Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

boats. pleasure crafts and such a fleet
Of excursion steamers IS has never been
seen before.
Il a few minutes after 9 o'clock this
morning the Clermont was towed from
it's anchorage in the Kill Won Kuil be-
yond the sheltering Zee Of staten island
to the RENDEZVOUS. Neither was the Half
Moon under tow The brisR wind
straight down the river was a favoring
gale for part of the course mapped. Lieu
tenant Lam, Of the Royal Dutch navy,
in command and i-mporsonatinE Henry
Hudson SGT his sails and carried away
smartly. Suddenly the machinery Of the
Clermont, then I'm the lead. baked with
most convincing realism. The Half Moon
was under too much Roadway to stop
and had too little sea room TO come
about. The collision followed. When It
was seen that neither ship had been ser
iously damaged. both picked up way
again, but both. this time under tow.
At Reviewing stand.
Once in the shelter OF Manhattan island,
the Clermont cast off its tug and finished
its course to the watergates and the Off
cial reviewing stand at 10Th street under
It's own steam. but the little Half Moon,
it's sails. furled. its seventeenth century
poop looming nigh above shipping Of
heavier tonnage and its broad orange
ensign streaming heavily above It, was
content to accept assistance.
At the watergate the exercises eliminated
with the presentation Of the Half Moon to
the commission by tine Dutch ENJOYS. This
ceremony was formal and furnished a pic
turesque climax as the living shade Of
Henry Hudson, in velvet and ruff. grRsped
the hand of the descendant Of Robert
Fulton. In front of them sat the gold
laced. be-ribboned and ~frock-coated repre-
sentatives of nearly a dozen nations, while
behind them rolled the river which carried
their ancestors to fame. And as they stood
there on the left bank, with the afternoon
sun streaming down upon them, the
thunder of the guns of the warships
echoed back from the Jersey hills and far
up the river.
PictueFesQue and Brilliant.
The assembly In the reviewing stand was
full of picturesque and brilliant interna-
tioi alism. Beside the somber frock coats
Of the American and Japanese officials
there flashed out the gold dress OF the ad-
mlrals, the red fez of the Turkish minister
and the jeweled cap Of WI Ting-fang. the
Chinese representative, while sitting
through the crowd was q most of attaches
in full regalia.
Up a golden path. which the descending
sun had laid, came the little Half Moon;
behind 1t the rakish Clermont, with it's
slender smokestack. Both anchored be-
fore the reviewing stand and S. p. Van
Weghen, president of the Dutch commits
sion, made the speech of presentation
Then Lieutenant Lam Of the Dutch navy,
VAnraganNHn. LI,,ln,a
received with great formality by General
Stewart l.. Woodford. chairman Of the
commission, who greeted him as one risen
from the grave.
Then the scene shifted and 200 years
were covered in as many seconds, for step
ping on the float and extending his hand
to his fair lady, came the modern Robert
Fulton. impersonated by his descendant,
Robert Bullock Of Bridgeport, Conn. A
bevy of women and men followed. nearly
all dressed in the silks, bonnets and
beaver hats of the beginning Of the last
century.
Explorer and Inventor Meet.
Robert Fulton was also greeted with
great dignity and much eloquence, a GER
emony to which Prince Kuni Of Japan,
through his interpreter, contributed by ex-
tending the congratulations OF his country
and the fluctuations of his sovereign. Then
Captain Hudson and Robert Fulton OF the
twentieth century clasped hands, expressed
amused regret over the slight unpleasant
ness In the lower harbor and pleaded loyal
support for the remainder of the voyage.
Among those in the reviewing stand were
Vice President Sherman, Joseph II. Choate,
former ambassador to Great Britain: Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder, commanding the
American battleships in the Hudson; Ad-
miral Sir Edward Seymour, commanding
the British ships; Governor Hughes Of
New York, Governor ]. Franklin Fort Of
New Jersey and a host Of foreign repre-
sentatives.
Night Parade Abandoned.
perse to wait for the night parade. only
to learn with disappointment later that
It would be abandoned. Ships were still
coming down stream at sunset and the
prospect OF further delays, complicated by
the confusion of darkness I'm the lower
harbor, was too formidable to face. But
more millions flocked to see the ilumlna-
tons. Battleships hat by day had been
grey, sullen and menacing. but for the
bunting that streamed from their mast
heads were transformed by the touch Of
the electricians wand into creatures OF
airy fantasy, Incandescent of outline, but
seemingly without bulk. and floating on
a river OF milk. The elevated battery Of
se~archlights, aggregating 400, 0O0,OO0-candle
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