The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVII. NO. 12.
LEADS Mi HORTH CAMIIIK DAILIES II HEWS MD OWUI*.
Dewey’s Home Coming.
For nearly eighteen months the people
of this nation have been bottling up
the enthusiasm distilled by their un
bounded: admiration for the man who
smashed things so heroically on that
memorable May morning in Manila
bay. Now that man is coming home,
and we have arranged to uncork said
enthusiasm. We are godug to do it
in our own peculiar way.
By right of geographical shunt inn
and precedence due to size the details
at any spot on the Atlantic seaboard
even on such an occasion as this. So
a favored few, comparatively speaking,
will he there to express what the rest
of u« feel.
I his expression of admiration, regard
and esteem will lie made in the good
old American way. There will lie pa
rades on land and sea. There will Ik*
fireworks and the thunder of big guns.
There will Ik* decorations and illumina
tions.
As this is an unusual occasion—in
favor of the most unusual occasion of
the kind which, has ever confronted ns—
everything will la* on an tin usual scale.
The parade will lie unusually big and
magnificent, the fireworks will be un
usually elaborate, the guns will thunder
unusually loud and long, tin* decora
tions will be unusually elalmrate and
the iiitttni nations unusually extensive
and brilliant,
TUB RECEPTION PIWM3UAMMB.
TBie programme for the receirtion of
our home coming admiral ccmtemplates
two days and three nights of festival.
The fun will Ivegin on the evening of
Thursday, September US. Just before
sundown of that day it is expected that
the white nose of the Olympia will lie
seen plowing through the waves off San-
THE ADMiHAL IN SI3OKE
TOGS.
dy I look. The
flagship will an
chor off t h e
Hook and wait
for morning, ac
companied by a
fleet of excur
sion steamers
and tugs.
Before Admi
ral 1) ewe y
left the Medi
terranean he
found out just
exactly when
lie was want
ed to appear,
and then he in
structed his nav
igating officer
accordingly. It
is possible that
the Obnpia may
be obliged to
cruise back and
forth out there
in the ocean
for several days
in order not to
appear before
the scheduled date. It all de
lends on the weather, but there is lit
tie chance that she will Is* behind hand.
When the Olympia drops her anchor
in lower New York bay, the admiral
will get his first surprise. It is extreme
ly unlikely that the modest sea lighter
baa any idea of the extent of the dem
onstration which is to bo made in his
honor. But when lie sees acres of water
craft blazing with electric lights, miles
roBK'B TfItCMPHAI, AttCU
of shore lino bathed in red lire, is al
most deafened by the shrieks of whistles
and sees the very sky itself turned into
a playground for thousands of hissing,
bursting rockets he will begin to realize
that a whole lot of enthusiastic Ameri
cans are glad to see him back.
Early Friday morning the Olympia will
gel tip her author and steam in through
the Narrows under the welcome bellow
ing guns of Forts Wadsworth and Ham
ilton up to a point of!' Toinpkmsville,
where tin* ships of
the north Atlantic
Squadron, ranged in
two wide lines, will
await her. You may
imagine the cheers
of the jnekies as they
man the sides and
watch the flagship
steam between the
big battleships and
cruisers.
When the head of
tln v line is reached,
the Olympia Avill an
chor again. Then
Bear Admiral Samp
son will go on
I i ■ >-d mid extend the
official welcome of
tin' navy and the
g< >ve rni l lent. T1 i ere
will be little time for
chatting between
the two officers, for
at an early hour
the. fleet will get un
der way for the na
val parade.
In this the Olym
pia will have as an
escort the xvhole
n <> r t h Atlantic
Squadron. T Ji e
course will he up the
Hudson to Grant’s
tomb. The Olympia
will tire the pre
scribed salute and
anchor a short dis
tance below the
great white marble
mausoleum. T lie
aiming of all these
big warships in the
narrow river, led by
the gallant Olympia,
will be a very pretty
evolution.
In the evening the
fleet will be illumina
ted, strings of color
ed electric* lights Ik>-
ing hung all alxmt
the grim warships.
The next morning,
Saturday, Septem
ber 30, Admiral
Dewey and his offi
cers, with officers
from the other ghipe,
will land and go to
the Hotel Clare
mont, at the head of
It i vend do drive,
where an elaborate
breakfast will lx*
served .the mayor of
New York and his
official satellites act
ing as hosts.
Then will come
the big lani parade.
Then Admiral Dew
ey will Slave a
chance to see close
■at hand some of the
millions of good
Americans whom
he will Stave observed
the day before
neroly as black
masses of bodies
fringing the wharfs
and buildings of the
(river front.
