The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03

craft leaving h line below III crowd
ing s fiercely about the Olympia that
she was manouvered with great diff
Guilty. The excursion boats. loaded to
the guards with people, were almost
criminally reckless as they passed
along. many of them listed so far hat
n wheel was buried deep while the
other scarcely touched the wat0. The
admiral was sometimes annoyed by the
crowding Of these craft, but he retain
ed his ~equanimity through 1t all, bow
ing and removing his cap to the exult-
ing and cheering crowds. 1t was not
until all the warships had passed in
review before the Olympia at anchor
below the beautiful floats representing
Peace and Victory, that the one Incl
dent OF the day occurred, which show
ed that with his ~geneality, the hero Of
Manila could ais be a very stern sail
or. In less than a minute after the
Chicago had passed the Olympia, by the
admiraPs order, a stream of signal flags
ordered the vessels of the fleet to dress
ship and the crews of the men-of-war
ran up rainbows of signal flags, from
stem to stern over their topmasts.
MAN-OF-wAR DISCIPLINE.
The order was beautifully executed,
except aboard the flagship, where the
fouliDE Of the line in the top of one of
the stacks, caused a delay, Admiral
Dewey instantly roared out a command
for someone to ease the line. 1t fouled
again and a nimble sailor was sent
aloft to clear it 1t was perhaps two
minutes before the flags were in their
proper place. The admiral was plainly
displeased. He sent for the officer I'M
der whose direction the order was ex-
ecuted and called him upon the bridge.
II am ashamed of this" he said in the
tone Of a sailor giving command in a
roaring gale, land I am ashamed of
you"
Severa times, when the excursion
boats cheered as they passed close to
the Olympia, the admiral called upon
the crew to stand by and cheer. Each
time the sailors leaped upon the steel
bulwarks, n with swinging caps, re-
Sponded to the with throat
splitting roars. When the crowd Of YES
sells about the flagship became SO dense
that the progress of the rest Of the pa
rade was impeded, the admiral ordered
the police patrol boat to clear the way
for the ships that had left the line
and had spread themselves the
Olympia like a flock Of wild fowl. He
did not leave the bridge until the ap-
preaching darkness truned the ships in
the demOralized tail end of the process
sion pack to their piers.
FOREIGN VESSELS IN THE LINE.
After the warships, Sir Thomas Lip
toms s~teamyacht, the Erin, vas much
~applauded. Sir Thomas had taken up
a position on the bridge of the Erin
the moment she got under to
| guide the s~tarboard column, and ex-
cept for a few minutes spent on the
| quarterback, just after passing the bat
terry, he remained at the side of the
skipper, Captain Matthews, waving his
Watching cap in response to the sa-
lutes, until after the Erin had rounded
the turning point off Grants tomb.
There were many distinguished guests
on the Erin, including the Hon. Charles
Russell, who arrived from England
yesterday; Sir r. Burdett, Walford
Craig, Colonel Sharman-Crawford and
| DR.. F. Mackey.
In the line Of yachts were two other
foreign visitors, the Erl King and the
White Ladye. While the reception
which greeted them was ear-spiitting
and noisy enough for all purposes, ii
was not nearly so enthusiastic as the
| serenade to the passing Erin.
NEW YORK CITY'S WELCOME TO
DEWEY.
New York, September 29.-The for
NAL welcome of New York to Admiral
Dewey was extended this forenoon
when the mayo and a distinguished
podv of over 1000 officials and guests
including the special welcoming com
mittee. called or the admiral and pre-
sented a medal to him. The party went
out on the big steamer Sandy Hook
escorted by the police boat Patrol.
The ceremony, which began at Il
o'clock. was of short duration. The par.
ty included Governors insolvency, o.
South Carolina, and McMillin, of Ten.
nessee; Archbishop Corrigan, Senator
Depew, Richard Croker and some O.
Admiral Dewey's relatives.
LARGEST CROWD EVER ASSEM-
BLEED BY A SINGLE MAN.
New York, September 29.-Had i
been possible for Admiral Dewey t.
have obtained a birds eye view o
Greater New York and it's environs to
day he would have seen in his homo
assembled the greatest number of in
dividuals ever attracted by a singh
man or a single idea. The estimates o
those who helped celebrate Dewey's ar
rival run from 2,500, 900 upwards.
THE PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY LAS,
NIGHT.
Never before in the history Of New
York has this city witnessed a create
DyEOlocilnlc anu electrical UlSpldy Ild.
that with which the return of Admire
George Dewey was celebrated in tn
harbor and waters surrounding the is
land OF Manhattan tonight.
No more picturesque spectacle ha
even been presented to so large a cor
course gathered on both shores of tn
North river as that Of the ulk of tn
battleships of Dewey's fleet silhouette
!, against the dark background of tn
: sky and shining from stem stern wit
myriads of ~incandescant lights, Will
t all around innumerably decorate
d. yachts and other craft honored the na
tons hero.
l O~nehundred thousand people saw til
d. illumination from the Riverside driv
= near Grants tomb. Sir Thoma Lily
] tons yacht Erin was brilliantly lighte
] with of white lights and tt
+ name Erin in green between the mast
. From the bay the letters on the Brool
lyn bridge Welcome Dewey" WEI
;. plainly visible and were one of the fe;
e lures of the celebration.
n There was seemingly no end to Il
d display, of fireworks. Everywhere Lane