Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-30
Reported as Seen from the
Flagship Olympia.
BRILLIANT NAVAL PARADE
New FORKS Dazzling Celebration OF the
Conqueror's Return. Millions Dnlte
in Glorifying the Nations
Hero. Graphic Penoera plls.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29-No Roman
tunnueror returned to his triumph Of
Darbarc spendOr: no victorious king,
or prince, coming home from success
ful war. ever received such a maGni!i
cent ovation as overwhelmed Admiral
Dewey today as he stood on the bridge
Of the Olympia at the head of a mag
riticent fleet of steel thunderers Of h..
deep. followed by Il thousand vessels Of
peace. each TERED and coated black
with people. and sailed over the bright
waters Of the upper bay and up the
broad pathway of the sun-lit river.
whose banks We're gay with millions Of
tags and streamers dancing in the
wind.
The sky was blue. the water ripr!r,l
under the fresh wind that held gus
flags straight and jaunty, and the
wharvcs and piers and rocky heights
and grassy knobs We're black with
frantic. enthusiastic people. who stri:-
I'd weakly to make their shouts be
heard above the perfect bedlam Of
footing whistles that accompanied the
Admiral ashore and at1oat
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.
AS the tomb of General Grant on
Riverside drive was reached. the iiart
paid its tribute to the memory OF the
great warrior With national salute Of
y roaring guns. The fleet then ancntr-
ed and reviewed the almost endless
procession of craft that steamed past,
they looked as if they would turn
turtle before they got back to 1neir
Eiers. Toward the end the parade be-
came disorganized and it took hours for
the Heterogeneous fotilla 10 get by.
Darkness at last brought relief 10 the
tired Admiral who had stood on the
bridge for six hours bowing his ac-
acknowledgements TO the stentorian eX-
preston OF homage.
GIGANTIC OVATION.
f-1c
fore anything approaching this Won
derful. remarkable demonstrations rh.
Columbian naval parade The aed,cn-
ton OF Grants tomb and tie recap5ign
Ct the North Atlantic squadron last cal.
all pale before the gigantic ovation to
the sailor. who III single morning
DESTROYED an enemy's fleet Without me
loss or a man or Y snip. 1 is not be-
Sond the mark to say that three mil
non people viewed the pageant from the
shore and that quarter OF (, million
were ;,tioat
When New York turned gu. This
morning 4 little haze hung over IN.
ha:-bnt but this was soon burned up BY
bright sun which bathcd sea and city in
its brilliant radiance.
Ihc Wind Was strong nd susty ana
kept the flags swapping. The Water
llrped under the fresh breeze and the
dancing little waves seemed u raise
their crusty heads in authorization Of :,
sight of the cnnUucror.
BEST POINT OF VANTAGE.
Fhc best place from Which 70 vic.v
he great marine panorama W:
naturally fr1m the deck Of he olympia
and by tn" courtesy Of Admiral Dewey
an Associated Press representative was
permitted aboard. Very early the fleet
"t steamships. steamboats, yachts and
tugs which We're IT, have !; place. in the
me began moving down tbs. bay 10 tn 2
allotted points where the several ,livis-
IL, ~ hIt
could not resist the temptation to first
visit the anchorage of the men-of- var
on Tcmpkinsviilc and before II o'clock
inc Olympia was surrounded by a
perfect mob of every kn1wn kind OF
craft. all swarmins with people circl-
ing around. or pushing their noses close
w under the ship to get SuinpSc of
the Admiral pacing the quarter deck
The bands aboard the excursion b5als
played and the whistles and sirens OF
the other craft made the air hitleOuS nv
shrieks.
THE LINE FORMS. |
Meantime the vessels to take part in
the parade were massing over near the
Long Island shore, until that side Of
the harbcr became q tangle of stacks
and l}ags and frame work as far as The !
eye could reach. The grassy Slopes IT
Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton, ami
the wharves and shores of Station Is
land were covered with sight seers
lay spick and span, ready fer the starr.
their FURNISHED metal flaming in the |
sun: their sides white as virgin snow. |
Between them and the shore lay ow, |
long. lean wicked looking forged , |
boats, and still inside CT them the grace
full fotilla Of revenue cutters.
Aboard the Olympia, the marines and
sailors had been seriously Inspected
from the toe of the first marine to the
jaunty cap of the last sailor.
\ brother and the widow of Captain
Gridley, who fought the Olympia ini
Manila bay. Colonel Franklin Bartlett,
former representative in Congress from
New York. and an intimate persona
friend Of the Admiral, together with
three newspaper men were the only
civilians aboard.
THE FLEET MOVES.
It was exactly one o'clock, the hou.
fixed for the start. when the fleet with
anchors short-EoEe. began to move. TIE
ships heads swung to the flood tide
and We're pointing down stream. but
with their twin screws they faced about
as on pivots and headed for the Hudson,
followed by the long line of vessels ir
The civic parade. When the Ships nai
strengthened out for their Journey
across the upper bay the spectacle
they made will ever be treasured in the
memory Of those who saw it. In ad
vance Of the Olympia was a. double li;:=
or patrol and fire boats. q liipu,dn
fleet to clear the way of trespassers. III
did not require much persuasion either
as the shippers had a wholesome res
Feet for the steel ram Of the might
sea monsters.
THE ESCORT.
Or the port beam of the Olympia
was the cscorting ship Sandy Hook.