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Show HEW CRUISER TO HAVE SPEED TRIAL SOON NEW YORK, Oct 19. Plans are complete com-plete for the speed trial of the new protected pro-tected ; cruiser Colorado on Saturday off Cape Ann. Capt Dayton, president of the board of Inspection, and Naval Construe-. Construe-. tor Woodward win be aboard. Although she went into dry dock on Monday afternoon, the Colorado is now practically ready. Her bottom has been thoroughly scraped and given three coats cf anti-corrosive and anu-fouling soap, She will be floated at high tide this afternoon. af-ternoon. The cruiser should, according to the builders' contract, show a speed of twenty-two knots. , |