soptcMiiiKT 2a, 1000.
Launching of the
Til 13 lLLTSTIJ ATIC1) 15151S.
Monitor Wyoming
On September S, within ton minutes of powerful ally of her father In his public
the time scheduled for that event, to tho life. Though but a miss In lu-r toons she
music of mighty cheers from thousands has made an enviable record In her studies
of throats, accompanied by the earth- In Washington and other eastern cities
shaking noise of hundreds of steam wills- and has won much distinction In her home
ties, bearing on Its brow the signature of city as a reader and entertainer. Tin
Frances Helen Warren and at Its mast- day of the christening her abundant chest
head the stars and stripes, the new United nut colored hair was crowned by a becom
States monitor Wyoming slid down the lug tuque of black tulle, and she wore a
ways of its cradle at tho Union Iron works walking frock of blue serge uv -r a white
nt San Francisco and sat gracefully on tho silk blouse. Fiotn San Francisco Miss War
salt water which Is to be Its permanent ren wont to Wollosloy, whore she w 111 enter
home. On the platform which hail been her sophmore year In college,
built about the bow of tho Wyoming to ac- The coast defense monitor Wyoming Is
commodate the christening party were one of four liarbor'defense monitors autb
Governor Richards of Wyoming and the orlzod by congress In April, lv.is. " The oth
members of his staff and their wives and ers are now building by the Newport News
friends. Among these were Adjutant Gen- Shipbuilding and Dry Dock eom.iany of
eral Frank A. Stlzor, Inspector General Newport News. Vn., the Hath Iron Works of
and Mrs. A. I'. Hanson, Major Thomas Wil- Hath, Me., and Lewis Nixon of Kllzabeth-
helm, Captain and Mrs. l'ltt Coert ami port, N. J. Their cost ranges from $sa."i.000
Captain Patrick Sullivan. During the cer- to $s7i.0im apiece, exclusive of armament,
einony Miss Warren, who Is the daughter which will average about $:t."0,iiu0 for eaih
of United States Senator Wnrren of Wyo- outllt. The Wyoming Is feet long on the
mlng, was nbly assisted and morally sup- water line and fifty feet broad and It draws
ported by her bosom friend and college not quite llfteen feet of water. Its dlsplace-
mate, Miss Grace Melnhardt, a beautiful nient Is li.JOO tons, nnd It Is required to
young society girl of Denver. show a speed of twelvo knots. It will carry
The scene was an Impressive one. Shortly two twelve-Inch It. D. H. guns, four four-
nfter 11 o'clock Miss Hartlott, daughter of Inch rapid-lire guns, three slx-pounders and
I. S. Hartlott of Wyoming, pressed an elec- four one-pounders. Its nrmor above the
trie button, tho miniature gutllotlno on tho water line and two and n half feet below
table beforo her sovered tho ropo that held Is from live to eleven Inches thick anil the
the ship and as tho great mass of stool bo- turret and barbette are protected by olov-
gan to move toward tho sea Miss Wnrren on-lnch plates of steel, which have been
broku n bottle of California champagne treated by the Krupp Instead of by the
over tho bow of tho vessel, saying: "1 Harvey process.
christen thee Wyoming." The band of tho A noteworthy feature of nil thoso new
battleship Iowa, standing close alongside, vessels Is that their twelve-Inch and folir-
TIIH MONITOH WYOMING JUST AS
struck up "The Star Spangled Hanner," all
tho steam whistles of the Union Iron works
sounded as loud as they possibly could,
hundreds of steamers crowding tho water
. . .
front mow tneir sirens, tno inousnmis ot
people, with whom nil the solid ground and
Homing wood and steel nnd Iron were
black, began to cheer nnd tho latest addl-
Hon to tho coast defenders of tho nation
glided down tho woll-greasod way.
Guillotine liiKt-iiloiiH fonlrl vim,-...
, . , ..... , .
