Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-27
THE FLEET AT ANCHOR.
The War Ships Steam Up to the
Places Assigned Them,
A MOST BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.
No Hitch of Any Sort-Every
Vessel in the Fleet Kept It's
Place Perfectly Except One
Little Briziian - Uncle Sam 5
Ships ComEa-s ESyorably
With the Foreigners.

NEw YORK, Aprn s6.-ln the land
locked haroor Of New York. when the
trSt rays OF the mOrhing sun drove the
hazy shadows away, was shielded the
great Columbian heet, comprising the
magnificent grim war ships OF ten Euro
pean powers Joined with the cream cf
the United States navy,
IL was a magnificent picture that
greeted this mornings Stn as he peered
.over the horizon. Resti4g gracefully
on the almost mOtionleSs Sulsace OF the
water, silent and majestic, ranged In
perfect lines, were the repressp tatives
Of the improved naval architecture OF
the world. They looked tie incarna-
zion OF peace, while possessing grim
powers for war. In trying 20 get an
idea Of the devllish power for evil
locked up In these prim, Nell-kept YES
sells this fact may be diges.ed.
Down In the hull OF tie Blake. the
ship which carries the British Admiral.
beneath the feet Of thS big chested
English sailors, and oensath the thick
soleS Of the red faced, footing British
marine band, there lay Yesterday after
noon 800, 900 pounds o. powder. The
American man, who . boy, put four
fingers Of very infeior powder into an
old gun TO kill a raSbit, and got knock
ed onto his back oy the mere kick OF
that homeopathic. dose, may be able 70
form some conception OF the load which
the Blake y carrying around in her
iron flankS
Every one Of the thirty-fve ships is
loaded Up with death aud destruction
Ia PROPORTION.
lL was shortly after Q o'clock when
Admiral Gherardi's dag ship gave the
6rilimlnary signal 10 break anchor and
fall into line. They started up the har-
Dor in two columns, the port column
led by the Philadelphia and the star
board column by the British cruiser
Blake. Most Of the foreign ships were
IN the starboard column, nearest the
New York shore. As the noble Phila-
Adelphia pointed her way toward the city
bud il was seen that the great pageant
lad then started tug and steamer whiS-
rs broke forth with screaming and out
sr the waters sounded faintly the
pts Of thousands who blackened the
AOf Long Island and Staten
Ss Newark. flying at the
pant with a red cross
as on guard duty for
b the Atlanta, with
ng her distinct from
San Francisco was
ACADEMY boat, Ba9'
taSli.< as she saied
Bloomington steamed
Ose TO her leader for
The last Of the first
YBaltimOre.
Eed the second division
6umn, with rear Admiral
(, with two blue stars flying
ain. Then came the York
we'd by the crack cruiser Of
coast, the Charleston; the
ext with her three dynamite
* in the sunlight, while the
pught up the rear Of the
esselS.
10 eQualize the two columns,
RAJ Gherardi took the three
Dutch ships into his col
be Kaiser Augusta led the
Ter and Van Speyk followed
the port column. In the
the British cruiser Blake
nto position with the British
al Sir John Hopkins. walt
the order 70 proceed. As
Philadelphia got abreast Of
ADMIRAL Hopkins signalled 20
rd column 70 move, and the
s BIZ was pointed north
- OO yards from the
nd her came the
md Australia, and
by the Russians
Rynda. Next 10
eh ArethuSe, Jean
ext in order came
md her cOmpan-
nsan, while the
the AQuidaban,
the port squad
TaS the only full
10 ship in the
so promptly al
spectators who
the spectacle
hlands and the
other points OF
I'D had hardly
re the guns Of
swOrth barked
ysncing fleet.
the two ad-
5 leading the
OF between
brisk breeze
white-capped
icent ships
81 their mo-
cantfhfa