Escort e d by
something like 30.-
000 soldiers and
of the nation’s
first greeting to
Admiral Dewey
on his home
' coining have
been left to 1,-
500 . representa
tive citizens of
,our biggest city,
These N e w
Yorkers know — 1
at least they
ought—that each
i u d i v i d tial
American would
like to take an
active and per
sonal part in
extending this
welcome. But
it is a practical
imi-ossibility for
70,000,000 peo
ple to stand
a great naval brigade from the squad
ron, the admiral will drive
for miles through solid masses of
cheering, handkerchief waving, hand
clapping humanity. Above him -and on
all sides he will see a mass of waving
Hags. Then he will go through the
great arches which have been erecud
in his honor.
Os course there will lie a banquet to
wind things up. with an enterra’iimcut
for “the men behind the guns.’’
In honor of the home coming of the
hero of Manila the city of New York is
putting on such a gala dress as it has
never worn before. The miunieipal gov
ernment has appropriated $150,000 to
meet the expenses of the reception, and
this is being spent with a more or less
judicious hand.
NKW YORK'S (JALA I>RESS.
(due of the principal features of the
welcome will be the triumphal arch
which is being built on Madison Square
a! tire intersection of Fifth avenue amt
Twenty-fourth street. This spot is in
the very heart of the metroisdis. The
situation of the arch will be such that
it can he seen for long distances from
almost every direction.
A very line arch it is to be too. The
RALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899.
actual cost will be but $20,500, but it
must be remembered that 27 of the best
sculptors in the country are giving their
services and are working like beavers
at its construction. If Gorin n had to
pay these partriotic artists of the mallet
and chisel, the bill won ! font up sone
thing like $200,000, for each sculptor
lias a national reputation.
The arch will resemble On arch of
Titus in Borne, but ; t will be bigger
THE HERO OF MANILA BAY.
and finer to look at than *ihnr histone
affair, although not of sun'll lasting ma
terial. Staff, which glistens whiter than
any marble and looks just as substan
tial as granite, will be used.
A double line of ornate columns ex
tending on either side of the arch will
make a magnificent and imposing ap
proach to tin* stately pile.
The arch is to be adorned with sculp
ture symbolizing the power of the
l*lilted States as a maritime nation.
The main idea of tin* sculptural adorn
ment will he to have the four great
piers one continuous series, personify
ing the four subjects of:
Patriotism (or the call to arms), war
(the fight), the return (the victors re
turning to their native land), peace (the
volunteers again taking up their peace
ful occupations!.
These subjects are being treated in
an. allegorical way, with realistic groups
in the immediate foreground. Above
these, acting as fimials to the four col
umns, on each side of the great group,
will lx* portrait figures of admirals and
representatives of the navy, such as
Paul Jom*s\ Decatur, Perry, Farm gut.
Foote. Hull, McDonough, Cushing and
Porter. Each of these pieces will bo
twelve feet high. There will lie medal
lions of other naval heroes.
The four spandrels over the main en
trance will be tilled with figures sym
bolizing the Atlantic ocean and Pacific
ocean on one side and the .North riv< r
and East river on, (he other, tints em
phasizing New Y ork’s position a Hi ■
most imptortant commercial city of the
country.
The keystone of the arch on cither
side will be surmounted by a great
eagle. The apex of the arch will He sur
mounted by a quadriga of sea horses,
a ship at whose prow, with
uplifted wings, will stand a triumphal
figure suggestive of victory. This quad
riga is being made by J. ( J . A. Ward,
president of the National Sculpture so
ciety. Other rooted sculptors have va
rious parts of the work in hand.
In addition to this grand arch two
large columns will be erected in Mon
tague terncc, Brooklyn. This site is on
the heights above Wall street ferry ter
minal, and the columns, which avi 11 he
150 feet high, can be seen from all parts,
of the harbor. J
THE ELECTBICAL ILLUMINA
TIONS.
But tin* most prominent feature of
tht* decorations will be the electrical
welcome which will blaze out on Brook
lyn bridge. The words “Welcome,
Dewey,” will shine in letters 30 feet
high, and when first lighted, Thursday
night, the returning admiral can easily
read them from the deck of the Olym
pia even should lie decide to anchor
ten miles outside of Sandy Hook.
The legend will he 800 feet long, and
more than .(MX) electric lamps of high
candle power will be used to form this
midair signal of welcome to ad
miral. The device will he strung on the
Central part of the span between the
towers and above the railroad 1 tracks,
so that it can be seen and read up and
if
✓
t
ill
ONE OF THE COLUMNS. t !lo towers four
great searchlights will play their pierc
ing rays in every direction.
The legend which the big bi'dgo is
to bear will be repeated dozens of times,
ill letters from 5 to 20 feet high, all
along the water fronts of the two rivers.
All the steamship companies, big and
little, from the ocean liners ro the craft
that ply between ports on the sound
- o 3r .
and tin* Hudson, have made p -
tions for illuminating their ships .• i
extent never before dreamed of
by tin* practical men whose life
is the possibilities of electricity.
