The age-herald., 1899-09-29

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 It is expected that the line will be nine miles long and that half a million people will be afoat The parade with the Olym- pia in the van will move up the North river to the stakeaoat St. Mary, an old practice ship of the navy. which Is moored opposite the Grant mausoleum in Riverside park. After rounding the starboard side of the boat the Olympia will come to anchor below two beautiful floats representing peace and victory, and each warship in its turn will drop in below the flagship. The national salute of twentyone guns will be fired in honor of the hero of AppomattoX. The torpedo boats and revenue cutters will archor opposite the line of warshlps under the bluff and between these two lines the civic part of the parade Will pass in re- view.
 HOwison Yields to Sampson
 Rear Admiral Howison has gracefully yielded the precedence to Rear Admiral Sampson in the matter of ships division. The commander of the South Atlantic sta tion will simply be present as a specta tor and bring up the end of the line with the Chicago. Rear Admiral Sampson will fol- low the Olympia in the New York but will fly the red flag while Howison flies the blue.
 Tomorrow night the grandest illumina- tions and fireworks display in the history ol the city will occur. Tonight there was q pitilihIhdiy Ol rare beauty. All the buildings on the water front were lighted up. On the Brooklyn bridge in let ters of fire thirty feet high flashed the words, "Nelcome, Dewey" while simul- taneously from the shores of the East and Month rivers, Staten and Governors Islands red fire glowed and sputtered sending up fantastic clouds of smoke, turning the calm water into sea of lurid flame and transforming the carft in the harbor into red sDectres
 One thousand two hundred strong the peoples choral union led by Frank Dam- rosch paid a tribute of song tonight to the sea heroes. About 70 singers were women. In the steamer Warwick they left the pier at Beekman street a 7:40 D. m. and forty minutes later the Warwick lay to fifty yards from the stern of the Olympia.
 My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was the first number and as soon as it was over the jackies and officers expressed their appre- ciation by three hearty cheers and a tiger.
 Then the flashlights played and showed the admirals flag at the masthead. Three cheers rose from the Warwick, and then the 1,2e0 singers broke forth into the stir ring strain, See the Conquering Hero Come The band of the Olympia played the Star Spangled Banner and the band on the Warwick joined in and the Olym- plans helped the visitors to fill the night air with the magnificent chorus.
 "Three cheers for Bewey' some one on the Warwick called, and a went up from the dark line along the rail of the Olympia as well as from the excursion boat. The union next sang "The Hallalu- iah Chorus from Handers Messiah as the Warwick drew away, but the anxiety of the singers to crowd the bow and try to get a glimpse of the admiral cut the singing short. Farther away the Warwick drew and the singers united in the fine music of "Men of Harlech" that was well under way when the national colors were -tA thn
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