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Show NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE. VulM !ffl The Rig righting Machine Will J( 9 H Tested Oft Delaware Capes. Mj rjf! HB 1 Philadelphia, July 12. The battlej if. M ship Mnlne, which has been under conft4 ffl ii9j MM struellon In Cramp's ship yards slncff(r MlEP BJ the spilng of 1899, will leavu for hetfj f UJH BJ builder's test off the Delaware capefi ' I , J11 Bjl on Tuesday atternpon. 'I ho trlnl will,! M lifm BJ tako place nn Thursday and It Is exh. ft j U BJ pected tho Mnlno will b again moorecY , 11 BJ nt ll,n shin vnrd an Frldav. I . ,1 rj9 BH Easily the most powerful battleship. ''Bilj (hat the Cramp yntd has turned ou&J , t M BJ foi tho United Slates navy, the Malne'L) ' HH also Is planned to be the faotest. ShiaJ , ! j"KH BJ must attain eighteen knots speed, thwv til BJ same requirement ns for tho RusslaiH ' J,fl H bntilcshlp Hetvlzun. tecently completec,Lj'i , M t. m Hf at tho yard In most respects the MalntWKAIfl I HJ and tho Rctvlznn are alike. rt'4 1 '-l 'I B Bi The keel of the new Maine was lalitU , r'l'Bk Bi nn 1'ebrunry 10, 1199, the iinnlveraar:,L, '! hfjji H of the destiuctlon of the old Maine lim 'i , M Bi Havana harbor. There was it delay l(ffi , ' HH BJ her construction, resulting from th fm li )(H BJ tonlrnvcrsy over tho question of arniotUj' 'I V . B plate. She wits launched nn July 21 tK, .jjffl B 1901, Miss Mary Preble Anderson o' i .JOB B Portland Me, a descendant of Coral' j, 'TB B mo lore Preble, being her sponsor, i, t Jn H H The Mnlno is 3H (eet long nn the lead j. ', (US 1 B wnterllne. Her beam extreme Is sevenhjj. V VS. H B ty-two feet two und one-ho.lt IncheiMSjjj .( M her draught, twenty-three feet one antT!-; MB 1 B nnc-fnurtn Inches nnd her displacement r X rlV? n B 12 500 tons lm 1 1 vp B |