The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-30

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-No Roman con-
queror returned from his triumphs of
barbaric splendor; no victor, chieftain or
prince, coming home from a successful
war, ever received such a magnificent
ova ton as overwhelmed Admiral Dewey
as he stood on the bridge of the Olympia,
at the head Of a magnificent fleet of steel
thunderers of the deep, followed by
thousand vessels of peace, each TERED
and coated black with people, over the
black waters of the upper bay, over the
bread pathway of the sunlit river, whose
shores were covered with thousands of
stree mers and flags that waved in the
breeze The wharves, piers, rocky heights
and grassy knobs were black with fran
tic, enthusiastic people, who strived weak
ly to make their shouts heard above the
perfect Bedlam of footing whistles that
accompanied the admiral ashore and
afcat
AS the tomb. of Grant, at Riverside
Park. was reached, the feet paid its tri-
butte to the memory of the great warrior
with national salute of twenty-one
roaring guns. The fleet then anchored
and reviewed the almost endless process
sion of craft that steamed past, all Sc
burdened with humanity that they looked
as if they would turn turtle before they
got back to their piers. Towards the
end the parade got dlsorganized, and 1t
took hours for the heterogeneous fleet to
get by Darkness at last brought relief
to the tired admiral, who had stood on
the bridge for six hours, bowling his ac-
acknowledgements to the stentorian ex-
preston of homage.
New York has never witnessed before
anything approaching this wonderful, re-
markabe demonstration. The Columbian
naval parade, the dedication of Grants
tomb and the reception of the North At
lantic squadron last fall all pale before
this gigantic ovation to the sailor who,
in a single morning, destroyed an enemy's
fleet without the loss of man or a ship.
1t is not beyond the mark to say that
100000 people viewed the pageant from
ashore, and that 250,000 were afloat.
When New York turned out to the cele-
bration this morning a light haze hung
over the harbor, but this was soon burn
ed up by the bright sun, which bathed
sea and city in it's brilliant radiance.
Wind was strong and gusty, and kept the
flags Tapping. The water, under the
fresh breeze, made dancing little
waves, which seemed to raise their cresty
ccEGueror.
LOST IN ADMIRATION.
People who went down the bay were
lost in admiration at the scene along the
river front On the East river, from the
bridge to the battery where sailing craft
lie in groves, the spars were covered with
such mass of color as might be com
pared to a maple grown hillside in the
deep autumn Tall spars of the clippers
were conspicuous for their ensigns and
signals. Every craft in the harbor was
6eclIed out from stem to stern with all the
grace and attraetiveness known to skip
pers. But the display in the East river
was not to be compared with that of the
North river, up which the procession was
to pass. From the peaks of every pier
long ropes strung with flags of every hue
were stretched to the snubbing post at
the corner. The fronts were decorated
with multitude of gay colors There
were flags on the staffs and lines of flags
above the tops.
The vessels at the side were dressed
from stem to taffrail, and some carried
flags on their yards and had their deck
houses covered The wind shook the
banners from millions of windows, por-
ticos and even steeples, and never per-
haps in this generation did hearts that
love it bound so quickly to the sight of
the flag. Up the river, far off Jersey
shores, and from the misty palisades it
blew.
FROM OLYMPIA'S DECK
The best spot from which to view the
great pageant was naturally from the
deck of the Olympia, and, by the courtesy
of Admiral Dewey an Associated Press
representative was permitted aboard,
Very early the fleet of steamships, steam
boats, yachts and tugs, which were to
have place in the line, began moving
down the bay to the allotted points
where the several divisions were to form,
but many of them could not resist the
temptation to first visit the anchorage
of the men-of-war off Tompkinsville, and
before II o'clock the Olympia was sur
rounded by perfect mob of every known
kind of craft, all swarming with people,
circling around or pushing their noses
close up to the ship to get a glimpse of
the admiral pacing the quarter deck. The
bands on board the excursion boats
played stirring airs, and whistles and
siren of the other craft made the air