The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21
COMMERCE's TRIBUTE.
Grand Maritime Pageant ia Homer
OF Columbus.
New York Unrbor Presents sight RIVAL
ling the Most Brilliant Ever ssea
at Spithead-four Hundred
Vessels In I.inc.

tically suspended. and more than "oo
steamers and ting boats. the smallest
If them larger than the scven'y-fve-
ton santa Maria" the ifty-ion
..pinta.- or the forty-ton Nina, IN
which the great discoverer and ms
made their adventurous
voyage. dropped their ordinary avpca-
lions and formed in majestic holiday
parade to 90 him honor.
With every favoring condition q
skies and weather, with the crisp, clear
air OF the early fall bringing ont IN
sharp oatline every object ~ the dane
inc waters. ana along the shores OF
New YorlS's matchicSs bay and harbor'
the naval pageant was spectacle 70
be once seen and always remembered.
Not even the famous road>tcad OF spit
head. Englanls great naval reviewing
panorama of beautiful scenery.
could surpass it, From the green
heights OF Fort Wentworth on the
western shore Mt the entrance to the
Narrows. eastward TO the shores OF
Rockaway and tho sandy reaches OF the
Hook southwark TO the highlands OF
the NavesinlS and northward to the dim
blue outlines of the Palisades and the
grassy slopes of Riverside, afar up the
Hudson, the scene was one OF
marvellous life and beauty.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock tho steam tug
Howard Carroll left the barge ciiice.
having on board the committee on naval
parade and their distinguished guests.
The committee consists OF Edward Car
roll chairman: WIN. q. Whitney, Ed
ward Schram. Schuyler Crossman, II.
:. Nicholson. Gen Martin +. Mcmahon.
Charles II. Raymond Edward Y. Skin
ner. John II. Starrin. Wm. c. Wickhan,
James ". Tappin, Thos. J. Brown and.
ex-oflicio Mayor Hugh J. Grant. Gen.
Horace Porter. VIM. Snlzer. J. II. ".
Arnold, Charles G. /. Wahlc, Jr.
Their invited guests included Vice
President Morton. Secretaries Charles
yrsster OF the treasury. Secretary Tracy
sanG Assistant Secretary Solely Of the
navy. Gov Flower and his personal
s,afG aad other dignitarics.
The steamers sam sloan. Matawan
and Mohawk. having ON board the com
mittee. on one hundred and its nuncr-
GUS guests, left the foot OF Leroy
street about the same time and steamed
down the bay. The parade ccntcrcd
and rcvolvcd around the foreign naval
visitors. the war ships Of France, Italy
and Spain. They had been anchored
for several DAYS in the Hudson river in
the neighborhood of Twenty-third
street. Sometime in the early morning.
they got up steam, weighed anchor
and dropped down the river 20 the
point Of reception in Gravcscnd bay.
md there anchored To await events.
These vessels were the Arcthusa,
the flagship OF the French At
lantic squadron. which by virtue
If its rank led the way; the
llnssard another French ganboat; the
Italian cruiser Giovanni Barsan. and
the Spanish mar-of-war lnfanta Isabel
None Of them is especially specimen
Of the modern-improved war-shir
Their presence was matter o
sentiment; not n display Of mora
force. The Arethusa is a full-rigge,
iron frigate, unarmorcd. Of about 3,ao'
tons, carrying twenty-four guns. Sh'
has no smolScstaclS has blacl
hull. standing high out of the water
and somewhat resembles the old Unites
States steamer Minnesota. The Are
thusa bears the flag Of Rcar-Admira
de III Brun. The lIussard Is n sinalle
boat. bark rugged. and Of the elias
known a. a dispatch boat. She has
white hull and graceful lines. and ear
r.es four large guns and six revolving
guns. The Hausln Il twln-scrcS
prmorcd steam steel cruiser. with gu
turre.s fore and aft. lying low IN IN
water ana bearing some resemblance
TO the Boston. only that her hall
painted dark color and not white
The Spanish man-cf-war Infanta Isabt
IS a barls-riggca steel vessel painte
white, and carries her four heav
guns something like the Oh
cago. Waiting in attendance o
the foreign visitors at the r.
ception point, prepared TO esco
them in the river. were the Unite
states squadron. commanded by Con
mod ore Erbcn. T.. :. n. consisting
The flagship Philadelphia. the armors
cruiser Miantonomah, the dispat,
boats Atlanta and Dolphin, the dynar
tie qrr-boat Vcsuvins, the coast su
vey steamer Blake, the revenue cutie
Grant and Dexter and the lighthou
steamer Armenia, together with Z
torpedo boat Cushing. assign
for the use of the director
the parade, :. Nicholson ka'
Thus they lay waiting for the sta
.rronch flagship rArcthunc, fianlsed
N.lae United States steamer Miantcl
nah. Montgomery Siclsard. y. ,.
and the United States flagship IN
sieiphia. Capt Albert a. ). Barker,
4. y. French grnboat liussard, HAM
0v the coast survey steamer Fla
Lieut.. c. S. Vcccland. Y. =. ~,
The United States steamer Vcsuv
Iteut. scaton Shrocder, Y.
n. Italian cruiser Barsan. Han
~ revenue steamer Grant, g
Thomas smith. Y. =. M; Spa'
.rruiscr Infania Isabel, flanlsed by
LIGHTHOUSES steamer Armenia and
cnue steamer Dexter Capt. J. a. ~
fv :. Il. NJ. and the United ~
s,eamer Cushing, Lieut. 9. McH.
slow. 4. =. n.
t,o.,, thr tn,,er bay, lust mort