Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1902 — SCHLEY IN THE WEST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SCHLEY IN THE WEST.

Admiral and Mio Wife Received with Enthusiasm in Chicago. Admiral and Mrs. Schley starved Friday on their western tour. They reached Chicago Saturday morning. The train had barely stopped when the admiral appeared on the front platform and started afresh the bombardment of cheers that signalized the appearance of the train far down the tracks. Down Fifth avenue as far as Jackson boulevard, the cheer was taken up by the crush of humanity that was awaiting the admiral's coming. To those who were so fortunate as to gain entrance to the depot be smiled and bowed repeatedly. A storm of cheers took film off his feet, and for a few seconds he was all at sea. But he quickly regained his composure when his eyes fell on the naval guard of honor composed of veterans of the Civil War, some of whom fought with Schley. The old salts saluted gravely and the admiral responded in kind, but there was that indefinable something about his face that showed that while he appreciated the.heartiness in general of the greeting, the sight of these gray-haired men, lined up to do him honor, was more to him than all the cheering. Admiral Schley alsb was touched by the reception accorded him by the school children. Thousands of little boys and girls stood in the depot and waved tiny flags while they shouted welcome in childish treble. The admiral deviated from his course towards the dignitaries of the city who were awaiting him, to pat the cheeks of the little girls nearest

him. One child seized his hand and shook it. She was favored with a fatherly caress. He was then escorted to the wating room, where Aiderman Fowler, as representative of the Council, presented the admiral with a copy of resolutions, and Mayor Harrison extended to him Chicago's greeting. Accompanied by committees from the Hamilton and other clubs, the admiral was driven to the Auditorium Annex. Bands of music, companies of army veterans and naval militia followed his carriage. Two bodyguards of detectives that always protected the late President McKinley rode and walked before and behind the carriage.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY.