The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-11
IN
MIDST OF PANIC
Crowd at San Luis 0bispo,
Cal, Crowd UnFuIy.
M'KINLEY ESCAPES
THROUGH A WINDOW
Several of Party Have Narrow
Escapes from Injury


San Luis Obispo, cal. May 10-Ths
presidential party stopped one hour at
San Luis -Obispo 81 was almost dark
when theFtrain arrived. The president
and party Were driven To the Ramona
hotel, where the president spoke brief-
" from the veranda. After he had
concluded the crowd surged up the
steps in a vain endeavor- to get near
him, and there was almost a panic
for a momeut. WITH some .dimculty
the president was eXtricated through
a window into the parlor. and Themes
to a rear exit where he got his car
riage TO the train Several Of the partg
had narrow escapes from severe IN
jury.
The route Of the presidents train
northward from Los Angeles today lay
through the Santa Clara valley. nest
line under fog-swathed mountains -
the coast, where it ran FOR hours along
the edge Of cliHs oFerhanglug the Fa~
enc ocean AT every stopping place
today there was a flower show riVa ling
in. beauty tine floral parade Which the
president witnessed yesterday 1T Los
Angeles. At Ventura and Santa Bar
bara the president was simply over
lVhelmed with flowers. The carTIages
in which he rode We're lined with them
and the streets over which he passed
p "a e lf~+htNA ffAtAA --11+-Ls
Was Much Enthusiasm.
There was no abatement today Of the
enthusiasm which has attended the
presidents progress since he entered
California. AS he approaches his des-
tinati0n at san Francisco, the pro-
grannmes at the different stops are
more enjoyable and less fatisuing. Al
drive through the city was in each ease
the principal feature at tile places
where he stopped today The president
was very much interested IA the old
Spanish missions, filed with historic
relics which he visited both at venture
and at Santa Barbara.
San Luis Obispo was the last stop oe
the day. 1T was reached at T O'clCcE
this evening in time for drive through
the town. After crossing the noun.
tain range the train VIII drop down
10 Del Monte, on the bay of Monterey.
where the party VII remain tOmorrOW
and sunday. The programme tonor-
encaInpment during the afternoon
sunday wiz he given up TO rest
AT santa Barbara President AcAin-
ley made the principal address 81 the
the reception accorded him, and COM
menting on the cosmopolitan character
Of the Sssembly- the president said
Best Civilization in the World
Ny Fellow citizens: What a snleu-
did civilization comes out of the old
states and from the old natiOna Hties
that are represented here today, the
best civilization in the worlds "a civin-
zafiCn based upon liberty, upon equal
ity, upon self government. a CIVILIZATION
that 1eads wherever 1T goes whether
here or in the distant seas and vyhen-
ever this civilization goes it carries
the ark of freedom. our libertg. our
freedom. our sense of justice, are not
eXtinguis1ed in any cline. globe 0r
land, and here, facing the Pacific / am
reminded thar this ark Of liberty has
moved out into this great ocean
Referring TO the Spanish war he con-
tInUed- AS the result of that war we
are In the Philippines ana we do not
mean to come away (great appiause),
and we mean to give TO these distant
peoples what we gave to California
more than fifty years ago. the bless
An unusual incident occurred during
The residence Of the CHIEF Of the IRE
brigade caught IRE The FIRE chief
who was on The street awaiting the
coming of the president, was informed
that his house was in flames Let fit
burn he replied, - VIII wait and see
the president. can build another
house. but Il may never have another
opportunity to see the president of the
United States and he st0fcally re-
NAMED white his house burned To the
ground.
i saw the PRESIDENT said he, when
informed that hrs house was in ruins.
Il saved the lot anyway