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Show BRYAN VISITS THREE CITIES Concord, N. H., Feb. 1. Colonel Wil- I liam J. Bryan arrived here this after- ! noon and received a rousing welcome. It was the third city he had made a stop in since early morning. The. first was Portsmouth, where he addressed a large number of people and awakened awaken-ed great enthusiasm. The second wras at Manchester, where he spoke a fev words to a large crowd which greeted him at the station. At Concord, when the train bearing the party reached the station, over 2,500 people crowded around him, despite the intense cold. After a .short rest Mr. Bryan held a reception and then attended at-tended a banquet at the Eagle hotel, at which 230 of the prominent Democrats of the tate partook. . Phoenix hall, the scene of the. meeting meet-ing in the evening, was crowded to its tit most capacity an hour before Mr. Bryan had conclud-ed his address at I the banquet in the Eagle hotel. The audience numbered fully 2,500. - . |