Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-07

Mana Denial by the Admiral.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 6.-At sun
set to-day, an admiraPs salute an
nounced the arrival in Memphis of Adj
miral and Mrs. Dewey. Thousands of
citizens and visitors greeted the dis
tlnguished couple as they stepped from
the special train and were driven to
the Peabody Hotel.
The special train left st. Louis this
morning at o'clock and arrived in
Memphis at GAS p. m. over the ILL
nois Central. The days journey had
no significant features beyond the fact
that at every station en- route crowds
were present and insisted on seeing
the admiral The receptions at Belle
vile, Ill, Cairo, H., and Fulton, KY,
were the most prominent, Admiral
Dewey shaking hands with many en-
thusiastic people.
thousands of people were at the
Poplar street station when the train
arrived. The streets We're damned and
even the roofs of adjacent houses were
utilized by many to catch a glimpse of
the admiral.
When the Admiral entered an open
landau, he arose and bowed to the
throng. Immediately afterward Com
pany A, Confederate Veterans, male
its appearance and Admiral Dewey
again arose and uncovered his head.
Gallant looking fellows, those" he
said, and he again saluted the men in
grey. Under escort of the Confeder-
ate veterans and the reception COM
| mittee, Admiral and Mrs Dewey were
driven to their hotel.
AT $3.50 tonight, limited reception
was held in the parlors of the hotel.
The celebration in honor of the city,
guests will begin tomorrow and ex-
tend through Tuesday. Memphis is
full of visitors and nearly every down
town business house is profusely decor
ated in the national colors.
Tomorrow morning Admiral and
Mrs Dewey will be taken for drive
about the city. In the afternoon there
will be a floral parade, and later a re-
ception by the colored men of Mem
phis, and at night ball at the Grand
Opera House
Tuesday will be given over to recep-
lions at the exchanges and clubs, and
at night a general reception will be
held at the Peabody hotel under the
auspices of the women's clubs of the
city.
At the South Fork. Tenn, to-day
where the engine stopped for water,
Admiral Dewey was standing alone in
the rear of his car when suddenly an
old gentleman, evidently farmer.
rode up and asked:
rs Captain Dewey on this train?"
The Admiral smiled and replied:
'FYes, l am Captain Dewey. What do
you want?"
Are you the fighting man I've heard
so much about?" asked the stranger.
well, yes, reckon So" replied the
Admiral
well, l knew the train would stop
here for water" said the farmer, "and
my little girls gathered these flowers
in the woods for you. We amt city
people, but I thought you'd like them,
SO l rode over and fetched them to
you"
The Admiral grasped the mans hand
warmly and said: go tell your little
girls that say may God bless them
| and thank them for me for the flow
ers.''
Admiral Dewey was questioned to-
night concerning a statement said to
| have been made by him at the Uni
versity Club luncheon, in ST. Louis, re-
| lative to the United States being able
to whip any nation on the earth, and
that England was this country's friend
and it should be so regarded"
THE best answer TO that question, >
said the Admiral, lis the statement in
this mornings papers in St. Louis by
President Lyonburger Of the University
club, in which you will note he states
that | did not make the statement at
/ tributed to me, but that it was made
| by the president of the club"
CAIRO, Ills, May G.-The Dewey spe-
cial train passed through Cairo on its
way to Memphis at Los p. m. A large
crowd at the station gave Admiral
Dewey an enthusiastic reception.
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