The age-herald., 1899-09-30
THE DEWEY NAVAL
 CRANDEST Hero of Manila Bay Recipient of
 Great HOnors. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER PREVAILS Fully Three Million Witnesses Are on
 Hand. SURPASSED ALL PREVIOUS EVENTS At l O'clock the Programme Begun Mayor Van Wyck and Many Other Notable Officials Visit the
 Admiral During Day
Fully Three Million Witnesses Are on
 Hand.
SURPASSED ALL PREVIOUS EVENTS

New York, September 29-No Roman con- queror returned to his triumph of bar barrie splendor; no victorious king or -i.-~- eoY~i.e ha,,,o frnr, q successful war
 niieent ovation
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 lgr ff 5aa1 med past, all 1e1 aeHa#af8s that they looked as if they would turn turtle before they got back to their piers. Toward the end the parade became dsorganized and it took hours for the heterogeneous fleet to get by. Darkness at last brought re- lief to the tired admiral, who had stood on the bridge for six hours lowing his ac- acknowledgements to the stentorian express ions of homage.
 Surpassed All Previous Events
 New York has never witnessed before anything approaching this wonderful, re- markable demonstration. The Columbian naval parade, the dedication of Grants tomb and the reception of the North At lantic squadron last fal all pale before this gigantic ovation to the sailor who in single morning destroyed an enemy's fleet without the loss of a man or a ship If is not beyond the mark to say that 3O00,0OO people viewed the pageant from ashore and that quarter of million were af1oat. When New York turned out to the celebra- ton this morning light haze hung over the harbor but this was soon burned up by the bright sun which bathed sea and
 
 was strong and gusty and kept the flags snapping The water rippled under the fresh breeze and the dancing little waves seemed to raise their erusty heads in an- ticipation of sight of the conqueror
 People who went down the bay were lost in admiration of the display of bunting along the water front On the east river from the bridge to the battery where the la, i,, +bo covered with such a mass of color as might be compared to a thickly grown hillside in the deep autumn
 Every Craft Decorated
 The tall spars of the clippers were con- spicuously seen for their ensigns and sig nals. Every craft in the harbor was decked out from stem to stern with all the grace and attractiveness known to shippers art. But the display in the East river was not to be compared with that of the North river up which the procession was to pass. From the peaks of every pier long ropes strung with flags of every hue were stretched to the snubbing post at the cor ner and the fronts were decorated with multitude of gay devices. There were flags on the staffs and lines of flags above the ropes.
 The vessels at their sides were dressed from stem to taff rail and some carried flags on their yards and had their deck houses covered. The wind shook the ban ners from millions of windows, porticos and even steeples and never perhaps in this generation did hearts that love it bound so quickly to the sight of the flag.
 Up the river far off on the Jersey shore and high on the misty palisades it gleamed. The best place from which to view the great marine panorama was naturally from the deck of the Olympia and by the courtesy of Admiral Dewey an Associated Press representative was permitted aboard. Very early the fleet of steamships, steam boats. yachts and tugs which were to have a place in the line began moving down the bay to the allotted points where the several divisions were to form, but many of them could not resist the temptation to first visit the anchorage of the men-of-war off Tompkinsville and before Il o'clock the Olympia was surrounded by perfect mob of every kind of craft, all swarming with people circling round or pushing their nose close up to the ship to get glimpse of the admiral pacing the deck. The bands aboard the excursion boats played and whistles of the other craft made the air