The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
THE CRUISER RALEIGH
She Will Come to Wilmington to De-
liver the Gun Captured from the
Spanfaads at Manila and to Receive
the Additional silver Plate From Mr.
and Mrs. Haywood

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Washington, April 1.-THE cruiser
Raleigh will shortly go to Wilmington.
N. c., the nearest port to Raleigh, the
city whose name she bears, TO receive
from a citizens committee some addi-
tional pieces of silver in the service
presented by the city of Raleigh. After
that she will go to Charleston, and
touch other points not yet designated.
THE RALEIGH'S RECEPTION AT
NEW YORK.
New York, April 16.-The celebration
attending the return Of the United
States cruiser Raleigh from Manila,
which a to be postponed yesterday
owing to the warship's late arrival, oc-
CURED today. The Raleigh, accompan-
led by two small war vessels captured
from the Spaniards asst summer and
a feet of about twenty-five excursion
steamers and tug boats, paraded from
Tompkinsville to Grants tomb, and
from there back to the anchorage in
the North RIVER, off Thirty-fourth
street. 1t would have been difficult to
have selected more inclement or disa-
greeable weather h that which pre-
vailed all the time that the Raleigh
was passing in review before the thou
sands of enthusiastic people who lined
the river banks and gave her their
hearty cheers Of welcome home.
The cruiser did not leave her anchor
age off Tompkinsville for the parade
up the bay and the Hudson river until
shortly before noon. An hour before
that time a drizzling rain commenced
to fall, ard this soon turned into a
steady d. our, which continued the
remainder the day. The air was raw
and the officers and men of the Raj
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drenched to the Skin and shiVering
with cold. There were very few people
along the river front in the lower part
Of the city, owing partly to the weather
and partly to the fact that the en-
frances to the piers are generally clos
ed on Sunday. But great crowds as
sembled in Riverside park, overlooking
the Hudson. And men, women and
children stood there for hours under
umbrellas watching the vessels on
their way up the river and or their re-
turn.
By far the greatest gathering of peo-
pie was in the vicinity of Grants TOMB,
which Was the turning point of the
parade. A national salute was fired
there by the Raleigh and also by the
captured Spanish prizes, and the scene
was rendered memorable by the shrek
ing of a hundred steam whistles from
excursion boats and locomotives and
CHEERS from thousands or people or
shore and on the vessels in the river
The Raleigh lay at anchor off Temp.
kinsville all the morning, and no spe.
cial excitement attended her presence
there until about 10 o'clock, when sew
eral excursion steamers arrived from
the city, ran alongside of her and cheer
ed her time and again. Mrs. Coghlan
the wife of the commander of TIN
cruiser, arrived at Tompkinsville be
tween 9 and 10 o'clock, where she tool
a small boat and went out to the Raj
eigh and welcomed her husband.
About II o'clock the large steame
Glen Island arrived, carrying the citi
Zens' reception committee, headed b.
Mayor Van Wyck and also having OF
board a number Of invited guests. 4
delegation from the committee, mum
bering lot more than a score went OF
board the Raleigh. ALI hands on tn,
cruiser were called to quarters, an
Mayor Van Wyck and the other com
mftteemen were received with nava
formality. Capt. Coghlan stood at tn
gangway and received the visitors an
escorted them Immediately to his cabin
The ceremonies there were very brief
consuming not more than five minutes
The mayor in a few words welcomed
the Raleigh to New York, extended tn,
freedom of the city to the officers a
men. AS Mayor Van Wyck left tn,
side OF the Raleigh he received a salut,
of fifteen uns. The naval procession
followed.