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PRESIDENT IS O
Entertains a Large
With an Add res of Tum
SECRETARY. ROOT ALSO HEARD:
War Secretary flakes Urgent Plea
That Administration Should
Be Upheld.
Cannon boomed and bands played
“Dixie” as President McKinley alight
ed from the Campania, his private car,
at the grounds of the Illinois Soldiers’
home at Quincy Friday morning. The
sun shone brightly, making almost a
perfect day. Fifteen hundred old vet
erans, inmates of the home, cheered
enthusiastically as the president and
the members of the cabinet took car
riages to be driven between long
platoons of soldiers around the beau
tiful grounds of the home.
The president was first escorted to
an improvised platform, from which
he bowed and smiled in acknowledg
ment of the veterans’ greeting, shak
ing hands with as mftpy as possible.
Then, in company with members of
the local committee,' the president
made a short .visit to the Soldiers’
hospital. The presidential party was
next driven from the Soldiers’ home
to the city proper, a distance of two
miles. Company F, Fifth infantry,
the naval reserves and Company F,
Eighth Illinois infantry, escorted the
party through the business district.
The sailors were supplied with
Hotchkiss guns, and as soon as the
president arrived in sight of the pub
lic square a president’s salute of twen
ty-one guns was fired. Six thousand
school children from all the schools of
the city, public and parochial, were
massed on the east side of the court
house, waving flags and singing na
tional airs as the president appeared.
McKinley’*) Ad<lre.ii.
The president and several members
of the cabinet delivered brief addresses
from the reviewing stand. The presi
dent said:
“I thank yon one and all for this
patriotic welcome. It has given me
uncommon pleasure to meet this morn
ing at the Soldiers’ Home, the men of
1801, the veterans who stood in the
trenches and behind the guns in that
year of great emergency when the life
of the nation hung in the balance. It
has given me like pleasure also to
meet with the ex-soldiers of the Span
ish war from the city of Quincy and
the naval malitia representin the pa
triotism of 1833. And it is gratifying to
me to learn that you sent from this
city one of the gallant young officers
who fought with Dewey in Manila
bay. This is an era of patriotism, my
countrymen.
“The United States has never -been
lacking in gratitude to its soldiers and
its sailors who have fought in its
cause, and the cause of the United
States has never lacked defenders in
every crisis of its history. From the
revolutionary days to the present, the
citizens Of the United States have
been ever ready to uphold at any cost
the flag and the honor of the nation
and to take all the responsibility
which comes from a righteous cause.
There are responsibilities born to
duty, that can never be repudiated.
Duty unperformed is dishonor and
dishonor brings shame which is heavi
er to carry than any burden which
honor can impose. -
“My fellow citizens, I thank you
for this more than gracious welcome
and bid you all good morning.”
Secretary Root. Speaks.
Secretary Hoot spoke as follows:
“Fellow Citizens of Illinois: My
humble duty during the last two
months is to do what you are doing
here today by the encouragement and
inspiration of your presence, holding
up the hands, strengthening the soul,
and cheering the courage of the presi
dent, the chief magistrate of your be
loved country, in maintaining its
honor and doing its full duty before
God and man on tho great stage of
the world. It is fitting here, almost
at the very spot where the two ex
tremes of population, coming, the one
from Massachusetts and Connecticut
and the other coming from Virgin^
CARGO OF MULES LOST.
Transport On tho Way To Manila Encoun
ter* Typhoon.
A cablegram from General Otis to
the war department brings word of
the loss of several hundred horses and
mules on the transport Siam. Tho
message is as follows:
* ‘Manila, October 6. —Steamer Siam,
which left San Francisco August 19th
with forty-five horses and 330 mules,
encountered a typhoon on the Ist in
stant, Northern Luzon, in which all
but sixteen mules were killed by the
pitching of the vessel and a lack of air
from necessary closing of hatches. No
casualties among passengers.
“Otis.”
JOHNSTON ISSUES STATEMENT
To AUltamlant DnSnlne HI. Position and
Aceountinc Hli Stewardship.
