Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-05


New York. Sept 30.--No Roman con-
queror returning to his triumph OF
Darbaric spendor; no victorious king
or prince coming home from successful
war ever received suod magnificent
ovation as overwhelmed Admiral Dew
ey Friday as he stood on the bridge Of
the Olympia at the head of the mag
nifcent feet Of steel thunderers of the
deep, followed By a thousand vessels
oi peace, each TERED and coated black
With people, and sailed over the bright
waters Of the upper bay up the broad
pathway Of the sunlit river, whose
banks were gay with millions of flags
and streamers dancing in the wind.
The sky was blue, the water rlppled
under a fresh wind that held out the
flags straight and jaunty, and the
wdarves, piers, rocky heights and
grassy knobs were black with frantic,
enthusiastic people, who striyed weak
~ to make their shouts heard above
the perfect bedam Of footing whistles
that accompanied the admiral ashore
or ahoat As the tomb of Gen. Grant
on Riverside drive was reached the
fleet paid its tribute to the memory of
the great warrior with a naval salute
of Il roaring guns. The feet then
anchored and reviewed the almost
endless procession Of craft that steamed
past, all so burdened with
humanity that they looked as If they
would turn turtle before they got back
to their ports. Toward the end the pa
rade became disorganizd and it took
hours for the Heterogeneous flotilla to
get by. Darkness at last brought relief
to the tired admiral who stood on the
bridge for six hours bowling his &C
acknowledgements to the stentorian eX-
preston of homage New York has
never Witnessed before anything ap-
preaching this wonderful and remark
able, demonstration. 1t is not beyond
the mark to say that three million peo-
pie viewed the pageant from the shore
and a quarter of a million were afOat
Pople who went down the bay We're
lost in admiration of the display Of
bunting along the water front. On
East river from the bridge TO the bat
terry, where sailing craft lie in groves,
spars were covered with such mass Of
color as might be compared to a maple
d IN, IN
the display in East river was not to be
compared with that Of North river, up
which the procession was to pass,
Fronts were decorated with multitudes
of gay devices. The wind shook the
banners from millions Of windows,
porticos and even steeples. Never per-
haps in this generation did hearts that
love il bound so quickly at
the sight of the flag. Very
early the fleet of steamships.
steamboats,, yachts and tugs which
were to have place in line, began NOV
ing down the bay to the allotted points
where several divisions were to form,
bur many of them could not resist the
temptation to first visit the anchorage
OF men OF war off TCmpkinsviile Be
fore II o'clock the Olympia was sur
rounded by a perfect mob OF every kind
Of craft all swanning with people cir
cling round, or pushing their noses
close up under the ship to get a
glimpse OF the admiral pacing the
Band aboard the excur-
sion boats played and whistle sirens Of
other craft made the air hideous by
their shrieks. They kept coming,
In pairs of half dozens, until they lay
/ dozen deep, resisting the charges of
patrol boats in their determination to
get up within shouting distance. Their
was amazing, n was
With great difficulty that the police
boats could clear a passage for the ad-
nGaTs launch when he went of to
return the official visit of the
mayor at noon. When he did
step into his launch the
patriotic shippers ahoat grabbed their
whistle cords and made the hills echo.
Meantime the vessels to take part IN
the parade We're massing over near The
Long Island shore, until that side OF
the harbor became a tangle OF stacks
Of Tags and framework far as the eye
could reach The grassy slopes Of
Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton and
the wharves and shores of Staten ISL
and were covered with sightseers
fleets below.
The warships lay spick and span,
ready for the start, their FURNISHED
metals flaming in the sun, their sides
white as virgin snow The officers If
the fleet did not wear their snowy uni
forms but were attired in special I'M
dress" There were no gold epaulets,
no gold bound beavers. no Gathering OF
words aboard. There was by the ad-
mlrars orders added another 70 the
many evidences Of his unique modesty.
Immediately atser Admiral Dewey
returned from Sandy Hook the order
was s.graIel for the fleet to get under
NOV Tho srq ry y-.gy yy4a hau1p1 No and