The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-06


wait on Admiral Dewey at Mt Pocono
and invite him to enjoy the hospitality
| OF Scranton will have double mission
to perform, after the experiences OF
| Dewey's double, who visited this city
yesterday.
| First of all 1t will be necessary for
| them to convince themselves that the
| admiral was not in Scranton yester-
day, and that the gentleman who was
| here is not the famous hero of Manila,
but in reality the Rev. Frank 3. Rose,
chaplain, u. s. NJ, retired, with the
| rank Of captain, whom the local repre-
sentatives of the press were privileged
to interview.
The experiences of Rev. and Mrs.
Rose yesterday, according to their own
story, would make interesting reading
were 1t all written and printed.
They are guests at the Clairmont cot.
tage at Mt. Pocono. Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey are at the Montenesca, Mt. Po-
como. The former left there yesterday
morning to enjoy a trolley ride through
| the far-famed Wyoming valley.
| The remarkable resemblance Rev.
Rose bears to Admiral Dewey at once
plunged them into all sorts of annoy
| ing circumstances. AS soon as they
boarded the train the word was passed
| among the passengers that Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey were on board, and during
the journey to Scranton. number of
people wanted to shake the hand of the
hero of Manila.
The railroad employees aided in carry
ing out the joke by telegraphing ahead
that the distinguished seaman and his
wife were enroute to Scranton and at
a number of stations along the line
small crowds congregated to get
glimpse of them. According to Mr..
Roses own story, they enjoyed the
experience very much at first, and he
was inclined to keep up the deception
during his visit, but Mrs. Rose objected
and insisted that he disclose his iden-
tity.
| THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
This he tried to do, on the train
coming to Scranton, but it seemed the
people they encountered would not lis
| ten to such a statement and insisted he
was the admiral, notwithstanding his
protestations. When the train reach
ed Scranton large crowd congregated
on the station platform and gave the
couple a hearty welcome.
AS quickly as possible they boarded
a Duryea car at the corner of Franklin
and Lackawanna avenues and their
presence on the cars was soon COM
municated to the passengers, who star
ed at them continually during the trip
down the valley Nothing of incident
occurred until the visitors boarded an
other car at Duryea, and there they
were subjected to another such eX-
perience as they encountered upon their
arrival in Scranton.
The advance agents seemed to have
notified everybody in Pittston and
| Wilkes-Barre of their coming, and
when they passed through these towns
the people greeted them in large num-
bers. haling them with such express
sions as Dewey Did It," and "Three
Cheers for the Admiral" etc. A num-
ber of them insisted on shaking hands
with Mr.. and Mrs. Rose,and when they
insisted that they were not the Deweys,
one woman remarked: "Ah, l know
ye: ye can't fool me; you're Dewey
all right, all right"
Upon their arrival at Wilkes-Barre
the now thoroughly embarrassed couple
registered at the Sterling, and there
experienced much difficulty in convinc-
ing newspaper men and others that
they really We're Rev. and Mrs. Frank
B. Rose. During their stay, newsboys,
boot blacks. and others followed them
about until the experience really be-
came aggravating, and finally they
boarded "a car for Harveys lake, and
while en- route obtained some relief
from the crowds which followed them.
But they did not escape even there,
and were compelled to leave owing to
the annoying circumstances.
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
They returned to Scranton on an
evening train, and as soon as they
were observed, the word was passed,
and again they experienced much
trouble. The couple went to the Scran-
ton House dining rooms for lunch, and
while there were positively identified
by number of people, among whom
were Victor Koch and others who had
seen the admiral in the naval parade In
New York.
Shortly before s o'clock, Rev. and
Mrs. Rose went to the waiting room OF
the Lackawanna station, and while
there were interviewed by a Tribune
man. They positively asserted that
!. their name was Rose and that the
, days pleasure which they had antici.
pated had been spoiled entirely by the
curious crowds that followed them
everywhere.
AS soon as the newspapermen begar