The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-18


nor finch Of muscle did no display the least
.sign Of fear. watched him every day for
moro than three weeks when the nervous
tension was so great that SCORES Of men
moro robust than he had been ordered to
bod by their geyysioisTTS lest they collapse III
nu nv .riyates John Callahan AM Jt. 80
:, ,cDermott g In another. The start was
rom the Camp White bathing houses to
he end of the Crescent Park landing ana
eturn. The race was won by about 10
ards by Captain Kelley and i.Private
)'Donnell.
During the forenoon ball game was
,layed betw cen two picked mines, one
,eaded by Captain Kelley and the other by
iyatel John, McDermott. Nine innings
re played, resulting In [score OF lS TO
favor Of the former.
Monday evening the Cadet Quartet com-
sed of Captain Kelley and: Privates Nc
,rmott, Callahan and Connors, rendered
lections at company headquarters.
second Lieut.. John Murphy OF the EN-
at. Cadets of Fall River visited the Camp
onday as the guest of Private James
cGuire, aud was entertained at company
,arters.
This evening a minstrel entertainment
to be given at the Camp by members OF
y Organization, under the management
gex-Captain James Devine. The cot
'tuc-nd hotel guests will be invited.
Of s shonht "htrai Falls Fire Brigade.
sashed ano, of Ceutns6, Falls people are
infantry at orHil. Bright Terrace iof
rollicking boys marched to tner tney
drums and screams of flies. In the g..
ing sun stood flocks Of bsreheaded womel
and coatless men chattering like so man.
geese. These were Owens local partisans
who looked sullenly on the Breckinridg
followers, drunk with the hope of victory
The speakers stand had been erecte,
under a large apple tree whose branche
spread out to prodigious lengths. 1t wa
In the center Of a 200 acre blue grnss pas
ture. Fully 5000 people crowded aroun'
the stand. They were Inassed closer thai
II they had been In hall. Owen "root
jers'' were scattered all through the throng
The crash and blare of the band could no
be heard for the shouts of the men, tn
screams of the women and the shrieks o
the children when the carriage containing
Colonel Breckenridge drove into th'
grounds. The noise increased as he as
cended tho platform. In an instant afte
he waved his hands for order tho tumul
ceased. One could almost hear the heart
beats of those nearest him. Without tn
formality of an introduction the colone
launched out into his speech. For ten min
utes not a sound was made. Then his fol
lowers rcgained possession Of their facul
ties and soon lost 1t again in roars of ap
plause. Sometimes he would have to stol
talking for two or three minutes until th
storm Of enthusiasm had spent itself.
He had been speaking about half an hou
and had reached one of those tremendou
climaxes of which only those who have sa
under the spell of his eloquence know th
thrill. Women were crying and broat
chested men were hugging each other In
delirium of joy. The correspondents
though trained to such scenes had droppe,
their pencils and closed their notebooks
They, too, were shouting and screaming
like maniacs.
Gradually the noise and uproar diet
away. just as we were In that calm whiol
follows a storm and Colonel Breckinridg
had stepped forward to resume his speooh
there came shooting through the palpitat
ing air this defiant shout, In shrill, pip
ing voice:
"Hurrah for Owenp'
Men sprang from their seats as II from
an electric shock. The women's moan
broke out IN hystcrioal shrek. The COR
respondents, with blanched faces. looke(
appealingly at one another for advice as Il
how to save themselves from the fusilad,
which 1t seemed certain was coming
Breokinridge was the only cnlm person II
that vast assemblage Of men and womer
anxious to get at the insolent individua
who had the hardihood at suoh q suprem,
moment to shout for Owen at Breokin
ridge meeting. The colonel turned slowly
and looked unoonoernedly about him
Then, casting his eyes upward, he saw
olinging to limb not I've feet above hi
head small boy, who was grinning Will
the satisfaction afforded him by tho effec
Of his shrill voice In giving vent to tha
defiant shout. Breokinridge smiled Will
hearty good nature, and with q graceful
wafture toward the braxen little imp wht
had so rudely broken the effect of bis tre
pendous climax, ne faced the audieno,
Dgain and said
Ladies' and gentlemen, had heard thi,
was bad year for fruit, and now know
Il is."
In half laugh and half CRY tho crowd
gave vent to Its feeling and the terrific
Cyclone OF enthusiasm that ensuod swept
tho impudent youngster from his perch
into the arms of covey of women, who
had flooked close TO the stand when they
saw the author of all tho excitement con.
adcnt that he would be torn to pieces II
they did not protect him.
The returns show that Colonel Breokin.
ridge carried Athens precinct, and be-
iieve IL was tho good natured wit and readl
ness with which no foiled the premeditatcd
attempt of tho local Owen managers to
break up his meeting there In a row that
burned tho tide In that neigh hborhood In his
tayor.--J. j. Dickinson In st. Louis Re.
public.
Disgusted.