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Show TWO VESSELS LAUNCHED, Oqi a Warsblp tbt Other i Kerctait Steamer. Imp - -lu faaenaaulae at Jewaee NtwpuRT Nxwa, Va., Jau. 80. Tha third warahlp eonatruotod by tha prlval aoutbaro ablpyard alno lb war, and alao tha large! mrcbaut alaamer built In tbla country with tb exception ot th two Amerlota Irani Allasllo lluara built by Clam pa, ware launched eueoeaa!ully bare by tha Newport Newa Hblpbulldlng company com-pany al high IlJe tbla tuornlng la Ibe preeanoeof a dlallngulahad parly from Wuulugtoo, mamb.il of th ilouaa Daval atlalra commllt. Admiral lirown, eommandlug Ih Norfolk navy yard, aud 8,000 paopl from ad Jaceutlowna. There were preaeul alao rprnnttlva of Admiral llunca'a great Ileal In Hamptun road, Hauatora Carter and Mantle, of Montana, and Aealalanl tjiorelary MoAJa. who ri-reaent! ri-reaent! tb navy di artiunt In lb abaenoa of Hecretary Herbert. Adding to lneenotaoularaot pro-duod pro-duod by the lamra aud aalllng veaeela gathsred lor Iba oooaalon, Waa lha bailleeblp lodlana, wbleh oian up from Kurt Munroa tbla morning to load ooal, pending ber departure tot l'ort ituyai. Doth veaael ar th flnal type of their olaaa vr turned oul by tbla yard which eoou beglua Ilia oouatruotlon of Iba mammoth baitleehlpa Keuiucky and Kearaarg, aulboriaed by lb laat Cougreae. In order lo laka lb advanleg of Ih flood tide, th launiU f the veaaela took place before 11 o'olock, oua lollnw-lugluotbt lollnw-lugluotbt aa feat aa Iba workman oould kuoeg away tba aborea and wedire up lb keel, Tb Hral lo uk Ih water wu Iba marobaut veaael, wboa uame bad been kepi a aacr.t uulll aha began lo allde down Ibe way a, when Mlaa Nellie Held ridge, of llollou, broke Iba uauel bottle of wlu aud namad berUraad Daobeaa. A lb atom of lb grval bull oaught lha walar.abrlll wblalla of th !aulera gave grcetluga, whll Ihuuaauda ol paopl ahowd thlr p-lireclallun p-lireclallun by prolea(d cbeura lur Ibe N.i,orl Newa aum bulldlliv vara and C. 1. liuutlugtou aa Ibi louuder. What route the new veaael IB Intended for haa hot yet been anuounoed. Tulny niluutea after Ih Urand Uuobeaee had ben towed out uf Ih way, lb warahlp Helena waa ready lo lake lo her natural eleuieol, Willi allrht heeltatluu, dua to lb lack of eulUcleut tallow, aud with atataly preclaiuu, aha glided nfl luto the Jaiuee aa Mlaa Agnea holle Hioulo, tu daughter daugh-ter of Mayor Hteele, ot Heluua, auiaahcd a champagne bottle and named ber In boujr ul Moulaua'a capital cap-ital olty. Hauatora Carter anil Mantle, Mayor Hloelaaud party of elghheu from Monta la, Captalu Claaa, ot Tpxua, aud Admiral llrowu war on lb plallorm. Tb Indiana grueld lb new addition addi-tion to the aemoe with dorp blaala from her aieum wblalla. Tuga aud other ablpa added to tho din, Al the ojuclualou ol the oeremonl, I'rualdeul Oicull euturlalned lb vlalt-ora vlalt-ora at a banquet wber tb ahlpa and In cumpany wero toaatad by aeualori, repreauiitatlvua aud othara. The keela of tb new batlleeblp. will ba laid uear III apot wber lb two ahlpa wr launched today. Tbla evening Ibe Waiillaglou vl.llora will relura gome. |
