St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-25

Dther little puffs of smoke. Gradually
they grew in volume until by o'clock
the whole fleet was putting forth like
the chimueys of some manufacturing
town. Last plight at sunset the Bra
lillian fleet. consisting of the cruisers
Aouidiban, Tiradentes and Republlca,
pame in the Roads and dropped anchor
below the English fleet. The first sa-
luting came from the AQuidiban, which
belched out welcome to the Italian
admiral, and ran up his flag at S So'clock.
From early this morning the signaling
of orders had been continuous, and
sometimes had been supplemented by
The visit of one of
The Little Launches
from the flagship bearing some special
order. The whole programme. how
ever, had been carefully prepared, and
each commander knew what his position
In the formation was to be, and only
awaited the order to trip anchor.
At9:I5 o'clock the Philadelphia's an
ebor came slowly out of the water, and
at the same time a slight agitation of
the water at her stern showed that she
was in motion. The tide at this time
was at its young ebb, and the ships of
The fleet lay with their noses turned up
the Roads. pointing toward Newport
News. The Philadelphia moved up
slowly at first, and then, gathering
speed, passed more quickly down to-
ward the W Uesterly end of the Roads. In
another moment the Newark was under
way, behind the Philadelphia. She was
followed by the Atlanta. Then came
the dandy San Francisco, the Bancroft,
Bennington and Baltimore. Then Ad-
miral Walkers flagship, the Chicago,
Joined the procession. After her came
the Yorktown, Charleston, NeSuvluS,
anu Concord.
As soon as the Chicago tripped anchor
the biz flagship Blake got under way,
and. turning almost on her heels, start
ed down the Roads to assume her posi-
ton of honor at the head Of the star
board column of the feet. The other
Euglishmen got under way at the same
time, and followed
Behind the Blake,
rs the Vesuvius, the last of the
American fleet. dropped into the line.
j he hOlldnueI al OpGS Ch lldil6u
along after her. Then came The Ger
mans. with the Kaiserein Augusta and
the Zeadler. The Philadelphia. at the
head Of The column. proceeded for a
mile. and then, rounding the entire
fleet, started down the Roads. The line
following the Blake was composed OF,
besides the English ships, the Russian
General Admiral and Reynda, the
French ArethuSe and Jean Bart, the
Italian Ktua and Giovanni BausSan,
and the rear was brought UP by the
Brazilian Aquidiban, Tiradentes and
Republica.
At 10 o'clock the whole feet, in two
regular lines, passed in review before
the thousands on the WharVeS, boats
and ramparts of the fort. The sight
was so beautiful and impressive that
the crowd looked on in silence. 1t took
something to disturb the serenity of the
scene. and it was furnished by the little
torpedo boat Cushing. When the last
one Of the Americans was passing the
fort, cheers were heard away down be-
yOnd the hotel The crowd along the
way took it up and in a moment the
Cushing came along like Salvador in the
stretch. The outgoing ships were max
Ing about eight knots an hour and the
Cushing. which can 90 twenty-fOur,
caught up with them as if they were
anchored. AS the ships
Passed Down the Roads
he band at the fortress played the ma