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XMJi 'I VWmXWnfis, MiSSSEN (xBKi FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 1905. GUEST OF ALABAMA! ration in ! lire 3 Cities Was i rnnlial GREETED BY 'E CROWDS The President Visited Montgomery, Tuskegee and Birmingham. Everywhere the Most Cordial Recep tion Was Given Ilim Several Speeches Delivered That Ileceivcd Great Applause A Short Visit Made to Iiooker Washington's School. Addressed a Great Throne: in the Shadow of the First Caoltol of the Confederacy Begins the Trip to Little Hock. P.irmingham, Ala., October 24. President Roosevelt concluded a stren uous day in Alabama by a two-hours visit to IMrniingham, where his recep tion in keeping with those given him at Montgomery and Tuskegee, was hearty and soul-stirring. His day be gan at 7 o'clock when the special train left Montgomery for Tuskegee. Visits to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial college, were d-owded into a little less than two hours, and the noon hour had ped from his car in Montgomery. Here he spoke to a great throng under the shadow of the confederacy's first capi tol, and was on his way again sharply at 2 o'clock. A few minutes before 5, the President was the guest of Iir mingham, and until his train left at 0:45 p. m., on the night run to Little Itoek, the Presidentpvas cheered at every turn. The day was unmarred by any special incidents save at Bir mingham. Here at the corner of Fifth avenue and 20th street, an intoxicated man in his excitement dropped a pistol from his iocket on the pavement. The President saw fiie incident and called the attention of officers to the man. who was immediately arrested. GIVKX GREAT OVATIOX Birmingham People are Enthusiastic in Their Reception of the President. Enormous Crowd Hears Speech at Fair Grounds. Birmingham. Ala., October 24. The President's train arrived in Birming ham promptly on time. Mayor George B. Ward, surrounded bv1 a reception committee delivered the formal ad dress of welcome at the station, and immediately afterward the party en tered carriages and began the march to Capital Park, eight squares distant. The ovation to the President was con tinuous, and he stood in his carriage the hole way. acknowledging the outbursts of enthusiasm. A pretty incident at the close of the march was when the President aslced the name of the lady riding at the side of his carriage. Miss Sammue Harris was sponsor for Troop D.. one of the local cavalry organizations. The President was introduced to her by Mavor WTard. and as he reached over to shake her hand he crowded the mavor. Excusing himself he said: "I would run over a man any time to shake hands with a lady." At Capitol Park under the glamor of thousands of electric lights the par tv entered the speaker's stand. Gen erai Rufus N. Rhodes, editor of the Birmingham Xews, welcomed the President on behalf of the citizens of Birmingham. Following the President's speech ex-Governor Joseph F. Johnson spoke in behalf of Camp Hardee. United Confederate Veterans, and presented to the President several young ladies. descendants of Confederate soldiers and sponsors and maids of honor, who presented to the President a badge from the camp. "We do this to express to you our respect for the President of the United States." said the governor. "Our con fidence in the courage, unsectional patriotism and generous impulses of Theodore Roosevelt, and in apprecia tion of your many kindnesses to Con federate veterans and especially for the unsought honor recently conferred upon the members of the camp. "We present this too. sir. because we believe that you come nearer stan ding for the ideals that have inspired our lives than any President that we have had since the war. Had we been born north of Mason's and Dixon's line. Mr. President, many of us in the, war between the states, might have followed th flag of our fathers, the Stars and Stripes, but we are sure that had you been born nty vears ear lier and in Georgia, where you should have been born you would have been a gallant leader of a brigade under Forest or Stuart." From Capital Park the party went to Third avenue and 20th street, and boarded a special electric train and proceeded to the Alabama state fair grounds. At the grounds the Presi dent was introduced by T. H. Holton. president of the Birmingham Com mercial Club. The Crowd at the fair was also enormous and Greeted the President enthusiastically as he arose to speak: From the fair grounds the Presidsnt returned to the city and the special train left for Memphis at 7:30 o'clock. TWO HOURS AT MONTGOMERY. Warm Welcome Given by the Citi zens of the First Capital of the Con f ederacy. . Montgomery, Ala., October 24. Amidst the- booming of cannon, blow UUiUIUI ing of whistles and the., cheering of I many thousands of people. President! tAAnAl.Ali . 1 ,1 I . . I nwsccu aiucu nere promptly atl noon, from Tuskegee, and became :be guest of the people of the first capital' of the Confederacy. The general reception-committee was headed by Governor Jelks, Mayor Teague 'and: Judge J. B. Gaston, and met the party. After a few preliminaries the pa-j rude moved from the depot. The pa-1 iriatic sentiment of the people was exessed every where by the floating of TQags and tri-colored bunting, anJ thousands of cheers went up as the President's carriage moved off from the union station, followed by the rivie and mlHfirv i-toroHa t .i,A was through the principal streets to' me capitoi where a platform had been 1 erected in front of the historic old building, and .within a few feet of the spot where Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as the first Presi dent of the Confederacy. The wel come to the President was cordial and enthusiastic. The President seemei pleased with his reception. At the capitoi the President was wel comed on behalf of the city by Con gressman Wiley. Governor Jelks de livered the address of welcome for the state and introduced the President. The President spoke briefly. He expressed appreciation of the hearty welcome especially since it came from the first capital of the Confederacy. He touched upon the building of the isthmian canal, and what it meant to the people of the south. The cotton questiou was also taken up by the President and he said it was one of the country's most important exports. "I am glad to see so many children," said the President. "As you know 1 believe in children. I like your stock and want it kept up." The subjeccs touched upon by the President were civic pride, self government and so cial duty. Of cotton the President said: "The whole nation is concerned in the welfare of the cotton growers. It Is not only important for Alabama and the rest of the gulf states, it is -important for the entire union, because it is the cotton crop which determines the abalance of trade as being in favor of this nation. Whatever is the busi ness of any part of this nation, the trade of the entire nation and the nat ional government are bound to do eve rything possible in the interest of hs cotton growers to preserve your mar kets, to do everything that can possi bly be done "to see that the demand for cotton, the natural demand for cot ton abroad is kept up, and is met here under fair conditions by our own peo ple. "Probably no state in this union is moreinterested in the building of wnat is to be the greatest engineering feat the world has yet seen, the building of the Isthmian canal. The cotton crop largely goes to . Asia, and of course the canal greatly shortens the route. Our influence in the Orient must be kept at such a pitch that it will insure our being able to guaran tee fair treatment to our merchants and manufacturers in the markets of China. We must insist upon - having iair treatment , ana as a step toward getting it we must give fair treatment in return. I would demand that on ethical grounds alone. I would de mand it also on grounds of self in terest." ADDRESSES COLLEGE STUDENTS Unique Scene Presented at the Ala bama Conference Female School A Visit to Tuskegee Institute. Tuskegee, Ala., October 24. Presi dent Roosevelt arrived in Tuskegee at 8:30 o'clock thjs morning, his train be ing on time. The city was beautifully decorated. A number of arches, the foundation of which were made ot bales of cotton, had been erected and covered with bunting. The platform from which the President spoke to the people of the city was made from $30,- 000 worth of cotton in original bales. The President was met at his train by a reception committee, among whom were Mayor O. S. Lewis and Dr. John Massey, president of the Alabama Con ference Female college. Escorted by a company of state militia, the President was driven to the college, which repre sented a typical southern scene. Cot ton had been transplanted in long rows and two old southern negroes with cot ton pickers sacks on their shoulders were engaged in picking the staple from the plants. Several baskets of cotton were scattered about the field The President was greeted at the col lege grounds by the students and pub lie school children. ' He then addressed the students. At the conclusion of his address the President left for Tuskegee institute The President's train was brought di rectly into the grounds of the institute over its private track. The President was received by Principal Booker T. Washington and members of the institute board of trus tees and faculty. He then entered a carriage made by the students of the school, drawn by horses raised at the school, and driven by a student .in the school uniform. The party proceeded immediately to an elaborately decorat ed stand, in front of the office building, surmounted by the President's flag. From this point he viewed the educa tional and industrial parade upon the preparation of which the students and, faculty have been at work for several weeks. -This parade was headed by the institute band, led by Bandmaster Elbert B. Williams, of the 'Ninth United States Cavalry, who had been detailed to Tuskegee by the par de partment. Then came 1,500 students of the school in -two divisions; the young , men uniformed in blue suits, with brass buttons, white gloves and cadet caps. The youngwomen wear ing blue dresses trimmed with red braid and wearing blue straw braid hats followed, each bearing a stalk of sugar cane topped with a cotton ball, all raised in the school's agricultural experiment station.' Legally on die New York City Ticket. - New York, Oct. 24. A decision that the municipal owenrship leagues can didates are legally on the New York city ticket and entitled to their emblem of a pair of scales was rendered today by Justice Maddox at the special term supreme court in Brooklyn. -11 I 0 I 1 I I I 9 I Social Tea Biscuit Just the thing to offer with an afternoon cup of tea or chocolate or coffee. In fact, they're good to eat most any time just for the pleasure of it. .Sweet and slightly flavored with ranilla. SOLUTION OF TIN! INCIDENT United States Interferes in Franco Venezuelan Dispute. FRANCE