Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-10-06
THE NATIONS GUEST
Admiral Dewey Receives an
Ovation In Washington.
DENSE CROWDS ALONG The ROUTE
Honored Hero Warmly welcomed by
President Mckinley and Govern
ment Ofiicials-Given Freedom
of the District of Columbia

of the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The home
coming of Admiral George Dewey-for
henccforth the national capital is to he
his homc-was made the occasion for the
greatest tribute ever paid by Washington
to any individual. After the preliminary
welcome in New York, itself unsurpassed
In its kind, it remained for the highest
and greatest in the official world to hold
out the hand of greeting to the famous
admiral and to join with the people who
src to be his fellow citizens in bidding
him welcome.
The citizens had made every prepare
ton to make the occasion worthy of their
hero. The decorations were elaborate.
Pennsylvania avenue was one mass of
colorcd bunting along the entire line of
march from the station to the White
House, and, not content with this. few
private citizens failed to make some dis
play of color on their residences. Unique
designs in fairy lamps dotted the horizon.
great searchlights threw broad beams of
bright light across the blue sky of Il clear
October evening, and the stately capitol
stood revealed in all its queenly beauty in
the powerful rays of many concentrated
lights. The same device was used effect
lively in the case of other public buildings
which stood within range of vision of
the distinguished party which review
ed the great throng of people which
passed slowly along beneath the Prov of
the white Olympia which projected in
bold relief from the stand at the head of
Pennsylvania avenue, whereon stood
Dewey. the central figure of the demon
stration.
Twelve thousand members of civic orga-
niZations paraded before him, besides
tens of thousands of nonorganized citi-
zens. and in a roar of cannon rockets and
the blaze of red fire and the thunderous
cheering of the populacc and the warm
greeting of the head of the nation Dewey
came to the national capital to a welcome
such as has not been known here hither-
to.
His journey here from New York had
been one continuous ovation. limited in
its intensity only by the density of popu-
lation. The decorated special train. which
left the Pennsylvania railroad ferry Slip
i'll Jersey City at 80 in the afternoon.
was in keeping with its distinguished
passenger. 1t was made up of five cars,
the Pennsylvania prize special. the Alta
lanta, dining car. n combination smuk-
I'll anu 'nicc p"rior cars lor 'he accom-
'iiou"t,o" VI Nv, 'nc "Sn'ilS'o!i r'ccp,loh
eoil,iii''c'; ne Hpcoiai MaS gwen cie"r
.r"IN' any .nc run " washington WAS
n,"ue "i'huu' supp except ht cray
rIii!' vi '"e outSNir,S vi ihi''uelphla'
where engines were chaiigeu ana new
train crew came aboard.
1. was saiu ny 'ie raiir"ad oilcialS ana
.i"i'i'ieii 'iin' t"c ora.ioi' "ulilg the run
run Nv" ioIh ~ WASHINGTON wa, 'he
NUS re,iarh'pie demonstration 'hat mas
ever ,"hen pi'ce "i'nG the me. Every
'oNh ','heu ou' us i"il po'"i"'io,'' anu
ever! nouse anu crossIo"uS sr''ir,lleht
was 'urheu lnsiue oul u sec 'he n!ihs
Special pass
- pare S'"I' was maze Ut Irllcetoh'
where young l'e"eE l''u peeh Il STUDENT
ana the auhiirai went |" lhe PLATFORM LOT
u minute iilefe! saying 10 inc uo!S lii"t
ne was piP"Seu win 'iie reception tn'!
iuu given hllh' 1t was sucn IrccP'io"
as an emperor might nave ehVled' every
STUDENT Vi 'ic coiiese LOW" pcinS III eN',
uehce rs wen as 'he "hoie popul"tIoll Oh
the place. Whiie coilSge Eells reSouhu'u
above the rumble OF the departing IRAN:
Admiral dewey was particularly touch-
cd an along the me ny the hummer OF
chlidreh VINO turneu OUT 10 see hiii'
1heF ioriiieu very large part ol 'he
crowd III every TOWN., ana Wherever lhere
was SchooihouSe the cnildIeh hau eNl-
dehtlE peeh gwen sprciai rcccSs |" come
out anu cheer the tralil. mere was an
other large crowd OF chiidreh AT baltl-
more ana Adilirnl Dewey VINO had
come to the rear platform for the sixth or
seventh time ON the UP sald To the tram
master, VINO was standing by MN, that
he felt more touched ana compllmented
by the attention OF the children than by
almost any other thing that mad happen
ed since ms return TO America.
All along the line every train, freight
or passenger, that passed the special
salntcd it with long drawn blast of the
whistle, and in the larger towns, where
the tlicr slowed down within the city
limits, there was continual roar Of
steam whistles from factories. machine
shops and the shifting engines and trains
on the sidings.
Every engineer seemed to have been
bottling up steam for an hour in advance
and huupr out of his ca h NiuInu with his