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Show .Is Greeted by the Greatest Crowd Ever In Copper City. President Hoosovelt arrived In Butto at 3:52 Wednesday arternoon. Ho was mot at tho II. A. & P. depot by Mayr Mulllns, escorted by a company of militia, mi-litia, a platoon of polco and tho Spanish Span-ish wnr veterans, who nro holding their stato convention In Ilutto. United State.? Scnntor Clark of Montana was oi.o of the first to, greet tho president. .Mr. Hoosevolt then entered a car- rlago In which tho senator, Mayor Mulllns and n secret sorvlco man wero seated. The drlvo through tho streets of Butto was ono long ovation. Such a crowd has never boon seen In tho history of tho city. Tho neighboring towns for fifty miles had poured In their thousands, and tho thorough-lares thorough-lares over which tho lino of march lay wero crowded to suffocation. Fiom tho depot tho president was driven to the court houso. Votornns of the Amorlcan civil war, mllltla and pollco formed tho escort. Carriages containing a hundred distinguished citizens cit-izens brought up tho rear. Tho Span-lsh Span-lsh war veterans wore tho guard of honor, and Colonel C. F. Lloyd of tho First volunteers acted ns marshal of tho parade At tho court houso 2,000 sthool children appropriately dressed I In tho national colors saluted tho prosldent. pros-ldent. Ho stopped n few minutes nnd spoke kindly words to tho Uttlo onos. As tho guest of tho labor and trades assembly of Silver Bow county, President Presi-dent Hoosovelt nt night adrcsscd 20,-000 20,-000 people at tho Columbia aardons, Senator William A. Clark's resort In tho mountains, tlueo miles east of Butto. At tho conclusion of tho banquet ban-quet given by Mayor Mulllns and tho citizens ot Butto. tho president, with I an oscort of sixty rough rldors and a I number of mounted pollco left tho I banquet hall at 7H5 p, m and left for tho Columbia Gardens. With tho president pres-ident rodo the leading labor men of tho city, prominent citizens following It In carriages. Frank A. Boyle, president ot tho Silver Bow labor and trades assombly. In a fow words introduced i tho prcsldont. |