Governor Johnston has given out to
newspapers an address to the people
of Alabama in which he accounts to
them for his stewardship and gives
them a statement as 1 * his position on
the imt of the
dav I A candi *
and Kentucky, ,he
England, anil the the
south, should join
honor to the
whole country, north ftnd'utb,
east and west. There is no p Bisan
ship, no factionalism, in the bipiness
in which we are engaged in, Helping
President McKinley. t
“No man can slielte. himself under
the flag of party or justify himself by
any declaration of principle in failing
to stand behind the men of all parties
and all creeds who lie today in the
trenches in Luzon.
“No man who knows his duty and
is a true American will fail to do it. I
hqve no fear, no question whatever,,
that in the days and nights that the
secretary of war is giving to seeing
that the army of the United States is
the best fed, best equipped and best
armed army the world has ever seen,
the sympathy and the support of tho
people of Quincy, of Illinois, of the
country, will be behind him and be
hind the president.
“The cause in which your soldiers
are fighting and in which yon, Demo
crats and Republicans alike, stand be
hind them, is the cause of civilization
and of peace. The men behind the
guns in Manila today are in front of
the sehoolhouse, of law and order and
will be followed by the men with their
text book and Bible, bringing the arts
of civilization, respect for law and
order, and the welfare of country. No
government can live for self alone, nor
grow to full stature by the exercise of
selfishness. No men and no party of
men can be bound to the performance
of a mission qE the great republic for
the regeneration and elevation of man
kind. It is IMlowing today ns it has
followed in the past, the lines marked
out by a Providence supericr to the
wisdom of presidents and of legisla
tures, way of the great
march of civilization.
“My friends of the city of Quincy
and of the state of Illinois, the presi
dent of the United States will be faith
ful to the soldier who represents it.
His cabinet will be faithful to him and
I know that yon, one and all, will
stand with us in sustaining and help
ing him the great work which you
have laid upon him.”
The streets of Quincy were literally
packed with people.
A street fair is in projection, and all
along the line of march b#iths and
arches had been erected, moA of which
flaunted the stars and stripes and im
mense pictures of McKinley and
Dewey.
FA KM KJIS IX CONFERENCE.
The National Congrefm Holds Sessiiyis In
Boston, Mass.
The delegates to the Farmers’ Na
tional Congress were received by Gov
ernor Roger Wolcott at the statehonse
in Boston Friday. The congress, on
resuming its business session, heard a
report from the committee on resolu
tions.
Hon. H. C. Adams, dairy and food
commissioner, f>f Wisconsin, delivered
an address on “The Necessity of Pure
Food Legislation.”
Tho following officers were elected:
President, H. P. Heard, Fort At
kinson, Wisconsin.
First vice president, P. G. F. Can
dage, Brookline, Mass.
Second vice president, Colonel John
S. Cunningham, of North Carolina
Secretary, John M. Stahl, Chicago.
Treasurer, L. Van Morison, Penn
sylvania.
Executive Committee—B. F. Clay
ton, of Iowa; T. C. Slaughter, Texas;
E. L. Furness, Indiana; D. G. Whit
temore, Nebraska; E, F. Whelstoin,
Kentucky.
SCHOONER LOST.
The John 11. Tin&iie Gors to Piece* on
Cumberland Inland.
Captain Taylor and crew, of the
schooner John H. Tingue, bound
from Philadelphia to Jacksonville with
cargo of coal, arrived at Feruandina,
Fla., Friday morning from Dunge
ness and reported the loss of his ves
sel Thursday on Cumberland island.
The vessel will be a total loss. No
lives lost.
LOTH TO STRIKE FIRST.
Delay of HostllitUn In Transvaal Bode >
Much Good.
All the reliable intelligence froE-
South Africa reaching London Friday
points to a continuance of the existing
situation for some time, as both sides
are apparently diffident about com
mencing an attack, although from tho
dispach.es received it seems as if every
movement of a patrol and every cloud
of dust made by a herd of cattle were
turned into a general advance by both
armies.
