The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1899, Page 1

The Tall e st VOLUME LXXXVI—-NO. 1 [2) 4 4, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AGUINALDO'S ENVOYS FAIL TO SEGURE PEACE One of Them, General Alejandrino, De- clares That the Filipinos Are Able fo Carry on War Indefinitely. Rdhchan b b o SR S o o o o o g - + + = WASHINGTON, Oct. (—In + + explanation of the advices from + + 7 1o the effsct that + + has refused to + 4+ treat ‘with representatives - 8 + rinaldo, the War Der + 2 authorities . say that the + + ries doubtless lacked the <+ + ssary credentials. S0l + al iées, it is stated, were +| + received. to-day from General +] 4+ Ots on the subject, but as Gen- +| 4 eral Dtis has been cautioned not 4| + to have anythine ther to do + + with the alieg sentatives 4 | 4+ of Aguinaldo they clearly + | + monstrate il y have au- 0\ 4+ thority to from 4+ + the insurgent ; is in- +| 4+ ferred tha oys in the 4| + d not have 4| + papers eneral + | + ceived so many + | . tatives from 4 | + ought inter- + | 4+ viaw nsibly to plead for 4| ¥y S + + + + 0t 1 not to recelve + - ssaries unless + | o docu- + | + 1 1do himself. 4| + +| Lok B g s e T o, o b e b ot b B B o , -Oct. 111 p. m.—Agul- gre Your Government has accepted | them. It will doubtless accept an, ther that our Government may free He inquired concerning the percent- age of sick American troops, and when informed, said he considered it small. He asked a number of questions indi- cating a hope of anti-imperialist action by the United States Congress and in- | quired what would be the effect on the national policy if Congress should de- clare itself opposed to the prosecution of the war, and whether the anti-im- | perialism sentiment was growing in the | United States. He also made several inquirfes regarding the nature and ef- | fect of a joint resolution in Congress. A number of gunboats and an armor- ed barge with a force of 250 sailbrs and marines have gone to Orani, which | town is to ge destroved in retaliation | for the lo jof the gunboat Urdaneta, | which was ; 3eently burned and scuttled by the insurgents at that place. RAILROAD PROJECTED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE Will Start at Juarez and Connect | With the National at San Miguel. AUSTIN, Oct. 1.—Thomas Berschel, a railroad contractor of Mexico, is here and reports that the early building of a rail- | ¢ road along the Rio Grande border in Mex- | |1co is almost assured. He says that a syndicate of American capltalists has ap- plied to the Mexican Government for a 1 attempt to shift ylties into-the fleld of a repetition of the | one or-twa, with-an im- | © vor. to ‘obtain some sort | T is :so-called govern- s had an hour’s | P al Otis this | 5 om Agui- red peace an Govern- | | that while he was | riespond with Aguinaldo | the insurgent forces he ¢ decline to recognize him s civil Government. -rence will be held to- § oveme are ' unre- are under the con- e of Captain Johnson nth Infantry. To-day they hospitals and distributed the wounded Filipinos, wvhich' they ‘made calls and re- s At their hotel. N th Sunday clothing a in front of the hotel g their necks toward s a glimpse of. the F rms of the envoys. The as- s 2 increased to a thou- sa e‘envoys emerged 1 € the natives re- T rentially, and a and on foot followed ugh the streets. but with | said General | 0 v _represent He impres e as a dignified, te and man the was edi-ated in Europe, remarkable entrench- : inila c. While 3 coneerning n. his tion - -throws ting nt on-the Filipino view the an attitude. “How long can the Filipino army d people withstand 60,000 Ameri- can troops?’’ asked the representative of the Associated Press. “Fighting in our way, we can main- tain & state of war and the necessit of a large army of occupation indefi- tely. You Americans are holding a v miles ‘around Manila, a narrow of railroad to Angeles and a cir- e of country around San Fernando. Jut you are-ighorant of the resources on. We hold the rich, immense, productive northern country from, which to draw. Our people contribute | liz © E | concesslon for the proposed road, and it is understood that President Diaz looks on the project with favor and will cause a liberal Government subsidy to be given for the building of the line. e promoters of the enterp: propose | to start the road at Juarez pposite El Paso, Tex., and build to Miguel Mexico, where connection will be made with the National, a short, isolated line, which runs from San Miguel to Mat c Mexico, opposite Brownsville, Tex. > road would be very valuable to the Mexican Government as a military line in case an emergency should arise, such as existed during the Garcia revolution on the border a few vears ago. The total length of the line. should the course of the Rio Grande be followed, would be over 1000 miles. ACCIDENT OCCURS TO CRUISER NEW ORLEANS | Boflerheads Biow Out on the Trip From San Domingo, Much Damage Being Done. NEW YORK., Oct. 1.