The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-30

craft Behind stretched the transports.
and further still, almost lost In the dis
lance, the yachts and miscellaneous
craft, hull down the horizon.
EVOLUTION BEGINS.
The evolution began at 1 o'clock, and
in fifteen minutes the fighting line was
straight face up the harbor Admiral
Dewey was going to his own at the head
of the squadron that would have won.
If need be, three battles of Manila bay,
without stopping for breakfast.
The head of the parade was like
broad arrow. Six torpedo boats were
spread out, three on each side of the
Olympias quarters. Outside of them
flying wedge of police patrol boats form
great Y, whose apex was the Olym-
pia Thanking them, ahead and astern,
were the harbor fire boats, spouting
great columns of water that turned
threateningly toward the excursion boats
on either side when they attempted to
interfere with the line Of march.
But the pageant back Of the powerful
vanguard was not limited to a single nor
to a couple of lines of ships. 1t was a
slnuous marine monster, whose verter
brae were the ships of the white squad
ron, and whose ribs were rows upon rows
of every sort Of floating thing that had
ever gone by steam in New York har-
Dor.
Thousands viewed the spectacle as it
moved up past Staten Island. thousands
more watched 1t from the anchored sail
| ing craft that crowded Erie basin. and
whose spars rose in a forest about the
| foot of Liberty. But they were forgot
| ten in the mass of humanity that
| crowded the water front of Manhattan
Island, and filled every point Of vantage
| along the Jersey shore.
IMMENSE CROWD.
This feature of the scene first broke on
| the view as Castle William roared an ad-
| mirals salute to the Olympia off the
! battery. By the time the answering
smoke had died away from the white
| flagship the immensely of the watching
| crowd daWned on the crews of the squad
ron. Every foot of the city water front
was a mass of humanity. The wharves,
| the very steps, the roofs of ferries and
warehouses, rows above rows Of solid
! people. Every roof along the water front
| bore it's living burden. Scores of modern
sky scrapers were crowded with tiers
upon tiers Of seats, like an immense
| theater, whose walls were the surround
ing hills and whose back-drop was the
horizon of the lower bay. AS the pageant
moved majestically into the Hudson it
| vas seen that the crowd still lined the
| water front and housetops thicker, if
| possible, than ever, and stretching up the
river along the whole line of parade. The
| shores were crowded with a vari-coored
lot of people. They We're not such an
lmbroken rank along the wharves along
the New York side, but wherever the
wooded slopes broke into clearing the
I slope was blac1ened with people from
| crest to water line.
| There was no possible way of estimat
! ing the crowd. The morning papers de-
flared that there were 100000 visitors in
| the city. The Impression conveyed by
| the crowded shores was that it would
have taken fully that many, in addition
to the local population, to form the con-
course that watched the water pageant
/ The specta tors must have been comput-
| ed in army corps, certainly not by indi-
| vjduals.
PANDENIONiUM REIGNED.
Up the Hudson pandemonium reigned
supreme. Aerial bombs broke at inter-
walls over head, and a feathery canopy
of smoke hung over the fleet as hun
| dreds of steam whistles blew continu-
ally. A narrowing throat of the river
! crowded the advancing vessels together
! into an almost compact mass. Here, too,
disaster of wind and rain tmpended
| Storm clouds that had lowered down the
| bay followed close in the pageant's wake.
! A sharp wind turned the water into
| Whitecaps. The wind soon let up, and
! the threatening sky relented. The sun
came out, and a rainbow stretched from
| Manhattan to the Jersey shore. 1t seem
| ed bit Of natures art work, beggaring
mans humble work on shore, and form
| ing an arch Of triumph under which the
| victorious admiral sailed
Up the river the parade passed and
| opposite Grants tomb the naval reserves
on the St Mary's acting as stake boat.
! Round the stake boat the Olympia turn
| ed smartly, her guns throbbing a deep
| throated salute to the resting place Of
| another national hero The other YES
sells of the white squadron sailed around
| the ST. Marys u turn, each saluting
the tomb, though ct the head of the line
| the sound of further guns was lost in the
| noise OF steam whistles. The line of
| parade was broken up beyond repair.
I The warships doubling back into the mass
of advancing boats threatened for time
serious consequences, but the Olympia
and her consorts safely dropped anchors
| at last IN reversed column, and the water
| nageant passed the admiral in review
! The police boats reappeared as individ-
uals, and unceremoniously shouted to
| intruding vessels to keep out of the line
/ of march
The Official procession and it's variety
of tugs, launches, dredges and excur-
sion boats rounded the st. Mary's and
| came down the river in an indistinguish-
| able aquatic mob that was still passing
long after the night iluninations had be-
| gun.
ERIN CENTRAL FIGURE.
From the time the British yacht Erin
started she certainly was the chief at
| traction along the river front, after the
/ Olympia had gone by, and Sir Thomas
| Upton was accorded an ovation all along
! the line. To those on board the Erin,
decked out as she was with flags of all
! descriptions, it looked as If the American
people were greatly pleased with Sir
| Thomas, and were delighted for an OPP
| portunity to give him a hearty welcome.
| They ran alongside in tugs, barges,
| launches and big excursion steamers, and
| shouted all sorts Of complimentary things
| to him, while the tall yachtsman on the
upper bridge of the Erin wore a smile
| ali the afternoon, and not infrequently
called back his thanks for the kind wish
es Sir Thomas had on board fifty or
more of his friends on this side of the
water and from England, and the COM
pany, during the latter part of the aft
! ernoon, were kept busy returning the
cheers which We're hurled ut the Erin
| from all SIDES Among those who watch
/ ed the parade from the decks of the Erin
were Prince Reginald de Croy, of Bel
! giun, and Hon. Charles Russell, of Lon
| don Even before the Erin had weighed
| anchor dozen tugs had come alongside
| and the cheering and whistling which
rang in the ears of those on board until
| the end of the day began.
| After tine signal for the start was given
| the Corsair led. followed by a magnifi-
| cent string of steam yachts, smothered
| in flags, in two long lines. The Erin
| headed the starboard column, with Col.
| j. j. Astor's Nourmahal right astern,
while the Nicaraga, with Howard Gould
| on board, headed the port clumn. with
| the Josephine Of Joseph N. Widener,
/ right behind her.