Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-10-06
NEW YoRK's WELCOME,
Inc committee From Washington STATE
Boards the OIympia'

Boards the Olympia.
New York, Sept. sO.-New York
was decked brilliantly today in
nonor OF the gallant sailor who is wait.
ing at her gate. Had an ocean of color
swept through the city, its ebbinp tide
could not have stained the streets mora
brilliantly. Hundreds of miles of red
whlte and blue bunting cover the noble
lacades OF Broadway and Fifth avenue
and a million flags futter over the
town. Not even the churches have
escaped the universal decorations Tho
doors and gothic windows of old Trim.
lty' on lower Broadway, are gracefully
oraped with the national colors, and in
ancient Trinity graveyard, the tomb
OF that gallant sailor, who. diving.
issued the command not to give up the
snip, lies shrouded in the silken folds
OF the flag for which he died.
When the committee from Washing.
ton reached the Olympia, each mem
Der OF the committee was cordially
greeted by Admiral Dewey, but the
warmest hand clasp and heartiest greet
ing was for the admiral's lifelong
friend, Senator Proctor, of Vermont,
The captain presented each of the yis-
ltors to Captain Lamberton, and then
all went to the admiral's cabin, where
the committee completed the pro-
gramme OF the Washington ceremony,
and the admiral expressed his entire
satisfaction with the celebration. Sec
retary Pruden presented an invitation
to dinner with the president, and the
admiral accepted it.
Admiral George W. Baird, who
sailed with Farragut and Dewey in the
Gulf in 1861, unrolled package which
he had carefully guarded all the way
to the Olympia, and displaying a faded
blue admiraPs ensign, upon which
were stitched four white stars, said to
Admiral Dewey:
Admiral, / wish to present to you
the first admiral's flag ever broken
OUT in the navy of this country. The
admiral whose name and memory we
all so revere first hoisted this ensign
upon the good ship Hartford, before
New Orleans, and afterwards upon the
Franklin, and since it came down
from that masthead it has never been
whipped by the wind or worn by the
elements. You, the worthy successor
of that great admiral whose tactics you
SO successfully followed short while
ago, deem the proper person for Far
ragut's mantle to fall upon"
This flag was made by Quartermaster
Knowles out of a blue number" flag,
when Farragut was first made rear
admiral. Two white stars were sewed
on it. When Farragut was made an
admiral, two more white stars were
sewed on it. Farragut flew this flag
on the Hartford at New Orleans, and
afterwards in the Mediterranean. The
admiral was deeply affected, and tears
where in his eyes as he gazed at the
souvenir. 1t was several moments be-
fore he recovered his voice. Finally
he said:
"I'll fly it. I'll fly it at masthead.
I'll fly it in the parade. II fly it
always. And-and when 1 strike my
admiral's flag this shall be the flag l
shall strike"
This was the most impressive scene
that has occurred on the Olypmia since
her arriavl in this port, and for some
time no one spoke. The silence was
not broken until he called his Chinese
steward and ordered case of cham
pagne.
The Washingtonians remained on
board chatting with the admiral for
an hour. A portion of the committee
left for Washington at 2:30 o'clock.