—The United States cruiser New Orleans arrived this morning I | from Santo Domingo City. The New Qr- leans was sent to Santo Domingo to look after American interests during the re- cent troubles. Affairs having settled down, the New Orleans was ordered to Tompkinsvill The new cruiser {s under com ‘aptain Edwin Longnecker. San_Domingo on the morning of tember 2 and was running at full s in order to get here in time to _take part in the Dewey naval parade. When two | days out two of her boilerheads blew out and her speed was reduced to a lit- tle over five miles an hour. The officers of the cruiser were not inclined to-night to talk about the accident to her boiler but it was learned that the New Or is in a very crippled condition. She may be ordered to the Brooklyn Navy Y. for repalrs. BRIEF STRIKE ON THE WHITE HORSE TRAMWAY Advance of One Dollar Per Day Granted Within Twenty-Four Hours. SKAGUAY, Alaska, Sept. = (via Seat- tle, Oct. 1).—One hundred men employed on the White Hor: urday to $4 a da. the : tramway struck Sat- Not man went to work on and not a pound of freight The strike came at the crit- 1 time of the last few weeks of the open river, and just there is the greatest demand for to be hur- ried down the Yukon e advance was ranted the day after the men went out. reight rates from Bennett to Dawson were to-day quoted at 10 cents a pound. E. B, Stratford. United States Townsite Commissioner, has returned from the westward and has made public his re- port to the Government in regard to the sstigation as to the townsite of Skag- He says he finds Skaguay to have I ation of 4000, to be on a site of 20 acres, and that there are not now never have been in sald townsite te or church claims held or claimed Russian conveyance as orlginally | ed or claimed at the date of acqui- 1 of Alaska. ALARMING SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER Forty-Eight New Cases and Two Deaths Reported by the Physi- the money and the food which main- cians at Key West. 1 our army, and this is done at a| WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—There were! i aticont { forty-eight new cases of yellow fever and two deaths at Key West to-day, accord- | t Is an interesting question what | Ing to to-night’s - Hospital service 1 t American people is of | 2dVices. Pas Surgeon Smith American troops in the not, of course, but it must be e ive what an Ameri- in this climate. On Filipino exists with a and a pair of linen not have to pay our practically hold up & as we desire. Even >nt supply of arms and | could keep your army s. nse that g a ) r people stand it? reople do not wish to con- ng.° We have no army We have no business men ts.from the maintenance of is nothing in it for us, large enough to money and posi- | The tinuc ghting for Government, Ge neral said m of the American pris- oners- who lave just been turned over | to you 'was-decreed by the Filipino Con- | | be closed. | leged to have done murder did not accom. wired that the camp at Dry that he has nott ities_that after ions at the detention emain good, and »d the Key West author- s week the camp will gerature at New Or- to-day recorded 57 was a heavy frost at and in Northern Lou- | Miam{ reports no new cases or | leans last night degrees, and ther Hattiesburg. Mi istana. suspects. MURDERER EXTRADITED, Bartholomew Kost Sent Back to Ger- many for Trial. CHICAGO, Oct. 1—Bartholomew Kost, the Austrlan who i& accused of the mur. der of his flancee, Mary, Vodicka, at Bre. men, Germany, that he might return to Vienna, Austria, to marry his present wife, Anna Schimeer, left here to-day in charge of two detectives on his way back to Germany to answer to the charge of murder. The woman for whom he is al- pany him. —_— - North Dakota’s Welcome. FARGO, N. D., Oct. 1.—The North Da- kota volunteers reached their native State day in two special trains from San Francisco. Every town along the line in this State velied itself hoarse in honor of the troops. Fargo was reached at $ o’clock to-night, and 10,000 people and dozens of | steam whistles ‘and bells and salvos of artillery by the Lisbon Battery made the occasion unparalleled ir North Dakota, | taken over the Netherlands railway for TUESDAY THE TIME FOR WAR TO BEGIN Dr. Leyds, European the Transvaal, Tells When Hostili= ties Will Be ;D@dar@da o e oesese +-® g S S SR I SR SR R 2 led by their chagplain, Father O'Malley, and all the honors of war. B e e D S SR A DA S PPN LONDON, Oct. 2.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Daily News says: According to advices from The Hague Dr. Leyds, the European representa- tive of the Transvaal, has named Tuesday as the day for a formal declaration of war between the Boers and Great Britain. There is an un- | confirmed rumor in circulation here | that Queen Victoria has written Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether- lands, deploring the turn events have taken in South Africa and assuring the Dutch monarch that she has gone | to the utmost limit of her constitu- tional rights in the endeavor to se- cure peace. ROME, Oct. 1.—The Pope to-day | celebrated mass for peace in South Africa, all the cardinals being pres- ent. Speaking to them after the cere- mony, his Holiness expressed pro- found sorrow at the coming conflict. e ONDON, Oct. 1.—From all points of the Transvaal, Natal and Cape Colony come reports of continued | military activity on the frontiers, | and, while the movement of indi- | vidual commands as yet do not show concerted plans, it is evident that the | narrow strip of Natal, whose apex is crowned with the ominously named | Mahjuba Hill, will be the center of the coming storm. Late yesterday the Boers established a camp at Chepers Neck, near Vryheid, and they will mobilize a great force on the Buffalo River to-morrow, which the authorities at Dundee expect will move across the border to that spot, probably at once. It is believed that a conflict at this point will certainly occur early | in the week. | At the same time the Boers are col- lecting a force of 2000 men under the | notorious Commandant Cronje, in the | Mulmani gold fields, near Mafeking, | where Colonel Baden-Powell is Slflv‘ tioned. | Dispatches from Tuli, Rhodesia, an- | nounce that another force of burghers | is massed at Pietersburg, fifty miles | south, and that outlying parties are posted at all the drifts along the Lim- | popo River. In the meantime Colonel Plummer's | column is moving fifty miles nearer the | Transvaal frontier, and has established | telephone connections to within six | miles of Rhodesia drift, on the Lim- popo. Enthusiastic scenes stations have marked the advance of | the Natal volunteers. Dispatches from Mafeking announce | that Commandant Cronje, commander | of the Transvaal border police, crossed the border and visited Chief Baralolga, apparently with the object of 1ncmngj him to fight. The British Civil Com- at all raillway | missioner ordered the chief to stay and | protect the women and children, telling | him that he would not be allowed to fight. The Boers openly threaten to raid Vryburg, in British Bechuanaland, as| soon as hostilities open, and the Kim- berly Advertiser complains of the apathy of the Cape Ministry in not tak- | ing steps to prevent this. ‘ The Transvaal fleld cornets are tak- | ing the names of colonial Boers who are | willing to cross the border in the event | of war. Not the faintest hint is allowed | to escape as to what diplomatic com- | munications, if any, are passing be- tween London and South Africa. So far as the public are concerned, matters | have not advanced since Friday. It is noticeable that not even the Brussels, agency of the Transvaal Government has yet issued Mr. Kruger's latest note to the press. The silence maintained on both sides is regarded as ominous. TFrom South Africa the news is wholly concerned with feverish preparations for hostilities. Commandant General Joubert is reported to have said that he has 10,000 men on the Natal border and that Commandant Cronje has 3000 | on the Bechuana side. The British camp in the vicinity of Dundee consists of 5000 men, with twenty-four guns in strong positions.” The Orange Free State is actively commandering. The Transvaal Government has virtually + i found Pretoria somewhat more quiet, Fort and Barracks Built by the British at Lydenburgh. This fortress was besieged by 1200 Boers during the last war, but they had no artillery, and it was stoutly defended by two companies of the Eighty-elghth Cennaught Rangers. These brave fellows fought valiantly, and on two occasions, & | ful sallies in order to obtain provisions. troops were ordered withdrawn from the Transvaal, the rangers marc¢hed out of the beleaguered post with colors flying © * made succ The picture is from a sketch made by J. Harrington. R R R e e e e e e e b 2 CAPE TOWN, Oct. 2—The Boers are reported to be threat- ening Kimberly, which, however, owing to the presence of the fm- perial volunteers and the usual guards for the miners, is con- + + + + + + o + + sidered quite safe. R R “+ R R R R R R military purposes