The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18


Plans in Detail.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-One million dol
4ars-not a cent less, and probably more
will be spent in New York city in well
coming home Admiral Dewey AS an
IDEA OF how that vast sum will be paid
out the following estimates are given:
Work of scuiptors and artists $500 OO9
Seats and reviewing stands ....... 10 COO
Loving cup for the admiral - : coo
breakfast for the admiral .......... ECO
appropriations by the city ........ 1000
appropriated by the state .......... 75C00
spent Tor decorations ...... ........ 100000
VlsllorS go 900
And this is merely estimate in many
cases Nobody knows how many visitors
will be here. No one can tell how much
cash they will bring. One thing, how
ever, is certain. The hotels even now are
overlooking and the outlook for the man
who does not arrange for his apartments
in advance is very gloomy
Gotham intends to set new record in
the history of welcomes to returning con-
querors. The hero of Manila Bay is said
to dread having a fuss made over him.
he wishes to avoid a scene" No an
cient conqueror bringing with him the
treasures and slaves from some great
conquest ever saw such sights as will
greet George Dewey and his comrades
when he steams into New York harbor
on the war ship Olympia The great adj
nliral will be stunned. At least, so say
all who know him.
AS an idea of what will happen during
the two days celebration, the following
may be given as samples:
Five million people will be in New York
ana all will join in one great, grand well
come.
Forty. governors of states will be here.
One thousand vessels will be in the har
The parade of ships will be seven miles
long.
Thirty-fve thousand soldiers will be in
The parade will take five hours to pass
the reviewing stand.
The start will be made at p. m. from
to Seventy.second street, to Eighth ave-
nue. to Fifty-ninth street, to Fifth ave
| nue., to Washington square.
The last man will pass Washington
Five thousand policemen will have TO
sleep from Thursday till Sunday.
One hundred steamers viii bring eX-
cursionists to New York from Maine 10
Georgia.
Every railroad will run special trains.
One hundred thousand American flags
will be displayed.
Fleets of eighteen lighters will descend
the two rivers simultaneously letting eff
volleys of fireworks and bombs
Ten thousand kodak fends will take
snap shots Of every scene.
SIMPSONS fleet is here now ready to
meet and greet the admiral, and 1t is
planned that the Brooklyn navy yard
people shall be the first to be told that
the Olympia is nearing land. Sampson
will carry pigeons to sea with him and
as soon as the flagship of the Pacific
squadron is sighted the birds will he
ioosed on their homeward flight, bearing
the message that the great admiral is
near his native land.
UNIQUE GIFT.
At least one unique gift is in store for
Admiral Dewey when he reaches town. 1t
is the biggest book that has ever been
made. Its weight is in the neighborhood
of $50 pounds, and when it is open it is
just five feet two inches wide. B. Dalzell
was the originator of the idea of the gift.
and he had only to mention it to other
members of the Maritime Exchange to
secure their cooperation.
The book is composed of clippings cut
from every newspaper in the country. and
every one of them refers to Admiral
Dewey and the war with Spain. There
are AGO pages, and on some of the pages
as many as seyenty-eight- clippings are
pasted. In all the book contains 1920
clippings, and q couple of hunderd more
may be added before the presentation
takes place. The clippings were selected
by Frank A. Rurrelle, of % Park row.
an expert in such work, and he has had
charge of the other details.
The size of each page is twenty-five by
twenty-siX inches. Including the covers,
the book is eleven and a half inchea
thick. The binding is of card board one
inch thick. This has been covered with
seal leather. r,he largest single hide of
seal that ever came into this country was
used in the birding.
The silver service to be presented to the
Olympia has arrived in this city 1t is
stored behind sixteen tbicknesses of steel
i'll the vaults of the Brooklyn Warehouse
and Storage company. The Olympia is
the only vessel of the new navy that did
not receive a service of silver from the
city or state after which it was named
directly after being commissioned. This
neglect on the part of the people of
Olympia has been remedied through the
EFFORTS OF Miss Ada l.. HaEford. a daugh-
ter of the United States district iudee
at Olympia, Wash. Unaided she collected
$4,000 and selected the design and ordered
the service
Miss Hanford did not lack proof thai
the officers OF the Olympia remembered
the hardness of the citizens of O;vrnia
1t is customary for vessel named after
the city to send to that city its battle
flag whenever heroic achievement he's
peen accomplished, but the battle FLAG of
Admiral Dewey's flagship was never sent
to Olympia.
Miss Hanford, Immediately after +he
battle of Manila, began the work of Sc
curing money for the plate President
Hill or the Great Northern Railway COM
pany, and President Mellen. of the Nor.
thern Pacific railroad, each gave s50o -
her fund. Irving Scott, of the Union
Iron works, the builder of the OLYMPIA.
also made handsome contribution. Early
In the present year the needed sum was
subscribed and the order given to a San
Francisco firm for the service.
The service consists of twenty-seven
pieces The design is after the style OF
George H., the decorative border being
OF oak leaves and acorns, a recognized
form in naval designing. symbolical OF
strength.
Nothing Is yet known as to how many
of Dewey's captains will attend the cele-
bration. Invitations have been sent to
Capt. Frank Wildes of the Boston; Can't
Asa Walker, of the Concord; Capt. DYER
of the Baltimore; Capt. J. B. Coghlan
of the Raleigh; Commander Wood. of the
Petrol. and former Lieutenant Comman-
der Reese. of the Olympia Mrs Gridley.
widow of the captain of the Olympia in
the battle of Manila, also has been fnyf.-
ed. The committee will arrange for the
entertainment of these officers and their
families during the celebration.
So many outsiders have expressed a
desire to Join in honoring Admiral Dewey
by the presentation of addresses here
that 1t has been found necessary to issue