Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1899 — NATION’S GREETING TO DEWEY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NATION’S GREETING TO DEWEY.

Feataraa of the Reception to the Ma.l ail* Hero in Waahinston. The central Idea underlying the grand welcome to be given Admiral Dewey In Washington the first week In October la Its national character. His arrival at the Capital will mark his real home-coming to the American people, where the officials of the Government will participate, and the magnificently jeweled sword voted by Congress will be presented. To that end all the arrangements will be ora simple bnt most dignified character. The welcome to the hero of Manila at the National Capital will probably

occur oa Monday, Oct. 2, although the date will depend upon the length of the celebration In New York, which is still unsettled. The principal features of the reception in Washington, as planned by the citizens, with the co-operation of the President and Cabinet, will be two in number—the presentation es the sword voted by Congress and a night parade. A public reception at the White House will be followed by dinner to the Admiral by President McKinley. The sword will be presented by {Secretary Long, at the east front of the Capitol, in the presence of Mr. McKinley and all the members of the Cabinet, late in the afternoon, while the parade, consisting of organizations of all kinds, will be accompanied by an Illumination of the city on a scale of beanty never before witnessed in Washington. The different features of ths preparations are in the hands of a centra 1 body of citizens and eleven committees, embracing in all over a thousand people. Preparations for the celebration have been in hand for over a month. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other railroads entering Washington have agreed upon cheap rates for the celebration, and the committee expects that there will be an outpouring of patriotic citizens almost equal to the inauguration of a Preaident.

SWORD VOTED BY CONGRESS TO DEWEY.