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VOLUME LXXXYI-NO. I*2l.
DEWEY CELEBRATIONS CAUSE A MILLION
VISITORS TO INVADE NEW YORK:
Distinguished
Officers of the
Army, Navy
and State Call
Upon the Ad
miral.
NEW YORK. Sept 29.— At 2
o'clock this (Friday) morning the
sky is . • and there
is less wind Than o n yesterday
afternoon. The signal s srvice
ta showers this evening
and to-night and fair.
weather to-morrow, with brisk
winds. Th this after
noon •■■ heavy or long
led and will not Interfere
with the naval par I
Nr.W YORK. Sept. New York
was decked brilliantly to-day In
honor of the gallant sailor who
is waiting at her gate. Had an
ocean of color swept through the
•city. its ebbing tide could not have
Ftained the streets more brilliantly.
Hundreds of miles of red, white and
Tiluo bunting cover the noble facades of
Broadway and Fifth avenue, and a mil
lion flags flutter over the town. Not
•oven the churches have escaped the
"\miversal decorations. The doors and
. Gothic windows of old Trinity, on
lower Broad'-vay, are gracefully draped
■with the national colors, and in ancient
: 'Trinity graveyard the tomb of that gal
lant sailor who. dying, issued the com
mand not to give up the ship, lies
shrouded In the silken folds of the flag
for which he died.
A million visitors are here to partici
pate in the glorious celebration. Every
■road is pouring in a steady stream un
til the streets are crowded morning and
right, the surface and elevated cars are
filled to overflowing and the hotel corri
dors are jammed with viators. The
gayly appareled soldiers of many
States, who are to take part in the land
. Tirade on Saturday, began trooping in
to-day, and there was no hour when
uniformed men were not moving in
some quarter of the city to the sound
of fife and drum and horns.
Sailors and marines ashore from the
-Mg tlfibttng- machines helped to swell
the- crowd trooping In all directions.
Uniformed members of the staff of ar
riving Governors were everywhere.
The arrangements for the two days' cele
bration are completed. The great arch
nt Madison square, modeled after the
triumphal arch of Titus and upon which
the most famous sculptors of America
have lavished their genius, is practi
cally finished and stands a suberp trib
ute to the nation's hero. It is more
beautiful than the arch in Rome.
. To-day the flotilla lay quietly at an
chor off Tompkinsvillo, a towering
of naval might and power to
f thousands who sailed down
In tugs, yachts and steamers to pee tho
ships. The crush to get aboard the
Olympia never abated for a minute and
£p great indulgence was Bhown I'
ir.iral Dewey a goodly portion of those
who besieged the gangways got
aboard. At time? the ship was fairly
run. These crowds and the official
B the admiral received scarcely
gave him and his officers time to
breathe. The Jackles to-day got the
lls which Congress voted them and
•hem to the visitors
.' (tries, the pugilist, came aboard.
Jack loves a fighter, and while the big
Klugger was aboard the tars were ob
livious to all else.
Owing to the stream of official visitors
the roar of salutes continued almost
without interruption all day. Major
ral Nelson a. Miles.' at the head
of the Washington committee, called to
Bubmit the programme for the recep
tion at the national capital, and Major
General Merritt and his staff, stiff with
gold braid, ca.'i.e over from Governors
Island to officially welcome Admiral
Dewey in the name of the army. They
were received with all the honors be
fitting their rank, but the climax was
: ached until Governor Roosevelt
v York came down the bay In the
.oon on the yacht Wild Duck. H
a.is accompanied by General Francis
V. Greene, some officers of the New
York naval militia and several of
v's captains at Manila, including
; ln Dyer of the Baltimore, Captain
FUND FOR THE
HOME GROWS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.--The
■ fund fir the Dewey residence
■\], rapidly to-day and
- promises to exceed $50,000 b*
■ th< ire < losed « Ithin a few
amount early to-day
000. The number of
► contributions exceed 40,000, rep
- resenting an average of a little
- over $1. There have been many
- largo contribution*, but thou
► Bands of people have given their
► mit«*s In honor of the Manila
<• hero. There have been numer
ous contributions '.f 1, 2 and 3
► cents, and thousands of dime*.
■ Many newspapers throughout
• the country have sent in most
- of the smaller contributions. The
■ committee In chur^r of the fund
• has the personal assurance of
- Dewey, brought by Assistant
■ Secretary of the Navy Allen from
► New Fork yesterday, that this
- spontaneous act of popular
. recognition will be acceptable to
- him.
