The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-09-04
1 GREAT CRUSH IN
STREETS Of MELBOURNE.
Women Hurt In Crowds TO- See
.s ssA' Americans.
4 GRAND ELECTRICAL DISPLAY.
Magnificent Banquet to the Admirals
and Other Officers Of the Fleet at
the Parliament House, Friendly Re-
lations Between Australia and the
United States Emphasized.

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lations Between Australia and the
United States Emphasized.
Melbourne Especially The streets
OF Melbourne late Monday night were
filled with surging. good humored
crowds numbering hundreds of thou
sands, all out to do honor to the
visiting Americans, who arrived here
on Saturday aboard the 16 great bat
tleships, and the scene challenged
comparison with that of an election
night In New York. The crush in
the principal thorougfares was SO
great that many women tainted and
several persons were injured. The
entire day was set apart to jollifi-
cation and the day will ever live in
the memory of the inhabitants OF
Victoria.
The federal government rendered
a banquet to the admirals and senior
officers of the visiting warships at
the Parliament house, at which Lord
Northcote, governor general of the
commonwealth, and Prime Minister
Deakin made brilliant speeches,
throughout which prominence was
given to the friendly feeling that
exists between the commonwealth
and the United States. Rear Ad-
miral Sperry, commander-in-chief of
the American feet, replying in be-
half of the American Navy, declared
that a rupture between the English
speaking nations would not only be
a loss, but a crime.
AbIaze With Electricity.
The city was spectacle Of splen-
dor. All the public buildings were
ablaze with electric lights, notable
in this respect being the common
wealth state building and Princes
Bridge, of the Central Railway,
where a striking illumination picture
Of the battleships was displayed.
The Examinations on shore were
held in conjunction with an electric
and searchlight display on board the
warships in the harbof.
Earlier in the evening picture
suue torchlights procession was held,
in which the metropolitan and county
IRE brigades, numbering about two
thousand men, took part. The pa
rade started at the headquarters OF
was disbanded over Princes Bridge.
Rain began to fall at late hour,
causing precipitate retreat home
ward. The dense crowds. conVerglng
toward the railway station forced the
women and children into perilous po-
Sitions, and many were extrlcated
with difficulty, after being consider
ably bruised. Two persons were Sc
riously and several others slightly
injured.
The enormous crowd that turned
out to witness the formal entry oil
the American sailors proved too
much for the Princes Bridge, which
spans the Yara River, and forms the
main approach to the city proper.
The bridge barriers were overborne,
and, as result, several people were
slightly injured.
Formal Reception.
When Admiral Sperry and his of
ficers landed at st. Kilda's Pier amid
salutes from battery of the Royal
Australian Artillery on the Esplan-
ade, they were formally received by
Alfred Deakin, the commonwealth
prime minister; Sir Thomas Bent
/. the Victorian premier, and their col
leagues, and the local mayor. who
presented an address on behalf OF
the municipality At the conclusion
of this ceremony the American vlsl-
tors, escorted by squadron of ligh1
horse, drove to the city proper, the
suburban mayors presenting address
es of welcome at their respective
boundaries before the city was reach
ed.
Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael
the governor designate, and Sil
John Madden, the lieutenant COVER
nor, Joined the procession at Prince
Bridge. which was reached shortly
after noon. Here the lord mayor
and the councillors welcomed thu
Americans and the governor entered
Admiral Sperry's carriage. Thu
route throughout which the process
sion threaded it's way was lined b,
q dense mass of cheering humanity
and the popular wave of enthusiasm
was continually demonstrated until
the Exhibition Building was reached
There pubic reception was hell
by Lord Northcote, the governor gen
cral of Australia, in honor of tn
American officers, and to which mum
erous guests had been invited Z
meet the visitors.
Americans Arrested.