The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Flowers Are Scattered Under Carriage by Little Ones
 Dressed in White
PARTY IN HISTORIC COUNTRY
San Antonio Is Reached In Long Jour. ney-vlsit Made to Scenes of Old Alamo-Picture Presented
 Mckinley.

Del Rio, Tex, May 1.-The President and his party spent the forenoon view ing the sights of the quaint old city of San Antonio. with it's historic Spanish missions and its thrilling memories of ths war for Texas independence. and then startAd on the long stretch across the Texas desert for Fl Paso on the Mexican borden Nothing could have been more interesting and striking than the con trast between the old portion of San An tonic, it's strange Spanish architecture quaint streets fiulled with the shifting multitude: Mexicans' high peaked hats, their women in bright hued garments, cowled priests and sweet faced snuns in sombre black, and the modern city of stately business houses and residences aspraited streets and oven swift rolling automobiles. The Mexican flag was prom inent in the profusion of bunting and banners with which the people had decor ated their city.
 Governor Savers, who had met the par ty at Houston, accompanied them across the State thus far to speed him on his journey. At the station, General Mo Ribbon, who is in command of the De- partment of Texas, together with his staff, all in full uniform and several troops of cavalry from Fort Sam, Eous- ton. uuited with the citizens in receiving the party. There was not time to visit the Spanish missions owing to the short ness of the stay. but drive took the lsrty through the old adobe Mexican quarter, passed san Fernandinf. sS5.s, dra1, built early in the hast cefifnrv. uTf,ert Santa Ana raised the redsf1ax of def7a3cx against the defenders of the Arayno to Fort Sam Houston, where a battery fired salute in the Presidents honor.
 Greeted By Children.
 A beautiful spectacle at Travis squarc, where 14,000 school children dressed in white strewed flowers on the wheels of the carriage occupied by the President and Mrs. Mckinley and sang the national anthem. In the main plaza opposite the Alamo, where Colonel Travis, Crockett and Bowie and the 1SS heroes died to the last man rather than surrender, a plat form had been erected, and here before an immense assemblage, which included the veteran, organizations of the blue and the gray, the speaking took place. The President was introduced by the Mayor of the city.
 At the conclusion of the Presidents re- marks Governor Savers, in behalf of the people of San Antonio, presented the President with an oil painting of the Ala mo. Nc Mckinley gracefully acknowl- edged the gift by saying there was noth- ing he would prize more highly.
 The train left at noon for Fl Paso. SPA miles away, the longest distance to be travelled during the entire trip without a scheduled stop. During the afternoon the young ladies of the party enjoyed a novel experience. Far about twenty-five miles they rode in the cab of the engine.
 Late in the afternoon the route dipped southward and for a time ran along the picturesque cliffs of the Rio Grande. At Del Rio, just before dark. the train stopped to change engines and the Presi- dent shook hands with quite number of people, some of them Mexicans from across the border and in response to the calls made brief speech.