The evening world. Newspaper, September 29, 1904, Page 3

} € 24 Williamsburg Bridge were black with people. GREAT BATLE SHIP SAFELY LAUNCHED j The Connecticut eat bons Into the Water; ‘at the Brooklyn Navy Yard While| 30,000 Persons Cheer and Bands Play National Airs, | ' With the inspiring strains of the “Star Spangled Banner,” played | " by three %"g naval bands, and the wil’ huzzas of thirty thousand people |, as an accompaniment, the new pride of the United States navy, the mon. | fer battleship Connecticut, slid gracefully from the ways in the Brook-| lyn Navy-Yard to-day. She went frisking gayly to the opposite shore | until the fleet cf tooting tugs, grappling her at every point, brous..t. her to a standstill, It was a scene long to be remembered by those who witnessed it, and | the great battleship, built by Government workmen in a Government . yard, seemed itself to take on the spirit of the occasion. She creaked and * groaned in apparent agony as she started down the incline, and put her giant strength to its first test, just like Kipling’s famous ship, and before she hit the water one could almost imagine he heard the remarks of the garboard strake to the cabin nail, But once in the water the olg Connecticut rolled and pitched herself int » complete harmony and finally came to @ standstill, her coat of brilliant red} dairly sparkling in the morning sun end her fluttering flags snapping in their | pride. y ANXIOUS MOMENT FOR CONSTRUCTORS, And over In a coruer of the yard, grinning through thelr pallor, stood a! Uttle group of naval constructors, the men who moulded the monster Into | form and who held their breaths as she took her maiden start, hardly daring toyspeak until they saw her safely inthe water, | 1 If an auspicious start in ilfe isan augury of great things in the future the career of the Connecticut ought to te a mighty one. Never has an/ « American battleship been launched under such magnificent conditions, There ‘were 30,000 persons Jn the yard, the roofs of warehouses in the vicinity were crowded until it seemed as though they would collapse; the walks of the) GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR EVENT. 2 Housecleaning in the Navy-Yard for the great event had been com- ‘plete. Even the stacks of obsolete cannon balls had been polished for the occasion, The guests, who Included some of the greatest men fn the land, . arrived early, Most of the mea wore frock coats and silk hats, while the women were fashionably attired, The guests passed through long lines of * marines, who policed every inch of the yard and stood ke wooden statues " at their posts, their uniforms fitting like gloves, Wherever an American! } flag could be placed it had been placed, wherever there was room for a } atrip of bunting the strip had been put there. At the launching-place the’ 3 Connecticut stood firmly In her skeleton frame, a huge American flag draped | * across her bow and scores of smal! flags waving from her uncompleted Superetructure. In the flag-draped stands around her stood scores of naval officers of every rank, from Admirals te Ensigns, the hosts of the day. Such a pro- ' fusion of gold lace. and rank insignia has not been seen in the Brooklyn | > Navy-Yard in many a day, and with the flag display and the fine day It) * made an inspiring spectacle, | ri The time set for the Jaunching was 11 o'clock, but there were various ‘y Uttle delays which made the actual, starting sixteen minutes later, The y stands were crowded and a dead silence prevailed, On the launching plat- | # form sicod Miss Alice B. Welles, granddaughter of Gideon Welles, President Aincoln’s Secretary of the Navy, who christened the ship, With her on the $ p'atform were Governor and Mrs. Chamberlaine, of Connecticut; Mrs. M, G. Houghton, Mrs. W. PR, Nowe, Mrs. Rodgers and Naval Constructor Bax- ter, in whose hands every detail of the launching was placed and on whose shoulders entire responsibilly for its success rested. Miss Welles wore a gown of pearl gray cloth, with a huge bunch of violets at the