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As soon as the troops passing In review
ihe president male a short address to the
people. When the crowd saw that the
crowd was to spwk there was a great rush
for place*, and fully twenty thousand peo
ple gathered around that stand. The pres
ident spok* for about fifteen minutes, and
during that time the people atood in a
down pour of rain. The president was fre
quently interrupted by applauae, and as
son a* he had completed there were loud
calls from the people for General Wheeler,
end in a few minutes he made his appear
ance. The sight of the old eoidier stirred
♦he crowd to the highest pitch, and as the
hero of two war* began hie speech his
voice was drowned by cheers. Me spoke
for about five minutes and was followed
hy General Shafter who made a short talk.
General Bates, who is in command of the
First Division of troops stationed here,
was the next man caTled. General- Bates
Is one of the most popular military offi
cers tha ha- ever been stationed here, and
i« highly '■eg.i’-ded by the people. He mule
n short .Ik rnd wa* loud’y applauded.
General L tv. ton was then called for, and
no nade fl response to the ca'l of the peo
pl° by s bow General Wilson was the*
called f< r. ib, made a magnificent speech
and was o idly applauded.
W-mw thr epee'ben were ov r the part;
were again put in carriages and driven
over the residence portion of the city. In
the carriages were the following people:
FIRST CARRIAGE.
President McKinley.
Judge Emory Speer.
SECOND CARRIAGE.
Secretary Gage.
fienator A. O. Bacon.
THIRD CARRIAGE.
Secretary Alger.
Hon. C. L. Bartlett,
FOURTH CARRIAGE.
Postmaster General Smith.
Mis*-- Annie Wheeler.
Secretary 'o the. President Porter.
Major J. F. Ha ns On.
fifth Carriage.
Secretary Long.
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GENERAL WsLLIAH R. SHAFTER.
R. H. Plant.,
MXTH CARRIAGE.
Secretary Wilson.
Mrs. J Addison Porter.
Mrs. General Lawton.
Captain J. M. Johnston.
SEVENTH CARRIAGE.
(Major G-neral Shafter.
Hon. AV. H. Felton.
• Mr. N. B. Corbin.
Air- AA’. R. Rogers.
EIGHTH CARRIAGE.
Major G noral Wheeler.
'Major General Lawton.
Hon. J tries H. Blount.
Colonel AV. H. Roes.
NINTH CARRIAGE.
Assistar.: Secretary Codtelyou.
Major ’. C. Webb.
M. Ellis AL Talbott.
-Mr. T. D. Tinsley.
TENTH CARRIAGE.
Captain L C. Schere, V. S. A.
Mr. Adelbert S. Hay.
Mr. Louis GStithe,’ Baltimore American.
Air. I. B. English.
ELEVENTH CARRIAGE.
Mr. C. R. Bemen, New York Sun.
Mr. W. E. Curtis. Chicago Record.
Mr. B. F. Barnes.
Air. T. W. Loyless.
TWELFTH
Air. W. A. Al. Goode, Associated Press.
Mr. AA'. F. Mannix. Philadelphia Press.
Air. J. K. Ohl. Atlanta Constitution.
Air. C. R. Pendleton.
THIRTEENTH CARRIAGE.
Mr. AV. AV. Price, Washington Star.
Mr. J. B. Schriver, New York Mail hud
Express.
(H. L. West, Washington Post.
Mayor S. B. Price.
Mr. H; A. Strohmeyer, official photogra
pher.
Air. L. -S. Brown, general agent of the
Southern Railway Company.
Mr. Crowder, Western Union Telegraph
Company.
Hon. R. iM. Rogers.
FIFTEENTH CARRIAGE. ’
Mr. Calvert, representative Western
Union Telegraph Company.
E. S. Wilson.
Air. George eKtchum.
Colonel C. Al. Wiley.
The streets over which the party were
driven are as follows: From Cherry u?
Second to Mulberry to Orange, to Bond, to
College, to Cotton avenue, to Cherry to
Third to Fourth to the depot.
'All of the party expressed themselves as
being delighted with Macon. At the depot
another large crowd was waiting to get a
view of rhe president when he passed into
the train. A squad of soldiers opened a
way for he and the party through the
crowd. He was loudly applauded as he
pawe 1 into the car. General Wheeler’s ap
pearance wa« another sign for applause,
and the depot resounded with, cheers for
the little man in blue.
Very few minutes were spent at the de
pot and as soon as all of the party were
on board the train pulled out for Augusta,
amidst a storm of cheers.
