The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19

ing the early reception in the harbor.
Colonel Roosevelt was waving his hat
in response to the cheers that were
waited to him from craft, when he sud
denly paused and, looking in the di-
rection OF the press tug Gilkcrson,
pointed his hand to tho south, He
seemed to be giving warning, and the
men on the Gilkerson turned quickly
in the direction Indicated They saw
the bow Of the battleship South Caro-
lima looming up hardly a hundred yards
off the tugs starboard quarter, and
Captain Martin of the Gilkerson, who
had been looking for danger in another
direction; put his wheel hard over Just
in time to get his boat out Of the big
warship's way.
From the Gilkerson Mr.. Roosevelt
could be seen leading Mrs. Roosevelt by
A Family Reunion.
AS the cutter Manhattan came along
side the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Mr..
| Roosevelt made his way through a
group Of second cabin passengers, who
clustered along the rail, and, spying his
children on the Manhattan, called to
them and threw them kisses.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the first to come
down the gangplank from the Kaiserin
to tho Manhattan, In a moment she
had thrown her arms about Archie and
Quentin and enusively kissed and
hugged both Of them. She next greet
ed Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,, and his
tiancee, Miss Eleanor Alexander.
Mr., Roosevelt made q flying leap to
the exuberance and spirit Of a school
boy, he slapped his son Theodore on
the back he thon turned to Miss Alex
ander and kissed her. He took up
Quentin and Archie in his arms and
gave them resounding smacks.
These greetings over, Mr.. Roosevelt,
others on board the Manhattan. He
shook hands with everybody, including
members of the crew. In the mean
time, the big liner was hemmed in close
by mail boats and newspaper tugs,
while. clustering about this central
group, were yachts, excursion boats,
lighters and all kinds of merchant craft.
ali eaily decorated with flags. The
cheering was continuous between those
on board the assembled ueet and the
passengers in the Kaiserin. The early
morning had been foggy, but under the
influence Of clearing skies, flags asd
pcnnants broke out gaily and the sun
was bright and warm
The South Carolina came to anchor
1000 feet in front of the liner and two
cable langths away from the Dolphin.
Once more the guns belched forth 81
lutte, this time from the battleship to
the secretary OF the navy and from the
secretary's boat in return. Slmultane"
ously with the firing of the last gun both
ships broke out lines of signal flags
from masthead to deck line
Enormous Crowds Gather.
AS the time for Colonel Roosevelt 8
arrival at the battery drew near enor-
nous crowds swarmed toward Battery
park, overnowing the sidewalks and al
most tying up traffic in the lower part
Of the city.
The whole city had taken on a holi-
day appearance. Flags hoated every
where. pictures of Roosevelt were hung
in thousands of windows and along the
line. of march buildings were draped
with bunting.
At 9:2S the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
passed the Battery, going up the North
river to her berth in Hoboken. She
roared a deep bass salute and n siren
answered.
1t was estimated that by the time
Colonel Roosevelt arrived at the battery
i 100000 persons were massed there. All
| the stands were covered with white can
vas and decorated with bunting and
flags.
Directly in front of the stand from
which Mr.. Roosevelt spoke space had
been reserved for the reception com
mittee and other guests Of the day. Back
of this tn people began piling row on
row by thousands, patiently awaiting 2
the coming of the e1-president. Broad
way and the other streets leading into
Battery park were filed with moving
streams of humanity, all hurrying on
in the struggle for places of vantage
While the naval parade was still in.
visible from the Manhattan shore all
the whistles in the lower harbor broke
into furious din. Roosevelt was ap-
preaching and the crowd began to stir
| nervously.
black with sightseers, began to file by
the battery and still the parade was
invisible. At 9:55 the thunder of d
salute came rolling across the harbor.
A moment later the white hull of the
first ship in the parade, dressed from
stem to stern in flags, came in sight and
| the Seventy-tirst regiment band, sta
toned on the water front, struck up
"Columbia, the Gem Of the Ocean -
| There were no cheers from the crowd
| that packed the park and filed windows
of Office buildings. The people were
still and expectant, but from excursion
boats on the barbor better view of the
water parade was to be had.
| As the gray hulled South Carolina
came abreast Of the Robins reef light,
rift Of white foam at her bow. the
| patrol feet Of revenue cutters swung
! INTO position to starboard and port OF
the line and slowly the maritime
pageant passed on with the Androscog-
gin Immediately behind the slcirmish
| line of war vessels.
Behind the Androscoggin the mer-
chant vessels took their positions in
double column, maintaining distance
of 800 feet, Divided into twelve divi-
sious commanded by as many vice com
modores, the parading feet, nearly 200
strong, steamed up the bay and into the
| Hudson, keeping well in towards the
New York shore. When opposite the
stake boat, anchored of Fifuy-ninth
street. the procession turned in towards
the Jersey shore and steamed down the
river TO the Battery.
As the defile reached the lower end
Of Manhattan every craft anoat and
every factory ashore put its enthusiasm
into steam and let loose a pandemonium
such as is heard but once n year, at
midnight Of December 81
Westerners in Numbers.
Second only in interest to tho re.
| turning traveller was the delegations