Show 01 I 1 III tit lit 11 new elf weir T 1 I chips I 1 I 1 i 1 s 1 I 1 4 k 7 pushing U work nn on three armored Arm orcil Critis erb of a 1 I anic superior to the vizma nt tai tit he e government Is doing all alln ate alti to aument nu ment the IT nath of 0 her na y an I 1 IN v ith that enil end have haie been given to puah push ard jard the three new aini ai morel orel cibil the Car cardinal diral cisneros CIsne roa princesa princena Prin cesa and cataluna Catal nna which this bistry and which ire are de eillen in the following niti ai tides cles taken I 1 a excellent weekly naval 11 i rated peper vetter LI ll agundo nani writ urit let aby of the navy vario varlo to munez iche he Is anxiously awaiting ahn acty completion of the three armore I 1 oera which are being built in the nale nalo 01 oc ferrol carl wn an I 1 carta tte general description LF riven ell previous number 1 wren I t ell j to our readers the cruls wanta maria marti u lacia lz cia ia and ado are rt in reference to to r adlite falp in all tha that rela toti to sellic tyre e I 1 lut ut there will be a it tt i of new detilla watch mir fighting value in the illuas 0 princess Prin cesi de tie astur tad laid let her ra A ent to il 11 lie part irm the small of k nai appearance the differences to huh bill we allude pro tor for the main pirt lag induced tn in the armi armament ment of the new j p ere which Is to be heidler and at L lame time more complete he of these crul cruisers rs ell he following length metres P ith lm I 1 1 acm draught cm gm gem in arcement 7 tons engines 13 15 deorse power and anti speed 20 in 1 n ts aada bet belt deck aern gun po bli and conning tower hontoria montoria Hon toria system 2 be i beick firing 10 small 11 calibre 40 tubes S 8 in I 1 I 1 johir readers will take the maln 1 i official figures with e jotzke tr fttie infanta maria marla tresa a viz N lz ri rii AM aquendo PU endo they will find in the an increase of f A ver er in the engines which litch M not 06 itu he V 4 aa tile igo e net 01 ina MR r T I 1 1 leta ra BOARD OF INQUIRY tire wor 1 l give a large increase of to this there Is the n ot aich will add still fur le e armored belt which aich deal dei tiei ie I 1 I 1 parts of the cardinal alm arger and the quality of lint I 1 improved and we maint bacu the sister ship in bit ie even enen stronger resistive the alo defensive power of the 0 increased not a little ape the exceptional addan betic stal lation of a battery of beef eef hillring ring guns I 1 lg awl d nith will our four ships tin in our opinion well to atle tile data with other na a bt t means of appreciating atlue tile of the national forces object in lew we e present rem i tor for re reference ferene ind lad anal most powerful armored M the united states flag A t ato 0 daiy diy ai as the a sword ord of da he t r spanish pessimists t fundamental fundamental und properties ot of hip power defensive and ed it and radius of action tin appreL appreciated by the data pie 72 t tit 3 q ira q 1 d 9 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protected with ithie tint idea in min mini 1 the new crul bers aill hie e been coull ped for thi rapid firing iguls buns are pei leifi flatly atly prot arted ba b armor and with special provision for i separate supply of shell ft til in oil 1011 typo rhese point points will mark the supremacy of the cisneros cros Prin princena cesa tia asturias ind and cabiluna Cati luna over the in binti maria marla theresa Tl eresa of t rhe i evolution aich A lids has tal en place in ili naval inal construction of modern times age in a it short time the moat mot admired and reno renow Miel net chips the gihei of 0 action of 0 the critic exi ands and exten Is 1 to log icalla under euch and daring luring ire the arguments ot of those who seek to show tint thit ell clency Is fallt antina HERO OF MAINE DISASTER DI brave 11 anthony marine order 1 of the ill fated b maine has a record to be proud of amidst the shrieks of bounded sailors and the rush of limes flames with the arelt steel ship settling to its brave and tho the dead 1 lang ing thick upon its shattered decks brave anthony nude made hia his report to captain sigsbee nut report the essence of courage an I 1 discipline I 1 live in american hestor sir sal sat I 1 the gallant orderly stand arg at salute I 1 have to inform ou that the ship has been blown up and Is 1 banking pill bill anthony