Show I MELBOURNE'S I WELCOME TO I THE ifiE flEET MELBOURNE Aug u 29 Tho O.-Tho Tho first day ay of tho the sojourn of tho the American fleet in this port has seen little of ceremony cere mony as Monday is the day dav set for tho the formal landing and tho the public pubic reception Sunday is free no entertainments or calls calIs having avi been scheduled for that day After the tho imposing progress of tho the American warships through h Port Philip hay bay this mornin morning to their anchorage e in in Hobson a bay where they lio ho white and glistening 1 off ott St. St Kilda Admiral Sperry Sper- Sper r ry the commander in chief accompanied accompanied panted by tim tho members members' of his bis staff landed at tho the St. St Kil Kilda a pier at half past 3 Tho The Americans were escorted escort escort- cd ed cd to carrin carriages es and driven four miles through tho the suburbs into Melbourne proper Tho The streets wore lined with erot crowds ds who cheered the visitors all an the way Reaching the city boundary they crossed Princes Prince's s brid bridge e wb which ch is ornamented ornamented orna orna- with a no statue of Queen Victoria over o tho the Yarra into Melbourne proper Hero here iF is the be beginning of the profuse and ana effective o street decorations in in behalf behalf be bea half of the Americans The admiral bowed to the thc continuous cheers of tho crowd aton along and Collins Collins' streets past tho the town hall ball to tho the treasury treas ury tury building where helO he ho called formally t overn o Gibson C w who o on behalf of the state cordi cordially lh welcomed the American cers core The Time governor go later in in tho the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon returned tho the visit and was received re reo re- re d' d don on board the fla flagship ship with appropriate appropriate honors I |