The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-14
DEWEY AT BOSTON.
Greeted by $4,000 People on His
Arrival

Boston. Oct 14-Admiral Dewey and
a. small party of friends, including his
son and Lieutenant Brumby, left North
field Vt, at 1920 O'Clock yesterday.
afternoon on a special train of two par
Ior cars. At every station there was a
cheering crowd and occasionally
Grand Army post would be drawn up
in line. Salutes were fired with tor
pedoes or with rifles.
At each station the train was slowed
I'D so that the people could see the
admiral who sat at the windows in the
rear car.
At White River junction the train
was sent across the river to West
Lebanon, where the train of President
Tuttle of the Boston and Maine road,
was waiting, containing, besides the
president and other railway officials,
Governor Frank w. Rollins and other
New Hampshire officials and represen-
tatiVeS of the governor ana legislature
of Massachusetts.
The car in which the admiral rode
was attached to President Tuttles train
and Governor Rollins, who was to con-
duct the admiral through New Hamp-
shire, was introduced to his guest. BY
this time the crowd of sightseers was
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 a speech and
the admiral said;
4 can't make a speech"
Just then the train started, the col
out: That's it, boys, you'll own the
country some day."
AS the train ran through New Hamp-
shire the enthusiasm increased as the
the track blew their whistles, fire bells
were rung and tOrpedoes were cOntin-
uously exploded along the track.
At all the stations the train ran slow
" and the admiral and Gov. Rollins
stood together on the platform, bowling
right and left. At Concord the crowd
was a big one. The train pulled down
to the railway shops, where a change
of engines was made. The new engine
labelled olympia" backed up to where
the admiral could see the front. 1t
bore an immense gilt medallion of the
admiral on the boiler head, while under
guns and the inscription Stand to your
guns and obey ORDERS
While the train was in waiting Ad-
uiral Dewey from the rear platform,
was greeted by several of st. PauIs
school boys and shook hands with sew
era1 friends. Then the train continued
to Manchester, reaching there amid a
salute from the First New Hampshire
battery.
Each window in the great Amoskeag
corporation building facing the railway y
had its knot of operatives waving cloth
or aprons. As the train passed from
New Hampshire to Massachusetts ter
ritory, the Massachusetts representa-
tives went to the admtrars car and
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 if the tracks were lined
with people, so continued was the
cheering. The train pulled into the
union station in this city at $50 p. m.
to find there a terrific jam of humanity.
Fully 1000 people were 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 a. delegation rep
resenting the Home Market club, the
chamber of commerce and other
municipal bodies. The admiral rode at
the head of a column of 10000 war vet
Grams through the city's principal down
town streets to the Hotel Touraine,
which will be his home during his stay
of three days.
The admiral's escort was the naval
veterans and following them We're posts
of the Massachusetts department of the
Grand Army and Spanish war veterans.
All the streets were profusely decorated
and crowds lined the sidewalks. Red
fire was burned lavishly.
The admiral after dinner witnessed
a, fine display of fireworks on Boston
common from his apartments in the
hotel and retired soon after