The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-30
CHEERING
THOUSANDS.
Admiral George Dewey We'll
coined to Chicago
By Booming Cannon and Shouts
Of the Multitude.
THREE DAYS. PROGRAM
Begins With a Breakfast in His
Honor.
Illumination of Lake Front and
Big Ball.


Big Ball.
Chicago, April SO.-Amid the booming
of cannon and the cheers Of thousands
of people, Admiral George Dewey ar
rived in Chicago today. For the next
three days he will be the guest of this
city, and the programme for his enter
tainment will take up nearly every mo-
ment of his time until his departure,
Thursday morning for Jacksonville, Ill.
The special train bearing the Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey, Lieut.. Caldwell, his
secretary and Lieut.. Crawford, was met
near South Chicago by a special train
carrying the general executive commit
tee of the Dewey celebration and in
Guiding Mayor Harrison, President
Charles A. Plamandon. and the admir-
ais son, George Goodwin Dewey.
The admiraPs train arrived at the
Grand Central depot, Fifth avenue and
Harrison streets six minutes ahead of
schedule time, IL o'clock. A strong
platoon of police had been stationed at
the platform gates for some time pre-
ViouS to the arrival of the special and
the immense crowd which had congre-
gated in the streets surrounding the
station and had packed almost to suffo-
cation the big depot building itself was
not allowed to go inside the train shed.
The moment the train slowly pulled in
to the shed, however and the white
| moustached naval hero was seen, a, roar
O1 CHEERS went up from the fortunate
ones inside the station, and was quick
ly taken up by the thousands in the
! streets. Escorted by the members of the
general executive committee Admiral
| Dewey and IieutenantS Caldwell and
! Crawford proceeded down the long plat
| form and mounted the steps leading to
4 the driveway where carriages were in
waiting. Even under the vigorous pres
| sure of the police the immense crowd
| would hardly yield enough room for the
carriages, but cheered continually and
| pressed closer. The police finally sue
| ceeded in clearing the street and the
party proceeded down Harrison street
| en- route for the Auditorium Annex
where apartments overlooking Lake
Michigan had been reserved.
Mrs. Dewey, who was somewhat fati-
gued from the long journey from Wash
ington, did not accompany Admiral
/ Dewey on his ride through the down
| town streets, but accompanied by the
| special committee of the Woman'S re-
| ceptiOn committee, Mrs. Byron I.athrop
| Mrs. Carter H. Harrison and Mrs. ChaS
! A. Plamandon went direct to the AnneS
| where she rested until the arrival OF
Admiral Dewey.
Leaving the Grand Central station the
order of the escort to Admiral Dewey
and party was as follows:
Band.
Major B. F. Alsip and staff, com.
manding.
Escort.
First cavalry 7. N. G.
Guard of Honor, Illinois Naval Re.
serve Veteran association
Carriage containing Admiral Dewey
Mayor Harrison and Charles A. Pla
mandon.
Carriages containing Lieut. Caldwell
Lieut. Crawford and members of tn,
Chicago committee.
AS the escort approached the elevated
railway loop at Fifth avenue and Jack
son boulevard, a member of the sigma
corps Wlg-Wagged a signal to the diff
ferent elevated tower stations. and al
the trains on the loop stopped runnin,
until the carriages and escort passed
under the structure This was done il
order to prevent possible runaway ac
cidents.
The route to the annex lay along Fiftl
avenue to Jackson boulevard, then dow
Michigan avenue to the hotel. Alon
those streets for hours before the ar
rival of Admiral Dewey were gathers
crowds that literally packed the side
walks and that kept the police bus
from filling the streets also, and tn
cheering started at the depot swep
along the streets as the admiral an
his party were slowly driven to thei
apartments, the applause being alnOs
without cessation until the admira
entered the hotel. AS the party reache
the corner of Jackson boulevard an
Dearborn streets a signal man on tn
top of the Great Northern hotel wig
wagged that fact to a land battery sta
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Pacific railway yards and to the officer
of the revenue cutter Morrill, and U. s
s. Michigan, out in the harbor. In
stantly the land battery. roared out tn
admiraPs salute of II guns, while tn
guns Of the ships were fired in the :
rounds of the naval salute.
Arriving at the hotel Admiral Dewe
proceeded at once to his apartment:
where, however, ne was allowed to res
but briefly, for at 1890 p. m. he wa
escorted to an informal breakfas
given the admiral and Mrs Dewey b
the members of the woman's receptio
committee.
At 2:30 p. m. the admiral was give
a reception by the Canadian-America
association, which presented an inv ita
ton to him to visit Canada at HI
| pleasure.
Tonight's programme includes an
Elimination of the lake front at =;
p. m, reception to committee member
at the Auditorium at 8 p. m, and II
naval, military and civic bali III tt