Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-19
ROBBERS GET $4,000 AT SMITH COLLEGE
President Mckinley Witnesses Grad
uating Exercises at Northampton.
ne RECEIVES Aa WARM WELCOME
Local Military Organizations Fire a
National Salute.
MEETING WITH GEN. COOK

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, June 19.-North-
ampton was dressed in its best today to
welcome the President of the United States
upon his arrival from Holyoke. Consider
able effort at general decoration has been
made, and the public buildings, together
with many residences. were gay with bunt-
ing and flags. From every trolley pole
along the entire route of the parade were
suspended large flags. while every few
yards were long streamers running to each
side, and caught up in the center over the
trolley wire, forming large, bright arch
way.
The Presidents train arrived on time. and
was greeted with salute of twenty-one
guns. William Whiting, the Presidents
host at Holyoke was with the party, and
at the station here Mayor John L. Mathef
and Mr.. A l.. Williston of this city, Mr.. w.
B. Plunkett of Adams, Miss Helen McKin-
ley, sister Of the President; Mrs. Ella Buck
1ngham of Canton, Ohio, and Mrs. u. H.
Gl1dden of Boston were waiting to join the
visitors. Is
Cheers for the President.
A rousing cheer went up as the train
came to a stop and President Mckinley
stepped down from the platform to enter
repeated at intervals, and the President
and Mrs. Mckinley were constantly en-
gagged in acknowledging the cheers. The
presidential train stopped at a point where
the carriages could be entered from the
car platform. A reception committee rep
resenting the city greeted the party. and
the local militia company, with the Grand
Army, presented arms. The procession was
then formed and moved through the main
street to the grounds of Smith College. The
senior day chapel exercises were nearly
concluded when the company arrived in
the college grounds.
When the chapel was reached the presi-
Dental party were given seats upon the
platform, while the seniors occupied the
front row OF chairs in the auditorium.
The exercises were opened with singing
and prayer, and an address was made by
President Seelye of the college. He spoke
OF the triumph in the struggle to remove
the almost universal and unfair prejudice
against higher education of women and,
turning to President Mckinley, said the
college felt that the chief executive, by his
presence, had given practically national
sanction to the higher education of women
The Administration Commended.
He added that he considered the visit of
the chief executive as a fitting and crown
Ing event of the last year of the nineteenth
century.
The speaker, on behalf of the college.
expressed admiration Of the national admin
istration and the determination of the
President to give the blessings of free and
enlightened government to all the people
over whom We may be called to rule.
He then requested the President be given
the respectful and graceful salutation of
the assembly, and stated that, at the re-
quest of the President he would not call
upon MIN to make an address. The exer-
clSes closed with the singing of America"
Inc seniors then marched to the yard,
where the President watched the ceremony
of planting the ivy. Meanwhile, in one of
the rooms of the college Mrs Mckinley was
presented with a beautiful loving cup by
the Bethesda Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, of which she is a member Mrs. Gen.
l.. c. Hastings made the presentation
speech, to which Mrs Mckinley responded
very briefly. expressing her pleasure and
appreciation of the gift.
Meeting with Gen. Cook,
AS the President passed through the
grounds to rejoin his associates Gen. B. E.
Cook, ninety-six years Of age, who COM
manded 4 brigade of the state militia
about fifty years ago, and father of Capt.
Frank A. Cook, commander of the cruiser
Brooklyn during the Spanish war. was in
PRODUCED to him. AS soon as these Incl
dents had been concluded the President
and his friends took their carriages and
were driven to the residence of Capt
Harry l.. Williams. and after light lunch
the party participated in d short drive
through the city
Their course took them by the high school
building, where the students assembled
upon the lawns were reviewed by the Pres
ident who was given salute by the pu-
pills, each waving an American flag.
AS the presidential party returned they
were met by the military company and
escorted to the station. As the train moved
away three hearty cheers for Hnlyoke were
given by the spectators The weather was
delightful, adding not a little to the pleas
ures OF the occasion
The Start From HOIyOke.
HOLYOKE, Mass, June 19.-President
Mckinley was up early today, after a night
of refreshing sleep. Mrs. Mckinley, the
President said, was rested after the fatigue
of yesterday.
After breakfast had been served at the
Whiting mansion, where the presidential
party are guests, preparations were begun
for the railroad trip to Northampton.
Promptly at S:45 the ladies and gentlemen
of the party were driven to the station,
where the Presidents special train was in
readiness to convey them to the little town
where Is situated Smith College the ulti-
mate destination of the President today
At o'clock the train pulled out of the sta
ton, the large crowd assembled there Civ
ing the party threeacheers and tiger at
parting The train was due to arrive at
Northampton at $50