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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, M AY (!, 100:5. NO. 7.
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS.
A Fierce Wind Prevailed and the
Cold Was Severe.
MEMORABLE OCCASION INST. LOUIS
Roosevelt the Only One Whose Voice
Could be Heard Fifty Feet From
the l?o?;trtin->
St. Louis, Special.?The buildings of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
were formally dedicated Thursday,
with all pomp and ceremony. In every
way. save one, the exercises were a
success, and this one circumstance was
the weather. The wind blew flercly
from the west, sending great clouds
of dust whirling into the faces of the
troops as they marched past the President.
and at times so nearly blinding
the President that it was well nigh
impossible for him to see across the
street upon which the troops were
marching. Added to the discomfort of
the wind ami dust, was a temorature
which sought for the marrow and generally
reached it. The ladies, who, on
the strength of the warm weather yesterday.
came in summer dresses to the
reviewing stand, suit red keenly, and
but for the thoughtfuiness of ofTchYs
commanding the guard thrown around
me reviewing stand, who provided
them with blankets, many of them
would have been compel!' d to leave
the plaee. Hath President llooscveit
and Ex-President Cleveland remained
in the stand exposed to the raw wind
until the end of the parade, although
their fares were blue and their limbs
stiffened by the eold. Despite this
heavy handicap, however, the ceremonies
proper were splendidly handled
and the programme was carried out to
the letter. The paraue. which took place [
in the morning, was somewhat longer i
in passing the Piesident than had been j
expected, and he was fifteen minutes '
behind the si edtiled time when he was
escorted liy the committee into the
Liberal Arts building. In order to arrive
e ven as early as that, he \ as
compelled to take his noonday nmal
under somewhat, uncomfortable ciivnnistanees.
During the luncheon the f<>|^H
was placed on a rectanzuinr irmnt^B
and the* President, like everybody el^^B
"helped himself." The crowd inside
tent was dense when the Preside^^H
with Secretary Wilson and others,
tered. lie was so closely pressed
when he attempted to move his nj^Hj
his elbow disturbed a cup of coffee hj^^H
by C.cncral Cochin. With some
cult> forced the crow
allow th<* distinguished guest elli^^H
room, but they w a'.!?,w hi:
ing more. This teuvre forced IhH
adjutant n< nil out
the sandiwehes, hut the President I H
voted one hand to passing food to
escort, while the other was dcvotci^HB
his own advantage. Owing to his
vantageous position the President s^^Bj
felt iutile i upon to h.dp passing
,.,l,t l
>111111 Mcrvn'i> hp j>? rt? . with
rity and cheerfulness. Tin* impnrt^^H
ceremonies in tin* I.ilnT.il \ris hn:l<l|Hpp
wore handled with all possible
patch. Early in the exercises woid was
brought to Senator Carter, tiio President
of the day. that some portions of
the hall were being dangcronly congested,
and he was asked to avoid tie- ;
lays as far as possible. He did so. and
from the lirst to last the events on
the programme succeeded each other
rapidly. Of all the speakers. President
Roosevelt alone was able to make his I
voice carry further than 50 ftjet from '
the stage. Hy 'ar the largest nart i f I
me assembly could hear notning. and
thousands of people ir? the rear part
of the hall were constantly moving
about and producing a muffled roar
that would have baffled a fog horn.
When the President rose to speak
he was cheered to the echo. He bowed
again and again, and suggested by Ids
manner that quiet, be restored. Finally
he mounted the board railing in front
of the rostrum, where he could be seen
from every part of the hall, and again
motioned for silence. There was everything
but silence, and President Francis
suggested that he proceed with his
speech and quiet would follow. Prcsl
dent Roosevelt laughed and shook his
head. Taking advantage of the luii be
called, "Now you. my fellow-citizens,
give me all the chance you can, for I
need it." The chance was given and
he began his address. A hurst of applause
greeted hfa statement that the
Dutch had done great things for the |
country in its infancy, and the Presl- I
dent laughed in a mannei which idnin- I
ty ssua: "Tirnt means my anrcitora."