Tho electric gulllo Ino used to sever the
ropo was nn Interesting and Ingenious con-
trlvance. It was a copy of tho machlno
still used In Franco for tho execution ot
criminals, but it was only about thrco foot
high. A sharp knife was suspended from
the top of tho tower. At tho bottom was
a small squnro of soft wood painted black.
which covered n few Inches of ropo, tho
hidden ends of which wore attached to the
only obstruction In tho pathway of tho
Wyoming to the soa. When Miss Hartlott
pressed tho electric button tho knlfo was
released and fell, cut through tho block of
wood and severed tho ropo. Tho obstruc
tion which hail kept the ship from sliding
Instantly gave way and tho.ro was nothing
between the Wyoming and tho sea but a
few yards of grease.
It was almost simultaneously with theso
events that Miss Warren seized the bottle
of champagne, a native wine almost as
effervescent as her own spirits on this ex
citing occasion, which will bo tho chief
topic of conversation at Wellesley collego
for weeks to come, and with a pretty en
thusiasm, almost threw It against tho
vessel named after her native state. It
burst with an explosive noise that was
plainly audible nbove the music nnd the
cheers, sputtered with Its foam all those
standing near by and left Its head, at
tached to a long streamer of trl-colored
ribbon, in the young woman's hand. In
the accmipanying picture, taken specially
for Tho Dee, Miss Warren Is sitting In the
center of tho Wyoming christening party,
still holding these trophies of tho tiny,
with the piece of ropo the guillotine had
severed and tho California wild Dowers
that Henry T. Scott, as master of cere
monies had provided for her adnrnmi-nt
I'oiiuliirity of MInn Wnrren,
The selection of Miss Warren to christen
the Wyoming was popular In Cheyenne and
tho rest of tho state. She Is a typical west
ern girl, with all the hreezlness of the
Wyoming plains. Charming, tactful and
possessing rare original mental gifts and
fine buoyancy of disposition, sho Is certain
to make quite, a loader in society and a
IT TOUCHICD TIIU WATHK.
inch guns will use smokeless powder and
will thus be a tremendous improvement over
any engines of war now established In the
navy of the United States. Two thicknesses
.
oi tnree-quarter-iiicii nicHei steel, wiilcli are
proof against all the plunging shot to which
they will be exposed, protect the main deck.
Tho wooden Homing of this .leek Is the only
wood in the ship that Is not lireproofed.
There Is very little wood, by the way. for
l-,""'"B 'f th late war have taught
-M"Tli'an naval constructors to reduce wood
t0 u ,llllllmum ln Hhl,)S wh(,S(. ,1Uslness it Is
t(( fl(,lt
'
1110 Wyoming, like Its three sister ships,
"'Jl "nvo twin screws worked by two three-
',"'lr triple expamlon engines, quartered
1,1 water-tight compartment. These
u,,K"lt,s t"Kother with those of tho clrculat-
"K I",""IS wl!' lmV(' u H''tlv Indicated
-"V" " 2. 100 when making HOO revo-
'"'""s 'l ''''"''tf'- Stea.n. at a working pros-
mr no,""ls' w" bo supplied by four
wntr-tuIo boilers placed in a common
coitN PALACi:
Till: UM-MIMi . M'llING
water-tight compartment The coal inpai
lty Is about mm ions loosely stowed
enough for a consult ruble radius of at-tlin
along the coast line Comfortable quarters
nro provided for the captain, six other olll-
cers and a crew of about i:nt persons.
fun Sent- litiiiltlr I'lii-iinse.
Ah Is well known, naval authorities now
agree that the monitor type of war ves-
std Is useful only for toast defense In com-
paratlvely smooth water, and it is for that
purpose alone that the Wyoming Is Intended,
Hut It, like tho others, will doubtless be
found to be very valuable for the training
of naval mllltla for It and the batteries will
cover all the Instruction needed, fiom n
battleship down to a torpedo boat, save In
that of torpedo duty only; while In other
directions they will meet the whole scope of
a practical education In naval warfare.
