Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-17
POPULAR HONORS PAID
To the Cruiser Raleigh, in New York
Harbor, Yesterday.

THE VESSEL, FIRST FROM DEW
EY'S FLEET, ESCORTED UP THE
HUDSON AS FAR AS GRANTS
TOMB BY A LARGE NUMBER OF
GRAFT, AND GREETED BY HUN
DREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEG
PIE, DESPITE THE HEAVY
RAIN-TIIE SCENE A MEMOIR
ABLE ONE.
New York, April 16.-The celebra-
ton attending the return of the United
States cruiser Raleigh from Manila,
which had to be postponed yesterday
owing to the warship's late arrival, oc-
Cured to-day. The Raleigh. accom-
panied by two small war vessels cap
tured from the Spaniards last summer
and fleet of about twenty-five ex-
cursion steamers and tug boats, parad-
ed from Tompkinsville to Grants
tomb and from there back to anchorage
in the North river off Thirty-fourth
have selected more Indictment or dis
agreeable weather than that which pre-
vailed all the time that the Raleigh
was passing in review before the
thousands of enthusiastic people who
lined the river banks and gave her
their hearty cheers of welcome home.
The cruiser did not leave her an
chorage off Tompkinsville for
A PARADE UP THE BAY
and the Hudson river until shortly be-
fore noon. An hour before that time
drizzling rain commenced to fall and
this soon turned into a steady down
pour, which continued the remainder
of the day. The wind was raw and
the officers and men of the Raleigh
stood upon the decks three hours
drenched to the skin and shivering
with tho cold. Great crowds assem-
bled in Riverside Park, overlooking the
Hudson, and men, women and children
stood there for hours under umbrellas
watching the vessels on their way up
the river and on their return.
By far the greatest gathering of peo-
pie was in the vicinity of Grants
tomb, which was the turning point OF
the parade A national salute was fir
ed there by the Raleigh, and also by
the captured Spanish prizes, and the
,pr,an n
by the shrieking of a hundred steam
whistles from excursion boats and To-
comotives, and cheers from thousands
of people on shore and on the vessels
in the river.
About II o'clock the large steamer
Glen Island arrived carrying the citiz-
es' reception committee, headed by
Mayor Van Wyck, and also having on
board a number of invited guests. A
delegation from the committee, num-
bering not more than a score, went
aboard the Raleigh. All hands on the
cruiser were
CALLED TO QUARTERS,
and Mayor Van Wyck and the other
committeeman were received with ma
val formality. Captain Coghlan stood
at the gangway and received the visit
ors and escorted them Immediately To
his cabin. The ceremonies there we're
very brief, consuming not more than
five minutes. The Mayor in few
words welcomed the Raleigh 10 New
YORK. extended the freedom of the city
to the officers and men. apologized for
the disagreeable weather and assured
CAPTAIN Coghlan Of hearty welcome.
Captain Coghlan replied briefly. The
committee did not stop aboard a mo-
ment after the formalities Of the well
come were over. There was no inspec-
ton of the vessel; in fact that would
have been almost impossible in the
drenching rain that was falling at the
time. The committee returned to tho
Glen Island at once and as Mayor Van
Wyck left the side of the Raleigh he
received salute Of fifteen gums.
Preparations were made then to get
under way for the parade. The Raleigh
was headed down the stream at the
time, and when she raised her anchor
and swung around slowly the whistles
on all the craft near her
SHRIEKED A SALUTE
and all the people on the excursion
boats cheered and waved handkerchiefs
and flags. The Glen Island led the
procession of vessels and the Raleigh
followed just astern Of her. The AlVa-
RADIO and Sandoyal, the captured Span
ish gunboats took position of either
bow Of the cruiser, and police boats.
tugs and excursion boats followed in q
double column. There was no special
demonstration until Governors Island
was passed, when a national salute wa.
fred. About this point the coast survey
steamer Pathfinder with Assistant Sec
rotary OF the Navy Allen aboard joined
the procession, following just in the
wake Of the Raleigh. From the time
the Raleigh left the battery until sha