The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-07

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his home-was made the occasion fol
the greatest tribute ever paid by Wash
ingtOn to any individual. After the
preliminary welcome in New York, it
self unsurpassed in it's kind. it re
manned for the highest and greatest il
of greeting to the famous admiral ani
to join with the people who are to be
his fellow-citizens in bidding him wei
cone.
The City In Gala Attire.
The citizens here made every prep
a~ration to make The occasion worthy
OF their hero. The decorations were
elaborate. Pennsylvania venue was
n mass Of colored bunting along the
entire line Of march from the station
to the White House, and not content
with this. few private citizens failed to
make some display of color OF their
residences. Unique designs in fairy
lamps dotted the horizon; great search
lights threw broad beams of bright
light across the blue sky on a clear
October evening, and the great capitol
ste cd revealed in its 9ueenIy beauty in
the powerful rays of many concentrate
ed lights.
The same device wa used effectively
in the case of other public buildings
which stood within range of vision of
the distinguished party which stood
to review the great throng of people
1yhiah noSSnl c1pyyly- hnnnnth thn nrnu-
of the white Olympia. which projected
in bold relief from the stand at the
head of Pennsylvania venue whereon
stood Dewey, the central figure of the
demonstration.
Famous Messages In Electric Light.
On the facade of the newly-comple1e
government post Office building famed
forth two inscriptions set in electric
points, the one reciting the famous
message of the president directing
Dewey, then thousands of miles away,
in the Far East, to go forth and de-
stroy the Spanish fleet, and the other
setting out the famous admiral's direc-
ton to the lamented Gridley: You
may fire when you are ready, Gridley,"
which marked an epoch in the history
of the United States.
A Monster Parade.
Twelve thousand members of civic
organizations paraded before him, be-
sides tens of thousands of non-or-
ganized citizens, and in Il roar of can
o rockets and the blaze of red fire
and the thunderous cheering of the
populace, and the warm greeting of
the head of the nation, Dewey came 10
the national capital to a welcome such
as has not been known here hitherto.
The Journey from New York.
His journey here from New York
had been n continuous ovation,
limited in its intensity only by The
density of population. The decorated
special train. which left the Pennsvl-
vania railroad ferry slip in Jersey City
at ESQ in the afternoon was fully in
with its distinguished passen-
ger. 1t was made up of five cars. the
Pennsylvania prize special, the Allan
ia, a dining car; a combination smoker /,
and three parlcr cars for the accommo-
of the Washington reception
The special was given a !
clear track, and the run to Washington
was made without a stop except at
Ferry, on the outskirts of
Philadelphia, where engines were
anu n new train crew came
aboard.
the Admiral Went to School.
y bare stop was made at Princeton,
where young Dewey had been Il stu
lent, and the admiral went to the plat
Fcrm for a minute, merely saying to
he boys that he was pleased with the
reception they had given him. 1t was
'ueh Il reception as an emperor might
envied, every student of the col
eye town being in evidence as well as
ne whole population of the place,
college yells resounded like the
'umbiC of the departing train.
The District Reception Committee.
The train. as it reached the line of
he District of Columbia. stopped for
few minutes at the little station of
while the reception COM
bittee vent through the formality of
the nations guest TIE free
ON of the district. The ceremony was
'erformed by District Commissioner
in the presence of the admiral's
Get captains, the military and naval
Members of the party and as many
f the reception committee as could
e crowded into the admiral's ear.
HI President's Greetings.
john Addison Porter, secretary of
he treasury, first extended President ,
[cKinley's greetings, to which the adj ,
liral returned his thanks very briefly. :
Arrived In Warrington.
III a few minutes the train was in ,
lie bnlliantly-lighted depot. The mid :
L. aisle of the station had been car /;
ated clear to the carriage entrance.
he committeeman and the fighting
me-" as the Observation-Disclosures Of .,
.ers were termed, all alighted, while |
:. II. Moses, the chairman of the re- q
ption committee; Theodore Noyes, of :
Ie Evening Star, Commissioner Ross '
I'd Archibald Greenlees went INTO the II
Imiral's car. and after a few words of '
greeting, brought him out. y
Proceeded to the White HGuse. =
The entire eecor beng mounted. D.