Another outburst of applause, which
was long continued after ho had spahen
about 15 minutes, caused him to
laugh and remark to President Francis,
"Now they think I'm done," and
when the applause died away he wont
on with his speech.
Dispersion < f th? Squadron
Norfolk, Special,?Admiral Barke.
aatuxc.cZ coxmutd of tic North At
lantic squadron, and sailed for Tomr
klBsville. with the battleships Kean
Barge. Alabama. Iowa and Masse
chusotts. which will go into dry <locl
nt Brooklyn, preparatory to inaklnj
their cruise to the Azores this surr.
mer.
The battleships Illinois and Texar
the rruiser Ol.vnipin and the refrifce*
atinp ship Culpoa. proceeded to Ol
Poln*. The torpedo flotilla and tb
small vessels which w?ro*at the drl
grounds hturned t > the N ' folk nav;
ya:-'h i
BELIEVES PRIEST INNOCENT.
Ue\. (iiHH. Iteichlin, Krotlicr <?r Hie
Murdered tJirl Makes Statement.
Lorainc, O.. Special.?The Rev. Chan
Relchlin. pastor of St. .Joseph's church,
in this city, and brother of Agatha
Relchlin. who was murdered last
Thursday night, Sunday made a sensational
denunciation of the authorities
for the arrest of Rev. Ferdinand
Walser. on the charge of murdering
his sister. The occasion was at the
yerviees in the morning in that church
and the place was from the altar steps.
Father Iteichlin was greatly affected
over the happenings of tlie week and
could hardly speak. Several tiroes his
voice was husky from emotion and he
paused frequently to overcome his
feelings. Father Reichiin's statement
was as follows:
"Various rYcnts have happened during
the week past. No doubt they are
a lesson to us. The lesson is that \vc
tmoiiu! always no ready lor death. for
we know not when it will please the
Lord to call us to Himself. Avoid sin
anil do good. Tha lesson is how little
we can trust the world.
"Brutality is not a thing that is
eonfltled to so-called dark ages, li is
delusively confined to non-civilized
countries: it is right here at our home,
ir. this twentieth century. The world
see? u every day.
"1 am sorry to see that Father Wuiser
is connected with the murder of my
sister. 1 am sorry been use I know I
am convinced before God that he is absolutely
innocent, and that no matter
how strortg public opinion is. howspiteful.
how atroi iocs that public
opinion may he. it cannot make him
out a murderer, the murderer of my
sifetei. The time will conic* when I will
give the version of the bloodhound
story upon which the character of
public opinion seems to be base 1. My
friends, i believe Father Walser innocent
until he is proven guilty.
"Personally. I must say that I do
not know which assault Is most brutal
?the assault of the murderer upon my
sister or the assault upon the reputation
of Father Walser?the assault
made by public opinion upon that good
priest. *
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give expression to any views. Support
of the belief that a burglar committed
the crime was given impetuosity
by the statements of several neighbors
who had seen a stranger hanging
around tin* KelehMn home for several
hours on tiro night of the rrime.
Euiperor Visits the Tope.
Rome, Ry Cable.?Kinpcrlor William
was received by the Pope Sunday. He
had a conference with the Pontiff of
40 minutes* duration and then returned
to the residence of the Prussian minister
to the Holy See. Tito day was
bright and as the Emntror and Ms
suite traversed the Klr< ets of Home.
Mis Majccty presented Prince Fredrick
William and Prince Klthel to the Pontiff.
At the Vatican the Emperor was
received with military honors by the.
Palatin Guards and a platoon of gendarmes,
and he was welcomed by the
high dignitaries of the ponliflcial
court. The visit of Kmperior William
was returned by Cardinal Rampolla.
Pupa) Secretary of State, at the Prussian
legation.
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.-mlihiiuus i'll 111 iiprpii i.j iiit.
Chicago. Special.?Kin* destroyed
the five-story building fit 131-l"i3 Wabash
avenue, cuisine a less of lr.O.oOO.
The principal losers are the Waterbury
Clock Company; Spiegle tJios.
tailors, ap.-l A. U. Spalding Co. The
latter firm used the two upper stories
as a store room and their loss is
heavy.
