The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
THE PRESIDENT HERE
He Arrives In BerkIey on a Special Train
Over the Norfolk and Southern Railroad.
He GAME BY WAY OF ELIZABETH CITY.
Aud Left af Once for WnshingtOn
on the lighthouse Steamer Maple
Reporters, BuL Enjoyed His Trip
very Much-Thosc with EiIm.

President Cleveland is on his way
to Washington. He was here last night
not in Norfolk, but in Berkeley the ru-
ture Seventh Ward of Norfolk He was
I'm the corporate limits of the little town
Just twelve minutes, Just long enough
to let few of the good people OF the
town to get II glimpse of him
With the President were DR.. O'2eilly.
Commander Wildcs. OF the Lighthouse
Board, and Lighthouse Inspector Lam
berton.
The steamer Violet with the 2residcn-
tiai party on board, left Hatteras curly
Yesterday morning and steamed up
through Pnmlico Sound to Elizabeth
city, for the water In the Albemnrle
and Chesapeake Canal had gone so low
that even though the Violet can run
In very shallow water she could not get
through
The Presidential panty arrived at I3li2-
abeth City about . o'clock yesterday af-
ternopn, and among the first to call on
him was Il Flrginian reporter In IL
Few minutes the news of the PreSi-
dents presence became known through
the little city, and hundreds called to
pay their respects, among them several
or the ministers who nrc attending the
Methodist Conference ut that point.
Hundreds shook hands with him. and
countryman caused considerable laugh
ter by saying to the President in u
loud voice:
GIVE my love to Madame und the
babies"
THE SPECIAL TRAIN
While the President was entertain
Ing the people on the Violet. arrange
ments were being made to convey him
and his party to Berkley on ii special
train. The train was made up and
came through in charge of Mr.. William
>inS, arriving in Berkeley at 9:3G O'Clock
iast night where reporters of all the
morning papers were waiting for him.
The train ran into the yard Of the Nor
folk and Southern railroad, where AT
the wharf the steamer Maple was wait
ing to convey the party to the nations
Capital. telegram having previously
been sent to the buoy yard in Ports
mouth to have the steamer I'm readiness
at the railway wharf
MI. King was the first TO alight He
was followed by the President and the
two locked arms and started toward the
steamer. the other members of the
party following on behind.
AS the President stepped on the Maple
he was at once bcsicscd by the news
paper men. He had little to say, how
ever
TIE PRESIDENTS LUCK.
What success did you have" was
asked him.
Very good was the Presidents re-
ply.
Just then four colored men came on
board, bearing as many lunches of
ducks This told. better than words,
lhe result of the trip. Among these
ducks were blue bills. sprig-tails, NAL
lards and brant. but very few canvas
backs
When the President was told OF the
death OF Allen q. Thurman he dropped
his head and said:
Yes. heard it to-day with very
deep regret"
The President did not touch upon nf-
fairs Of. State. but said he had had n
rough trip. He had received very lii
lie news from Washington and seemed
TO be glad to get back.
at 9:iS o'clock, just twelve minutes
after eaching Berkeley. the lines of the
Maple were cost off and the vessel
steamed away for Washington
To-morrnw morning President Cleye-
lank VIII be at the Executive Mansion
In Washington. from which place he
mas been absent about ten days on a
duck hunting expedition in North Caro-
lima. Few people in Norfolk have
known anything of the Whereabouts of
me President since he passed through
ms harbor week ago yesterday morn
ing 1t will be remembered that he ar
rived here on the steamer Maple. ana
was at once transferred to The Violet
on which he left through the Albemarlc
and Chesapeake canal for the ducking
grounds.
The Virginian this morning can posi-
tlNelN state that President Cleveland
has spent the entire time since his de-
parture from Norfolk at and in the
vicinity of Cape Charles light. where
he arrived carly last Sunday morn
Ing.
Captain J. c. Simpson. Of the schoon-
er Gertrude r. Browning. whose home
Is at Hattcras. yesterday told n Vir-
ginian reporter all about the section
and the Presidents efforts at shooting
the game In which the North Carolina
Sounds abound.
CAPE CHANNEL.
Cape Channel is the entrance to the
cape light from Pamlico sound 1t is
about four or five miles long. with sew
eral lakes near the main land These
| lakes abound in such game as swan,
wild geese, red heads. blue bills. black
sprig tail. mallards. and brant ducks,
with an occasional canvass back On
the main land. about the light house.
deer are numerous, and II Is possible
that the President has put in some time
after these fieet-footed inhabitants of
The forest.
The Violet never enters Cape Chan
mel but anchors about its mouth, about
| four or five miles from the mainland
and six or seven miles from the light,
which is on the seacoast side OF the
mainland In this channel SIS Cape
Reef and Devil Shoal, and II is at one
of these points the Presidents blinds
nre alwavs located. This Is one of the
best ducking grounds in the section
and here the President can bang away