The delay is all to the good, inas
much as it gives time for furthur ne
gotiations.
BRYAN A SICK MAN.
Democratic Deader May Hare To Cancel
His Present Engagement*.
A dispatch of Sunday from Webster,
la., says: William Jennings Bryan is
a very sick man. Friends who spent
the day with him at the farm of Fred
E. White, Democratic candidate for
governor of lowa, three miles from
Webster, are t5 v aid that Mr. Bryan
may have temporarily to abandon his
campaign work, not only in lowa, but
in Kentucky and Ohio.
PIBBORN BATTLES
Otis' Forces Meet Strong Resist
ance From the Rebels.
TWELVE AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED
Tlio Enemy Wn Stroiujly Eittronclunl ami
Gunboat* Were Necessary To
Effect Rout,
Advices from Novelets, Island of
Luzon, dated October 8, states that
General Sehwan’s column, consisting
6f the Thirteenth infantry, a battalion
of the Fourteenth, two troops of cav
alry, Captain Reilley’s battery of the
Fifth artillery and Lowe’s scouts, ad
vanced from Bacoor Sunday morning
and occupied Cavite Viejo and Nov
eleta.
-the American loss tvas three offi
cers and nine privates wounded, one
of the officers being mortally hurt.
The loss of the euemy is unknown,
but the bodies of three Filipinos were
seen.
There were two sharp fights near
Noveleta. Lowe’s Scouts first encoun
tered the enemy near Cavite Viejo and
soon put to flight, continuing
their advance.
Captain Saffold battalion of the Thir
teenth regiment, with two companies
of the Fourteenth and a number of
Tagalo scouts, came upon the enemy
in a strongly intrenched position on
the road between Cavite Niejo and
Noveleta. A fight lasting half an hour
followed, resulting in the enemy’s be
ing driven back. .•
The American forces sustained con
siderable losses in this engagement,
the men being shot from trenches and
shacks along the road.
The columns then pressed on to
Noveleta, which they found deserted.
The marines and naval forces co-op
erated with the troops. The gunboats
Wheeling, Petrel and Callao lay off
tho shore near Noveleta and threw
shells into that town and Santa Cruz
for an hour, preparing the way for the
aiarines to land.
BRYAN GWtEETS Jt’KINLEY.
Bath Appear In the Town of Canton,
111., tlie Same Dny.
Colonel W. J. Bryan sat directly be
hind President McKinley Friday after
noon at Canton, 111., while the presi
dent delivered a brief address to the
citizens of that town. A street fair
was in progress and Colonel Bryan had
been secured to deliver a two hours’
speech.
The Nebraskan was among the first
to gTect President McKinley as he left
the train and ascended the platform.
When the president concluded his ad
dress ha turned and heartily grasped
Colonel Bryan’s outstretched hand.
“Goodby, Mr. President,” said
Colonel Bryan, and the president re
sponded with a word of farewell. This
closed the short meeting between the
two former rivals of 1896, as the presi
dential train left immediately.
Colonel Bryan delivered his address
after the departure of the president.
VENEZUELANS AUK SATISFIED.
Over the Award Made by the Arbitration
Tribunal.
The award of the Anglo-Venezuelan
boundary arbitration tribunal was re
ceived at Caracas, Venezuela with sat
isfaction. The intelligent classes con
sider that the possesion of Bariina
Point will prove of great advantage to
Venezuela. President Andrae and the
newspapers generally welcome the
award.
Ancient Relic Collapses.
News has reached Cairo, Egypt, of
tho recent fall of nine oolumns of the
great hypostyle hall ot the Temple of
El-Karnak, built by Setec J, dynasty
XIX, one of the most magnificent and
celebrated relics of the architecture of
ancient Ecvpt.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY. — 41
Grocerie*.
Roasted coffee, Dutch Java, 100 lbs, $13.00.