has carric I 1 a rife rive in uncle sam sams service ser ilce since he haq 17 ears old ills aither was a bosa boti in tit new I 1 ork in the old days when fifty ninth street was out in the suburbs and hill was born within a stones stone 9 throw of the battery hi was A as a natural born bollier sollier sol her lIer six feet two inches tall braal shouldered birrow hipped slender limbed and stouthearted the family move I 1 to nen ew jersey just about the time bill completed a rath er turbulent tur bulen career in atie the public schools and one morning he vanished I 1 bill had enlisted that happened twenty eight years ago and from that momen moment anthony has never ceased to wear ill the hie ilia first service sen ice carried him to the carolinas Ciro linas etere the ku klux were busily in their dev there ho he laid the foundation for bis his soldierly reputation HI commanding officer in those early das days was major steward eward bt long since retired but still living it i ears cars later a young man drifted into the marine corps as a volunteer a slender soft handed fellow who was the butt of the company until I 1 bill I 1 anthony the pride of the b called a halt the recruit proved to be the v byward son of 0 anthonys anthony s oh oli major and the big marine watched over him like a father anthony saw fourteen a ears of solder ng mg most of it en cn the veit eithern tern plains deore he threw in bh fortunes with the marines he lie was A as at always ays a marked man in the service sen ice conspicuous for his magnificent his cool courage and perfect discipline As a non commissioned boffl icer lie filled every position known to the military code and filled them well was just one blemish in brave bill a character a blemish alch many believe alone kept him out of a commission bill would drink not often to eiss but invariably just at the wrong time when his tits commanding fa fu rite though h he lie was could not wink inett it th flit offen tio ills ilia last army arm rei rice was as it abst cst point whore he to t adnora tion of cadets iud lud acob 1 iao cio 13 3 drum dram major I 1 its 11 spiel did figure ani ant profound erio ede of sold lari wen A cn him hini this vils appointment icci years ears aso ago he lie left the army ard enlisted aa as a marine it was inas the old story 0 acner er abtin ri lit I 1 oh a giai ai cements followed follow cd by b the fel hicks all due title to unwise cor hi not that bill ever I 1 w while hile on duty for a firmer disciplinarian never wore a marine uniform her over at the Brook brooklyn ln nay nary 3 irl jnthony til lit well known ind well inell likel he ile as wis sti boned there for two eara cars and etring the greaber part of that time sel bened ed as clerk in the oace jnthony was detailed to the ly lyn on it cruise in the china seis up on his return he lie was bent to the maine rt 4 V A 1 I IN 41 A ae it DIN dlou ill ON TIM 1 it M lit his ol lierly merit won un him the post of marine older lire rek k of tl it huilt hup lt lieutenant frank F hotchkin of 0 chicago who served eighteen ears in the united states mav viavi and then re tired into commercial life says that it tl e maine hi lil I 1 not been a warship the il Laster might hane we been much worse than it t was the lieutenant was an officer on oil board loard the fate fatel I 1 ashuelot Ashue lot when that warship vas arell ed in the ch na sea eight men were lost three chinese who ho were looting the officers rs and five me middles who jumped mer board crazed by fear the wa wai built for service on the MI I sippi dering the tile war and fifteen cars ago I 1 el eb 13 3 was in chinese waters v at she was walled in by a heavy beav tig when at tit 4 0 clock in the morning lati tenant hotchkin went tu relieve the IN watch a tell lie ile had scarcely put toot foot on deck when hen the lookout cried land on the starboard beam the next minute the ship struck and had it not been for forthe the discipline the whole outfit would have gone to the bottom the loss of the ship caused an inquiry and 1 I court martial and the captain and the navigator were disciplined it if evar I 1 am in a marine m trine disaster again the lieutenant I 1 I 1 desire that it shall be on a man of war X I 1 U I 1 t T 41 4 IT pl 3 V A efa I 1 I 1 I 1 ti L ZA A r P V V I 1 arf q 7 10 ir 4 MM t ANOTHER VIEW OF THE WRECKED N RECKE D battleship MAINE FROM A photograph |