The San Francisco Call
Wood of the Petrel, Captain WiMe of
the Boston and Captain Walker of the
Concord. When they got aboard Ad
miral Dewey took them over the ship
and the sight of the fighting captains
set the tars mad with delight. Nothing
could restrain their enthusiasm and
round after round of cheers greeted the
appearance of these officers. Governor
Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of
the Navy when Dewey was sent to the
command of the Asiatic squadron and
General Greene, who served in the
Philippines, is a personal friend of the
admiral of many yrars' standing. The
sight of the captains who were with
him during th.- stress "f that hot day
in Manila was good for th.' admiral's
eyes, so that altogether Dewey seemed
to enjoy this om<ial visit more than
any he has received. The local munici
pal authorities are somewhai piqued
because Governor Roosevelt extended
thr< formal welcome of the Siate to the
admiral before the Mayor had an op
portunity to offer his official greeting
on behalf of the city. This ceremony
will occur to-morrow.
While much powder was flung into
smoke down the bay to-day much more
will be burned to-morrow during the
groat naval pageant up the Hudson
River. The marine parade, unless it is
marred by bad w^ath^r. which th« lo
cal forecaster unfortunately predicts!
is expected to eclipse all previous water
pageants on this Hide of the world. Th.
parade will move at 1 o'clock in four
divisions. First will come th" warships,
headed by the Olympia and Hanked on
either side by the torpedo-boats. They
will be followed by a fleet of white rev
enue cutters. Following them will be
the steam yachts in double column, led
by the Corsair, the flagship of the New-
York Yacht *'lub. To Sir Thomas Lip
ton's Kir in has been accorded the honor
of heading the starboard column of this
division. There will be 187 yachts in
line. The third division will consist of
the merchant marine steamers and an
Indiscriminate fleet of tugs, barges and
unattached vessels will bring up the
rear. It is expected that the line will
be nine miles long and that half a mil
lion people will be afloat. The parade
with the Olympia in the van will move
up the North River to the stakeboat St.
Marys, an old practice ship of the navy,
which Is moored opposite the Grant
mausoleum in Riverside Park. After
rounding the stakeboat the Olympia
will come to anchor below two beauti
ful floats representing "Peace" and
"Victory," and *»ach warship In its turn
will drop in below the flagship. The
national salute of twenty-one guns will
1..- iired in honor of the hero of Appo
mattox. The torpedo-boats and the rev
enue cutters will anchor opposite the
line of warships under the bluff, and
between these two lines the civic part
of the parade will pass in review.
Rear Admiral Howison gracefully
yielded the precedence to Rear Admiral
Sampson in the matter of ships divi
sion. The commander of the South At
lantic station will simply be present as
a spectator and will bring up the end of
the line with the Chicago. Hear Ad
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SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1899.
George Dewey at Different Stages of His Life and the Ships He
. Has Served On.
miral Sampson will follow the Olympia
in the Now York, but will fly the red
flag, while Howison flies the blue.
To-morrow night the grandest illu
mination and fireworks display in ' ■
history of the city will occur. To-night
there was a preliminary illumination
of rare beauty. All the buildings on
tho water front were lighted up. On
the Brooklyn bridge in letters of living
fire, thirty feet high, flashed the words
"Welcome Dewey," while simultaneous
ly from the shore of the East and North
rivers, Staten and Governors islands
red fire glowed and sputtered, sending
up fantastic smoke, turning the color of
the water Into a sea of lurid flame and
transforming the craft in the harbor
into red specters.
FARRAGUT'S
FLAG PRESENTED
TO THE ADMIRAL
NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.— When tho
! committee from Washington reached
the Olympia each member of the com
mittee was cordially greeted by Ad-
I miral Dewey, but the warmest hand
; clasp and heartiest greeting was for the
' admiral's life-long friend, Senator Red
SECRETARY LONG DETERMINED
UPON DEWEY'S ASSIGNMENT
CALL. HEADQUARTERS. WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON. Sept. 28.— "1 do not recall a case &
whore it was a more simple act of the department and without the exercise of Influence on the part of any- tt
body outside, and I am happy to say that nothing has occurred to show that the department did not select the &
right man." . . <L
Thin waa the reply made by Secretary Long this afternoon to my question as to the official really responsi- gg
ble for Admiral Dewey's selection to command the Asiatic station. There have been various reports in clrcu- Q
latlon, all erroneous, according to officials interviewed, one of which is to the effect that the President selected j5
Dewey and another that Governor Roosevelt suggested the selection. Undoubtedly Secretary' Long did con- g
suit Mr. Roosevelt regarding the admiral, but he also talked with Admiral Crowninshleld and others whom w
he thought might have knowledge of the then commodore. It has been stated that the President took a hand in •*
the selection of Commodore Dewey for the Asiatic station. This is untrue. The selection was made by Secre- js
tary Long without any intimation from that official but solely upon his own motion and after he had made the $
Inquiries stated. After the Secretary had determined upon Dewey's assignment he Informed the President of g
his decision, and that was the first time it had been mentioned between them. g;
field Proctor of Vermont. The admiral
presented each of th.' visitors to Cap
tain Lamberton and then all went tc
the admiral's cabin, where the comniit
!'■• completed the programme of the
Washington committee and he express
ed his entire satisfaction with the cele
bration. Secretary Pruden presented
an invitation to a dinner with the Presi
dent, and the admiral accepted it.
