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; Pacific Coast. lie said That the fle
! would sail from Hampton Reads ID
I ezaher 10 for san Francisco. III ca
: nsaad &c Admiral Evans. expecting |
arrive af the destination April ID,
tfiHs%nce or 1872 miles The big wal
ships win be- under steam sixy-thre
days. and spend tifty-two days at tai
| Get practice. The sailing pace viii
ten knxs an holir. permitting collier
70 accompany the feet part OF the wa,
orer 10000 tons Of coal win be con
sumei A complete machine shop Of
board the Panther win be constantl,
ut hand for repairs.
$50
| Following sharp attacks on thu
hoard or Naval Constructors In the
Navy. service publication. Secretary
Metcalfe called on all officers for sus.
gestIons how to promote the efficiency
Of the service. Two Of the battleships,
the Iowa and Indiana. were criticised
as being soft eniers,. and already
these have been ordered into the re-
serve list. most OF their men going to
the new battleshipS BY soft end.
the critics mean ships having spaces at
the bow and stern not protected hy
armor. which Ia action would make
them vulnerable to attack. Ii Is also
charged that steering engines In sew
eral cases have been left unprotected
b. the naval constructors. Other ships
thus criticised are the Oregon. Massa-
chusetts. Kentucky and Kearsarge.
$50
The Mary Department has announced
the awarding or contracts for the con-
struction Of the two new $4,000 ton
"Dreadnoughtsr to the Fore River
shlpbuiidIng Company Of Quincy,
hasA. and the Newport News ship
building Company of Newport News,
Va. respectively. One OF these ships
i g hare American turbines ana the
other the British type Of turbines. The
contract price with the Newport News
company i $4.0oaO0o. ana that with
the Fore River S.,3T7.ooo. these being
the lowest fwo bids Contracts for the
arHpr are divided among the Carnegie,
Bethlehem and didvale plants.
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The Naval Board Of Inspection and
Survey has Forwarded to the Navy De
partment its report on the exhaustive
trials Of the four Submarine torpedo
boats. tie Octopus. viper, Cuttlefish
and Tarantula. constructed for the
government Much attention was de-
vofed to the open ocean trial OF the
Viper, which wnu selected to make 4
nineIy-six hour sea test for the pur-
pose of determining endurance. The
performances cf the Viper deinon-
sfrafed that she has radius Of action
of 100 miles without coming into
port or communicating with any other
vessel tor period Of four days.
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Painters ii work On the dome Of the
Capitol In washington found ii the
gutter below the first bulge I woman's
bonnet. four derby hats ten straw hats.
twD ham sandwiches, thirteen cents. 1
nursing bottle. and q sparrowS nest
containing thirtyeight eEu. Ths mar
rows must have planned corner In
the eex market. for no hen sparrow
could cover three dozen cggs with any
prospect d Matching them.
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The cruiser Washington. which has
been Ii commission but few mouths,
rpcently had her final tests under the
Of the Trial Board or the
Navy Department with most gratifying
rtsnlsk her speed record being over
tweEty-one knots m hour. and the ac-
ton of her guns and turrets proving
exaSt duplicate Of The cruiser Tenn
essec.
II has been agreed between the row
ersiments Of Canada and Of tho United
STATES that tia owners Of All buildings
on the boundary-llne must decide In
which country they shall live. and
must move the whole building accord
ktk#4X% AU& HAH4tk~% VI &01H 0&AESt1SMI
Il 10 reduce the smuggling evil and
otherwise 10 put an end 70 sawlessness
al the border.
$50
Public Printer Stillings has ordered
that hereaftef ali employees o. the gov-
crninent printing ofiice shall address
one another with the formal designa-
lions -Afr. and -Miss.* In contradis-
tinction 10 TIE prevailing custom or ~
ire nieknanes.
Hereafter medical preparations. such
al headache powders, which contain
zcesphenitidiu, must have On their pub
lished Formulas notice that the prepa-
ration contains sacetAnilid,s from
which the Former drug II derived.
The president has approved Col. Coe-
IhaI's request Cox authority 10 expend
more than the appropriation
for the present fiscal year On the pana-
ia Canal. The reason Tor asking this