The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-14
IN WELCOME Of DEWEY
A Triumphal Trip Through Ver-
mont and New Hampshire.
A CHORUS OF WHISTLES
Tracks Wera Lined With Paopls for
Miles-A Rousing Reception Ten
dered Him in Boston - An
Arduous Day Ahead.

Boston, Oct. 1S-Admiral Dewey and
a small party Of friends. including MS
son and Lieutenant Brumby, left
Northfeid, VT. at 1920 this afternoon
on a special train Of two parlor cars.
At every station there was cheering
crowd and occasionally "a Grand Army
post would be drawn up in line. Saiuses
were fired with torpedoes or with rifles.
At each station the train was slowed up
so that the people could see the admiral.
who sat at the window in the rear car.
At White River junction the tran
was sent across the river to West lie
banon, where the train OF President
Tuttle of the Boston g. Maine road was
waiting, containing, beside the presi-
dent and other railroad officials, Gov
ernor r. w. Rollins and other New
Hampshire officials and representatives
of the governor and legislature of Mas
sachusetts.
The car in which the admiral rode
was attached to President Tuttle's train
and Governor Rollins, who was to con-
duct the admiral through New Famp-
shire, was introduced to his guest BY
this time the crowd Of sightseers wns
cheering and the admiral stepped upon
the rear platform in time to hear the
Dartmouth boys from Hanover give the
yell. Then they called for speech and
the admiral said:
Il can't make g speech"
Just then the train started, the col
lege boys yelled and the admiral called
OUT
That's it. boys; you'll own the coun-
try some day.
Az the train ran through New Hamp-
shire the enthusia SIN increased as the
crowds We're larger Factories along the
track blew their whistles, fire bells We're
rung and torpedoes We're continually
exploded along the track.
At all the stations the train ran
slowly and the admiral and Governor
Rollins stood togesher On ,hc uta trrrr,
bowing right and lFGt. ~ concord l9e
crowd was q big C.t' The ;'aiu ~ led
down to the rail- E'grS- -te-+ =
! change Of engines !a z'hcw
engine, labeled ol 'r.sE* s4 ~
where the admiral dulp1 @M- M@% .f@g
I 1t bore an immense &i,t i@EG&!5t0G4oa tli&
admiral on the boiler head, % h3is y21adEr
1t was a miniature p-4 - Win ioris
guns and the inscription, Stand to
your guns and, obey orders.
While the train was in waiting Adj
miral Dewey, from the rear platform,
was greeted by several of the st. Paul
school boys and shook hands with sew
eral friends. Then the train continued
to Manchester, reaching there amid
salute from the 1st New Hampshire
Amoskeag corporation building facing
the railroad had it's knot of operatives
| waving cloth or aprons
! As the train passed from New Hamp-
shire to Massachusetts, the Massachu-
sets representatives went into the ad-
| mirals car and were introduced by GOV
| ernor Rollins, who turned the guest
| over to the care of Massachusetts,
| At Lowell the crowd was larger than
any yet seen. From Lowell to Boston
| it seemed as, il the tracks were lined
with people, so continuous was the
| cheering. The train pulled into the
union station in this city at sos p. m.'
to find there q terrific jam Of people
Fully $4,000 people We're crowded IN
and around the station and in the rush
| to get a look at the hero he was we'll
nigh carried off his feet He was met
by Mayor Quincy and delegation rep
resenting the Home Market clun, the
chamber Of commerce and other munich
nal bodies. The admiral rode at the
| head of a column of 10000 war veterans
through the city's principal downtown
streets to the Hotel Turaine, which VIII
be his headquarters during his stay of
three days. The admirals escort to-
night were the Naval Veterans and fol-
| lowing them We're posts of the Massd-
| chusetts department of the G. A. r. and
Spanish war veterans. All the streets
were profusely decorated and crowds
lined the sidewalks. Red hre was oufll-
| ed laviallly.
The admiral after dinner, witnessed
fine display Of fireworks on Boston
| common from his apartments in the ho-
| tel and retired soon after. To-lnofroW
he will have an arduous day, as he VIII
| attend many functions. In the forenoon
| he will hear the school children sing on
! the common. In the afternoon he Will
be presented with a watch ait the city
hall and review q parade which will IN
clude the entire state militia mopillzsd
| for its fall maneuVers.
| In the evening there will be banquet
al the Algernon club. The admiral eX-
poets to leave for New York on SUNDAY.