Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-01
WAS GREETED WITH CHEERS.
Adm. schley Warmly Received on His Ar
rival In Washington Thanked by
Pres dent Mckinley.

NAsHIN0IoN, Aus. II r.. Adm.
Winfield :. Schlcy reached Washing
ton at 1910 O'Clock FRIDAY afternoon
over the Pennsylvania railroad. lie
was quickly noticed at most of the
stations alun" the Line and throughout
the trip he was greeted with cheering
crowds When the train pulled int,
the depot hers ne found a com.
filled the depot and uycrllowco
ont into the train Shed. The
admiral and Mrs. Schlcy, when they
appcarcd were greeted with cheers Of
"lIurrah for >chlry." Everybody
joined in the shouting and the depot
attaches crowded about the admiral
and insisted ON II hand>hahc. At the
gates the crowd Increased and amid
Gcafcuing cheers the admiral and his
wife. the former with her hat OF,
passed through two solid lines of poo
pie. \ lieutenant and squad of police,
with difficulty, cleared the pa>>ageway
To the carriage which was in wait
ing. Through mass of vehicles
that had been drawn IN 10y curious
drivers, the hanson pulled into Penn
SylvauIa avenue and proceeded direct
~ to the Suorcham hotel There were
groups of chccrrrs all the way and a
cavaicadc of cyclists formed "A voluu-
tar; csurt. The admiral stayed only
"A few minutes at the hotel and then
drove over To the navy department
where, without any prciiminaricS, he
reported directly to Acting Secretary
Allen.
The latter accompanied him over to
the white house, reaching there AT
400. The president gave him Il most
cordial reception The president
thanked the admiral, Is he had Aim.
sampson. for the success of that mem
Orahlc engagement of July >. and took
occasion To say that II 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 MIN To describe the battle, which
the admiral did at length.
The president then entered into a
discussion of the woril Of the Porto
Eican commission to which the admiral
has been appointed. lie went over
with him the general instructions
which will guide the body in arrang.
ing for the evacuation of the Span
ism from the island and other work.
which occupied about an hour, Assist
ant Secretary of State Moore was pres
cnt. On leaving the president the adj
miral drove To his hotel. lie said his
health had improved greatly. lie will
have another confer nee with Acting
Secretary of the Navy Allen ami prob
ably early Saturday afternoon will
leave for New York.
Many of the friends of the admiral
and Mrs. Schley learned of their pres
ence at the hotel and called during the
evening. Alt houGh considerably bet.
ter he is not well and said FRIDAY
that ne 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 Il
start for Porto Rico. Some ship other
than the brooklyn, he said, would be
selected for this purpose as the Brook.
lyn 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 NJ rliis time, new features OF
"h.ch he SAID were recurring to him
a. time passed by. lie said:
ut is my opinion that the Spanish
admiral might have escaped with pos.
sibly one or two of his shirs had he
adopted different tactics IN coming
ont of the harbor. Had he diverted
The course of his ships sending some OF
them east and others to the west it is
my belief that he might have escaped
with one or possibly two of the YES
sells. Such course naturally would
have compelled us to separate our fleet
aud some of Ccrveras ships might
have been able to have reached Ha
~ana."