The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1899, Page 1

to be taken t the Library.+ Call SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1899. VOLUME LXXXV I—NO: 119. “THANK GOD. | AM HOME AGAIN!I” DECLARES ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY 1 koA koA ok sk kok ok k kA Ak sk ko I 0 2 25 5 1 M B TSR A T I T A A A A AR KK Ak ke ok ko ok @ ok I M e e P P P P P e e PR P P M P B R P M B R R A @ * * After an Absence of Twenty-Three Months - MAYOR'S OFFIGE, the Hero of Manila Bay- Fervently City and County of San Fr.anasco. B P| U R somit To the People of San Francisco: On Xpresses. Licasure LN e,tum!ng’ Thursday, September 28, Admiral Talks About the Philippines and Dewey’s arrival will be celebrated in New Seems to Dread the Great Welcome York. The people of San Francisco de- e sire to express their patriotic regard for the That Has Been Prepared for Him. -Out of the ; toward whom the whole heart of his hero of Manila Bay, whose victory saved £ Ll L, our coast from ravage and opened the et loometerciiy Pacific Ocean to our trade. [ therefore Admiral | tendered to a living Ame! ool . iy in two years before | : call upon all citizens to display the flag broad, a commodore, it is true, but . . .ct . comparatively unknown outside of his and to otherwise express their gratification on this joyous occasion. JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor. fession of arms and outside of his x oxmmmElENEmME T EE R EEEEmE =R PRICE FIVE CENTS, r And sea beyond State. He has returned to find namn lips and his | picture in window, and everybod vaguely me , whether it everybody's peculating, keen desi OO X R KX X XX X XXX XN XK XX R YO FON NN X X O XK O X YO XXX K YO X ok ek ok ok Kk Rk kA Ak kA Rk Ak K &k ok k ok kA ok ok would not to make George Dewey P e AR T B Ak kok ok K ko T ST I e M e R B B I A ok ok ok ok ok B nmittee until to-morrow. He | : egraphed the Mayor that he at' Tomkinsville to-morrow. on who are running the that Governor Roose [ > the committe These var- gave an in- character hero. In the 1 be inte d cted precipitately, d_intervie ht at close rang the country’s wing wh declines to running for po- He merely laughs. tain the thought 1 office. n told that his relative a Republican, he knew no more about his politi stick. When a we t there was talk it, with Gen President would r id that they s than 1 him ng him for Whee that h he would Y untry like a ship and Wheeler would to run it like a regime The ¢ ad no criticism of the conduct e Philippines. His re- y guarded, but he reit- well-known saying, “Fili- s capable of self-government * adding that he did not Dewey ap; e and ac n, alert, appar- o He mmit- all right f the re- on recep could tion that he tand the st vaiting b t at Naple invitation, a KRN RN NN KOO0 OR YOO XX XXX X XXX K K e e e st e e o gk kA Aok Aok ok o ke A kok shook ok ok ok e e ke Ak ok ok ok kA ok ok ok A ik ok ok ke ok ok ek ok ek sk ok ok ok kok ek ke ke ke ek ok ok ok ok ok ok ko OLYMPIA AT ANCHOR IN THE LOWER BAY. FAk A AR KK KKK KKK KA KK AR XK AR KA A kA T 2 2 2 M M M M P S S0 S5 0 o0 M 35 0 35 55 0 1 P P 9 0 0 O 05 I Tk ke ke ko ke kK ko ok ke ok ok ke ke B ink he will come out of it as fresh|would return to his ship, and would be |anchored in American waters in the | Florida, Georgia and" other far-away | voyage up the harbor. Captain Lam- he is when he goes in. The admiral lup in plenty of time to place himself |light of Sandy Hook. | States are on their way to take pm:t | berton and I are ve proud of the is not going to sleep ashore until the|at the disposal of the committee for | The first shout of welcome was from |in recéiving me.” 3 | Olympia and we wanted enough time at heavy part of the reception is over.