walst. Her! ‘ha wi large Gainsborough and she carried bouquet of American beauty | roses, Right beside her, swung from a scaffold, was the bottle of wine, | slosely wrapped in red, white and blue ribbons, | Meanwhile a lot of quiet work war being done. Tr and out of the) skeleton frame were dark mysterious men = overalls tapping this bolt and) that bo't, investing thie Mocs and thot lock, and making certain that | nothing was wrong. FINAL SIGNAL GIVEN, Finally, at a signal, they al! withdrew, and Mr. Baxter held up hie hand. | Fivery one knew what thet meant, Mr, Baxter took a telephone transmitter * dn one hand, a receiver In the other, He spoke sharply through the former, end a gang of men were seen to fairly leap at the sides of the ship. Ina twinkling they hod hauled away the huge timbers, which have held up the) Connecticut's «ide. Another order went through the telephone, and another) fang Jumped forward and battered away the smaller stays. For a moment there wos silence, then a shrit! walstle sounded, and five men sprang at the how aad began to sav away the Inst timber holding the tig fighter ip place, In the quiet the grind of the saws through the heavy wood could be Aistinctly heard. It didn’t last long, for they got through the timber In a few seconds. Mr. Baxter held up bis hand and with a fina! ovsb end pull of the saws the men leaped back, The bands started the Nations) apthem together and it was seen that the Connecticut was moving. She moved ever so little and then seemed to stop. Of courte she didn’t _ stop, but It seemed as though she did to the spectators, Then she seemed to take a second move, a more decisive one, and before five seconds had | passed it was apparent that she had gathered some impetus. The Con-' neticut slid smoothly and Miss Welles grabbed the wine bottle and swung, {ft hard at the how. She missed by a foot. This rattled the young woman and her efforts to get the bottle again were futile. A workman finaity! grabbed it and raved the dav by smasbing it against the side of the silo. The Connecticut had » nerrow escape trom going into the water un® christened. MISS WELLES’S CHRISTE NING SPEECH. It Is stated on the highest authorily that Miss Welles also made the customary speech, which in this case wae’ “I christen thes Ccenactiour But in that thunder of sound not a word could be heard, ‘The Connecticut hit the water a resounding whack and the wash that came back sent a small-sized tidal wave over the bulkheads. It looked as though the big ship was going so fast that she would rkim clean ecrose the basin and leap up on land, but there was a fleet of Governmen' tvgs ‘waiting for her, and in a twinkling they had a veritable web of hawsers op her, She was pulled up sharp and rested there, The crowd went cheering for a jong time and finally quit for lack of ' Tung power. Then thera were cheers for the naval constructors, cheers for the workmen, cheers for the great United States ard cheers for most every- thing in sight and some things out of sight. The Connecticut. it --ae said by the constructors. didn’t wrench a screw or a bolt in her tap. i Awong those who withessed the launching were Secretary of the Navy ® | Morton and a party: who came on the Dolphin; the foilowing members of the Navy League: Gea Benjamin F. Tracy, William MeAdoo, Robert 8. Sloan, A. 8. Apgar, Aaron Vanderbilt and J, F. Ta’ Mayor McClellan, the French | ‘Admiral and officers of the Frenoh cruisers now lying in this harbor; Lewis Nixon, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Chief Constructor Capps, Rear-Admirn! Coghlan, Rear-Admiral Melville and Gens. Corbin and Grant. The guests { were received by a special committee made up of Miss Heied Miller Goud, _ Mra. BE. A, McA%pin, Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs, Charles F. Carlington, Mrs 4 Albert 8. Barker, Mra, John P, Munn, Mrs. O, B. Pottér and Mra, Frea-| Vere Rodgers. They were ssasteted by a committee represynting the man- (From a Photograph Taken Fspecially for The Evening World by Statt Photographer