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I TWIN GtJNBOATSTT Wf "WheelinR" and "Marietta" to bo " Launched Simultaneously. {, J WILL BE A NOTABLE OCCASION ? I':. In Sdn Francisco, n* Such Occn- > aionx Always Arc There. | BOTH BOATS NEARLY COMPLETE J p Aa4 win b4 RMdr Tor > Da*lil< launch f Ittfandi Chriatfnln< AboMt the Klrat of c AjrU-HowThtj-LookNorr-Th. Trl.l J V oflRMi Mmy Talc* the Form of m Race ti ?; (ariifiwuir M?m "JUrletu" and D ^ . ?WkMlll>||,"aiuiwUlb?V?n>BmUim. * WhMllnaand JUri?ll? D?lti?tlon? Ex. p peeled to lb* Unuthlu|. }j 5'Bpeelat ConwHidenea. ' y SAN FRANCISCO, C?l., Jan. 9.- J, >V The Union Iron Works, the only ship- f: jf ' fcuttdlnir company on tho l'acllle coast, ? and which has the construction of tho J J c two gunboats, WhealltiR and .ftlniiet- Q ta. well under way. will make a do- ? -V parture In their cases from the ordl- J B nary practice of ship-yards. ? Instead of launchlnn and christen- u Ins the gunboats while yet they lire o "* L-,n- n?.i ,t,M,i Aomnlotlnr ** OU1 Clupijr mwiip, ...... n ; theia afloat, by the addition of raachln- j, cry, tho gunboats will be finished tl while In tho stocks and ?vl!l sllda Into J1 the water, practically ready for an " engagement. g This obviates the unfinished ap;.eir- " anoo of the usual ship-yard fledgling. n P - and also enables the eastern visitors to * EX come to California In the most charm- J1 f; 'r 4ng time of the year-the early sprln*. J ^ The gunboats ore twins and exactly J fin'1 alike, except for their engines. It will J . ' be a double launching and christening. J!, E to take place In the blue waters of * f; San Franclsc.) bay. Irwing M. Scott, j* ipv <he senior partner in thu Union Iron EF. "Works, says that It will be at least v* two months before the Interesting J event can take place. The first of April " ; ^Ul probably soo the baby ships ready J to tte Introduced to their big wet nurso. Era The practical details of the two gun- J boats, which have fallen to the share of thfc men at the western edp*> of the k ,* continent, are dry rending to outsiders. g g . but Immensely interesting to men who t Mil the sea iu ships or who know a Anything about the warlike art of shipKv Quilling. They will be trim little rt boats, speaking comparatively, trim In H( every line and built for speed. Con- , t trained with big line of battle ships, 16 they are pigmies, but now. ns they stand, bolstered up by props. with a aaeleton armor of sticks, in the stocks. < the shlpmen aptly phrase ft. they aro formidable enough and look what "j n??r *re?of war and destruc- I Don't Lsok Alike. The Wheeling, as she 15 already call* C rr ed. by courtesy. Id In no danger of being mistaken for the Marietta. There |J la the same distinction without a dlf- tl : ference between them, which enables tl s m mother to keep from mixing up her n ? twin offspring. Nor Is the usual re- pi ! cdurse to blue and pink ribbon bowi c necessary. The Wheeling has water tube boilers. In which the water Is in- m I aide the tubes and the tire around them, instead of vice versa, as in or- tl dtnary engine*. The Marietta has the en usual marine engines. 11 Otherwise, the Wheeling has a dla- In > placement of 1.200 tons. Is 174 feet long, a: i with a thirty-four foot beam, ond a | maximum draugt of thirteen feet, flv? pi Inches. She has two propelhr*. en- al '. glnea of* 860 horse power and she Is to c< ? * cost 198.000. a round sum. hi II Her deck is to be 3-2 inch: she will 11 carry 6-4 Inch guns, and her speed g< Is to be twelve knots Her coal sup- tc r. ' ply Is eleven hundred tons. v< ft- The gunboat? are already nearly ai completed. The hulls are all done, Inr aide and out.aml the m&'.'lilncry. In- yi i . eluding the engines and boilers, 14 all y< ready. At present, the machinery in t* ; being put In and the additional time v. K la needed to make the pipes and fit- ul * tings, and connect these two Independent and completed parts. When the launching taken plac.? in March or K5 Aprtf. ctca gunboat will oe practically & complete, even to the finishing touches. which are equally addeil Jong- after tho ? Apparently dismantled hull has couched p the water. There Is nothing quit* iw unfledged In looks as the conventional qewly launched ship. . Ahead of Other Boot*. .Already the Wheeling nnd the Ma< lietta have a finished