Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1899.

rumored that unexpected complications .'have arisen and that extensive preparations are to be made to guard against contingencies. Will Hp Sent nt Once. LONDON, Sept. 20. The Times says editorially: "The Cabinet has unanimously approved a dLpitch which will be sent Immediately." This statement Is at variance -with the statements of all the other pal ers. which agree that the dispatch "will be forwarded a few days hence. JOIIAESBl HGEIIS EXCITED.

Martini LntT 3Iay lie Proclaimed ToDay or Monday. LONDON. Sept. 30. The correspondent of the Morning Tost at Johannesburg sends the following: "A government official ha3 Just returned from Pretoria, where h3 saw President Kruger, and assures me that martial law will be proclaimed to-morrow (Saturday) or Monday next." Another dispatch from Johannesburg eays: "There Is great excitement in consequence of orders to the commanders to take the field. Part of the Johannesburg corps will assemble to-day. Dispatch riders have gone to the front." Advices from Durbin. Natal, say: "The summoning of the volunteers has caused widespread excitement. The men responded readily, and eight hundred troops, with numerous gune, will entrain to-morrow." A dispatch from Glencoe, Natal, says: "Telegraphic communication ' between here and the Transvaal is temporarily interrupted. This is supposed to have been caused by a thunderstorm. The camp is free from sickness and patrols are regular, especially in the direction of De Jageer's drifts on the Buffalo river, where the Boers are reported to be laagered. The greatest enthusiasm prevails. The second movement of troops from Lady smith to Dundee was carefully concealed and expeditiously carried out. The townspeople only knew of the maneuver by the presence of the troops. It stated that the burghers have requested permission to either return to their farms or raid Natal." . A telegram from Volksrust says it is reported that the Boers intend to take up a position with Schlnons Hogte, falling back n Laing's Nek. if forced to do so. The special correspondent of the Morning Post at Dundee, Natal, says "The Boers are surprised at the rapid advance of the British troops over rocky ground. I have Inspected Dejager's and Landman's drifts. They are quite dry and the passage would be easy. I hear similar reports of two other drifts. The road to Utrecht is in good condition for marching. I imagine that in the event of an advance into the Transvaal a heavy column will take that route, because the road from Utrecht to Pretoria Is also good." The Dally " Mail ' publishes the following disDatch from Charlestown, Natal: "Commandant General Joubert and start have arrived at Wakkerstroom Nek. where COO Boers are already assembled with artillery. A force of burghers were detrained to-day about two mile from the Natal border." The Johannesburg Leader says: "We believe that the Transvaal government is framing an answer to the charges contained in Mr. Chamberlain's second dispatch. A formal note will then be presented to Great Britain, stating that the Transvaal Is willing to await Imperial suggestion, but that a further landing of troops would be considered an intrusion, leaving the Transvaal free to take steps to defend Its Independence." THE TRANSVAAL'S REPLY. Krtiuer jn He Will Adhere to the London Convention. CAPE TOWN. Sept. 20. The Transvaal's reply to the last dispatches of the British secretary" of state for the colonies. Mr. Chamberlain, has been sent from Pretoria. It is to the effect that the republic strictly adheres to the London convention and asks nothing further. The question of the suzerainty of Great Britain over the Transvaal is not touched upon in the dispatch. .. PRETORIA, Sept 29. The government lias issued a notice of the measures to be observed In the event of war. The mines may continue working, reasonable protection being afforded. The liquor trade is prohibited and special polico will maintain order. The Rani gold produced during the war Is to be deposited with the government, who will mint therefrom sufficient to pay Us working expenses. The rest will be returned after the war. Strict passport regulatlons have also been provided. . WARLIKE DISPATCHES. All Advices from South Africa Tell of 1'reparatlonn for Hostilities. LONDON, Sept. 2D.-Dispatches from Cape Town and elsewhere continue the story cf military activity In the Transvaal, Natal and Cape Colony. The Boers art concentrating in the country contiguous to Natal, where the first outbreak of hostilities Is likely to occur. Large contingents of burgh, crs arc converging from various parts on the probable battlefield. The excitement continues at fever heat. The commandant WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and Warmer, with Fresh North to East Winds. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Forecast lor Saturday and Sunday: For OhioFair on Saturday, warmer in western portion; Sunday fair, warmer; fresh north to east winds, v For Indiana and Illinois Fair; warmer Saturday and Sunday; fresh north to east windc. Local Observations on Friday. Time. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Pre. 7 a.m. 3U7 37 7S N'west. 0.00 7 p.m. 3X29 41 61 N'west. 0 00 Maximum temperature, 50; minimum tern terature. 26. Following is a comparative statement of me mean temperature ana total preclpita lion Sept. 29; Temn. Pre rCormal 61 0.09 Jlean 0.0) departure IS 0.09 Departure since Sept. 1 7 0.31 Departure since Jan. 1 167 I Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Official 79 Yesterday's Temperatures. Station. Atlanta, Gi . Bismarck. N. Buffalo. N. Y MIn. .. M .. 2ft .. 42 .. 34 Max. 74 54 7 p.m. 63 D 50 43 64 40 52 66 4S 51 40 4 74 70 74 52 64 Z6 CO 54 78 cn w f 50 46 52 62 74 46 42 44 54 64 54 Calgary. N. W. T.... Chicago. Ill Cairo. Ill Cheyenne. Wyo Cincinnati. O .6 44 58 78 54 62 4 50 2 74 M 70 z; 64 ot 2 70 62 7S .... 3H 42 .... 4 Concordia. Kan 22 24 2S 72 46 64 Z 45 i 4$ 50 64 60 rs I'aver.port, la Des Moines. Ia Galveston. Tex Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla .... Kansas City, Mo.... Little Rock. Ark Marquette. Mich .... Memphis, Tenn Na.shvUIo. Tenn New Orleans, Ia.... New York. N North Platte, Oklahoma. O. Y Neb. T Omaha. Neb llttsburg. Pa ' Ua' AppWIe. N. W. 1 Rapid City. 8. I).... Fait Lane City. Ctah Et. LnuK Mo Gt. Paul. Minn Gprirefleld. Ill 4a SH 53 28 24 2 43 60 Co 84 52 4S 4S 60 74 73 Eprlnifkld. Mo VloWbursr. iflsa Washington. D. C. Three Inelies of Snow. aiakijujstte. Mich., Sept 29. Snow continued here all day. with a fall o lnch. Jt is now melting. f three ...-atlfc! Complexions y I'slnrx i iJn; Llv-id Pearl. 50c, pink or white.

