"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."
