The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
RALEIGH AND MANILA
HEROES GET OVATION

NEW YORK, April 16.-The celebra-
ton attending the return of the United
States cruiser Raleigh from Manila,
which had to be postponed yesterday
owing to the warship's late arrival, oc-
Cured to-day. The Raleigh, accompa-
MED by two small war vessels cap
tured from the Spaniards last summer
and a fleet of about twenty-five eXcur
sion steamers and tugboats, paraded
from Tompkinsville to Grants tomb,
and from there back to anchorage in
the North River off Thirty fourth
street.
A. steady downpour of rain fell from
noon on The air was raw and the ofti-
GERS and men of the Raleigh stood upon
the decks three hours, drenched to the
skin and shivering with cold. There We're
very few people along the river front in
the lower part of the city, owing partly
to the fact that the entrances to the piers
are closed on Sundays. But great crowds
ing the Hudson, and men, women and
children stood there for hours under UNI
brellas watching the vessels on their way
up the river and return. By far the
greatest gathering of people was in the
vicinity of Grants tomb, which was the
turning point of the parade. A national
salute was fired there by the Raleigh and
also by the captured Spanish prizes, and
the scene was rendered memorable one
by the shrieking of a hundred steam
whistles from excursion boats and To-
comotives and cheers from thousands of
people on shore and on vessels in the
river.
The Raleigh lay at anchor off Tomp-
kinsville ali the morning. About 10
o'clock several excursion steamers arriv
ed from the city, ran alongside of her
Cog coghian % the wifi Wife OF of the @ commander of
the cruiser arrived az TompkinSville at
about $3.50 o'clock. She took small boat
and went out to the Raleigh and welcom-
ed her husband Captain Coghlan. was
apprised early of the intentions of the
reception committee to visit the Raleigh
and accompany her on the parade. He
of paint, and all the officers prenared for
the occasion by putting. on full dress.
Rain commenced to fall soon after 10
o'clock, and an hour later the decks were
flooded and every one on the Raleigh was
seeking shelter. Boats of every descrip-
ton continued to arrive from the city,
and each one ran up as close to the
Raleigh as possible and cheered for her.
The two captured gunboats, the Alvarado
and Sandoval, arrived from the navy
yard early, both dressed gatly with flags
and bunting, and they created almost as
much enthusiasm as the Raleigh her
self.
About II o'clock the large steamer Glen
Island arrived, carrying the citizens
ception committee, headed by Mayor Van
Wyck, and also having on board a num-
ber of invited guests. A delegation from
the committee, numbering not more than
a score went aboard the Raleigh All
hands on the cruiser were called to quar-
ters, and Mayor Van Wyck and the other
committeeman were received with naval
formality. Captain Coghlan stood at the
gangway and received the visitors and
escorted them Immediately to his cabin.
The ceremony was very brief, consuming
not more than five minutes. The Mayor,
in a few words, welcomed the Raleigh to
New York, and extended the freedom of
the city TO the officers and men. Captain
Coghlan replied briefly. There was no in
have been almost impossible in the
drenching rain that was falling. The COM
mittee returned to the Glen Island at
once. and as Mayor Van Wyck left the
fifteen guns. The Raleigh was headed
down the stream at the time and when
she raised her anchor and swung around
slowly, the whistles on all the craft near
her shrieked a salute, and the people on