|the cup presentation at the City Hall |the pilots and crew of pilot boat No. 7, | The admiral stroked the head of a |Our anchorage to rub her down and to im-| When he was invited to spend Friday |at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. | fifteen miles south of the Hook light- tawny-haired dog, the crow dog of a |make her look spick and span.” ept four oth hich he ers do will ha to heaith in the least, and they | Jeok ok ok e ek ek ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok © F KA A Kk Ak kA Ak Rk ko kok sk ok ke ke ok sk gk ek ek koo k ok ok ok ok k ok ke night Waldorf, he ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY. P Mg M M N B R P Mo P M M M P P Mo P Pm Rn P R M M P e R R R MU R R Em R R R R said no, he A Fo hn Ea R R R e R P PR R RN Mok @ * * * * * * » * » * »* * * » * * * * * * %* * * * B X XN NN NN NN N NN N X NN YO KKK XK XX ¥ X KRN X * | * It was not until he talked with naval callers that the magnitude of the re- ception waiting him began to dawn on | | Admiral Dewey. He declared that he felt immense pride and gratification in tone, every detail of manner, every | movement, the admiral typified the | character which the American people have given him. All his callers united in saying that he is modest to a degree when speaking of his own work. In- | deed, he never referred to it by sug- | gestion or even by indirection, but he was enthusiastic and buoyant with pride when he spoke not only of his own officers and men, but of the whole service. Admiral Dewey is a humorist. He had to smile when the chairman of the reception committee, with great unc- | tion, detailed how the admiral was to ride with the Mayor in a carriage “drawn by four bay horses,” and when he was called upon to explain how he | happened to be two days ahead of time | he remarked that he had made it a | custom in life to be a day or two | ahead rather than an hour behind time, because, you see,” he said, “I come | from Vermont, and that is a State | where we have to scratch gravel.” The admiral also declared that his pictures made him look older than he | really was. At the same time he re- marked, “T think I am getting old. The | fact is I started in to be a hero too | late in life. I should have begun | younger.” Admiral Dewey found time yesterday to receive the newspaper men with great cordiality. He also found time to receive a call from Sir Thomas Lip- | ton, which he was to return later in the | day. He was scrupulous about doffing his hat every time one of the Sandy Hook boats took a cheering crowd of | commuters past. He took everything in a very matter-of-fact way, and | seemed to be supremely happy to be back in his native land once more, DEWEY GLAD TO GET HOME Touched by the Splen- did Welcome Pre- pared by Ameri- can People. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Admiral George Dewey arrived off New York at dawn, and the Olympia is now ship. It happened to be Pilot John Peterson’'s turn and at 5:50 a. m. he was put on board the Olympia and | brought her around the Hook and into | manned by gunners called from break- fast, let loose seventeen guns. The flagship replied with twenty-one and let go her anchors not far from where the cup challenger Shamrock is moored. | The admiral was in his own country again, after twenty-three months’ ab- {sence. He had returned ‘‘great with |the arduous greatness of things done,” and he scarcely seemed to realize it. | The pilot had brought aboard the Sun- | day papers and a reporter of the Asso- | ciated Press was received by the ad- | miral in a cabin littered by the illus- trated Dewey editions, which together | white and in colors, all concerning the great admiral and the preparations to recefve him. see what my people are doing for me. The pride and gratification is immense and I cannot express the appreciation I feel. I did not know, I did not really perceive until this morning the splendid welcome that my countrymen are giv- ing me. The Governors of many States are coming to see me and troops from fashion. engine-house bell in motion. e e 7ok ek ek e gk ok sk kR ke ke ok ko e ok ke sk ok ke ok ek ok kk tions of most enthusiastic kind. made hundreds of pages in black and | “It almost saddens me,” said he, “to | Chinese breed that appears in the il- | | lustrated interviews with the admiral. “Bob, here,” he said, “is not well. He yearns to be ashore. It is not good for a man any more than a dog to live on shipboard for twenty- three months.” | " Alluding to his arrival two days |ahead of time he said: “I am sorry | Olympia has been steaming at the uni- form rate of ten knots an hour since we left Gibraltar. Several days ago | we knew that we would arrive before Thursday unless we moderated our | speed or went somewhere out of our | course. Captain Lamberton, Lieuten- }ant Brumby and I held a consultation | The propriety of running into Hampton | Roads or some other port in the South was spoken of, but we concluded that | we ought not to touch land first any- | where except at New York. It