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FLOWER OF SPAIN'S FLEET IN BATTLE ARRAY
INFANTA ISABEL VTZCAYA TORPEDO BOAT FALKE atARIA TERESA CRISTOBAL COLON
ALFONSO XIII TORPEDO BOAT TERROR EMPEROR CARLOS BATTLESHIP PELAYO NTJMANCTA. LEPANTO CARDENAL OISNEROS
No well-informed man doubts that war
will mean a duel to the death between the
navy of tho Unitod States and that of
Spain. If Spain whips tho United States
navy, as she thinks she can, then tho
battle will be continued on land. If tbe
United States navy sends the Spanish
ships to join those of the great Armada at
the bottom of the sea, as our naval men aro
confident they aro able to, then there will
v be no lighting on land, for without ships
Spain cannot, of course, transport her
troops here.
The chief Interest In tho war towards
which we seem to be drifting revolves
around the navy, and a comparison of tho
fleets of this country and of Spain Is of
' paramount tmporlanco to enable one to
accurately forecast the result of a Spano-
Amerlcan conflict.
As the two navies are constituted at
present, without taking Into consideration
tbe vessels that comprise the reserve of
both countries, those that might be pur
ehaSy ' before the outbreak of war would
proveK liny foreign nation selling to this
country or Spain, and the vessels that aro
not of the fighting strength of our navy,
but which patriotism would speedily place
there, the following are the comparisons.
The new warships Spain, it is reported,
A BOY FALLS NINETY FEET
He Lives to Describe Hi 3 Horrible
Sensations
Walter Schiiever, the lad who dropped
nlnety'feet down an elevator shaft in the
Century building, has told a St. Loull
Globe-Democrat reporter how It happened
and' how It felt. The accident resulted in
uniting Minor E. Hauser and his sister,
Mrs. Minnie Hall, after seventeen years,
dniring which each regarded the other as
dead.
Young Shricver is in no danger of dying
from his Injuries. The worst that can re
sult, If he has ordinary luck, is a stiff arm.
He ls confined to his bed at his parents'
home, 5347 Garfield avenue, but he is as
cheerful as a cricket and not a bit bashful
has recently purchased are not Included In
the list below, as their sale has not been
confirmed, neither does It include those
which are now being built:
SPAIN
Vessel— Tons. Guns.
L Empcrador Carlos V, turret
ship 9000 26
2. Pelayo, barbette 9900 37
8. Almerante Oquendo 7000 30
4. Infanta Maria Ter.esa 7000 30
5. Prlncesa de Asturios 0013 2?
0. Vlzcaya 7000 2S
7. Alfonso XIII 5,000 25
8. Lcpunto 4826 25
9. Knsenada 1030 13
10. Isla de Cuba 10:10 12
11. Isla de Luzon 1030 12
12. Aragon 3342 14
13. CaStilla 3342 22
it. Conde de Venadlto 1130 13
15. Don Antonio de Ul'.oa 1130 13
10. Don Juan do Austria 1130 14
17. Infanta Isabel 1130 13
IS. El Cano 524 7
19. Flliplnaa 700 10
20. Gallcla 571 7
21. Marques de Molins 571 7
22. Martin Alonzo Pinzo 571 7
23. B (since named) conning
tower, armor ,850 8
24. Veloz '. 750 10
25. Torpedo boat A (since nm'd) 87 3
211. Annette 97 4
27. Torpedo boat B (since nm'd) 105 4
38, Torpedo boat C (since nm'd) 97 3
29. Turpero boat D (since nm'd) 97 3
30. Halcon 10S 4
31. Castor 23 I
32. Pollux 33 3
about discussing his remarkable experi
ence.
"What did you think of as you were fall
ing?" asked the reporter.
"A heap of things. But my mother
seemed to be mixed up with all of them.
It seemed so long before I got to the bot
tom I had time to think a good deal. I
thought I never would stop falling, and I
was dazed and couldn't catch my breath.
It was all jolted out of me and' I had to
pound myself in the chest before I could:
'holler.' I must have struck on my right
side, for my right leg and arm were broke n
and, should«r dislocated, and the right side
of my head was ln the water. It wasn't
deep enough to wet me all over. I knew
everything that was going on, and asked
the doctors to send me to the hospital to
be tlxed up before mother saw me. I didn't
WHAT MAN AMONG YOU CAN FATHOM THESE FAIR MAIDS
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LOS ANGELES HERALDi SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1898
UNITED STATES
Vessel— Tons. Guns.
