Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-09

The Presidents journey FIR ON Govern.
or Green's mansion to Elizabethport was
One continual ovation.
When the President had boarded the
Dispatch and had bern formally received,
1t was nearly eleven O'Clock. The
Sirius, which had been assigned
to the presidential party, had taken
ON its Dad at the Ellzabethport
wharf. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton
were installed in the ladies' cabin, and the
big steamer swung off from
the wharf with every one of
her decks crowded to the utmost
capacity. She steamed up the Kill slowly
to the spot where the Dispatch lay at
anchor, her head turned toward Eliza
bethpors. Then she slowly drifted on be-
You'd in the direction of Staten Island.
NEW York, April 30.-The Dispatch
moved rapidly up the Kill, past the
Sirius, which waited for her coming.
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton, with
their party. were standing on the
bow of the Sirius. As the Dispatch moved
past. the President. who was standing on
her quarterback, raised his hat to the
cheering crowd. Then, sweeping the deck
with a pair of glasses, he singled out
Mrs. Harrison and raised his hat
again to her. BY this time the Sirius
had gained Roadway and was keeping we'll
along with the Dispatch.
The Dispatch steamed on up the Kill,
herself silent save when her whistle gave
q warning to the craft about her, but
greeted in her progress by such shrek.
ing of steam whistles and exploding Of
gunpowder as made conversation in a
subdued or moderate tone of voice an
impossibility. The banks OF the Kill
were lined with men, women and chill
n A c1N of hav, II, ae,
floated about their heads and echOing
cheers from thousands of throats rang
out over the water. Steam engines raced
along the banks, their whistles shrieking
in unison, if not in harmony with the
whistles of the tug boats.
The quiet that reigned for few min
utes was succeeded by a shrieking of
whistles from the first line of tug boats
beyond, and for moment the din was
deafening. 1t died away, to be succeeded
by the booming OF cannon from the steam
boats.
As the Dispatch passed up the line the
boats fell in behind her until the feet in
her wake grew to mammoth proportions,
and she moved swiftly along to the echo
ing din of hundreds of whistles and the
deafening reports from cannon, great
and small.
black with people, to the foot of Wall
street, and came to anchorage ct 1885 p.
m. 1t was nearly half an hour before q
passage could be cleared. Then came
the presidential barge, manned by its
sturdy crew of grizzly haired men,
many of whom had not pulled an oar in
years, but whose strong, steady stroke
attested that the proficiency they had
attained generation ago had not
been lost by the intervening years
of resting on their oars" Pier
IL, where the President landed, was
one of the most brilliantly decorated
spots in the city.
The President was received as he
stepped ashore by Governor HILL Mayor
Grant, Hamilton Fish, president of the
Centennial committee, and VIM. c. Ham,
llton, chairman of the committee on
states, and with the other guests in car
rlages, was escorted to the Equitable
building. where reception and collation.
was rendered them by the committee on
States.
The President and his party arrived at
the Equitable building at 1:55 D, m, The
President then, escorted by the committee
on States, entered the grand court between
the lines of troops. AS he entered the
troops on either side presented arms, -
III, n
Quoted by DR.. Messiter. the organist and
choir master of Trinity, descended the
staircase opposite the entrance and
grouped themselves at the foot.
They sang the hymn, ''Before the
Lord We Bow" The solemn hymn. rem
dered by this grand chorus, resounded
through the marble hall and stirred the
hearts of all who heard it. As the lunch.
con began, Chairman W. G. Hamilton o.
the committee on States, presented the
President with silver case containing
the elegant souvenir cards of invitation
In doing so, Mr.. Hamilton made few
formal remarks, to which the Presiden
bowed Acknowledgement. Following thi
the choir sang the doxology, accompanied
by full corps of comets. When tn
music had ceased the President was con
Quoted to the Lawyers Club rooms wher
a reception took place.
One agreeable feature OF the affair, wa
the absence of handshaking. The foo
committee conducted the guests, two b.
two, and presented them to the President
who merely bowed and received bows II
return. Some 1900 guests were presented
to the Chief Magistrate. They represents