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Texuc, Special.?News has
reached ^iyt ot a tripe tragedy occurring
Sunday morning at Bristol, an inland
town 10 miles north of Ennis.
Mrs. Idneberger/a woman of about CO,
and lier ron. Vestus, '22 years of age,
were found dead, both having been
chopped to pieces, with an axe. The,
husband and father, \V. ('. I.ir.oborger,
aged 70. was subsequently found on
bis farm, four miics north or Bristol,
with his brains blown out with .i shotgun.
The ! anchiij fi ^ came here
from Tennessee. No cause for the
tragedy ix? known.
I BILL ARP. |
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Where is my grindstone? Where is
my rake and my axe? Did anybody
ever hear of a negro stealing a
grindstone. He stole it to sell or else
he thought it was a cheese. I'll bet
there are twenty negroes in sight of
my house who know all about that
grindstone, but they won't tell. That
is a race trait?not to tell on one another.
Who steals my young pigeons
before we get up in the morning? We
haven't had a squab to eat in three
months.
Mr. Cleveland made a good speech
In Now York on the race problem,
and so did Mr. Parkhurst, but you
can't make a good citieen out of a negro
without he has a master or a boss
en whom he has to depend. My opinion
from observation is that Tuskec
gee can r no it nor any other school.
The more education, the less inclination
to work for a living. Where
arc the Tuskecgee graduates? Just
lnzying around or teaching school. !
read in yesterday's paper where a negro
school teacher was caught in having
made a fake list of his scholars
and drew more money than he was entitled
to. Hut neither Cleveland nor
Park hurst nor any other northern
man knows enough about the negro to
talk intelligently about him. Nor does
this generation of southern men know
much more. Nobody knows now but
the few old men who are left. Our
editors and newspaper men do not
know. They are all too your.," and
most of them came from stock that
did not own negroes in the old slavery
times. I do not. assert this through
conceit, but it pains and astonisl 03
me to hear northern speakers and
some editors Hani the south saying
that since the negro was ret free ho
bad made wonderful progress, considering
that for a thousand years li
had been either a savage or a slave.
Mr. Cleveland said "there is still a
grievous amount of ignorance, ? sua
amount of vieiousness and a tr mcndotts
amount of laziness and thriftlessness
intermingled with their
citizenship."
If Mr. Cleveland iiad been an old
citizen of the south he would have
said:
"Before freedom came the negro
was docile, moral. Industrious, and as
intelligent as thousands of the tineducated
white people of the south.
Not an outrage was committed by
them during the war front the Potomne
to the Hio Grande. There was
not a convict eamp nor a ('hanging in
all the south. The marriage relation
was faithfully observed, and negro
families were contented and happy,
for most of them had kind masters
and mistresses, who would get tip itt
the night and minister to their sick.
Bad negroes had to be punished, of
course, end so do bad white children,
but it seldom had to bo done. Talk
about the shackles and the chains of
slavery. It is all rot and imagination.
Our children have a master until they
are 21. The negro had one all his life,
and. as )?r. Parkhursi said. iuu.->l of
them needed one. and need one now.
and so <lo thousands of white people.
The faet is there are but few people
who have not got one. 1 do not admit
that 1 have, but I have a mistress,
and that is the same thing. There is
not a elerk in a store, whether male
or female, but is under the control of
somebody; not. a conductor on a railroad
nor a sailor on a ship nor a
pupil in the schools nor a policeman
in the towns. Nine-tenths of the people
in civilized countries are subordinate
to the other t nth. and it
looks like everybody in these United
States belongs to Teddy Roosevelt,
save a few besides myself and some
Mississippi bears.
The old-time slaves got a good, fair
education from contact with their
masters and their mnctci-'j /.s ;ia
and that is where they had the advantage
of the poor whites. Most all
of the family servants could read,
notwithstanding there was a law for
bidding their being taught, shackles
and chains! Where is my grindstone
and my rake and my ax ? The negro,
especially tho3c of the copper colored
type (I don't mean mulattos)
are naturalborn in chunks. We had
in (Jeorgia more negro carpenters,
blacksmiths and shoemakers than
there were whites of the same trade.