Arbuekle $11.30, Lion and Levering SIO.SO
— all less 50c )>cr 1001 b cases, flreen coffee
choice 11c: fair tic: prims 73i'@8 / V <l - Bn
enr standard granulated, New York 5.13.
New Orleans New Orion a* white
Syrup, New Orleans open kettle 26®4e<:.
mixed sugar Italian 26®350.
Teas, black 50®G50; green 56® 655.
Rice, head choice S'.JfaSl. Knit, dai
ry sacks $1.15; do bbla. bulk $2.00; 160 3g
$2.75; Ice oream $1.25: tt3£7ou.
Cbewse, fall cream Mate Ims, 05a
45@50; 200s $1.50®L75; 3Oos Soda,
boxes 6c. Crackers, soda c; oream
tic: giagersaaiiß Candy, common stick
fanoy 12®14c. Ojrstors. F. W. $!.85
*1.75: L. W. sl.lO.
Flour, Grain and Usel.
Flour, all wheat first patent. $5.00: seeoad
M. 50; straight, $4.00; .xtra fancy
$3.60; fancy. $3.70; extra family. *2.85.
Cora, whit. 52e: mixed, s@o. Oats, white
4#o: mixed 36c; Texas rustproof 40c. Rye,
Georgia *I.OO. Hay, No. 1 timothy, largo
bales, B*e:No. 1, small bales,B9o; No. 2, 75 c;
Meal, plata, fOc; bolted 450. Wheat bran,
large sacks 90c; small sacks 90 e. Shorts sl.
Stock meol, 85c. Cotton seed moal SO * per
100 pounds. Grits $2.80 per bbl; $1.40 per
bag.
Country Prodnc*.
Eggs 14@15c in good demand. Butter, Fan
cy Georgia, !8®20:; ‘-holes 12Jf<E14c, dull;
fancy Tennessee 15® choice Live
poultry, chickens, hens 27>£'3>30e: spring
chickens, largo 13®20‘: medium 14'3 , 16c;
Ducks, puddle, 32fa,25: ; Peking 25®
bushel. Honey, strained 6®7e; in
the coinb 9faloc*. Onions, 65c fa)
75c rr lm.: s2.oofa 2.25 ner bbl. Cabbage,
(a |b. Beeswax 22, 1 4®25c. Dried fruit,
apples 6®70; peaches B®9c.
Provisions.
Clear ribs sides, boxed s%*'- half ribs,
5%i: rib bellies 63^; lee-cured bellies BJ£e.
Sugar-cured hams California Bc.
breakfast bacon Lard, beat quali
ty 7%C; second quality 6M®6%e; compound
sc.
Cotton.
Market closed steady; middling 6% to 7:
BLUE AND CRAY REUNION.
Veterans of Both Armies Gather
In Force at Evansville,
Indiana.
A'special from Evansville, Ind.,
says: The national reunion of the
blue and gray opened Tuesday at
Camp Farrugut to continue four days.
The program as arranged for the
opening session was not carried out
in its entirety, owing to the fact that
the platform arranged for tlie speakers
was not finished until late in the af
ternoon and some of the listed speak
ers did not arrive until evening, among
them Governor Mount, of Indiana.
Decorations stretched from all the
buildings in the business center of tho
city. Incoming trains brought 1,000
veteraus and visitors, who thronged
the streets. About 600 tents were
raised in the Tri-State fair grounds
for the accommodation of the vet
erans.
It was not until late in the afternoon
that the reunion was really begun.
Mayor William M. Aiken, Jr., wel
comed tlie blue and gray veterans, and
Captain J. H. Harris, of Nashville,
Tonn., responded.
The principal address of the dny
was delivered by Colonel Pollard B.
Hill, of Macon, Ga. He said in part:
“The majority of my comrades,
while rich in lagacies of valor, are
poor in this world’s goods. Though
poor we be, yet if there be any within
the sound of my voice who tremble at
the old rebel yell, though given in
honor of a uatioual event, and whose
slumbers are disturbed by visions of
hungry confederates feeding from the
public crib, rest in peace. That can
never be. We want no pensions from
the United States government and are
not entitled to them. No man can re
tain his self-respeet and accept that
not his due. Comrades in blue, we
want only your friendship and moral
support.
