The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-30

ecssions must DO approaching Way of on tho
Staten Island shore there rose rockets tina!
Hrst white and, then blue as they
nootGd on and these Mr5o ncheered Snd
'Sey found out whsn. eIt oS6 O'CLOCK With 2"
rattle OF rep1rts almost 81 Fapd rs that OF
| twinkllng up toward the sky and banged again
with flashes In mid. air, 4
rockets that burst into floating crowds p If;
and while they were, still rising. and
bursting and spreading and a2atiIng
above them. the whole island spranG into a
blaz blaze. rcd, and white and blue lights Old
GHs.le Williams rose out Of thn darkness and
as i the island had, risen. out Of the sea
Ena had expodsd and vas n st! exploding and
the same, way. and the statue Of Lib:
tbs tens OF thousands. and tho lights
about her feet lit a halo over her head that
had d SRe S and s TGHnsSs
hared up, and tho whole bay was, illqm-
moten metal. with With oueer dscoIoTed f streaks
shooting across it's surface IN every direction.
outlines and suggestions OF lights. stood out
in ghostly closrness The crowd held it's breath
no sound except tie explosions Of the bombs
and and, in the mortar. thps wsrs nrng other
waves spla,hing on the sea-waii
sWIs. the S5Owd Fs Ss a. sfsh o hs
succession OF bombs that took the shine of
the sun the moon and the stars Tbs The nigh.
S ~ The "hSis ," i,qad daSSt
Just %ha color those "H we're Or
another flight. and another, and another was
t S4sh asd 81 is%1 His az sh
more glorious and brill liant and Of more start
Ling eolorng. appeared over and above them.
in the air that i6.year.old boy stan ding on the
the captain o. tho Blr. steam boat plymouth.
out IN tho middle OF the ,harbor. turned his
coarse that it shakes the windows ali
over the lower part Of Manhattan when It. R2ss
of at inI hast All the other eaGtsns IN the
deeper and deeper. aud fuller and fuller. and
the sirens screamed and screamed n wIerd
how fully the steam boats had taken the rem
Ger5qs q bsppr"yH out Of ts o6 hgnds began to
cqnii hear it vii ever forget. ''
grSe ny III Pso ts " OF out pFH
q very, Interesting Int. names mes, OF various
the fireworks don't know, anything about
these names, and very often don't know
down and al on IRE. At the end last night
q frework. Of every kind, and descrip:
s rs s%STn HHhs the SSssnnGGs Of
It all Tremendous portrait Of 4dmjral Dewey
Of to white KIT eHit e Of c %ns az Th
higher. than the castle itself and was q much
more satisfactory, likeness than good many
hp hn n hon lava 10
racket that greeted the picture was beyond all
describing; it was the racket of the morning
spot. for while the great portrait burned.
every captain in the harbor seemed to turn his
f9rtunatsv resulted in the picture being shut
of tr3n the view Of the people on shore
ia Grants Tomb must have heard the roaring
homage that was Paid to the portrait.
finished Just in time. Tho people began to
make for the avenues Of travel toward hone.
hurry. and the police " came s' very near
being caught .unprepered. They, had all
pSSs 1% s the into Tps bs3 side 10 ssse
n"ope turned their bncks on Thorn and rushed
for Battery place. the foot Of Broadway. md
South Ferry. Some policemen had already
ieen moved to these places to meet them. but
the movement had only begun Fifteen
Delaney sent wild appeal for help to Police
m"ahGnarterts He was IN charge Of the
crowds NJ inc tInNateu stations ana lney
Rwampsd him. There was every appearance
that there ,wns going 70 be a dangerous crush
Inspector BTooss sent oyer h9Tdred men to
and broke II IN before ANYBODY was hurt
enough to be taken away II, an ambulance, al;
ont 4 hem Aer tha The poce ormeS tho
people in column four front and marched them
up into the stations and into the trains in mill
As soon rs the three floats were In motion
the men on them touched or big lot 81 red
nG "a = "a f,lu rpH nrni nj
the Olympia to get in line for the Battery
a police boat led the procession. followed blythe
OF craft from big ocean steamers to tiny steam
lowed BY discharge OF rockets asrolites and
diferent KIND Of bombs; which continued IN
Lands on some OF the warships struck, pr as
the fireworks passed and their searchlights
played over them.
was reached, and then the big skyscraprr-
water front no less than six enormous search
ighis PLAYED upon the nr59ces.ik9In in adHttHm
building Llazo Of white.
Al the parade neared the Battery the fire;
g-ther was indescrbable. The hav in front OF
ne BATTERY became volcano OF fireworks 1t
hauste1 it began to rain and the boats one and
At Riverside Drive. tho setting sun showed |
the warsips at anchor In the North River. the |
Olympia at the hend Of tho line which extended |
from uuosit" Grants Tomb. AZ far down as |
SixtIth street. a multitude OF smaller craft |
aroun. DI!Hness blotted out the picture. but |
IN few minutes n new one. the most beauti- |
III. perhars. that has ever been seen on he !
Hudson. was revealed as II 10y magic. Tho |
whole squadron, which had been lost among |
tho shadows reapreurcd IN contours OF fire.
A long ribbon OF brilliant points OF light |
marked the deck line OF Deweys flagship: !
three other lines Joined the mastheads and de- |
scended in graceful curves to Prov
the America flag which loqted from tho
peak and another made the four stnrs |
in tho Admiral,s pepnant shine almost like |
real stars The New York could be seen Just |
! GLOW the Olympia, her three smokestacks !
framed in fire and giGantie, American shield, |
with the stars above the stripes. blazing in |
from, of the bridge, The Chicago. the Indiana, |
the Texas aud the Brooklyn were similarly H. |
and the bulky Massachusetts halher |
own name written In iery letters between the |
smok estacks. The whole host OF yachts. trans |
ports. revenue cutters and tuEboats initiated |
In u smaller degree their formidable sisters. |
Only the low-buit torpedo boats remained in |
darkness.
The picture seen from Grants Tomb was one |
that will hardly be forgotten by any one who |