Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-30
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II foulod again. and 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. lie sent for the officer under
whose direction the order was executed,
and called him up on the bridge Il am
ashamed Of this" he said, in the tone OF
a sailor giving command in roaring
gale, "and l am ashamed Of YOU"
Several times, as the excursion boats
cheered as they passed close to the Olym-
pia, the Admiral called upon the crew TO
stand by and cheer. Each time the sail
ors leaped upon the steel bulwarks, and
with swinging caps responded to tho com
mand with three splitting roaTs. When
! the crowd of vessels about the flagship
became so dense that the progress OF the
rest of the parade was impeded, the Ad-
| miral ordered the police patrol-boats 20
| clear the way for the ships that had left
| the line, and had spread themselves about
! the Olympia ike a flock of wild fowl. He
, did not leave the bridge until the APP
preaching darkness turned the ships in
I the demoralized fag-end of the procession
! back TO their piers.
THE ERIN MUCH APPLAUDED.
After the Warsnips. 81! Thomas Lipton's
steam yacht, the Erin was most
/ applauded. Sir Thomas had taken up
position on the bridge OF the Erin the
moment she got under way TO guide the
stsrboard column, and except for few
minutes spent on the quarterback, just
after passing the Battery, he remained
It the side Of the skipper, Captain Mat
thewS waving his yachting cap in re-
Spouse TO the salutes until after the
Erin had rounded the turning-point, off
! Grants tomb. There were many distin-
/ guished guests on the Erin Including the
/ Hon. Charles Russell, who arrived from
! England yesterday; Sir X. Burdett, Wal
| ford Burdet;, Hugh c. HcGildOway.
| James Craig, Colonel Sharmuu- Crawford,
and Or. +. MacKey. In the Inc OF
| yachts were two other foreign visitors
| the Ell King and the White Ladye.
/ While the reception which greeted them
was ear-splittiug and noisy enough for all
purposes, il was not nearly 50 onthusias-
tic as the serenade given 70 the passing
Erin.
THE CITYS WELCOME.
NEW YORK, September 22-The for
nal welcome Of New York to Admiral
| Dewey was extended this forenoon. when
over loo officials and guests, including
/ the special Welcoming Committee, called
Oh the Admiral and presented medal to
| him. The party Wen. out on the big
steamer Sandy Hook, escorted BY the
polce-boat Patrol.
The ceremony. which began at Ii
o'clock, was Of short duration
Tho party included Governors Nc
! Sweeney, Of South Carolina, and McAll-
1 lin. OF Tennessee; Arcl bishop Corrigan,
/ Senator Depcw Richard Croker, and
some OF admiral Dewey relatives
! AIULTITUDES DO Hun HONOR
| NEW YORK, September 29-Had It
been possible for Admiral Dewey to OBJ
tain q bird's-eye view of Greater New
York and its enyirons to-day, ne would
have seen in his honor assembled ths
| greatest number Of individuals ever at
tracted By a single man or a single idea.
The estimates Of those who helped cele-
brate Dewcy's arrival run from $4,000
! upwards.
PROTECTING DISPLAY.
NEW YORK. September 29.-Never be-
! tcle in the history Of New York has this
[ city witnessed q greater pyrOJechuic and
/ electrical display than that with which
| the return OF Admiral George Dewey wa
!
| rounding the Island Of Manhattan to-
night.
No more picturesque spectacle has ever
| been presented 20 30 large a cOncourse
/ gathered ON both shores Of the North
river as that OF the great hulSs OF the
! battleships of Deweys fleet silhOuetted
! against the dark background Of the sky.
and shining from stem To STEIN with
myriads OF incandescent lights, while in
Vulnerable brilliantly decorated yachts
ana other riyer-craft hOnored the na-
| TONS hero.
One hundred thousand people saw the
illumination from Riverside Drive near
Grants tomb Sir Thomas Lipton's
yacht Erin WAS brilliantly lighted with
streamers of white lights and the name
Erin I'm green between the masts
From The bay the letters on the Brook
! I'm bridge, Welcome Dewey" were
plainly visible, and were one Of the fea-
lures of the celebration many persons
/ gong out IN the bay on boats TO see this
! display.
NATURE LENDS HER AID.
As If TO join the popular acclaim TO the
| great Admiral, nature lent her forces 20
the display of fireworks, for the western
SKY was Illuminated frequently during
the evening with flashes of lightning,
! showers at times interIuptlng the sky
| rocket proceedings, though tut slightly
dampening the good nature OF some OF
! the crowds.
There WIS seemingly no END 10 the dis
! play of fireworks. Every wharf. landing.
/ and pier had It's quota of sight seers. and
| the enthusiasm was superabundant From
| the nCusetOps, as well as from the side
| walks powder by the barrel was burned,
! ana rockets Were sent aloft, in honor Of
! the hero Of Manila.
over on the Jersey shore the display
was lust as generous, and the sky was
| lighted with the blaze OF fireworks.
making the surrounding seas bright as
| midday
Brooklyn and Staten Island contributed
| 10 the general and generous burning OF
powder.
AN ARMY OF MILITIA.
NEW YORK. September 29.-In New
! York city an army Of National Guards
men IS camped tonight Major-General
! Roe says there VIII be 1900 soldiers In
| line tomorrow. Nearly all the troops are
already I'm the city
| Two battalions Of the National Guard Of
! Georgia. from Atlanta. arrived AT the
/ Fourteenth Regiment Armory, In Brook
! lvu early to-day. Five hundred are quar-
| tered Ina the armory.
AT No. 81 east Fourth street are the
| following South Carolina troops: Wash
| iugi0n Light Infantry. OF Charleston;
| German Fusiliers, Of Charleston sumter
| Guards. OF Charleston; irish Volunteers,
| OF Charleston; the Timmonsviile Guards
| the Sumter Light Infantry. the smith
| Rifles and the Richland Volunteers.
The Waycross Rifles, OF GeorSia. WITH
the Thomasville Guards and the saNan-
nah Cadets. are at the Fourteenth Regl-
mCnt Armory. Brooklyn.
MARTIAL Law TO-DAY OR MONDAY.
! LONDON. September 2o.-The corrc'