The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-30
cuRlEKING, WAVING, BOOMING.
.,r,,,s FLAGS AND CANNON
VIZ, ,,IrtCoMED THE ADMIRAL.


800, IN Its Wake-Many interest II
49,, tnctdents-Flagship the Cen A
80, Ei,rure and Great Was the
cro,yd Around It, =,
Nav. York Sept. 29.-No Roman con-
ror returned to his triumph Oh par
-nlendor; no victorious King or
,or,,ine home from successful n
.,.s- received such a magnificent oVa
40 overwhelmed Admiral Dewey TO-
to stood on the bridge of the Olym-
rho head of magnificent fleet OF ,
f'' t,,,nderers of the deep, followed by
,,sand vessels of peace, each TERED
l coated black with people, and sailed
,h. lriebt waters of the upper bay
ard No the broad pathway OF the summit
-i,..r whose banks were alive with mil
,,or- of flags and streamers dancing III the
\ wind.
--,o s,v was blue, the water ripped un-
a.r fine fresh wind that held out flags
s,rsisbt and jaunty and the wharves ana
.rs and rocky nights and grassy knobs
20 hack with frantic, enthusiastic PEI
~, Who strived weakly to make thea
s,ouf- heard above the perfect bediam Oh
81 footing whistles that accompanied the ad-
p,ral ashore and nfoat
A. the tomb of Gen. Grant on Riverside |
drive was reached, the fleet paid its trib-
,,to n tbe memory Of the great warrior
ui,1 q national salute of twenty-one roar
q inc guns The fleet then anchored and re-
viewed the almost endless procession of
craft that steamed past, all 50 burdened
NTH humanity that they looked as If they
.o,l5 turn turtle before they got back to
their piers.
Toward the end, the parade became dis
organized and it took hours for the hetero-
ceneous Aoiilla to get by. Darkness at last
brought relief to the tired admiraf VINO
had stood On the bridge for six hours
bowing his acknowledgements to the stem
toran expression of homage.
The Greatest Denomination.
New York has never witnessed before
anything approaching this wonderful re-
markable demonstration. The Columbian
naval parade, the dedication of Grant s
toub aud the reception of the North At
lanuc squadron last fall, all pale before
this gigantic ovation to the sailor, who
in a single morning destroyed an enemy''
fleet without the loss of a man or a ship
1t is not beyond the mark to say that g.,
10000 people viewed the pageant from
ashore and that 25O00O were afloat.
When New York turned out to the cele
braton this morning a light haze hun
over the harbor, but this was soon burne
up by the bright sun, which bathed Sc
and city in its brilliant radiance. In
wind was strong and gusty, and kept IN
flags swapping. The water rippled undt
tle fresh breeze, and the dancing hu
waves seemed to raise their crusty heat
in anticipation of a sight of the conquero
People who went down the bay were 10
in admiration of the display of DuntlI
along qhe water front. On the East RI
! er, from the bridge 10 the battery, Whe
trailing craft lay on groves, the spa
We're covered with such mass of color
might be compared with a maple-groV
hillside in the deep autumn The Il
3 spars Of the clippers were conspicuous I
a their ensigns and signals Every craft
a tine harbor was decked out from stem
stern with all the grace and attractlvent
~ known to shippers. But the display in I
East river was not to be compared WI
that of the North river, up which the pl
cesslon was to pass.
= Flags Were Everywhere.
y From the peaks of every pier long roI
d strung with flags of every hue w
. stretched TO the snubbing post at the c
. multitude of gay devices. There were fla
on the staffs and lines Of flags above
= ropes.
: The vessels at their sides were dres
" from stem to taft rail and some carr
flags on their yards and had their de
~ houses covered. The wind shook
:, banners from windows, porticos and
SleeplSs and never perhaps, in this gene
I, ton did hearts that love ii bound so qui
u iy TO the sight Of the flag. Up the RI
- lar off on the Jersey shore and high on
y. misty palisades it cleaned.
%. % The best place from which 10 view
~ ~ great marine panorama was natur
~ IRON the deck Of the olympia and by
courtesy of Admiral Dewey an Assocl'
Press representative was permitici abo
Very cary the fleet of steamsf
" steamboats,, yachts and tugs which '
TO have a place in the line. began nj ,
ps down the bay to the suctted points, W
me several divisions were 10 fof'n,
~ many Of them could not resist tho te'n
uon to first visit the an ,horage OF
IN Han-of-war off HNmpkinsV'ue are Ee
r. j. clock he Olympia was surrouEde'
o. ~ perfect mob of evcrv known kim
craft al swarming w"h pnoDe, cir
70 around, or pushing their noses close
~, under the sh;9 to tat = ~,imlsc oi
'S admiral pacing the quarter deck.
Cir Hccl0Iess Excursion Boats.
he The bands aboard the excursion
no played and the whistles and sirens e
oon other craft made the Air hideous by
the sAIeks They kept coming, comins
Sas pans aud half-doZens, until they Il
ued "o4'n deep, resisting the charges ol
ow- patrol boats, in their determination Z
age NNnn shouting distance. Their recf
on ness was amazing. They ran across
ore o.ners bows, they rubbed against on
C'Aer, they pushed bow on stern,
yer IDIloer movement seemed paraiyze
lists We meXtricable confusion. 1t was
cer- ei''t Uhculty that the police boats
M ear passage for the adm
rms huneh when he went off to return Il
aud hllal visit Of the Mayor al noon, and
LETT u, ana step into his launch the pat
ense gh'ppers ailoat grabbed their whistle
yton anu made the hills echo with such
sus- 9S IAN only be heard when a Yankee
Of u"ss's the finish first in race wit
sa mug hunters. And that was $