The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-03
CALL Ar PRINCETON.
Dewey Arouses Much
Enthusiasm in the
Students.
is GLAD TO HEAR THE YELL.
Stop at Philadelphia Quiet
as Might Be
Expected.
is GLAD TO HEAR THE YELL.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 2.-As soon as
Admiral Dewey's party had boarded the
train for Washington at Jersey City,
the admiral had short audience with
few members Of the Washington
committee in his special car at the rear
of the train. The car was then cleared
and dinner was served for Admiral
Dewey and the five members of his i'm
mediate party, his son, his brother and
wife, Capt Lamberton and Lieut..
BrQmby The train increased its speed
rapidly at the city limits and was soon
speeding south at a 60-1nile gait
The train slowed up slightly as it
dashed into Newark, where the station
was packed with people and the track
lined for several hundred yards each
way. The cheering of the crowd brought
the admiral to the window, but it is
doubtful if one person in a hundred rec
ognized the dark sunburned face in the
snapshot glance afforded them as the
flyer dashed past. But they cheered with
a wild yell that penetrated the swift
moving train above the roar and whirr
of the wheels
At Princeton the students of Prince
ton University gave Admiral Dewey a
tremendous ovation. Seven or eight
hundred of the university men at the
junction as the special steamed in sight
sent up cheer after cheer for the hero
of Manila" AS soon as the train stop
ped, the youths gathered around and
clambered upon the platform of the adj
mirals car. He was on the platform Of
the rear car and after rousing cheer
for him by the Princetonians, he took
off his hat and addressed them as fol-
| lows:
Gentlemen, 1 am glad to see you.
You can't imagine how glad l am to
hear that university cheer-I mean our
university cheer, for l am one of you
now you know my son (pointing to
George Goodwin Dewey, who stood be-
side the admiral) graduated from the
university in 1896. and l was also made
a doctor of laws by 1t some time ago. l
! thank you for this demonstration. The
train then departed amid renewed
cheering.
| Admiral Dewey and his escort passed
| through here this afternoon en- route to
Washington at about $780, The special
train, which came over the New York
division of the Pennsylvania road, was
switched to the Philadelphia, Washing
| ton and Baltimore tracks where the
locomotives and crews were changed.
Engine So came up from Wilmington in
charge Of Frank Carver of Wilmington,
assistant road foreman, who acted as
pilot during the journey from this city
to Washington. John Graham of Wash
ington was engineer and Roland Adj
kins, of Wilmington, fireman.
The locomotive was gaily decorated
with flags and bunting, the smokestack
being almost obscured by the national
colors. The passage of the admiral
through this city aroused unbounded
enthusiasm among the residents. At
every way station from the extreme
northeastern section to the point where
the change of engines was made, crowds
of people stood with craned necks in the
hope Of seeing a glimpse of the hero of
Manila
Factory whistles shrieked salutes and
the boats on the Schuylkill river kept up
q continual din while the admiraPs train
was in sight. 1t was S.43 when the stop
was made at Gray's Ferry, where en-
gines were, changed. There were shouts
and cheers, but Admiral Dewey failed
to respond until the train resumed It's
tourney to Washington. Then he ap-
peared on the rear platform and bowed
his Acknowledgements. He had been ly-
ing down. but could not resist the en-
treaties of the crowd.