These kind of mechanics are all over
the State now. nut they man i come
from Tuskeegee. For several year:; I
have been looking for a laboring
graduatt of that school or any other
negro . chool. but hav not found one.
, A New York friend told me not long
?K<> mai i could nun nrt.v of them as
waiters in one hotel in New York
city. That is all right. The money for
their education came from up there
and we can spare the whole turnout.
"Just emerged from bondage and ig
norancc and were a thousand year.;
behind the white race when their
shackles were knocked off."' On. my
country: wnere is my gridbtone'.' before
those imaginary shackles were
knocked off our slaves wore so obedient
and law-abiding we did not need
a prison, and now there are -t.40fi in
the chain gangs of Georgia. Wonderful
progress! With all their edi ea io;l
they are moaner, lazier, dirtier and
ten times more immoral In their domestic
relations thnn ever before.
And yet some southern editors boast
of their acquisition of property and
run it up in the millions. Of course
there arc some good and some thrifty
negroes who have made money, hut
they are not f> per cent*of the masses.
Oru- negro in this town is worth more
money than all the rest. The cities
are full of vagabonds who play craps
ami steal atnl snatch purses from women
and fcurglarizr houses and k'op
women ahd < iiildrett In a stnio of eon
stnnt alarm. Stealing is as much a
race trait with them as it is annum
the Hedowin Arabs. Where are my
young pigeons and what becomes of
my atove wood and <oal?
No our editors ar> too young to re
alize the UifTerenee between now and
then. Why. my faithful man suvant
Tip could tell them more about slavery
than they all know. Did I ever
whip Tip1 No. never. 1 never thought
of such a thhig I never whipped but
one of my negroes. My wife's father.
Judge llutehine. owned over a hundred
and I never heard of him whip
ping one or mem. ne nad one very
i)a(l negro who got mad and run
away and stayed in the woods a month
out of spite and when he got tired (
and ?ante home the old judge drove ,
him oft" again and told him to stay in
the woods, that he didn't, want him
any more, hut he finally begg -l his
way hack and gave no more trouble.
Chains and shackles! Mr. Limoln
knocked them off of his. There are
i many kinds of chains, hut the ehains
' ef siav ry were not to he compared
with the ehains of the ehain gang
or the ehains of matrimony that
many a poor wife is suffering from.
Now let us hear no nvore about
rhackles nor about the negro being a
: thousand years behind the white man.
| The truth is the old time negro was
morally a thousand years ahead of
tho rascals up north who brought him
hotv in slave ships and sold hini to
us because they could not use them
at home. But the Lord is merciful and
wo had rather endure the negro than
listen to northern slanders. They
have just found a mare's nest. If
it has taken them forty years to realize
their folly, how long will it take
them to pay us for what they swindled
us out of? Where is in> grindstone?
It. was an unshackled nigger
that stole it. and the folks that unshackled
him ought to pay f.ir it.?
Hill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
HATS ARE A HABIT.
Those Used to Going Without Head
Coverings Seem Healthy.
Some time ago I spoke of a young
iticnd ?>( tu:*:o who had recently given
up wearing a hat on every occasion
when his mental condition was not
liable to be Questioned. I scarcely
tuink he lias pursued his laudable purpose
during the r? ? ut severe weather.
Hut I believe it you lake to this hind
of thins early enough you may make
it last tV.ougl out your life.
I know the other day. going along
Pall Mall on one of the coldest days
we have had this season. I saw one of
' the smallest hluecoat hoys it lias ever
! been my fortune to behold, of course
without a liead-coverlng, but lie did
not stem to feel the cold in the leastHe
was bright and rosy, he chattered
gayly. he laughed merrily, he sioppod
! and lonke.t in m ?in.
?? r?* ?w | # niUUUWP,
and he sauntered alone: s!' wly as if it
i wore a summer's day.
i I inused over this infinitesimal bluo;
coat hoy and marveled at his independenc-e
of the rutting northeast
I winds and biting frost, and I wondered
! whether colds in the head were on
tirely due to wearing hats.
And then 1 noted that he wore yellow
stockings. Now. possibly, yellow
stockings arc an antidote to all hibernal
misery, and that is why ray young
. friend looked to jovial, while all of
us around him were steeped in fur
! coats and mufflers and misery.