air. high and dry *' as they are. The bollera are already er aboard, which Alls up the gaping void ; : in .che gunboats' Interior. They ar? Kl considerably ahead af the other gut:- T boats of the same clans, now building or in the eastern states. The Unlcn Iron ... .Works Is noted for Its rapidity In trimming off work. It has a very large cl pj force of men always at It* command ly nd around the work* which are lo- oi oated at the Potrero, has gathered a large settlement of mechanics of all ei sorts. le The rapidity of the work does not. g? however. Interfere with Its excellence H The Columlfta. the Scotts* last great et achievement, was a record-breaker, sc rind made Atlantic coast ship-builders F * open their eyes. T The trial of speed, to determine g< whether the new gunboats are np to di the gunboat requirements in the way cr . of speed or not. will not take place un- p< til some months after the launching hi and christening. The wine on the fe ship's bow Is well dried before It is hi wet with ocean spray. The test Is tc conducted under government esplon- C and In accordance with strictest ct rules. Santa Barbara channel, south of le Point Conception, where the sea Is rt generally smooth and where tide and & wind serve. Is usually chosen for the S race course. With the Union Iron fc Works' premiums record for speedy m touts, there seems no reason to doubt p< that the gunboat* will be abo.'e the 111 requirements as regards speed. gi A lUce In Prosper(. ff Jt Is not Improbable that later there !\! trrtiy be e race between th.; two Run- v boat?, which will be ? trial of speed, ai skill nnd endurnnbe and alao a t??nt as v< to the comparative merit* of the two ni style* of engines. It will be a bit Ilk-* J* the old race* to the death between 11 the Mississippi steamers, If one can ! Imagine a broad ocean. Instead of 11 fringed banks, ami no little negroes rc perched on the safety valves. The launching nnd christening nt C( the Union lion Works are always an . event In San Francisco, socially, a* well an from a naval point of view. " Invitations are greatly prized, and the " wajters of. the bay, near the shfp-yar<l 'JJ are (ray with yachts, launches. tug*, , and all sorts of Hailing nnd steam craft. J' with every available shred of bunting " gaily flying. A double christening will be even morn interesting and the words "l name thee Wheeling" will be distinctly audible from the grand stand. "i The Marietta will probably be chrls- w tened by IIrn. II. Clifford Mps*e, of C Bantu Barbara, one of the Woodbrldge pi family, of Marietta, Ohio, nnd a na- n tlve of the <>H pioneer city, the oldest Ui town In-Old", She J* the only native of ol Marietta found m fur In California. hi Thfie will probably l>? a party from hi Marietta, ?s well, om from Wheeling, to |r attend the ciirlHteningx, which will rr make more than a ripple In western a waters. MABEL CHAFT. |j MIBS MAKY LOUISE CLARY will n sing "B*n Holt," i?y special request, at ti Oratorio Concert to-nighL L I XXVI0TXQATXO* OF OWHIMHIP t Dljf EntM-prUM hy th* Government Well Under Way. WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 3.-Tho iroposed federal and atate Irtvestlgalon Into the municipal ownership or Iff enterprise! Is novr under way In evert1 of the states. Its chief nlm Is o ascertain the extent to which muilclpal ownership lias been carried In his country una to this *nd In formaIon Is to 4*0 collected from ull bah, lectrlc light or water works under uch control. This amounts to the akin* of a census of ull of this class f municipal enterprises. Tho secondary object Is to collect daa bringing the cost to consumer of wnor, gas or electric light undor nuinlclal management Into comparison with lx> cost of u llko product under private ontrol. An attempt also will be wde to And the cost of the different iroducts under the two methods of nanagement. No difficulty Is antlclated li? aliy of the feature* of tho Ineatlgatlon as municipal works have wulily Riven Information ami tho price aid by tho consumers is naturally easly obtainable from tho latter. The iqulry will be carried on by the dlffernt state bureaus of labor and the fedral department of labor. There are flirty-two state ofllees. Some, however, re unable to Join In the inquiry and rom such states the department will ollect the facts. The results