The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-30

ton along shs river 6Uont sfseF ~ Olyn-
paa hsc gone By. and CTR 1hoDos Upton
was accorded az ovation III along the
iine-
To those on board the Erin, dected out
as she was with nass OF al nations. II
locked ~ " the American people were
greatly pleased with Cir Thouas. and ware
deIigsssd .. an opportunity 70 give him
hearty welcome They ran aIonea6e n
tugs, barges. launches and ~ exeWuocn
steamers. and shouted all sorts Of cDsE-
pimensary shines 20 him, while the tail
yachtman On ths upper bs1dge Of tho
Erin wore q smile. and not infreQuentiy
called back bis thanks for the kline wishes.
The Erin Heartily ChesveA.
Dir Thomas had on board souss OF his
friends. on this side Of the water and
from Engsand. and the company during
tire latter part Of the afternoon were kept
busy returning tho cheering which was
hurled at the Erin from all sides. Among
thcse who watched the parade from the
decks Of the Erin were Prince Reginald De
croy. Of Belgium. and Hon. Charles Rus
sell. Of London Eyen before the Erin had
weighed anchor half . dozen tugs hsd
coms alongside. and the cheering and
vEistiing continued until The end Of the
day began
the CogaAir led, followed by Q magnificent
string of steam yachts smothersd In naxs
in two lines The Erin headed the star
board column. with Goa. John Jacob Astor's
SourmaEa. asfsrn. The Niagara, with
Howard Gould on board. headed the port
column. with the new Josephine Of Mr..
Joseph ~ wiceDsr night behind her.
TIE Erie was continuously saiutsd on
the way us and the man on the affsrdeck
beside the flagstaff. which carried ths big
yachts pennani. was continuously dipping
n In return.
Everything seems 10 be going FIRST
class" said Sir Thomas. - the yacht
nearef the Battery, and the parade IN
certainly a great succsss"
Looking over through the TREMENDOUS
crowd tina, covered the whsSyss and Hat.
terry. he shouted down 20 those on deck:
Just see them over there; could not be-
Il~ye that 20 many people could be gotten
together"
Pests0ssth sailors salute Her.
| When on Tventy-thsrd street Sir Thorn
az became exercised ~ the congestion 81
| boats ahead and shook his head - ne
| thought Of the chances Of getting the Erin
| through the mass. In gong ~ the train
| Ing ship Portsmouth the jSckiss lined the
rail and gave The Erin a Tremendous
cheer. which was answered from the crew
Of the Erin. Then came more cheering.
| ysIIs and whistles from those on sbors.
until Dir Thomas sides fairly shook with
laughter. az he said: They must all have
money on The Shamrock"
/ 10 took nearly an hour for the head 81
the yacht feet 70 reach sss turning pofn,
on Fort Lee. but the corsa!r finally swuns
around. and headed down toward the
| olympia ~ ths same time half hun
drsd excursion boats. isss and launches
which had besn waiting np the river sos
the yachts to appear joined IN. 20 that .
sold column came sweeping down on Al
m.!rai Dewey.
| Dewey waves Ms nat 20 LlDtss.
mass OF boass and the formation Of thu
! yscht club feet wss at once last.
The great mass swept by the Oiympsa
i've and sir abreast, but fortunately fhs
course ~as comparatively clear when shs
went by. and Admiral Dewey wss ssslI,
recognized. waving biz hat ffaBt.caiiy .,
sr Thomas AZ he stood on fbs sf,si
bridge. The crew Of the Olympia also
recognized ths Erin and gave her a tire
rnendous cheer. which Sas returned BIZ ~
entire company On board the IRISH yseh:
while the big fee; 81 Excursion steamer,
| and the two or ,hrse hundred ,bogssnt
people on shore ehssre3.
The Erin ran down the river until 81,
reached HofAksn. where sbs toOk % he.
position 20 see tho illumination IN ~.
| river this evening.