L Massachusetts 10,288 42
2. Indiana 10,288 46
3. lowa 11,410 42
4. Texas, two turrets 6,315 30
5. Broolyn 9,271 28
6. New York 8,200 32
7. Miantonomah, two turrets 3.390 9
8. Terror, two turrets 3990 10
9. Amphitrite, two turrets... 3.990 12
10. Puritan, two turrets 6,060 25
11. Columbia 7,375 11
12. Newark 4,098 28
13. Raleigh 3,213 23
14. Montgomery 2,092 19
)5. Marblehead 2.089 19
16. Castine 1,177 17i
17. Ericsson 120 3
15. Cashing 105 3
19. Stiietto 31
20. Khatadin, ram
The United States navy further consists
of tho following sea-going battleships:
Oregon, Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois and
Wisconsin.
The single turret monitors are the AJax,
Comanche, Canonicus, Catsklll, Jason,
Lehigh, Mahopac, Manhattan, Montauk,
Nahant, Nantucket, Passaic, Wyandotte.
Besides this there are the following un
armored steel vessels: Atlanta, Baltimore,
Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Detroit, Minneapolis, Olympia, Philadel
phia, San Francisco.
Then there are the following gunboats:
Bennington, Concord, Helena, Machias,
want her to be frightened. I didn't think
I was going to die, but the doctors thought
I would."
"That's why they brought him slraight
home; they were afraid, we wouldn't get to
see him alive," said the boy's father. "He
insisted all along that he would get well,
but none of us thought he could. We na
turally supposed' he was hurt internally.
But except for the broken bones and the
dislocated shoulder, he had only a few
slight bruises."
HOW IT HAPPENED
"It was this way," said Walter, gesticu
lating with his sound arm, when asked how
the accident happened. "William Schileto,
who was running the freight elevator, and
another boy and I were together In it. The
floor of tho elevator was about two feet be
low the ledge of an eighth story window
Nashville, Petrel, Wilmington, Yorktown,
Annapolis, Vlcksburg, Newport, Princeton,
Marietta and Wheeling.
In the special class are the training ship
Bancroft, dispatch boat Dolphin and the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius.
Of torpedo boats the United States has
the Plunger (submarine), Foote, Rodgers,
Winslow, Porter, Dv Pont, Rowan, Tal
bot and Gwin.
Outside of these there are at present
being built eleven others, which can be
gotten ready for service in a short time.
This shows, therefore, that at the first
outbreak of war Spain would have on hand
a fleet of thirty-two vessels, including tor
pedo boats. These ships would represent
a displacement of 70,002 tons, with 432 guns,
torpedoes on every vessel of the fleet, and
an equipment that, pitting point againt
point, would be superior to that of the
United States. '
Whatever the comparison shows when
figures are on paper, however, actually the
United States navy is superior to that of
Spain, for we have on our side all the ele
ments that in the opinion of experts will
constitute superiority in the naval battle
of the future.
It is not the number of ships or the
number of guns that will tell In tho naval
battle of the future so much as the thick
opening on the alley. I sat in the window
with my feet on the floor. The boy, whose
name I don't know, started the elevator
upward. I think he intended just to scare
me, and to stop it In about six inches. But
it got away from him and threw my feet
up and slid by as I lay on my back In the
window. As soon as it passed me my feet
fell back and I tumbled down the well.
"I don't know whether I went down feet
first, head first or sideways. I don't know
whether I screamed, but I think I did. I
don't know whether I grabbed at anything
while falling, but as there wasn't anything
to catch hold of It doesn't make any dif
ference whether I illd or not. I thought
how my body would look all crushed and
bloody, and hoped my mother wouldn't see
It till it was cleaned. Then I wondered
what Mr. Hauser would say and who would
ness of the armor and the caliber of the
guns and, as of old, the fighting spirit of
the men. In all these particulars America
has a decided advantage. From sources
that - are thoroughly reliable, It has been
ascertained that the fleet which Spain
would be ready to put to sea ln the event
of an outbreak of war within one week
from date would be five thoroughly effic
ient, well-equipped armored cruisers and
one able-bodied battleship. This powerful
fleet, It has been figured out, would have
a total tonnage of 44,000 tons displacement,
while the caliber and number of the guns
would be as follows:
Caliber..l2.s 11.0 9.5 6.0 5.5 5.7 4.0
Number 2 10 2 1 48 12 4
The caliber, as above, is in inches.
The speed of the war vessels would ave
rage twenty knots an hour and the fleet
could make the trip to our seaports there
fore in very quick time. A hastily mobili
ized American fleet that could be gotten
together at short notice to steam out and
report on the movements of the squadron
of Spain would consist of the cruisers
Columbia, New York and Brooklyn. Be
hind them would be a fleet of thirteen
vessels, including the monitors. The total
displacement of this fleet that the United
States could mobilize at short notice would
bo 84,500 tons. Their speed would be from
twelve to twen.ty-two knots per hour, and
get my Job, and whether the boys in the
elevator were scared' or not. I remembered
a lot of things that happened long ago, and
seemed to see places that I had been to.