Curtis as the Fomidable Sea Fighter wa be He dEE é AOBGER'S VICTIM ADRIFT IN BO Broker Is Beaten, Stripped and Left Unconscious in Launch hy Desperate Young Planner af Sensational Plot. ——— | \ TRE WORLD? THURSDAY EVENTNG, SEPTEMBER 2%, 1904~ Actually Sliding Into the Water Afte: Being Christened by Miss Alice Welles. NHHDHIEDSHHIGHONE FH HO HDD PD GOOHDE HES HOOD HOPEES SO 9> | SOLOOtO1O00008844460884 OOOO 4S O8OISIOESEEODOIELEODED 84460 SOS EESOEIEGODEDIN HAGE TEE MURPH’ HH CLEVELAND WL ¢ FIGURES ON VOTE, READ Blé MEETING Tammany Leader Leader Laughs at the Former President to Address’ ERS CT. HPS TAKE. GFFENSIVE AND CAPTURE DA PAs News that the Mikado’s Forces Were > ERDEG-GDDGSGG 6 ¢ SS ae 2 cha Estimate of 75.000 Demo- cratic Plurality for Entire City Compelled to Evacuate Three Forts Given by Abe Gruber. Near Port Arthur Offset by Reports Charles Fo Murphy to-day made, fn a IANT BATTLE-SHIP CONNECTICUT LAUNCHED TO-DAY AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY. et Rae PEO STE DEGDOYE Great Democratic Gathering ;, in Ju 4 toes WASHINGTON Ef GURNEY Pa AS Massachusetts is Ga that British Ambassador to It that Rights Under national Law Be Not Ab ; AMENDS SUGGESTED WITH :| THE APOLOGY FORWARDEE » Justice Phelps, Whose Det mination Caused the T: Writes His Regrets to Consular Secretary. a v8) Sept. %—After allowing: for the communications in the” jurney case to reach Washe Gov, Butes to-day made pubdlie rious letters on the subject, The. nor informed the State Departe 7 ment that the Judgment agalnat ‘Tait Secretary Gurney, of the British ba has been vacated and the imposed remitted. } He adds that Judge Phelps had pressed regret to the Secretary oy of whieh he forwards, ® stetement by BOSTON }: - copy with ps ernot also expresses reg > that want of knowledge of the law ¥> resulted in an errom of judicial author 5 he statement of regret by Phelps may be recognized ag nelusive dis al of any in 4 of Massachusetts courts to ignore ae ternational law. W Lo Ish Action, Gov. Bat ver, suggests the attention 6 oe the British Amba: | be called to the breach of the laws | Meseachusetts under the belief that Ambassador will take such action the case may demand, On this subject he says: “While " incident is greatly to deplored, venture to suggest @® some alin exculpatory of t this matier, that the representatives foreign governments wno have among us have always conducted selves wih such regard for the la ce Commouwealth as to Bi furnish no occasion for the © tion by our courts of criminal § ton of the immunities to which foreign representatives are entit | under the law of nations and tiny which they may find ormtection Wem SLAARAAAAROAhD ‘ Madison Square Garden— dge Parker Will Be Present. Thomas H Price, twenty-two, of ath- le id, with . eudaton ; satiate on —Th* first big Democratle political tle bull, with the manners of aman! Of Success Near Mukden indibout way, ba first eatimate On siting or the campaten will be heid| “feserding our laws of education and refinement, Is a prie the Democratic plurality he expects to) 1. yy Square Garden Wednesday 1 suggest tac the attention of @ night, "Ayan Ambassador of His Britannic omer at Police Headquarters charged roll ue in Greater New York in’ the night, Jot, 12 Arrangements for the be Invited to the breach of the laws with robbery and assault of A.V. Lueb-| on pennant: ‘i . 7" | November election. He was told that | gathering have been completed by the 4 vers, of the Insurance brokers’ Arm of | je riveg nee trom funn ae he pat! and Frolic, are off Chefs Thy | Ave Gruber sstimates the Democratic | Manhattan (lub, aga the plana contemns| thie Commonwealth dlecieed fn the Luebbere & Son, Nos 1 ana 18 3x+| Japanese have assumed the offensive 4% Pott Arthur) esterday. plurality of the whole clty at 75,00 , Lordi eld Me town ‘ds ftatereat of Jets Jie Alene 0 ij "I P| ed e 1O* jeveland we the presi change place, and with atabbing with|and have captured Da Pass. This le lasrwhien tng ved here tO | wt sie whote city?” asked Mr, Mur: : e presiding ittention