general has issued a notice calling the commanders to assemble at a specified spot on the Natal border. The commanders from Krugersdorp. whose burghera checkmated the Jameson raiders, embarked on trains for the frontier to-night. There la great activity at the War Onice at Pretoria. The artillery reserves have been called out, the arrangements to defend the frontier are now complete and the work of equipment Is proceeding rapidly. The burghers are congregating in the towns, ready to Join their commands, which, however, have strict orders not to approach too near the frontier and to avoid a collision with the British forces. The Boer forces are gathering at their bases of action, a short distance from the border, such a3 at Harrlsmith, Volksrot, Vryheld and Bremerdorp. Telegraphic communication between Cape Toun and Pretoria has become strangely delayed during the past couple of days. A telegram received to-day says two batteries of field artillery and 00 burghers have started for Volksrust and that another 500 men go there to-day. The streets at Pretoria present a scene of great military animation. Armed burghers and artillerymen are riding about, the field cornets be

ing engaged in warring the burghers to be in readiness at a moment's notice. A quantity of ammunition for Maxim guns is reported to have arrived at llarrismith, and the burghers at Bremersdorp received rifles and ammunition yesterday. The men are practicing with the Maxim gun. A number of young Boers who have been studying at Cape Town have started for home. The Volksraad, In secret session, has passed a high-treason bill providing for the confiscation of the property ot burghers who refuse service. A proposal was submitted to make the confiscation retroactive, so as to include certain mix llonalres, but it was rejected. From Bloemfontein. Orange Free State, it .is said on reliable authority, that at a secret session the Raad has passed a stringent commando law. Burghers who left the Orange Free State recently have been ordered to return, in default of J.VX) fine, five years' imprisonment and the confiscation of their property. .' t rom the British side come further particulars of military movements of a minor character, but all pointing to preparations to safeguard the frontier line In the event of war until a sufficient force is assembled to take the offensive. A squadron of British cruisers is gathering at Cape Town. Advices from the interior of South Africa Indicate that thut far the natives are quiet, and there is nc sign of trouble. This Is reassuring, as it was feared that some of the tribes in Zululand and elsewhere were becoming restless. The arrivals at Durban. Natal, from the Rand are diminishing. Tents have been pitched on the beach to accommodate the refugees. It is announced from Kimberiey mat a former mayor has called a meeting of Irishmen to protest against the action of their countrymen at home. who. he says, are under a complete misapprehension In supporting thc cause of tyranny in the Transvaal." The British colonists In Rhodesia are or ganizing a volunteer corps, have formed a cycle detachment and have constructed an armored train with an engine plated with steel rails. Refugees from the Rand continue to ar rive at Now Castle, Natal, where earthworks are raised. Light rains are reported in the north of Natal. Farmers within the probable fighting zone are sending their stock south. In Aliwal. in the northern district, a vio lent appeal from the well-known Boer field cornet, Vlll Joen. has been distributed. He calls upon the Afrikanders to neip tneir brethren and accuses Great Britain of coveting the Transvaal. A cablegram from Durban, ?aiai, contains the significant news that the Natal field artillery, light infantry and mounted rifles have been ordered to proceed to the Lady Smith forthwith. Considerable satisfaction was cxpresc?d in official circles at the cablegram from Welllncton. New Zealand, yesterday, announc ing that the House of Representatives had resolved to oiler the imperial governmeni a fully equipped contingent of mounted rifles for service In South Africa, the colony to pay the cost of transportation and all other expenses, which, on a six-months basis, will be about 20.000. Another proposal is being considered to pay the passage of trained volunteers who are willing to enlist in the Imperial forces. It now appears that the orders' received at Gibraltar with reference to the Grenadier Guard were mlslnteroreted. The order was to detain them, not to send them to the Cape, and to-day they sailed for Southampton. INTERVIEW WITH KHl'GER. He Tells a. Correspondent the OutInnders Do Xot Wnnt the Franchise. LONDON. Sept. 9. A dispatch to the Times from Pretoria says: "It Is generally expected that a state of war will be proclaimed at any moment. President Kruger granted me an interview to-day, and de clared b5 had done all possible for the sake of peace. He had accepted Mr. Chamberlain's own offer of a common inquiry, but Mr. Chamberlain deliberately broke the thread of negotiations, troops were massed cn all sides, and war was forced upon him. It was Impossible to accede to the demand of the 12th. Such a course would have given the land and people Into the hands of the strangers. As it w?, his seven years' proposal would, according to the field cornet's books, enfranchise fifty thousand persons, which was more than the whole number of the old burghers, yet not one has come forward to take it. The outlandera never really wanted the franchise. From the first they refused to go on the commandos and registered themselves as aliens. Afterward Lord Loch secured exemption for them on the same terms as the Portuguese. He wished to Indignantly deny Mr. Chamberlain's charge that he had broken his promise made during the discussion preceding the Pretoria convention of 1S81. that he would treat new immigrants equally with the old burghors. He had always been ready to treat them so, and they had always refused. "In conclusion I asked if there was siill a possibility of peace. 'No.' he replied, adding after a pause, 'unless the other side will do something to make peace possible.' The correspondent adds that perhaps it 3 worth pointing out that the commando in question did not arise until 1S94, after the franchise had been restricted by the law of 191. which makes it difficult to see why the former should account for the latter." The Capo Town correspondent of the Times cables: "A Free State proclamation has been gazetted prohibiting the export of live stock, grain and provisions. Coliberg and other places in Cape Cclony, near the Free State, are known to be extremely dissatisfied. The English are daily threatened, and some of tnem are going eastward for safety. I have accumulated evidence that It Is not mere street talk, but that there la a bona fide belief among the Dutch that they can beat England. "A prominent Free Stater says: 'We are scrry for your soldiers. Our burghers will walk over them like sheep over the veldt. "Another Free Stater says: You have an even chance with us if you send one hundred thou.nd men. not less.' "A Dutch lady of the