1 do not. somehow, think I hat 1
| should look well In yellow stockings,
; but 1 would gladly don a pair if they
wnnlH rnrp mo "f '?">
I from which I am now suffering. I
should like to see an article in the
Lancet on "Yellow Stockings as a
Cure for Catarrh."?Ixmdon Graphic.
STORIES TOLD OF LAWYERS.
Gocd Tales Culled From English Illustrated
Magazine.
Some interesting anecdotes and gosj
sip. new and old. of the law courts
I arc given In tin' English Illustrated
j Magazine. The writer of (he article.
| Mr. A. J. Hughes, was once present
; in court when a juror who opened tho
ball by saying: "This rase, my lord,
really lies in a nutshell," received tho
reply, "You erark it then." There
have been times when elever witnesses
have got the better of counsel
in a skirmish of words. When the
| farrier was asked where he got his
; knowledge of tho mare's age from, ho
said: From the mare's own mouth,
sir." Irish lawyers are generally
endowed by Dame Nature with quirk
wits. Among them all. perhaps. Curran
hold the palm for lightness and
vivacity. When someone told him that
",o student should be railed to the bar
who did not oossrss n lanrlPil
! of his ovn, he retorted. "How inany
acres make a wiseacre?" But it was
a Scotsman, appropriately enough
Lord Brougham, who, seeing his
horses take fright, >clled to the coachman,
"Drivo ioto something cheap!"
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Point Overlooked.
Superintendent Smith of the Manm
hattan elevated road was showing a
Western railioad man over the system
the other day. When they camo
to the junction at Ninth avenue and
Fifty-Third street the Chicago man remarked.
with evident astonishment:
"I don't see any derailing switches
to prevent collisions."
"Oreat Scott, man," exclaimed the
Manhattan man. "do you consider how
far a derailed train would have to
diop?"
BRYAN ON ROADS.
General Miles Favors Governmental
Aid in Improving the Roads.
FARMERS SHOULD INSIST ON TliEM.
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j Some of the Honey Squandered in
the Philippine.* Could have Been
Used in I'll at Respect.
St. Louis. Special. At the second
day's session of the National and International
(loud Roads <'onv<ntion.
lien. Nolson A Miles, who is president
of the national highway commission,
made an address on "Military Heads
and a National Ilighwa> " and said in
part: "Our government lias expended
$500.?Mto,mm for tiie improvement of
our harbors and waterways, and now
the attention of the public is being
ealled to our postal roads and avenues.
of communication that are most
useful and important to all our people.
if surh expenditures of the national
Treasury have been made in the
past for the development of railroads
and waterways, is it not now a most
appropriate time that the improvement
of our roads should receive na
, i in inn ihhi. poverninontal
aid?"
Ex-Govornor liopp, v?f Texas,
pointed out th?> necessity for pood
roads, which, lie believed, could be
secured only throuph the aid of the
national poverniuent. He spoke of the
insular policy v?f the poverniuent. an.l
said if some money that is hoiup
squandered in the Philippines could
l?e used here in the improv mont of
the highways, our roads would be in
; far better condition.
Wnt J. llryan spoke at the after
! noon session, rcceivinp an ovation, lie
said in part: "Tiie expenditure of
money for the pcrmun at improvenn nt
of the common roads can l??? defended,
first as a matter of justice to the
people who live in the country;
second as a matter of advantage to the
people who do not live in the country,
and third, on the pround that the wel|
fare of the nation demands that the
| comforts of countrv I if.. Oiiili nu f-.t
I as possible, ket p pace with the com
forts of city life. It is a well known
fact or a fact easily ascertained .that
the people in the country, while pay
ins their full share of county. State
and Federal taxes, receive as a rule
only the general be nefits of - govern
ment. while the people in the cities
have, in addition, good streets, side
walks, etc.
"The improvement of the country
roads can be justified also on tie
ground that the farmer, the first ami
most imfKirtant of the producers <>!
