The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-30


h.rs stretched the transports. and further
.,sga asnpo~- loE, IN the distance. the yachts
- MISCELLANEOUS craft hull down IN tns
horizon.
vuvsAe STARTS Promptly % Sssse'
IN. evolution bssan - o'eIock. ana Ia
of.e.n minutes the hss:'ng line was
ssyaah;sned out vp the hare1r. Annifsi
ressy vas so.nw 10 hts own place a. ne
hs>s az a squadron tha. woeld have ~on'
A need. tire. battles Of Manila bar WIN
on, stepping for BREAKFAST
The head Of III. column Vas q of"1-
arrow slx torpedo boats spread ou' a.
the bar three on . SIDE from the oiy"-
nsa,p quarter Outside OF them a nJins
vsdss Of police patrol boats fornsa
sr~as v whose ap~x was the ciy"p.A-
Planning mem, ahead AID ssssrn. we're TIE
nartsa~ nre boass splitting srea; volumes
~ xsssr that turned threatsnsnsiy TOWARD
,n. excursion boats On either aide "nsn
,h.x attempted To crowd he bne Of march
S~svuv Every ssess vessel n Sf.
But the pageant back OF this po~sri''
vanguard was not limited 70 single h'e
a ~xtupie line Of sh.rsL Il sss ssnuoos
marine monster half mile wiss. ~noss
vsrssbrae we're the ships o. the ~h'7
.anaaron and WHOSE ribs were rows upon
rgvs Of every sort % floating thing ina,
hsd ever run b. steam In New SosA naf-
BE-.
u.s.s vv~os Dsaek Win PssD1s.
rnou~ands vsswec the spectscis a. IL
moved up past ssafsa Island THOUSANDS
more watched n from the anchored cfait
TIA, crowded the Erie basin. and whose
sea-. ro=e IN a forest about the foot OF
rdssrty street. but they were forgotten ~
the MAJ Of humanity that crowaed the
water Of Manhattan island Ard mad every
min Of vantage along the jersey snore.
ntl,ssss sf People vSewea IL.
This feature Of the sa@ne fret broke on
the view O. Castle william reared an az
mlrsiss nssute 20 the Olympia OK the Dat
t~ry By the tine the answer AMI smoke
ksa did away from the vaks OF tse nag
ship the fmensnaty Of the watching crowd
aa~ned on the crews of the squadron
Every feet % the city water front sas
mae. Of humanity The wnsrvss. the ferry
Stps. the roofs Of ferry and warehouses
rosa one above another In seiid blocks OF
p~ep,s Absxs the Iswer structures Of the
vatsr front svery roof bore rs living
fre.sht Stores. old ONCE buildings ard
modern nrapers were crowded with stands.
usrs anon tiers of seats Bzs an inmsrss
sh~atsr. whose roof wes the sky. whose
walls ~ere the surrounding hills. and whass
back drop ~as the horizon Of lower bay.
A. IN. pageant moved majssticaliy into
the Hudson n Vas sren that the crowd still
ltn>a ta- water front and housetops. thick
er. " possible, than ever. and stretching up
the river along the whole IinT OF ths pa
rasie The heights Of the Jersey sde were
also crowded With parsi-coIored mass~s OF
people They were not such an unoroken
rsnh a. along the whsrves of TIE New
York ade. bu, wherever the wooded Slopes
broke Into clearing the spo, was black
sned with propIs frpus crest TO Eatsriins.
There was no po~sibIs way Of estimating
lbs crowd The morning pagers declared
that thers we're ge visitors IN the city.
The Impression conveyed by the crowded
shor~- w.s that II would have taken that
many. In addition 70 the local population.
60 form the eoncourss thar watched the
water pageant. The spectators might have
been computed In army cofpe. certainly not
by individuals
PusA~messsus 81 Noise.
I'D the Hudscu pandemonium re.snef su-
pr~me Aerial homie broke NJ intervals
overhead IN puss Of white smoke. and a
f~athery canopy ~ steam, hung over the al
vancing sees. - hundreds OF steam whis-
lies s.ream-i continually The nare~ins
throa, of the river crowded the Advancing
v~sssss together in an almost compact mass.
The bread arrow formation Sill drove the
4@fa wssssf
through the ranks OF the waiting vessels.
Tkresseaes storm Clears Away.
Storm clouds tina. had gathered down the
bay followed ciozs IN ne Iasesnfs wake
snArp Wind bred whitscaps even In ths
narrow river, AMI few rain drops pat
tered on the decks The sIars IL an angry
sky colored thu hartor behind me war
shlp~ to molten lead. -pon which the al
xaasic figure o. Liberty ssesnei 20 s,ans'
for a time and was soon swallowed IN q
bank Of gray hare. Then the threatening
say reIented. The sun broke out ahead
and palnt~d across thu szlier clouds rain.
how arch that stretched from Msnhattan
to the Jersey shore Il seemed biz Of
natures art work spread by kinEiy Mira
Gle at the eppcrtane moment. hesxarfnz
mans more humble efforts on snore. by'
forming a nttinw arch Of triumph. beneath
which the victorious admiral sailed % RS
trfampaAs snehorage
Grants Tssh salasea
TIE old Portsmouth.s crew manned tts
rigging as the Olympia passed. ard "a
Grants tomb TIRE naval reserves or ,h-
81, Nary's aid the same. Round The STAKE
boat the olympia turned smartly. her guns
tArehhsne q de~p-throstef salute tn th'
resting place ~ another national hero.
Th4 other vs~~sls OF the white s.uafrof
swung around the ~, Mary's in turn. escF
saiufinx the TOMS. though az the head Of
the tine the sound - further guns sas
Lost IN the roar of steam whistles It.
turn Of the parade broke Tire formation 81
the police beats beyond repair TIE war
ships doubling hack inte Tire mass 81 Al
vsrcins beats threatened fer a time scfi
Gus consequences sut ere Olympia ar
her consorss safely drepp~t anchcr AZ las
IN reversed column ard she water psE~sa
rarsed the admiral In review. TIE pofic'
hoats reaepearea a. Individuals. art IN