southwest portion of tie colony writes to a friend: 'When Paul Kruger has beaten the English and taken the colony. I wonder will he conquer England, too.' " a CIRCULAR FROM JO I'D CRT. Field Cornels Warned Xot to Impress Aliens Into the Iloer Army. WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. A circular has been transmitted to the department by the United States consul at Pretoria, which ia of Interest at thia time. It is headed: "To commandants, field cornets and assistant field comets: Office of the commandant general, Pretoria. Aug. 24, 1SS9." The circular reads: "Sir In consequence of certain complaints having ccme to the notice of the government that British subjects or Englishmen having been commandeerfd by certain officers and olficials. or notified to hold themselves in readiness with horse, saddle and bridle, guns and ammunition, and that notice had been given to merchants and dealers by some officials that their shops and places must be ' closed, ar.d also that British subjects have ! Wen forbidden by them to export, or sell for the purpose of exporting, horses, etc.. I have hereby the honor to give you strict instruct tions, and to urgently forbid your doing any , act which might compromise us and bring v into coinsncn witn any otner power, it must thus be understood that no single alien, no matter what is his nationality, who does not voluntarily offer, or has not offered his services, may be called upon or commandeered in the event of unexpected or undesirable disturbances' or war. Guard against everything that can do harm or pro voke unrest and take care that you do not act contrary to the terms of thus circular. except on further special Instructions from the government. I have the honor to be "P. J. JOUBERT, Commander Genera;." Comments of the German Tress. BERLIN. Sept. 29. The Anglophobe tendency of the German press is in no way abated by the knowledge that the German government not only does not share, but seeks In vain to repress It. The Neueste Nachrlchlen says: "It would be more cor rect to speak out frankly regarding the Csuta Africa crisis, for the Question at Issue

ceased long ago to be confined to the Transvaal. The responsibility of the British f overnment will, therefore, be all the greater If it should stir up war. By insisting that the Transvaal acknowledge British suzerainty Great Britain cuts on! every passroad to a peaceful Issue. Inasmuch as the return of the Transvaal to the convention of 1S31 would be the signal for an internal revolution." The Vosslsche Zeitung says: "England knows only might, and particularly where smaller natiens are concerned. She does not recoil from outraging the principles of a fctate whose population ranks among the most civilized peoples and which may be classed as of the same stock as her own."

Transports and Mule. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 29. One more steamship was chartered, making the third, another contract for mules was closed and the first order for grain and forage was placed. That, in a few words, was the summary of yesterday's proceedings at British army headquarters in the St. Charles Hotel, when MaJ. H. J. Scobell stopped work. It was by far the busiest day yet and much was accomplished toward rushing the army supplies to the Transvaal. South Africa. The third transport, secured by the Admiralty yesterday, was the mammoth ocean steamship Mount Royal, a twin screw freighter, soon to sail from Liverpool to New Orleans. She will carry 1.400 or 1.500 head of stock. The ship is due in this port, according to the latest advices of her agents, on Oct. 13 or 20. Russia May Urge Arbitration. ST. PETERSBURG, SepL 29. Discussing the attitude of Germany in regard to the Transvaal crisis, the Rossia says: "It is still an open question as to whether Russian diplomacy, on the basis of The Hague conference, may not make the experiment of recommending that Great Britain and the Transvaal have recourse to a court of arbitration. In view of the hostile feeling against Great Britain it Is very possible that numerous volunteers from Europe will go to the aid of the Boers, as Russian volunteers aided Servia. If Great Britain attempts to prevent such a movement Russia, perhaps, will speak a decisive word." Australasians Volunteering. MELBOURNE, Victoila, Sept. 29. A conference of the military commandants of all the colonies except New Zealand Ls sitting here to discuss the equipment and dispatch of an Australian force to South Africa. Volunteers are coming forward largely from all the colonies. About 1.400 Victorians have already volunteered. NAVAL PARADE. (Concluded from First Pace.) for almost ten minutes. So much steam was wasted that the boats themselves were lost in their own vapor. The parade at this point began to become disordered, many pleasure craft leaving the line below and crowding so fierce about the Olympia that she was maneuvered with great difficulty. The excursion boats, loaded to the guards, were almost criminally reckless as they passed along, many of them listed eo far that one wheel was burled deep while the other scarcely touched the water. The admiral was sometimes annoyed by the crowding of these crafts, but he retained his equanimity through it all, bowing and removing his cap to the exulting and cheering crowds. DEWEY DISPLEASED. It was not until all the warships had passed in review before the Olympia, at anchor below the beautiful floats representing peace and victory, that one incident ot the day occurred which showed that with all his geniality the hero of Manila could also be a very stern sailor. In less than a minute after the Chicago had passed the Olympia, by the admiral's order a stream of signal flags ordered the vessels of the fleet to dress ship, and the crews of the men-of-war ran up rainbows of signal flags from stem to stern over their topmasts. The order was briefly executed except aboard the flagship, where the fouling ot the line in the top of one of the stacks caused a delay. Admiral Dewey instanttly roared out a command for some one to ease the line. It fouled again, and a nimble sailor was sent aloft to clear it. It was perhaps two minutes before the flags were In their proper places. The admiral was plainly displeased. He sent for the officer under whose direction tho order was executed, and called him upon the bridge. "I am ashamed of this," he said, in the tone of a tailor giving command, "and I am ashamed of you." Several times when the excursion boats cheered as they passed close to the Olympia the admiral called upon the crew to stand by and cheer. Eact time the sailors leaped upon the steel bulwarks, and, with swinging caps, responded to the command with their ear-splitting roars. When the crowds of vessels became so dense that progress of the rest of the pa rade was impeded the admiral ordered the police boats to clear the way of the ships that had left the line and had spread themselves about tho Olympia like a flock of wild fowl. He did not leave tne bridge until the approaching dafkness turned the ships in the demoralized tall end of tho procession back to their piers. IMMENSE MARINE PICTURE. How the Display of Ships Impressed One of the Reporters. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. The naval parade to-day, from the vantage points of the warships, was an Immense marine picture, a water pageant with so little of incident compared with its great size that it appealed to the eye as a painting rather than a drama. The vast gathering of water craft maintained an average speed of eight knots, but so magnificent was its area that the impression was one of exceedingly slow and stately movement. The picture was continually changing, but it melted so steadily and in such measured rhythm from form to form that the sense of motion was largely lost. It started under a brilliant sky, passed at the mouth of the Hudson through the threat of an ugly storm and emerged through a rainbow arch that stretched from ehore to shore Into a clear and brilliant sunset off the Grant tomb. The night had been a busy one in the fleet of warships off Tompkinsville. The last de tails of the day's ceremony were hardly set tied before the day itself broke on a scene of greater activity than the classic anchor age had ever witnessed before. The great vessels of the white squadron swung at their anchorage as for the past two days, but the crowd of neighboring craft had been swelled past counting. As far as could be seen the water was a mass of moving steamers from Stapleton across the wide reach of the bar bor to the Erie basin, and from the Battery to the Narrows the water was alive. It was a modern armada against which the Ar mada launched by Philip of Spain would have seemed a child's toy. It was a moving. shifting picture of tugs, police boats, fire boats, torpedo boats, yachts, launches, tramp steamers and ocean liners and sallin craft of every rig. with big ferry and ex cursion boats plowing their way through the ruck in mysterious paths that opened before them and closed again behind them like the ice of an arctic floe. FORMATION OF THE PARADE. The only stable points in the scene at the early hour were the warships. They lay like great white grounded bergs, about which the pack Ice turned and swirled with out moving them from their moorings. It was a morning of repressed excitement on board the New York and other ships be hind the Olympia. Everything had been cleaned nnd burnished from ram to rudder. Noon was ushered in with a scream of whistles that sounded like ten thousand craft. The serenade lasted five minutes, during which enough steam was wasted to have run an ocean liner to the Azores. The last far-away echo had hardly drifted back from the Staten Island hills when a sudden Impulse seemed to seize the farreaching mass of tugs and other craft. In stead of drifting idly round the warships. lik ships In an eddy they began to steam away to the south in parallel lines, as

though the same currents were bearing them out to ?ea. But as they vanished In scores toward the Narrows there were hundreds more that swept down from up the harbor. Then there was a scurrying home of the white-hooded steam cutters of the warships. The great boat cranes amidships reached down their grappling hooks and whisked the pinnaces aboard. Megaphone commands flung across the water brought the torpedo boats to heel like the greyhounds they were at the Olympla's quarter. The brilliant code flags blossomed like flowers on the Olympia from bridge to maintop. It was the order to form In column. The Brooklyn's pennant snapped "Aye. aye" from the signal yard, and a duplicate set of flags passed the order to the Indiana, whence it was flung from ship to ship down the squadron. The black speed cones of the Olympia climbed slowly to her yards as the big cruiser got under way. The other vessels slowly turned like a troop of cavalry, squadron front, toward the Narrows, and then, fetching a graceful sweep, headed back up the harbor toward the Battery, the Olympia, escorted by the mayor's boat.

the sanay nook, in the lead. liacK or ner nt a 400-yard interval came the New York, then the powerful Indiana and Massachu setts: the fleet-footed Brooklyn, the sturdy old Texas, the rakish, yachtlike Dolphin, the old Lancaster, a relic of another naval age. the powerful Chicago, and finally the nttie .Marietta, the rear guard or tne ngntlng craft. Behind stretched the transports. and further still," almost lost In the dis tance, the yachts and miscellaneous craft held down the horizon. HOW THE LINE APPEARED. The evolution began at 1 o'clock, and In fifteen minutes the fighting line was straightened out up the harbor. Admiral Dewey was going to his own at the head of a squadron that would have won, at need, three battles of Manila bay without stopping for breakfast. The head of the column was a broad arrow. Six torpedo boats spread out at the bar, three on a side from the Olympla's quarter. Outside of them a flying wedge of noliee-Datrol boats formed a great V, whose apex was the Olympia. .blanking them, ahead and astern, were the harbor fireboats. sDoutlng great column. of water that turned threateningly toward the excursion boats on either s!'e when they attempted to crowd the line of march. But the pageant back of this Dowerfui vanguard was not limited to a single not to a sextuple line of shins. It was a sin uous marine monster, half a mile wioY, whose vertebrae were the ships of the White squadron and whose ribs were rows upon rows of every sort of floating thin that had ever run by steam in New lork harbor. Thousands viewed the spectacle as It moved up past Staten Island, thousands more watched it from the anchored sailing craft that crowded the Erie basin and whose spars rose in a forest about the foot of Liberty. But they were forgotten in the mass of humanltv that crowded the water front of Manhattan Island and filled every point of vantage along the Jersey shore. This feature of the scene first broke on the view as Castle William roared an admiral's salute to the Olympia off the Battery. By the time the answering srnoKc had died away from the wake of the flag shin the immensity of the watching crowds dawned on the crews of the uquadron. Every foot of the city water front was a mass of humanity. The wharves, the ferry slips, the roofs of ferry and warehouses rose one above another In solid diocks oi people. Above the lower structures of the water front every root bore its living freleht. Stores, old office buildings and modern skyscrapers . were crowded with ptands of tiers upon tiers of seats, like an immense theater whose roof was tne sny, whose walls were the surrounding hills and whose backdrop was the horizon of the lower bayMULTITUDES OF SPECTATORS. As the pageant moved majestically, into the Hudson, it was seen that the crowd still lined the water front and housetops, thicker. If possible, than ever, and stretching up the river alorig the whole line of parade. The heights of the Jersey side were also crowned with parti-colored masses of peo ple. They were not such an unbroken rank as along the wharves of the New York side, but wherever the wooded slopes broke into a clearing, the slope was blackened with people from crest to water line. There