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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1901)
"X II UN till) HiiHHlan unfurls the 1 lilno cross of SI. Andrew on lis l U Held of milky white over tlio I (i n rn 1 1 of tlm Rctvizan, a fuw weeks hence, III- Will pOHHPKH tile greatest battleship, lu many respects, of which any navy can now boast. 'I'o find out If all this Ih ho, tin' Cramps, who created thu vessel, an- ready to take It to sea for a prelimi nary trial, which promises to liu of world wide Interest. TIiIh Hhlp, more than any other tint In own approaching completion, embodies every development of the monster man-of-war which had for lu first model lirlcssnn's tiny monitor; end the. crnr's ollleerH, who have watched It grow from the Hlmplo renter keel plate, Htnlle now and are Impatient to exhibit their prize to naval liurope. A liattlcHhlp of nearly 13,000 Ioiih that ran run as nwlftly as an ordinary aeeom moilatlon train on a HiHt-rlacH railroad I hat will house neary 800 men, and whic h at a distance of ten or a dozen miles, can hurl 3, 100 iioiiikIh of chilled Hiccl and hlgii explosive against an enemy from the four great Kims that peer out of turrets of steel that resemble In shape nothing ho much as thu skull or an nrurig outaiiK -elliptical halaneed turrets, thu plans call them- that Is the Kctvl7.au. Warship builders the world over Knew that tho c.ar wanted ships a few years ago ami all loured on how best to pleas' the Imperial marine ministry. Hut the c.ar not enly wanted vchhuIs hu wanted Iheni of a typo vastly Improved, and, moreover, he wanted them quick. Then It was that Charles II. Cramp (Inured out the poslblll tlrs, first of the Varlag, now (he crack protected cruiser of the Russian navy, and, second, of the Ketvl.an. It was the latter which needed the most figuring. 'I'( hulld a ship of the speed required, displacing approximately 111,000 tons 12.77r. to ho exact -and lloat It In less than twenty-six feet of water, was the proposition, anil Its answer Is the huge craft now about to seek the sea to try Itself. Tho hull, which carries the typical sweeping American lines that mean grace and speed, Is H8I feet long between per pendiculars and 72 feet 214 Inches wide, and, as It lies now, there Is nine Inchon of Krupped armor sp uul over A lit t lu peach In an orchard little pencil of emerald lino. Short JOHN FOX of Mllltown, Now Hruns wick, N. J., has reached tho con clusion that a man can get along Just as well without arms as willi thorn If ho will but mako up his mind to do so. Fox is the mail carrier at Mllltown n position whbii ho has hel l slncu ho lost his arms lu a mill accident thirty-two years ago. lie lias a hook fastened to tho stump of each of his arms and with theso ho can do more than many men who huvo the use of their arms and hands. Fox Is tho champion fisherman of Mill town. Ho can ball ills own hook and cast hla lino. Ho can reel lu any Hull that In habits Mllltown waters. When aslud If he had any trouble taking a llsh olT tho hook, ho replied that It was not half as much trouble as gutting him on. Fox alio cultivates a small patch of ground adjoin ing ills house. He can drive a hnrte to tlio plow, holding the plow In position with a ropo thrown over his shoulders and guid ing tho reins by tho hook arms. He Is also an accurate shot, being able to bring 11 bird or rabbit down with a shotgun, lie cuts hU own supply of firewood with a buuKsnw. Fox Is also an accomplished mechanic. He lias constructed without aid a largo cider press. Hu cut out every part, horn I tho holes for tiro bolts and fitted the Russia's Monster Uio massive sides for two-thirds the entire length. Above this belt there is six Inches to the deck line, the ;,uii positions, in case ments above, have live Inches of plating. Hack of the armor Is the curved protective deck, which rovers the vitals of tho ship. To keep out any stray raking shot that might go through and disable a 141111 or two, MOW AND FKSHTINO TOPS OP THU HUT heavy armoreil bulkheads are worked lu at the ends of the main and casemate bulls, This Is tho llrst battleship built lu this country with a complete Installation of water tube boilers. This was one of the novel featuris Involved in (he Cramp plan and all the machinery is particularly adapted to this lype of boiler. They will make the ste am that wilt give the two ponderous triple expansion engines the power to whirl the shafts with the strength of Hi. 000 horses. Then the twin 1!,", 000-pound propelleis will be called upon to push the ship ahead nt tin; rate of eighteen knots an hour, though it would be hard to Hud a man at Cramps who docs not grow, That little peach dawned Of Johnny Jones and his F.l'OliNIi Ffiil.D'S UTTI.Ii 1'IiACM I'OHM Strange and True Stories About People various parts together without tho leust dllllculty. Ho Is now 72 years of ago. Speaking of how hu gets along, thu old man said. "Anybody can get along without his arms if ho has lo. livery time 1 row, llsh, hunt or plow 1 find a hotter way to do It and II continually grows easier to get along Appraisers appointed by tho ndmlulH tiatois of tho