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Show tiiu .iaiai. iii.iii.iv, I'm l of the led Alrrailr Unlliireil nl fortress Monroe. KoiiTnr.su Mormon, Va., April 18. A atrange tblug happened toJay, Admiral Ad-miral Mtierardl vlilted seventeen ahlpa uudiiotn gun waa tired. When he lilt lilt own ihlp the admiral ordered no aaluto to bo tired and of tho foreign-, foreign-, erahemadothertquttt that tlioaaiue uoliy honor be omllted. Tbeuaval rendezvous liaa already , auumed proportions which entitle It to rank aa one of tbe grealeit aggrega- tloua of floating batlerlca wliicn tho world ever wltueiied. Admiral Uherardt laid today that the ahlpa participating In the review represented fully lia.OOJ.OOO. They otemaunedty auout lu.uuomen. The admiral eiptaeied pleaiutu at the intereit dliplayed by the newipapera In the rendtivoui. lie aald he sup-poied sup-poied the correspondents would like to know bow mucn money wai waited lu tiring "lutes. "Wall," ho laid, "aa a matter ol fact, all the p.wder wa uie baa been coudemiitd and It really no good for t anything elic." 'I he crowd hero contlnuea to lu. criaio. Tho arrival of tbe Uermaii ihlpa tonight adilod to the excite, mint. T ho Uennau iquadton steamed Into the harlior ao late in the afternoon that II the KalaerandAuguita bad not lgun to boom their cnuuou lome dls-tauco dls-tauco down tho road they would have allpped Into anchorage clllclally unnoticed un-noticed uutll 8 o'clock in the morning. A great race thla mornlug and a baseball matih thla afteruouu have nlio given aomelhlog to t ilU about. Tne tint event waa between crews irom the Chicago aud Philadelphia, The Chicago crvwa took the lead at the atari, aud were uover luaded. The baeubnll uvent wn betweeu a lit of young ouiiere ol the Chicago aud a plated nine. The ploked nine, alter a i-ouploef liourellvily clmlug, retired Vanquished, Toulglt tho American ofllceri pleyo J tuo putt of liutti, Our leulor rtur adinlrul uLtsilalueil and tbo iiom-naudlug iiom-naudlug uUoera aud luuiorofllceri did tho honori to their f jllow olllceri ou tlio visiting shlis. |