“At this moment there is hanging
over my beloved southland a pall as
black as night. The racial problem
confronting us calls for wise and able
statesmanship to solve. Many of our
people live in hourly dread of the
stealthy approach of the despoiling
fiend. You once gave us a heroic
dose, and it cured the patient. We
feel now that we shall not call in vain
for your aid. ”
After the speeches a dress parade of
the military organizations was held.
The evening was devoted to general
campfires of tho veterand at Camp
Farragut.
EDITORS IN COLLISION.
Cartoon Cunses Desperate Street Duel In
New Orleans,
Thero was a terrible street duel in
front of Newspaper Row on Camp
street, New Orleans, Tuesday after
noon between Dominick C. O’Malley
proprietor of the Evening Item and a
well-known promoter of sport, and C.
Harrison Parker, state tax collector,
chairman of the Democratic state cam
paign committee and editor-in-chief of
the Delta, the anti-lottery organ.
Both were seriously if not fatally
wounded. The trouble is said to have
originated over a cartoon in The Item
representing Colonel Parker as a little
dog beiug led by a string by Governor
Foster and labeled, “Me, Too.”
CHATTANOOGA ELECTS MAYOR.
Straight tout Republican Candidate Wins
ly iv Small Majority.
The issue in Chattanooga’s munici
pal election Tuesday was a city ordi
nance closing the saloons at 10 o’clock.
There were three candidates for mayor,
two indorsing the 10 o’clock law and
the straighlont Republicans opposing
it. Joseph Wassman, the straightout
Republican mayor, was elected by a
plurality of thirty-seven, the combined
Democrats and coalition vote being
2,435, the Republican vote being
1,432. The Democrats elected six out
of eight aldermen, two Democrats be
ing elected for the saloon closing or
dinance, the other six aldermen will
favor its modification.
Will Release Thirty Millions.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Vanderlip has issued an order antici
pating the November interest without
discount. The order also provides for
the anticipation of the entire fiscal
year’s interest at a discount of two
tenths of one per cent a month. If
this offer is taken advantage of it will
release about $30,000,000.
TROUBLES OF VENEZUELA.
Peace Negotiation* Fall Through and
Fighting Is Expected.
The state department has roceived
the following cablegram from the Uni
ted Statea minister to Venezuela, an
neuncing the failure of the peace ne
gotiations that have been in progress
for some days between the government
and the insurgents:
Cabaoas, October 10—Secrotary of
State, Washington: Negotiations sus
pended today. Venezuelan forces will
be advanced. A decisive battle fully
expected this week. Puerto Cabellu
quiet. “Loomis.”
AGAINST GOVERNOR JOHNSTON.
The Alabama State Democratic Executive
Committee Meet*.
The Alabama Democratic state ex
ecutive committee met in Birmingham
Tuesday, Chairman Robert Lowe pre
siding. All but four members of the
committee were present, attesting un
usual interest in the meeting. It de
veloped early in the meeting that the
majority of the committee was against
Governor Johnston. ,
It was decided to bold the next state
convention at Montgomery, as usual,
that city offering to defray the ex
nenses.
GREAT WAS CHICAGO TKS=
, - ’ JUtior
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McKinley Lays Corner=Stone of Magnificent
Federal Building.
DEPENDS ON STATE
Georgia Will Be Asked to Build
Atlanta’s Car Shed.
GOES BEFORE THE NEXT LEGISLATURE
President Tliomafi Says Hoads Are Not
Only Willing, But Anxious to
Do SometWiiK.
The Georgia state railroad commis
sion and tho railroads held a confer
ence in executive session Monday at
the capitol.
The plan now proposed is for the
stnte of Georgia to build a union pas
senger station for Atlanta.
After figuring on it for a year, the
railroads have thrown up the job. They
say they cannot agree on a plan, and
they are willing for the state to try.