IS ALL READY TO ACT Minister Russell Commissioned to En deavor to Arrange the Incident. The Washington Government Feels That President Castro Is in the W'rons Action May Avert Further Trouble. Caracas, Venezuela, October 24. The government at Washington has commissioned the American minister, Mr. Russell, to endeavor to arrange the Franco-Venezuelan diplomatic inci dent. Mr. Russell will go to Los Tes quest today and have an interview with President Castro. Washington, October 24. Pending the result of Mr. Russell's interview with President Castro, the state de partment will not discuss its nature. It should be understood however, that be will continue jhis efforts to a possi ble assistance in the solution of the Taigny incident, involving President Castro's alleged discourteous treatment of the French minister at Caracas. The Washington government feels that President Castro made a mistake in this matter. At .the French, embassy the follow ing authoritative statement was made: "We are extremely happy to hear of the very kind intervention of the Unit ed States. And the news of the inter vention seems to us all the better be cause it will, without any doubt, enable President Castro to realize the error made by his minister of foreign affairs and probably will hare the result that France shall not have to take recourse to such methods as she would dislike very much- to use but for which, in case of need, all preparations have been made." STRIKE OX ALL RAILWAYS Eight Thousand Railway Men Take Decisive Action Present Addresses Demanding Political Reforms Witte Advises the Deputations. St. Petersburg, October 24. At a meeting- o 8,000 railway men held in the university tonight it was decided to declare a strike on all the railways operating in St. Petersburgj beglning tomorrow. Itdso was decided at the meetirig io send deputations to Prince HHkoff, minister of railways, and Count Witte, presidentof the commit tee of irinisters, and present to them 0 orlrade Gommon crackers and wafers fingered from the time they leave the bakery until you get them in a paper bag or the Biscuit, Crackers and Wafers baked by the NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY and packed in a pack age with all their oven flavor, delicious freshness and high quality ? Which hill ' YOU habe ? If you want to answer this question onceandforall, try a packageof eitherof the three delights mentioned below: Butter Thin Biscuit A crisp, light, dessert bis cuit, rich and satisfying, served as something out of the ordinary. If you really want a biscuit that's partic ularly nice, try a package. Ever after you will be guided by the In-er-seal Trade Mark in red arid white, on' each end of a package, whenever and wherever you buy Biscuit, Crackers atid Wafers. ' ! NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY A addresses demanding political reforms, included among them the convocation of constituent assembly elected by di rect universal suffrage. The deputa tions could not find Prince Hilkoff, but were received by Count Witte, who pointed out that the address contained ; many demands which would not be re alized in any country, and also many whicif were worthy of attention. He said that a constituent assembly was quite impossible, and contended that ; suffrage and other political demands had "nothing to do with the question of the railroads. The count promised , that liberty of meeting and of the press would be promptly granted. He ad- : vised" the men to end the strike and s peaceably formulate their demands. REPLY TO TEXTILE UXIOX Manufacturers Association Deny Re- j quest for Restoration of Cut in ! Wacres Instead of Plr.n Recently ? Offered by Them. Fall River, Mass., October 24. Tha ' reply of the Manufacturers' Associa tion denying the request of the textile union for a complete restoring of the 12 1-2 per cent- cut in wages of July, 1904, instead of the part increased and part pronlt sharing plan, proposed by the manufacturers, was made public 10 day. The letter to the textile union says: "The profit sharing offer is designed to give to the operatives automatical ly and without agitation such advance f rpm month to month as the margin will warrant. "The manufacturers feel that free dom from constant agitation and fre quent changes in the wage schedule is absolutely necessary if business is to be successfully carried on in this city and after long ana careful considera tion they believe the plan outlined by them will accomplish this much to be the desired end." AYCOCK LX BALTIMORE Makes Address at Opening Jf the Local Democratic Campaign. Baltimore October 24, The local Democratic campaign was opened to night with a meeting at the Lyric, which was Jammed by an extremely en thusiastic audience which Included in unusually large number of ladies. Ex Governor CharleB. Aycock. of North Carolina, was the chief speaker. At tacking the arshimonts of the cdpo nents of the proposed disfriachise ment amendment to the state consti tution, he declared that only the r e nroes would lose their votes, that in his own state not a single white man had been deprived of the? f ranch lee. and he declared emphatically that should the amendment pass no white man in Maryland would have his ? oto taken from him. "The truth Is." he said, "that you cannot disfranchise the white man anywhere except in the good old rad ical city of Philadelphia." again speak ing from experience, he said, "remove the negro and you remove bosslsmv John P. Poe of this "city, the