The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-27

Thomas gift of FIVE pounds of tea to
each man ON the ship while he was at
Colombo.
mo, you're welcome to that if any
body can drink it, replied Sir Thomas.
The Admiral and the owner of the
cup challenger had a fifteen minute talk.
As Sir Thomas and his friends left the
Olympia half hundred of the ships
crew forward cheered the Baronet.
Il couldn't stop 'em,' cried out ADJ
miral Dewey, waving his hand at Sir
Thomas Upton. .1'hey hadn't any or
ders to do that
Admiral Dewey then had a succession
of notable callers. Rear Admiral Samp-
son, with Captain Chadwick, his chief
of staff, and Lieutenant Commander
Winslow, his flag lieutenant, came on
the Dolphin. When the dispatch boat
was mile away it began firing an
Admirals salute and the Olympia replied
with a Rear Admirals salute of 13
guns.
The Dolphin anchored near the Olym
pia and Rear Admiral Sampson and
his staff went ON board. They were re-
ceiyed by Admiral Dewey, Captain Lam
berton, lieutenant Brumby and tbs
officers of the deck, the full marine
guard and band being paraded. The
officers went to the 4Admiral's cabin.
Rear Admiral Sampson remained on
board for more than an hour.
Rear Admiral Sampson had first learn
ed of Admiral Dewey's arrival at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he went
ABOUT ~ o'clock to see Rear Admiral
Philip. Soon after Rear Admiral Samp-
son had gone, Rear Admiral Philip yoy-
aged down the bay in the Narkeeta and
paid an official call, attended by Com
mander j. ID. J. Kelley The Rear
Admiral's salute was not fired in this
case, by request of Rear Admiral Philip.
Admiral Dewey received these official
visits in llndreSs uniform
DIR. Sanborn, of the port physician
staff, visited the Olympia and looked
at her papers Eleven of the crew oi
3I5 men have typhoid fever. Some
of the cases are conyalescent and all of
them are Of a mild type, according to
DIR. Percy, the ships surgeon. No one
has died of the fever, and with this ex-
ception the saiicrs and marines are
well. DIR. Percy is unable to account
for the presence of typhoid ON the ship.
The cases are not numerous or serious
enough to cause him alarm and it is
probable that the sick men will he taken
ashore to a hospital tomorrow.
The Admiral. about ) O'clock return
ed Sir Thomas Lptm's visit. Leuten-
amt Brinrby and the Admiraa's son,
George G. Dewey, were with him. Sir
| Thomas met the Admiral at the star.
board gangway of the Erin with his
| friends and the entire party went to
| the after-eabn where the health of the
| Admiral, the Shamrock, and, of course.
the Columbia. were drunk amid enthu-
] siasm.
The Admiral remained ON board for
| nearly an hour and then started for his
ship. The Erin's crew began to cheer,
and as his launch drew away the entire
| ships company, guests, officers, crew,
servants, Cingalese and all, led by Sir
Thomas. with hip. hip, hip, gave three
| honest cheers, the kind that the Admiral
heard from the British war.ships in Mf-
Mia Bay Admiral Dewey waved his
gold-bound cap like a school boy as he
stood on the rail of his little white-cano-
pied launch.
| Admiral Dewey proposes, unless his
plasis shah be changed by the receD-
ton committee, to bring the Olympia up
the lower bay and anchor inside the haf-
| bor with the squadron OF United States
warships off Tompkinsville. of which
| squadron he is now in command.
/ RICHMOND BOOMS WELCOME
/ Richmond, Va, Sept. 26-An artillery
| salute Of seventeen guns was fired in the
capitol grounds here this afternoon il
honor Of the arrival at New York OF
Admiral Dewey.
RESERVES ARE EN- ROUTE.
Norfolk, Va, Sept. 26.-About fifty
Norfolk naval reserves left on the gun
boat Siren this afternoon for New York
to participate in the Dewey reception.
The Siren stopped at Old Point to take
on the Hampton Reserves.
PALMETTO BOYS GO IN FORCE
Columbia, S. c., Sept. 26.-Governoi
M. Il. McSweeney and fifteen members
of his staff left here at o'clock this
afternoon in a special car for Washing
ton, where the South Carolina troops Ell
route to the Dewey celebration will
rendezvous. Eight companies will rep
resent South Carolina in the New York
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