Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-06
HILLS BLACK WITH PEOPLE.
Four Months and Twenty Days
On Voyage from Hamp-
ton Roads.
4 Great Historic Event---Ail Given q
Welcome Such as the West
Alone Gives.

san Francisco. May 6.-The fleet
got under way at the lghtshiD and
headed for the Golden Gate shortly af-
ter II o'clock and at noon had nearly
reached the head lands of the harbor
entrance. The hills about the city
are black with eager people.
THE LONG VOYAGE.
Four months and 20 days out from
Hampton Roads, the Atlantic fleet of
battleships and the second American
torpedo flotilla, steamed today within
the Golden Gate and cast anchor IN the
Golden Gate and cast anchor in the
harbor of San Francisco where well
com characteristic OF truly western
hospitality awaited them. All last
night the 16 battleships lay at anchor
off the outer lightship. gently rolling
in the swell of the Pacific. with the six
accompanying black hulled destroyers
bobbing about in their usual restless
manner and making life uncomfortable
for everybody aboard.
The movements of the fleet have
been 20 timed by the navigators that
the Connecticut passed within the
headlands OF the gate way-Point
Bonita on the north and point Lobos
ON the south-exactly at IL o'clock.
OUR BOB.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans who
left the fleet after the first 10 days of
target practise at Magdalena Bay.
and came TO Paso Robes Hot Springs
fg,s tsaIn ha al
day at Monterey and took up his quar-
tiers in the emergency cabin of the Con-
necticut where he spent most Of his
time during the long trip down the
eastern coast OF South America,
through the straits of Magellan ana
on up the western coast OF the hemis-
phere, TO be ut the head of the line
of l6 battleships on this day of their
trlumphal entry into the historic bay
of the far western metropolis.
The occasion OF the fleets coming 70
San Francisco has been made an oc-
castor unique IN the history of thewest-
ern country The governors OF half
a DOZEN prosperous western states have
arrived here 10 voice the welcome OF
the entire west TO the battleships of
the navy, and the more humber citl-
zens OF the various commemorative
have fiockcd To this city, TO Oakland, "a
Alameda ,d the many suburbs of all
three of these cities In Unprecedented
numbers II was estimated by rail
road officials today that more than 300,
900 strangers have been brought into
san Francisco during the last AZ hours
The fleet has been the topic OF every
city. town or hamlet within several
hundred miles Of San Francisco during
the past two months and every per-
son able TO make the trip-either by
rail or horse-drawn yehicle-has come
10 witness both the arrival today ano
| review OF tho feet IN the harbor bS
secy Metcalf on Friday. The secre'
tary has been In the city for seVera
| days. and on board his reviewing ship
| the Yorktown, saw the entry or The
magnificent line OF lighting vessels to-
day from Just within the harbor gaies
SEEKING A VIEW.
| With the earliest streaks Of the conn
| Ing day, the thousands who wished e
| View tho historic spectacle Of the Meets
| entrance. began this morning To make
| their way 10 points " vantage along
| the shores running both north ane
| south of the Golden Gate. Many tour
| lists took the long picturesque ride NJ
Mount Tamalpais 10 gaze 300 FEE
below upon tho marine picture pre-
sented by the home coming squadron
| and the scores ~ excursion steamers
lining the pathway Of the fleet " ~