Admiral George W. Baird, who sailed
with Farragut and Dewey in the Gulf
squadron in 1861, unrolled a package
which he had carefully guarded all the
way to the Olympia, and, displaying a
faded blue admiral's ensign, upon which
were attached four white stars, he said
to Admiral Dewey:
"Admiral, I wish to present to you the
first admiral's flag ever 'broken out' in
the navy of this country. The admiral
whose name and memory we all so re
vere first hoisted this ensign upon the
good ship Hartford before New Orleans
and afterward upi.-n the Franklin, and
since it came down from that masthead
It has never been whipped by the wind
or worn by the elements. You, the wor
thy successor of that great admiral,
whose tactics you so successfully fol
lowed a short while ago, I deem the
proper person for Farragut's mantle to
fall upon."
This flag was mad.' by Quartermaster
Knowles out of a blue "number" flag
when Farragut was tirst made a rear
admiral. Two white stars were sewed
on it. When Farragut was made an ad
miral two more white stars were sewed
on it. Farragut flew this flag on the
Hartford at New Orleans and afterward
in the Mediterranean.
The admiral was deeply affected, and
tears were in his eyes as he gazed at the
souvenir. It was several moments be
f..;-.. he recovered his voice. Finally he
B ald:
"I'll fly it. I'll fly it at tho masthead.
I'll fly it in the parade. I'll fly it always
—and— and — when I strike my admiral's
flag this shall be the flag I shall strike."
This was tho most impressive scene
that has occurred on the Olympia since
her arrival in port, and for some time
no one spoke.
TEDDY WELCOMED
BUT ' VERMONTERS
ARE CUT SHORT
NEW YORK. Sept. 28.— During Gov
ernor Roosevelt's visit Admiral Dewey
took occasion to let the world know
his estimate of the character of the
man he -was entertaining and to whom
he believed he owed much of his pres
ent fame. The admiral said: "Gov
ernor, I want the men to see you. I
want you to see the men."
Turning to Brumby he said: "Brum
by, you get the men up. I want to
have them see the Governor."
After the men had seen and been
seen and listened to a little compli
mentary speech by "Teddy," the ad
miral took the Governor and his old
friends below to his room and calling
the steward said: "Here, boy, get us
some of that contraband o' war — cham
pagne." and bottles were brought out.
"The last time we all met," said the
admiral, speaking to the captains,
"was on the 30th of April, ISPS, the
night before the scrimmage, wasn't it.
And now I want to propose the health
of the man who had more to do toward
making me an admiral than any other
man in the United States — Governor
ftoosevelt."
Captain Lamberton broke in here
with: "Governor, he has told me that a
thousand times." The toast was drunk
by Dowry and the captains, while
"Teddy" stood blushing and speechless,
embarrassed as a school girl, with a
glass of champagne untouched in his
hand. He caught sight at the moment
Of a bevy of girls looking on the scene
through the skylight and passed the
glass to the nearest, who took a sip
and passed it on till the fifth emptied
it and declared she would keep the
glass as a souvenir. Thus Roosevelt
was relieved of the necessity of making
any reply.
When the Governor and his party left
the ship he was given a salute of sev
enteen guns, as many as an admiral is
entitled to. Governor Roosevelt had
been gone about half an hour and the
admiral still had a lot of friends with
him, when along came the Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont and the Govern
or's staff and two members of the re
ception committee that is waiting to
tackle the admiral when New York and
Washington get through with him. The
admiral had a warm and hearty recep
tion in waiting for the Vermonters.