I wealth, ought to be in a position tu
I hold his crop and market it at the
! most favorable opportunity, whereas
| at present lie is virtually under com
I pulsion to sell it as soon as it is xnaI
furrtl hi?pnuv:i? tin* ???.?.. 1
I ? > v - iwavio ina> i?u-t\MJIt
I impassable at any time during tin
fall, winter or spring. Instead of he
iiiR his own warehouseman, the far
iner is compelled to employ middlemen
land share with them the profit upon
j his lahor. The farmer has a right, too
; to insist upon roads that will enahh
j him to go tv? town, to ehureh. to tin
' school house and to the homes of hi:
j n? ighhors as occasion may require
! and with the extension of rural deliv
ery as lie has an additional need tot
good roads in order that he may b<
kept In communication with the out
side world."
Ilearst Married.
New York Sneeinl ?P inonmum<1n
elect. William Randolph Hearst, pro
' prietor of The New York American
i Now York Kvonlng Journal. Chicane
American, ami The San Francipco E\
! aminer. was married here to Miss Mil
j lirent Willpon. daughter r>f (ieorge H
, Willson. president of the Advane:
! Music Company, of this city. The cere
! many was performed in the < hantry n\
i (trace church. Bishop Potter ofliciat
j Ing. A number of the personal fricn 1:
! of the couple were present. Mr
Hearst's best man was O.rln Peek, ol
San Francisco, and the witnesses wen
S. S. Carvelho and P. J. Marr. Tin
newly-married couple will sail by th?
steain< r Kaiser Wilhelm II this after
noon for Kuropo.
(Jets S'x Years.
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Atlanta. Special.?(5. Hall man Sims
Tuesday pleaded guilty to the emhez
/.lenient of $94,000 of tl o funds of th<
Capital City National Bank* and \va.
sentenced to six yea s in the Fodera
prison. Sims was collection clerk o
the bank, and was for some time :
nrhmincni fl mir*. !n ? U/_ ?? !? ! ? - - ' -
Ufiui c ?w 11: v ruv-iai WUIII
of Atlanta.
liffort Hails.
Tallahafci.ee. Fla., Speclal.*-~Repro
scntative Long introduced a join
resolution projjcsing an amendment t
the constitution providing that in th
collection of taxes a separate if con
be kept of all taxes paid by white am
colored tax-payers and that the schoc
fund derived from taxing each race h
devoted exclusively to schools of tha
race. Thirty-nine voted for the amend
ment to four against it. A change i
the eonstltutlon requires a tlire<
fifths vote of all the members elerte
to each house. Many did not vote o
the amendment, and It lacked two c
' receiving the required majority.
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THE PRESIDENT IN ST. LOUIS
1 lie Chief IZxcetitive \\ as Takert Immediately
to (iood Roads fleet.
St l.oni- SiMM-ial President Roofo
volt arrived Wednesday afternoon to
participate in tin* dedication ceremoni??R
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
! was expected generally that
ho wciiM have his train at the union
station and a dense throng had congregated
there. But to avoid such an
assemblage thorp, arrangement wore
made to have him have the train at
Forsythe Junction. three miles front
the centre of the city. Members of the
national commission of the World's
Fair, a reception commPVo headed by
President Francis and a crowd of spectators
were present to welcome the
President.
President Francis, of the Louisiana
Putohp.-a* Exposition, seized the hand
of the President and cave him an in
(onii:iI wt'lrnnic to St. Louis. Mayor
Wells ami other# shook hands with the
President. who was at once driven otT
to th" good road.; convention. Just as
the earri ige started, a middle-aged woman
rushed through tIt** line of officers.
wildly waving her handkerchief
and vociferously > hi ering the Prcsii
dent. She attempted t? reach i:i and
seize his hand, hut the quickening pare
j of the h >rs s p:< vented and although
she ran afu r ilie v hide, sliil cheering'
and waving her handkerchief for ih?
distance of half a biock, she was tinaliy
distanced and lust in the crowd.
The military companies and n platoon
of police had hocn waiting two
blocks awa\ and as soon as the line of
carriages apt eared a slower march wan
, taken up to .-over the three miles to
Oden Hall. lVotdc were congregated
along tin' strcetn an I wi'dly cheering
as the President passed. He continually
doffed his hat in acknowledgement.
