Show SHIPS TO BE SCRAPPED no special I 1 ceremony will mark this event philadelphia YUli out ostentation the hie obsequies of four historic bt battleships ittle will 11 II ile be hold held this week the maine missouri wisconsin and the crul er columbia recently purchased S a nr junk by it firm will all be awed from the lie philadelphia navy yard to ft a last resting place in tile the delaware iu anro river rh er there they will tt be scrap pe pod 1 their armor and big guns melted and into tin tilt needs of peace tito the maine waa a lanti ched in IMIL 1001 nt at acost a ost of tito other three shIps were ere of tile lie same type and ani cost aleut tile alio same anio As junk they brought brou plit less than each the cruiser launched in ili 1891 ns as oneo one 0 the fastest atilus ulmont at that time little |