Mrs. (McKinley, who was unable to leave
the car. stood on the platform with her
husband as the train pulled out and waved
her handkerchief to the crowd. The pres
ident stood in the door until the train got
out of sight.
He invited Senator Bacon to return to
M ashington with him on his train, but as
congress will adjourn Wednesday, the sen
ator did not think it necessary to return.
The president expressed himself to Sena
tor Bacon as being well pleased with Ma
con and the reception accorded him.
The president will review the troops in
Augusta this afternoon and will leave for
Washington tonight.
AT THE REVIEWING STAND.
Captain Samuel Smoke, quartermaster
on the staff of General Bates, was in
charge of the reviewing stand, and as the
party was escorted to the platform, as
signed each to his position. Members of
the reception committee and a few in
vited guests were already there when the
distinguished party arrived. President
McKinley was led to his position on the
front of the stand by Judge Emory Speer,
who stood at his side during the entire
review, and held an umbrella over the
chief executive’s head, protecting him
from the drizzling rain. The balance of
the distinguished party formed to the
right and left and behind the President
and Judge Speer, and the review com
menced.
The formation of the line was identical
with that of the review last Tuesday,,and
the procession passed by the same as they
did on that occasion, except that as each
band came opposite the reviewing stand
at the head of its regimetit, it moved to
the left and formed in a square on Second
street that had been roped off, and played
until the regiment had passed, when it
took its position in the rear and mashed
away.
First in the line of troops rode Generals
Wilson and Bates side by «ide, with their
respective staffs immediately behind them.
The staffs are as follows:
'Major General James H. Wilson, com
manding First Army Corps; Lieutenant
I Colonel George R. Cecil, assistant adjutant
i general: Lieutenant Colonel Frank D.
Baldwin, inspector general; Major James
B. Aleshire, chief quartermaster; Lieuten
ant Colonel Timothy E. Wilcox, chief sur
geon: Lieutenant Colonel John A. Kress,
! chief ordnance officer; Lieutenant Colonel
Samuel Reber, chief signal officer; Captain
William B. Allison. Jr., assistant adju
i tant general; Lieutenant. G. AV. Langdon,
i inspector of rifle practice: Lieutenant J. J.
O’Rourke, assistant to chief quartermas
ter; Lieutenant Cecil Stewart. Lieutenant
John AV. Black and Lieutenant David S.
Stanley, aides-de-camp.
FIRST DIVISION.
I Major General John C. Bates, command-
iMajor General Louis AL Caziarc, assis
tant adjutant general; Alajor John G. Bal
lance, inspector general; 'Major James 0.
Varnedoe, chief commissary of subsis
tence; Major James H. Hysell, chief sur
geon: Alajor James A. Irons. Engineer
officer: Alajor John B. Rodman, chief ord
nance officer: Major John A. Logan, as
sistant adjutant general; Captain AVilliam
AL AVright, assistant adjutant general;
First Lieutenant Samuel E. Smiley, aide
de-camp; First Lieutenant Horace Al.
Reeve, aide-de-camp.
Then came General AA’. W. Gordon,
commanding the Second brigade and staff
as follows:
Captain Theodosius Botkin, assistant
adjutant general; Lieutenant Cliffe Den
ning. acting quartermaster: Captain Wil
liam B. Cowin, commissary of subsistence:
Major Charles M. Drake, surgeon; Lieu-
: tenant AA". AA’. Gordon. Jr., aide-de-camp.
The Third Engineers, in command of
Colonel Gaillard, was the first regiment to
pass the President, and it was followed by
I the .Second Ohio. Colonel Kuert, which
completed the Second brigode. Then came
General William J. AlcKee, commanding
the Third brigade (colored). General Alc-
Kee's staff is as follows:
Captain Sherrill Babcock, assistant ad
jutant general; Captain Samuel Baird,
quartermaster: Captain John G. Dadge.
commissary of subsistence; Major Elmer
E. Heg, surgeon: Lieutenants Davis and
1 Price, aides-de-camp.
The regiments of this brigade passed in
the following order: Seventh A’olunteer
munes. bmmbattmbb wHoSv'ipand C me
Immunes. colonel Godwin: Ten:h A’olun
teer Immunes, Colonel Jones; Third North
: Carolina. Colonel Young: Sixth A’irg-pia.
