Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1899 — BIGGEST IN HISTORY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BIGGEST IN HISTORY.

RECEPTION TO DEWEY WILL BE WITHOUT PARALLEL. The Welcome to Be Accorded the Hero of Manila Bay Will Be the Greatest Ever Extended to Any Man by Thia Nation. New York has been the scene of many notable demonstrations, but they will all pale into insignificance when compared with the coming celebration in honor of the return of Admiral Dewey from his victorious conquest in the far East. The welcome to be accorded the hero of Manila bay will be the greatest ever extended tq any man in the history of this courtfry. The great triumphal homecomings of the Roman conquerors will be as nothing compared to the reception to be given this quiet American citizen, whose name is enshrined in the hearts of his fellow countrymen. v The decorations will be the most elaborate that New York has ever seen or will probably see for generations to come. Every decorating establishment in the city is overwhelmed with orders for work for the occasion. It is estimated that no less than $6,000,000 will be expended for decorations by day, illuminations by night and festivities in general. Some firms will expend as high as SIO,OOO for decorating, while about every dwelling in all the boroughs will be draped in the national colors or some other ornamentation. The great demand for bunting has sent the price up 20 per cent, and has kept the mills down East unusually busy turning out the cloth. The makers of flags are running night and day in order to supply the demand. Dewey day will be a veritable Fourth

of July, if fireworks can make it so. The toy stores are clamoring for Dewey cannon, Dewey crackers and Dewey everything else. Young America intends to celebrate as never before, for George Dewey has no more ardent admirer than the small boy. The wholesale dealers in firecrackers now regret that they did not foresee this big demand for their goods and lay In a bigger supply, as they will apparently run short of the demand. Another branch of industry that is reaping a harvest through the celebration are the lithographers and others who print and paint portraits of the admiral. Thousands and thousands of likenesses are being run off, enough, it would seem,

to give one to every man, woman and child in New York. The building of the arches, stands, etc., is giving work to thousands of carpenters and laborers, while the work of putting up the decorations will give employment to thousands more. The greatest crowd that New York has ever entertained will be there from all parts of the country to enrich the coffers of the hotel and business men. Altogether Dewey day will be a great boon for the metropolis. As Dewey makes his triumphal entry into the city millions of tiny piecea of red, white and blue paper, known as confetti, will be showered upon him. Thia feature is new to Eastern cities, but the custom is followed at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Venice • carnivals. Millions of these pieces are being turned out and Dewey's path bids fair to be carpeted with the beloved red, white and blue. ,Harvey, Cbon, Chris BeChtenwald and John Hickey, Louisville, Ky., ware seriously injured by an elevator dropping thirty feet.

THE DEWEY ASCH.