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Show NATION'S GREETING TO DEWEY Features of the Reception to the Manila Hero at "Washington. The central idea underlying th4 grand welcome to be given Admiral Dewey in Washington the first week it October is 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 ar-rangements will be of a simple but most dignified character. Th welcome to the hero of Manila at the national capital will probably occur on Monday, October 2, although the date will depend de-pend upon the length of the celebration celebra-tion in New York, wich is still un- SWORD VOTED BY CONGRESS TO DEWEY. settled. 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 of the sword voted by congress and a night parade. A public reception at the white house will be followed by fanner to the admiral by President McKlnley. The sword will be presented by Secretary Secre-tary Long, at the east front of the cap-itol, cap-itol, in the presence of Mr. McKlnley 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 beauty never before witnessed in Washington. The different features of the preparations prepara-tions are in the hands of a central body of citizens and eleven committees, commit-tees, embracing in all over a thousand people. Preparations for the celebration celebra-tion 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 pa-triotic citizens almost equal to the inauguration in-auguration of a president. |