will be fought together, compiled and annrxed by the department of lnboNwhllo ach state participating in the canvas ill publish the data belonging to It. i this way thorough cooperation has een secured and tho work will be ecomplbhed with the least possible clay. The principles involved do not (institute any feature of the Investlatlon and therefore whether tho mulclpul ownership of si^ch institutions i or In not desirable has no place In 3e investigation which to based on the ealre of all parties on both sides to >arn the extent to winch the Idea has een carried. The department of labor ere. under the supervision of comilsskmer of labor Wright, has been hipping the blanks to the different tate olUces and the work already has een started In two or three eastern tate*.- The results will be available jr the tabulation In the different tntes In the next two or three months. HP U'TiirtlllCUfc nilt JSUI'IIPII n omnia ry of all the facts and embody them \ a .special report to Congress. The len of the oanvas had It* inception in resolution adopted nt the twelfth anual convention of the national assoation of officials of bureaux of labor ifttlstica in the United States last line. TICKET 8CALPING. mator! It *r ma it Urged (o Favor lh.i Paiu{i> of a UIU. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 3.?Rep. sontatlve Sherman, author of the antl alping bill, has received the following iter: "State of New York. 'Department of Public Instruction. "Superintendent** Office. "Albany, Feb. 1. 1W>7. H>?n. James 8. Sherman, House of Representatives, Washington. D. C.: "My Dear Mr. Sherman:?I would be lad to have you favor a bill now before ongress recommended by the Inter?? commercec*?mmiarion to protect the abllo a.* well as the railroads In supresslng ticket scalping. In behalf of le National Educational Association, le largest educational body in the orld, of which I have the honor to be resident, I urge you to assist Mr. R. D. aid well, chairman of ?h? Western Facrnger Association, in his efforts to prolote the measure. "Fd^ many years the National Educaonal Association ha* been able to obdn from the various trunk line associamiM t.? it?i annuul tneeL. UP*, which arc attended by many thoudids of the teachers of this country. "Our principal difficulty ha* be??n to reverrt ticket scalping, and In .?plte of >1 our efforts. lit connection with thnofllft* of the passenger associations, we ive had much trouble in thfcj direction. ' this trouble could be removed the pasnger associations would never hesitate give the teachers of the nation as fajrable excursion rat;* as are given to iy other organization. "If you can find It consistent to give >ur support to this measure, I believe mi will be doing a valuable service to u? teachers o? the nation and will promt a cause of much Injustice and lrregarlty. "Yourvery sincerely, CHARLES R. SKINNER. "President N. E. A." TO ECLIPSE HEW YOBK. ropowd Atlilctto ?ud Military Tonrtm. incut at Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 3.?If nil the present ana are successfully carried out Chligo will have In April one of the larest military and athletic carnivals ev attempted in this country. It Is pro3sed to eclipse the recent carnival Iven In Madison Square Garden, N. ., and to make it a monumental sue ?ss iti every way. Slnco the proceeds ill be donated to numerous deserving rarities, yet to be named. It is entire within reason to expect the fruition f the promoters hopes. The plans are fostered by two pow ful organisations, the Amateur Ath? n?? ittiinn of America and tho Chica i Athletic Association. Colonel L. H amburger, of the letter body, returnI from New York a few days ago anil ton after had a long consultation with . E. Pettet, president of the club, he colonel told Mr. Pettet that the >vernlng board of that union wished to upllc-ite the Madison Square Garden irnlval In Chicago for the dual pur,ihc of reviving Interest In athletics ere and to aid charity. It took but a iw moment* for Mr. Pettet to fall In i-artlly with the plans. It 1.4 planned > have the carnival take place In the ollseum, beginning April, 1898. The Mnpetltlons will be open to the athtes In the various regiments and the >gular army not only at Fort $herljn, but In the entire United States, plendld special prizes will be' given ?r general excellence