It is certain that some legislation
will be undertaken looking to that
end. An effort will bo made to get n
bill through the legislature creating a
commission and appropriating money
to pay for the work.
Governor Caudlor is expected to
recommend something of the kind.
The state railroad commission will
recommend it in its annuni report, and
tho Western and Atlantic’s special at
torney, Colonel Brown will urge it iu
his report.
The state is iu a position to build a
new station and make money by the
operation, if the roads will agree to
use it for thirty years.
The roads may hesitate on that point.
It is not a sure thing that the legisla
ture will consider it advisable to build,
but the proposition will be strongly
backed. President Thomas favors this
plan.
In his written statement presented
at Monday’s conference, President
Thomas said that the railroad man
agers are “not only willing, but anxi
ous to build a commodious station,
provided the complications surround
ing the prest nt location can be satis
factorily adjusted.”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
IJ*t of New Industrie* E*tabllhe(i the
Bunt Week.
The more important of the now
industries reported during the
week October 7 include a bag
ging factory in Texas; brick works in
Alabama; a construction company in
East Tennessee; a cornice works in
Alabama; three cotton mills in North
Carolina; electric light plants in Ala
bama, Tennessee ad Virginia; a fur
uituro factory in North Carolina: a
handle factory in Alabama; hardware
companies in Georgia and Louisiana;
a heading factory in Tennessee; irou
mines iu Alabama; a 375,000 lumber
mill (rebuilt) in Fust. Texas; r, knit
ting mill in Alabama; m>! WirS in
North Carolina; a 3100,000 naval
stores company in Florida; paint
works in Virginia; a sash, door and
blind factory in Alabama; a sugar re
finery iu Florida; a $200,000 tobacco
stemmery iu Kentucky; a .twine aud
plow line mill in Nortli Carolina.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
BRYAN MUCH BETTER.
Nobrimliiiii I;-h|>oik1h To Inquiry As To
Hi* Condition.
In reply to the telegraphic inquiry
Monday as to his condition, Hon. W.
J. Bryan replied ns follows from Web
ster, la., where he is stopping with
non. Fred White, tho Democratic can
didate for governor of that state:
“My condition was not serious and
lam much better today. I expect to
be able to resume my tour tomorrow.”
Forty Browned In Floods.
Forty persons are reported ns drown
ed, according to a special dispatch from
Naples, by Hoods following severe
raiuf, in the province of Salerae. A
number of small villages and factories
have been destroyed.
Transvaal Refugees.
Eigbteea hundred refugees arrived
in Cape Town Sunday and Monday.
The women and children who make up
part of this number are suffering ter
ribly from the effects of their long
journey. It is calcnlated that nearly
45,000 others of the same class are left
in the Rand.
Yeung Vanderbilt Homeward Hound.
The steamer City of Peking from
Hong Kong and Yokohama, reached
San Francisco Monday night. On
board the Peking is Alfred G. Van
derbilt, who wili be rushed to his
home on a special train as soon as he
is permitted to land from the steamer.
TEN REGIMENTS RECRUITED
And Will Be Tranaported to the Philip
pine I*!and at Once.
Ten of the volunteer regiments last
called out have recruited their full
quota of men and will be immediately
prepared for transportation to the
Philippines. These regiments are
numbered from the Thirly-eighth to
the Forty-seventh inclusive, aud em
braces all the white regiments last
authorized.
THOUSANDS THEN APPLAUDED.
Three Nations Represented—Day
Ended With Great
Banquet.
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A Chicago special says: Surround
ed by men who guide the diplomatio
relations of three governments, and in
the presence of thousands of specta
tors, President McKinley formally
laid tho corner stoue of the magnifi
cent new federal building of Chicago
Monday morning. In the angle form
ed by the south and west wings of the
federal building at Jackson boulevard
and Dearborn street, and in front of
the Union League Club, n reviewing
stand had been erected for the accom
modation of tho distinguished visitors,
including Vice President Mariscal and
party, of Mexico; Premier Laurier, of
Canada, and other notnbles of that
country; members of President Mc-
Kinley’s cabinet and the diplomatic
corps at Washington; senators, con
gressmen and other invited guests,and
when President McKinley threw the
first trowel full of mortar under the
uplifted block of limestone and pro
nounced the corner stone set, one of
the most notable gatherings ever in
Chicago looked on.
