The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-28
A REVIEW IN THE RAIN.
Bad Weather Mars the Great Naval
Pageant.

SAINT Fire of Salutes as the Presi-
dent Passed Along the Line-Thou-
sands of People Line the River
Banks.
New York, April 27.-AIl New York
ayoke this morning to find a steady down.
pour of rain ushering in the day of the
great naval pageant. A chilly northeast
wind added to the discomfort, and some
hundred thousand people who had ar
ranged to view the grandest marine spec
tacle ever presented in American waters
were disappointed. The rain, however,
did not keep all at home There was a
steady stream toward the North river
all the morning and hundreds Of excursion
boats steam yachts, tugs and other craft
filed with sight-seers who were not to be
kept at home by the disagreeable weather.
Other crowds who sought places along the
docks and on the tops of buildings and at
Riverside park, plodded through the mud
and stood in pools of water with umbrel-
las and mackintoshes keeping out por-
tions Of the wet
POSTPONEMENT.
Aboard ship, dress uniforms were
abandoned for storm coats and the Jack
tars, instead of being in holiday rig, were
in everyday attire. Owing to the in
clemency of the weather the hour for the
review was deferred first to o'clock and
then to , o'clock. The postponement
was ordered by Secretary Herbert at the
suggestion of President Cleveland. The
original intention was to begin the re-
view at 1880 o'clock, and long before that
hour invited guests had assembled on the
steamers set apart for their con
vculenCe. A vast crowd had as
sembed at the foot of West Twenty-third
street to see President Cleveland embark
on the Dolphin, and when notice of the
pOstpOnement was conveyed to them they
settled themselves under convenient
shelter to wait for the ceremonies to
begin. The crowds above on the river
front could not, of course, be notified of
the change of plans, but all supposed that
some hitch had occurred, and all settled
themselves as comfortably as possible to
await developments.
EMBARKATIoN OF THE PRESIDENT.
The blowing of a hundred whistles and
the booming of guns at 1:l5 o'clock an
nounced that the President had embarked
and almost instantly the crews of the
men-of-war all along the line went to
position facing the rail and at the mast
heads and tops.
The rain had ceased and while the
clouds hung low overhead there were in
dlcations that led the anxious spectators
to hope for the appearance of the sun.
AT 30 o'clock the first boom of the 10
men gun Of the MiantonOmoh announced
that the Dolphin, with the President on
board. was passing up between the two
columns OF war vessels. The roar of the
Mlautonomoh's twenty-one guns was fol-
lowed by salute from the Brazilian
SHIPS Bepublica and Tiradentes The
Dolphin replied to the BraHIians and a
cloud OF smoke rose over the lower end of
the line of warships. The Brazilians
manned the yards Just before the firing,
ana long lines of blue jackets stood out
against the white background of smoke.
Inc Dolphin moved at slow and stately
gait, and the salute of each ship was dis
4nct and sharp. The Aquidaban, the
HaGShlp OF the Brazilian fleet, finished
5aiutlnS at 40 o'clock aud the Neuva
Espana took its tnrn
Inc Dolphin was followed at a distance
OF about 500 feet by the Blake, and she in
turn by the Miantonomoh.
GERMANY's GUNS SPEAK.
At "A o'clock the Zeadler of the Ger
man t1eet fired her first gun. She was
IoIoWed moment later by the Reina
hegente of the starbOard column, and the
TWO ships, one on each side of the Dolphin.
made the wel6in ring, The Augusta
joined the chorus and the echoes rolled
up the palisades and down again
untll one seemed to hear a long line of
artillery reaching for miles on the Jersey
Shofe The bands on the ships played
national airs, but it was only at intervals
oetWeen the roar of the guns that the
music could be heard. The Van Spcylz
ana intdnta Isabel salutes rang into each
olIef There was pause for a minute,
da9 the Argentine cruiser bclched forth
d Iiash that was responded to by the big
guns on the Giovanni Bausan.
FLASH OF THE CoNcoRD's GUNS.
IL was lob o'clock when the Concord
spoke and she spoke so rapidly that her
salute was done in two minutes
= ne Etna paid her respects next
Lneh' after short pause. a light blue
pun arose above the dynamite tubes on
Ine NesuVlus, and a few seconds later
mere was din overhead, as though the
IIaS was made of sheet iron and a bomb
Ia Tda u struck. The people at the foot Of
+ IT iiy-mnth street had not recovered from
llsir dstonishment when sharp tongue
Vt hre shot out from the side of the Jean
bdfJ' and there was a report that made
women scream and windows rattle along
Ihe river front.
=, AZ o'clock the Yorktown and Are
muse 1n saluted together, gun for gun.
Iuen there was an interval during which
Ile bands could be heard playing and the
Uueefs OF the sailors reached the shore.
FIRING OF THE CHICAGO.
The Chicago then opened fire and a
iHoinent later the Russian Rynda added
nlF guns to the chorus The Baltimore
'nG General Admiral followed. At 2:0S |
" clock the Tartar, the first of the British
SnlP5, saluted. The guns of the Bancroft !
anu san Francisco were going at the |
saile time. The British Magicienne and
11Slanla ~, fired almost simultaneously.
me Dolphin lessencd her speed as She |
approached the head Of the line and there !
Vas am interval between the firing from
. .iIe shlps. Each vessel began saluting as
& "2 Ihe Dolphin's bow came abreast. Ten /
t,alnutes after she had passed the Jack /
tfLS 5LS came down from their positions on
ENGLAND's CRACK CRUISER.
o, IL was 2:l5 O'Clock as England's crack |
~ =, user Blake fred her first gun There |
va, "a9 hlg pun of smoke and a deep boom /
ooE.iTelN different from the sharp sounds |
" ,ne guns Of the smaller vessels.
~. me Philadelphia salutcd as the Dolphin /
n sa,ached the head of the line. and came to |
= o'op Just in the rear Of the caravels. At |