was |suggested that we cruise some distance outside New York harbor until Thurs- | day, but we knew that if we did we | would be discovered and reported. The | weather looked a little squally, and it | seemed better to be inside the Hook than outside. But the consideration that really decided us to come into port was to give Captain Lamberton a chance to clean ux\the ship before our Taken by surprise, the residents of Montpelier, Vt., only worked the harder in preparation for the recep- tion of their most distinguished citizen. The news reached there early, and Ton, fireworks and unlimited cheering. The citizens term the Olympia’s early arrival “another Dewey surprise.” At Norwich University at Northfield, Vt., where the admiral was once a student, the receipt of the was a signal for a demonstration, in which all the bells and whistles of the town were used, while cannon on the university grounds gave the admiral’s salute. A meeting will be held at for receiving the admiral on October 13, when the cornerstone of Dewey Hall is to be laid. In Philadelphia Mayor Ashbridge ordered the ringing of the bell in the tower of historic Independence Hall. Seventeen strokes, an admiral’s salute, were tolled. The booming of cannon broke the morning stillness of Princeton, N. J. Whistles, pistols, guns, firecrackers and other noise-making devices joined, until nothing could be heard but a medley of reverberating sounds. The townspeople turned out in alarm, but the university students told them that Dewey was home. The admiral is dear to the hearts of the sons of old Nassau, not only because of his deeds, but because his son is a gradu- ate of Princeton and a loyal alumnus. The firemen of Belleview, N. J., were scared by the blowing of a whistle in a big factory. They had been warned that it would be blown when Dewey arrived, but it was so unexpected the flre-fighters hurried out the apparatus and raced to the factory. When they learned of their mistake the men rushed back and set the Newark, Morristown, Jersey City and other places throughout New Jersey x o /oy P P 1 M R o R P P P e P Pm P P P R e P e P e M e e R Ry He is sick to | that I am ahead of schedule. The | | The Olympia looks as smart now, as | a yacht. The anchors were hardly | down before details of the crew were washing the ship’s white sides and * |the lower bay. The marine observers | . hing up the stains with paint . recepti i s . get a little grass and to scamper | touching up the stains with paint. % | the reception, but it almost confused falong the coast had sighted the OIYM- | 2'oung T feel a good deal that way | The admiral's first business was to % 'him to see what his countrymen were |pia in the first light of the morning. | 2rounc. eel a goc ea at way o “",‘ e ] 2 \\i’(h e l‘am- * | doing. In all his conversation, In every | The shore batterles of Fort Hancock, |mp ., LM mighty glad to get home. | send an HAICET 15 S for the Navy Department, Mayor Van Wyck and General Butterfield, announ- cing the arrival. He then spent most of the morning in looking over news- papers and receiving reporters. He was just finishing a midday breakfast when Sir Thomas Lipton called on him. With Sir Thomas were Dr. Mackay and other visiting Englishmen. “I suppose vou have come for the tea,” said Admiral Dewey, referring to Sir Thomas' gift of five pounds of tea to each man on the ship while at Co- lombo. “No; you're welcome to that if any- body can drink it,” replied Sir Thomas. The admiral and the owner of the cup ichallenger had a fifteen-minute talk. | As Sir Thomas and his friends left the | Olympia a half hundred of the ship's crew forward cheered the Baronet. “You could not stop 'em,” cried out Admiral Dewey, waving his hand at Sir Thomas Lipton. “They had not any orders to do that.” Admiral Dewey then had a succes- sion of notable callers. Rear Admiral Sampson with Captain Chadwick, hig GREAT JOY IN THE OLD GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—In many places throughout the country guns were started booming, bells ringing and whistles screaming early this morning by the announcement of the safe arrival here of Admiral New York City was not the only joyously noisy place. Other citles far and near celebrated, each in its own Dewey. was greeted with the firing of can- news make Northfield to arrangements celebrated with demonstra- O XXX XX XN X XXX X XN N XX XSO 3