The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-03
ALL WELCOME.
President and Party at
The Ohio Fair.
Immense Crowd Gathers
About the Railroad Station.
Thousands OF People Cordially Greet
the Chic. Executive.

Columbus. o., Sept. 3 President Nc
kinley and IMty arrived this morning
as guests of the Ohio state Board of
Agriculture. With the president came
Mrs. Mckinley. Senator an! Mrs. Hanna,
Secretary and Mrs. Alger. Col. and Mrs.
Myron HerriclS, Webb &. Hayes and other
Tor'onal friends.
Upon their arrival the committee on re-
certion appointed by the tcard OF agricui-
ture escorted the president between lines
OF police to carriages.
The crowd in the vicinity of the station
was Of immense proportions, the weather
being fine and the attendance at the fair
very large.
Col. John :. Poland, in command of tho
Seventeenth United States Infantry, and
Col. Colt, in command of the Fourteenth
Ohio National Guard Infantry, received
tho president at the station entrance
with the troops at present arms
This is about the only way the in
diyidual miner can operate and it will
take long time to dig a fortune out of
the icy earth.
The invention Of the Providence man.
however is not designed for the individ-
ual miner, because 10 would cost too much
70 got the apparatus OH the promises.
Where capital and large torce are en-
ployed, bo is Of the opinion that it Will
prove just the thing.
He got his idea from the old fashioned
way Of boring post holes.
OLD METHOD AND THE NEW.
A big auger with n long shank and "A
handle was Tire instrument used for the
post holes. The workman made q small
hole in the earth and then placed the
auRer in position and with the aid of the
handle turned out the earth To the depth
desired.
Now the Providence inventor elaborates
this idea by adding steam power 10 the
auRer
al scheme is To take portable boiler
and engine TO the klondike diggings and
go Mt tho earth in systematic manner
lie declares that steam Is the greatest
thawing energy in the world and that
ice has no more show in competition
with 10 than the police have with the
policy trust limited.
He proposes 20 bore holes In Alaska's
frozen earth and TO Introduce high pressure
direct steam in the oriiiCes. The steam
will diffuse itself through the earth and
make the boring comparatively easy
His hiR auger is to be encassd in u long
cvciinder with IA contrivance somewhat
SIMILAR To that used in boring holes for
the sinking Of shafts for hydraulic
elevators Into this cylinder he will
Introduce the hottest kind OF steam and
then begin boring. The steam will make
path for the auger and at certain INFER
vaIs the earth will be removed ana the
gold taken from 10.
Eu route to thu hotel the president was
welcomed by thousands of people and
handsome, patriotic decoration OF the
buildings 10 which 10 responded. His
free being very familiar TO citizens Of
Columbus the outpouring Of peoUlo
cVinceG moro of the feeling of a warm
welcome home TO a great personal favorite
than anything else to which the scene
rlRbt be cumpared.
Luncheon having been served at the
hotel. the pr, sident aud party took car
rieges for he fair, oyertRking the mill
tayy. which hat gone aho.u ''to rest in
the shade. as requested by the president
until he should como up with them at
point near the entrance. Marching into
the large fair grounds. the procession
moved throuIh a sea of human beings To
the main building, where the PRESIDENT
addressed school children from many parts
az the state, who had been invited by
C 'rd and admitted free
Later in the doy the party was escorted
60 various buildings OF interest, where
short speeches were mace and informal
rcceptiors given.
The resident was interested in the cot
tlEe n which Grant was born It is en-
closed IN n building Cf steel and glass
a1d is the property of tho farmers Cf
io being permanently located on Il @
fai grounds.