The effect of these on the wal.-®
night will be on a large scale wh -2
illuminated trolley cars show when
they dash throgh the dimly lighted
suburbs like blazing meteors. Every
ship that carries one or more search
lights will go down the
PLAN FOR DECORATING BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
down the East
river as well as
for liiiles down
tiie bay.
The lights
forming the let
ters will he pure
white, and at
each end of the
design will lie
appropriate em
'bell i s h meats
The reflected
light from this
display, which
Warren \V.
Foster, secreta
ry of the com
mittee. says will
lie the greatest
display of elec
trical illumina
tion the world
ever has seen,
can be set'll in
(every direction
within 50 miles.
The bridge
will be decora
ted by day
with bunting
and flags its
entire length,
lmt its greatest
glory will lie
seen by night.
In addition to
the great cen
tral illumination
there will lie
many o t It e r
lights, and from
and they show an elaborate display.
All the other railroad companies have
made plans as elaborate and complete
as these two. Private and corporate
owners of piers on both rivers have
been seen individually and have given
their plans confidentially to Gen. 1 Inw
ard Carroll, who is chairman of a
sub-committee on river and harbor dec
orations. and the promise of a continuous
ldaze of electric light for miles along
each bank of the two rivers may be
expected confidently to Ik* fulfilled.
FESTOONS OF LIGHT.
The New Y’ork City Hall park and the
hall itself, as well as the borough hall
in Brooklyn, will be illuminated under
the direction of the sub-committee of
which Lewis Nixon is chairman, Mr.
Nixon has received a design from the
Edison Electric company calling for
SECTION ONE—Pages I to 8.
bay on Thursday night
and focus the brilliant
rays of the lamps on
tin* deck of Dewey’s
ship.
Electricity, which
will play so prominent
a part in the public
and private decoration
and illumination of
the city and the water,
will have its first in
nings on that Thurs
day night. Never be
fore probably have
been seen so many
craft blazing with
Ji gilts from .stern to
stern as will take a
cruise down the bay
that night to catch tin
first glimpse of the od
miral’s flagship and
to carry their message
of “welcome to port”
to the returning sea
fighter who has made
glorious his country
and his country’*
on the other side of
the world.
Every one of the ex
cursion craft, every
private yacht, every
tug and lighter will
make it < Cliiowinig,
more or less brilliant
in the white lights of
the electric lamp. And
on the private yachts
especially the illumina
tion will lx* decorative,
with Hag designs in
red, white anil blue
lamps, and messages
of welcome in large let
ters strung between
the masts.
The ferry companies’
slips ami the steamship
and railroad piers
along tin* East river
will lx* lighted, and
their electric designs
will be varied, accord
ing to the taste of
■ their designers and
ithe plans of the chief
engineers. On the
North river. where
the larger railroad
and steamship lines
jhave their terminals,
• the display will be
even more Ibri'Miaint.TlK*
Pennsylvania ra i 1 roa d
was the first to submit
a phut Os its illumiii;
tiou of the Jersey City
terminal to the com
mittee. On the great
train sheds facing tin*
water will be the
w o r d s “Welcome,
Dewey,” in enormous
letters o f electric
lamps, with the facade
of the station picked
out in electricity.
The Dela wa re,Laek
-1 a wanna and Western
j railroad also lias re
ported its plans to
■ tin* committee. They
were designed by Paul
H. Brangs, the com
pany’s chief electrician,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
tin* greatest illumination that old City
Hall park ever has seen. Strings of
electric lamps are to be festooueil
among the trees, across tin* walks,
around the fountain and everywhere
that there is a peg or a branch to
bang a lamp upon.
These lights wil be colored as well
as white, and the big are lights which
’ j
| -• r •'
ifcisl
ukookltn’s triumphal columns.
will lx* hung in arches at a greater
height also will show a variety of colors.
The park will look like tin* scene of a
garden party or a lawn festival on an
immense scab*. The hall itself will ‘be
ablaze with lights, which will show its
decorations of Hags and bunting by
night as well as by day. Similar illu
minations are projected for the lxirough
hall in Brooklyn.
It is imposible to tell all tin* wonders
that will lx* accomplished in the way of
electrical illumination by private in-
TITE ADMIRAL’S LAUNCH.
dividuals. Every electrician lu tin* city
is working on, plans for one or more
buildings, and all the electrical shops
are crowded with orders which must
be turned out liefore Dewey day
Oil land there will he a daylight dis
play which has never been equaled in
New Y’ork or any other city. The great
metropolis* will be fairly swathed in
ivd, white and blue hunting. From ev
ery point where a staff can l;e stuck out
a flag will be thing to the breeze. Each
of the ldg mercantile houses is planning
its own scheme of decoration, and the
smaller ones as well. People who visited
New Y’ork soon after the battle of San
tiago were astonished at the lavish dis
play of hunting, but this display is to
in* eclipsed when Dewey comes home.
A word as to the crowds which will
be in New York to welcome the ad
miral. It is estimated' that no less than
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