The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21

, 'un-American boycott" had been de-
clared against his cargo.
Tho merchants of Honolulu declare
that A repetition of such trips as the
one made by the Olympia would seri-
ously injure the labor supply of the
Hawaiian Islands.
will run down the scent of an enemy
locate him and report to the fighting
force. Three of these craft, with a
maximum speed of twenty-four knots
have been ordered, and when the next
batch of them is planned by the con-
struction department it is thought that
a knot and fraction will be added to
the speed.
England has scout ships that are
slightly faster than those now fairly
under way of building for the United
States. Japan has a fleet of them
that average about twenty-four knots,
and it was with these that the willy
Togo was enabled to find the Russian
positions with such accuracy and pre-
pare to meet and destroy the Slav
feet in accordance with design made
possible by the scout ships good ser
vice. The construction bureau claims
that the American ships will be su-
perior TO those of Japan and England
because of their large coal capacity.
The American vessels will carry twice
the coal in their bunkers than can the
japanese and English. Their hulls
are so planned as to combine excessive
strength of frame with a minimum of
weight Extreme care has been used
to prevent stiffness that the vessels
may Withstand all manner of weather
and maintain a high average of speed
despite the elements.
The three scout ships will be called
the Chester, Birmingham and Salem.
In appearance they will be long and
narrow, schooner rugged and some
what low of freeboard. They are TO
have four tunnels and their super
structure is not much in evidence
above the main deck Their batteries
win consist of twelve 3-inch rapid fire
/ guns for repelling torpedo-boat at
tacks; they are also to be provided
with two submerged torpedo tubes and
can serve as torpedo craft II neces-
sary.
Great difficulty has been experienced
! by all navies of the world in maintain
ing anything like the contract speed
of torpedo-boats for any length of
time. The scout ships are expected TO
keep up their maximum speed, or near
ly so, for an indefinite time without
injury to their machinery.
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auditorium in which can be given in
augural balls and like functions that
are attended by thousands. The cap
itaI people want something that Will
be as large or larger than the Mechan-
les Pavilion at San Francisco, and for
that reason have subscribed $5O00oO
for building fund. The Pension build
ing has usually been the place for in
! augural balls in past years. The build
! ing is 200x40e feet in size; the main
hall of the proposed new auditorium
will be 17ox5O0 feet.
I The reunion of the Army of the Po-
tomac will take place on the 10th of
next month on the historic battle
field of Manassas. The society accept
ed the invitation of the citizens of
Manassas to hold it's meeting on the
spot where rude monuments were
( erected by the hands of Union soldiers
after they had received their first bap-
I tism of fire and the terrible presence of
death in its most cruel forms met their
gaze at every turn. Two monuments
We're erected. One stands on the War
+ renton pike, near the Henry farm,
where a gentle slope of green field dot
/ ted with sturdy trees forms the veil
that nature has drawn over the scenes
of carnage When the Confederate
army withdrew the Army of the Po-
ton1ac built UP two crude monuments
of broken rock in memory of the men
who had fallen in the fierce charges
and counter charges. A short distance
from the rough piles is Bull Run and
the road that leads to Appomattox
Time has covered up the scars of shot
and shell, and a dreamy, peaceful en-
/ vironment gives not the slightest sug-
! gestion Of the horrors of war
George c, Round. an ex-Union SOL
dier, who has lived in Manassas
since the war, is the chairman of the
eral Horatio King head of the Society
of the Potomac, is looking after the
/ general arrangements for the meet
! ing. Colonel George H. Patrick of this
city is in. charge of local preparations.
Mrs. Leslie NJ. Shaw. wife of the
| Secretary of the Treasury, who under
Went an operation at the Johns Hop
kins Hospital Baltimore, recently.
ard who for awhile was in a very pre-
! carious condition, has so far recovered
] that she has been able to return to
her home in this city. The Misses
4 Shaw were with their mother a deal
of the time during her sickness, but
! Saturday last they returned to Wash
/ ington.- Before leaving Baltimore for
the capital the young ladies were the
guests of the officers Of the revenue
cutter Window. large party of
prominent society people were enter
tanned during cruise around Chesa-
peake Bay.
Senator Elkins spends part of his
/ time in Washington during the sum-
! mer and part AT Atlantic City. His
/ wife is now at the seacoast town. Sem
ator Elkins IS a member of the Inter-
! state Commerce Committee and his
/ duties thereon do not permit of his
leaving the city altogether during the
dull season.
Mrs: victor Metcaf was a guest at
luncheon given by Mrs. John Gordon
this week