Show WANTED TO SEE DEWEY TJBNNESSEEAN PRESENTS THE ADMIRAL A JOUQUET Flowers Were Gathered by His Little Girls in tho Woods for tho Hero of I Manila t Memphis Tcnn May GAt sunset j today an Admirals salute of seventeen 1 i i guns proclaimed the arrival of Admiral and Mrs Dewey ni the citys gates j I nor guests A minute later amid the II I acclamations or thousands of citizens and vlsltozs the tlngulshed couple i stepped from their special train and i were driven to the Peabody hQtl l I The train arrived from Be Louis at I C15 p I at promptly on schedule time I The days Journey wns passed pleas I antly and had no significant fcatur < os I j I j beyond the fact that at every otatlon I i j i I on route hundreds of people crowded j tho platforms and InsIsted on seeing the hero of Manila At Belleville Cairo and Fulton Admiral Dewey shook j hands with many of the enthusiastic j people j I Thousands of people were at the Popular I I Pop-ular street depot In Memphis when the t train arrived The Blrects leading to I the depot were jammed and the roofs J of houses held hundreds eager to catch J a glimpse of the Admiral and his wife J I A reception committee met the vlsl ors and they were immediately es 1 corted lo an open landau drawn by four f I white hOIses When the Admiral on I I I lered the carriage he arose and bowed i i to the throng immediately company i I I A Confederate veterans made Its ap J I ponrance and Admiral Dewey again rose and uncovered his head Gallant I i looking fellows those he unit to nom one near him and he again saluted the I men in gray Under escort of the veterans and the I reception committee Admiral l and Mrs Dewey were driven through a cheering j multitude to the Peabody hotel ana I retired for an hour At SSO oclock tonIght j to-night a limited reception was held In i the parlors of the hotel after which iho I Admiral and his wife retIred for a I j I I muchneeded rest The celebration In honor of the citys I guests will extend through Tuesday the party departing for Nashville on Wednesday morning Memphis Is I crowded with visitors and nearly every downtown business hou e Is profusely decorated In Ihe national colors An Incident of todays trip occurred at tho South Fork Tenn water tank I where the engine stopped for water I Admiral Dewey was standing alone In the roar of his car when an old gen tleman evidently a farmer rode up I i Is Capt Dewey on this train 7 asked the farmer The Admiral saluted and replied Yes I am Capt Dcwey What do you I want Are you the fighting man Ive heard so much about asked the stranger Well yes I reckon so replied the I Admiral I I Well I knew tho train would slop hero for water said the farmer and my little girls gathered these flowers In I lie woods for you We aint city people peo-ple but I thought youd like them so I I drove ocr with them to you There was a little moisture In the l Admirals eyes when he grasped the I > mans hand warmly and said Go tell your little girls that I say may God bless them and thank them for mc for the flowers I Admiral Dewey was questioned tonight to-night concerning a statement said to have been made by him at the University I Uni-versity club luncheon in St Louis on Tuesday relative to the United States being able to whip any nation on earth > and that England was this countrys I friend ami it should be so regarded I The best answer to that question paid the Admiral Is the statement In this mornings paper in St Louis bv President Lyonburgor of the University I club In which you will note he states that T did not make the statement at tributed to mc But It was made by I the president of the club |