was no possible way of estimating the crowd. The morning papers declared there were 1.500.000 visitors in the city. The impression conveyed by the crowded shores was that it would have taken fully that many in addition to the local population to form the concourse that watched tne water pageant. The spectators might have been computed In army corps, certainly not by individuals. Un the Hudson pandemonium reigned su preme. Aerial bombs broke at intervals overhead in puffs of white smoke, and a feathery canopy of steam nung over tne advancing fleet, as hundreds of steam whistles screamed continually. The narrowing throat of tho river crowded the advancing vessels together in an almost compact mass. Tne broad arrow formation still drove the hd nf thp tlrt rolumn forward unmo lested through the ranks of the waiting Ves sels. Here, too, a disaster of wind and rain impeded. Storm clouds that had gathered down the bay followed close in the pageant s wake. A sharp wind bred whitecaps even in the narrow river and a few rain drops pattered on the decks. The glare of an angry sky turned the harbor behind the warships to molten lead, upon which the gigantic figure of Liberty seemed to stand for a time and was soon swallowed up In a bank of gray haze. Then the threatening sky relented. The sun broke out ahead and painted across the sullen clouds a rainbow arch that stretched from Manhattan to the Jersey shore. It seemed a bit of nature's art work spread by a kindly miracle at the opportune moment, beggaring man's more humble efforts on shore, but forming a fitting arch of triumph beneath which the victorious admiral sailed to his triumphal ancnorage. The old Portsmouth'screw manned the rig ging as the Olympia passed, and off Grant's tomb the naval reserves on the St. Mary s did the same. Round the stake boat the Olympia turned smartly, her guns throbbing a deep-thrcated salute to the resting place of another national hero. The other vessels of the white squadron swung around the St. Mary's in turn, each saluting the tomb, though at the head of the line the sound of the further guns was lost in the roar of steam whistles. The turn of the parade broke the formation of the police boats beyond repair. The warships doubling back into the mass of advancing boats threatened, for a time, serious consequences, but the Olympia and her consort safely dropped anchor at last in reversed column and the water pageant passed the admiral in review. The police boats reappeared as Individuals and unceremoniously shouldered Intruding vessels out of line of march. The official procession and Its varied following of tugs, launches, steam dredges and excursion boats rounded the St. Mary's and came down the river in an indistinguishable aquatic moh that was still passing along as the night illumination had begun. THE OFFICIAL WELCOME. Mayor Van Wyck's Call on Dewey and the Lntter'n Return Visit. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. The big steamer Sandy Hook, carrying the mayor and the committee which was selected to board the Olympia and formally welcome Admit al Dewey in the name of the city of New York, and with upwards of a thousand dis tinguished guests and officials on board, steamed away from the city's pier at the Battery shortly after 10 o'clock to make the visit to the Olympia and start the naval parade. The great white boat, carrying the flag of the city, was gayly dressed in bunt ing. The police board patrol followed her as an escort. Among the guests on the Sandy Hook were the Governors of States, the justices of the Supreme Court, a num ber of city officials, the members of Ad miral Dewey's family, Achbishop Corrigan, Senator Depew, Richard Croker and Seth Low. Among the Governors on board were the following: Governor Sweeney, of North Carolina, Rollins, of New Hampshire, Dyer, of Rhode Island, Richards, of Wyoming, McMlllln, of Tennessee, Stone, of Pennsyl vania. As soon as Captain Lamberton, of tho Olympia. sighted the Sandy Hook he gave the word to the officer of the day, and a bugle blast summoned the marine guard aft. The men lined up on the port sideof the deck, while Captain Lamberton took up a position on the starboard gangway. Ad miral Dewey paced the deck a few feet away. Admiral Dewey carried a pair of new doeskin gloves in his hand. The steamboat Patrol, manned by fifty or more policemen in uniform, ran under the stern of the Sandy Hook and made fast to the starboard gangway. The mayor and his party boarded her and the Patrol dropped astern. Th barge of the Olympia ran alongside and the mayor, witn his private secretary, Randolph Guggenheimer. president of the Municipal Council. Thomas F. Woods, president of tho Board of. Aldermen, and a stenographer, stepped aboard. The barge hooked on to the starboard aft gangway of the Olymp'a. Mayor Van Wyck was the first to mount the stairway. Admiral Dewey was stantUcs

a few feet aft of the gangway when the nayor stepped on deck. Mayor Van Wyck stepped Immediately towards the admiral and Introduced himself. They shook hands v armly. Taen the Admiral shook hands with Mr. Dovnes. whom he had met before. Mayor Van Wyck was apparently about to sneak when the admiral put his hand on his elbow and turned him towards the entrance to Captain Lamberton's cabin. "Let's go ii'Side," he said. The whole party went into the cabin, Captain Lamberton bringing ip the rear. They were inide less than five minutes before they returned to the deck. Admiral Dewey wore a medal on his left breast that had not been there ten minutes previously. He took a turn or two on the deck with the mayor, while the rest of his party stood around talking to the ship's officers. Then the barge wlis called alongside again, and Admiral Dewey led the mayor down the gangway and boarded the barge. The barge took Its passengers to the patrol, and the patrol transshipped them to the Sandy Hook. The oand on the Sandy Hook struck up "See, 'the Conquering Hero Comes" as the patrol approached. The admiral's visit to the Sandy Hook was a lengthy one. As soon as he boarded the