They had gold lace to burn and swords,
too, and dignity thick as plaster. Lieu
tenant Governor Bath came first and
gravely saluted the admiral. The mem
bers of the staff came next and gravely
saluted the admiral and lined up.
swords clanking, all glum and decorum
and mum as oysters. It wasn't the sort
of reception the admiral had been used
to. The smile on his face seemed to dim
a bit as the Lieutenant Governor
stepped forward and said:
"In behalf of the people of Vermont I
want to welcome you to your native
land and tell you how proud of you the
people of your native State are; and
when you get there — "
At this point the admiral exclaimed:
"Yes, yes, I'm coming; I'm going there;
I'm going to Vermont. I'm glad to see
you, boys; I'm going there."
And then he turned to a gentleman
who approached him with two little
boys and a little girl, leaving the gold
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Gov. Roosevelt
Gets Ahead of
Mayor Van
W^yek in Ex
tending For
mal Welcome
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Ad
miral Dewey has already ex
pressed some doubt that he will
be able to get through the duties
attendant on his reception with
out suffering extreme fatigue.
The routine of the admiral's
movements for the two days of
the celebration has been fixed.
It will occupy at least twelve
hours of Friday and sixteen
hours Saturday.
lace bedizened reception committee
standing stiff and uncomfortable with
their speeches unspoken. By the time
he had finished welcoming the children
the Vermonters had become pushed out
of line and swallowed up In the throng
of sightseers.
COGHLAN IS
WARMLY GREETED
BY THE ADMIRAL
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.— One of the
personal friendships that Admiral Dew
ey renewed aboard the Olympia this
afternoon was that with Captain
Joseph B. Coghlan, who commanded
the Raleigh at Manila and is now com
mandant of the Port Orchard (Wash.)
naval station. Captain Coghlan was
one of Governor Roosevelt's guests and
when he climbed to the head of tha
gangway the admiral rushed over to
him and grasping him by the hand he
exclaimed: "Why, Joe, how well you
are looking." And then he went on
with twinkling eyes: "What's this I
have heard about your learning to
sing?"
Then seizing the captain's shoulders
he shook him as if chiding him and
both laughed heartily at the admiral's
reference to Coghlan's "Hoch der
Kaiser" song.
VAST THRONGS
AND DAZZLING
DECORATIONS
NEW YORK. Sept. 28.— Jammed and
packed were the sidewalks to-day and
the throng walked in the streets along
the curbs. Broadway and Fifth ave
nue resembled streams in the lumber
regions, when the spring freshet has
started. Hundreds of thousands of vis
itors filled the city, captured hotels and
quartered themselves in private houses.
They stowed away their valises and
handbags and then went out to see the
sights and decorations. They had an
upward tilt of countenance, for their
eyes were fastened on flags high aloft
and upon columns and wings of dazzling
white. It was a throng representing
every State, for the preparations for
the reception of the hero of Manila Bay
stirred many from remote parts ,>f the
country to hasten to the metropolis in
the hope of seeing the admiral before
their neighbors couid get a chance.
Here was a loyal enthusiastic crowd,
proud to cheer at the mention of
Dewey's name. A decoration more spir
ited than ordinary, a chance word in
the stieet, the raising of a tablet in
scribed with the name of one of
Dewey's men-of-war, would set the
cheers to ringing and handkerchiefs to
waving.
Through the efforts of an army of
fakers visitors were well supplied with
programmes, official, unofficial and
"most complete." They were decorated
with flags, Dewey buttons, diminutive
swords and miniature cannon. Souia
of them wore half a dozen decorations
and were proud of them. They pro
vided themselves with pocket tlaj;s and
with handkerchiefs of patriotic hue.
Most of the decoration is done, and
New York is aglow with prismatic hues.
FOR DEWEY
AND WHEELER
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 2S.
Editor Horace white of the New
York Evening Post, who is visit
ing friends in this city, is of the
opinion that Admiral Dewey
would not decline the nomination
for President if it were tendered
him. In an Interview to-day he
eaid:
"I have noticed in all the in
terviews Pewey has given on this
subject that while he says he is
a sailor and not In politics and
would not seek the nomination,
he at the same time has not said
he would not accept it. He will
certainly not seek the Domina
tion and will not enter partisan
politics, but I am firmly of the
opinion he would accept the
nomination if tendered him. He
for President and Joe Wheeler
for Vice President is a tirket
that would sweep the country.
Indeed. Dewey would be elected
no matter by what party he was
nominated."
Editor White speaks very en
thusiastically of the possibility
of a Dewey and Wheeler ticket
and does not seem to think it at
all Improbable.