The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-26
READY FOR THE SHOW.
The Ships Of All Nations in New
York Harbor.
4 MOST DELIGHTFUL VOYAGE
The Sailors Pr Predictions of Rough weather
Were Not Realizcd-Some of the Foreign
Vessels Unable to Keep Pace with the
Philadelphia's Moderate Speed.


QUARANTINE, N. Y, April %. 6.---Promptly
on time, with every prearraIlged detail car,
fied out with marvellous cxactness, the
fombiued naval squardons of the old and
new world took possession of the lower
bay of New York harbor yesterday.
The big white flagship Of Admiral Cher.
Rrdi, the Philadelphia, headed the port
column, tho huge black British cruiser
Blake, Admiral Hopkins flagship, led the
ftarboard column, the other vessels follow
Ing in regular order. On the port side the
flagship Newark (Admiral Benham), fol
lowed by the Atlanta, San Francisco, Ban
croft, Bennington and Baltimore, then the
fagship Chicago admiral Walker), fol
lowed by the Yorktown, Charleston, We
kuyius and Concord; after them, and bring
Ing up the rear of the column, the Dutch
war ship Van Speyk and the German
cruisers Kaiserin, Augusta and Seeadler.
The Blake was followed on the starboartl
column by the other vessels of the British
tquadron, the Australia, Magicienne and
Tartar, and by the Russian vessels General
Admiral and Kinda. The belatcd flagship
of the Russian squadron, the Dimitri Dom
akoi, with the Russian Admiral kozna-
koff OH board, awaited them at anchor off
quarantine. Next came the italian vessels
Etna and Bausan, and the Brazilian squad
ron, Aquidaban, Tiradentes and Repub-
lioa.
The procession up the bay to the anchor
age grounds was exceedingly beautiful
Gravesend bay was reached at $3.50, and
the Philadelphia opened the salutes by
firing fifteen guns in honor Of the Russian
admiral and his flagship, the band on
board thePhiladelphia playing the Rus
sian national air The Russian promptly
acknowledged the salute. At 3:35 the
Philadelphia fired one gun as a signal to
come to anchor, and the Newark passed
The sigual to the other vessels of the
squadron, which instantly hove to. A
fleet of guard boats kept the anchorage
ground clear, while numberless yachts and
tugboats and crowded excursion steamers
fircled round rs close as permitted. 1t
was exactly 3!T when the Philadelphia
lot go her anchor right off Craven sboal
buoy and swung round with the strong
flood tide with her nose pointing for Sandy
Hook.
The voyage of go miles from Fortress
Monroe TO the anchorage was IL most de
iightful one. The predictions of rough
weather, based upon the northeasterly
winds. which whipped into tempestuous
waves the squally placid waters of Hamp-
ton Roads, failed to be realized, much to
the relief of Senators Gibson and Butler,
Representative Gcissenheimer, Mayor
Wadsworth, Congressman Outhw,ite and
other landsmen who happened to be or the
ships. The ocean was ms smooth as the
typical mill pond, and the wind, though
cool and fresh, did not at any time blow
with force sufficient to cause discomfort.
No accident occurred, and there was no
hitch in the program at any point, save in
the inability of some of tho foreign vessels
20 maintain even the moderate speed SET
by the Philadelphia.