Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-15
NATIONAL TRIBUTE
Distinctive Significance of Washing.
TONS Reception to Dewey.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S INTEREST
Probable Program That Will
Follow the Hero's Arrival.
PLANS AND PREPARATIONS

Chairman w. Henderson Mo es VIE
Chairman W. Van Zandt Cox and Secretary
". =. Van Wickle eff the general COMMITTEES
| and Vice Chairman Theodore w. Moves
| Of the reception committee called
| this morning President Mckinley
and conferred with him over the Apr ZACH
ing national reception to Admiral Dewey al
| Washington. The President was exceed
| ngiy pleasant and showed that he was dis
posed in every way to cooperate in the ar
engagements. AS result of the ,nve sa-
| ton it is probable that the special Fem
| sylvania train which will carry the greeting
| committee to New York will leave VS.
| ington at 40 m. Monday, Octo Der . ar
| irving there at He Returning the train
| will leave Jersey City about 100 it is ex-
pected, so as to arrive here about dusk.
| 1t is likely that Admiral Dewey will pro-
coed at once to the Navy Department and
| make his formal report of his return to
Secretary Long. and then go to the White
| House and pay his respects to the Pres
| ident. 1t may be that the Secretary Of the
Navy and the other members of the cab
| met will assemble at the White House. and
| thus make unnecessary the call at the
| Navy Department. Only q few moments
will he devoted to this ceremony. and then
| it is expected that President Mckinley. the
| members OF the cabinet and Admiral Dew
ey will move to the reviewing stand at the
south front of the treasury and there re-
| View the parade.
| The latter Will be formed previously. with
| its right resting on 9th street at Pennsyl-
| vania avenue and it will move soon as
| Admiral Dewey takes his place the
| stand This plan is. of course, flexible and
| subject to changes if deemed proper. but
| the indications are that it will be carried
| out.
| 1t is also probable that the ceremony
of the presentation of the nations sword
| to Admiral Dewey will take place October
> about noon instead Of at the later hour
| hitherto contemplated. Ii is not yet de-
| termi,ed by President Mckinley whether
| ne VIII make any remarks on the occasion
| or not.
| Chairman Moses and Vice Chairman Cox
| called on Assistant Secretary Allen of the
| navy by appointment this afternoon to
| confer over the arrangements for meeting
| Admiral Dewey when the Olympia arrives
on Tompkinsyille, L. l.. A small special
| committee will probably he selected to meet
| the admiral on behalf of the Washington
| citizens and ascertain his views upon his
| national reception here.
| Several of the New York papers express
| surprise this morning that the officials of
| the national government at Washington
nave ali sent regrets to the invitations eX-
! tended to them to visit Gotham and partici-
| pate in the reception there to Admiral
Dewey. There seems to be no good rea-
son why such astonishment should be
evinced. President Mckinley and the men,
bers of his cabinet are very busy men and
the demands upon them at this portentous
period in the countrys history almost
as tremendous they important. Vice
President Hobart is in poor health. There
| is little question that the New York cele-
| bration will be a great enc, but it is equally
| true that the distinctive national reception
to Admiral Dewey will be that which is to
| be rendered him at the nations capital, and
naturally the representatives of the coun-
| try which he has so s!gnaily served desire
| to pay their tributes to him here. where
| the compliment will be more appropriate
| and significant than it could be possibly
| anywhere else. New York will present the
peerless modern sea captain with loving
| cup, and other articles, including even a
| stupendous scrap book. will be rendered to
him there, but the real gift of the Ameri-
| can public will be given to him at the seat
| of government III the form OF the magnifi-
cent sword voted TO him by Congress. The
| doughty Deweys luggage may be heavily
| laden with other substantial expressions of
the homage universally paid him, but
| they will be purely local tributes when con-
trasted with that sword.
That this great event will attract thous-
| ands of patriotic Americans to Washington
| is regarded as "a certainty, and from far
| and near they will come to witness the
ceremony and enjoy the attractive fea-
lures surrounding it.
| Preparing for the Parade.
| The parade on the night of October =
| promises to be an imposing one. The COM
mittee on parade, of which Mr.. w. H
| interchangeable, like it's chairman. in behalf
| OF this feature, and while the circular let
| ter sent out to the various organized bodies
| in the District was to have ben answered
| today, September 10, there will be ample
| opportunity given to the societies and as
SociatiOnS to reply later. The Catholic so
| cieties, including Carroll Institute, will
| probably turn out 1000 members; Gen.
] Harries expects 1,SOO National GIardsmen
to be in line. There will be probably LOCO
of the Grand Army of the Republic in the
| pr ocession. while the German societies Will
| be represented by as many more. Add to
| these the bicycle clubs and the riders unat-
| tached to such bodies, the labor crganiza-
| tiCns, the secret societies, including the
| knights of Pythias. the knights of khor-
| assam, and other organizations, and 1t can
| be easily realized what procession there
| will be.
| Better Rates Hoped For.
| The Southeastern Passenger Associat ton,
| which embraces the Atlantic Coast Line,
| the Atlanta. Knoxville and Northern, At
| lantic and West Point Atlantic. Valdosta
and Western. Central of Georgia, Florida
| Central and Peninsular, Georgia Southern
and Florida Louisville and Nashville,
| Pennsylvania South of Washington) Plant
System. Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
| tomac. Southern, Triton and Northeastern,
| Western and Atlantic and Western railway
| of Alabama has adopted and announced a
| for the round trip for civilians and rate
| of cents mile one way for the round
| trip for Military companies and brass bands
| in uniform travelling twenty or more on
| one ticket for the New York reception to
| Admiral Dewey, and the same for the eel
| ehration here. 1t is hoped that the action
| of the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylva-
| mia companies. which have given a rate of
| a single fare for the round trip, will be fol-
| lowed by similar reduction on the lines
| mentioned.
The Reception Fund.
| Additional contributions to the Dewey
| reception fund have been reported by Act
| ing Treasurer Van Wickle as follows:
| Previously acknowledged. ........... 81 2S2 90
| DR.. t. De Witt Talmage. 2UOO
| Il. h Stinemetz & Son 1000
| Mr. Frank b. Noyes. 1000
| MI. u u Galiiard. Observation-Disclosures. 500
| Mason N Richardson ............... 500
| Geo. w Knox Express Comm. 1000
| MI Blair Lee -..................... 1000
| Mr. J. Edgar smith. Observation-Disclosures. SEQ
| Mr. w m Ii Lown. 1000
| MT C. r. Il. Beaie. 500
| Washington Gaslight Co.. 5000
5. kann. Sons & Co. 300
| Charles X. Edmonston. ............ 1000
| Harris 4 Shafer. Observation-Disclosures. 20U
| Snyder Il Wood. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 500
| VIM. knabe 4 Co. Observation-Disclosures. 100
| Cash. ............... 1000