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Show 5rzEcn.;iA:;!::o c:i .INDIANAPOLIS, June 5. The President's Presi-dent's special arrived at Indlanapol! at 9;03 last night.. A drizzling rain did not prevent 5000 people from gathering to greet him. The Marion club, headed by Mayor Bookwalter, acted as the formal reception committee, and Gov. Durbln also was at tha union station awaiting the President. -Senator reverldge was ( on the train. There was a continuous burst of. enthusiastic cheers w hen the President appeared . fresh and smiling from his 14,000-mile trip. With the President walked Senator Beverldge. Mayor Bookwalter Introduced the President, Presi-dent, who made a brief ppech. outlining out-lining his well-known principles of expansion, ex-pansion, foreign relations and the strengthening of the navy. An incident that was . noted during the speech was when, from an overlooking overlook-ing window, some one shouted, "The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen is for Roosevelt." The President smlied and replied: ,"1 know It I feel that Indiana is solid for me." Following his brief address the President was escorted to the train amid cheers, and from the rear platform waved his adieu fifteen minutes from the time the train pulled Into the station. Stop at Danville. ' At Danville. 111.,", last evening, notwithstanding not-withstanding the inclement weather, he was greeted by a large crowd. The train was here for but twenty minutes, and at o'clock his train left for Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, from Whence it will go direct di-rect to Washington. The last day of the trip was in a measure an easy one. Stops were made only at Lincoln, Springfield. Decatur and DanvlllC. - The President last evening was the guest at dinner of the members of his party. Dinner was served in the dining car Gllsey, the guests besides the President Presi-dent being Secretary Wilson. Secretary Loeb, Senator Beverldge and Surgeon-General Surgeon-General Rixey. In Lincoln's Old House. President Roosevelt spent four hours in Springfield, during which time he dedicated the new State arsenal and armory erected at a cost of $150,000, donated do-nated by the citizens of Springfield, and addressed the Lincoln-McKlnley Veteran Vet-eran Volunteers' association at Lincoln monument. After greeting the veterans' association, the President said: It seems to me eminently lifting thai the guard around the tomb of Lincoln should be composed of colored aoldlers. It was my own good fortune at Santiago to serve beside colored troons. A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have. Stop at Decatur. President Roosevelt yesterday afternoon after-noon made the closing address incident to the dedication of James Milliken university uni-versity before 10.000 peYsons. He shook hands with James Milliken. who has given J450.000 to the university, and, during dur-ing his speech said to the school's benefactor: bene-factor: Mr. Milliken, I feel that as an American it is proper for me to express to you and to those like you. obligations that good Americans feel for what you nnd they have done for the university and other educational Institutions throughout this land. President Roosevelt then spoke of the benefits of such institutions to the Republic, Re-public, and of the duty" of students to use their education in making gcod citizens. citi-zens. At the Wabash railroad station In Decatur De-catur the President addressed another crowd, made up largely of railroad and factory employees. . He thanked the railroad rail-road men for the way he had been cared for on his trip. Nearly every hour for two months he had owed his safety to their forethought and watchfulness. |