The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-03

Farewell Greetings and Surrender tn
WashingtOn Committee.

DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK.
Farewell Greetings and surreDder to
Washington Committee.
NEW YORK. Oct. Admiral Dewey
arose early this morning and began
preparations for his departure for Washing
ton. After a light breakfast. during which
he chatted with the members of his family.
the admiral expressed himself as being
much refreshed after the fatiguing incidents
of the past week. The admiral saw no
visitors this morning. but kept to his rooms.
attending to some personal business until
about II o'clock. when. with the party es-
corting him, he started for a drive before
proceeding to the railway station.
Admiral Dewey has received so many let
tiers of welcome and congratulations since
his arrival in the United States that he
finds 1t impossible to answer them as he
would wish. He therefore asks the press to
convey his acknowledgment Of their receipt
and his thanks for the congratulations and
good wishes of his many friends. Mayor
Van Wyck called about 10 o'clock and had
a short talk with the admiral, whom he
babe goodbye. Before he allowed the
mayor to leave Admiral Dewey told him
to thank the people of New. York for him
for the remarkable demonstration in his
honor. 1T was magnificent" said he, land
far exceeded my expectations"
When the admiral left the waldorf-As-
toria to go to Jersey City to take the train
for Washington the stoops and window stills
and ratings of all the houses between the
end of the hotel on Thirty-third street and
Fifth avenue were filled with people anxious
to catch a glimpse of him. Down Fifth ave-
nue. the line extended. each side of the
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the committee who had personally escorted
Admiral Dewey through the two days cele-
brations assembled in the hotel before II
o'clock. They were st. Clair McKelway,
Richard Croker, Ex-Governor Morton, Will
liam McAdoo. w. w. Foster and James
Spellman. Senator Depew was missing. He
went to Washington on a special train dur
ing the afternoon. The committee went up
to Admiral Dewey's room with some of the
members Of the Washington committee
which escorted the admiral to the capital.
These were Senator Redfeld Proctor, of
Vermont, Commander Baird and John j.
Edison. Mr.. McKelway, who headed the 10
cal committee, went through no formality.
simply saying, Gentlemen, here is the ad-
miral.'' Admiral Dewey bowed, and when
asked if he was ready to go he said he was.
and he and Mr.. Edison started down stairs
to the carriage. His son, George Dewey,
followed.
The admiral and his son came out of the
hotel together and Mr.. Edison handed the
admiral into the carriage. George Dewey
got into the carriage and then Mr.. Edison
entered. Sailor Nygard, of the Olympia,
was on the seat with the driver. The police
cleared the middle of the street and the
carriage started off. hen there was cheer
admiral took Off his hat and smiled. Then
the carriage stopped as MIR. Edison told the
driver to wait for the other carriages. The
lines when the carriage was stopped, but
the police managed to force the people back
again. The cheering, was continuous. Inc
contained Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dewey and
Senator Proctor, in the second Captain and
Mrs Coghlan and Copmander BARD In the
Caldwell and in the fifth the two Chinese
servants.
AT THE PIER.
All the way down the avenue to Twenty
fifth street the admiral's arrival was await
ed by a huge crowd. AS his carriage came
along the people cheered him again and
again, the admiral acknowledging the greet
ing by raising his hat and bowling. The
carriages drove down Twenty-ffth street
to the river, where the admiral boarded the
navy-yard tug Nina
When Dewey's carriage reached the Penn
s~ylvania pier a great cheer went up and the
admiral lifted his silk hat and bowed to
the right and left until the carriage passed
beyond the crowd. General Miles hurried
10 the door of the carriage, pushing ths
police aside, at the same time unbuttoning
his overcoat and displaying his yellow sash
and full dress uniform.
How are you, general?" said the admiral,
as he stepped out. Then he was helped on
board by two blue Jackets. who steadied
the gang plank, the remainder of the party
everybody, including his brother Charles.
who has seen him very little since he re-
turned home; To Ton 1ea anS every serIsd one re ne s,s sSt
as IL Ii were crippled.
Sergeant Eagan had lined up the mounted
police on the dock. and when he gave the
cue the police let loose three rousing cheers,
which were taken up and re-echoed by the
people who had crowded the docks. The
admiral raised his hat and smiled. Then
Sergeant Eagan came forward and said:
pleasant journey, admiral" and the ad-
miral reached forward and inquired, "What
did you say. captain?'' -
81 wished you a pleasant journey, re-
piled the sergeant.
ly. and smiled and bowed again:
shortly afterward the tugs whistle gave
a blast and the boat began. to slip, away.
The admiral, who was standing In the DOW
the first to discover the possible danger
in the vicinity of the line, which was be-
coming taut. He started away n eau
toned the others TO do so also. Everybody
cheered him as the tug passed out OF the
slip.
The Nina put i'm at the Pennsylvania
wharf, near the Express Company DOCK.
There was a tremendous throng present. 10
welcome the admiral and the cheering be-
| gan as soon as the boat hove in sight.
A CANNY SCOTS ADVICE.
On the way across. the river the Admiral
| was very jolly. He spoke to General Miles
| of the reception he had been given in New
| York and said: General, 1t was magnif1'
cent" He also spoke of the correspondence
| he had received in great patches, over some
| of which he laughed with General Miles as
| he told him of it. He spoke of one letter
| he had got from a Scotchman who had
been giving him advice. Admiral. Dewey
| said the man had told him he was a great
man, bit that he must not let the recep-
| ton turn his head, and that If he pursued
the course he had been pursuing to the
end his name would be high In history, bui
he must remember that there are other
great men, and that his name would not
head the list.
In speaking Of the crowds that lined tbs
route of parade Saturday Admiral Dewey
said that 1t was one sea of human faces
all smiling, and that he had never seen sc
many beautiful teeth"
As the boat put up at the pier the crowd
which had gathered recognized the Admiral
who was preparing to step of. and the
\ cheering was tremendous. The boat was
tied up. and the Admiral was aided b,