The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-08-30
WAS GREETED WITH CHEERS.
Adm. Sehley Warmly Received on His Ar
rival in Washington-Thanked by
President Mckinley.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Err. Adm.
Winfield S. Schley reached Washing.
ton at 4:10 o'clock FRIDAY afternoon
over the Pennsylvania railroad. He
was quickly noticed at most of the
stations along the line and Throughout.
the trip he was greeted with cheering
crowds When the train pulled into
the depot here ne found com.
pact mass of spectators which
filled the depot and overfowed
out into the train shed. The
admiral and Mrs. Schley, when they
appeared were greeted with cheers OF
''Hurrah for Schley." Every body
joined in the shouting and the depot
attaches crowded about the admiral
and insisted on handshake. At the
gates the crowd increased and amid
deafening cheers the admiral and his
wife, the former with her hat off,
passed through two solid lines of peo-
pie. A lieutenant and squad of police,
with difficulty, cleared the passageway
W
ing. Through a mass of vehicles
that had been drawn up by curious
drivers, the hanson pulled into Penn
sylvania avenue and proceeded direct
ly to the Shoreham hotel There were
groups of cheerers all the way and
cavalcade of cyclists formed voluu.
tary esort. The admiral stayed only
few minutes at the hotel and then
drove over to the navy department
where, without any preliminaries. he
reported directly to Acting Secretary
Allen
The latter accompanied him over to
the white house, reaching there at
$50. The president gave him most
cordial reception. The president.
thanked the admiral, as he had Adm.
Sampson, for the success of that mem.
orable engagement of July 3, and took
occasion to say that it was that battle
which brought about the surrender of
Santiago. The president thanked him
in behalf of himself and the nation for
his brilliant services on that day and
asked him to describe the battle, which
the admiral did at length.
The president then entered into a
discussion of the work of the Porto
Rican commission to which the admiral
has been appointed. He went over
with him the general instructions
which will guide the body in arrang-
| ing for the evacuation OF the Span
ish from the island and other work
During most of the conference
which occupied about an hour, Assist.
ant Secretary of State Moore was pres.
emit On leaving the president the adj
miral drove to his hotel. He said his
health had improved greatly. He viii,
have another confere ice with Acting
Secretary of the Navy Allen and prob
ably early Saturday afternoon viii
leave for New York.
Many of the friend of the admiral
and Mrs. Schley learned of their pres.
ence at the hotel and called during the
evening. Although considerably bet,
L
| ter he is not we'll and said FRIDAY
that he expected to leave here Satur.
day to visit relatives in Maryland
which probably will consume several
days, after which he will go to Con,
necticut to remain until about time to
start for Porto Rico Some ship other
than the Brooklyn, he said, would be
selected for this purpose as the Brook.
Ign was about to undergo needed re-
pairs.
The admiral during the evening
talked briefly of some of the principal
incidents of the fight which led to the
destruction of Cervera's squadron and
of some other pertinent matters of IN.
terest at this time, new features OF
which he said were recurring to him
as time passed by. He said:
''It is my opinion that the Spanish
admiral might have escaped with pos.
sibly one or two of his ships had he
adopted different tactics IN coming
out of the harbor. Had he diverted
the course of his ships sending some OF
them east and others 10 the west it is
my belief that he might have escaped
with one or possibly two of the YES.
sells. Such a course naturally would
have compelled us to separate our fleet
and some of Cervera's ships might
have been able to have reached Ha.
Vana."
| Gov Blacks Demand.
| WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-Gov. Black,