steamer he was taken in hand by the special committee of the reception committee, and taken aft. where he held a recemion. All the mayor's guests, the visiting Gover nors and others were introduced to him. With him as escort was Flag Lieutenant Brumby, of his personal staff. The admiral shook hands with everybody, and faid a word here and there when he recognized an old friend. It was an hour later when he boarded the Sandy Hook, and later he returned to his own ship. Jt was an inspiring moment when the column started up the harbor and the great navai parade began to be a reality. First came the police boat patrol, which was the apex of a wedge spreading out to the fireooats rew Worker and Van Wyck, whicn followed abreast. The steamer Sandy Hook, having on board the mayor and the representatives of the city of New York, with tne standards of the city flying from the fore and aft masts, steamed alongside of the Olympia. the flagship on the port side. After the Olympia came the cruiser New York, the flagship of Rear Admiral Sampson, with her big turrets and guns appear ing like a moving fortress as she followed in the wake of the admiral s ship. The Chi cago brought up the rear of the column. Following the New lork were the- two first-class battleships Indiana and Massa chusetts. In the rear of these modern engines of war came the Lancaster, the type of the old navy vessels or the Hartford class. Then followed the gunboat Marietta, small by comparison with the Lancaster, with the auxiliary cruiser Scorpion behind. Abreast steamed the torpedo boats Porter, Dupont, Ericsson, Winslow and Cushlng. and following them came the natty revenue cutters. Manning, Algonquin, Gresham, Windof and Orvondaga. Next in line were the transports Sedgwick, McPherson and McCiellan, and after them came the Missouri. Then began the civic and maritime aspect of the parade. Flying the flag of the State of New York and having on board the representatives of the naval militia came the steamer Monmouth, followed by other boats witn members or the naval militia. In single file came the General Slocum and Glen Island, with the members of the general committee of citizens, the Mount Hope with the legislative branch of the city government, the Warwick, with the heads ot the city departments, and the Mattewan, with members of the press. Then followed two abreast ninety-eight graceful, magnificently appointed yachts, led by the Corsair, the flagship of Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan, and Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Erin. After the yachts came 100 steamships of the merchant marine with three flagships in single file, then five steamers abreast and the remainder in files of two. The third and last division of the parade consisted of more than 100 handsomely decorated tugs, yachts, pleasure craft, etc. There were sldewheelers. propellers, electric boats and every kind except a sailing vessel. Then came the Incidents of the parade described eisewnere. CHEERS FOR THE ERIN. Sir Thomas Lipton's Yacht One of the Features of the Pageant. NEW YORK. Sept. 29.-From the time the British yacht Erin started she certainly was the chief attraction along the river front after the Olympia had gone bj-, and Sir Thomas Llpton was accorded an ovation all along the line. To those on board the Erin, decked out, as she was, with flags of all descriptions, it looked as If the American people were greatly pleased with sir Thomas and were delighted for an opportunity to give him a hearty welcome. They ran alongside in tugs, barges, launches and big excursion steamers and shouted all sorts of complimentary things to him. while the tall yachtsman on the upper, bridge of the Erin wore a smile all the afternoon and not infrequently called back his thanks for the kind wishes. Sir Thomas had on board fifty or more of his friends on this side of the water and from England, and the company during the latter part of the afternoon was kept busy returning the cheers which wers hurled at the Erin from all sides. Anions those who watched the parade from the decks of the Erin were Prince Reginald Do Croy, of Belgium, and Hon. Charles Russell, of London. Even before the Erin had weighed anchor half a dozen tugs had come alongside and the cheering and whistling which rang. in the ears of those on board continued until the end of the day began. After the signal for the start was given the Corsair led, followed by a magnificent string of steam yachts smothered in tlaea. in two long lines. The Erin headed tho starboard column, with Col. John Jacob Ators Nourmahal right astern, while tho Niagara, with Howard Gould on board. headed the port column, with the New Jose phine of Mr. Joseph N. Widener right behind her. Just after the fleet started a smart rain squall swept up tne bay over the fleet, but it did not last long, and when it did cease it swung over the lower half of the city and the fleet of warships ahead a magnificent rainbow that proved to be one or the spectacular features of the afternoon. Thousands gazed upon Its beautiful colors across the heavens, and then looked at the well of beauty on the water and acknowi edged that everything was combined to make the day a great success and a memuraoie one in me nisiury vi me The Erin was continuously saluted on the way up, and tne man on the after deck, beside the flagstaff, which carried the big yacht pennant, was continuously dipping it In return. "Everything seems to be going first class," said Sir Thomas, as the yacht neared the Battery, "and the parade is certainly a great success." Looking oyer through the tremendous crowd that covered the wharves and battery, he shouted down to those on deck: "Just see them over there; did you ever see so many people? It is wonderful, marvelous. I could not believe that so many people could be got together." When off Twenty-third street Sir Thomas became exercised at the congestion of boats ahead, and shook his head as he thought of the chances of getting the Erin through the mess. In going by the training ship Portsmouth, the jackles lined the rail and gave the Erin a tremendous cheer, which was answered from the crew of the Erin on the far deck. Then came more cheers, yells and whistles from those on shore until Sir Thomas's sides fairly shook with laughter. as he said: "They must all have money on the Shamrock." It took nearly an hour for the head of the yacht fleet to reach the turning point off Fort Lee, but the Corsair finally swung around and headed down toward the Olympia. At the same time, half a hundred excursion boats, tugs and launcnes wnicn had been waiting up the river for the yachts to appear, joined in so that a solid column came sweeping down on Admiral Dewey. The Erin was in the center of this great mass of boats, and the formation of the yacht club fleet was at once lost. The great mass swept by the Olympia five and plx abreast, but fortunately the course was comparatively clear when she went by, and Admiral Dewey was rasny Tecognizea. wav ing his hat frantically at Sir Thomas, as he stood on the after bridge. The crew of the Olympia also recognized the Erin and save her a tremendous cheer, which wa9 re turned bv the entire company on board the Irish yacht, while the big fleet of excursion steamers and the two or three hundred thousand people on shore Joined in cheers. The Erin ran down the river until she reached Hoboken. where she took up her position to participate in the illumination this evening. OX BOARD THE MOXMOtTXI. Governor Roosevelt nnd Other State OClclals Honor the Admiral. NEW YORK, Sept. i9. Few boats in the parade played a more prominent parr and none gave a heartier welcome to Admiral Dewey than the steamer Monmouth, which flew the flag of New York State and carried several hundred distinguished officials and their wives and daughters. Among those cn the Monmouth were Governor Roosevelt and his staff. Commander J. V Miller, of the State Naval Militia and his staff. United Stt tes Senator Proctor, of Vermont, and United States Senator Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia. As the Monmouth steamed down the bay to take ber placa ia the parads ch3 pacrsd

