The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-03

Washington, Oct. 2.-The home-com-
ing of Admiral George Dewey, for
henceforth the national capital is to be
his home, was made the occasion for
the greatest tribute ever paid by Wash
ington to any individual. After the pre-
liminsry welcome in New York, itself
unsurpassed in it's kind, it remained for
the highest and greatest in the officia.
world to hold out the hand of greeting
to the admiral, and to join with the
people who are to be his fellow-citizens
in bidding him welcome.
The citizens had made every prepar-
alton to make the occasion worthy of
the hero. The decorations were elabor-
ate. Pennsylvania avenue was one
mass of colored bunting along the en-
tire line Of march from the station to
the White House, and but few private
citizens failed to make some display Of
color or their residences. Unique de-
signs IN fairy forms dotted the horizon;
great searchlights threw broad beame
of bright light across then blue sky of
a clear October evening, and the state
ly capitol stood revealed in all its beau-
ty in the powerful rays of many con-
contracted lights.
The same device was used effectively
in the case of other public buildings
within the range of vision Of the dis
tinguighed party which reviewed the
great throng that passed slowly along
beneath the prov of the white Olym-
pia, which projected in bold relief from
the stand at the head of Pennsylvania
avenue, whereon stood Dewey, the CEN
troll 6~tfr.e Of fbai dam on tiOrn
Or the facade of the newly completed
general post Office building were two
inscriptions set in electric points, the
one reciting the famous message of the
president directing Dewey, then thous-
ands of miles away in the far east, to
go firth to destroy the Spanish fleet.
and the other setting out the famous
admirals direction to the lamented
Gridley. you may fire when you are
epoch IN the history of the United
Twelve thousand members of civic
organizations paraded before him, be-
sides tens Of thousands of non organ
lied citizens, and in roar of cannon.
rockets and the blaze of red fire, and
the Humorous cheering of the popuiace.
and the warm greeting Of the head OF
the nation, Dewey came to the national
been known here hitherto.
His journey here from New York was
one continuous ovation, limited in its
intensity only by the density of popu-
lation. The decorated special train
which left the Pennsylvania railroad
slip in Jersey City at 1.50 In the after
noon, was fully In keeping with Its
distinguished passenger. The special
was given clear track and the run
to Washington was made without
real stop except at Gray'g Ferry, on
tire outskirts Of Philadelphia, where en-
gines were changed and q new train
crew came aboard.
Almost Immediately after going
aboard the train the admiral retired to
his private car for the luncheon which
was served to his party. Thereafter
the admiral lay down and tried to get
a little sleep, but this was impossible,
owing to the continuous ovation along
the line. 1t was said by the railroad
officials and trainmen that the ovation
during the run from New York to
Washington was the most remarkable
demonstration that has ever token
place along the Hne. Every town turn
ed out its full population, ais did every
house and cross roads settlement, to
see the special pass.
\ bare stop was made at Princeton,
where young Dewey had been stu
dent and the admiral went to the
platform for minute and told the
boys that he was pleased with the re-
ception they had given him. Every stu
dent of the college town was in evil
denoe, as well as the whole population
CO the place, while college yells re-
sounded above the rumble of the de-
parting train
Admiral Dewey was particularly
touched all along the line by the num-
Der of children who turned out to see
him. They formed a very large part of
the crowd in every town and wherever
there was a school house, the children
had evidently been given a special re-
cess to come out to see the train.
There was large crowd of children
at Baltimore, and Admiral Dewey who
had come to the rear platform, said
to the trainmaster that he felt more |
touched and complimented by the at
tention of the children than by almost |
any other thing that had happened |
since hls return to America.
All along the line every train, |
freight or passenger, that passed the
special, saluted 1t with long drawn |
blast of the whistle and in the larger |
towns, there was a continual roar of |
steam whistles from factories, ma |
chine shops and the shifting engines |
and trains on the sidings. Chester and |
Wilmington seemed to have come down |
to the depots en- masse and the train |
ran slowly between wide lanes of peo- |
pie from one end of the town to the |
other, while every lamp post. awning |
POLE and shade tree bore crop Of |
young Americans and the roofs of |
freight cars on the sidings were con- |
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