The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-10-02

the battery, he remained al The sldt
OF ihe skipper, Captaia Mathews
waving his y.ch'.fg < cap IN response
tptIe sslntes, until after the Elm
hNd rouudrd the iurulng point of
G. nuts TOMB There were many
distinguished guests on the Erin,
ilcudlng the Hon Charles Russell,
Who arrived from Eogland Friday;
SIR Il Burdett, Wslford Burdett,
Hugh c. MEG ldOway, mes Craig,
Colonel Sharman Crawford and Dr
+. Mackey.
Ia the line Of yachts were two other
foreign vistors-the Ell King aud
the White Ladye. While the reception
that greeted them was earspllttiDe
and noisy enough for all purp' ses, it
was not nearly 50 enthusiastic rs the
sereuade to the passing EIu.
Wnen the parade reached point
opposite HobokeD, welcome 10 the
Admiral was fred from cannon on
the green in Hudson Park. TIE
crowds on the Jersey shore were fully
As l,rge as those on the New York
side OF the river.
THOUSANDS VIEWED TIE SPECTACLE.
Thousands viewed the spectacle as
it moved up past Staten Island (;
thousands more watched it from the
anchored sailing craft that crowded
the Ene Basin, aud whose spars rose
in forest about the foot Of Liberty.
Bat they were forgotten in the mass
# humanity that crowded the water
front Of Manhattan I.lAud, aud filed
every polut Of vantage along the
Jersey shore.
This feature of the scene first
broke on the view as Castle William
roared an admirars salute to the
Olympia q # the b .itery. By the time
the answering smoke had died away
from the wake Of the flagship the
immenslty of the watching crowd
dawued on the crews of the squadron.
Every foot of the city water front
was mass of humanity. The
whsrves, the ferry slips, the roofs OF
ferry and warehouse rose one above
another in solid blocks OF people
above the lower structures OF the
water front, every roof bearing IT.
living freight. Stores, old office
buildings and modern sky-scrapper'
were crowded with stands, tiers upoI
tiers of seats like an immense theater
whose roof was the sky, whose wall
were the surrounding hills mud who's
back drop was the horizon of tn
Lower Bay. AS the pagent move
N iestically into the Hudson, 1t wa
seen that the crowd still lined tn
water front and housetops, thicker i
possible. than ever, and stretching
up the river along the whole line o
parade. The heights Of the Jerse'
side were also crowned with parti
colored masses of people. The.
were not such an unbroken rank a
along the wharyes of the New lorl
side. but wherever the wooded slope
broke into clearing the slope wa
blackeued with people from crest I
water line. There was no posslol
way of estimating the crowd. Th
morning papers declared there wer
. | 100000 visitors in the city. Th
impression conveyed by the crowde
' shores was that it would have take
: fully that many in addition to th
local population to form the cor
course that watched the waite
pagent. The spectators might hsv
s been computed in army corps, ce
e taiuly not by individuals.
Up the Hudson paDdemoniul
reigned supreme. Aersisl bomb
D broke at intervals overhead in puf
J. of white smoke, and feather
canopy of steam hung over tt
S advancing fleet as hundreds OF stea
v whistles screamed continually. III
q narrowing throat of the river crowdt
s che advancing vessels together in
!, almost compact mass. The bros
n arrow formation still drove Il
), head Of the column forward u
r moisted through the ranks of Il
P waiting vessels.
SUNSHINE AFTER CLOUDS.
q Here, too, disaster of wind al
9 rain impended. Storm clouds tn
Il had gathered down the bay follow
s close in the pagesnt's wake. A sha
u wind bred whitecsps even in the ma
IS row river, and a few raindrops pate
ed on the decks. The glare of
D angry sky turned the hsrbor behiI
the warships to molten lead, up
u which the gigantic figure OF Liber
10 seemed to stand for time, and whl
soon swallowed up all in a bank
Is gray haze. Then the Threatening S
le reIented. The sun broke out ahes
ie and painted across the sullen clou
a rainbow arch that stretch
y from Manhattan to the Jersey shoI
p II seemed bit of natures artwo
r, spread by kindly miracle at the
n' portune moment, begganng mai
g more humble efforts on shore, b
forming fitting arch OF triumph
ed meath which the victorious admir-
o. sailed to his triumphal anchorage.
P Tue old Portsmouth's crew mann
he the rigging as the Olympia pass,
and off Grants tomb the naval
be serves on the st Marvs did the sar
ne Round the stake boat the Olyml
's, turned smartly, her guns throbbin
re deep throated salute to the rest
Ic place of another national hero.
" The other vessels Of the white SOU
=. ron swung around the st. Marys
a. turn, each saluting the tomb, thou
re at the head of the line the sound
II II the further guns was lost in the r
49, 49, of steam whistles.
20 The turn of the parade broke
i formation of the police boats beyt
re- repair. The wsrships doubling b'
ny into the mass of advancing DO
ID threatened for time serious con
'er ouences, but the Olympia and
NJ eonsorts safely dropped anchor
he last in reversed column, and
he water pageant passed the sdmira
Yas sr;aw The poliee boats reappea