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the Olympia seme quarter of a mile to starboard. She dipped the State flag, but this was evidently not seen on the admiral's boat, as the salute received no recognition. The Monmouth then fell in behind the transport McPherson and steamed slowly up the bay and into the Hudson river, attended by the converted yacht Alleen and several tugs crowded to the gunwales with sailors of the naval reserves. When the Monmouth came abreast of the Olympia. Admiral Dewey was on the bridge and returned the salute of Governor Roose velt and his staff by a touch or his cap. The crowd on the Monmouth was simply marl with enthusiasm and shouted all kinds of complimentary things at the admiral. who was kept busy maKing nis acisnowiedements. Governor Roosevelt said of the demonstration: "This magnificent demon stration, unsurpassed I believe in tne nistcry of our country, is proof, if any proof Is needed, that Admiral Dewey occupies a very warm place in the hearts of his countrymen. Indeed, I hardly think it Is too much to say that he is to-day its most central figure. This occasion also proves that ours is a great and wonderful country and that we admire a fighting man." - SCENES OX SHORE. Great Crowds In nattery Pork nnd by the Riverside Drive. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. The throngs scat tered In Battery Park surged toward the sea wall to-day when It was announced that the Olympia was in sight, with Admiral Dewey on board. From this time on the excitement of the crowds increased, and when the gun3 of the Olympia began to answer the salutes from Castle William and Bedloe's island the shouting and gen eral uproar at the Battery defied descrip tion. The Olympia passed close enough tc the Battery for her men and guns to be seen plainly, and the thousands also recognized the figure of Admiral Dewey on thu bridge and broke into such an outburst of cheering as has probably never floated over the waters of the bay before. The admiral litfed his cap and bowed repeatedly. Ir. the crowd were many of the visiting sol diers who are to take part in to-morrow's land parade. There were more than five hundred of them in one group, and their shouting would have done credit to five times their number. Thousands gathered on Gcvernor's island. The visitors scattered themselves over the earthworks and along the sea wall, and some had seats on Castle William and the buildings overlooking the bay. The Olympia was greeted with a great fluttering of handkerchief and flaes as hf arrived off Castle William, and after salut-j had been exchanged between the shore battery and the warship the crowd fol lowed tne vessel along the shore and remained watching it until it had disappeared m me .urin river. The multitude that gathered on Riverside drive was In itself a sleht that words can hardly picture, and to those who did not see, description can convey only a bare suggestion. From every direction and from all points, north, east and south, the way was steadily westward, and the great sea of people that had gathered in the mornlns was swelled at noon by streams of persons that flowed steadily through every strees and thoroughfare which had an outlet on the river front. The natural aspect of the landscape was almost blotted out, and from Seventy-second street upward a great wall of human beings lined the shore, so densely packed that a stand having once been taken no person could move to right or left. It was nearly Impossible to budge, and arms were pinioned to sides, feet seemed rooted in the soil and the free action of an individual person was practically impossible. It was a case of move with tne crowd or move not at all in this section of the city. The houses on the drive were ablaze with color, and above many of them long streamers of red, white and blue floated from tall flag poles. Many of the houses were decorated elaborately, and in tms section each householder seemed to have vied with his neighbor in the attempt to make a brilliant demonstration. The name of Dewey was embroidered on many of the large flags which covered the fronts of the houses, and sentimental phrases of admiration for the admiral were freely exhibited on all sides. Hour after hour the crowds waited patiently, uncomplainingly. The country cousins of Father Knickerbocker who visited New York for the first time spent a portion of the idle hours inspecting the wonders of the Grant monument. Next to the Olympic and the great admiral himself this seemed to be the chief point of interest for persons from outside New York city. Perhaps, taken all in all, the best land view of the parade was obtained from the Riverside drive and from the Grant monument. The time consumed in rounding the stake boat, the St. Mary's, gave persons in this section of the city ample time to view the world renowned white squadron and to catch occasional glimpses of the admiral and other, officers on the deck of the Oiympla. When the guns of the Olympia thundered out a salute the cheers that went up from the hundreds of thousands that had gathered in the vicinity of the Grant monument all but drowned the noise of the guns that silenced the Spanish fleet at Manila on that early May morning a year and a half ego. DEWEY'S RELATIVES. IIoit They Enjoyed the Demonstration In the Admiral's Honor. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. One of the most delightful features of the day was the hearty way in which the members of the Dewey family enjoyed every detail of the tribute to their great kinsman. Under the guidance of Edward Wllklns Dewey, a nephew of the admiral, who has been a Now Yorker for years, the family party left the Waldorf-Astoria for Battery Park, where they boarded the steamer Sandy Hook, Mayor Van Wyck being in waiting for them. Charles Dewey, tne admiral's eldest brother, was the dean of the party. His wife and son and son's son were with him. There were Mrs. H. H. Finley, a niece of the admiral, and her daughter. Miss Frances Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilkins Dewey, James L. Martin, Mrs. Martin, Miss, Martin. Fred A. Howland and Mrs. Howland, William T. Dewey, James F. Dewey, Mrs. Kate Squire, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. McCuen, George P. Dewey, Lieut, and Mrs. Theodore G. Dewey, C. Wolcott, Miss Wolcott and C S. Wolcott. "This Is the grandest celebration I have ever seen," said Charles Dewey after the parade, "and I am an old man and have traveled much in this country and twice in Europe. 1 have seen triumphs and celebrations there. Not one of them ever began to approach this in magnificence and beauty, It is the Lord's day. He is with us. The skies are bright and the sun is smiling upon us. Everything contributes to the success of the pageant. We heard a great deal before we came here about how great the triumph would be, but nothing like this stupendous outburst ever entered our minds. The love, the admiration of tho American people for the admiral is wonderful." - INCIDENTS OF THE DAY. Crowds Disappointed Because the AVar Vessels Did Xot Dress Ship. NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Early In the day the boats which participated In the parade began to gather at Staten island. The formation of the parade was the best of any water parade ever held in the harbor, but It was .narred by the yachts. AH the official boats and the excursion steamers and others of that class took position and anchored, but the yacht owners did not act as well as the public vessels and failed to get into line and turn into the moving column as precisely. The formation of the column of yachts was at times ragged and imperfect. But when it came the turn of the third division to start the vessels got In column two by two from their anchorages in as perfect alignment as it was possible to obtain with boats. There was much disappointment on Gtaten Island ttcaura tha rrsrsla Ci nz Crtra