estatu of Jacob S. Rogers aro proceeding with their work as quickly as posslblu. Tho market value of tho bonds and stocks In round figures is $l,7f.0 0J0. Tho Intel ost of tho ostato In tho IUgors locomotive works s valued at $137,000, and there Is $180,000 cash in different banks nil 1 financial Institutions In Now York Cl.y. This makes a total of $r,fi;7,000 f pemunnl properly. To this must bo added tho valuu of tho real estate In various states, Ona pleco of property In New York City con.il lie sold for $200,000. Tho real estate In Now Jersey Is valued at $S.r0,000. It will bo several months befuro the estate ran bo wound up, and much of tho personal property will Increase la value and earnings. From tho total must bo sub tract d $210,000 lu legacies provided t.r In Iho will and tho cost of administration and contest. On a fair estimate It appears that tho Art Battleship believe that the indicated horsepower d -voloped will be much iti exe us of the re quirements ami that the speed will be nearer nineteen than eighteen knots. When the Uusttlalis accept a ship III re is no chance of their gittlng anything but what they older. A 1'niied Sinlei gov ernment ttial, scvete as It Is, when the VIZ AN Jl'ST HiiFORIi COM I'UiiiON vessel Is forced at top speed over the deep course between Cape Ann and Capo I'orpoiHo for four hours, would never satisfy tho czar's men. They have a set of tests of their own devising that If practiced on all tho ships of foreign rinvits would likely result lu half of them being declared failures. First, thoy want no assisted or forced draught used; next, they Insist that the vessel shall maintain the contract speed for twelve consecutive hours, and, Inci dentally, they stand about to watch the in dicator cards and see that It Is done. When It Is considered that the I'nlted Stat s gov on tho vlovv John tool- a bite and Suo took n chow, I'nder sister Suo. And then! tho trouble began to brow. They lU,USTRATIii FOR Tllli HHIi HY A STAFF Museum will receive somewhat more than $0,000,000 in cash and real estate. Nowporl Is on the eve of a cirrus, one out of the ordinary, in that it will bo a society alfalr and will bo attended only by members of tho fashionable colony. It is called "The Oeliichs Circus," lu that It will ho given by Mrs. Herman Oeliichs and will take place on tho Oelrlchs' estate on the Cliffs. It will bo tho llrst affair of the Kind ever given In Newport and several surprises are In storo for those who ate to attend. Mrs. Oeliichs has carefully guarded the features of the show, except that It has been announced that Harry I.ehr Is to bo tho ringmaster. A lingo tent has been erected on the lawn at Rose Cliff and everything that goes with a circus will bo there, even to tlie side show. A ling has been built and a circus band has been Im ported for tho occnslon. The artists, as far as known, have been secured out of town, but It Is understood that special acts will bo Introduced by inenibt rs of the cottage colony. There will bo no tickets sold to this circus and n squad of policemen will bo on hand to see that nn outsiders crawl under tho tent. Thoro Is a strange society at the Cook county Jail known as the John I,. Whitman Improvement association and last Satur Built in America 1 rnmetit proving course olt the New ling land toast is only fifty knots long and that I'lu le Sam's ships steam It over twice to prove their merit, the dllllculty of having deep sea loom enough to run a vessel twelve hours on it stretch and all tho time ai elKhteen knots an hour 111u.1t be e Ideal. Hut there is a way to overcome this dllii rtilty. Tlie modern battleship Is nothing If not a piece of machinery, and machinery well geared, like llgurea correctly totaled, never lie. So they will run the Itetvlzan over the tin naured course, and, knowing tile exact distance from mark to mark, wilt keep a record of the revolutions of the big twin screws until the time comes when a carefully measured space Is covered exactly at the required speed. Then the time will be ilpe for the main test, and for twelve hours the ship will be forced onward over a course laid anywhere In the sea thai gives the required area of deep water, and throughout the revolutions f thu propellers mint average at least up to the turns that were found necessary to make thecontrait speed. Tlie coming llrst trial of the big battle ship is called a preliminary or builders" test, but It Is much more Interesting and far more Important than the Una I accept ance trial of twelve hours, for It really shows the qualities of the ship for the llrst nine and In addition every gun will be n stud, a feature totally eliminated from fulled States war ship trials. Their guns Keep silence until long after the vessel Is lu commission, then thu tiling trial is ordered. The Itetvl.an carries a terilllc buttery and the big guns are novel to American eyis, for the Russians nianufacluie all their own lie ivy ordnance at the ObrukolT works. They are really a mndilh at Ion of the tun us French Cutlet type and have practically the same style of hrccch block and. like all such weapons, are II rod by electricity and