and Natal trains are being turned back. Telegraph wires be- tween Natal and Johannesburg have been cut since Friday. According to dispatches from Pre- toria, complete chaos reigns there. The Government has declared & aratorfum (an emergency act of legislation), au- thorizing a Government bank to sus- pend specie payments for a given | period, closed all the courts and sus- pended the English papers. It is said that there will be nearly 30,000 burghers along the borders by Monday night. In Johannesburg warrants have been issued for the arrest of some prominent Outlanders and journalists, but all received timely warning and got away safely. An unconfirmed rumor has reached Johannesburg that the first portion of the Indian contingent has arrived at Durban, Natal. SIGNIFICANT SENTIMENT OF THE WARLIKE BOERS PRETORIA, Oct. 1.—While to-day as the result of yesterday’s exodus, de- tachments of burghers are moving to- ward Volksrust, the nearest station to the Natal border. Tt is said that mar- tial law will be proclaimed Tuesday or | Wednesday. Already all civil proced- ures have been-stopped until further orders, and another proclamation post- pones the sittings of the Circuit Court. The sentiment of the Boers was signifi- cantly manifested as the trains car- rying the Pretoria contingent to the front departed yesterday. Members of the Volksraad, who were looking on, exclaimed: “That is our ultimatum.” JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 1.—The com- manding orders are completed, and the | burghers are ready for the fleld. A large body passed through the town yesterday afternoon. Business has virtually ceased. The merchants have finished barricading their premises, and the proprietors of | the drinking saloons expect to receive a notification to close their establish- ments to-morrow. A party of 200 Germans has been notified to leave, and the Irish corps, commanded by Blake, an Irish-Ameri- can, will go early in the week. The mines are paying $5 a day, with food, to men who will remain. Three trains filled with armed burgh- ers for the Natal border were this evening reported as unable to leave Bloomfontein owing to a block on the line, which -has disorganized the whole train service. Two thousand passengers left yester- day by the morning and afternoon trains, and nearly a thousand more by outgoing trains last night. The Gov- ernment undertakes to provide for the families of burghers who go to the front. MOVEMENT OF BOERS TO NATAL FRONTIER LONDON, Oct. 1.—It is evident to- night that Buffalo River, the north- eastern boundary of Natal, is tc be the Potomac of the war. In view of its strategic value, Joshua Joubert has taken personal command of the Boer forces there, establishing a strong line of pickets along the river, and has ordered the natives to drive in all the stock. All the available burghers in the neighborhood have been requi- sitioned, with ‘the result that some 2000 have mobilized at Wakkerstrom, the chief point of mobilization there. CAPE TOWN, Oct. 1.—The Cape Ar- gus publishes the following dispatch from Charlestown: “Commandant-Gen- eral Joubert will command the Boer fifty | O e - 3 O o R e S CE S CE A S S SaCh i e e Finally, when the British ¢ | forces at Laings Nek. This is re- garded as the Transvaal’s reply to the movements of British troops. There is considerable uneasiness here.” DUNDEE, Oct. 1—Five thousand Boers are now concentrated in close | proximity to the frontier, and it is re- ported that they are about to attack | Dundee. The most complete precau- | tions have been taken. Charlestown is | deserted. Al the women and chil- dren have left, and not more than ten men are now there. A locomotive is | ready to bring away the railway staff. | MAFEKING, Oct. 1.—Great uneasi- ness exists here over the massing of | the Boers near the frontier. At a Inrgely attended meeting to-day ~Mr. Kiosle, a former Mayor, and other speakers complained that the imperial authorities were neglecting to provide | proper protectfon for the inhabitants, | as this border is much more exposed | | than the Natal border. The Boers, | backed with artillery, could Invade the |town in a few hours. Many women, | children and refugees, the speakers | | pointed out, were thus placed in a po- | isitlon of great danger. The meeting | | unanimously adopted a resolution to | send a telegram to the British High | Commissioner, Sir Alfred Miller, pray- | tlng further protection. NEWCASTLE, Natal, Oct. 1. — The | Johannesburg mail train, due at mid- | | night, only arrived this morning. It | | was crowded with refugees, who re- | | ported that the train was sidetracked | at Standerton, Transvaal, to make way | | for trains carrying burghers to the | Natal border. A body of police ar- | rived here to-day from Charlestown. | | Four thousand Boers are at Said Print | and Volksrust, just beyond the Natal border. The Natal police are being called in from outlying stations, and the local troops and carbineers are mobilizing for the defense of New- | castle. VAUGHAN SAYS WAR WOULD BE GREAT CR!MEi LONDON, Oct. 1.