The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-30
ON SHORE A MILLION.
Picture Of the Day as Seen from
the Flagship.
RAINBOW SPANS THE RIVER
Multitude Such as the Admiral, and
Most Men, Never Saw Before,

Fine Show by the warships, the Naval
Militia and tho Yachts-At Grants Tomb
Keeling Mass of Vessels Passes in
Review in an Ear-splittinE Din. with
Multitudinous Cheers Bursting Out
Ashore-The Admiral Greatly Impressed
by the Immensity of the Demonstration
We'll Show Him n Million or So People
Again To-Day. and n Triumphal Arch
That's Worth Coming Far to Sec.
New York pulled the throttle wide open yes
terday and with full head OF steam started in
officially to celebrate the victory OF the Amer
lean fleet in Manila Bay that has for nearly a
month now occupied almost as much OF the
pubics attention as it did the month after it
was fought. The city set out to show Admiral
Dewey and the crew OF thu Olympia and the
whole world how much the American people
think Of him. The result was an ex-
hibition of enthusiasm such as Americans
have seldom and such as perhaps
none now living will see again. There
have been many greater naval pageants
but it is not likely that in America at least
there will ever be such another combination OF
patriotism. enthusiasm and water-show let
loose all at once on a sin gle man and his ships
crew for single fight. 1t is we'll for Admiral
George Dewey that he came to town two days
ahead OF time and that he had opportunity to
get little used to the quality Of American
enthusiasm that the victory in Manila Bay
aroused. for II he had come to port and had it
all let loose on him to begin with. he would
have been more than human il he had not gone
about as comp tely daft as most OF his fellow
citizens have gone
har thnu nd cra In, ha do in
his honor and more than million spectators.
The North River was the stage Of theatre ten
miles long. The huge buildings In the lower
part OF the city and in Jersey City. the higher
grounds further IN and finally the Palisades
themselves became the sides Of this theatre.
and from the stage every seat seemed to be
taken. To say that million people lined the
shores and saw the show is in all probability
an underestimate They were not to be
counted, but everywhere. from the Battery to
125th street on the New York side it looked as
II every foot OF space in view OF the
river had a human occu pant and from the other
side. from Staten Island itself to Fort Lee and
beyond was almost the same. Up the centre OF
this stage Admiral Dewey and the Olympia
sailed. the air rent with the squalls and the
roars OF thousand whistles. 1t noise.
noise. noise everywhere. until one was driven
almost mad. The shrieking OF the multitude OF
whistles was runctuated by the booming OF
cannon. the thunder of exploding bombs and
the cheers Of the multitude afloat
RoATs PREVIOUSLY OVERLOADED.
In the eStimatc OF million spectators there
Is Included only those who were on shore. The
bay and the river had moving. floating popu-
lntior AZ great as the utmost capacty OF the
thousand craft that sailed upon it. Steamers
hpilt to carry LOCO passengers looked as IL
they carried 1000 Sound boats built to carry
2.OoO carried almost twice that number. Little
c"a,t built for six or seven carried in many
cases more than 100 Boats whose utmost
capacity should not have been more than 100
carried 1000. II was the worst overcrowding
thai ever has been witnessed in the harbor OF
New York. All who saw 1t expected disaster.
Boats were loaded to tho Gunwales: their rails
were awash; some of them carcened at an
ANGLE OF almost thirty degrees: there wasn't
sitting room: there was hardly standing room
on many OF them, Every man. woman or
child who was visible aboard was beaming
with enthusiasm. boiling over with noise and
bound each 10 40 more thah MS heRhoor IN
impressng upon Admiral Dove, and the crew
OF the Olympia tho fact that they were tho
MASTERING FOR THE START
r,o .hou. o,r,v IN ,hs d,vw IN tno rnrsr
bay off Tompkinsville and of ST. George. where
20. 20, ~, .h,n. -, Admir,I s,mrson,s snn,Lron
were anchored below the Olympia, and it was
toward Staten Island that the people started in
the early morning. More than half the crowd
hnd come TO be,p New York celebrate. On the
II.n1 ,hoy un,d nm along tba sbore and
ls'ahu the' nno" W. "'ouN Wv '"ov a n
hili rom ~. uroiKu 10 iohn .S ,n
Before 10 o'clock they were ,S masSed three, ten