loaded by machinery, except for the pushing of the shell Into tho yawning breech. There are four 12-Inch, twelve fl inch ami twenty ::-Inch guns lu the main battery, while the secondary group Is made up of twenty 17-mllllmetor llotchklss rapid-lire cannon. livery one of these has to be tested, not hicauso th- Russians fear tlie inelllclency of the gum themselves, but to enable thum to learn Just ARTIST-l'OSliS HY CHILDREN OF ALFRED MORRIS. day tho organization had an election to 111! the placo of James W. Heanian. Heainan was the coniinltleeiuan In charge of tho third tier of colls. Ho was recently con victed of murder In l'lillman, but was granted a new trial and secured his re lease on ball. Two candidates appeared to fill his place. They were Harry llowdcn, charged with the murder of Hugh O'Neill at 2M,". Calu met avenue, and lidwaid Forshay a theatri cal man. who killed his wife lu West Madi son street. When tlie ballots were counted there were Just nineteen for each candidate. Up lu murderers' row was a prisoner who had not voted. He was (ieorgo Dollnskl, condemned to death, lie was appealed to and consented to cast tlie deciding vote. It was for Forshay. Tnt.s this singular election was settled. These men. standing In I he shadow of death, seem to take a glim pleasure la electing each other to positions lu tho Im provement association ami they canvass for votes with all the Interest of a politi cal ward boss. Senator William It. Allison of Iowa has a bettor memory for figures and faces than for overcoats, relates the Oreon Hag. Two years ago when President McKlnley passed through Iown ho was met at tho edge of how the carriages an. I the fillings stand the strain arid also what sort of a guu pint form tho vessel Is. Therefore the Cramps will man the ship with a crew from their yards, all tt tlum skilled engineers and llrcmctr, and Captulu Stecheiisuovitch. the futtnu commander, will taku aboaid gun crews made up from tho 100 or more men who are here as a part of the crew that will take the ship home. Once compasses nre adjusted the no?o of tlie Rctvizan will be pointed out cf I ho Delaware capis to the open sea and it will bo run slowly to the deep water that li s Just beyond the Five Fnthcin banks, per haps sixteen tulles off shore. Then, between the northeast and southwest, light vessels of tho bank, Known to be Just eleven and a quarter Knots apart, tho Ilr.-t speed run will be made and when all is found sitis faciory a northeast course will carry the vessel far away from the track cf any regular liners or coasters and thu swarthy Russian sailors will be givm their chinco to participate in the alTalr. This they will do by Ilrlng each gun at nothing hut the water, llrst with half a service charge of powder and then with the regular war charge and projectile. The .effects of each shot on every plate, beam and stanchion will ho rioted, for tho great guns use 210 pounds of thu highest power smokeless powder to hurl their S.'iO pounds pointed cylinders of steel, and the crush and shock of such a discharge Is little less than a small earthquake. There Is 0110 thing sure lu connection with the Itetvlzan. It will never catch lire. The lessons of tho Valu river, Ma nila hay and Santiago are too deeply rooted In the minds of the Russians to permit them to use wood lu any form in tho con struction of their ships. So It has asbestos bulkheads in all the living spaces and the entire Interior is sheathed with tire same fireproof material. liven Us boats will ho of metal, a step which has not been taken by the I'nlted Slates yet, though the newer ships have precious little wood about them. It will be only a few days before the world will know whether this $;!,000,000 combination of steel Is a success or a fail ure, and If It proves Hie test, as everybody believes It will, then the world must haw, for the era of thu elgliteeti-knot battleship hns come. tho turf where tho daisies grow planted John and Ids dint. cm tho statu by Senator Allison, (Jovernor Shaw and other prominent people. The governor was accompanied by his sorvniit, William Coalsnn, a colored rnnii with a re--markablo memory for hats, overcoats and other articles of wealing apparel. It was lu tho fall and the day was rather chilly. When tlio train reached Cedar Rapids and tho program called for a short stop there was a general scramble for overcoats. Coalson brought out a coat for Senator Allison, but tho senator refused to wear It. "That's not mine," ho declared, and that ended tho matter. A member of the party proffered an overcoat and tho senator hur ried uptown nnd nindu n purchase at a clothing store. In tho meantime Conlsnn was starching high nnd low over the car for tho lost coat. Finding no trac of it and espying tho enj which the lender of tho senate had rejected, a happy thought struck him. Ho began to search through the pockets In hope of finding a clew. In an Insidii pocket ho found some cards. He pulled them out and there In a plain script was tho name: "William l. "Allison." Tho president indulged In a hearty laugh when tho Joko was told him and Senator Allison confessed thnt It was "on him."