The San Francisco call., 1899-09-29


ocean of color swept through the
city. its ebbing tide could not have
stained the streets more brilliantly.
Hundreds Of miles Of red, white and
blue bunting cover the noble facades of
Broadway and Fifth avenue, and mil
lion flags futter over the town. Not
even the churches have escaped the
universal decorations. The doors and
Gothic windows of old Trinity, on
lower Broadway, are gracefully draped
with the national colors, and in ancient
Trinity graveyard the tomb of that gal
liant 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.
A million visitors are here 10 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
filed to overfiOwing and the hotel corri-
dors are jammed with visitors. The
gayly appareled soldiers of many
States, who are TO take part in the land
parade on Saturday, began trooping 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
Sailors and marines ashore from the
bis fishtfn machines helped TO swell
the crowd trooping in all directions.
Uniformed members of the staff Of ar
irving Governors were everywhere.
The arrangements for the two days cele-
bration are completed. The great arch
at Madison square, modelled after the
triumphal arch Of Titus and upon which
= the most famous sculptors of America
have lavished their genius, is practi-
cally finished and stands a suberp trib-
ute to the nations hero. 1t is more
beautiful than the arch in Rome.
To-day the fotilla lay quietly at an
chor off Tompkinsville, a towering
spectacle of naval might and power to
the tens of thousands who sailed down
in tugs. yachts and steamers to see the
ships The crush to get aboard the
Olympia never abated for a minute and
as great indulgence was shown by Ad-
1niral Dewey a goodly portion Of those
who besieged 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 jacldes to-day got the
medals which Congress voted them and
proudly displayed them to the visitors
until Jeffrles. the pugilist, came aboard.
Jack loves a fighter, and while the big
slugger was aboard the tars were OBJ
livious to all else.
Owing to the stream Of official visitors
the roar of salutes continued almost
without interruption all day. Major
General Nelson A. Miles. at the head
of the Washington committee, called TO
submit the programme for the recep-
ton at the national capital, and Major
General Merritt and his staff, stiff with
gold braid. came over from Governors
island TO officially welcome Admiral
Dewey in the name of the army. They
were received with all the honors be-
fitting their rank, but the climax was
not reached until Governor Roosevelt
nf New York came down the bay in the
afternoon on the yacht Wild Duck. He
was accompanied by General Francis
Y Greene, some officers Of the New
York naval militia and several Of
Dewey's captains at Manila, including
Captain Dyer Of the Baltimore. Captain