—Cardinal Herbert | Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster, preaching in the pro-cathedral to-day, referred to the Transvaal crisis, say- ing: | “War {s still trembling in the bal- ance, and a great responsibility rests upon those deputed to safeguard the welfare of the British nation. An un- just or an unnecessary war. would be a | great national crime, deserving divine | chastisement, because it would be an offense against God and mankind. | Realizing the awfulness of war, the Catholic churches in London are to- | day offering prayers to Almighty God that light and strength and courage be | given to those responsible for the in- terests of the nation, and that they | may be led to what is right and just.’ e TWENTY THOUSAND ARMED BOERS ON THE BORDERS | LONDON, Oct. 2.—The special corre- spondent of the Daily Malil at Petermar- itzburg, Natal, describing a train journey with a Boer command, says: “The burg- hers were hilarious and imsulted the pas- sengers, and fired from the carriages at two burghers, thus Killing each other. ‘Their firing also broke the telegraph wire, | thus facilitating the escape of fugitives from Johannesburg. They are now pre- venting the receipt of telegrams by order- ing their detention at Volksrust. The Bechuanaland natives have been engaged for a week or so in practicing witcheratt, | preparing to go on the warpath. The | ceremonies consisted of slowly torturing | to death oxen representing the Boers and the British. These sacrifices, according to the native reports, indicated that the Boers would be victorious.” The special correspondent of the Morn- ing Post at Petermaritzburg says: “I un- derstand that Commandant General Jou- bert will not command in the fields. He intends to return to Pretoria. His hurried visit to the front was to hold the young Boers in check. Schalkburgher of the executive council will command the Boers on the Delagoa Bey frontier.” The Daily_Telegraph publishes a dis- patch from Pretoria giving the Boer view of the situation. Its correspondent says: “Young and old are fully determined to fight, whatever may be said to the con- trary. Large numbers of English and Continued on Second Page. | petual | to Admiral Dewey, but few were per- have many engagements and we do not | tel. | the big ballroom on the Waldorf side | like for set speeches, and have therefore HANNA DECLARES IT IS AN INSULT TO DEWEY Representative of Protests Against the Placing of the Ad- miral’s Name on the List of Prospec- tive Presidential Candidates. PITTSBURG, Oct. 1.—The Post to-morrow will say: tor Mark Hanna says this of the possibility Presidency: United States Sena-~ of Admiral Dewey for tha “The practice of continually placing the name of Admiral Dewey on the list of prospective Presidential andidates is indecent. It is an insult and a great injustice to the hero of Manila, as he himself has frequently said that nothing in the world would induce him to run for President or any other political office. again and again declaring he will not opinion, contemptible and places this determination in the ranks of those shifting a To force upon this brave and gallant sailor the need of accept any political office is, in my man of integrity, stern purpose and irants for political honors who have not the stamina to resist the flattery or blandishments of political schem The Senator, when asked if Mr. McKinley would positively be a candidate for the Presidency again, said everything pointed that way. EW YORK, Oct. 1.—The func- tions and the receptions that have figured so,prominently in the daily life of Admiral Dewey since his arrival off Sandy Hook last Tuesday morning have proved al- | most too much for his strength. ThP‘ admiral has been under such a per-| physical and nervous strain that he is now almost exhausted. Sat- urday’s ceremonies were the most tax- | ing on his strength of any that he has | vet had to undergo, and he appeared | to-day looking pale and worn, despite | the fact that he retired early Sat- urday evening and had a gnndl night’s rest. The admiral to-day was too fatigued to more than remain in his room the greater part of the time | and rest quietly. At 10 o’clock Admiral Dewey had an engagement to meet the Chicago Dewey committee, and before he came