St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-21

Italian landscape, sanity Madonna
and plcture UI lne admlrafS Wile ana
children were some of the bits of art
which found a resting place against
the steel sides of the man OF the war.
Nor was this touch of poetry,
so characteristic of Italians, noticeable
alone in the admiraPs private apart
ments. Away forward underneath the
deck by the side of portfolio was
canary bird in wicker cage. Curiously
enough, directly underneath the little
yellow songster were two enormous
torpedoes awaiting for the signal to be
launched on their mission of destruc-
ton.
or course the Italian captain was
asked If he had seen or heard of the
Russian admiral. Yes, he had. The
Dlmltri DonekOi, with that officer Oh
board, he said, left st. Thomas, in the
west Indies, last Friday. If all the re-
ports that come of this Russian are true
ne must be making half circuit
of the globe in his endeavor to
ma the narrow entrance between
Cape Charles and Cape Henry. Every
body has heard of him, but nobody
has seen him. He was here today and
he was at some other place the day
before. He must be fitting around in
his big ship in style that puts our own
cruisers, which have never yet been
charged with being in two places at
the same time, to absolute shame. Some
OF these days, if he really appears in
the flesh. he will be worth describing.
lie must be ghostly and
Mysterious Sort OF Fellow
and as hard to put hands upon as the
Tying Dutchman. When he does arrive
there will be an unusual gathering of
admirals here. The Russian vice ad-
miral, Admiral Hopkins, of England:
Admiral Libran. of France, Admiral
Maghagl, of Italy, and Admirals
Gherardi, Benham and Walker,
of our own fleet, will make
no less than seven of the highest
naval officers in the world. This in
itself makes the rendezvous here a not
able gathering, and in the midst Of such
greatness even a tOp-lOfty lieutenant
feels himself abasbed. Another char
acterlstlc OF the Italian war ship is its
lack of marines. There are no marines
In the Italian navy. When occasion
arises to honor a visiting officer, the
boatSWain, with his shrill but not un-
musical whistle, pipes to his side a
dozen Seamen who carry carbineS so
delightfully."- unique that they would
be worth their weight in gold
for bric-a-brac corner. Today these
men were clothed in rough, dirty over
clothes OF canvas as brown and dull as
their own faces. The band, too, as it
pIactlced on the after deck, was not
arrayed in all the scarlet and gold
with which the average tooter on
the horn rivals the spIendor of the
lilies of the field The men were
bundled up in their brown canvas coats
and trousers, and if they had only been
little more genteel in their looks,
might have been taken for a company
of brownies drifted in from the sea.
A Dance and Dinner.
This afternoon the weather modified
sufficiently to allow the more venture
some ladies at the hotel to attend a
dance given on board the Australia by
her officers. This evening the captain of
the Blake entertained at dinner Adj
miralS Gherardi. Benhan and Walker. the
admiral Of the Frenchfleet, and the - ap-
talnS OF the vessels in the Roads. On
next Sunday night Admiral Hopkins
will give dinner on the Blake to all
the officers in the naval review fleet
above the krade cof commander. Fort
unately the ships are not giving
liberty to many sailors, else
the reservation would be i'm a
dlsagreeably crowded condition and
this gay resort turned into a howling
bedlam. As it Is, there is little room
LETT for those now here, but the crowds
continue to increase, only to be turned
away to seek quarters in some of the
nearby towns.
Naval Cadet James Sheehan, a rela-
tive of Lient. Gov. Sheehan, of New
York, died in the naval hospital at Nor
folk today. He graduated in the class
of '92, and at the time of his death was
attached to the Charleston.