El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-29
To The First Living Citizen
Of The United
States
DEWEY CELEBRATION
Begun Under The Most
Favorable Auspices
City Thronged With
Visitors.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The Dewey
most favorable auspices. The weather
is charming.
After weeks active preparations
the people have turned themselves
loose to honor the nations hero.
AS becomes q sailor, the fret of the
two days celebration will be devoted
to q demonstration on the water.
. Nearly every vessel owned by Amer
icaus and propelled by steam was as
signed to place in the line of the
naval parade. and at an early hour
their crews were astir making ready
for the great event.
The shores of the bay and rivers
were lined with crafts of all sorts and
sizes and neatly be decked with flags
and bunting.
Tied up to their piers were ships
and immense ocean liners dressed out
in flags containing every national color.
in the river and on the bay innumer-
able tugs, yachts and excursion boats
were dsrting around with colors flying.
stopping occasionally at their wharves
. to pick up the thousands who were to
view the water demonstration from
their decks.
AS early as 6 O'Clock the people be-
gan to work toward North river. By
10 o'clock the banks of the river, both
on the New York and New Jersey sides,
were black with humanity waiting for
the river spectacle to begin.
Excursion tugs and steamboat in
the meantime had taken on their car
goes of human freight and started for
the rendezvous ready to file into their
allotted places in the line of parade.
The crowds were typical of the coun-
try, hustling but good natured with all.
Every man, woman and child wore
bit of red, white and blue or some
souvenir of the occasion.
While the city was in q roar and
hustle Mayor Van Wyck and the citi-
zens reception committee, whose duty
it was to formally welcome the victori-
GUS admiral to the city, were assembl-
ing on board the official steamer Sandy
Hook. With them were the governors
of different states who had accepted in
vitations to take part in the ceremon-
les and other invited guests.
The run down the bay was made in |
half an hour. Here tremendous |
HotilIa of vessels of all descriptions |
were found in waiting.
Prominent among them were the |
Olympia and the fighting monsters
forming the North Atlantic squadron.
The warships were dressed in colors
from stem to stern.
The Sandy Hook proceeded to within
a short distance of the Olympia and
the party boarded the admiral's flag
ship. She was joined by thespolice
boat patrol.
The mayor was accompanied by his
private secretary, AL Downes, Hon.
Guggenheim, the pre-
sident of the council, and Hon. Thomas
P. Woods, president of the board of
aldermen, who were transferred to the
patrol, which in turn transferred the
party to Dewey's flagship.
Lieut.. Brumby, Dewey's flag officer,
met the party at the gaugway and
escorted them to the after deck, where I
George Dewey, the modest naval Off ,
Ger who "only did his duty stood
in full admiral's uniform. 7
After the usual formalities were ex- G
changed, Mayor Van Wyck stepped !
forward and formally welcomed Dewey g
and extended to him and his officers
and gallant crew the freedom of the
city.
Then lunch came. .
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-It was 1880
o'clock when all the vessels that were
20 take part in the parade had assem-
,led in the lower bay and we'll ready p
% fall in line.
Half an hour later the signal was o
,iven and dozen police boats, led by q
he Patrol, started up the bay and to-
Yards North river to lead the van and a
Ieep the course clear. lie