Show FLEET REACHES MANILA ON Owing to Prevalence of Cholera Js Ne e Curtailed 4 I t 4 4 4 Manila Oct 2 The Atlantic bat hat 4 f 4 has entered this harbor 4 f 4 passing Corregidor island at 1210 ilO 4 p m in mt 44 41 H 1 M t t m ft t M t t t t t Manila Oct 2 The Atlantic fleet was reported fifty miles off the mouth of pf the harbor at S 8 this morning and andis is expected to pass in by b Corregidor isi island island and at about 10 this afternoon and drop anchor off the city cit at 4 of A number of steamers and launches have already gone out to meet the fleet down the coast and accompany it into the har bar harbor harbor barbor bor There will be no formalities In the way wa of reception attempted today toda outside of ot the demonstration by the steamers and harbor craft which will sail about the fleet as it lies at anchor and tonight the ships will be Illuminated Governor General Smith will pay pa his of official officIal tidal respects to Admiral Sperry after the great water parade tomorrow is over o er Official Welcome Governor General Smith has issued the following welcome to the fleet We have looked forward for many months to the time when we might bid glad welcome to the officers and men of the American battleships but this pleasure has been postponed almost in inthe inthe inthe the hour of its realization and it is a asad asad asad sad disappointment to us all that flying fIring flags and the wave of distant hands must signal the hearty heart welcome which our eyes and lips would gladly speak I The actual handclasp and words of greeting must be deferred a little while I but when the time comes they will be benone benone I none the less warm for a little waiting The outward manifestations of our oui wel wet welcome welcome come may be less magnificent than that of other lands but In warmth and sin sincerity sincerity sincerity our welcome we com will yield ld to none |