St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-28
AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE.
Bird's-Eye View OF the Lines o.
Monster War Shins.

DIFu S-Cy0 view "a tIo LILIES u
Monster War Ships.
NEW YORK, April 27.-From the top
of the New York Central grain elevator
at the foot of West SiXtieth street, the
view of the war ships presented an i'm
posing spectacle. The building is the
highest structure on the water front be-
tween the Battery and Harlem. Its
location, near the center of the line of
war ships, made the entire squadron Wis
ible. Through the mist and falling rain
the mimic cOunterpartS of Columbus
fleet could be seen like some phantom
craft of the fifteenth century, dimly
showing their outlines through the mist
of centuries. To the south of them
on the New York side lay the
British squadron with their black hulls,
tall yellow stacks and bristling guns.
The cross of st. George floated wet and
limp in the breeze. Opposite the four
BritisherS lay our own admiral'S ship,
the Philadelphia, whittier and more hand
some than ever. the Newark, the Atlanta
and the San Francisco. Flags of all
nations were suspended from masthead
to yards and to the deck, with the stars
and stripes floating over all. In the
rear of the ships of Her Majesty, the
Queen of England, were the three big
Russian vessels, with their black hulls,
heavy masts and projecting guns stand
ing out clearly in the mist. Abreast of
them the white, glistening hulls of the
Bancroft, Bennington and Baltimore
formed an effective contrast.
The French ships Aretheuse, HusSard
and Jean Bart swung in the stream just
below the Russians. They were gay
and frolicsome with bunting, and the
profusion of flags hid their sharp. war;
like appearance. The Jean Bart, with
strings Of bunting from her fighting
tops, looked less ugly than yesterday,
when she was picked out by the major
ity of visitors as the most tierce-lOoking
fighter in the river. Opposite the
Frenchmen were the Chicago, Yorktown
and Charleston. Next to the latter was
the Vesuvius, with her innocent-look-
ing dynamite tubes hidden in bunt-
ing which swung fore and aft from
her two masts. Abreast of the
VeSuvius was another crater of
destruction, the Etna, flagship of the
Italian fleet. Near her lay her sister
ship, the Giovanni Bausan. South of
the Bausan the Infanta Isabel, with her
white hull and three bunting covered
mastS, with the Spanish flags aft. lay
opposite the Nuevc de Julio. Argen-
tina'S single representative. Just be-
low her the black .hulled and full ship
rigged Van Speyk poked her bowsprit
high in the air, and, with yards trimmed
with bunting, made noticeable feat
ure. The Reina Regente and the NueVa
Espana lay off Forty-secOnd street, and
just below them the big Brazilian battle
ship Aquidabau loomed up with her
turrets and military masts partially
concealed by bunting. In her rear lay
he TiradenteS and Republica, her sister
hips.
Opposite the last of the Spaniards and
the first of the Brazilians the two white
German cruisers. the KaiSerin Augusta
and Zeadler, with the stars and stripes
aloft and flags of all nations swung
from yard arms and peak, waited for an
opportunity to belch forth salute from
the Fatherland to the home of so many
of its sons. South of the Germans the
low, rakish MiantonCmah swung at an
chOr, with big national flag at the top
of her military mast and streamers
strung fore and aft. All along the Jer-
sey side of the river excursion steamers,
yachts and tugs. loaded to the waters
edge with people, piled up and down.
A score of patrol tugs kept them from
passing between the two columns of
warships. The signal boat Cushing
scurried up and down the line with Or
ders, and the police patrol, assisted by
the naval reserve in tugs, preserved or
der. The space between the New York
shore and the war vessels was kept open,
so that all unobstructed view of the fleet
was obtainable from any point on the
water front.