Lieutenant Colonel- Croxton. The Fourth
brigade, composed of the Seventh regular
cavalry, in‘command of Lieutenant colonel
Cooney, was the last regiment to pass the
reviewing stand, and received as hearty
applause as any of the infantry.
MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19 1898.
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THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH.
When the Seventh cavalry band wheeled
out and took position in rear of the regi
ment passing down Cherry street the
ropes that had served as barriers wers re
moved the crowd surging in and filling the
space from the stand out half a block down
three streets. After comparative quiet had
been secured Judge Emory Speer stepped
to the front and in a few well chosen and
graceful sentences introduced Pres. Mc-
Kinley? 'When the president, bareheaded,
advanced and took his stand under an um
brella held by Judge Speer, he was given
an ovation.
At first his voice was too low to be audi
ble at any distance from the stand but
as he proceeded and dwelt on the glorious
result of the Spanish-American war it
grew ib volume and he could be 'fairly
well heard.
He said that it gave him great, pleasure
to address so vast an audience in the city
of 'Macon. He was, he said, reverently
grateful and filled with thankfulness be
cause of the tender care a divne provi
dence had exercised in behalf of the
American people, This country had, he
said, just Concluded a war with a foreign
power after a conflict lasting 113 days—a
conflict waged on two seas in the 'West and
in the East. Fifty thousand American
soldiers had been engaged in war and the
loss of men had been small indeed. A
victory had been won without the loss o.f
a soldier, a sailor or a' ship by capitulation
and never was a flag carried with greater
fame or to more glorious results than the
stars aud stripes, and never a prouder
waved over a greater people. The presi
dent’s mention of the flag was loudly
cheered.
Peace, said the President, will shortly
be declared. The commissioners will 'soon
send to the President of the United States
the treaty for this peace with honor which
will carry the blessings of liberty to
struggling people in the Eastern and in
the Western world.
“I would congratulate you, my country
men,” continued the President, ‘‘on another
fact. Not only has peace been brought
about as a result of the late war and an
enemy been subdued, but in our own
country sectionalism has disappeared and
we find a united people living happily and
as friends under a common flag. (Great
applause.)
‘‘lt has done my heart good to see the
evidence of intense patriotism displayed by
our people from one end of this country
to the other. I found it when I visited, the
extreme West six weeks ago and now’ I
find it in my delightful visit to the
South.”
Mr. McKinley said that he was con
scious that the vast audience before him
wished to hear something from 'Wheeler
and those other great leaders whose names
and whose fame.were beloved and known
and he would give way to them?
Bowing his acknowledgements the presi
dent stepped backward amid tremendous
applause.
OTHER SPEECHES.
The President was followed by Generals
Wheeler. Shafter. Lawton, Bates and Wil
son in the order named. They all spoke
very briefly. General Wheeler was re-
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ceived with a tremendous roar of cheers.
He referred feelingly to the reunited coun
try and felicitated his Southern country
men upon lhe glory which had been
brought by their own eons.
General' Shafter spoke of the victories
achieved by the American army at Santia
go and Manila, and cited its achievebenta
as indications of the strength of the Re
public. General Lawton bowed his ac
knowledgements of the courtesy shown
him.
General aßtes expressed his appreciation
at the hospitality shown him and his fel
lew soldiers in Macon, and referred also
to the disappearance of sectional lines.
General Wilson, the last speaker, thank
ed the people of IMacon for the excellent
manner in which they had treated him
and the men of his command since being
here. Then he went on to tell how thirty
five years ago he came to Macon at the
head of fifteen thousand cavalry, a con
queror. 'Now he was in the city again, but
this time a captive, and he would be an in
grate indeed, if he had any other desire
than to remain such,
CHAIRMAN SPEER’S COMMENT.
The News caled on Judge Speer at his
office after the President’s train had de
parted, and obtained from him the fol
lowing statement:
‘‘The President and his party were en
tirely delighted with the cordial reception
and demonstration of good will on the part
of the people. During our ride together,
he repeatedly said ‘this is an unique dem
onstration and very delightful.’ At one
time he sail that it was most appropriate
and very delightful and just what the
party wanted. He said that his great de
sire was to meet as many of the people
as possible and to have them see the dis
tinguished men who won so much renown
in the late war. Many times he compli
mneted the remarkable beauty of the city.
