Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-10-10

bottled up Spanish fleet within the
harbor of Santiago. The eyes Of TIE
world, and especially of West Virgin
ians were fixed upon the gallant ship,
New York, the flagship Of the Admiral
who is now our guest We were more
| interested because with him were two
of West Virginia's sons, Captain Chad
wick and Lieut.. Commander Stan
| ton. The country had heard from
Dewey and were prepared for an
equally decisive anil brilliant result
| from Sampson. Another great naval
battle was fought and another bril-
liant victory achieved. Again the
~9rld stood amazed at the power and
he might If the American seamen.
The two great wonders Of the world
| to-day are the two great naval battles,
one fought by Admiral Dewey and the
other by the Admiral who to-day does
us the honor to be our guest.
1t is necessary for me but TO men
tion the name Of our guest and the
people bow with reference and respect.
He has achieved greatness and made
name for himself that will live
through ages. He has rendered trans
eendent services to his country when
crisis was upon it.
No matter how great this country
is destined to be- matter what
other illustrious lights shall arise, in
ever so much larger spheres, and with
the eyes of a still more enlightened
world upon them, the light OF Samp-
son and Dewey will still blaze with
splendor and brilliancy Their fame
will spread and grow wider and great
er by reason OF their signal victories
The fabric of American institutions.
whose foundations are laid on ada
mantine rock, may be utterly destroy
ed-the capitol Of the great republic
may in time become mass OF broken
and PROSTATE columns, beneath the
debris OF the nations ruins-such
gloomy changes are possible, but the
names Of Americas great admirals
who triumphed so signally at Santiago
and Manila, will never perish from
the minds of men.
Washington, was the father Of his
eountry--brave in battle, wise in
council and transcendent in dignity.
Since the day that General Washing
ton was the guest of Chadwick's great
grandfather at the Evans cabin, this
community has not been SO highly IA
vored, as It Is to-day.
Admiral Sampson replied and was
applauded very heartily as he arose TO
reply. He thanked the speaker and
spectators for the hearty welcome that
they had accorded him and gave utter
ance to his gratitude for the favors
shown him. His remarks were brief
but to the point and were heard with
great deal of attention.
The combined bands then played
America and the crowd cheered it TO
the echo. A reception and general
handshaking at the stand concluded
the exercises and hundreds Of people
pressed forward to be introduced to
the distinguished guests aud Wore pre-
sented as we'll as they could be At
ter an hour OF this naval officers were
taken in charge by their hosts and
taken home where dinner was served.
Many of them will remain in town for
several days but the remainder will
leave on the evening train for the
east going back in their specials.
NOTES
Fakirs of all descriptions were
abundant in town to-day. Some of
them arrived yesterday and at once
began their vocations. These with
their kindred, the toy balloon man,
the peanut vender, the button seller,
and the never failing sucker, made
one think of circus day.
Morgantown never presented a
better appearance than to-day, and
our distinguished visitors could not
have helped being impressed partic
ularly with what they saw. The nat
ural beauties of the town enhanced
as they were by the harmonious and
profuse decorations gave the Nor
ganto~n people just reason TO be
proud of their little city.
The steam boats had made prepa-
rations for bringing big crowd OF
DtOIJlC nun uON ilNtI BolHto W
day, but owing to the breaking of a
wicket in lock No. several days ago
they were unable to get through.
The work OF decorating was car
ried on until late hour last night
many persons putting off the work
until assured Of fair weather Some
decorations were extremely pretty
and original in arrangement and a
good deal of rivalry in this particu
lar was manifest, especially among
the business firms.
Hundreds of country people drove
to town this morning and added ma
teriaIly to the throng on the streets.
Quite large number came yester-
day afternoon having come long
! distance to witness the demonstra-
tjons and oct a GLIMPSE of the ma