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About The Dalles daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1898)
Ths Dalles Daily Chronicle. One week , ...$ 15 One month 50 One year. . 6 00 SATURDAY DECEMBER 3. 1S98 BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OUR NAVY t The report of the secretary of the navy, for the first time in our his tory, ia bound to attract more atten tion than that of any other cabinet officer. . Every nation that .has a navy of any importance is eager to learn what the United States intends to do in the wav of naval construe lion, and the American people them selves are thinking far more about the navy than any other department of the government. The people will be interested in the authoritative and official story of the great naval engagements of the war and in the administrative re forms recommended by Secretary Long; but in Europe the main inter est .will be in the recommendations to increase the navy. Recognizing as inevitable the expansion of our sovereign rights over Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, Secretary Long recommends the construction of three first-class, heavily armored, sea going battleships, three armored cruisers of the largest class, three others of the class of the Olympia, (Admiral Dewey's flagship), and six of lighter draft than the Raleigb and the Boston. Each of the battleships sre to be sheathed and coppered, to have a trial displacement of 12,500 tons, to be fully armored and to car ry the most powerful ordnance. The estimated cost, not including armor and armament, is $3,600,000 each. Our largest battleship in commission, the Iowa, has a displacement of 11, 340 tons. England's largest battle ships, of the Majestic type, have a displacement of 14,900 tons each. The largest battleships of France have a displacement of 12,205 tons each; Germany, 11,130 tons each; of Russia, 12,540 tons each. The new battleships recommended. by the secretary of the navy will . be larger than any others afloat, except the largest battleship of England. The three large cruisers will have a trial displacement of 12,000 tons each and will be expected to devel ope the highest practical speed and the greatest radius of action. The estimated cost, exclusive of armor and armanent, Is $4,000,000 each. The Brooklyn, the largest of our ar mored cruisers in commission, has a displacement of 9,215 tons; the New "York a displacement of 8,200 tons. The three large cruisers recommended by the secretary of the navy will be larger. than the new cruisers ordered by Great Britain. The largest ar mored cruiser of Spain, the Dupuy de Lome, has a displacement of 6, 300 tons. Russia's largest armored cruiser has a displacement of 7,782 tons. The three sheathed and coppered protected cruisers are to have a trial displacement of 6,000 tons each. The estimated cost exclusive of armor and armament, is $2,150,000 each. The six sheathed and coppered protected cruisers of lighter draught are to have a trial displacement of 2,500 tons, with an estimated cost exclusive of armor and armament, of 1,141,000 each. The fifteen vessels "to commended by the secretary call for an expenditure of $36,100,000. , These fifteen vessels are in addir tion to the three battleships, Maine, ' Missouri, and Ohio, the four moni tors, and the twenty torpedoboat de stroyers ordered by the last congress. We have jin course of construction the battleships Kearsarge, Kentucky, Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin. All oi these are heavier than the Iowa, each having a displacement of 12,525 tons. The Maine, the Mis souri and the Ohio are to have a dis placement of 13,500 tons each. If the recommendations of the sec retary of the navy are adopted, as every consideration demands that it should be, we shall have in the near future fifteen first-class battleships, one second-class battleship, and twenty-six" armored and protected cruisers. We have now in commis sion four battleships of the first class, one of the second class, two armored cruisers, twelve protected cruisers and three unprotected cruisers. The program outlined by Secretary Long will give us a navy well up toward the standaid of France, and, ade quately supplemented in subsequent years, will put us third in the list of the naval powers of the world. When you ask for De Witt's Witeh Hazel Salve don't accept a counterfit or imitation. There are more cases of piles being cured bythis than all others combined. Depart For Fast Mail -11:50 p. m. Spokane Flyer 5:30 p. m. timk 8chedule. From Dalles. Salt Lake, Denver. Ft. Worth, Omaha, Kan sas Jlty, fat. .Louis Chicago and East. Arrive From. 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Johnston's Old Stand, THE Drugs. A good drug sign. The importance !of having pre;crip tiona filled with drags of absolute and undoubted freshness impels us to urge you to allow us to do the compounding. The benefits accruing to the sick will be greater, the cure speedier and the coat to those payinjj the bills less. There is no possibility of mistakes in our pre scription department. M. Z. DONNELL ...DRUGGIST... Just What Vba uuant. - wL "1 'Si PIONEER BAKERY. I have re-opened this well-known Bakery, and am now prepared to supply every body with Bread, Pies and Cakes. Also all kinds of Staple and Fancy Grocer es. GEORGE RUCH, Pioneer Grocer. You well know that a eood drug sign is the patronage which is bestowed on the store. It is the purity of the goods bandied and tUe manner of doing busi ness that makes and.keepB this business. We are pleased with the result of our ef forts to supply the best drugs at the best price. We are particular about the compounding of them. 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AL IICEBIA EBAEDIIS from $3.25 to $6.00 per gallon. (4 to U years old.) ONLY THE PUREST LIQUORS SOLD. HOP GOLD BEES on draught, and Val Blatz and Hop Gold Beer' in bottles. Imported Ale and Porter. : . JOBBERS IN IMPORTED and DOMESTIC CIGARS.