The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-30

and forth on the bridge with some speed. IL
seemed quite probable that be was In distress.
Everyone on the shore was. To mako matters
worse the tito yachts had reloaded their can
mons and were banging away broadsides
into the windows OF the neiRhboring
excursion boats. There may have been
at other times rs much noise In
some locality as there was then and there;
In Manila Bay on May /. 1893. for instance.
but 1t would be hard to make any one who
heard that row yesterday believe It, When 1t
finally died down there came an echo OF IL
from across the river where the ships on the
Jersey side we're answering with whistle and
gun.
CROWD cHAsEs THE OLYMPIA.
No sooner did the olympia decrease her
speed than the crowd at Grants Tomb con-
cluded she was about to anchor. and there
swept a vast wave Of humanity down upon the
park. swellei by tho accession OF the thou
sands there who wanted to be as near her rs
possible Besides. who knew but what the
Admiral might take II into his head to land2
80 they streamed toward the point OF vantage
1t was curious progress to see All eyes
were toward the Olympia which was now NOV
ing ahead again. No man looked where he
stepped. Imagine a man laundering along a
steep. grassy hillside with his gaze fixed on
wl-o'-the- that floats above the waves be-
yoHu huitiPJ tlut man w bou riOuoout
and you have the spectacle that was presented
when the crowd began to move after the flag
| ship She seemed to lie going slowly. but
| slowly for a warshp Is fast for man. and
| the crowd fell behind Still they strug-
Rled on. Now and again q man would
stumble. fall and go rolling down the
bank. perhaps knocking others down as he
went. Here and there a woman would drop.
| tripped in the rush or unable to keep the pace
Nobody pad any attention. Like people fns
! cinated they hurried on. separating to PASS
those who dropped. lodging the human ava
lanches that Numbered down the slope. always
| with their eyes fixed on the white ship that
| moved In the midst OF the swarm OF assorted
| craft 1t was the Pied Piper o! Hamelin on
grotesquely huge scale, lacking only that the
| thousands should overthrow tho banks and
throw themselves into the river to complete
the parallel.
Fortunately the Olympia didn't go far AS
she reached the float OF Victory she met the
Chicago. which brought up the rear OF the line
| on her way up. 1t was then only about 3
O'Clock. tho time at which tho crowd had s1-
pected the Admiral to come In sight.
| CONFUSION AMONG THE SHIPS
1t seemed now as II there was some confusion
among the ships Torpedo boats were COM
ing and going. the Olympia was forging
ahead very slowly. the New York was
close behind her. and then came the
battleshps. but the Chicago still pass
ing UP toward the st. Mary's. was almost
| at standsti!l Again the flagship seemed to
| slow UP and then to take a fresh start 1t
| looked as IL the crowding OF the excursion craft
was bothering her. They were mover silent for
a minute. but were whistling warnings and d.
recting signals to each other constantly. with no
evidence whatsoever that any OF them paid the
I ipht NJ att 70 ha Oth
ally the people on tho shore could
catch the fltful strains OF a band. which
seemed to be on one OF the big excursion boata
There was some cheering. too. but it sounded
| very faint and didn't encourage the crowds to
| vent their enthusiasm in that manner. When
the dirofu steam whistle is grooming to itself.
| the best place for the human voice is in the
| human bosom.
| Presently the Olympia did stop. definitely
this time. From certain movements aboard it
| looked as II she were dropping anchor and
when she drifted back toward the Tomb and
| then held stea ly every one know that there was
| her stopping place until the parade was past
| All along the near points OF the bank the
crowd swarmcd more thickly than it had at
any other place during the day The proprietor
| OF the telescope had been swept away
in the great rush and had been seen
proceeding toward the foot OF the
slope in manner suggesting that it
was rather in obedience to the law OF CRAWL
taton than following the dictates OF his better
judgment. since his legs and those OF tho tri-
pod were wildly and indiscriminately waving
in the air and his beloved glass was clasped TO
his bosom. But he got himself and his
possession settled again. and this time took a
good long look himself. The Admiral, he re-
ported was looking serene as near as he could
Judge from the back Of his head. as he