be
9 per cent. towards comp Ion By May
1st, but It had reached that stage by
u April 4 LIST The vessel will be completed
Il many months ahead OF contract time.
Very slow progress is helng made on
vessels at other yards. Only i per, cent.
OF work was done on the battleships
Ohio, Nebraska, and Georgia, and the
nrmored cruiser Maryland during the
+. month OF March, while there was no pro-
gress at all on the arlnored cruiser South
q Dakota.
WORK OFttvANDALs. 81 Il .,ss9
Vandals entered a senatorial committee
( room on the basement floor OF the Capt.
toll few night ago and did q large
N amount OF damage Every pane Of glass
r. In large bookcase was broken, the
i top OF q large desk was smashed In as
Il with a sledge hammer the electric
wires were cut and torn from thel1 fast
enings. and papers were sea tered every
where. It Is not known that anything
! was stolen. nor does It appear as II theft
was the object of the person or persons
who did the damage. 4,
a a youth about sixteen years Of age,
brother to the secretary OF Senator,
was arrested on suspicion Of having COM
e mitted the offense. but was discharged,
rs a. case gould not be made out, K
% There is much mystery surrounding
J: ,tte case To the public the mystery oAlef-
d " lies In the fact that at every hour OF
IT,, day or night there is nearly always
n policeman In sight in the basement
r Of the Capitol Naturally, tho Capitol
7, police ara very reticent concerning the
FITz COULD TEACH HIM.
A gentleman from Fredericksburg, who
was in this city to-day, said he had
(. never found In that place q more general
sentiment than that against the retire.
mont Of Judge "A, w. Wallace, OF the Cor
4, nora ton Court, The people are a unit
In favor OF his remaining on the bench.
and a largely attended mass meeting was
q held this week for the purpose OF lnduc-
~ l0E MN 10 we NtSFSt
BIT he stlll insists that he be allowed to
Z retire to private life.
~ HIf General RadenrPoWell wants to
study cavalry battles. he ought to go to
Richmond and get Fitz Lee to take him
f over the field at Brandy Station, In Cul7
pepper county" remarked an old soldier
To-day, "That was the greatest cavalry
aght OF the war, and Fitz Lee was there,
and knows all about It" 81
The new class at the Naval Academy
Z the coming session will be far larger than
4 syer before in the history of the coun-
try. The academy authorities have been
notified that there have, been 60i principal
appointments made. and the chances are
that the class will not number much
: under 400 Nearly every congressmar or
( Senator has made q number Of alter
& native appointments. some as many as
seven or eight u,
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