The age-herald., 1898-10-26
THE NATIONS HEROES THERE
Secretary of the Navy Long Represented
 the National Government.
THE PAGEANT ONE OF GRANDEUR
Opening of the Festival Which Will Continue Until Thuosday Night The Battleships Received
 With Great Enthusiasm.

Philadelphia, October 25.-Philadelphia lifted it's hand and doffed the nations hat to it's naval heroes today. Nominally it was the opening of the peace jubilee. Act ually, it was a thunderous greeting of praise, welcome and thanks to a puissant Armada and the men who swept it on to unchallenged victory.
 The most illustrious actors of the war, whose glorious CT is the motive of the eel ebration learned what their country thinks of them.
 sigsbee, Philip. Evans, Wainwright these were some of the men.
 The Texas, the Gloucester, the Winslow, the Mayfiower-these were some of the ships.
 The government was represented by Sec retary of the Navy Long, the people by a throng that filled every bit of timber on either shore of the Delaware river and damned every available craft to the point of danger. The marine pageant was one of surpassing brillancy and grandeur.
 Today's naval review was the opening of the festival, which will continue until Thursday night, and consisted of a process sion of vessels around the anchored ships, but that bare statement conveys no idea of the demonstration.
 The yacht May, with Secretary Long and the Washington party on board, led the parade, the ships of the navy being an chored in single file in mid-stream.
 The Maj inc Pageant
 Arrived off League Island, the southern extremity of the city, the May found the line of reviewing vessels waiting. She promptly swung in front and at o'clock the parade began to move along the Jersey side of the anchored ships which lay about 1000 yards distant from each other. As the procession moved, river and shore were one laring mass of color. All the warships were in full dress flags flying from bow to stern and from masthead to mastheads Trailing along behind the May were tugs decked in bunting, and pufhing their whis- ties like marine demons.
 Secretary Long, with lieutenant Souther- land and Captain Bob" Evans on either side, stationed himself on the bridge Of the May, and presently the Columbia, the hrst of the warships, was reached. Her officers and men were drawn up on deck, every hand raised in salute, and then her SIX pounders began to roar out the secretary salute of seventeen guns.
 In similar manner the various WarShlpS saluted the May in turn. The boats of the reviewing line gave vent to veritable pandemonium of whistles. which was aug mented by the roar of the crowds upon their decks.
 The Texas, the Gloucester and the Wins low received the greatest share of enthusi- asm.
 Continuation of Enthusiasm
 When the last warship reached the line of the reviewing vessels they swung around and proceeded down the river along the Pennsylvania shore. The trip down was merely a continuation of the enthusiasm and clamor, minus the guns of the war ships. When the Texas was again reached the May was brought to a standstill, and at the invitation of Commodore Philip and Captain Sigsbee the party went over in launches to the battleship. After the ex- change Of informal greetings, Mayor War wick proposed the health LA Secretary Long and called upon him for response. He did so very briefly, thanking the mayor for his words of welcome and Commodore Philip and Captain Sigsbee for their cour- tesy to him as their guest.
 I Mayor Warwick then spoke few words in praise of the Texas and proposed a toast to Commodore Philip, paying tribute not only to his heroism, but to his humanity in siencng the cheers of his crew while the Spaniards were perishing "Heroie and humane." he concluded, such race can never be overcome.'
 Commodore Philip replied with a few words of thanks.
 Apart from the naval pageant, this city passed busy day preparing for tomorrow's civic display and receiving incoming troops Tor the military parade on Thursday.