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wb'sjmm bntifiued from first page.) vhy bio «- 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. ,F H vjtiiS V fti ■ ; wiL "" Hah w///swWfflZ c ' ‘" l 67/y//// b\\v 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. | - 'Zu A :::: ‘ f Gm.JOS.WEL.ER> 1 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- ' WWW WWW -'XW\K /WWW X GENERAL HENRY W. LAWTON. 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. • 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 SB ;y. v wfef wW /A rw -s iOm - 1011111 l * MRS. WILLIAM M’KINLEV • 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. • « • 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. • • • 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. • * » 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. - J Swell Xmas neckwear. , TVtr"V rw JU.. 5