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A short time before the start each of the warships ran up their battle flags, fore and aft These were the only decorations on the warships The sight of a warship fully drtssed Is exceedingly pretty and the absence of this was Fadly missed by the experts, who make their headquarters at the quarantine. Fort Wadsworth and Sailors Snug Harbor., Promptly t 12 o'clock a deep-throatei sound steamboat let go a blast of her foghorn and the next moment all the other craft in the bay awaiting the start let loose also, and for rive minute there was a fearful din. On Staten island all the bells and whistles available were started also and these added to the noise. The hills of Staten island were crowded from as early as 10 o'clock in the morning. Many perched on them by S. but they began to turn black by 10. and by noon it was hard to find a vacant place. Very few of the thousands who taw the start waited: until the end. There were two causes for this. While the yachts were trying to get into line and had caused the orderly ainearing column to become confused, makingit uninteresting to those on the hills, then came sweeping up the Narrows as nasty & looking squall as had been seen In the bar for a long time. It drove a line of white water before it. and rain fell in a smart shower. The squall headed straignt up the bay. It reached Clifton, when a different current of air hit it and fent it to th westward, so that it rained on the hill nJ". fot on the shore or water. The sprinkle lasted only a minute or so, but that and the confusion on the water caused the crowds to hurry for shelter and they thus missed seeing one of the best fca-tures-the passing of the third division. The flying of kites from the steamers In the parade excited much interest on shore. Hundreds of the visiting foldlcrs crossed to Staten Island to get a look at the war. ships and the start of the parading fleet. Tho steamboat John G. Carlisle carried to-day more sailors than any other t earner In the fleet Not even the battleships in war times carry as many sailors as did tho Carlisle. There were 600 of them on board, besides the crew. There were men on her who had railed in every ocean and eea, and there was not a country in the world that had not been visited by one or more of the 600. They were the 4nmates of the Sailors Snug Hatbor. The Carlisle had brer chartered for their use. Governor Delehanty, of the harbor, personally eaw that the men were properly cared for. Had it been possible for Admiral Dewey to have obtained a bird'seye view of Greater New York and its environment to-day h would have seenN assembled in his "honor the greatest number of individuals ever attracted by a single man on a single idea, since the night of ages. The estimates of those who helped celebrate Dewey's arrival run from 2,ojo,C00 upward. More persons have probably watched the naval parade to-day than can possibly watch the army parade to-morrow, elnce the movements of the troops must necessarily be limited to a few streets of the city, while the white squadron to-day had for the theater of its operations one of the largest harbors and one of the finest rivers In the world. This gave the millions a chance to fling out a weLcome to Dewey, and the millions embraced the opportunity. The tops of the Washington building, the Bowling Green building, Aldrich court, the Empire, the New York Life, the St. Paul building, and, in fact, every one of New York's towering structures swarmed with humanity, and. spread out before them was a panorama that could not be equaled the world over. The vast number of craft as they moved up the Hudson from off Staten Island presented a stately and remarkable appearance. There were nearly 500 vessels in all and it took them more than three hours to pass & given point. From beginning to end they went without accident and the sight at the gathering opposite the tomb of General Grant at the head of niverelde Park was superb. The harmonious execution of the programme 'andthe pleasure of the witnesses were not marred throOghout the day by serious accident. A plazzl of an old house on which too many had gathered fell into the river, with eight persons, but In shallow water, and a broken leg was the only casualty. The mt serious ill-turn was the breaking up of the exquisite float Victory. wMch was to have been a handsome adornment of the pageant at Grant's tomb. The crowds came so early In the morning that half of those liviog in the city and suburbs went home In the late afternoon, while thosswho had not come out during the day appeared In the city at night to nee the stupendous fireworks display. This proved to be gorgeous, and as many saw them as witnessed the parade. From eight different points in Greater New York fireworks were exhibited, the grandest display being at the Battery. Admiral Dewey witnessed the display at Grant's tomb. a At night, viewed from any of the high buildings down town, New York appeared an enchanted city. The great buildings were bright with dazzling light and srorgeous color. On the rivers were fairy barges. In the sky flashing shafts of blue. The water oomoH a ribbon of lambent flames. BrookI lyn bridge was a halo of glory from end IU enu, IIIC iraiuic at Hi iv.ai come to Dewey. Great searchlights played from Brooklyn over the East river. THE DEWEY OP TO-DAY. Personal Appearance of the Admiral When He Arrived at w York. NEW YORK, Sept. 23. Admiral Dewey Is five feet seven Inches In height. He Is thick set. lit weighs 170 pounds. Ills arms and legs are heavy, but his hands and feet are as small as a woman's. His fingers are slender and taper. His feet are well under the average size for a man of his build. He has a forty-two-inch chest and a thirty six-inch waist. His skin Is clear. It Is browned by his voyage home. The sallow ness that Manila weather gave him Is almost gone. IIU eyes are wonderful. They look at you not piercingly, but seriously and earnestly. There is humor in them and they show it. They are brownish, with tinge of gray. His mustache Is long ana heavy, not half so gray as his pictures appear to make It. (Continued on Fifth Pane.) TO CYXIC A COLD 1 OSE DAY Take Laxative Dromo Quinine Tableta. All dn flats rerund the money if It fall to cura. C

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