The halt was packed with a. crowd
| which had been waiting patiently for
I hours.
The President spoke of good roads
in nous which showed, as well as his
t i words, thai he was thoroughly in sym,
pathy with the object of the asslciations.
"Roads," he declared, "tell fho
greatms of a nn ion. The influence of
! | the nations which have not hecn roadj
hnild is has bcei. evanescent. Rome,
1 j the most powerful of I lie old civilizations.
left her imprisson literature and
p - . h: .<> changed the iHiuudaries of
! | nations. but plainer than anything
else left to r unhid lis of the Roman
i civilization, are the Roman roads." At
1 this point in ih - President's speech the
. crowd rose, cheered and waved hats
and hnn Ikcrchh fs. The President. de!
| clarcd that good roads probably were
the greatest am my for regulating the
i flow from th country to the city o.
i young men and young women.
Prom Od( on Hall the President was
'driven at a sharp trot to St. lx>uis University.
A few minutes wore spenr.
lure, inter which the President anil
other guests repaired to the homo of
President Pram is for dinner.
> President C!< v* land nrrlveil over the
IViltiniore .v Ohio Southwestern at !?;30
i 'chick. 2f? minims late, and a Inry.o rc|
reptlon committer \v:.s wait in}? for hint.
The member?' o tin diplomatic corps
ariivtd shortly before. Ar Mr. Cleve
lan I al'mlitri from the train, he was
vaunly if 1 hy .President Francis.
\vh.? had driven rapidly to the depot
i after Krctin?; Prsidont Roosevelt at
i l'orrythe .i'Mu ;i<>n. The members of the
committee iov V I around and Mr,
Cleveland v. , amble to proceed for
> si vera I i .. i . so thick was the
.... 1
.. . tins'. o passage wan
dually cleared and wit!' President
j Franc's he waited through th" aisles.
; formed l?v tho rmw.l and entering a
: < arrlapo was drivi 11 t.t the rcsldcnco of
I?:t i", i where President
; Roost v. It is also a gnert.
Kdled Ict S\ r i k.
Torre Haute. Intl., Special.?Three
- pcr. ons w* re killed, two fatally injur.
ed and a down v 'dourly injured in a
? wreck in tin' raiiroid yards here Tuesday
niy.kf. A west-hound V'andalia
train struck a switch engine and two
. c:ii! ncn t '?? ! ii riilnri ! Steel Mill. The
> Idil'd art (Mar-m linrnhart, Colutn
! 1ms. t).: Nicholas A. Lutz. baggage
f muster: ttni(!ot:ti!ietl man. Attached
*o tin train was a special car carrying
i , ' party of 21 p> -do from Philadelphia
. ' tr? the notional V. M. C. A. convention
r j Topeka. Kansas. Another car carried
> the New Jersey d< I .gallon to the
> l.ouisiara Purchase Exposition dedilation.
N<>?" of the members of eith
t parte w s injttrcd. The killed and
injured were in the day coach.
11 ft S cars Old.
.MimiUt. :ncry. Ala.. Special.? Mrs.
Marsjiia Keiih. Liu* oldest person !rs
1 A5a! arn?. diel Wednesday, having
< celebrated r 1 Hhh birthday March
1 i. Sli- retained her intellectual facult
! 1 *s till death. She had IS children.
* Jl livlr. : r. nndc htldrcn, 2<> great'
grandchildren and two groat greatgrandchildren.
Lumber L5o.it [)!<fihUJ,
Newport News, Vn.. Special?The
t ; r.c.v lumber ship Frauds H. Lcggett.
0 | frcm Newport News to San Francisco,
c' 1 rtnrnc 1 to r'irt, having 1? en badly
1 crl| pled in a yale otT Hatteraa. On
^ her v(iva?:> out to her gome port, fIio
ran into a nasty northcar.ter. H?r
n
steering rear broke and the vessel,
I which has very little free board, ship,,
pod a quantity of water. With Jiffleult.v
she was brought rbout and pro
,j ceeded to the shipyard here for reii
pair p. The Lcggett b;ul en board 1.300
,f lens steel rails and two locomotive
f the 1 li.eia-.cnd Lumber Company.