Show COMPLETE CESSATION of OE BUSINESS TO WITNESS C MING 01 THI THE FLEET T san francisco oakland and other nearby cities all took a holiday oliday ff streets in downtown section absolutely deserted admiral evans unable to participate in functions planned in honor of the officers san francisco may alay 6 through the towering yering ta portals of the gale lieal heavy ji laden with the romance of cent centuries urles into the harbor of the caty of a hund hundred hills into a new san Francl francisco seD risen risea from the ruins of two years ago the atlantic battleship fleet steamed today in review dt 61 A 0 multitude unnumbered it was the same imposing pageant of immaculate white ships that soiled sailed from hampton roads nearly five mouths months ago in the wake of the presidents denta dent a nag flag but with the splendid accomplishments of a record breaking crusse cruise of more than miles and three weeks of wonderful target work behind it today the white anchored four starred blue of the hag flag of the secretary of the navy flying from the main mast of the trim little gunboat yorktown fluttered the welcome ot the nation while the governor of california the mayor of san francisco and the people of a hundred towns and cities voiced the greetings ot of the enthusiastic west san francisco oakland ani and other cities near by all took a holiday to witness the coming of the fleet there was war a complete cessation ot of business and the streets in the down town sections were absolutely desei deserted ted more people came into the city last ni night fhe ht and this morning than left luring during the terror and bom homeless eless jays follow following tho the fire A few remaining scars of a c city ity shaken and burned appeared rose tinted today in the joy of the general celebration A welcome wel coine sign spelled led in letters fifty feet high topped the heights of telegraph te hill the sun which 11 ll 11 i lung had been obscured ob cure 1 liv gray clouds broke aids were I bv t 1 I 1 ahne in nonh t isa m cf fr T ihrl 1 1 r it merry mi lif r i of on ca matasy 1 0 I if f the ay iy mi fy and alid 1 T r 1 e arst f rat innia 1 alt m 1 rt I era that ajl ni n lost im sua i by a run i 0 als the full cir the city are arc hooded lii i v w i anen in ili the flash and play biot ot so sc rn of searchlights trained from foght ng tops and flying bridges below them in the anchorage grounds the illuminations of the heaviest heavier jl leot pye assembled under any flag malte make brilliant the iha waters aters ot the bay for thousands of yards around officials dinners dinner annd conceits and a reception and ball at the fairmount hotel with five thousand invited gli groats cats are features of the first evening of the fleets stay the nt threaded its way through the crowed crowded harbor hir bor past the islands and ferry lanos and reaching far over to the priore turned at latt last when opposite hunters point and pointing hack back toward the golden late gate to jace the hi coming tide steamed fl aly into anchorage formation the battleships battleship having the right of line vero vere first to tn let their anchors go sixteen veterans of the atlantic cruice chii e augmented by two battleships battleship 3 recruited here for the lombind lom aind er of the trip around the world the nebraska and the wisconsin occupy the two inside lines oft ot the four columns of ships now in the harbor the ar cru cruisers of the pacific fleet have the line nearest the oakland thore while the little black destroyers of both the atlantic and pacific flotillas are berthed close in toward the san francisco water front tho the excursion fleet was kept out of the warships pathway by bv a patrol of revenue cutters und and all ferry service was ius suspended during the parade rear admiral robley D evans ln in calef of the atlantic 0 leet fleet and just now in command of the assembled ships of both oceans stood on the after bridge of the connecticut Rs as the famous flagship led the way through tho the harbors gate ills his active n naval aval career Is IB to close on sunday next when he forma formally 13 will bo be relieved from command both be cause of illness and the death of a favorite grandchild admiral evans will be unable to participate in any of the functions planned in honor of the off officers leers the atlantic ships lay at anchor all last night oft off the san francisco Franc laco lightship with the twinkling lights of the Fa rallon islands n plainly in alov A fog down over the darkness barkness and was still hovering over the ships as aa they got under way at 11 this morning when when four miles away in the ocean the ships came into full view of the thousands lining the shores to the north of the gateway mount raising its peak 2600 feet above the sea was crowded with the early riders who had sought this place of vantage to view the spectacle of the fleet tit in miniature fort baker on tho the marln marin shore with its fifty ton gun mounted higher than any weapons of similar weight in tho the world also was thronged thron ged with siant seers nearer the entrance the sloping marln maria choros tf boros all the way from the heights down to lime ame point marking the north point of tho the inner gate were fairly covered with enthusiastic thousands who had come down the peninsula from napa and the redwood lands land beyond to the south of the gateway the Pre presidio to tho the site of odthe thew famous no i al S old cliff house bouse the seal rocks and for miles along the auff beaten n beaches tho the divisions or the craw that made the estimated total ot 0 I 1 a million onlo onlookers wore were gathered in great lack black patches which could be as been n through the glasses eagerly by officers and men on the incoming ships tho the cannon of the tae Pre presidio and of port fort baker boomed a national salute of twenty ty one guns as aa tho the connecticut appeared within the herlands head landa of the eato tho the compliment was returned by the connecticut amid loud cheers from the people on shore the ships as A they aey lulled failed into tho the bay were dressed only at the must mast heads mg american flags anz allne rt fore an dafer daffer trucks and at the peak of the geffs gaffs the blue flag oi of admiral evans on oil the connecticut was followed by the red flags of subordinate rear admirals leven oven admiral dayton himself pulling down hla his blue flag as ag commander tn in calef of the pacific fleet and substituting the ensign of red as admiral evans bvans ship came into view passing to anchor in chor the ships steamed in review before secretary metcalf and the connecticut fired farej a salute of seventeen guns when the last of the ships had fallen into the four long anchorage lines a signal from the flagship sent the fluttering lines of rainbow nags flags flying to the mastheads mast heads and the ships were nvere at full dress during the remainder ot of the afternoon no class of citizens in the city were more interested in the coming of the fleet than the chinese the buildings that mark the present chinatown were crowded with the residents of that quarter during the time the heel was entering the harbor and the streets are gay with lanterns and decor decorations ationo of lavish beauty the japanese residents also gathered in large numbers on the hillsides hill sides to see the pageant they contributed nearly to the local reception fund to which the chinese also were liberal subscribers after the fleet had anchored the government customs launch hartly put off from mission street wharf bearing mayor taylor and the reception committee to pay the cites official greeting find and proclaim formal we welcome to roar rear admiral evans bvans and tho the sailors the hartly reached the nag 1 ship at 3 and between flies files of nia marines rines with arms at prea present ent the mayor and the committee yere were received on the quarter deck of the connecticut and taken below to tho the cabin hal tri meat the admiral heaitly greetings were werd exchanged between the admiral mayor mavor and the members ot of the reception commit committee toe after 1 thu the rl the official cau call w wore ere 0 over er mayor talar ard and the committee boarded the and came ashore following the official call admiral evane came ashore md was taken to the st francis hotel to meet hla his wife und laughter daughter |