If the new monitor gives as good an ac-
count of Itstdf .is the llrst W tuning It will
satisfy the people of that stale. The orlgl-
mil Wyoming was a sister ship of the cele-
hinted Kearsarge and was stationed dining
the iill war in Japanese waters, where It
fought one of the greatest battles In the his-
tory of the American navy. This light was
an Incident of the civil war in Japan in ISM.
lu trying to protect American Interests the
Wyomlng drew lire from the Japanese and
gave battle to a pleanler, a brig, a barge
and seven Hhore batteries forty-eight guns
to six. It won a complete victory from the
enemy. Tho Incident nmn.lng though It was
was swallowed up in the excitement of the
American civil war and has never received
tho attention It leally deserves.
, . . a a , ,
MOriCS A nOUl INOiablCS
A friend and admirer of Senator Spoono,
nf Vi,.,,i,ui .iw. i., i i...
lukoutiiM) llllti IIUO I1UIMM1 VIIU PUIIIltWI
fiom bo hood Is authority for tho following
story:
some years ngo when taking ivirt in n
symposium in tho northern p-irt of thu
Mate Senator Spooner was linking an Im
pnKH'ncd appeal to his nudionco, In the
ln,lt of which tho master of ceremonies
louchcd him on tho shoulder m.i.1 m.h.ti.u.
' " ; " J s t 1 1 d
""" "niiiLaiui inai tils time Had
expired. Quick as a Hash a woniau roso
from her seat and mount lug a chair In
front of the clock threw her iihawl over Its
face, amid the laughter and cheers of the
audience and to the illsmny of tho niastor
of ceremonies. It Is doubtful If Senator
Spooner over received a prettier compll-
nient.
;
Adellna PnttI knows her own value as a
public singer and It Is not of record that
Hi IU)S(j T ,MIT HKM, S D OI'KNS
I'MITY MISS FU( ICS IIF.UCS UIHHS
she ever failed to exact full payment ai-
eonllng to contract Some Uhlcugoaiis will
recollect tho story of how slio walled on
the stage of a local theater ouo evening,
refusing to have her slippers put on by
the maid until her manager brought her
iho amount stipulated for each perform-
ance. This rule of having her fee before
alio sings Is one which uho will not break
for any one. On onu occasion, while sing-
ing in an eastern city, her manager came
and protested against tho Hkuio, saying
the receipts did not warrant him in paying
It. The little Italian woman quietly re-
fused to appear until the amount was
turned over.
"Hut," protested tho manager, -that
means a greater annual salary than Is
paid to tho president of tho United Stales."
"Perhaps It Is," said Mine. Pniti. "but
then you can get tho president of tho
United States to sing for you."
; -
It is rare that any utterance of a speaker
of the house, while nctually occupying tho
chair, is flavored with humor or spiced
with wit, says the Washington Post. Mr.
Heed Indulged his penchant In that regard
very gingerly while presiding, though oo-
caslomilly ho could not resist the tomptn-
Hon. The same is true of Speaker Ilen-
dorsum In tho closing days of the last
session of congress tho houso was iiiiuhii-
ally obstreperous and General Henderson
pounded tho desk with his gnvel until his
right arm must have been soro for a week
after Dual adjournment. When the house
was In a most uproarious mood, Hon. Page
Morris of Diiluth began to speak in u very
lew tone. Don. John J. Lent, of Ohio
"M8 " ".l,l,Htl""1 ",f "1r',l!'-' fitatl"K V"'1
m' L-miltln'L hear what Morris was saying.
I , I . . ,. . i i
' " ho tmeu inai
,lily tlml (iL'lu'ri1' Henderson's pallcuco
WaB ll,reil,1,mr''' 110 Knvo '-' " tun-
ll,rl"K w,mck allu. looking at I.ontz, said:
"' l'a" ,?h y" or,,L,r" thl'" '"oklng nt
'"''n "; ""A'1 1 n'L
" , Y 1 "VurylMMly In a
'"' h,,ni(,r 11,1,1 0,',1,',' WI,H reHtoretl for the
H""" "f ,,,,,,in lmlf a
William Allen was" known as the "Iron
governor" of Ohio, not because he had been
an Hon king or anything like that, but
because he had not tho slightest sympathy
In the world for a criminal, and whenever
an application was made to him to pardon
an erring one he was as "Iron" and could
,lol bu ln0VL,( H0 lt, wm) culM Ulu ,
governor."
