Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-10-05

y Dihch WIFI people ana sdileu over III
bright waters Of the upper bay and ~
the broad pathway of the sunlit river
o whose banks were gay with millions o
flags and streamers dancing in lh'
wind. As the tomb of Gen. Grant OF
the Riverside drive was reached thu
fleet paid its tribute to the memory o.
!, the great warrior with national salute
Of 81 roaring guns. The fleet then
anchored and reviewed the almost end
= less procession of craft that steamed
past. also burdened with humanity
that they looked as if they would turn
turtle before they got back to their
piers. Toward the end the parade be-
$ came disorganized and it took hours for
r the heterogeneous tloti.la to get by.
t Darkness at last brought relief to the
, tired admiral who had stood on the
bridge for six hours bowling his ac-
: acknowledgements to the stentorian ex-
preston of homage.
When New York turned out to the
: celebration Yesterday morning light
haze hung over the harhor, but this
was soon burned up by the bright sun
which bathed sea and city in its bril-
liant radiance. The wind was strong
and gusty and kept the flags swapping.
The water rippled under the fresh
breeze and the dancing little waves
seemed to raise their crusty heads in
anticipation Oft sight of the conqueror.
People who went down the bay were
lost in admiration of the display of
bunting along the water front, From
the peaks of every pier long ropes
strung with flags of every hue was
stretched to the snubbing post at the
corner. the fronts were decorated with
the multitude of gay devices. There
were flags on the stats and lines of
flags above the ropes.
The evolution began at one o'clock
and in 10 minutes the fighting line
was Strengthened out up the harbor.
The head of the column was broad
arrow. Six torpedo boats spread out
at the bar, three on side from the
Olvmpia's quarter. Outside Of them
flying wedge of police patrol boats
formed great V whose apex was the
Olympia. Thanking them, ahead and
astern, were the harbor fire boats,
spouting great columns of water that
turned threateningly toward the ex-
cursion boats on either side when they
attempted to crowd the line of march.
But the pageant back of this powerful
vanguard was not limited to a single
nor sextuple line of ships. 1t was a
sinuous marine monster half a mile
wide whose vertebre were the ships of
the white squadron and whose ribs
were rows upon rows Of every sort Of
floating thing that had ever run by
steam in New York harbor
Thousands viewed the spectacle as it
moved up past Staten island, thousands
more watched it from the anchored
craft that crowded the Erie basin and
whose spars rose in forest about the
foot of Liberty. But they were for
gotten in the mass of humanity that
crowded the water front of Manhattan
island and filled every point Of vantage
along the Jersey shore. Every foot of
the city water front was mass of hui
manity. The wharves the ferry slips,
the roofs Of ferry and warehouse rose
one above another in solid blocks of
people above the lower structures of
water front every roof bore its living
freight.
The Old Portsmouth's crew manned
the rigging as the Olympia passed and
off Grants tomb the navai reserves on
the st. Mary's did the same. Round
the stake boat the Olympia turned
smartly, her guns throbbing a deep
throated salute to the resting place of
another national hero. The other YES
salS Of, the white squadron swung
4sunr tine oJ. mary . IN ...., 49,
saluting the tomb, though at the head
of the line the sound of the further
guns was lost in the roar of steam
whistles
The turn of the parade broke the
formation of the police boats beyond
repair. The warships doubling back
into the mass of advancing boats
threatened for time serious conse.
quences, but the Olympia and her con-
sorts safely dropped anchor at last in
reversed column and the water pageant
passed the admiral in review. The po-
lice boats reappeared as individuals
and unceremoniously shouldered in
truding vessels out of the line Of
march. The official procession and its
varied following Of tugs, launches,
steam ,dredges and excursion boats
rounded the st. Mary's and came down
the river in an indistinguishable
aquatic mob that was still passing
along as the night illumination had
begun.
New York, Oct. 2.-The functions
and the receptions that have figured
so prominently in the daily life of Adj
miral Dewey since his arrival off Sandy
Hook last Tuesday morning have
proven almost too much for his
strength. The admiral has been under /
such perpetual physical and nervous /
strain that he is now almost exhausted. /
Saturdays ceremonies were the most :
taxing on his strength of any that he {
has yet had to undergo, and he ap. =,
peared yesterday looking pale and
worn, despite the fact that he retired
early Saturday evening and enjoyed a 3
good nights rest The admiral yester.
dav was too fatiuued tn do more than n