The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-02
THE COINED.
New York Turns Out to Grset.
Naval Heroes.
BRAVE LADS CHEERED.

ass 6Val l1o1O66s
BRAVE I ADS CHEERED.
Ships . hit battle Scared, hut People
Say They Are All Right
just the Same. q.
New York. Aug. q, The fleet 81 Ad
miral Sampson was reported OF the High,
lands early and soon the bay began &c
hven up with gaily- decked vessels Of al
kinds from an ocean liner to small row,
ing craft. The navy. yard tug Nina
which put out to sen yesterday afternoon
to intercept the fleet, returned, passing
the Narrows, at $40 o'clock. 553 ssy
The James w. Wadsworth. was nut al
the disposal of the public and at 8 .. M,
when the feet was reported approaching
the Narrows. all who desired were taken
on board. The Cunard liner Campania
passed out and several smaller. craft
Ihe heet approached the ANarroWs in the
following order, about a cables length
New York--Armored cruiser. 1 flagship 81
Rear-Admiral Sampson, commanding North
Atlantic squadron Capt. f. E. Chadwick
i9Wa--Battleship, Capt. Robley p. Evans.
indiana Ba ttleship. Capt. 81. c. Taylor.
Rear-Adn,iral schley; Capt. r. AZ Cook.
{ Hlgginson. sEE9.se : = = - ~,
Extraordinarily, Capt. A. s. Barker.
The New York was flying Rear-Admiral
SIMPSONS blue flag with two white stars
be h.
white clad crew, who lined up silently OBJ
serving the animated scene, = At 9;24
o'clock Fort Hamilton fired the opening
gun, of the salute, Fort 4Wadswerth fol.
lowing. The Iowa returned the salute.
The bluff shores of Staten Island swere
crowded with people. cheering and way-
ing Hays, bunting was flying from every
flagstaff and ;innumerable craft crowded
waving frantically. The soldiers crowd.
ed the embankment of the forts, cheer
ing and shouting. Smoke from the forts
hung over the water, but was soon dis
PEELED by the light breeze. Yachts, tugs,
I sailing craft and ocean Steamers added
attraction to the marine spicture.- :.
ThGs steam Sacht SEleanor,} covered with
flags from the tip Of her ib-boom over
the three masts to the taff-rail and from
each mastheads on both sides the rails,
alongside of the flagship New York and
after q brief csnversation withe the sur
geon, who reported ssAli well throushoat
the squadron" the feet continued on
without ahating their slow pace. 4 sx ys.ss
The Brooklyn In passing did not dis
play the flag of Rear-Admiral Sch!ey'
her center funnel vas seen stg have re-,
shot! through the vstarboatd sitle.s The
Brooklyn was flying her battle ehsigns,
which 1oploI Sta iOn6 ohH fravn5 xif
they had seen plenty Of SERVED AS The
squadron approached Tompkinsville, the
New. York saluted the battleship Texas,
which slay1sa at anchor 81 wing the flag ,Sof
Commodore Philip. The salute was res
turned by the Texas The feet slowly
assembled of Tompk insviIh sandas then
proceeded up. toward the North river in
rear, accompanied sby AN simn1ense crowd
of river raft, seaSing the st. Paul at
anchor at her station off Tompkinsyille.
While the tleetSWas passing in the Nat
rows, two explosions on the surface Of
the water near Fort Wadsworth, presum.
ably of loose sguncottont or other ex-
pioslve, ''sl,ots up MIN enses columns of
water about 100 feet high, which added
go T the n nSrss Of 5he occasion
Narrows at $50, and was continued at
3Iompkinsyille,l and at 1920 sthe Texas,
the last of the seven war vessels. took
her place in line, the full length of which
extended from + Governors i island to
Tompkinsville. = -
Wednesday afternoon the Indiana got a
speed of nine. knots and from that time
hen engine rooms did splendid work. The
trip was by no means a sinlnle excnr SION
home. Besides the daily routine, there
were flre and collision drills on, all sinus
and actiye work done IN painting and re-
pairing. The weather was fine and round.
ing Cape Hatteras, usually So stormy,
there was calm, hot day. Thursday
and Friday were uneyentful, but very
pleasant days-.~Satnrday at s7sa.. M, run
nlng by Scotland light, the navy-yard tug
brought out an order for the fleet to pro-
coed uDs the North river to Grants tomb,
fire a salute and return to T0mpkinsville
to anchorage. s
How the Ships Look. -
. In me way: did the big ships show the
hard usage to which they, had been sub
jected. The BrookIyn's tWenty-seyen
holes, with the exception Of those through
thessno kestack hddsbeen patched and the
:big slip repainted and polished tilT she
shone. On the starboard side could be
where oue 6f tie Vizcaya's shotsswent
through and OIL the quarterback wooden
patch wheresthe. deck had been torn. The
sarm6r belt stilEholds the print of aslarse
shell and critical eye can see the dents
made sbysseyerals more, even through the
gauze Of new gray paint. The Iowa shas
a patch over her bow where she was hit
BY ~ finch shell, and the 1ndianas had
patched srp the hole in her deck: Ansthe
ships have been painted and their peace
tranplngs arranged, $50 that as reminders
Of. thes greatest naval battle ever fought
they are rather disappointing. - ~.
The one word peace" written in let
tiers of diamonds and rubies at the sinast-
bead of the Oregon i1Is ua1it anamo bay
was the signal for:wild5 applause from the
ships JON Friday might August 12,s: and
the arplarsr'. became more enthusiastic
when the announcement was made by
Commodore Watson that the fighters Of
the navy. the big warships, had been or
dered home and were ordered to sail for
View York as soon as possible. Admiral
Sampson on New * ORR. WAS absent
when the news came, But the Brooklyn,
which for twenty-four hours had been
-0n IA mud bank, had sbeef,St oweft eff @by
the Oregon and prepared for home. Sat
5urday smorning admiral y Sampson 4 re.
turned and after consulting the navy de-
spartmeRt bXzMiressertlered- thztst hsashirs
spEepares to sostp sea at l0so' clock :Sunaa az
morning. s. SO once more Sunday bec;l ma
the navy day. The. Brooklyn, it was
found, was suninjurel by her mishap in
The mud, - The circumsta ncess under
which she ranpaground were very ex.
cusable. The st. Paul had; anchored
almost across the entrance to the bay
on Thursday night had to suddenly vee1
to sayod rammingy'as transport which
without 3war ning, had backed away from
alongside thu. big scout. & The channel