The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-29

Even the Churches Are Adorned -Mill-
 in the Metropolis -Magnifcence of the
 TriumphaI Arch Exceeds That of tho
 Roman FOrum-Great Crush to Get
 Aboard the Olympia-JefYriesA Among
 the visitors-The Great Naval Pageant
 To-day.
 New York, Sept. 2S.-New York is
 lant sailor who is waiting at her gate.
 Had an ocean of color swept through
 the city it's ebbing tide could not have stained the streets more brilliantly.
 Hundreds of miles of red, white and
 blue bunting adorn the noble facades of Broadway and Fifth avenue, and a million flags flutter over the town. Not even the churches have escaped the uni versal decorations. The doors and Gothic windows of Old Trinity on low CT Broadway are gracefully draped with the national colors and out in the an- cient graveyard the tomb of that gal lant sailor who dying, issued the com mand not to give up the ship lies shrouded in the silken folds of the flag for which he died
 Million of Visitors.
 A million visitors are here to partici- pate in the glorious celebration. Every road is pouring in a steady stream un- til the streets are crowded morning and night the surface and elevated cars are filled to overfiowing and the hotel cor riders are damned with visitors. The gaily apparelled soldiery of many ctates who are to take part in the land parade on Eaturday began dropping in to-day, and there was no hour when uniformed men were not moving in some quarter of the city to the sound of fife and drum and horns. Boatload after boatload of passengers, sailors and marines came ashore from the big lightning machines and helped to swell the crowd, trooping in all directions. Uniformed members of the staffs of the arriving governors were everywhere.
 The Great Triumphal Arch.
 The arrangements for the two days celebration are completed The great arch at Madison Square, modelled after the triumphal arch of Titus upon which the most famous sculptors of America l have 1avished their genius, is practical | ly finished and stands a superb tribute | to the nations hero It is more beau- tiful than the arch in the Roman Fo- J,J1r he of iron and steel lay quietly at anchor off | Tompkinsville, towering spectacle of naval might and power to the tens of | thousands who sailed down in tugs, in yachts and steamers to see them
 Crush to Get Aboard Olympia
 The crush to get aboard the Olympia never Tagged for a minute, and as great l indulgence was shown by Admiral Dew ey goodly proportion of those who be- seged the gangways got aboard. At times the ship was fairly overrun. These crowds and the official visits the admiral received scarcely gave him. and his officers time to breathe. The jack ies got the medals which congress voted them to-day and proudly displayed them to the visitors until Jeffries, the pugilist came aboard. Jack loves a fighter, and while the big slugger was aboard the tars were oblivious to all else. Owing to the stream of official visitors the long stream of salutes con- tinued without interruption all day.
 Miles Calls oM Dewey.
 Major General Nelson A. Miles, at the head of the Washington committee, called to submit the programme for the reception at the national capital, and Major General Merritt and his staff stiff with gold braid, came over from Island to officially welcome Admiral Dewey in the name of the army They were received with all the honors befitting their rank but the eli max was not reached until Governor of New York came down the bay in the afternoon on the yacht Wild Duck. He was accompanied by Gener- al Francis V. Greene, some officers of the New York Naval Militia and sev- aral of Dewey's captains at Manila, in- cluding Captain Dyer of the Baltimore, Captain Wood of the Petrel, Captain Wildes of the Boston and Captain Walker of the Concord.
 Tars Wild NVi,h Delight.
 When they got aboard Admiral Dew " LOOK IHeIn over tHe Sulp, ana the i sight of the fighting captains set the .ars mad with delight. Nothing could 7 their enthusiasm, and round after round of cheers greeted the ap- !, oearance of these officers Governor :, Roosevelt was assistant secretary of tht , navy when Dewey was sent to the com nand of the Asiatic squadron, and Gen .ral Greene, who served in the Philip pines, is a personal friends of the ad- niral of many years standing. The ! tight of the captains who were with Jim during the stress of that hot day 4 n Manila bay was good for the admir- A ll's eyes, so that altogether Admiral Dewey seemed to enjoy this official visit nore than any he has received. The T ocal municipal authorities are some i, what disappointed because Governor c Roosevelt extended the formal welcome r f the state to the admiral before the f mayor had an opportunity to offer his h fficial greeting on behalf of the city. :, This ceremony will take place to-mor- n oW. fl
 Naval Pageant Tc-day. i, While considerable powder was flung il nto smoke down the bay to-day much S Io h,,pr |