tw called to it, he vat » Da F # day, which, if true, wa that the or und make a ten-minute aadress. such action 19 to make certain Intent to kill Detective-Sergt. Boyle, of aot actually confirmed, but the General Hele: a a Deut ; alte aed oby. “Why, we'll beat that ¢ Bourke Cockr hard Olney and immunity from prosegution In the Central Office Staff thinks {t is Mkely to be correct. | 11) sh ad pani 0 ea Manhatton a Judge D. Cady Merrtek will mak uirt# shall not permit the safety The Russtans, tt Auto catia gant malls AALS ober ‘ithtens to be endangered oF In the arest of this young man the | ny : ‘eee areas raiser by mines at Port Arthur i Mr. Murphy and all the district lead- | principal addresses, Judge Park wa to be. violated he pass without serious resistance, he past few 4. The despateh adds of Tolan 1 end the! candidate fo e nal com i otk first story of the sasault on Mr, Lueb- p Bisex Shee ‘ : that'a Japanese crulser of the Adds | era of Tammany Hall will attend the candidate for the Presi; intern comity jurisdic « passes of the Da range tie was badly ‘dumuged. Tile des: "otlfeation ceremonies at Albany next be the guest of honor nals '# withheld. « y jee ” [ he Demuec dg “ Phelva to Gurney, bers was made public, It’ developed also that young Price Is the son of Frank Price, a Chicago newspaper man standing; that the young man is a de- serter from the United States Army: | that he hav deserted his young wife, a beeutiful woman and his child, a baby of eastward of Bentsiaputze—twenty miles southeast of Mukden—are elso in the hands of the Japanese, Kuropatkin ts evidently drawing In his forces to the less mountainous country northwestward, where he may decide to give battle, Sharp Aghting Is re- xarded as imminent southeast of Myk- patch comes by way of Vladivostok, Mt ia not nMtclat, A despatch from Paris saya that the Russian Government has just ordered from the Compagnie des Forges et (hantiers de la Mediterranee eleven torpedo-boat destroyers of the latest pattern, The work wilt be taken in hand at once. Four of the royets will be Saturday at noon, They will Ko as In- dividuals, returaing to New York Satur- dng afternoon. Referring to the report that he !# to make an after-dinner speech at the bunquet to be tendered former Mayor Van Wyck, Mr. Murphy sald that some- hody seems to be trying :o have fun ome expres re ie an ly ye will Ne the mee of the Manhattan € e Club will render aest Democratly organisations seed & willingness to get + of Judge Pheins to Thins ~ rey was av follows: Justice of the Lee find ncension to express ret that throweh A. mal ny ta p seta lof twelve monthe, and that his mind, den, whence the Japanese are expetted Ha 2 the qeanrers Havre, four with him, He has never made an after- ¥ | " to deliver thelr main attack, the flank ®t Norman dockyards, and three at | dinner speech In his life and announces for t Ineation meeting J seeking to make all har been whbalanced oy the use of . Ha Seyne, They will not be Nntsned | bec the organigation haa arranged to hold | (nd see! ov " ‘ “a 8 q 4 ete ‘o re vrs f 1 tion therefor, the Conrt has yacat Movement from the west being of (3+ areen months his determination to refrain from doing | |" Cae ton sheretay: te ee Bey | drug? Cunulngtly Latd Plot, With the cunning employed by men whose minds have got under the Influ- | ence of oplum, Price, according wo bio | own confesion, planned the robbery and! assault upon Mr, Luebbebrs, Price saw an advertisement in one of the New York newspapers offering to sell a naphtha launch and communteated with secondary Importance. Da Pass, or Te Pass, meaning Great Pass, is situated southeast of Mukden. It t# about enty-five miles south of the Hun River. The Japanese attacked Da Pass, which was occupied by the troops of Gens Mistchenko and Samsonoff, pn Sept. NM, but, according to despatches from War. bin, were twice repulsed Further orders are shortly to by given for four erulsers of the Bayan type. —_———. | WILL NOT GIVE UP FAR EAST STRONGHOLD. ST, PETERSBURG, Sept, 9.