The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-28
DEWEY
GLIDES UP
The BAY
OF New York and Anchors With
the North Atlantic Fleet
Of Tomphnsville.
AM IMPRESSIVE WELCOME
Extended to Him By the Forts and
Men-oi.war..Arrival of
the Cruiser Chicago.


SrollcMng white caps the Olympia
moved majesHcally up the lower bay
to-day and passed through the pic
turesoue strait, guarded by Forts
Wadsworth and Hamilton. amid the
booming Of great guns and there, inside
the city gates, Admiral Dewey and his
gallant tars received the glorious,
4hunderous welcome of the steel walled
men-of-war, as their shapely ship
glIded to her position at the head OF
the column, there to remain until the
great naval pageant starts on Friday.
Never, perhaps, did triumphant
warrior returning from a victorious
campaign receive a more impressive
welcome. Although thousands upon
thousands witnessed 1t from the shore,
balcony window or house top. and thS
men-of-war anchorage at TompSins-
willie, where the feet lay, fairly swarmed
with tugs, yachts and steamers and
every sort Of harbor craft, all Jet black
with wild. cheering, exultlng people,
and the towering white walls Of the
city beyond were brave with a million
welcoming flags, to-day's greeting to
Dewey was the greeting of his COM
rades Of the navy. And 1t was emin-
emily fitting that his comrades in arms
should have the first chance at him
whom the millions are waiting to hon
Or. The people viii begin to get at him
On Friday and Saturday.
Professional Welcome.
To outward appearances the welcome
he received from the feet was strictly
professional. One can find the salutes,
the trumpet fiourIshes, the drum ruf1es,
the paradlng of the marine guard and
all the rest Of the ceremonies done in
his honor toEday, described in the naval
regulations as due to one of his rank.
But that only Impressed the mind the
more, because even naval regulations,
rigorous and inelastic as they are,
could not restrain the pent up enthusi-i
aam when 1t broke forth, as it did occa-
sionalIy, IN rounds of cheers. any more
than 1t could the bell cords Of the skip
pera' and the ioy-mad people aboard
the excursion boats. Cheering is not
permitted by the naval regulations
aboard men-of-war, but no reproof fol-
lowed to-day's breaches of discipline.
It was perfect day, though drifting
clouds, driven by a strong land breeze.
obscured the sun during the morning.
md the waves of the lower bay were
capped with white foam. In the after.
noon the flying clouds disappeared, the
breeze died away and the sun bathed
the sea In brillinnce.
Arrival ofAdmiral Howison.
Very early In the morning, before
Dewey left his anchorage inside Sandy
Hook, Rear Admiral Howison. COM
mander OF the South Atlantic squad
ron, aboard his flagship, the Chicago.
which arrived outside last night, travel
stained and weather beaten after her
Journey Of 219eO miles around South
Africa, foamed in past the hook. cx-
pecdng to Join the North Atlantic
squadron in receiving Dewey upon his
arrival. As Howison rounded the Spit,
there, right under his eye, lay the
Olympia. The surprise on the face Of
every man aboard the Chicago could be
dIscerned without the aid of glasses.
But surprise Is not an emotion men in
the nevy indulge in long, and Deweys
hassnlp was w sOo''el 80 ',,, - ~. a.
prepAF1''onS we'e Lil"us " s,,s ', "s' Nj s
Ioudest anu nioS' "g,t'' "e''Vn'e o''P
could give 4ne SUES wefe h,A'leu'
the marine guara was Purpueu' anu
reventeen roaring guns were looseu IN
honor OF Dewey The GhlcaBo Jackies
cheered wildly as she steamed past.
,rho C,,,-,r,, resnopded with thirteen
NJ -
guns. and the Two euhliThIs' COME w.
gcthrr from the two ends Of the earth,
,,,,,o1 ,,,oico,ne N each other from
""'eu u "e'SO''e N'..,..- .,z..,.,,,
the bridges or their respective Nesse's'
The Chicago continued on to the upper
b,,, ,,1 ,,ror ,rriytnp there was
1''' anu wv" ~
Ealuted BY the New YORK. only lhe
flagship OF n suuadron salutes upon the
,,,,,,,rr,,,,. =, :, ,ar,troi EFbn re.
'"''s oi = ie't' ~ -.
hA'nd"r u the feet gave only silent
welcome TO the yoynRer,
pntFRnkS sampson
Io6s IInss ~ crozy quilting thc unI-
80, ,' y. ~. ~, o,,,,a.,,,,
N"sti language OF the sea- HutteIeu
fTom the signal halyards Of the New
York, Rear Admiral sampson's flagship,