The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
NATIONS HEARTY WELCOME
Given to the Grim Warships Just from
 Cuba.


 New York, Aug. 20.-New York and the nation have to-day fitly signalized the appreciation of the republic of her victorious fleet. An imposing naval pageant of warships has been received In the harbor of the largest city in the sountry with acclamations of delight and admiration, and the ovation from the shore and the great flotillas of all sorts of craft on the water has sig n1ticantly given to the returning heroes some idea of the esteem and admira- tion in which they are held by the peo- pie.
 Long before the sunrise gun was fired at Castle William, Governors Island, people were astir and about. Crowds were hurrying to the river to be early on the scene. The day was as fine a one as could be desired.
 The fleet approached the Narrows in the following order, about a cables length apart: Flagship New York, armored cruiser flagship of Rear Ad- miral Sampson, commanding North At | lantic squadron, Captain F. E. Chad wick; Iowa, battleship, Captain Robley D. Evans. Indiana, battleship Captain | H. c. Taylor; Brooklyn, armored cruls- CT, flagship of Rear Admiral Schley, l Captain F. A. Cook; Massachusetts, battleship, Captain F. J. Higginson; l Oregon, battleship, Captain A. s. Bar 1 ker.
 Myriads of enthusiastic people were 1 stationed at every available point for sightseeing.
 | The city of New York, and for that matter every city, town and village anywhere near the harbor of New York. was bright with flags and gay with the national colors. The island of Manhat- tan, looking from the top of one of the sky-scrapers, looked like vast ocean | of. red white and blue.
 1 The parade, which commenced at the Narrows at 9:3O o'clock, was not halted at Tompkinsville. At 1O:3O a. m. the | Texas, the last of the seven vessels | took her place in the moving line, the 1 full length of which extended from | Governors Island to Tompkinsville 1 Amid a discord which has never be- l fore been equalled here, and with the l great acclamations of the multitudes l along the Battery wall, the flagship l New York passed the Battery at 10:45 l o'clock
 It seemed as though every possible ! contrivance for the making of noise l had started up at once in one treman- dous sound. Whistles footed, mer howled themselves hoarse, fog horns bells and every conceivable kind of ar ears splitting instrument started off l There was no salute by the forts, but l when the New York passed Governor Island the same guns that belched forth at Santiago sounded again. Then the Brooklyn, the flagship of Rear Admira Schley, saluted. The multitudes cheer ed and cheered. The warships as they passed Governors Island gave the sa lute, but in the din that ensued it was almost impossible to distinguish the sa lutes from the Battery. The Texas got an ovation as she passed the Battery. The crowd surged around towards tht north side of the park as the ship' passed, but though there was tremen dous crush no one was injured. I'm committee ship, the Glen Island, wa! abreast of the New York as the Battery was passed. From the warships officer and sailors waved their hands to tht enthusiastic spectators.
 Over 5000 men, women and chiIdre1 shouted, cheered and then sang tn, Star Spangled Banner" in one chorI! as the fleet passed the Christophe1 street recreation pier at ii o'clock. was an inspiring scene, with all tt,t i whistles footing, the bands on the boats playing, and the thousands of peopl, singing on the pier.
 ,iorl, r., cheer went up and the Texas came 1T for a great reception.
 By 11:30 o'clock, at which time tn, l fleet hove into sight just below Grants tomb, fully 125,000 people were seated | upon the approaches to the lawns ant hills near the tomb
 The welcoming ceremonies were shor but impressive. Then came the even of the day. There was considerable | wigwagging on the grey batleship. and the police boats formed in line Next came the Glen Island with tht mayor and his party and then the bat | tleships began to slowly move up tht bay.
 First came Admiral Sampson's flag ship New York, followed by Rear Ad miral Schleys flagship Brooklyn, tht Massachusetts, Oregon, Iowa, Indiana and Texas, and after them a movins mass of vessels of all sizes and descrip
 tions, with flags waving and peopl
 cheering.
 As Governors Island was passed there was a tremendous report from tn
 guns that did so much execution a
 Guantanamo and Santiago. The peo
 pie on shore and afioat responded b, the waving of flags and cheering wild ly.
 And so it was all the way to Grant
 tomb, where there was a. final demon stration of patriotism such as New Yorl
 has never witnessed before.
 The pageant was viewed by hundred
 of thousands of people and was g, mag l nificent and indescribable scene neye to be forgotten.
 S4TIN ROCK BABY SHOW.
 The one place in the city which vii ' IL Il,