down sent a messzage to Mayor Carter | Harrison requesting that he be not ex- pected to shake hands with the mem- bers of the committee. The admiral explained this request by saying that he had had so much hand-shaking on Saturday that his hand pained him | severely. | Admiral Dewey rose early this morn- | ing, however, sending for a cup of tea | at 6 o'clock. Shortly after he ordered | a light breakfast, which was sent to his apartments, and which he ate alnne_‘ When the admiral had finished ms} breakfast he sent for his private physi- | clan, Dr. Percy, who was closeted with | him for a few minutes. Admiral Dewey | later called on the 1iembers of his fam- ily and his relatives and chatted with | them for fully an hour. He received | Mayor Van Wyck at 9 o’clock. Mayor Van Wyck acted as an escort to the admiral throughout the day. He was present in the admiral’s room, he es- corted him down to the parlor, where the Chicago delegation was to be re- ceived, and was the only representa-% tive of the city i1 caring for its gal- | t guest. | mfl“hfre were many callers at the Wal- | dorf-Astoria who wished to send cards | mitted to do so, the admiral's fatigue i iven as the reason. bp’i‘?:i g{‘i?ln ‘on from Philadelphia, | headed by Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge, arrived early in the day, slipped into a parlor on the Thirty-third street side of the hotel, and were disposed of in a| very few minutes. The admiral came in, said “‘good morning” to all and then greeted Mayor Ashbridge, who lost no time in telling just what they were there for. He handed the admiral an album containing the resolutions pass- | ed by the Philadelphia City Council, ex- tending the invitation officially and of- | fering the freedom of the city. Mayor Ashbridge said: “We know that you| ask you to come at any special time. | We can only assure you that when veu | do come you will receive a most hearty | welcome.” 1 “I feel very much honored,” replied the admiral, “to receive the invitation. T will go to Phil delphia, but I cannot say now when I ll be there, although 1 would be glad to be able to do so.” | Before the applause could get a fair| start he bowed himself out. The Phila- delphians were gratified at the result | of their visit and went away satisfied that they would some day welcome him | in the Quaker City. At 9:15 Mayor Carter Harrison, ac- companied by Zina R. Carter, one of the committeemen, arrived at the ho- The other members of the com mittee came straggling in, and at 9 they were all present. The doors of were then thrown open, and the mem- pers of the committee, headed by Mayor Harrison, entered the room. Mayor Harrison then said to the com- mittee: You all know that Admiral Dewey is a modest man, and a man who disiikes speeches, and who has but little patience With the American habit of handshaking. He has had so many people to shake hands with since he arrived in this hos- pitable city that his hands and arms are giving out. He has just now sent word fo me to ask that at the conclusion of the invitation for him to visit our city there be no attempt on the part of the committee to shake hands with him, I know you would all be glad to have him take your hand, but I am certain you must appreciate the situation, and I ask as a personal favor that you honor his request. To not do so might prejudice him against Chicago, and we are here for the purpose of asking him to visit us. Whait until we get him in our own city, then we will take chances on shaking hands with him. Promptly at’ 10 o’clock Admiral| Dewey came into the room. He wore a civilian suit, with frock coat and dark trousers, and carried no hat. The in- stant he appeared there was a burst of applause. He saluted and sald: “Good morning, all.” Admiral Dewey met Mayor Harrison as he advanced with a cordial greeting. Mayor Harrison said: Admiral Dewey, I appreciate your dis- none to make. I onlv want to say that I thank you in behalf of the Chicago com- mittee for the honor done us by your receiving us here this morning. It is an honor._ second to none in the land. And now I wish to extend to you, on behalf of the committee and on behalf of the | city of Chicago, an invitation to come to | two principals seemed to hesitate. 