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Show piRtiR.iiiiT.j ! lis PrssiAsat A raw at Si J acd a' i Sterna by w latliasiaata J l Pjpnlace, j ES XjflW THE CITT3 313 TO ST. Cajs Tiit An Sot to be Eespisei Pra-grafflaftbeCaiaf Pra-grafflaftbeCaiaf Eswati7'i Jaiai to tad Wast. j Atchtsov, K.iB.,Oit, 111 Th presi-eent presi-eent arose r!y thia morning, asd , when St. J iseph was approaohei he i and his party had only time to hisu'y taite a cup of Ijefont entering th city. At the anion depot a ro,me a.- crowd was assembled, eutupictiotta la ; the assemblage wis th Custer post of j the grand army of the republic, which, I drawn up in line, made a piissugit way I for the president and acted as escort ' uaul ca neighboring hotel waa reai-hed, when the public reeept.oa ; was held. As th president and Secretary Trscy ! appear-d on the balcony in front of th ' hotel. Colonel A. C. Dawes, gimeral j passenger agent of the Hanmbul and t Sc. Joseph railroad. Introduced them ia i a short speech, which was received with chers by the cowd j The president thanked the ernwd for ! iis cordial welcome. In th court of' his remarks he said. "Many jean ajo I read of St. Jowph. t kaow mm j thing of iu history. When ; iastea.1 of beiu a raiiroitd city it was a pla: for outritting those slow and toilsome trains th-it born the early pioneers, toward California and the far west. Those days wer days not to be despised. Those means of cmr.iuunieaiioa were slow, hat they bore men ami women full of courage and patience to do for as on the Pacific coas t, aad ia th great west the work of peaceful eonquest that has added no greatly to th glory and prosperity of our country. "W are her a American cuuens, nut .is partisans. W are here a com r uis of the late war. or If them b those who fought under the other 6a-ner 6a-ner for what teemed to them right wa are here to say to one aad all that Cod knew what was best for th.s country coun-try when h east the issa ia faor of the onioo aad eonstUut'.oa." Applause. Ap-plause. At th eouciusiott of the president's remarks, the party returned to th rotunda ro-tunda of th d -pot, where the president shook hands with, th crowd a they filed through. , At T 30 o'clock the tr-tin pulled oit f St. Joseph amid the chwringof th crowd, and th rua to Athsoo was made without incident beyond th cheers of the crowds at th depots as the train went by. Atchison was reached at S sV5. A Urge crowd bad assembled. |