All the while I was thinking what a long
time it took to hit the bottom.
DID NOT FEEL THE SHOCK
"As I told you, I didn't feel the shock. I
guess the sense was jolted out of me before
I had time to feel. As soon as I got my
breath I felt the pain of my broken bones,
but the real hurting didn't begin till I was
nearly home."
Walter Is a black-eyed, bright youngster,
and has shown great pluck since he was
hurt. His right elbow is crushed, and this
may result In a stiffness of the arm, but
his youth may avert even that. His other
injuries will heal permanently.
His statement that he dlid not feel the
they would mount guns of the following
number and caliber:
Caliber 13.0 12.0 8.0 6.0 5.0 4.0
Number 12 8 38 24 12 22
The caliber, as above, ls ln Inches.
Assuming that the United States adopted
the most aggressive tactics at the outbreak
of war, the first act of this country would
be to seize Havana harbor, first sinking
the two Spanish war vessels there. The
capture of the defenses of Havana harbor
after that would not be a difficult under
taking. If Havana were captured, upon
Spain would be thrown the obligation of
making a counter move that would even
up matters or of acknowledging herself
beaten, throwing up the sponge and retir
ing from the field as a claimant of Cuba.
The United States could well afford to let
Spain make the next move after Havana
had been captured.
The United States fleet would be able to
turn Its entire attention to meeting the
Spanish squadron, and could concentrate
quickly on any point that the squadron of
swift cruisers sent out to reconnoitre the
Spanish fleet reported the hostile ships
were making for.
To give Spain the benefit of the doubt
regarding the outcome of an attack on
Havana, and admit that the harbor could
only be blockaded and not captured, the
opposing fleets at this point would be:
shock when he struck the bottom of the
shaft is interesting, as tending to prove the
painlessness of death resulting from Talis
from a high altitude. Maybe the old 1 theory
that the breath leaves the body during the
fall was correct, and maybe Walter's own
Idea that "the sense was jolted out of him
before he had time to feel" ls the right so
lution.
The Schrlever boy's escape from death
after falling ninety feet is the more re
markable when contrasted with the fate
of a workman who fell eight feet in the
same building last summer and was killed.
Municipal Government
We all admit that municipalities are not
governed as they should be. It is the case
not with San Jose alone, but similar polit
ical ills afflict all cities—Sacramento, Los
SPAIN
Displace- Horse- Date pf
merit, p'w'r. Sp'd.lanch
Pclayo 9900 8,000 16 1897
Almlrante Oquendo ...7000 13,000 20 1891
Infanta Maria Teresa.7ooo 13,000 20.2 1890
Vlzcaya 7000 13,000 20 1891
Cardenal Clsneros ....6648 15,000 20 1892
Cataluna 6648 15,000 20 1895
Prlncesa de Asturlas.7ooo 15,000 20 1891
Kmperador Carlos V...9090 18,500 20 1895
UNITED STATES
New York 8.200 17,401 21 1891
Texas 6,315 8,600 17 1893
Monterey 4,084 5,244 13.6 1891
Indiana 10,288 9,000 16 1893
Massachusetts 10,288 9,000 16 1891
Brooklyn 9,250 18.000 21.5 1895
lowa 11,300 U,OO 17 1895
Amphttrlte 3,990 1883
Terror 3,990 its*
Monadnock 3,990 1883
Mlantonomah 3,990 1887
Puritan 6,060 1883
Spain could hope to do little harm to this
country with her present navy so long aa
we remained on the defensive and con
fined our aggressive tactics to the capture
of Havana. Should we scatter our ships
ln an attempt to carry the war into ths
enemy's country, the gains would proba
bly be counterbalanced by home losses,
but so long as the United States ships were
ln home waters, prepared to give battle to
Spain's navy at any point Spain chooses,
there could be little doubt about the re
sult being in favor of the United States.
Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New
York. And, generally speaking, the larger
the city-the more it suffers from the evils
of municipal misrule. Real good govern
ment is to be found only In the smaller
towns, and even there perfection ls want
ing. Now, then, ls It not apparent that tha
mismanagement of cities is a condition In
herent In the very fact that they are mu
nicipalities? The larger a city becomes ths
greater becomes the inducement to mal
administration.—San Jose Mercury.
Lack of Cause and Effect
Several names have been mentioned for
governor, but among them we have failed
to see that of M. M. Estee. Perhaps this
is due to the fact that Col. Burns has not
yet returned from Mexico.—Sacramento
Bee.
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