The weather, it was true, was a little
bad for us, but the President and the
Northern gentlemen regarded this, I think,
as very mild and agreeable weather in
deed. Postmaster General Smith also said
to me that he was thoroughly pleased
with Macon and that we had done the
handsome thing and done it in the happiest
style. Mr. Porter, secretary to the presi
dent, was greatly pleased with the prompt
itude with which every detail of the exer
cises was carried out. For myself, I am
greatly obliged to the efficient committee
of the Chamber of Commerce and admir
able support of that body without which
nothing could have been done. The public
can scarcely realize what an infinitude of
details there are to attend to in a great
reception of this character involving so
much in its consequences. I feel sure that
the President took away from here an im
pression of Macon quite as gratifying as
that which he received of any other South
ern city, although we did not have the
time to give him the generous and exten
sive hospitality we were delighted to offer,
but which from his desire to visit our sis
ter city, Augusta, he could not accept.
There was not, so far as ‘ was able to ob
serve, a -single flaw in the arrangements.
The President several times spoke to me
of the delight he had in the manifest gen
uineness and sincerity of his welcome.
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Other members of his party spoke in sim
ilar terms.
“I must add that a large part of the
good order and smoothness of the pro
ceedings was due to the promptitude, .ef
ficiency and intelligent direction of the
military officers. General Wilson, General
Bates. Major Logan. Captain Hardee.
Captain Smoke. Lieutenant Smiley, and
many other officers whose names I cannot
now mention.
“The President was especially delighted
with the reception and address presented
him by the Confederate Veteran's Asso
ciation. He at once gave instructions that
the address should be carefully put away
in the car so it might not be lost, and as
we passed the Confederate monument he
expressed great pleasure at reading the in
scription from hie speech at Atlanta rela
tive to the graves of Confederate soldiers,
which was emblazoned thereon. He also
saw with great delight the old veteran and
the young soldier unfurl the United States
flag on each of the Confederate soldier's
monument as we drove by.
“I am personally delighted with the re
ception our people so cordially gave to the
Presndent and his distinguished party.”
NOTES.
General Lawton left the presidential
party at this place and went direct to
Huntsville. Ala., where he will assume
command of the Fourth Army Corps.
Among the distinguished visitors in at
tendance were Captain A. S. Bickam,
quartermaster, and Lieutenant L. H. Le
vens, inspector general of the Third (bri
gade, Second division, First corps, now
stationed at Albany.
The crowd was the biggest that has ever
been in Macon. It is estimated that fully
five thousand strangers were in the city.
Notwithstanding the enormous crowd,
there was not the slightest disorder 1 , the
police and provost guards having perfect
control of the situation at all times.
The largest number of Confederate
veterans that have been gathered together
in 'Macon for some time were at the train
this morning to greet President 'McKinley.
It is estimated that fully four hundred
were in line.
As the President left his car he was pre
sented with a quotation from his Atlanta
speech on parchment engrossed in letters
of gold. He thanked the veterans for the
present and ordered it sent to his car.
Another copy of the quotation was al^ o
placed on the Confederate monument rpj le
veterans gave General Wheeler rousing
reception as he came out fj* om the train
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and he was loudly cheered as he passed
along the line. President McKinley said
that he appreciated the manner in which
he was treated by the veterans and that he
would never forget the reception accorded
him.
THE SOCIAL SIDE ’
Os the Dav’s Festivities—With
Other Social Events of
Interest.
The only disappointment connected with
the visit of the president was the fact that
the uncertain weather prevented Mrs.
McKinley from leaving the cars. A mem
ber of ladies called on her and were pre
sented to her and to Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Al
ger, and Miss Wilson, who had remained
with her. Mrs. McKinley was dressed in
a pearl gray carded silk embroidered in
cut stell and carried a cluster of la france
roses. She was not strong enough to
stand and received her guests seated on a
lounge, but with the gentle graciousness
of manner that is one of her characterist
ics. She is evidently one of President Mc-
Kinley’s chief admirers, and no wonder,
for his devotion to her is unquestioned
and unremitting. When I spoke of him
her eyes brightened, her lips parted in a
smile and she gave this advice: “When
you find a Major McKinley like him you
will then be sure of happiness.’’ I an
swered “I will.’’ Evidently the “first lady
in the land” does not think that marriage
is a failure.
The car was luxuriously appointed and
on a table were vases of magnificent flow
ers. President McKinley returned from
his drive a short while before the train
left, and Mrs. McKinley went with him
out on the platform. The crowd cheered
them as the train rolled out. General
Wheeler came in for a lion’s share of at
tention at the train, where the ladies had
In opportunity to meet h:m* and show
their appreciation. His daughter. Miss
Wheeler, was one of the ladies in the re
viewing stand this morning. The other
ladies of the presidential party were Miss
Long, Mrs. wife of the postmaster
general, and Mrs. J. Addison Porter and
Mrs. Law ton, wife of General Lawton of
Santiago fame.