One Thanksgiving evo ho was applied to
for executlvo clemency by tho wife of a
8KITI2MHKK lit;
KITTING -'HH t USTHIl
notorious Inn st i Im I' and one who was
son lug a thud ti nn at that, lie sat at
his desk, his hack turtii'il to the tearful
picador, not even corniest ending to look at
her. She had brought with her a t-ycar-ol.
girl, who had been quietly watching. Sud
denly tho ehild went In hint, ninl, pulling
his eoattail, said:
"You in. 'im old thing. I want my pupa!"
And the "Iron governor" snatched her up,
kissed her smack In the mouth, and said
"Ami you shall have him."
True lo his word, later that day the wife
and child ciitnu away fiom the prison with
the pardoned husband and father.
II. Percy Uolfe, a prominent New York
traveling man, has Just returned to his
home from an outing In tho Moosehead lake
region of Maine. Ills camp was only a
stone's throw from that of Unite. I States
Senator W. P. Fryo, acting vice president
of the United States. He relates that one
morning recently ho was up early and over
heard an animated discussion between his
own guide ami him of the next camp as
lo the proper manner In which lo address
Senator Fryo. They finally agreed to let
the senator settle it himself.
Holfe's guide wiih spokesman. He ex
plained the controversy, ending by sajlng
that tho guides were nil anxious lo pre
serve the proprieties, but wore uncertain as
to whether their most distinguished trout
llsherman should bo addressed as "Senator,"
"Senalor Frye," "vice president" or only
plain "mister."
"Well," was the reply or the present heir
apparent lo the presidency, "In Washington
1 suppose my acquaintances and' friends
would acfost mo with 'Good morning, sena
tor,' or 'Good evening, Senalor Frye;' stum
or them might say 'Mr. Frye;' my I'nlliuntcs
would say 'Hello. Frye.' Any one or them
Is pioper enough ami sulllclently respectful.
There Is no settled custom nlmut It. Hut
up here In the woods why, hang It! Who
cares'' Uvorythlng goes. Call me 'Hill' or
'old man,' 'Dennis,' mud' or any old thing.
You can't orfenil my dignity, boys, because
in a fishing camp I haven't got any. This
wny- yoii haven't had your eyeopencrs this
morning, have you?"
Toltl About Preachers
Tho modem pastor quailed not when
the accusation of heresy was brought
against him, reports the Detroit Journal.
He would not listen to our suggestion
that ho resign.
"Why should I fear to face a trial?" ho
exclaimed. "I am confident that thoy can
not possibly acquit me!"
Heaven, he made no doubt, would sustain
him In this hour.
Tho American soldiers In Iho Philip
pines see some strange sights. Lately a
crowd or them a I tended a church servk.
In their honor. There was much praying
nnd singing. The linage or an old saint
drew their at tent Ion. Above the Image
was the picture of an eagle, tin tho ban
ner which streamed from the eagle's
bill was tho following legend: "The Old
Unliable Condensed Milk." Tho artist had
copied tho eagle from a mill; ,.,,. -n,,,
padre explained Hint ho thought It was
an American unit to.
Seldom has theie been u man moro fer
tile In suggestion that Mr. Moody, but II
was always his desire to Hud out tho Ideas
of other men. The Advance recnlls how
upon one occasion, at a mooting of a
board or Sunday school maiiagors. one
of the members made a very novo! pro
posal. Turning quickly to u very sin-cossrul
superintendent who happened to bo pres
ent, Mr. Moody asked:
"What do you think about thai?"
"I think It a most excellent Idea. Mr.
Moody, and J may say that we have been
aiming to do that very thing for two
years," replied the stlpeiinleiiilent.
"Is that ho?" asked Mr. Moody. "Then
don't you think It Is about lime you
fired?"