Show ii oL 1 STORM OF ROSE lEAVES 5 II j President Covered With 55 Soft I Petals Thrown by Ladies l II I i 1 HE VIEWS FLOWER PARADE S at the Los An i Witnesses the March gclcs Carnival Thousands of People I Magistrate la Demonstration Chief I pIe Give II in Southern California t I onstration Ei CityPresident Visits National Monica Soldiors Homo Near Santa l Spcalts to Old Comrades Journey S I S I Northward Begun SI Cal ny1Yrom a I Los Angeles 1 broad blue canopied paVHIon surrounded I Cabi mcmber ots rounded by the I net the Governor of Ohip l A t1I1 nwny l PicMdont Mo notables of many States t revJowcd ttie floiallpa Klnlcytoffoj rad of the Los Angeles carplyal ii < I h The city was padsed tho doore The population f Los Angeles according I Is r 100000 but the I h to the c gUsis over streets must have held almosf uvicc I I nil I that nUmbcrilodai Pasadena Santa I Monica and other neighboring towns LMK L In southern California were literally o I H K I depopulated I LIKE PJSNNSWAJANJA AVBNUK 1 The scenes oa Broahvay where 11 11j 11d the reviewing stand was located resembled j d I re-sembled Pennsylvania avenue In f Washington on the day of an inaugu i V ration parade Every facade namcu 11 with bunting and pampas grass L plumes red gre < id and orange the p colors of the fiesta prevailing terraced I I ter-raced stands of people the windows 1 I walled In with them the sidewalks to S 1 the roped street packed with them I I like sardines in a box Mrs McKJnlcy I I did not witness the show but she I I 1 I drove along Broadway and received I I tho plaudts of the multitude Just before 1 I t 11 I be-fore the procession appeared I I h PRESIDENT IN OPEN CARRIAGE J I The President rode at the 2 head of the parade In an open carriage drawn I by six spirited milkwhite horses with I yellow satin harness At the head I of each horse walked a Spanish caballero S I ca-ballero in green velvet with much S I gold braid about his bolero The carriage I car-riage was a mass of white carnations II J I and yelow coreopsis blossoms A t 1 troop of cavalry with vellow horsehair plumca waving above their helmets t t J II wreaths of flowers across their L shoulders and blanket rolls of red 1 1 I tarnations behind their saddles headed I by a band playing the Star Spangled I Banner preceded the carriage of timeS time-S t I Chief Magistrate to the reviewing i I stand I f r 1 SALUTED BY LADIES I j I As ciich carriage reached the reviewing f i re-viewing stand ladies in it arose and k I smiling saluted the President with J I deep curtsies The President was kept l on his feet most of the time returning t I re-turning these charming greetings He t apparently enjoyed the experience f I hugely Each lady carried a bag of rose leaves for use as confetti and J after saluting the President she threw I a handful of soft petals into J his box I r I Before the parade wag over ho was J I ankle deep In rose leaves S VISIT TO SOLDIERS HOME I This afternoon the ladles of the Presidents party went to Pasadena and took a drive there while the President I Presi-dent made a trip to the National I t Soldiers Home near Santa MonJca I J It Is eighteen miles distant and he t made the journey in electric cars II S Three thousand oC the Presidents old l comrades of the Civil war greeted him there The old soldiers gave the I President a remarkable demonstration J Ho was Introduced by the Governor of I I I the home and spoke as follows I PRESIDENT TALKS COMRADES II S 2Jy Comrades am very glad to meet II I you all here in this beautiful home pro t 7 1 vided by the Government of the United States which you served so well in time of war where you can ond peacefully and with reposo tho later clays of your lives There is no relation except that I of home and family so close and intimate I I and sacred as that of comradeship ir I war And then remember that wo were U I not only soldiers serving In tho same i riry but that wo wero serving for one I I of the noblest causes that ever engaged I I 51 mankindthat of the preservation of I I I this Republic there Is an added sanctity to our relations from 61 to G5 1 I nm hero to tell my comrades of 61 I that I hap only within he last week ii passed through battlefields upon which BO many of you fought and upon which II so many of your comrades fell ALL LOR THE OLD FLAG S triam hcrtfto tell you that on those bat i tlefields and in tho Southern cities and I towns through which I pined thoso who I bid i ni10 warm welcome and those asso j I ciated with mo were the men who wore I your foes forty years agofrlends now marching sldo by sllle Yis they did with 1 the Grand Army of the dpnbllc to give t mo greetingall nOw hivlug opo faith ono hope ono aspiration ono > dcatlny I and all loving the same old flag 4 7 I never meet my comrades that I do not recall how many Of them m tire no 3 onger with us They have gone who I v L50 great bone bu k nothing can I bereave them of the force thoy > made I their own being here and wo know they 4 are far advanced and that they wear a i I purer crown than any man can weave them They sleep today in thoso silent I tents that never are to bo openedthe tents that outward swing Thus our d comrades are sleeping sleeping when they fell falling for tho holiest cause for which men could light I PICKPOCKETS AT WORK Considerable excitement was caused by the discovery after the speaking S that a pickpocket who had been at work In the crowd had relieved two of the members of the party Secrp mary Wilson and Col Charles A Moore of their pocketbooks Later the thief S was arrested Several pocketbooks S were found on his person a gOld nugget which Mr Moores son had S S I obtained at the Congress mine In Arizona and SecroUiry Wlllon I poekebook l which contained ms 1 AJIC unei proved to be i well a plcketpocket i known to the police 55 I RECEIVED GOY NASH Upon his lCluln tOLoLAl1g 1 I le lote thIs afternoon thC PPcshleujt trecelCd Gov Nash and the Qhlq ConJr ciSionl1 delegation at the hot J There VU no U1lIc function hI Pie ecn1t1S 55 3resident The und YLclcintey dined at the residence Q iIomcr Lauglihln S Time President and nienubs oC ghlln his rally TeUICd h1 their train tonight S and will leave at G oOlock lamorro S morning for Dol lr tile whiei they will spend Sunday stops wril be rnmaxje on the at way Ventura Santa Bilr1 S aud San Luis Obispo Bara VISITS MRS FREMONT I I One of the most notable Incidents the clay waa a visit paid by Prqslcient of McKinley to Mrs Josslo 3entQIj lrrc mont mont the aged widow of Gen S John c Fremont Mrs Fremont was Injured In an accident about a a Jico year which time ago since S she has been an Invalid Tho I Presldcut spent a quarter of an hOllr JnGcrJous conversation with her I at her hOme I |