—Unott-| cla! announcement was made here to- day Gen, Stoessel has flatly ree $0 as long as he lives ‘There is sharp rivalry in Tammany for the nomination for Judge of the City Court, no lene than ain? cantid tes | | having eady declared themselves ‘John I. Green, of Maurice Peatherson’s | district, and former Civd Judge John P | | Sehuchman, ot Jova T, Oakley's die trlet, appear to have the Inside track, | he Benno ewenson, Chal discos By aspirants are Juco Marks, | 7 SAGE PAYS WIDOW $750. suit Russel! Sage having settled an action | brought {Kar of the complaint seninst Rad the erroneors fudemen? | the eon, > P bee wurther exnress fo sonal regret that 7 for $30,000 Damages Serica 'foxind toe none Intentional 4 ¥ the cavae of your own 2 cae Jeli Peep | ton Ssh. annovanee, ‘or that ARetRiRgs shoul ered which Ta , seemed to be, hough pole #0 In wont of respect for t ts of wontative of the @ ‘othe ra sent to Wa ; other da the fetalle of the por against him by Mrs Bridj the widow and administratrix tah Kane. to recover 420,000 dam- e death of her husband. net Th the owner of the launch at once, The ——— fuged to yleld Port Arthur, It was de-| Jenjamtn Hoffman, Waubope wer & Hofman, to-lay ap , tiations lasted several dave befor | clared r thou Ay Magistrate M and Henry W plied to ‘ustiee Giidersleeve, In the Bu-, giresae subiieher | Pree “called upon M H Luebbers, whe JAPS ORIVEN FROM Pe a heat Peis as ‘he War Ofc te | Ung , ie, me mere : Joreme Court, to make an order discoa- a “a, ere ent hin e , Linulne the action, Justice Glidersleeve, had the launch tor # PORT ARTHUR FORTS capitulate he would not o Poy the Ht of Reed & Reed. M Water Supply Engineer Quite The launch was anchored at West One ree low the example of Nelson, who re- Saqe's attorne He the order Nicholas 8. Hit, Jr. chlet engineer Hundred and N street and) LONDON, Sept. 2.—Despatches from f0sed to see tae signal telling him and ihe. > + to the Water Supply Department, sent bags a ee ma we ape Chefus to-da tell of the Mikado's, ceave Mghting, Park ave rg t « resignation to Commissioner Oakley called on the insurance broker @t Bi8| troops having been driven froi Russia ls now follow!ng developments |e eee tae eer ner husbands |e, Weens Se With 8 Teveee) home and represented that he wanted 4 sane pr ghee Pavan Ried fore wits tated bre rf thy hs — at ‘i iment on a nt ut det hee husbar oH mS gration take ra ite : t | i j caught on the n el en out of the since pag AS erg ety aesl ine cproey (they captured during the recent kiijing | nied that the jon at Port Arthur it f he area, ‘The fall was alleged to HIT has got the month, nd It , ‘ diy bes ’ e to the carelessness a eel: «obtained an a him that {t war in working order, ‘The simeute made ® se besieged ead hed rapidiy becoming desperate When Mir, Suge and his agents and that he obtal two boarded the boat and set out for a Y were occupying them when the| the moment arrives that the sips are * 1 » The! forced to leave the harbor the water waver Charles I. Hoffman sald 3 lean about the fiver, brospective | Russians forced ieee evac The! forced to | the harbor the on wer Charlen 1. Hoffman, gale Mr. | Ge espatches say that thelr ineses were | question wil! become doubly serions, as ve Bg ese oT ant: purchaser made himsely and, sitting so that Mi back wit to him feciared would purchase the craft at the priws named. have counter-tunn While he talked the young man held hich wae tatictal most agregable, their condensers wi"t go longer be avail. Mirg, Blum Proceeds to Do Some: The supplies of munitions and coal in Pugilistic Stunts, After Which She Has Her Rerreant Spouse Luebsers@ enormouymuch heavier than the losses “hat he| of the Kus#'ans, | much tun: The Japanese have done nelling toward th Is, are also running re is great. No ill ns i Boutilier Brothers Fall Suits, Coats and Shirts, a large tron wrench in bis hand, Bude | Me ie eset int ti . ro held as to the wilely » oft * ne Japanene ate ly serlour t denly, according to the story told the! fleet hax gone to its base at the Millort the fall of Port Arthur will