Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-10-05
TWO MILLIONS OF VISITORS.
Business Entirely Suspended:
MAGNIFICENT Decorations.

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Magnificent Decorations.
New York, Sept. 20. , more
lovely day could have been de-
sired than this which is warming
the heart of every one Of the mill
lions who have come to help the
metropolis welcome the hero who
eama from the camps oT Manila.
Thvongs began - pour Il to 'he
CHS early this morning and 1t IS
pow estimated tnat two mlll:ons OF
visitors are here. Notwithstanding
the fact that many find the bluffs
of the New Jersey coast and the
shores of the bay as far down as
the Narrows more desirable points
from which to view the larade.
Not a stroke of business is be-
ing done, except by the venders of
Dewey specialties and by the news
! paper men and telegraphers, who
stick to their posts, though an
earthquake shake the foundations
of the world.
The decorations are now per-
fected, and the present spectacle
is of ravishing beauty. Huge let
ters of .sWelcome Dewey" thir-
ty-six feet high and from twenty
four 10 thirty-two feet wide, are
suspended from Brooklyn bridge,
and the triumphal arch in Madl-
son Square is entirely completed.
TIE decorations are the pride
Of New York, and are worthy to
DC the pride Of the whole country.
i Mayor Van Wyck and commit
tee at eleven O'Clock formally well
coined Dewey. This was the oth-
cial beginning of the celebration
The call of the mayor was jmme-
diately returned by the admiral te
| the steamer Sandy Hook.
The OHM ia was he fret war
ship to get 10 the line ot parade
and now awaits the word to start
j Dewey was very much affected
by the mayors speech of welcome
The flagship was dressed IN tn
: most victorious style. Every fat
t seemed ray of celor. The ship
signal lockers were hauied to spel
according to the code what the adj
uirai's heart Was too full to u'
ter.
Il The shores were thronged fror
levery point Of vantage.
New York, Sept. 80.
, The head of the parade starte
from Grants tomb, at 11:15 q
~. At the given signal, the pl'
% 1oon of police advanced, clear'n
n away the crowds that overdowe
l. over into the street. Some lit
distance behind, on a bay hors
70 rode Major General Charles
Roe, National Guard of Ne
York, followed by his staff. Th'
came Sousa's Baud, playing
's' spirited air and behind it was
battalion of sailors from the . W
"a pia. Then followed the carria
46 containing Admiral Dewey,
At whose side was seated the may
w of the city, In response to
10 cheers of the thousands of spect
,oe tors, the admiral bowed right a
bv left and appeared greatly pleas
do at the warmth of his receptit
er- Following were tnree carrlal
,ill containing Admiral Dewey's CT
lie. tains, then two carriages abre
containing the personal staff
ras the admiral. Rear Admiral Ho
the SON and President Randolph G
tie. genheimer, of the municipal CO
is Gil, followed in a, carriage, and
ha ter them came Rear Admiral HI
DIS. ison's officers.
be Then came the carriages {
,m- tanning the Rear Admiral VIM
nd Sampson and President Woods
row the board of aldermen, folio
wer by eight carriages containing
, no commanding officers of Adm
as SIMPSONS feet and she adm1'
St. e officers. Rear Admiral j
W. Philip, commandant OF
navy yard; st. Clair Nickel
and Lieutenant Commander J
- j. Kelly, occupied the next
! - riage. Following came two
for rlages abreast containing the
hes ior officers of the Olympia
rong after them. in the same forma
alth. .orta;r;ng tha iunio