The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-30
DEWEY'S
BIG DAY
Victorious Admiral Leads New
YOrk's Monster Naval Parade.
THREE MILLION SPECTATORS
View the Great Pageant From the Shores
Of the harbOr.
THREE MILLION SPECTATORS
QUARTER OF A MILLION AFLOAT

tne DeCk OF the tlaBSulp Olyn pld nc
Olympia's officers, by Orders of the Ad-
miral, Appeared in Modest Uniform
The Admiral Himself Directed the Move
ments of the Fleet-His Rsbuke to an
officer of the Olympia.
New York, Sept 3O.-No Roman
Conquerer returned to his triumph OF
barbaric splendor, no victorious king
or prince coming home from sue
cessful war ever received such mag
nificent ovation as overwhelmed Ad-
miral Dewey yesterday as he stood on
the bridge of the Olympia at the head
of a magnificent fleet OF steel thunder
ers of the Deep followed by thousand
vessels of peace, each TERED and coat
ed black with people, and sailed over
the bright waters of the upper bay
and up the broad pathway Of the sunlit
river, whose banks were gay with mill
ions of flags and streamers dancing in
the wind.
The sky was blue, the water rippled
under the fresh wind that held out
flags straight and iaunty, and the
wharves and piers and rocky heights
and grassy knolls were black with
frantic, enthusiastic people who striv-
ed weakly to make their shouts heard
above the perfect bedlam of footing
whistles that accompanied the admiral
ashore and afoat AS the tomb of
General Grant, on Riverside drive, was
reached the fleet paid its tribute to the
memory of the great warrior with
national salute of 2l roaring guns.
The fleet then anchored and reviewed
the almost endless procession of craft
that steamed past, all so burdened
with humanity that they looked as if
they would turn turtle before they got
back to the piers. Toward the end
the parade became disorganiZed, and
it took hours for the heterogeneous
hotilla to get by. Darkness at last
brought reliJf to the tired admiral,
who had stood on the bridge for six
hours, bowling his Acknowledgements
New York's Greatest Demonstration.
New York has never witnessed be-
fore anything approaching this Won
derful, remarkable demonstration. The
Columbian naval parade, the dedica-
tion of Grants tomb and the reception
of the North Atlantic squadron last
fall, all pale before this gigantic ova-
tion to the sailor who, in a single
morning, destroyed an enemy's fleet
without the loss of man or ship.
It is not beyond the mark to say that
| 5000 900 people viewed the pageant
from ashore, and that a quarter of a
million were afloat.
When New York turned out to the
celebration in the. morning a light
haze hung over the harbor, but this
was soon burned up by a bright sun.
The wind was strong and gusty and
kept the flags swapping. The wafer
rippled under the fresh breeze, and the
| dancing little waves seemed to raise
their crusty heads in anticipation of n
sight of the conquerer.
People who went down the bay were
lost in admiration of the display Of
bunting along the water front. On the
East river. from the bridge to the
Battery, where the sailing craft lie in
groves, 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
ensigns and signals. Every craft in
the harbor was decked ont from stem
|
tractiveness known to shippers. But
the display 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 were stretched to the snubbing
post at the corner, and the fronts
| were decorated with the multitude of
| ba
stats and lines of flags above the
ropes. The vessels at their sides We're
dressed from stem to taffrail and some
carried flags on their yards and had
their deckhouses 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 quick
ly to the sight of the flag Up the
river, far off on the Jersey shore and
high on the misty palisades, itgleamed
Viewed From the OIympia's Deck.
The best place from which to view
the great marine PANORAMIC was nat.
urally from the deck of the Olympia
and by the courtesy of Admiral Dewey
three press representatives were per
mitted aboard. Very early the fee
OF steamships, steamboats,, yachts anC
tugs which were to have a place in tn,
line began moving down the bay tC
the allotted points where the severa
divisions were to form, but many o
them could not resist the temptation
to first visit the anchorage of tn,
men-of-war off Tompkinsville, anC
before II O'Clock the Olympia wa
surrounded by perfect mob of ever!
known kind of craft. all swarminI
with people circling around, or push
ing their noses close up under the shi
to get glimpse OF the admiral pacini
the quarter deck. The bands aboari
the excursion boats played and tn
whistles and sirens of the other Graf
made the air hideous by their shrieks
They kept coming. coming in pairs an
half dozens, until they lay a doze
deep, resisting the charges of tn
patrol boats in their determination t
get up within shouting distance.
Their recklessness was amazlnl
They ran across each others bows
they rubbed against one another, the
pushed bow or stern, until furthe
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