nave, Arrested. police, he leaned forward and deait the) Islands. Two or three Russian ships Owing co the eluisiveness of | —— Gen, | unable broker a hard blow on the head, felling | Cccusionally go outside the harbor. | onend: mats, ava, him wnconse‘ous t9 the bottom of the | Beda, hen tured several lap. ir Dalny The fact that 1 ort, and + A sip Maes! dl i ‘3 te U, & Warehioe at Chefoo, Norfolk street, has a wife and five ¢ head ss. then Pelee oot ‘The Russians ere now building a new Iron depending von him did not deter +! Rep Women—Tailor-made Walking Suils—five cew models | robber With the boat in the middle fort at Liaotishan, bearing landward iim from becoming engaged to another | of the stream he stripped Mr. Lvebbera {te construction indicates that (r will | (na: they purpose stupping wacre lwoman. In « was ar Black. Blae and Brown Chedicts and English men’s matertals, lof his clothes and his Jewelry, In his mount five big guns. ori Wain fads Wat ehibeck, beer re jens bat eon in the $ " ¢ | Th ie a 1} ty ry * ° hy pockets was a sum of money and Price ‘The United Staves warships € improba bie, | aeex Mork armed b 19,7. value $25.00 did rot overlook this, Then Price, a » pay 4 we “k cording to him statement to > be tive. With some sharp instrument he from Mr. Luebbers, 4 a toot off his own clothes and slip siebbed Boyle in th eck. ‘td suave wien he w * toward her » 3 * ped siebbed Boyle in the n e Beret. Barrett. Mea, Hiam tilt the Magistrate that Far Women—Rain Coats—Fosr new Fall models— them upon the unconsctous form of the t broker. Al! thie done, he stecred the Babee Mi: Sepies goa Ms al her susptoione had been aroused when 3 launch to the shore, alighted and He followed this up with a blow in ie heres wiahla {2 00 and 15. 75 | pushed the boat out into the stream, the taee, felting Beye te the paves ‘other, I pome sleuthine m . i Me. Luebbers was rescued and towed ment, Then he seiged Boyle in his was ab ’ ; to nthote and the story of his assaust |afms and ogain he tan the sharp Ine qightt'gtt in "ead now, ltt rai oot Pah value $18.06 and $22.00 and robbery was told the police, In. | strument into te detective-aergeant’s it this time Li 4 . specior MeGlusky assigned Sergt. Boyle | throat, ices Aenes Gist For Wonen—English Tan Covert Cloth Coats, sith and satin lined—= }to the case, and after he had obtained — Boyle fou hard—and he is a man °7.00 value $1 OF fs descriptiqn of the assatlant and rod-|of great etrength—but he was no natch for te young fellow, who held nim with a grip of iron He yelled was colng to his home ea and two policemen came, The police dav, and hed jaseed the corner of One | men, ro. reetitak the detectiv ' For Women—Black Chedio! plaited 21 gore Walking Shirti— Hundred acd Niath street and Colum poqnt, used thelr clubs and Price was bi avenve wen Boyle approtch@! beaten into submission. The police 5S. 00 wale 57.50. were men found that Boyle's wounds come with me,” sald the | pain’ t that they were not neces jt sirily serious, The detectives collar te replied Price, politely. } had undoubtedly saved him fi being ne stuck to MP ~ his habits made tt not c le | Boyle started with bia prisoner to- | «abbed to death, Both wounds ta hia hur mass fer be lo ee eee in | ward the Ove Hundred and Tenth neck were almost pressing against the longer with bild marry him. In pros | ftreet station of the Biath and Ninth | jugular vein. og was eo Sopeeta 9 ghe exhibited a solitaire diamond ring avenue elevated road. They passed | Beaien into submission, Price wos Make » jen arraigned | id Blum had given her. One Hunired and Ninth street. and | taken to Police Headquariers, ‘There he ¢sy. bu d to do so. and wiived | Magistrate Rreen asked the prisoner assumed the severed. self-confid examinat He was held in $500 dail if he thoveht he was In Salt Lake Were conversing quietly when the pris- | her that had been macifest | 06 the robbery char uel Cite apa lected him on the qules | é. went to the naphi assault charge of the father of > **milv suddenly turned upon the detec- s “ ily deal ny