The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-29

of people which seemed to meet In tn
perspective, came the nodding plums q
the soldiers. On they marched, an END
less line of white and red and blue an
gray. First passing on the west side o
the monument oval and returning on tn
north road under the monumental arch
they passed the president in review an,
then back again into the background o
humanity and the white clouds of dust
Surrounded by his cabinet, his generals
and his friends, President Mckinley stood
and reviewed the grandest military pa
geant ever seen in this city, There were
regular soldiers, regular sailors, national
guardsmen Of the sea and land forces
Grand Army veterans, confederate vet
Grams and the striplings, who in the fu-
ture may fight as CALAMITY as their
| fathers did.
When the charge was at it's loudest
and when the wind had somewhat died
! away, n touching scene was enacted
which was seen by few. Silently Mrs.
Grant stole away from The presidents
reviewing stand, where she had been
watching the gallant troops go by, and
leaning on the arm of her son, Col. Grant,
made her way to the tomb, followed
only by the members of the Grant fam
lily. The bronze doors were opened and
the widow of the people passed from the
noise of the outside into the dim quiet
Of the tomb. For about ten minutes she
stayed there, and then, with her face
hidden in her hands. she left the scene.
Soon after this. President Mckinley
went on board the Dolphin amid the
booming Of guns and reviewed the great
warships that lay in the shadow of the
tomb. The dense crowds still stayed in
their seats and watched the end of the
land parade. Then, when the last COM
pany had passed out Of sight on the
white roadbed, the hundreds of thousands
of spectators sought their homes. All
traffic was congested and it was hours
before the tide of travel fell to its normal
level.
As o'clock, the hour at which Presi- |
dent Mckinley was to go on board the
Dolphin, approached, the crowd on the |
pier where he was to embark grew larger |
and larger until several thousand had as
sembled. They greeted the president |
and his party with cheer which was re-
echoed from thousands of steamers, |
which, having come up the river in the
naval parade. had taken up positions in
rather inconvenient proximity to the
Dolphin.
The moment the president boarded the
lighthouse boat Daisy, the police boat
patrol, assisted by several launches from
he warships, began to force the tugs
md steamers back, and fairly clear
sheet of water was visible when the
Daisy reached the starboard side of the
lispatch boat, and the presidential flag
,roke from her main mast.
As the president stepped on the deck
u the Dolphin salute of twenty-one
ans was fired and the fleet of steamers
'lew whistles until the sound of the
ring was scarcely audible.
President Mckinley was met on board
y Lieut.. Commander Richardson Glover,
officer of the Dolphin, and
vas introduced by him to Rear Admiral
francis Nj. Bunce, commanding tho | ,
avail division, The officers of the Dol {
hin saluted the president, who walked
IT and assembled to the quarter deck. ;
He was accompanied by Secretary of {
tate Sherman, Gen. Alger, Attorney
ieneral McKenna. Secretary Long, Sec
,tary Gage, Secretary Bliss, Generals I
lilies, Ruggles, Porter, Buttertield, Elihu &
oot, J. Edward Simmons, Governor |
lack and Postmaster General Gary. :
At $50 the Dolphin started down the ,
yer, followed by the immense fleet of
.eamers, which had awaited tho arrival
the president.
The New York was the first vessel
nssed by the Dolphin, and President
IcKinley DOTTED his hat and bowed as
10 first of her salute doomed across the d
aters Next came the Indiana, and i
zen the guns of the British cruiser Tai o
ut welcomed the president The Texas u
as the next to greet him, and the two :
panish ships, the Maria Teresa and the O
lfanta Isabella. the French corvette v
ulton, the Italian cruiser Doglia and !,
le Raleigh, Columbia, Amphitrite and i
error, of the white squadron, saluted fl
quick succession as the Dolphin !
earned by. The rails were manned by 4
lie gallant tars of the various ships, and b
French bugle call from the Fulton was Z
ldcd to its salute of the chief executive ! .
nlutcs were fired, after the warships a
nd been left behind, by the revenue cut t
RS Dexter, Woodbury., Dallas, Hamil-
N and Window, and silence ensued y
hen the lighthouse tenders, of which h
lere were eleven. were reached.
The Ramapo, II tug. which was filled
i soldiers from Ohio, with their band,
canned up the river and while sailing "
Z the Dolphin cheered for the president a
gain and again. Mr.. Mckinley seemed !