The Dickinson press., 1893-05-06
The Fun begins.

The Fun Begins.
The blowing of n hundred whistles and
the booming Of guns ut 1:l5 announced that
the president had embarked, anu almost IN,
stantly the crews OF tho men-of-Mar ~
along the line went to POSITIONS racing tne ne
rail and at the mastheals and tops. AT l:3O
tho first boom of Ike tcn-inch gun on the
Miantononah announced that the Dolphin.
with the president on BOARD, WAS WAS. ppassaiss
| The roar of the Miantonomah's twenty-ohe
guns was followed by a salute from inc
Rrazilian ShipSS Mep ran,G to ami the ' HraziIians
was heard, and a cloud OF smoke rose oyer
the lower end Of the line OF war ships. me
and the long lines Of blue jackets stood ont
against a white background Of smoke. me
Dolphin moved at ii slow ana stately Emat.
md sharp. The Aqui1aban, the f1asslip or
the brazilian fleet. finished salutins ut LAO
and the Nueva IIspana took its turn. me
5 51S'i feet by the Blake and she in turn by the
Miantonornah. At 1:44 the sceadler,, of the
German fleet. fired her first gun Sie Vas
genie, Of the starboard column. and the
Two ships, one on each side Of the Dolphin,
made The welkin ring. The Naiserin Am.
rnstl ioinel the chorus ana the echoes
rolled UP the Palisades and down again, IN
III one seemed to hear Il long line OF artil-
lcry reaching for miles on the Jersey snore;
air. but 1t was ONLY at Intervals DeIMeen
the roar Of guns that the music could be
beard beard q s The Van ram sp ISio e aeh o ons ."i Then
there was n pause for II minute, when Ar
gentina's cruiser belched forth u boom that
1t was lob when the Concord spoke. ana
she spoke so rapidly that her salutrr was
done in two minutes. The E,na paid her
respects next. Then after a short pause I:
ii.lit blue puff arose above the dynamite
tubes on the Vcsuyius. and a few seconds
later there was
A Din Overhead
as Though the sky was made Of sheet iron,
Five liver = f, e'it lad aai not recovered from their
establishment when q sharp tongue OF iire
Shot out from the side Of the Jean Bart
frcnt. At 2 O'Clock the Yorktown and the
Ahen there s Was an interval. during which the
bands could be heard playing and the cheers
Of the snilors reached the shore.
guns " t" the che; Us. The Baltimore and the
, ,arn ,ba A ,jrR, az f fRe Sfi.ish Al slips x;Ss ' Salute nef +.
The guns Of the Bancroft and the San Fran
c'sco were going ut the same time. The
most simultaneously. The Dolphin iessencd
her speed as she approached the head OF
the line. and there was an Interval " zen len
gan as the DoIphin's bow became abreast.
Ten minutes after she had passed the jack
tars came down from their positions on the
1t WAS just 2:1x us Ehgland's crack
cruiser. the Bake. fired her first gun. There
s %af Z hi aiI Pgff Of fr s,"px The and sharp ' sends 1so Of
delpiia. saluted as the Dolphin reached the
HE rear OF the caravals. At the same time
all the steamboats,. tugs and pleasure craft
blew their Whistles; and made a din. din almos,
cheering and waving OF handkcrchfefs
hats and umbrellas. and the %triumphal pro
i Ths Whistles Is ics p sent up a p cl"Sa Of steam
which. added to the smoke OF the guns
obscured the view of a large portion OF the
river.
The quaintest part Of the days pro
ceedings was that the post of honor a
the head of the reviewed columns wa'
given to the apparently. unseaworthy re
productions of the Columbus caraveis
the Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina, which
with infinite care. had been towed owe
from Cadiz to Cuba by our own Admira
BenhaIn, and from Cuba escorted t
!, Hampton Roads and New York by tn
Spanish warships. These pismy boats
high-poopcd latccn-rigged. cut ava.
alnidships like Il Roman galley, wer
: anchored opposite Nincty-third street an
= formed practically the turning point O
the review. The contrast of four cen
turtles of naval development could no
have been more strongly and picturesque
d ly marked.
S~enrchliEht Display.
Ilky darkness yelled the Columbia
fleet at s o'clock tonight. and not
sound was heard by landsmen from tn
# anchored battleships. Suddenly a r.
% of light shot up from the Philadelphia.
was long, dazzling, and seemed to pierre
u the sky. For a nomen it remained sts
ir the signal for the scheduled display 2
the electrical searcblights with which th
IL war vessels are provided. Quickly TO
ID lowing the Phi%ladclphia's lead, the Anne
IS lean showed the many ways in whic
the lights are used i'll active warfare I
protect themselves from attacks of thos
nrrine ~tsIrOrs, torpedo boats. AT TIME
the projected rays were concentrated /;
~ certain spots on shore, then turned +:
IN up the Hudson, making objects plainl
re visible Mt a distance of five miles. Flo
X lowing came Al other signal, and simu
tanconsly every Light in the fleet W.
turned toward the zenith. Slowly Il
rays converged until they formed u
!. apex of a brilliant silvery pyramid of il
calculablc height. Experts say it coul
:" in any direction. 1t was a sight new,
= before seen and never to be forgotten
u, the l~andlubbers. Seventy lights Wei
~ used in the display. They are nearly a
+ of French make, each light carries lens
Of valued at 5000 apiece. The majorii
Aboard many of the larger vessels TO,
are carried. Without regard to natio
atty, nearly every ship in the feet ca
RES French-made lights, which a
deemed the best made to-day. This e
cellence is due to the knowledge Il
;c French possess of making nearly perfe
~, lenses. In conclusion the operators ga
-, some examples of high art in ray pr
ne jecting and described various figures
re the heavens.
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,sh Thief River Falls. Mimi. May 1
hit, Kretzschnian's large wagon bridge acrt
, Red Lake river was carried away by wa,
IoI- ! and ice today. The water Is rising rapid