Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-05
GRAND GREETING.
North Atlantic Squadron We'll
comes Admiral Dewey.
The Olympia Steams TO Her Place at
the Head of the Line OF Warships
in the Midst of the Thunder
of Great Guns-The Ad-
miraI Lands.

| New YORK, sept. 2o.-lne olympia
yesterday moved up to the lower bay
and passed through the picturesque
strait guarded by Forts Wadsworth
and Hamilton amid the looming OF
| great guns, and there inside the city
gates Admiral Dewey and his gallant
tars received the thunderous welcome
OF the men-of-war as the stately ship
g!ided up to her position at the head
| of the column, there to remain until
| the great naval pageant starts on Fri
day. Never perhaps did triumphant
warrior returning from victory re-
ceive a more impressive welcome.
| Early in the morning before Dewey
left his anchorage inside Sandy Hook,
! Rear Admiral How,son, aboard his
| flagship Chicago, which arrived Tues
day night after her journey of 21,000
miles around South Africa, steamed in
past the Hook, expecting to join the
North Atlantic squadron in receiving
Dewey upon his arrival. As Howison
rounded the spit there lay the Olym-
pia. The surprise on the face of every
man aboard the Chicago could be dis
cerned without the aid of glasses. But
surprise is not an emotion men in the
| >
ship was no sooner recognized than
| preparations were made to give her the
| l0udest and most hearty welcome the
ship could give. The sides were
manned. the marine guards were pa
! r%ded and II guns we're lOosened in
| honor of Dewey. The Olympia re-
| spcndcd with Is guHs and the two adj
nrirals waved welcome TO each other
| rhc Chicago continued on to the upper
| Jay and upon arriving there was sa1ut-
q by the New York.
The Chicago dropped her anchor al
| he foot of the column. Rear Ad-
miral SIMPSONS blue flag came down
as soon as the Chicago found her
berth. Rear Admiral Howison is his
| senior and to the main truck was
| hauled up the two-starred red pennant
which denoted that he was outranked.
| The Chicago did not 90 to the head
of the column, the position to which
| she was entitled, because the place
| had been reserved for the Olympia.
| Meantime the yacht Dolphin with
! Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen
aboard. had hurried oown to the Oly!n-
! pia. Mr. Allen conveyed to Dewey the
! greetings of President Mckinley.
Soon after the Olympia began her
journey up the bay. The figure of the
| hero of the day was in full reliof
against the sky as he stood upon the
| bridge chatting with Mr.. Allen and a
group of officers. The grassy heights
| Of Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton
were throngcd with spectators as she
approached the Narrows. Suddenly
| ,P
side of Fort Wadsworth and like the
recoil came a streak of fire from the
! granite wall on the opposite side. Then
! alternately from each side came the
| deafening roar of an admiral's salute
of II guns. Slowly the Olympia passed
| the smoke-wreathed forts, answering
| the salute gun for gun. Then sha
| pushed through the smoke curtain and
stood revealed before the admiring
gaze of the whole Atlantic squadron,
waiting at anchor ut Tompkinsyille to
| receive her.
From the New York barked the sig
nal gun. and Immediately every ship
| in the squadron belched forth flame
and smoke. The Olympia replied with
| the IL guns to which Rear Admiral
| Howison's rank entitled him.
As the Olympia came abreast of the
| Chicago the guard presented arms, the
| drums gave four rutfies, the trumpets
| four tlourishes and the band played
Home, Sweet Home ship after
ship took its turn in doing honor to
the admiral as the Olympia swept Up
| the line of tloattf,g fOrtresses.
As the Olympia swept by the New
| York. the last ship in the column, the
excursion fleet turned loose their
whistles and sirens. Everything that
could make a noise in the harbor
| joined. The Olympia dropped anchor
and the admirals and captains from
all the ships came 10 pay their respects
to Dewey.
The official visit to the Olympia last
ed for over an hour. Meantime scores
| OF rowboats, tugs and yachts formed
about her. many sith relatives of
friends aboard. Almost the first co
make the gangway was the Narkeeta,
with Admiral Dewcy's relatives. One
officer was so overioyed at the sight
of the wife he had not seen for 23
months that he rushed down the
gangway and kissed her in the pres
ence of 10000 people
Admiral Dewey set foot on American
soil for the first time in ," months
when he stepped from the command
ants barge on the dock at the Brook
lyn navy yard Wednesday, afternoon.
Ills visit to the navy yard was to re-
turn the official call made by Rear
Admiral John w. Philip on Tuesday.
T2urdared Her Children.
Detroit, Sept. 2S.-Mrs. Theodore
Reincr last night murdered two of her