Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-29
A FADED ADMIRAL 5 ENSIGN,
The First Of Its Kind Ever Broken
Out Over an American Fleet,

CARRIED TO DEWEY BY COM
WANDER GEORGE w. BAIRD-IT
WAS FARRAGUT'S FLAG AND
WAS FIRST HOISTED WHEN
DEWEY, AS A YOUNG OFFICER,
WAS WITH THE FAMOUS FIGHT
Err ON THE HARTFORD BEFORE
NEW ORLEANS "A TOUCHING
SCENE WHEN THE WORN BIT
OF SILK WAS TURNED OVER TO
ITS NEW OWNER-A BUSY DAY
FOR DEWEY.
NEW YORK, September 2S.-New
York was decked brilliantly to-day III
honor of the gallant sailor who is
waiting at her gate. Had an ocean OF
color swept through the city, its ebbing
tide could not have stained the streets
more brilliantly. Hundreds of miles OF
red white and blue bunting covered the
noble facades of Broadway and Fifth
Avenue and a million flags fluttered ov-
er the town. Noteven the churches have
escaped the universal decorations. The
doors and gothic windows of Old Trim
ity on lower Broadway are gracefully
draped with the national colOrs and in
ancient Trinity grave yard the tomb
of that gallant sailor, who, dying, is
sued the command not to give up the
ship, lies shrouded in the silken folds
Of the flag for which he died.
A million visitors are here to par
ticipate in the glorious celebration.
Every road is pouring in a steady
stream until the streets are crowded
morning and night, the surface and ell
evated cars are filed to overlooking
and the hotel corridors are damned
with visitors. The gaily apparelled
soldiers of many States, who are to
take part in the land parade on Sat
urday, began trooping in to-day and
there was no hour when uniformed
men were not moving in some quarter
of the city to the sound of fife and
drums and horns.
Sailors and marines ashore from the
big fighting machines helped to swell
the crowd trooping in all directions.
arriving governors were everywhere.
The arrangements for the two days
celebrations are completed. The great
arch at Madison Square, modelled after
he triumphal arch of Titus and upon
which the most famous sculptors of
America have lavished their genius, is
practically finished and stands SUI
perb tribute to the nations hero. 1t
is more beautiful than the arch in
Rome.
To-day the fiotilla lay quietly at
anchor off Tompkinsville, towering
spectacle of naval might and power to
the tens of thousands who sailed down
in tugs, in yachts and steamers to see
the ships.
, The crush to get aboard the Olympia
never abated for minute, and as great
indulgence was shown by Admiral
Dewey, a goodly portion of those who
besieged the gangways got aboard. At
times the ship was fairly overrun. These
crowds and the official visits the admir-
al received, scarcely gave him and his
officers time to breathe.
The Jackies to-day got the medals
which Congress voted them, and PROUD
ly displayed them to the visitors until
Jeffrics, the pugilist, came aboard.
Jack loves a fighter and while the
big slugger was aboard the tars were
oblivious to all else
Owing to the stream of official visit
ors, the roar of salutes continued al
most without interruption all day.
Major General Nelson A. Miles, at the
head of the Washington committee,
called to submit the programme for the
reception at the national capitol, and
Major General Merritt and his staff,
stiff with gold braid, came over from
Governors Island, to officially welcome
Admiral Dewey in the name of the
army. They were received with all the
honorS BETTING their rank
When the committee from Washing
ton reached the Olympia, each member
of the party was cordially greeted by
Admiral Dewey, but the warmest hand
clasp and heartiest greeting were for
the admiraPs lifelong friend, Senator
Redfield Proctor, of Vermont The ad-
miral presented each of the visitors TO
Captain Lamberton and then all went
to the admiral's cabin, where the COM
mittee presented the programme for the
Washington celebration. and the ad-
miral expressed his entire satisfaction
With it. Secretary Pruden presented
an invitation for d dinner from the
President, and Admiral Dewey accepted
It.
Commander George w. Baird. who
sailed with Farragut and Dewey in the
West Gulf squadron in 1861, unrolled
package which he had carefully
guarded all the way to the Olympia,
and displaying faded blue ADMIRAL
ensign upon which were stitched four
white stars, he said to Admiral Dewey: