Connecticut western news., 1898-10-13
PRESIDENT AT OMAHA.
Mckinley Warmly Greeted In
 the Exposition City.
RECEIVED ovATIoNs ON THE WAY.
The President Addresses . Large Crowd at Cedar Rapids-Talks of the War and It's Results-Pays High Tribute to Soldiers and Sailors.

CrOWu at cedar Haptds-Tntks ot the War and It's ResuIt.-Pays High Tribute to Soldiers and Sailors. Omaha, Oct. 12.-President Mckinley
 and the other members of the presi-
 dential party from Washington were | greeted on their arrival in Omaha by
 the largest crowd that has ever lined
 the streets of the city.
 The welcome that was accorded to
 the head of the national government was enthusiastic in the extreme. The presidential reception committee,
 composed of prominent Omaha citizens
 and their wives, were also at the depot.
 Each member and his wife was given
 one particular guest to escort to the proper place in the line of carriages which was in waiting, and they per- formed the tasks allotted to them with out hitch. As soon as all were seated the procession started under escort of the two equestrian clubs for the city hall Along the whole line the crowds
 on each side of the street and in every window kept up a continual ovation The buildings were gorgeously decorat- ed with red. white and blue. and nu-
 merous pictures of the president ap-
 peared in the windows of stores and offices.
 At the city hall the visitors were as- signed to seats on a temporary plat form, from which they reviewed a mag nificent parade of 10 floats.
 The presidents journey from Chicago to this city was one constant ovation. Since he was elected president McKin- ley has never until now travelled west of Chicago. and the immense crowds at the stations along the Northwestern road showed the appreciation of the people for the opportunity of seeing their chief magistrate.
 Even at the smallest stations good sized crowds were in waiting, whose only hope of reward was the possibili- ty of a passing glance at the president as the train swept by. The president made short addresses at the principal stations and shook hands with thou sands of people from the rear platform of the train.
 Mckinley Speaks on the War. The president made his most extend
 ed speech at Cedar Rapids. where there was gathered an immense crowd After | saying his Journey was to help the peo- pie of transmississippi celebrate the tri-
 umphs of their skill and industry. he said:
 "It is fortunate situation that this people while engaged in war never neg lect the industries of peace, and while
 the war was going on and we were en-
 gagged in arms against a foreign foe the industries of the people went on, and their progress and prosperity were in nowise checked. I go thither also that may celebrate with my fellow coun- trymen of the west the progress of the war thus far made-the protocol all | ready signed and the suspension of hos tilities, with the hope that you and en- certain that in the final settlements the treaty may be one founded on right and justice and in the interest of humanity. This war, that was so speedily closed through the valor and interpidity of our soldiers, will bring to us. trust. bless ings that are now beyond calculation. It will bring also burdens, but the American people never shirk a respon- | sibility and never unload a burden that carries forward civilization.
 we accepted war for humanity. We can accept no terms of peace which shall not be in the interest of humanity. That hostilities have ceased upon terms so satisfactory to the people of the United States is cause for congratula- dons and calls forth sentiments of pious gratitude to divine Providence for those favors which he has manifested unto us and of appreciation of the army and navy for their brilliant victories. Such a celebration cannot but be helpful. It will encourage love of country and will | emphasize the noble achievements of our soldiers and sailors on land and sea- War has no glories. except 1t achieves II having which do not advance civiliza- | tion and benefit mankind. While our victories in battle have added new hon.
 ors to American valor the real honor is | the substantial gain to humanity. Out \ of the bitterness and woe, the priva- tions and sufferings and anxieties of the past five months will flow benefits to | the nation, which may be more impor- | tant than we can now realize.
 Unincation of the Nation. | "No development of the war has been more gratifying and exalting than the | complete unifeation of the nation. Sec | tional lines have been obliterated, party | differences have been hushed in the I great chorus of patriotism which has | been heard from one end of the coun- l try to the other. To the executives call | for volunteers no prompter response | was received than came from the pa- ! triotic people of the south and the west, I and none was more patriotic than the people of Iowa, and when the orders | were given to advance into a foreign l territory every soldier was disappointed | whose regiment was not included in the | orders for march. All,were anxious to
 be with that portion of the army which was first to meet the enemy. Our grat- ! F. ox,l | the nation will hold them in perpetual memory.
 Tn paying tribute to the patriotism \ and valor of the men engaged in the war, we must not fail to give deserved praise to the nobility of the women. As 1 in the war for independence and for the | Union, they never hesitated nor mur- mured freely offering their best beloved | on the altar of their country. Husbands | and sons went from every walk of life | even at personal self sacrifice in the | struggle for support and were not held
 back but encouraged to respond to the
 sacred call of duty. Alert. generous and practical in providing relief work. min- | istering where disease and death were
 most frequent in the camps and at the front, tenderly resigned and sublime in 1 their submission and faith when death | claimed the dearest of their household. | the women of the United States in all the nations trials through which we
 have passed have placed the govern
 ment and the people under debt of
 gratitude that they can never repay. | They have added new glory to the rare
 and exquisite qualities of American | womanhood."
 ! A Zulu Rain Charm.
 The Zulus employ rain charm
 which is very remarkable considering
 their usual fierceness and cruelty. They
 catch a bird, and after the tribal wizard | has consecrst..d it and made it "beayen