The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-06
GREETED BY MEXICO
PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN DIAz
AND MCKINLEY.
CORDIAL NOTES EXCHANGED.
MEXICAN PRESIDENT COULD NOT
LEAVE HIS CONGRESS-.

Sent Personal Message and Gen.
Juan Hernandez, Governor of CHIT
huahua, Also Paid His Respects.
President Mckinley Responded to
President Diaz' Cordial salute"
With, His Cordial Good Wishes
The President spent a Quiet Sum
day at Ell Pnso, but the Mexicans
Made Warm Day of II at .Juarez
With Their National Holiday, and
n Big Bull Fight.
Ell Paso, Tex, May 5-The Presidential
party reached FL Paso, the gateway of
Mexico, at o'clock this morning and will
remain here until noon tomorrow. Pres
ident Diaz of Mexico, had hoped 10 meet
President Mckinley here and shake hands
across the border but as the Mexican
Congress is in session he could not leave
the capital. He sent a personal message
10 the President, however and Also dis
patched Gen. Juan Hernandez, the com
mander of the second military zone of
the state of Chihuahua, personally TO
present his good wishes to the chief mag
istrate of the United States.
Gov. Ahuplada of Chihuahua, the most
northerly state of Mexico, also Travelled
to- E,l Paso TO pay his respects and these
distinguished Mexican officials accom-
panied by Gen. Hernandezs staff in full
uniform, were received by the President
in his car at the station. After exchanging
fluctuations, the President requested Gen
Hernandez to convey 10 President Diaz
his personal good wishes for the hearth
and happiness of President Das and for
a continuation of the cordial relations at
present existing between the two coun-
tries. President Diaz's message was as
follows:
"City of Mexico, Mex. May 5, 19O1-To
the President of the United States of
America. When you arrived this day at
the frontier of Mexico, l wished | might
shake hands with you, but l send you as
cordial salute as corresponds with the
cordial relations which exist between the
two republics of North America. / also
send Gen. Hernandez to express to you
the same feeling Porfirio Diaz."
The Presidents Pleasant Reply.
To this the President sent the following
response;
lei Paso. Tex, May 5, 1eo1.-To His Ex-
cellency, Gen. PoTfirio Diaz, President Of
the Republic OF Mexico. 1t gives me great
pleasure to reciprocate the courteous
greeting of your excellency and to express
my most cordial good wishes for
your health and happiness and for the
continued prosperity of the Mexican re-
public, to which we are bound by so many
ties OF mutual interest and friendship.
william Mckinley"
1t being Sunday. the President had re-
auested the local committee here not to
arrange any programme for the day. His
wishes were respected and the military
narade and official exercises were post
poned until tomorrow. The President end
Mrs Mckinley and the members of the
cabinet attended the Station Street Meth
odst Church in the morning. and in the
afternoon some Of the party went for
drive.
Serenaded by Mexican Band.
AFTER dark tonight the Mexican Band.
which had been brought from the City
of Mexico by Gen. Hernandez, serenaded
the President and Mrs. Mckinley at the
train. No horns nor drums were used,
and the soft, dangerous Spanish airs
strummed on guitars and mandolins i'm the
cool of the evening were thoroughly en-
loved While il was a comparatively
ouiet day in El Paso, Notwithstanding the
large number of strangers in town, it was
otherwise in the Mexican city of Juarez,
Just across the Rio Grande. May is
the. anniversary of the defeat of the
French invaders at Puebla, and is cele
brated as our Fourth of Judy is in the
United States. The MeXicans are not
Puritanical in their observance Of the
Sabbath Indeed, Sunday is always a fete
day with them.
Did Not Attend Bull Fight.
The great feature of the celebration to-
day was a Spanish bull fight. A famous
ma atador had come to Juarez from the
City OF Mexico for the occasion. None
of the members of the Presidents imme-
diate party attended, but bull lighting Is
the national sport in Mexico as of Spain,
and Gen. Hernandez. the Governor of
Chihuahua, occupied a box overlooking the
ring The fight proved to be more than
usually bloody and brutal. The net cas-
ualties we're four bulls dispatched one
horse killed, two picadors unhorsed and
one toreador severely, but not fatally
wounded, as he was helped over the fence
surrounding the arena by maddened
bull.