0}1]‘ city. We wish you to _come to us Whenever you may see fit. We make:no specific time, but we would b have you with us' on Oetober & wheg President McKinley Is to be present at the laying of the corner-stone of our mew Postoffice. While we may not be able perhaps, to give you as elaborate a cele- tion and as perfect a ceremony as yesterday's. we can and do promise You an equal degree of enthusiasm. It 0 cannot come to us now, then consider he invitation a standing one and come at your pleasure. T now hand you the for- mal invitation of the committee, VAdmira] Dewey received the invita- tion that Mayor Harrison extended to him. He had the invitation in his hand, and turned its pages. As he continued to turn over the leaves he glanced up and said: Mr. Mavor and members of the com- mittee, the honor is mine. I consider it a great honor to be waited upon by such a delegation as this and 1 consider it a greater honor that the invitation is put In such a nice way, allowing me to set my own time to visit vour city. T wish I could go to to-morrow, but that is imposs As you_know, I am soon due in Washington. Then I must g0 to Vermont. I must have some rest, and I have not been there for vears. It is my great regret that I cannot go at once to your city. wish so_much T could be there when President McKinley will be there. T have a great regard for Chicago. Tt is a great city, and during the last year some of the grandest letters I have ever received came from Chicago. I thank you, Mr. Mayor, and Chicagoans. 5 s D As Admiral Dewey concluc 1 there Wwas a moment’s pause. Each of the At that instant some one in the front of the crowd stepped forward to shake hands with the admiral. Mayor Har- rison quickly interposed himself be- tween the admiral and the enthusiastic Westerner,.. saying, a - he-placed his hand on the mads shoulder, “Don’t do that, please; don’t ask the admiral to shake hands this morning.” The man stepped back iato the crowd. Admiral Dewey seemed much embarrassed by the incident, and he first held out his hand and then with- drew it. Mayor Van Wyck then seized the opportunity thus offered to get away, and, placing his hand under the elbow of Admiral Dewey’s right arm, escorted him out through the door. As Admiral Dewey was leaving the room there was a burst of applause, and he turned and waved a salute with his hand as he disappeared behind a heavy curtain. Mayor Harrison expressed himself as well pleased with the reception given him and the committee. When asked if he thought Admiral Dewey would go to Chicago he looked surprised and said: *“Go? Of course he will. Didn’t he say he would go some time. That's all we care for—to get promise to go whenever he pleased.” Ferdinand W. Peck, United States Commissioner to the Paris Exposition, was among the Chicagoans to-day, and said: ‘“When Admiral Dewey goes to Chicago he can have the whole town, the county and the State.” The corridors of the Waldorf-As- toria were thronged all day with peo- ple anxious to catch even a glimpse of the great admiral. Early in the morn- ing they began to come in, and they were coming and going all day. But none of them were given the pleasure of seeing Dewey. He was not down in the corridors of the hotel at any time. When he was escorted to the room in which he met the Chicago delegation he | was taken down a private stairway, and returned the same way. . In every conceivable manner his movements were guarded to keep the curious ¢rowd from getting near him. Admiral Dewey will leave the Wal- dorf-Astoria to-morrow at 12:15 o’clock on his journey to Washington. The trip from Jersey City to Washington will be made on the most elaborate spe- cial train ever run by the Pennsyl- vania road. Admiral Dewey’s per- sonal party will consist of himself, his son, George B. Dewey; his brother, Charles Dewey, and wife; Captain Lamberton and wife, Flag Lieutenant Brumby and Lieutenant Caldwell. A special car will be provided for the ad- miral. In addition the following naval officers, as special guests, will also ac- company the party: Rear Admirals Sampson, = Schley, Philip and Casey, Captains C. D. Sigsbee and Robley D. Evans, Commander E. P. Wood and Ensign F. L. Bennett. General Miles will also be in the party. The card cierk at the office sent up- stairs to Admiral Dewey’s apartments several hundred cards and refused to send up nearly as many more. No one was permitted to disturb the admiral. Even his reiatives, not excepting his brother Charles, kept away, hoping that their absence from his side would have some weight with the outsiders and keep everybody away. Along about 4 o'clock a party of three turned up at the desk and handed three cards to the clerk. Upon them were inscribed the names of Captain W. H. Reeder, U. S. N.; Captain George C. Reiter, U. S. N., and Charles Cramp of Philadelphia. The admiral invited them'up and they remained with him twenty minutes. Captain Reeder, who is the command- ant of St. Mary’'s Navy-yard, said that they were all oid friends of the admiral. At 7 o’clock the admiral dined with his brother Charles and wife, his son.