The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-09-28
DEWEY REACHES NEN YORK
The Famous Admiral and His Flag
ship Get Home Two Days
Ahead of Time.
EVERYBODY SURPRISED, TO Be SURE.
There Was a Heavy Mist on the Sea When
the Olympia Got to Sandy Hook and
for Time 1t Was Thought to BE the
Chicago, Admiral Howison's Flagship
Scenes Following the AdmiraPs Arrival.

Scenes Following the Admirafs Arrival.
New York, Sept. 26.-Much to the
surprise of everyone in the city the
Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on
board, arrived off the Sandy Hook
lightship at 5:55 this morning. There
was heavy mist on the sea and at
first the marine observers were in
clined to think the vessel sighted might
be Rear Admiral Howison's flagship,
the Chicago, hardly believing Dewey
would arrive two days ahead of time.
The doubt was soon cleared away,
however, and as passing vessels recog
nized the flagship from Manila bay
there was a continuous blowing of
whistles in salute.
All the morning as the famous cruiser
lay at anchor her signal man was kept
busy dipping the ensign in answer to
the welcome of passing vessels. An
orderly came ashore from the Olympia
soon after she had anchored with dis
patches and messages from the admiral
and officers. He said they had pleas
ant passage across the Atlantic, that
all were well on board and glad to be
home. He inquired for back files of
the newspapers. The Olympia will go
" phlnSNIilc w
To-day for the first time in many
years an admiral's salute was fired in
New York bay. Fort Hancock saluted
with Il guns when the Olympia passed
coming IN. There was no demonstra-
ter in Rear Admiral SIMPSONS fleet off
TompllinsvilIe. 1t had been plannee
that one of the fleet, probably thu
Texas, would go down to the Hook and
escort the admiral's flagship to her an
chorage inside the Hook but, of course,
this plan had to be abandoned.
When the O ympia reaches the upper
bay Admiral Dewey will find that the
quarantine station will be decorated
with $500 red, white and blue electric
lights. On the terrace are letters nine
feet high, spelling welcome Home"
They are set against natural back
ground of green and snow white in the
day time and will be lighted with cleo
tricity at night.
Admiral Dewey slept restlessly last
night and at two o'clock this morning
his servant told him that the lights of
the Jersey coast were in sight. The
admiral got up and looked through a
port at the far specs of brightness, his
first view in % months of American
shores. The Olympia slowed up to
quarter speed and at dawn pilot boat
No. was spoken and put pilot aboard.
The flagship dropped anchor inside
Sandy Hook about half past seven.
Its mighty good to be home" said
the admiral to the reporter of the Asso-
tiated press, who went aboard. II
know that | am little ahead of the
schedule he continued, but as the
weather looked tritie squallv, /
thought it better to lie inside the Hook
than outside"
Admiral Dewey to-day dropped an
Choir at home after voyage of lis days,
during which the Olympia touched at
ten ports. Manila was left at four p.
M, MAY 20 Three days later the AL
mfral was at Hong Kong. There he
rested until June 6, when the Olympia
sailed for Singapore. arriving there
June II. The last port reached was
Gibraltar, September 4. He left there
September 10 for New York, and to-
day his 23 000-mile voyage ended.
The Navy COngratuletes Dewey.
Washington, Sept. 26.-The navy de-
partment has sent the following for
mai message of welcome to Admiral
Dewey: The department is happy to
learn of your safe arrival and extends
to you and your officers and crew the
most cordial welcome.-John d. Long"