The record-union., 1891-04-16
THE PRESIDENTS JOURNEY.
He is Warmly Received in the
Southern Cities.
CHATTANOOGA AND ATLANTA TURN
OUT EN- MASSE.
The President Greatly Pleased at the
Transformation of Scenes at Chat
tanooga Since the War-An Incl
dent Happens as the Train was En-
tering Atlanta Which Came Near
Ending In Serious Injury to the
Presidential Party.
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.) April 15.-When
the Presidential train reached here this
morning fully 1900 people were assem-
bled at the station. A salute of thirteen
guns was fired. The station was draped
with national colors and evergreens. The
party took the electric cars, which were
covered with flags and bunting, and were
soon landed at the incline at the foot of
Lookout Mountain.
The party remained on Lookout
Mountain a short time, when the cars
were again boarded and they returned to
the city. Carriages took the party
through the principal streets. The pub
lie schools had been given holiday and
drawn up in line upon McCallie avenue,
the main residence street, were thousands
Of school children waving flags. The
stand from which the President spoke
and where he held a general reception
was profusely and tastefiIlly decorated.
| PRESIDENT Harrison was introduced by
Hon. III. Clay Evans, and was greeted
with deatening cheers. The President
spoke for a quarter of an hour and was
| followed by Secretaries Wanamaker and
! Proctor.
The President during his speech here
said: Il have greatly enjoyed the oppor-
| tunltles of seeing Chattanooga again. /
saw it last as the camp of great army.
| Its only industries were military, its
stores were munitions of war, its pleasant
hlll-tops were torn with rifle-pitS, and it's
civic population attendants Of the army
campaign. / see it to-day a great and
prosperous city. To-day l see these hill
tops, then bristling with guns, crowned
with happy, homes; l see these streets,
through which worn veterans of many
campaigns then marched, made glad with
the presence of happy children. All
thlngs are changed, except that the flag
| that then fOated over Chattanooga floats
here still. Cheers.l 1t has passed from
the hands of veterans, who bore it to vic
tory IN battle, into the hands of children,
VINO lltt IL as an emblem of peace.
! lCheers. Then Chattanooga was wars
gateway to the South; now it is the gate
way TO peace, commerce and prosperity.
There have been twoIconquests-one with
arms, the other with the gentle influences
OF peace, and the last is greater than the
first
Il thank you for your cordial greeting
to-day, and hope for the development Of
| the Industries of our country and for the
settling of our institutions upon firm
base OF respect for the laws"
A reception upon the stand followed
After the reception the crowd shook
hands with the President, while he stood
on the car platform. AS the train pulled
out for Atlanta shower of flowers was
thrown from the crowd and fell over the
head and shoulders of the President.
AT ATLANTA.
ATLANTA (Ga.), April 15.-Shortly after
| leaving Chattanooga, the President was
informed Of the death of Mrs. Halford,
wife of his Private Secretary. He was
| shocked at the news, and immediately
sent telegram of coincidence to Mr..
Halford.
There were many historical points
along the route to Atlanta. These in
Guided the battle-fields of Chickamauga
Turrell Hill, Resaca, Dog Gap, Kenesaw
and Peach Tree Creek. Short stops were
made at each OF the places, and the Presi-
dent shook hands with large number of
people. 1t was at Resaca that General
Harrison led a charge against the Con-
| federate battery in which he lost nearly
! half of his regiment.
| Among other places visited were Ring
Gold, Dalton and Cartersville At the
| latter place the President spoke briefly.
At Marietta the party was joined by
reception committee, who came from At
| lanta In special train.
! Amid a tumult caused by the concerted
blowing OF thousands of steam whistles,
mills and locomotives, the Presidentiai
train entered Atlanta. A flat car, on
which was mounted one of the heavy
guns OF the Atlanta artillery, ran in adj
vance of the Presidential train, the cam
non firing as the car rolled on, adding to
| the tremendous din by which the entry
TO the city notified the Presidential party
as it passed into the city limits. Presi-
| dent Harrison stood on the platform of
the rear coach as the train rolled into the
| depot, bowing acknowledgment to the
welcome with which he was greeted.
When the train stopped, Governor
| Northen, with large delegation of citi-
zens, received the party. The Governor,
being presented, said: 81 am glad to
welcome your Excellency to the State of
| Georgia. You will find among us loyal
and hospitable people, and in their name
l welcome you TO the State.''
Replying, the President said it gave
him much pleasure to visit the empire
| State of the South.
The Presidential party were then driven
| around the city.
At O'Clock the President was given a
public reception at the State Capitol. He
| stood III the rotrhda of the Capitol, and
| Tor an hour or SO a stream of callers shook
| hands with him. At the Executive Man
sion, at 9 O'Clock, the Presidential party
saw the social side of Atlanta life Here
Mrs. Northen invited about one hundred
| of Atlanta's leading society ladies to as
sist her in reception to the ladies of the
party. The reception was a delightful
| affair.
An accident occurred at the time of the
Presidents arrival in this city that might
have resulted in injury to the President
and Mrs. Harrison had it happened few
minutes sooner. In firing a salute, the
cannon used was mounted on flat-car
near the track over which the Presiden
tial car ran. In order TO give emphasis to
their work, the soldiers discharged the
cannon just as the Presidents train was
passing on the adjoining track The CON
cussion was tremendous, and shattered
three thick plate-glass window panes in
the dining-car Coronado, immediatelv
next the seats assigned to the special use
! of the President and Mrs. Harrison.
| Luckily these seats were unoccupied at
! the time. A waiter who was standing i'm
the aisle of the car was thrown down by
the explosion.
| RACE TROJrRIFS