reput ed author of the proposed amendment also made an address. . fWet Mark Mark Graham Crackers So different from the ordi nary Graham Crackers different in baking differ ent in flavor different in packing. More palatable more satisfying more nutritious. Made of the urest Graham flour and aked in a manner that only the National Biscuit Company knows. L VIEW OF One of Consulting Engineers Writes on Canal Conditions. WILL RE COMPLETED BY 1015 When the Organization is Perfected There Will be 21.000 Men Required. Application of the 8-1 lour I jaw Re garded as a Great Mistake Food Provided for Workmen is Siwkcn Highly of. Washington, October 24. Isham Randolph, one of the members of the board of consulting engineers for the Panama 'anal, has written a letter to Zina R. Carter, president of the san itary district of Chicago, in which he discusses canal conditions. ,The Isth mian canal commissioD made the leuor public today. Mr. Randolph says b expects the canal to be completed be fore 1915. The work of preparation he says is going on speedily and wacn the equipment is on hand and the or ganization perfected, at least 24,'., men will be required on the cana: Much of the present labor is wortnie$s, because the demand is larger than .ho supply, ihe application of the tnu: system to the cacai regards d3 a lamentable mistake, and will add about 25 per cent to the cost of laoor. Mr. Randolph' says the whole line i "clutierei up witn abandoned French machinery,' whicn cost about $30,000, 000 and is now valueless. He declares that any statement foreshadowing uu report of the consulting engineer "can be set down as the manufacture of news mdngers." Mr. Randolph has recently returned from a visit to Pan ama with other members of the tXMra and nis opinions are interesting nd in view of the publication of the let ter by the commission may be con sidered semi-omciai. In the course or his letter Mr. Randolph says: "What we do know is that it can be done; that Americans, can do it; an that in as short a time as so stupen dous an undertaking can be put through. We do know that almost limitless resources await the demand of the builders; that the builders lep- resent the highest grade of American engineering talent, led on by a man whose record of accomplishment Is "but rhe earnest of the things that he shall do." Hence we may reasonably look for the passage of the great ocean freighters from the Caribbean to the,. Pacific before our calendars are headed How much before, this deponsnt fcayeth not. This is no easy triumph. for tee builders who must contenJ 4 with and overcome difficulties not en countered in our temperate zone." 'I .Mr. Randolph speaks highly, of the food provided for the workmen and ' says the hospitals area Just eoutco of pride. ' j SITUATION fo j Jo j I I L- I 01 lot FRANK CLYDE'S TIL(JIC DEATH lAtyt His ISalancc and I-VI I Under a Moving Train. His Ilody IkMnc Ter ribly Mangled Was Vice President of ihe Clyde Jfu-ainhhip Co. Philadelphia, OWober 21. IJflng 1 is balance as he was altout to board a westlKuiid train which was ap-" proaching the Fifty-second street sta tion of the Pennsylvania railroad to day, II. Frank Clyde, vice president of the William P. Clyde steamship com pany, and millionaire (iubrnan. waa dragged under the wheels of the loco motive and instantly killed. Ills body was terribly mangled, and his face was crushed ln'yond recognition, identifica tion being made by means of a tailor's label on the clothing ..Inuring Mr. Clyde's name. Whilt the unfortunate man's ldy wavleitig extrh-ated from the forward truck of the car under which It had been wedged, Mr. Clyde, unaware of the tragic ending of her husbands Hfe, paused the scene of the accident on a train turning to thi city from Iiryn Mawr, n ftiburb, whero Mr. Clyde was lound when he met hl death. Mr Clyde maintained a city resTlcuce, but spent much of his time at bin coun try home where ho bad an extensive stock farm. lie was Tft years old, and was married but three months ago to Mrs. inoomfield Mcllvalne. He was well known in business, soda! and club circles. Mr. Clyde had been In West Phila delphia on business and was on his way to his country seat near Bryn MawtL When the train approached the station he walked to the edge cf the platform and stood facing the track, with one hand extended In or der io grasp the hall rail of the car. Apparently finding himself too close to the engine ne attempted to step back, but Instead, fell forward. The piston box struck him, and carried aim under the wheeis of the locomotive. The drivers passed over him. and his clothing caught in the forward track of the first car. Mr. Clyde left "his home In this ctty last night after dinner, saying be was going to his country place near Bryn Mawr. Mrs. Clyde went to Bryn Mawr today to meet him and 'not finding him returned to the city. She is prostrated. William P. Clyde, his brother, will arrive tomorrow In New York en the steamship Oceanic from LJverpoo', Reception to Officers and Men of tluy Combined Fleet. Toklo. October 24. Noon: Tokia's reception today to officers and men from the combined fleet was a most notable affair. The day was extremely fine and the piMic enthusiasm was unparalelled. The nrocesslon moved" from the Shimbashnl railroad station at Uyeno park, along the crowded streets. The , air was rent with thun derous cheers. Admiral Togo's car riage was profusely - decorted with flowers and the public feeling toward" him was next in warmth to that ehownr the emperor.