Only three of the ladies were on the
reviewing stand. Mrs. Lawton. Mrs. Porter '
and Miss Wheeler. The committee of
Macon ladies appointed to receive them
•was as follows: Mrs. William H. Felton,
chairman: Mrs. I. B. English, Mrs. J. E.
Blackshear. Mrs. 8. R. Jaques. Mrs. Em
ory Speer. Mrs.'S. B. Price. Mrs. J. M.
Johnston, Mrs. Henry Wortham, Mrs W.
H. Roes. Mrs. R. M. Rogers. Mrs. Thomas
W. Loyless. Mrs. A. O. Bacon. Mrs. W. B.
Sparks. Mrs. C. L. Bartlett. Mrs. McEwen
Johnston, Mrs. J. F. Hanson.
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The following letter itself.
Admiral Schley is a personal friend of
Mrs. Johnston. His daughter. Miss Vir
ginia Schley, will be remembered as the
s£uest of Mrs. Johnston before her marri
age: . .
Dear Mrs. Johnston: Thank you so much
for your kind letter and the very sweet
invitation it bears to me, and I regret
that my engagements are so timed that I
shall have to return at once from Atlanta
without the possibility of stopping anv- . 4
where. « *
I feel so much touched by your kind
fetter and so much regret that I shall he
unable to accept your kind invitation.
With kind regards to your husband and
to your father and mother, I am respect
fully and sincerely yous,
W. S. SCHLEY.
Mrs. McEwen Johnston, Macon, Ga.
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The state botrd of the federat’O'j of
women s Gibe met yesterday at the Kim
ball. M.'s. J. Linnsay Johnson, ..he n-ely
elected prindent, "pielided.
The n?;:t nxtng of the state federation
will be held in Macon, by 'nvita‘ion c:
the ir.sto.-y . lass an i the Current Top'c;
club. The fact that Mrs. R. E. Park the
chairman of the state edu-vonal commit
tee, is a resident of Macon will make the
con convention an event of interest to all
Macon women.
'Plans were formulated for establishing
a library for the benefit of the federated
clubs of the state. A nice sum of $335 has
■already been raised for this object. The
library will contain valuable reference,
books, and will be another inducement to'
clubs to federate. -
The Verdery Musical AssqcUU* o f u _
gusta, the membership of r’ b i? Am
posed ot many promine- p te ia that
c ty, has recently Jo- M th „„„ leilera .
son On accoue cot this and other mu .
sl S a , c the Georgia federation the
library to be established will
<-‘OU r ain valuable books pertainjng to the
i lienee, history and art of music.
hdre were present at the meeting yes
terday Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, Mrs.
Enoch Callaway, of LaGrange; Mrs. Isaac
Boyd, ’Mrs. W. B. Lowe, Mrs. R. E. Park,
of Macon; Mrs. Eugene Heard, of Elber-
ton; Mrs. J. K. Ottley and Mrs. John W.
Akin, of Cartersville.
At the conclusion of the business mat
ters, Mrs. Johnson ■ entertained the board
at an elegant luncheon. —Atlanta Journal.
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The Young Ladies’ Cotillion club ger
man 'tonight at the Elks’ club will be a
brilliant -affair.
MISS ALICE PRICE .'
She is Conscious Today and Hopes For Her
Recovery Entertained.
The News received a telephone message
from the executive mansion in Atlanta
this afternoon to the effect that Miss Alice
Price’s condition is better today. She’ has
regained consciousness and there is some
hope entertained for her recovery.
Big bargain in Beifeld ladies’ jacket.
•Half of manufacturers’ cost. Newman’s
Millinery Co.
Swell travelling bags.
Chas. Wachtel’s Son.
DROPPED DEAD.
Negro Wornon Dies While Watching the
Prosession.
This morning while the parade wAs go
ing on Jane Anderson, a negro woman liv
ing on First avenue dropped dead in front
of the soldiers shrdlue mfwyp vbgkqj
of the, Presbyterian church. She was
standing watching the soldiers pass along
when she suddenly fell forward and died
before she could be raised from the ground
She was placed in one of the army ambu
lances and taken to her home on First
street, where the coroner heM an inquest.
The jury rendered a verdict that the
woman died of heart disease.
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