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Show The Launtblaz or the "Hulne." New York, Nov. IS. Flags and bunting made the. navy yant very bright today. Ail cruisers were In full dress and. the olJ fashioned plate Iud a holiday appearance. The occasion was the launchiog of tbo great armored cruiser Maine. Just after tiuou, thu Secretary o' thu Navy, Tracy, arrived with larty anil was received by all the officers of the yarJ. As he entered the main gates a salute or nineteen guns was fired rrom' the Vermont. iricilual preparation for tho launching launch-ing at once begin. Promptly at noon, amid tin cheers of thousands of spectators nnd music cf the "Star spangled Banner," the big cruiser started down tho InclIncC As she did so, MUs Wllmerdiug, a niece of secretary Tracy, broke n- bottle of 'hampalgno over the Eow and "christened" tho vessel, As the Movie reached tile water and the flag was hoisted, the Vermont battery bat-tery thundered oul tha national RJlute. IIUM ' |