and to the reglf ient, scoring the highest number of ilnts. There will be fancy drills by Rht artillery, regular troops, cavalry, ntllng gun squads and other spcclal atureg appertaining to a military carival, with contests and exhibitions by if National nuard and naval reserve. Leading officers In the regular army nd National guard are heartily In fa>r of the scheme nnd thye have proilsed their mipport and best efforts to take the returns for charity somedng that will be of largo benefit. Collel Hamburger has been active since Is return. He has laid his plans be>re General IT. A. Wheeler, of the 1111)ls National guard, and yesterday rejived an encouraging reply from him. Assistant Adjutant General llarber.of le department of the Missouri, United fates Army. Is also greatly In favor of le project. Harry 8. Cornish, lately ' this city, but now manager of a New ork club, may be brought here to do le managing ??f the show proper. He andled the New York affair which as a great success^. Tim Trim K?in?d)'. W. M. Rapine, editor Tlslklwa. Til., Jhlef," flay#: "We won't keep house Ithout Dr. King'* New Dlncovery for onsumptlon, Coughs and Colds. Kxerlmented with innny other*. but f>vrr got the tnio remedy until we n?*rl Dr. King's New Discovery. No [her remedy can take Us place In our nme, oh In It wo have ft certain otid iro cure for Coughs. Colds. Whoopig Cough, etc." It Ih Idle t<> expedient with other ronaodles, even If they re urged on you im Just us good nn t. King's New Discovery. They nr?? ?)t n? good; because <hl* remedy bus a cord of cures and hoildCS Is gun ranged. It never falls to satisfy. At ognn Drug Company's Drug Store. 4 BOWLING LEAGUE. \ National Organization Formed at Cincinnati. WHEELING ONE OF THE TOWNS In the Western t'lrcntt C'lubi to Play toi Their Respective Championships In thi Kast and West-Whtillng Reprsseutatire on the CoptmlUeeon Msmher?hl| and FranolUses?Contsits by Telegraph Abandoned. ' CINCINNATI, Fob. 3.-Tho temporary organisation of the National Bowllni Leaguo was inatle hero to-day, wlti Samuel Karpf, editor of the American Bowler, New York, president, and Dr, B. J. Mayer, of Clncltrmtfl, secretary, After deciding to form a national league it wos> voted to limit it tor the next ocason to eight clubs and to m^ke Chlcagc the western limit. Messrs. Karpf am! Joseph Wlngfleld reported that the Interstate league, consisting of New York, Brooklyn. BufTaloand Niagara Falls, would constitute the four eaatern members, reserving tho right-to substitute #ah VI?MM lJ*nII* Thn fnin western cities selected ware Chicago Cincinnati, Newport, Ky? arid Wheeling, W. Va. It la proposed first, for those clubs tc play 'for their respective championship* In tho eaaft and west and then the winners to meet for three giunes, one each on rheir respective alleys and the third frame on a neutral alley. Tho franchise for New York i.< heldThy Joseph Thum, for Brooklyn by Peter J. Epplg, for Buffalo by John G. FIosj. A committee consisting of Dr. B. J. Mayer, of Cincinnati; H. K Carrel, Chicago. and W. C. Hand Ian. of Wheeling, was appointed to confer with clubs relative to membership and franchises. All i?f the cities represented in thu league ivcre represented. As the Brooklyn club !;? now playing in tills city, most of these vistors were present. There was considerable discussion about championship games to be played 01* home alleys, but the proposition for enmefft* by telegraph ivas abandoned. Adjurncd to meet In Chicago next Aug: u*t. tho date to be Uxed by President Karpf. The scheme of the National Bowlers Association was first broached by Mr. R. M. Archer, city .alitor of the Intelligent cer. who sen't out clrculam to tho bowling managers in the larger cities. Mr. Arqher being ill. It was Impossible for him to be present at the Cincinnati me^t lit*. The cltlrta Included in t'ho association are \he tnotft prominent in the bowling world, and Wheeling being included is quite a compliment both to the city and to Mr. Archer. Temporary Break of Ice In the River. The ico gorge In the river broke this morning at 3 o'clock, In front of the yacht landing, and ran for about a hundred yards and,then stopped. No damage resulted. DEATH Of MI88 OASLOW. A Graduate of Ibe University aud Well Known Student. Special Dispatch to the Intcllig^nccr. MOHGANTOWX, \V. Va., Feb. 