The record-union., 1898-04-13

Sherman's office turned and bowed
again Then the door closed on him,
and the throng dispersed.
After a few minutes General Lee
emerged, accompanied by Secretary
Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day.
The three entered a carriage and were
quickly driven to the White House
General Lee got another ovation on
his way over
At the White House the party was
shown at once to the library. where the
Executive accorded a hearty reception
to the Consul General The only per-
sons present at the meeting were the
President. Secretary Sherman, Judge
Day and General Lee. Secretary Sher-
man remained with the others about
an hour, and then returned to the
State Department.
After being with the President fully
an hour, Judge Day and General Lee
took their departure. the latter going
| to his hotel. An immense crowd, aug
mented by the number of ladies who
attended Mrs. McKinley's reception,
was on the portico when the two came
down stairs. and General Lee was Civ
en- a tremendous ovation. AS their car
riage was being driven away some one
| fastened a Cuban flag to the front OF
the vehicle, and this was the cause Ct
additional enthusiasm.
LEE IN VIRGINIA.
/ EMPORIA Va). April 12.-General
Lee arose here in time to catch the first
glimpse of Virginia soil. He rested
well during the night. and when he
came out of his room he said: Il feel
like a different man. If l only had
l.good crowd behind me 1 could turn
| back for Havana
| There was no demonstration to-day
las the Lee special train passed through
Southern Virginia.
RICHMOND CVa.), April 12.-Consul-
[ General Fitzhugh Lee arrived here at
| II O'Clock to-day in a special train over
the Atlantic Coast line. The train re-
mained at the depot about ten minutes.
There was at least 10000 people, in
Guiding the Governor and staff and the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues The
Governor welcomed the COnsul-General,
who made a brief speech. He said
the time for talk was over and the time
flor action had come The howitzers
fired salute on the arrival Of the
! train. The widest enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
| General Lee, in his speech to the
crowd to whom he was introduced by
| Governor Tyler, said: Il cannot talk TO
| you now; in fact, this is not the time
to talk, but the time for action
| (Cheers) What are you yelling about?
Do you want to fight?"
! protraeted outburst followed, sig
nifying Willingness from the wildly Scs-
ticulating crowd
The Generals wife son and daughter
accompanied him to Washington.
At night the city turned out in thous-
ands when a serenade was given Gen
eral Lee at his hotel, and the multi
tude stood for hours in the streets wait
| ing for a glimpse of him. The night
demonstration was almost as quick ana
unprecedented as that which greeted
General Lee at the depot and the State
Department. The Marine Band had
been secured from the barracks, and
the Seventy first Regiment Band, un-
der the leadership of Professor Fancl-
ulli, formerly conductor of the Marine
Band, came over from New York on an
afternoon train.
The crowd assembled without calling,
and by s o'clock was 5000 strong III
| the streets about the Shoreham Hotel
where General Lee was quartered. Be-
fore the close it was twice that size.
| 1t was after 8 o'clock before he ap-
peared on one of the small corner balco-
| nieS, accompanied by a committee of
| the Union Veteran Legion and the
| Confederate Veterans Association,
which was jointly in charge of the af-
! fair.
The band struck up THE Star Spang-
| led Banner" and there was a burst of
| fireworks from the neighboring houses.
The crowd yelled itself hoarse calling
| for General Lee by name and demand
! ing a speech. The speech was brief and
so much broken by applause that the
| crowd caught very little more than it's
general drift.
General Lee said: After all the
| speeches / have been forced to make
in the past two days, 1 can hardly hope
to make myself heard over this great
gathering. l can only assure you that
such a great demonstration seems to
me out of all proportion to the simple
fact of my humble presence here and
l am frank to say l don't see that |
deserve it, having only tried to do my
duty as an American where circum-
stances placed me-