The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-30

bowing his Acknowledgements to the stem
torian expression of homage.
A Wonderful Demonstration
New York has never witnessed before
anything approaching this wonderful.
remarkable demonstra ton. The Co.
lumbian naval parade, the dedica ton
of Grants tomb and the reception OF
the North Atlantic squadron last fall.
all pale before this gigantic ovation to
the sailor who, in single morning de-
stroyed an enemys feet without the
loss of man or ship. 1t is not be-
yond the mark to say that 5000, 900 pe3-
pie viewed the pageant from ashore.
and that a quarter of a million were,
afloat
When New York turned out to the
celebration this morning a light haze
hung over the harbor, but this was soon
burned up by the bright sun which
hathed sea and city in its brilliant
radiance. The wind was strong and
gusty and kept the flags swapping.
People who went down the bay We're
lost in admiration of the display of
bunting along the water front. The
East river, from the bridge to the Bat
terry, where the sailing craft lie in
droves, the Spars were covered with
such mass of color as might be COM
pared to a maple grown hillside in the
deep autumn. The tall spars of the
clippers were conspicuous for their en-
signs and signals. Every craft in the
harbor was decked out from stem to
stern with all the grace and attractive
ness known to shippers. But the dis
play 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
was stretched to the snubbing posts at
the corner and the fronts We're deco
rated with a 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 taffrail and some carried flags on
their yards and had their deck houses
covered. The wind shook the banners
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 Jer-
Sey shore and high on the misty Pail
sades, it cleaned.
On the olympia's Deck.
The best place from which to view
the great marine panorama was natu-
rally 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, yachts and tugs which
were to have 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 Oft
Tomkinsville and before II o'clock the
Olympia was surrounded by perfect
mob of every known kind of craft. all
swarming with people, circling around
or pushing their noses close up under
the ship to get a glimpse q the ad-
miral pacing the quarterback. The
bands aboard the excursion boats
played and the whistles and sirens of
the osLer craft made the air hideous
by their shrieks. They kept coming.
coming in pairs and half dozens, until
they lay a dozen deep, resisting the
charges of the patrol boats in their de-
termination to get up within shouting
distance. Their recklessneSs was amaz-
ing. They ran across each others bows.
they rubbed against one another, they
pushed on astern until further move
ment seemed paralyzed by the mex
tricable confusion. 1t was with great
difficulty that the police boats could
clear passage for the admiraps launch
when he went off to return the official
visit of the mayor at noon, and when
he did step into his launch the patriotic
shippers affoat grabbed their whistling
cords and made the hills echo with such
a blast as can only be heard when o
Yankee yacht crosses the finish first
in a race with foreign mug hunters.
And that was simply the prelude to
what continued throughout the day-an
almost continuous roar of steam whis-
ties.
Meantime the vessels to take part IN
the parade We're masSing over near the
Long Island shore, until that side or
the harbor became a tansle of stacks
and flags and frame work as far as
the eye could reach. The grassy slopes
of Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton and
the wharves and shores of Staten
island were covered with sightseers
watching the spectacle below. The war
ships were spick and span ready for
the start, their FURNISHED metal fam
ing in the sun, their sides white as
virgin snow. Between them and the
shore lay the low, long, lean, wicked
looking torpedo boats and still inside
of them the graceful fiotilla Of revenue
cutters,
Guests on the Olympia.
Aboard the Olympia the marines and
sailors had been seriously Inspected
from the toe Of the first marine to the
jaunuy cap of the last sailor. All SEEM
ed little dazeI al the prospect befors
them. and no doubt many would have
preferred a programme involving du-
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