The president received a liearty ova
tion ns he drove to the stand. Judge
Christian C. Kohlsnat, chairman of
tho committee on ceremonies, intro
duced Secretary of the Treasury Ly
man J. Gage as presiding officer for
the corner stone exercises. The sec
retary was warmly cheered ns he
stepped forward. At the conclusion
of Secretary Gago’s brief address,
Rev. Frank Gonzuulus offered a brief
but impressive prnyer, tlie president
and nil the members of his party un
covering as Dr. Gonznulus asked a
blessing on tho ceremony.
The actual ceremonies of the laying
of the corner stone then began. 0. E,
Ivremer, of the federal committee,
arose and formally announced that
the stone was ready, and read the list
of articles placed within it. President
McKinley was introduced by Secretary
Gage, and as he stepppd forward to
receive tlie trowel from the hands of
the nrchitoct, Henry Ives Cobb, the
crowd burst forth into cheers, tho ap
plause not ceasing until the president
raised his hand.
The president then stepped to the
side of the uplifted mass of Illinois
limestone and, taking a trowel fill of
mortar from the board, he threw it on
the base of the stone. As he did so a
band stationed in the reviewing stand
played the “Star Spangled Banner,”
aud as the notes of the national an
them M'O heard the crowd broke into
cheers, the noise almost drowning tho
music. President McKinley then pro
nounced the stone set and resumed
his seat while the workmen sqttlod the
stone in its pine*. >
Senator YVillinta E. Mason was next
introduced and made a brief address
Oil behalf of tbe city of Chicago. The
ceremonios concluded with the offer
ing of a benediction by Rev. Dr. Gon
zaulus. President McKinley nnd
party then arose and were again es
corted across the boulevard to the
Union League Club, where the presi
dent was the guost of the federal com
mittee at lnnckeon. S
Chicago I>ay Hitnquet. ■.
Chicago’s great auditorium, which
has been the scene of so many notable
events, never had a greater gathering
than Monday night, when the Chicago
Day banquet was held within its walls
under the auspices of the hall festival
committee. The great stage upon
which 1,000 people can easily find
standing room, had been enlarged,
and a great floor built out over the
seats of the parquette, quadrupling
the floor space of the stage.
Tho balconies were resplendent witfi
banners, and tlje coats of arms of all
tho states in the union, and groupings
of American, British and Mexican
flags adorned an elaborate peace arob.
The president, who was the guest
of honor, sat at a raised table on the
right of Melville E. Stone, the toast
master.
FLORIDA EDITOR SHOT DEAD.
Mnrrhiuit Frank at Went Palm Hunch
Kills C. M. Gardner.
C. M. Gardner,editor and publisher
of Our Sunny Land, of Miami, Fla.,
was killed at West Palm Beach Mon
day afternoon by Marcus Frank, man
ager of a store there.
A dispatch says that Gardner, who
had arrived on a morning train, be
came involved in a quarrel with Frank
regarding the publication in Gardner’s
paper of an article in which Frank’s
mother was mentioned. The quarrel
ended in Frank’s shooting the editor.
The slayer was arrested. A coroner’*
jury recommended that he be held for
trial.
DEIVEY OFF FOR VERMONT.
Admiral Visit* ni* Nati? State With
Party of Friend*.
Admiral Dewey and jiarty of friends
left Washington Monday night for
Vermont, where he is to be the guest
of Dr. Seward Webb. The party,
which occupied a special train, inclu
ded in addition to the admiral, his
aids, Lieutenants Caldwell and Brum
by, Dr. Webb, Governor Smji#! of Ver
mont and the his
Chinese servant. I