St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-30
AN HOUR ON WATER.
Scenes of Splendor Greet the
Lucky Ones on Board
The Dispatch.
Gaily-Deeked Vessels and a
Din of Whistling and
Firing.
In the Bay Was the Grandest
Naval Display Ever Seen
on Earth.
The American Men-of- War
Make a Creditable Show
ing--Ineidents.

New YORK, April 29.-The scene at
the embarkation of the president and
party at EliZabethport was an attractive
one. The sun had come out again in
brilliance. and there was a stiff breeze,
which kept the yards of highly colored
bunting everywhere displayed flutter-
ing vigorously. The arrangements for
the reception and embarkation of the
distinguished guests of the day at the
port were elaborate aud effective.
The procession overland from Eliza
beth headed for the slip of the
Alcyon Boat club, from the land
United States steamer Despatch was
made. The boat house was hung with
the bravest colors of the club, and the
galleries were crowded with friends of
the members to see the start. Owing to
the shallow water in the l-vOn-Kull
near the port, the Dispatch had been
obliged to anchor in the stream two
miles down. TO this point the presi-
dent was to be rOwed by picked crew
of the club in their finest barge.
THE DlSAPTCH ARRIVED
out in waiting from the city at 9:30, and
Immediately Chairman Asa Bird Gardi-
ner, chairman of the naval committee,
put off in the vessels steam launch to
receive the visitors entitled to board the
steamer. President Harrison and Vice
President Morton were rowed as rapidly
as possible, amid well-nigh deafening
OutburSt of steam, to the launch, and.
in company with Mr.. Gardiner and Capt.
Erben, rowed down the stream to the
Despatch. A local committee directed
the departure of the remaining men,
bers of the presidents party assigned
to the Despatch. Secretaries Window
and Rusk. Postmaster General Wana-
maker, Chief Justice Fuller, Justices
Field and Blatchford and ex-Justice
Strong, Walker Blaine, Col. Barr, U. S.
A.; Lieut.. Mason, U. S. NJ; Lieut.. Jud-
son, the presidents personal aide; o. B.
Potter. chairman of the committee ON
transportion; the committees photo
grapher, and a representative of the
newspaper man accompanying the pres
ident on the boat. The wind had
freshened up considerably by this time
and the transfer from tug to steamer
was made with considerable difficulty,
but fortunately with no mishap. That
the day passed off with no serious acci-
dent, it may be remarked in passing,
was matter of profound gratitude on
the part of President Harrison, who eX-
pressed his appreciation of the efforts
of every one interested to make the oc-
casion the brilliant success it was.
When the president and vice president
REACHED THE DESPATCH
in the Alcyon's barge, the former was
received at the gangway by Jackson S.
Schultz on behalf of the committee on
navy, without any remarks further than
a respectful salutation and greeting.
MI. Schultz Introduced the president to
the other members of the committee,
and the president was then escorted to
the main deck by Messrs. Gerry and
Bowen, chairman and secretary of the
executive committee, and presented to
the members of the party on board.
The same routine was carried out in the
reception of Vice President Morton.
On the Despatch, besides those named
above, on its trip to this city, were the
whose technical charge the ship was,
Gov. David B. Hill, Mayor Hugh j.
Grant, Admiral David ID. Porter. Gen.
John M. Schofeld, Secretary Tracy and
his son Frank, Secretary Proctor, Secre-
tary Noble, Attorney General Miller, Gen
Sherman, Commodore Ramsey. of the
navy yard, and James NJ. Barnum, of
the plan and scope committee. There
was little delay in getting the Dis
patch under way. a part of which PreSi-
dent Harrison utilized in
SECURING A DOSE OF QUININE
as preventive against possible harm
resulting from the exposure on the bay.
He was not in any way uncomfortable,
despite the fact that his overcoats had
become "shifted' at Elizabeth, and his
heavy winter garment, which he needed
now if ever, was then ON its
peaceful way to the Fifth Avenue
hotel, and buttoned around him
was a lighter weight for protection
against the mild breeZeS ION land) of
spring, or fall. While waiting for the
boats to start the president remarked to
the Associated Press representative
that the demonstration at Elizabeth far
exceeded his expectation; that it
was, in fact, great surprise to
him. He spoke of the arch thrown
across the street, on which stood
young girls representing the original
states Of the Union, a feature that
seemed to strike him most favorably.
He alluded to the great interest shown
by the people IN the event of hundred
years ago as gratifying evidence
of their devotion to the coun-
try, its history and institutions.
Finally, at 11:15 O'Clock, amidst a
chorus of whistles, the Screeching of
which seems to be the only way in
which boats officials can express their
emotion of joy, and numberless salutes
from ordnance of various calibre afloat
and ashore, the Despatch
BEGAN IT'S TRIP
over the same course covered century
ago by the first president of this repub-
lie. The changes of that hundred years
were more than finite mind can COM
prehend, and hasty mental review, an
effort to reproduce the scene of 1889,
engaged majority of those on the
Dispatch. But the sights and
sounds of to day crowded apace and
demanded all the attention that could
be bestowed. Such scene. as the boat
| turned Staten Island point into the bay
from the Kill-von-Kull, may be wit
messed nowhere else on. earth, and
| those who were fortunate enough to
have seen to-day's naual display in New
York bay will carry to their graves
| the memory OF a spectacle unique
| in all respects. Words fail to adequate
ly describe. Four hundred steam yes
! sells, in long lines of hundred each.
! radiating from the Dispatch in long
lines that maintained their integrity
with faithfulnesS that was surprising
| under the circumstances. Millions
| of spectators who viewed the
stirring scene from every available
site, making the shores dense black
| clouds, made combination of power
| and resource that was striking. Presi-
| dent Harrison is not man given to
much manifestation uf fpelin.r t,r Senti-