Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-10-05


York. Oct. /. - No Roman con-
-onrned to his triumphs of bar
loloudor: no victor, chieftain or
coming home from a successful
|rr received such a magnificent
As overwhelmed Admiral Dew
n stood on the bridge of the
\, at the head Of a magnincent
! steel thunderers Of the deep.
n nv a thousand vessels OF
saeh tered and coated black
.oule. over the black waters OF
IN bay over the. broad pathway
|snnlit river whose shores We're
with thousands of streamers
r. that waved III the breeze.
(~Rsryes,. piers, rock heights and
knOlls were black with frantic,
.stic people. who strived weak
make their shouts heard above
Rect bedlam of footing whistles
Ompanied the admiral, ashore
boat.
n tomb of Grdnt at Riverside
ess reached the fleet paid its
! TO tie memory of the great
With a national salute of twen-
roaring guns. The feet then
IA ard reviewed the almost end
kcession of craft that steamed
so burdened with humanity
lev looked as if they would turn
before they got back to their
Toward the end the parade got
)nized and it took hours for the
keneous fleet to get by. Dark
! last brought relief to the tired
who had stood on the bridge
hours bowling his acknowledge
10 the stentorian expressions OF
New York has
Never Witnessed Before
e approaching this wonderful,
table demonstration. The Co
naval parade, the dedication
pts tomb and the reception of
rh Atlantic squadron last fall,
before this gigantic ovation to
FOR who, in a single morning,
|ed an enemy's feet without the
man or a ship.
bot beyond the mark to say that
lillian people viewed the pa
pom shore and that a quarter Of
p were afloat. When New York
put to the celebration yesterday
a light haze hung over the
but this was soon burned up
bright sun, which bathed the
city with its brilliant radiance.
as strong and gusty and kept
mapping. The water under
D breeze made the dancing lit
es which seemed to raise their
Peads in anticipation Of q sight
fonquerer.
who went down the bay were
admiraticn at the scene along
front. On the East river,
{ bridge to the battery, where
craft lie II groves, the spars
sered with such a mass OF color
De compared to a maple
pAslde in The deep autumn.
or the clippers were con-
Tor their assigns and signals.
isn Ia the harbor was decked
STEM to stern with all the
Rna effectiveness known to
hui the display In the East
as not to be compared with
Tue North river, up which the
.n was to pass. From the
every pier long ropes strung
rags of Every Hue
ETCHED to the snubbing post Mt
RI tne fronts were decorated
multitude of gay colors. There
= on the staffs and lines Of
ove the tops.
seis at the side We're dressed
- 70 tafrrail and some carried
eheir yards and had their deck
ovefed. The wind shook the
nom millions Of windows,
anu even steeples. and never,
~ tnis generation did hearts
y bound so quickly at the
sae nag, Up the river, far off
es, and from the misty
Nariy the fleet of steamships,
yachts and tugs which
ase a place in the line began
Sown Nrs bay to the allotted
le the several divisions were
oul many of them could not
'snptation to first visit the
OK the men-of-war Off
lie, and before IL o'clock
- 90 was surrounded by a per-
every known kind of craft,
hung with people, circling
pushing their noses close ND
10 get a glimpse Of the adj
ue quarter deck. The
roard the excursion boats
tlng airs and whistles and
ae other craft made the air
.heir shrieks. They kept
naing In pairs and half-doz-
ney lay a dozen deep, resist
ges OF the patrol heats In
dissanation to get within
TI r.