Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-10-05
DEWEY CELEBRATION
Visitors Pouring into New York to
Honor the Gallant Sailor.
JACKIES DECORATED With MEDALS.


minatiOn at Night.
New York, Sept. 80. New York W;
decked brilliantly yesterday in homo
of the gallant sailor who is waiting a
her gate. A million visitors are her
to participate in the glorious celebr;
ton. Every road pouring in stead
stream until the streets are crowde
morning and night, the surface an
elevated cars are filed to overfiowin
and the hotel corridors are jamme
with visitors. The gaily appareled sol
diers Of many states, who are To tax
part in the land parade on Saturday
began troopng in yesterday and Their
was no hour when uniformed men wer,
not moving in some quarter of the cit,
to the sound of fife and drums an,
horns.
Yesterday the hotilla lay quietly a
anchor off Tompkinsville, towering
spectacle of naval might and power tt
the tens of thousands who sailed down
in tugs, in yachts and steamers to see
the ships The crush to get ABOARD
the Olympia never abated for a minute
and as great indulgence was shown by
Admiral Dewey goodly portion
of those who besieged the gangways
got abroad. At times the ship was
fairly oyerrun. These crowds and the
official visits the admiral received
scarcely gave him and his officers time
to breathe. The jackies yesterday got
the medals which congress voted them.
and proudly displayed them to the Wis.,
itors until Jeffries, the pugilist, came
aboard. Jack loves a fighter and
while the big slugger was aboard the
tars were obliviOus to all else.
Owing to the stream Of official WIS.,
itors, the roar Of salutes continued al.
most without interruption all day.
Maj Gen. Nelson A. Miles, at the head
Of the Washington committee, called
to submit the programme for the recep-
ton at the national capital and Maj.
Gen. Merritt and his staff. stiff with
gold braid, came over from Governors
island to officially welcome Admiral
Dewey in the name of the army. They
were received with all the honors be-
fitting their rank, but the climax was
not reached until Gov. Roosevelt, of
New York, came down the bay in the
afternoon on the yacht Wild Duck. He
was accompanied by Gen. Francis V.
Greene, some officers of the New York
naval militia and several of Dewey's
captains at Manila, including Capt.
Dyer, Of the Baltimore; Capt. Wood, of
the Petrol; Capt Wilder, of the Boston,
and Capt. Walker, of the Concord.
When they got aboard Admiral Dewey
took them over the ship, and the sight
of the fighting captains set the tars
mad with delight. Nothing could re-
strain their enthusiasm and round
after round of cheers greeted the ap-
pearance of these officers. Gov. Roose-
velt was assistant secretary of the navy
when Dewey was sent to the command
Of the Asiatic squadron and Gen.
Greene, who served in the Philippines,
is a personal friend of the admiral's of
many years standing.
While much powder was flung into
smoke down the bay yesterday, much
more will be burned to-day during the
great naval pageant up the Hudson
river. The marine parade, unless it is
narred by bad weather, which the To-
,al forecaster unfortunately predicts,
S expected to eclipse all previous water
,ageants on this side of the world.
The parade will move at one o'clock,
n four divisions. First will come the
yarships, headed by the Olympia and
ianked on either side by the torpedo
BOATS. They will be followed by a
ieet of white revenue cutters. Fol-
owing them will be the steam yachts
n double column, led by the Corsair,
he flagship of the New York Yacht |
hub. To Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin |
las been accorded the honor of heading
he starboard column of this division.
There will be 1877 yachts in line. The
bird division will consist of the mer-
liant marine steamers and an indis-
riminate fleet of tugs, barges and I'M
4ttached vessels will bring up the rear.
t is expected that the line will be nine
niles long and that half a million peo-
lie will be ahoat. The parade, with
he Olympia in the van, will move I'm
he North river to the stake boat st.
'larys, an old practice ship of the navy |
which is moored opposite the Grant
in Riverside park. After
the stake boat the Olympia
viii come to anchor below two beauti-
I'll floats representing peace and vic
DRY and each warship in It's turn will
lrop in below the flagship. The ma
ional salute of 81 guns will be fred in |
lonor of the hero OF Appomattox. The
orpedo boats and revenue cutters will
.nchor opposite the line of warships
lnder the bluff and between these two
ines the civic part of the parade will
,ass in review.
Tonight the grandest Examinations
nd fireworks display in the history of
he city will occur Last night there
vas a preliminary illumination of rare
'eauty. All the buildings on the
vater front were lighted up On the
,rooklyn bridge, in letters of living fire
0 feet high, flashed the words swell