The evening times., 1898-11-21
AN OVATION..h'E
HISiNhTIVE CITY
Rear Admiral sehley Visits
His Boyhood Home.
CHEERS, FLOWERS, KISSES
Fredericksburg Turns Out En- Masse
to Welcome Its Idol.
naarkRble Scene-The AdmiraIs
Speech to His TOwnsmen.

Schley spent yesterday with his relatives.
| In the morning he attended service in All
Saints Protestant Episcopal Church. At
ter luncheon he and Mrs. Schley drove to
| 'Richfield,' the farm, about miles north
! of Frederick, where he was born. They
| inspected the premises and the admiral
! took great pleasure i'll going about the
! place viewing the scenes Of mis- early hi d.
! hood days. He took the Jas train for
| Washington in the afternoon, where he
| will spend the night, and leave for New
| York today. The weather was Gne, and
/ the crowd at the depot 10 Did him good-by
was immense. Many had no. been able
to see him, so he held another informal
reception in the ladies' waiting room until
train time.
! The crowd cheered Justify when the ad-
miral retired to his seat, and the train
steamed out amid the shouts of thousands
! of people.
Saturday old Frederick City was IN hol-
iday costume, and the people did all in
! their power TO manifest their love and
admiration for the hero Of Santiago,
Frederick's honored son. The public re-
spects perhaps the most remarkable that
! has ever taken place in this town. rhe
intense enthusiasm of the people could
not be controlled. Each man, woman ana
child in the great audience at th" ,pe-a
house seemed animated by The warmest
love and admiration for the great naval
commander
When the admiral rose Saturday morn
| ing he found a bright sunshine had sue
ceeded the rain of the day before. The
/ city was arrayed in gay attire, bunting
! and flags Were flying everywhere From
/ every business house hoated the Stars and
! Stripes, while miles of bunting were fes-
tooned from the windows and residences
/ of private citizens, all vying with each
/ other in their elaborate display OF the
national colors
At the Womans College the admiral
and his party We're received in the par
/ lors by President James H. Apple. The
members of the faculty and students were
| each presented.
He made a brief speech, which he con-
cluded by saying: i went TO war with
an exalted idea of the American woman;
! l came out of it convinced that she is
without a peer" He completely capti-
waited the young ladies, and so infatuated
I were some of them with him that they
finally Miss Leila Wilt of York, Pa, and
Miss Irma Whtmore, OF Miffiinsburg Pa,
/ threw their arms about his neck and
kissed him before he. knew what they
were about. The lady principal attempt-
, ed to interfere, when he jokingly said:
why, it's like dew on withefed fiow-
| er"
From the college ne was taken 10 the
Convent of the Visitation. Here ne was
| cordially welcomed and greeted by the
sisters, some of the older ones he knew,
and chatted with them of his boyhood
days. when he attended school near by.
Next the party went to the Jesuit Novi-
tiate across the street. He was warmly
receiver by Rev. John H. O'Rourke
| rector.
The admiral was taken through the
premises and then taken over to St Johns
! College, where he received his early edu-
cation under the Jesuit Fathers.
After spending about an hour with the
! fathers he returned for lunch to Miss
Goldsboroughs
AT o'clock a special car was placed at
his disposal by President Smith, of the
( Frederick and Middletown Railroad and
he went upon a trolley ride through to
the fertile Middletown Valley, over the
| Catachin Mountain.
In the evening the streets of Frederick
began to fill up with people who had come
from various parts of the county to see
and honor the admiral The town was
soon noisy with the din of the firing of
guns and tirecrackers and the exploding of
bombs. At $50 the parade began to form
Capt. Walter Saunders was chief marshal
with Jesse Claggett of RooSeyeltS Rough
Riders, as his chief aide. Many bands of
music We're in line, all playing patriotic
airs.
The admirars coach was drawn by white
horses. and all along the line he was
cheered to the echo and showered with
bouquets. He was constantly bowling.
In the hall where the reception was held
the crowd filled the aisles to suffocatfon
1 When the admiral stepped on the stage
the entire assemblage arose and waved
their hats and handkerchiefs while the
orchestra played Maryland My Mary
land
When this turmoil subsided Mr.. Urner
made an address of welcome. As the ad-
mira arose to reply cheers broke out
afresh. He said in part:
MY Friends. Schoolmates and PLAY
mates of Dear Old Frederick County: l
am afraid you do me too much honor and
give me more praise from your hearts
than | deserve. What ! have accomplish
ed came from my early training in life
among you and your parents There is
not a woods or stream in which l have
not shot and fished in your county when
a boy. Then it was that / was building
up an active constitution that was To
strand the strain of after life, and how
it has served me you already know. Here
it was that 1 acquired a strong constitu-
tion and qualities of mind that has en-
abled me to perform the arduous duties
of this life. l have passed most of my
life away from my kindred and people
with nothing to hold to but the flag that
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