The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1900, Page 31

3 ¢ $ + z (] b 0 1 U\ S 3110 40) R e RS DS SOPCOPUPUR 2444 4 L I e tHettee e Pages 31 0 40 B R e R e e e e ey ] SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1900. RADIANT IN ITS GA B+4444444444444444449 : + - TC TYYD" - * S THRONGED 3 @ TATTTIT - . + Y CROWD, AND 32 o + . ILLIANT % : ; + . > 2 ine of Vessels Winds 4 lLanterns, a < T . PEE4 L4444 44440440 ROCKETS CLEAVE THE SKY AND BLAZING BARGES, BEACON LIKE, Through the Maze of Hissing Fireworks, Past Anchored Ships Gay With the Gleam of Colored nd on Past Crowded Wharves, ¢s if in the Figures of a Dance, While Bands Play Merrily Through It All From the Decks of the Moving Steamers. —— s e g - Yyt ? Ay LR TN RN LX) | ENE ON THE BAY DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE GREAT NAVAL PARADE. B OF LIGHT AND COLOR, THE CITY YIELDS ALL TO THE CELEBRATION. @+ 4444444404440 444%0 VISITORS ARRIVING ON EVERY TRAIN AND FROM EVERYWHERE IN NUMBERS NEVER EQUALED. R R e 3 ++ Ottt et sttt ststtetts Brett sttt sttt ts » S @ F T F TR AT A TR AT RO R A T KT A TR TR TSR AT R M SRS R DR R KD RS PR - ke A the Winfleld ( y 4 oo \ Backus, fir- x . 4 e z ty-n 1 vear of statchood C difornia he; to celebrate ( ciable 1 he multiplies his pleasurc by seeking companions to help him enjov himself h} . T hali century of prosperity. There all the charac- ) then ns darkness fell and the swinging lines of lamps commenced to sparkle. every [ r ( 1 the alth lor, the gl lights, the glare ) one sought the streets. and then the water front and the hills that look out over the bay, for v g ;3 e s ng tide of people that filled ) it was on the bay that the great celebration would reaily open. And like a stately minuet, = % 4 < lamp i ) danced in the light of a giant torch, it did open, the vessels changing, winding, turni and Y I y is fu v Sin lay they had been coming in from the K passin 1ssing each other in the glare of flaming barges, like dancers on a ballroom 2 4 4 out ¢ e i if the strezts would hold no more: but still they { The vessels were aglow with Chinese laiterns, and so outlined in the moonlight they the ¢ his be th dest birthday of the century, and ( rarc picture—one beyond brush and palette and nainter’s art — i oy et { . The bay parade was marred by the sinking of the May Flint, a big coal-laden ship that * el 12 fittle ¢ of their own during the aiternoon. where by ¢ fouled the steel beak of the Towa. The Flint was sailing in. and when just ahead of the % : | cot- coursitimhthie faster 1Hto0 e veins of the Iowa the wind fajled her. She wavered in the tide a few minutes and then drove down (¢ * 5 S % upon the battleship. She struck the warship’s ram and it entered her side like a dagger. It * e-b € the f California-—the child of their toil, their was not known then how badly she was injured. but ail freed it was found she was A tur ¢ Native Sons already in the city re sinking. She drifted afoul of a lumber schooner and ail on board the ¥lint scrambled on to % their r the Native Son is nothing ii not so her. Then the Flint drifted away again and went down. et I S S R S ST et Rt g TaE LS St TNe B S S e B O S e S N e e e e B Bt B sparks of every pbdint they crowded into the main Now and in from the city heights night, there was a collision.. Other than Starboard— i ath thoroughfare of the city, until Market would come gheer after cheer as the ships that there was no aceident. e ough the street was one black mass of moving men passed, to signal what the people of San The splendidly adorned ships passed in ch shed from ild see. of light zed fortl brilliant tions wifn whic eets were s of the Union and of the State, and the myriad silhouettted faces of people hurryirg to and fro, gave testimony to how San Francisco Is celebrating the fif- tieth birthday of California. The Native Sons of California have:done their work well. The streets last night were a revelation of beauty. Nothing had been left undon= to make the city a pic- ture such as it had not been ever before. | When darkness came the people of San | Francisco and the tens of thousands of visitors who had come to see the celebra- | tion of the semi-centenngal of Californian # statehood tlifonged the streets. From and women, until the walks inade- quate to contain the throng and the street itself was usurped to mccommodate the moving crowd that progressed toward the water front. There from the heights, upon the wharves, from every point of vantage were they watched the brilliant spectacle that inaugurated San Francisco's tribute to California of every description moved iIn procession around the bay. The blackness of the night was illumined by the fires of iridescent light that shot from stationed ships. Rockets, bombs, vari-colored lights, burst into the air. A fire ship stationed in the harbor gave forth its brilliant illumination and then, at a signal, was transformed into a blaz- ing pile. Around the bay the procession of ships passed. Now and again a bril- liant light in the harbor would {llumine the vessels as they passed and show them adorned in all the gayety of color and on every side an emblem of national life. Francisco thought of ®California’s century of existence. There is little question that in San Francisco to-day there are more people than there ever were in the history of the city. The streets are thronged almost to a condition of being impassable. The shops, restaurants and places of refresh- ment are thronged. The private homes of the city have been taxed to accommodate those who segk rooms. Street cars, places of amusement, rendezvous of recreation and the resorts of public convenience are crowded to the utmost capacity. The city is in holiday garb. The people are on dress parade. Houses of business have suspended operation and San Fran- cisco is celebrating with all its will the day which the people will see only once. As already indicated the celebration of Admission day began last night by the superb parade on the bay, The arrange- ments had been made almost perfect, but unfortunately, in the darkness of the half- gay carrying from to point their thousands of enthusiastic citi- procession, point zens. The waters of the bay were lit up by the brilliant color of the lights that flashed from station to station. Natlonal warships blazed forth their intense lights to illumine now and again shadows on the water front. The ferry depot was outlined in a blaze of light. There was music from every passing boat and laugh- ter from thousands of men and women as they mingled in companionship in the celebration of California’s half-century of admission into the Unlon. The celebration was well begun and gave absolute promise that the fete days which are to follow will mark the most significant demonstra- tion In the history of the State. The Line of Parade. The line of the naval parade was as fol- I DIVISION. Steamer Caroline Leading. Lab Steam and Gasoline L IV. DIVISION. N nt Arena, Monticello. ON. Mary Garratt. Le Steam Schoon Mount Eden. Gold. F. M. Smith, Dauntless . Resoluf Garden City. A Off Misslon street lay the wschooner Arthur. She fired batteries of roman candles. Near to the Arthur was the Mabel and Edith. From her rockets were fired. Off Howard street was the schooner Fortuna, firing shells from mortars, and near to her was the Tartar. also firing mortars,