The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-03

Win men anu WOD1ef, anu uu-
known to fame, and the great naval re-
view had begun.
About the time President Cleveland
reached the dock the rain ceased for a
time. and Police Inspector McAvoy. who
was there with long line of blue-coats to
preserve order, remarked:
Just Growers luck"
From the top of the New York Central
grain elevator, at the foot of w. Sixtieth-
st., the visw OF the warships presented an
imposing spectacle. The building is the
highest structure on the water front be-
tween the Battery and Harlem. its loca-
ton, near the center OF the line OF war
ships. made the entire squadron visible.
View % the Ships.
Through the mist and falling rain the
mimic counterparts OF the Columbus feet
could be seen like some phantom craft OF
of the fifteenth century dimly showing
through the lines through the mist of GEN.
turtles. To the south OF them on the New
York side Law the British squadron with
their black hulls, tai yellow stacks and
bristling guns The cross of st. George
hoated wet and limp in the breeze. OPP
poste the four Brltishers lay our own adj
miraPs ship. the Philadelphia, white and
more handsome than ever. the Newark.
the Atlanta and the San Francisco. Flags
of all nations were suspended from mast
head to yards and to the deck, with 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 the bennington and
Baltimore formed an effective contrast.
The French ships Arethuse. Hussard and
Jean Bart swung into the stream Just be-
low the Russians. They were gay and
irolicsome with bunting, and the pro-
fusion of flags hid their sharp, warlike
appearance. The Jean Bart, with strings
of bunting from her fighting-tOps, looked
less ugly than yesterday, when she was
picked out by the ma iority of visitors as
the most tierce-looking fighter in the
river. Opposite the Frenchmen were the
Chicago, Yorktown snd Charleston. Next
to the latter was the Vesuvius, with her
innocent looking dynamite tubes hidden
in bunting, which swung fore and aft from
her two mests. Abreast of the Nesuvius
was another crater of destruction, the
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 Span
ism flags aft, lay opposite the
Neuve de Julio. Argentina's single
representative. Just below her the big
black hull and full ship-rigged Van Speyk
poked her bowsprit high in the air, and
with yards trimmed with buting, made a
noticeable feature. The Reina Rsgenta
and the Nueye Espana lay off Twenty
second-st., and Just below them the big
Brazilian battleship Aquidaban doomed
up with her turrets and military masts
partially concealed by bunting. In her
rear lay the Tirandentes and Repubiica.
her sister ships. Opposite the last of
the Spaniards and the first of the
Brazlians the two white German cruisers,
haiserin Augusta and Seeader, with the
stars aud stripes sfloat. and flags of ali
nations swung from yard-arms and peak,
waited for an opportunity to belch forth
a salute from the fatherland TO the home
of so many of her sOus.
South of the Germans the low rakish
Miantonomoh swung at anchor with big
national flag at the top OF her military
mast, and streamers strung fore and aft.
All along the jersey side OF the river ex-
cursion steamers, yachts and tugs, loaded
to the waters edge with people. piled up
and down. a score of tugs kept them
from passing between the two columns of
war ships.
booming for the President.
The signal boat Cushing scurried up and
down the line with orders and the police
patrol. assisted by the naval reserves on
the tugs, preserved order. The space be-
vessels was kept open so that an unob
structed view OF the feet was obtainable
from any point on the water front. The
blowing OF a hundred whistles and the