The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-05
SIGSBED BY THE PEOPLE
OF ST. PAUL
STATE CAPITOL THRoNGED
Men, Women and Children Line the
Streets and Pay Honor to
the Guest of the
City.

seAldtlVeS. The faces, representing
every type and every class to be found
IN st. Paul. smiled a welcome. The
nags waved one An immense banner
draped above the rostrum made the flow
ers banked beneath it pale into insig-
nit1cance in contrast with its more glow
ing colors Other large flags were draped
ABOUT the hall and 200 small banners
were huttered by as many school chill
| dren crowded In the balcony eager TO
catch a glimpse of the hero of the Maine
and TO sing for him their patriotic
| songs
Capt. Sigsbee, with Gov. Lind and
mayor kiefer on his right. a guard of
naval veterans on his left and the mem
pers OF the governors staff grouped
about took his stand directly In front OF
the rostrum and the crowd that came
surging in through both entrances TO the
hall was formed into some sort of a line
and the steady procession that moved
for an hour at least past Capt Sigs-
bee began. For every one there was a
hano clasp, for every one smile Even
Daoles IN arms were rot neglected The
captain grasped each pudgy, little hand
ana mamma and papa smiled If baby
aldn l. The Minnesota State band, sta
TONED IN the entrance leading to the
! gallery, played programme of lively
| airs While the receiving party was talk
! ing It's station Then the music sud-
! denly changed to Sousa's inspiring
march, The Stars and Stripes Forever >
| ana the ZO0 youthful voices in the gallery
! TOOK up the refrain and the hall rang
| win the melody. The children were
| directed by Miss Elsie NJ Shave. and
| her capable work was evidenced by the
| melody she was able to draw from so
many vigorous young throats Wood
| lahd voices Was sung later by the chill
dreh ana then special chorus OF fifty
voices sang festival chorus and, finally.
! The Star-Spangied Banner, was given
with a will by all the children
Meanwhile Capt. SigSbee grasped hand
after hand as the crowd swept by him.
The majority were content with the
handshake, but occasionally one would
! pause for few dry words Of greeting.
| The captain must have shaken. hands
with at least 1000 people when, finally
| nature gave out and he had to content
himself with merely bowling and smiling
/ pleasantly. When the crowd had thinned
! somewhat the school children, led by Miss
! Shave, came down from the gallery and
they formed in line and marched in
front of the distinguished guest Then
! crowded about him, they sang their last
! song, America" and waved their tiny
banners in vigorous salute. Through
! Gov. Lind Capt Sigsbee thanked the
Children saying that he would make
| them speech were it not for the fact
1 that he was going to give himself the
! pleasure of visiting them at their schools
before he left st. Paul.
Capt. Sigsbee was escorted through the
-
Lind to the governors chambers where
he met a number of state officials and
chatted pleasantly with his visitors for
| fifteen, minutes. He then put on his
naval head gear and returned to the
carriages on the Exchange street side
arm In arm with President .Pruden, fol-
lowed by Secretary Slime, Col. Hunter
and Col Phil Reade. 40
At noon yesterday he was entertained
at the Minnesota club. Today Capt
Sigsbee will again visit Minneapolis and
/ be the guest of E. r. tombstone, Of the
Minneapolis Times. and in the evening
will be the guest at the home of e. S.
! Chittenden, of this city. Friday morn
! ing he will breakfast with Thomas Coch-
ran at his home on Western avenue, and
some time about noon will address the
pupils of the Central high school. He
will be at the Commercial club tomorrow
|
club that members of the club may meet
Capt Sigsbee personally.
THE PARADE.
The popularity of Capt. Charles D. Sigs-
bee, the hero of the Maine, was not
| illustrated in st. Paul yesterday by the
lunch at the Minnesota club or the re-
ception at the state house. 1t was at
tested by the throngs of people on the
| street who lined the march Of the parade
! from the Minnesota club house to the
state capitol. There were thousands of
men, women and children on the walks,
and as the carriage of the distinguished
naval officer wen by their applause was
heartfelt and sincere. They at once
recognized the man in whom was the
| center of interest prior to the outbreak
! of the war with Spain. 1t was the peo-
pies war, and Capt. Sigsbee represented
to them their end of it. This was the
real, spontaneous, hearty reception to the
commander of the Maine, and later the
! St Paul, accorded him by the people OF
| st. Paul At every corner and along
! the entire line of march this fact was
! accentuated.
There was a long wait in front of the
Germania Life building before the pro-
cession started. There was a hitch some
where In the arrangements. The re-
! sponsibility Will be placed where it is de-
| served. Gov. Lind and Mayor Kiefer
were compelled to stand on the sidewalk
| for fully half an hour owing to some
misunderstanding on the part Of the COM
/ mittee of arrangements. A squad of St
/ Pauls finest" policemen waited around
the corner on Fourth street Now and
again one of them would swear softly,
under his breath, at the apparently I'M
| called for and unnecessary delay. Adtt
| Gen. Lambert galIoped up and down the
| street and was FESTIVE. Now and then
one Of the patient naval reserves would
| approach the governor and salute him
| which salute was promptly returned
The boys of Battery A, prominent fea-
ture Of the escort. smoothed the names
of horses and waited. Everybody wait
ed. carriage drove up In front of
the building and Secretary c. p. Slime
and President Pruden, of the Commercial
club, came out and conferred together.
And the crowd still waited.
AT last, about 2:30 p. M, Gov. Lind
and Mayor Kiefer entered the carriage
and off they went. But where was the
captain of the Maine?"
At the Minnesota club. Everyone in
the crowd on the street had supposed
that he was in the top story of the
Germania Life building. The Mime
sofa State band, led by Col. Selling, play
ed patriotic airs and the governors staff