5.?A telegram was received here this morning, announcing the death of Miss Lula Garlow. She was the only child of Marion Garlow, a very wealthy farmer near here. She die<! of heart disease, caused by grip. She was graduated in 1892, from the West Virginia University, taking very high rank, and was a candidate for t-he degree of Pd., at Bryn Maw**, in June.1 She was considered the best student that ever attended the institution. Her ajre was twenty-one. She will be . i-i i W.,hI?I U,,,. faihfti. iu nruuKiii HVIU ivi at present In Colorado, for his health. The news of her death Is causing universal sorrow, as she was very widely known and was very popular in the county. 11 ml to Slioot III m. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. BUCKHANNON, W. Va.. Feb. 3.? Deputy Sheriff Ed. Phillips shot Frank Rekhard, a speak-easy man, near Beans' mill, while resisting arrest. Rekliard has been considered rather n bad character and his capture was the result of u years' misdoing. He has been evading arrest and once before had a pitched battle with the officers, while: they were endeavoring to arrest him. Sheriff Fowkes went to tIio scene yesterday and to-day brought Rekhard here nnU landed him in Jail. His wounds, while painful, are not serious. State Supreme Court. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Feb. J.? The supreme court disposed of the following cases to-day: Lake's administrator vs. Lake et al., from Taylor county, order of continuation set aside and case submitted. Shank vs. Oroff, ot al., from Grant county, submitted. South Branch Railway Company vs. Lonw administrator, from Hampshire county, submitted. Buxton vs. Shadder ct a!., from Berkeley county,, submitted. Inveatlffatliiff the Aiylnm, Special Dispatch to tho Intelligencer # WESTON, W. Va.. Feb. 3<?'The investigating committee sent out by the legislature, consisting of Messrs. Cilne, Orovo and Hill, of the house, and Marshall and Dodson. of tho senate, arrived this morning. They investigated the female wards this afternoon. No expressions as to how they found things haa been given out. ( linrgra AkrIiiM C'linpinan Ol^iitUard. NEW YORK, Fen. . .i.?Tna ponce commissioners to-day dismissed the charges against Police Captain Chapman, growing out of the captain's raid on the Seeley dinner ?t Sherry's. Free PI I la. 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In tola Journal. under date of July 12, 1780, he dear ribea them. It ia the recent dlaeovery of thin deacrlption that haa lately oroua, ed the IntereHt of the people In and near . *. .*? ?.?_ .I,., ' cunruerjpna. uisnop Asuury in mo u.?i ry writes: "Prom William*? I crowed the i South Branch to Patterson's creek. I am now In a land of valley* and mountain*. a/bout ten or fifteen miles from the , foot of the Aileghenie*. Lotft evening , i I saw the greatest natural curiosity my , eye* ever beheld. They were two caves together. Their entrance? were narrow ? and descending, gradually widening tol wards the Interior, and opening into lofty ' chambers, supported to all appearances by basaltic pillars; In one of these chamber? I sang, ami the sound was wonder' ful. There were staJnctltc? resembling the plpej of an organ, which when t struck with a stick emitted a melodious , sound, with variations according to their slxe. Walls like our old churches, re semblance to the towers adjoining th<? belfries and the natural galleries, which wo ascended with difficulty,?all new to , me, wad new, solemn, and awfully , grand. There were vast part? we did not explore,?so deep, so damp." Where are they now? They must rival the famous Luray cavern? in Virginia, , and the opening? will be fought for with diligence by local explorers. The cn! trances are doubtles* l?ng since fllietl with falling rocks and debris. The only known caves within one hundred mile? of Cumberland are the recently discover ed lrnmpooro caves. dui tney cannot oe The caves deacrfbed by Bishop Aubury. Those must) Ik* near Patterson's creels. either1 in Maryland or across 1n W?t Virginia. The bishop visited Patterson's , creok on July 1". and his vlrtfc to the caves Is recorded tea day* later, according to his Journal. Much Interest 1% manifested la the search for these tart caverns. Bncklen'a Arulca Hftlvr. 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