| Show leaf last week tile question was how allow about dewey now it Is how about sampson dewey dewcy splendidly vindicated himself we hope sampson n may do the alnie ame but it Is not so BO easy to leavo avo faith in the navy department and its advisory board the rhodes affidavit printed in the tribune yesterday allce lne unfitness ot of judge cusenberry berry was wag stron strong g reading it attracted great attention in provo yesterday where the general expression seems to have been that juds judge dusenberry ought to resign in that opinion tho the general gereral public will po no 1 doubt concur husalo is to have a 1600 ton battleship arid and a torl ton protected cruiser built in the cramp yards yarda at philadelphia contracts having just been signed to this effect that nation never before went to a foreign shipyard for or a battleship and tho the compliment thus paid to american genius in warship building Is no small email one the british captured manila one bu hundred and thirty six years ago b but ut it required thirteen ships and men 1000 1000 of 0 hom were lost in the a assault upon tho the fortifications but tile the ships had no 8 inch breech loading rifles no rapid airet juns auns cuns land and were not protected that was before the steam engine had become a power before tho the hoisting en cine and the machone gun cun were in use us there here were no cleotile elec clec tile bells bella on the english ship chips no searchlights tho the moving agent of this old world have i nil itil been changed during the past one hundred and thirty six years A problem which Is not made much account ot of was solved in the lie U tight fight two torpedo boats were sent after ono of tho the ships of the squadron one was riddled and sunk by tho the raold alro puns guns ot of the ship the biller other was beached and covered with blood when tho the few men left in hr took flight it nas a as demonstrated that the alpedo boat la Is not effective on ships whose crews are cool and on an the alert tho the torpedo boat of 0 the future will havo have to bo be protected as our batah ta din la 19 the fire of the ble big buns did not affect the manila torpedo boats the boats were too boo near arid anil the big biff guns buns could not be depressed enough but the tha small email quick firo guns did the business ss the retirement reLl rement of 0 the spanish fleet to the homa station nay possibly bo be explained by uio tho tact fact that the thirteen inch guns of such ships as the ho indiana and rowa iowa fire shots belching wel ching 1000 pounds twelve with it a muzzle velocity at the start of toot tons ions evidently when the Span spanish rov emment received the account of 0 that two hours work in Bl manila arilla bay bar it decided that it would be guilty of murder to permit tho the fleet to tall fall under find tho the range ranee of 0 those suns guns wo we would think that tile alio military and naval officers at washington would interpret the present attitude of the fleet as aa a notice that all it wants la is to ho be let alone arid aad would proceed against porto forto rico arid and cuba accordingly we be bc rove that both will nill surrender Bur render without a fight the question Is asked whether or not not the united states slates has ver ever coined a hold gold four dollar piece no the th ta tables ea of tho total kold gold coinage of tile the united states in the report of tho the direct or or of t tho tee ho blint see sec pass page report of IDS 1316 fives the the coins struck and their total value front roni uto tile of the tha mint in 1790 to the fiscal year ending june juaa 30 alie total bold old Is riven at ISI tile the number r of pieces coined 01 their dentini denoel lations irot mat lone ions double bagles enels halt half eagie three dollar pieces quarter eagles and dollars do llara it la Is clear there fore that no tour four dollar piece was ever authorized or struck by tho the united states probably somo some of tile the boys boya have be beba a twenty franc gold bold piece coined in france a good anany of 0 these were in circulation on the coast in early days the unprepared neES rim of this country for or war in cas case it should be suddenly precipitated upon us by strong power has been humiliatingly revealed since that night three months ago when tile tha ll I alno was destroyed the trouble i had been imminent for or a ali year it would havo been imminent with japan last autumn except tor for the action of I 1 germany ard and jussila Rus sila in asian waters still it found us without powder tor for tile seacoast defenses and set us scurrying tho markets marketa of tho the world to purchase such ships as wo we could buy I 1 when tho the news came of oc admiral deleys deweys two hours battle in bay tho the authorities in washington I 1 must iut have known olvil that ills big must bo be greatly depleted but only yesterday yent erday ai a ship left le ft san sail co to give elve hun him a now new supply why was that so ao evidently breaune bi cause the ammuel lilun had to b be shipped front roni the rest east tutors t fore it could I 1 lr forwarded to tim hirn anything laco and able would ba have had that at hawell with wit h a ship in walting to carry it to the at Ila izaulla ulla and ana the th ship would hive have arrived at manila Alan fla on the day that it now leaves san francisco it II will be ali great areat thing for or this ihla when the secretaries S of 0 war and navy tire are selected for on onie purpose other than to ray pay political debts debit |
