The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-02

admiral dewey received the invita-
ton that Mayor Harrison extended to
him. He held the invitation in his
hand and turned it's pages. AS he turn
ed over the leaves he glanced UP and
said
'tMr. Mayor and Members of the
Committee: The honor is nale. l con-
slider it a great honor to be waited upon
by such a delegation as this. and L
consider it a greater honor that the
invitation is put in such nice way,
allowing me to set my own time to
visit your city. I wish I could go to
your city tomorrow, but that is i'm"
possible. AS you know, I am soon due
in Washington. Then l must go to
Vermont l must have some rest and
l have not been there for years. 1t is
my great regret that l cannot go at
once to your city. I wish SO much
l could be there when President Nc
kinley will be there. I have a great
regard for Chicago. 1t is a great city
and during the last year some of the
grandest letters l have ever received
came from Chicago.
Il thank you, Mr.. Mayor, and I
thank you, Chicagoans."
AS Admiral Dewey concluded there
was moments pause. Each of the
two principals seemed to hesitate. AT
that instant some one in the front Of
the crowd stepped forward to shake
son quickly interposed himself between
the admiral and the enthusiastic west
erner, saying, as he placed his hand
on the mans shoulder:
Don't do that, please; don't ask
Admiral Dewey to shake hands this
morning"
The man stepped back into the
| crowd. Admiral Dewey seemed much
embarrassed by the incident. and he
first held out his hand and then with
drew 1t.
AS Admiral Dewey was leaving the
room there was a burst of applause,
and he turned and waved a salute
with his hand as he disappeared be-
hind a heavy curtain.
Ferdinand W. Peck, United States
commissioner to the Paris exposition,
was among the Chicagoans to-day and
said:
When Admiral Dewey goes to Chi
cago he can have the whole town, the
county and the state"
The corridors of the Waldorf-Asto
ria were thronged all day with people
anxious to catch even glimpse of
the great admiral. Early in the morn
ing they began to come in and they
were coming and going all day But
none of them was given the pleasure
of seeing Dewey. In every conceiva-
BILE manner his movements were guard
ed to keep the curious crowd from get
ting near him.
Shortly after II o'clock the admiral
in company with Mayor Van Wyck.
went for a drive through Central park
and Riverside drive. They went in
closed carriage and attracted very lit
tie attention. They were back before
1 o'clock
The card clerk at the office sent
upstairs to Admiral Dewey's apart
ments several hundred cards and re-
fused to send up nearly as many more
No one was permitted to disturb the
admiral. Even his relatives. not ex-
cepting his brother, Charles, kept
away, hoping that their absence from
his side would have some weight with
the outsiders and keep everybody
away. Along about 4 o'clock party
of three turned up at the desk and
handed three cards to the clerk Upon
them were inscribed the names of Cap
tain c. w. Reeder, United States Navy:
Captain George r. Reiter, United
States Navy, and Charles Cramp of
Philadelphia.
The admiral invited them up and they
remained with him 20 minutes: Cap
tain Reeder. who Is commandant Of
st. Mary's navy yard, said that they
were all old friends of the admiral.
At o'clock the admiral dined with
his brother Charles and wife, his son.
George. and Lieutenants Brumby and
Caldwell. The admiral retired at $50
"My brother told us to-day" said
Charles Dewey, later in the day, that
he did not begin fully to appreciate
the extent and nature OF his reception
here until he alighted at the Battery
yesterday morning and started up
Broadway. OF course he saw the peo-
pie along the river during the naval
parade, but he was not close enough
to catch their expression. and that is
what impressed him coming up Broad
way. In speaking of the parade he
said it was a magnificent thing to see
so many people and to feel that they
were smiling at him."