Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-04

ened her speed as shc approached the bead
Of the line and there was an interval be-
tween tho firing from the ships. Each yes
sci began saluting as the Dolphn's bow
came abreast. Ten minutes after she had
passed tho jack tars came down from their
position on the arms.
1t was just 2l2 az Englnnd's crack
cruiser, the Blake, fired her first gun.
There was little smoke and deep
boom entirely different from the
sharp sounds of the guns of the
smaller vessels. Tho Philadelphia saluted
as the Dolphin reached the head of the line
and came to q stop just in the rear of the
caraves. At the same time all the steam
boats, tugs and pleasure craft blew their
whistles and made a din almost as deafening
as the salutiug. There was cheering and
waving OF hats and handkerchiefs and UNI
brelles and tho triumphal procession Of the
presidential party was ended. Whistles sent
up cloud of steam which, added to the
smoke of the guns, obscured the view of a
large portion OF the river The admrals of
the different squodrons then embarked In
steam launches and proceeded to the Dolphin
and we're presented to the president.
The reception OF the admirals by the pres
idcnt lasted until 4:40 p. m. Then. whsn
hi, flag was hauled down on the Dbl phn
and he went ashore at 96th street, at sig
nal from the Philadelphia the guns of the
entire fleet bslched forth simultaneously
Each vessel fred 81 Shots and the roar that
ensuod was denfsung.
When it subsidized smoke hung in heavy
clouds over the river, and the Jersey shore
was invisible for some minutes. The ad-
mirnls returned to their ships, the steam
boats, which still fingered with passengers
DESTROYS Of seeing all of the great naval
pageant went to their piers, and tho care
monies were over.
When President Cleveland reached the
Lend with the cannon booming and whistles
shrekng, the crowd began to cheer and to
wave hats and umbrellas The president
bowed and smiled before entering his car
riage, As the carriage drove away through
the jam OF human beings and vehicles, he
sat forward in his seat and bowed and smiled
out of the windows with his hat Off. His
departure from the pier was the most care
monious OF oil his movements since his ar
rival.
A platoon OF mounted police preceded
his carriage and another followed it. 1t
was whrled along at the full speed of the
horses, the policemen galopiug and shout
ing to men aud vehicles To get out Of the
way. The arrival at the Victoria Hotel
at 500 o'clock was rather earlier than
was expected. Mrs. Cleveland did not re
turn to tue hotel. She .ctt for Washing
ton on the o clock train
The rapidty OF the fire from the Ameri-
can ships to-day WAS very marked, differing
greatly from the others, which was much
slower.
The Electrical Search Light Display.
At S O'Clock tonight ray Of light shot
upward from tho Philadelphia For mo-
ment it remained stationary and then dis
appeared. That was the signal for the
scheduled display of electrical search lights
with which the war vessels are provided,
some Of thom having $4,000 French lenses,
Quickly following the Philadelphia lead
the American ships showed ;he way in
which the lights are used in active warfare
to protect war vessels from attacks OF tor
pedo boats. Al times thu projected rays
were concentrated at certain spots on shore,
then turned far up the Hudson, making OBJ
jects plainly visible al distance OF five
miles.
Following came another signal and sim
ultapeously every light in the fleet was
turned towards the zenith. Slowly the
rays converged until they formed the apex
of a brilliant silvery pyramid of iucalcula
bic height. Experts say it could have beer
seen 70 miles away in any direction. II
was ii sight never before seen aud never tc
be forgotten by the landlubbsrs
In conclusion the operators gave some
examples of high art in ray rejecting aud
described various figures on the heavens.