St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-24
last day of the rendezvous. and, there
fore, the last day for.
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last day of the rendezvous, and, there
fore, the last day for.
Reaping the Harvest
of the souvenir. The fact that 1t was
Sunday might have occurred to man
if be went out in the woods and reck-
Oned up the days of the week; other
wise such fact would hardly have i'm
pressed itself upon his mind. On the
Washington boat came Senators Butler.
Gray and Gibson, of Maryland, and
Representative Mcmillan, of Tennessee.
Arrangements have been made for
these gentlemen to go around with
the fleet to New York. They will
be Quartered on the San Francisco.
along with the representatives of
two New York papers. representative
Outhwaite, of Ohio, will 60 on the Phila-
delphia. Invitations had also been eX-
tended to large number of other Sena-
tors and representatives, but as they
had not appeared up to this evening the
commanders Of the ships at once began
to extend invitations to their friends.
Nearly every ship will have number
of civilians and correspondents. The
latter will represent the Washington,
New York, Boston and Chicago papers
ana the press associations. 1t was sup
posed some weeks ago that no one would
Sail with the Fleet
except four representatives of the press
association, but this limit. although
suggested by Secretary Herbert, has
been totally disregarded. The voyage
is likely to be made with considerable
discomfort. The correspondents have
been told that they will have to con-
tent themselves with mattresses under
the ward room table, although the
friends of the commanding officers who
have been invited to go will
not suffer any Inconvenience. Ii the
weather continues to be rough, there is
sure to be good deal of sickness among
the landsmen on board, but this does
not seem to deter any one from making
the trip. Take. for instance, Repre-
sentative McMillin.
"Are you a good saiior?" he was asked
today.
son the contrary, always get SICK"
he answered.
"Then. why are you going?'
Because" was the reply, after
moments hesitation. Il think it will do
me good"
Secretary Herbert passed quiet day.
At the banquet on the Dolphin last
night he had Admiral Hopkins, of the
English man-of-war Blake, at his side,
and in the course of the evening the adj
miral asked the secretary to
Attend Church Service
on the Blake this morning. Mr.. Her.
bert accepted aud this morning, Just
before the church pennant was flown
from the Blake, he stepped into boat
which was decorated with silver anchor
and four stars and pulled over to the
big English cruiser. The service
was conducted by the English chap
lain and lasted quite a while
after the church pennantS had been
hauled down from the three American
fagships. Returning to the Dolphin,
the secretary entertained some friends
informally at luncheon, and then he
came ashore for the first time since his
arrival. He had heard that quite num-
Der of senators and representatives
were here, and he wanted them TO come
over and dine with him on the Dolphin.
Representative Durborrow was partic-
uIarly sought for, but he had returned
to Washington. While the secretary
was in the hotel the correspondents bad
a pleasant talk with him.
"The sight of these Ships" said the
secretary in answer to question, ''iS
even more imposing and grand than |
had anticipated. / have been sorry that
| have not had a better opportunity of
studying the various types of the ships
which are assembled here. | made
very thorough examination of the Blake
this morning after church. and l was
More Than Surprised
at the completeness with which she is
equipped. She is a marvellous cruiser,
and had many points that l would like
to see Incorporated in our new ShlpS"
"Do you not think that this rendez-
vous will stimulate pride in the United
States navy?"
''That is the best part of it," said the
secretary emphaticallY. Already with
the beautiful ships which are anchored
out here under our flag we have no
reason to feel ashamed of, but, OF
course, there is great deal yet to ac-
complish. Twill regard it as the CROWN
ing point of my public life if by the
time leave my post OF office l shall
have done as much for the building up
of our navy as has been so magnifi-
Gently accomplished by my predeces
SOrs."
Admiral Gherardi also came ashore
this afternoon to gather the loose euds
for the sailing tomorrow. All the Of
ficerS have been ordered to remain on
board tonight. so that they can be up
bright and early in the morning. "The
signal to get under way" said the ad-
miral, will be given
Promptly at O'Clock
"We shall steam to New York at about
eight knots an hour. There is no neces-
sity for great haste"
"How many people will you have on
the fleet besides the officers and men~
Il could have thOusand," was the
laughing reply, ''if l granted all the re-
quests l have received. The entire
naval reserve wanted to be distributed
among the ships, but such a thing was
out of the question. There will be
about twenty people altogether. Quite
a number are going around on the
Blake" he added. Il shouldn't wonder
if the other foreign ships also carried
some visitors"
The Spanish war ships, with the car
avelS, left here this morning, as pre-
dicted yesterday, much to the disap-
pointment of the thousands of eXcur-
sioniStS, who would have been glad to
have had a sight of them. Late this
afternoon, however, the tops of the mil
itary maStS of
The Infanta Isabel
dUu Illo DtIud hcScuIo were NlSluI6 over
the horizons edge from the masts of the
Philadelphia. showing that the sea out
side was so rough that the feet had
anchored in Lynn Haven bay until the
wind abated. The Russian vice admiral
is still among the missing. If he turns
up in the review in New York he ought
to get double salute and then ne
could be put on exhibition. With the
arrival of the three Brazilian ships
late this evening the entire foreign con-
tingent is present or accounted for eX-
cppt the Russian vice admiral. The
Brazilian squadron was reported early
in the afternoon as having passed
through the Capes, but it was nearly
sunset when the black huIls of the yes
sells loomed up against the horizon. In
the lead was the Aquidaban, the first
battleshIp to be represented in the
rendezvous. Its towering sides rose
squarely out of the water with a
precipitancy that added to the
Imposing Appearance
of the immense ship, A closer view