The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-10-05
The Great Admiral Welcomed 20
his Future Home by OH
eials and People.
CONTINUOUS OVATION FROM NEW YORg.
short step at rrtnerton. Pa.. where
the Admiral w~at 60 srhsat--s-t
~ Reception Cemnltter---tsse~tc
hy the President and Cabinet
B~nnty ana GumpeSs der.

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preliminary welcome in New York. ~
self unsurpassed In its kind II r.
niained for the highest ami greatest it
The official world 20 huld out the hant
Of greeting 10 the famous admiral ant
10 join with the people who are TO b,
his fellow-cliizens IN bidding him wel
come.
Th@ City in Gala Attire.
The citizens herr made every prep
arution 20 make he occasion worthy
Of their hero. The decorations were
elaborate. Pennsylvania avenue wai
one mass Of colorcd bunting along this
entire line cf march from the station
TO the White HOUSE, and not coni-ni
with this, few private citizens failed "a
make some display Of color ON their
residences. Unique designs 10 fnirS
lamps dotted the horizon; great search
lights threw broad beams of bright
light aeTcss the blue sky ou clear
October evening, and the Rrea, capitol
stood revealed IN lis queenly beauty IN
the powerful rays Of many conerntrat-
ed lights.
The same device wns uscd cfFectlyes
in the ease of other public buildings
which stood within range OF vision oi
the disiipa uished party which stood
10 review the great throng Of people
which passed slowly beneath the prov
Of the white Olympia, which projected
in bold relief from the stand al the
hesd Of Pennsylvania avenue. whcreun
stcod Dewey. the central figure Of the
demonstration.
PPiasHN Messages In Electric Light.
On the facade Of the newly
government post Office building tlamcl
fo.'ih two inscriptions set in electric
points, the one reciting the famous
me ssagc OF the president directing
Dewey, then thousands Of miles away.
in the Far East. 10 go forth and de-
stroy the Spanish fleet, aud the other
setting out the famous admirai's dircc-
tion to the lamented Gridlcy; "You
may fire when you are ready. Gridley, -
which marked an epoch In the history
Of the United States.
A Monster Parade.
Twelve thousand memberS of civic
organizations paraded before him. be-
sidrs tens of thousands Of non-or.
gppixed citizens. and in roar of can
Me- rockets and the blaze uF red fire
and the thundrrous cheering Of the
populace, and the warm greeting ~
the head Of the nation. Dewey came to
the national capital To welcome such
~ has not been known here hitherto.
The Journey from New York.
Ills journey here from New York
had been one continuous ovation,
limited in Its Intensity only 10y he
density OF population. The decorated
special train. which lett the PennSyl-
yRnia railroad ferry slip in Jersey City
ai $50 In the afternoon was fully In
keeping with its distinguished passen-
ger. II was made up Of five cars, the
Pennsylvania prize special. the Attain
Ia, dining car; combination smoker
nnd three parlor cars for the aecommo-
datiOn OF the Washington reception
committee. The special was given a
clear track, aud the run TO Washington
was made without stop except at
Gray's Ferry, ON the outskirts Of
Philadelphia, where engines were
charged ami n new train crcw came
aboard.
wAer~ the Aamirat wsat ts s-hoot.
A bare stop was made nj Princeton.
where young Dewey had been stu
dent. and the admiral went TO the plat
fern for n minute, merely saying TO
th" boys thnt he was pleased with the
N ctptlon they had given him. II was
such n reception M an emperor might
have cnvied, every student Of the col
Iegc town being in evidence as well as
the whole. population of the place,
while college yells resoundcd like the
rumble Of the departing train.
The Distrirt Reception Comaittee.
The train. az II reached the line Of
the District Of Columbia. stopped for
a few minutes at the little station ~
Drhnwood, while the reception com
mi,tec went through The formally as
the nations gnrst the free
dom Of the dist net. The ceremony was
performed Ivy District Commissioner
Wight In the presence of the admirsG's
flrr; captains. the military and naval
of the party and ~ many
OF the reception committee aa could
be crowded into the admiraI's ear.
The Presidents srecsssHs.
John Addisan Porter. secretary Of
The treasury, first extended President
greetings, to which she ad-
nilrel returned his thanks very briefly.
ARRIVED in washington.
IN few minutes the train was in
The briiiianily-iiehtcd depot. The mid
die aisle of the station had heen car
pcted eicar 30 the carriage entrance.
The committeeman and thr fighting
line," ~ the Observation-Disclosures Of
hcers were termed. ali alighied, while
W. II. Mesrs, the chairman Of tho re-
Arption committee; Theodore Noyes, of
The Evening Star, Commissioner Ross
md Arehihald Gr~enIees went into the
sdmiraf's cns, and after few words Of
Iormal greeting, hsouEht him out.
rr@eeeaea - shs white sssuss.
The entsre escort teing mounssd.
lhe party prcceeded rapidly towards
he White HOUSE, the cavalry at n trot.
with the pdniral aud his Immediate 20
.crt eiaYriy following. There were
scattering vclieyx of cheers. but the
Imrty moved 50 quickly that il was
pratt thr ernwd ON The avenue. a. :
Frle, before n was rualixed iwwry Isna
ycns by.
4 BssBlians xr~~sa~as.
Az III admir1fs carriage swung
,roslna ths tr<&x0xs l,uiidfnk toward
~ WHITE ilsusr brilliant sreosecjp |
MA spread 1at bcfor< him- ~ III
isht Lafayette square was sblsae with
'l<ctris ngtta. ~ grvst sves - !